Social media giant Facebook is planning to retire some of its Windows Phone apps by the end of this month. The news has been confirmed by a Microsoft spokesperson who said that the social media company will stop support for Instagram, Messenger and Facebook apps for Windows Phone by April 30. This move would leave Windows Phone users with no option but to access the services via third-party apps and their mobile web versions.
However, as of now, there is no word about what will happen to WhatsApp for Windows Phone. There are no speculations about it too, so we will have to wait for an official word from the company to know if WhatsApp will keep on working or not. As of now, WhatsApp only has support for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile versions.
We should mention that recently Google also closed down a number of its services including Google+, Inbox by Gmail and Allo. And now, with Facebook also closing down three of its apps on April 30, it really seems to be the season of products getting closed down. Post the shutdown, the mobile versions of these services or the third-party apps will be the only way to access these services via Windows Phone or Windows 10 Mobile devices.
It is worth mentioning that the report about the end of support for Facebook apps first surfaced on Engadget. The confirmation from Microsoft about these apps being discontinued also appeared in the same report.
The only reason by Facebook has decided to end support for these apps is that the Windows Phone platform is literally dead and there are hardly any users left on it. It is worth adding that even Microsoft will soon end the support for the latest version of Windows 10 Mobile – 1709 – by the end of this year. However, the smartphones that run Windows 10 Mobile 1703 will lose support in June itself.
Furthermore, a number of major apps are already not working on Windows Phone devices. But then, even now, it is not clear how many consumers are still using Windows Phone devices. It has to be very less considering that so many apps are ending support for it.
As we mentioned earlier, Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 Mobile in December 2019. The software giant has also asked its users to move to either Android or iOS. On its ‘End of Support’ page, the company wrote, “With the Windows 10 Mobile OS end of support, we recommend that customers move to a supported Android or iOS device. Microsoft’s mission statement to empower every person and every organisation on the planet to achieve more compels us to support our Mobile apps on those platforms and devices.”
The latest installment in the Battlefield series – Battlefield V – was launched back in November 2018. And now, Battlefield V is getting a new in-game currency named Battlefield Currency, that the players can buy with real money. Now, the game has two currencies – Company Coin and Battlefield Currency.
The players can earn the Company Coin by playing the game and on the other hand, the Battlefield Currency can be bought by using real money. The players can use the Battlefield Currency to buy certain in-game items such as cosmetic customisation items, elite sets, and time savers. Although the cosmetic customization can be bought and used from now on, the Elite sets and time savers will be brought in the game later in spring. The microtransactions can be used by the players to speed their progress in the game. The players can also pay money to increase their characters’ levels.
The Elite sets coming later to be purchased using the Battlefield Currency adds new characters to the game, the first among which are Seamus and Ernst. But according to EA, the chosen elite sets don’t give the players any kind of advantage. However, each new character in the set come with unique backstory, voiceovers, a unique Best Squad animation, an assortment of themed cosmetic items, and a Special Assignment mission to help unlock each character’s signature melee weapon.
While on the other hand, the Time savers allows the players to unlock Chapter Reward items and experience points to speed up their progress in the game. And this feature too will come in Spring along with the Elite sets.
It should be noted that the this is not the first game to do this as many other games too ask the players to buy game money with real money to unlock certain things like PUBG, Fortnite, COD: Blackout etc.
Battlefield V is also including loot boxes (also known as value bundles) which the players can purchase with the Battlefield Currency. Although EA said that Battlefield V won’t have any loot boxes but they are being included in the game now which falsifies their claims. EA says that the contents of the bundles will be listed so that players will know what they are purchasing. This could be EA’s attempt to avoid the regulations set by many countries which sees the in-game microtransactions as a form of gambling. The Value Bundles included in Battlefield V will be of two types — Starter Pack and Premium Starter Pack.
The Battlefield V Starter Pack value bundle includes:
500 Battlefield Currency
Glacial – Face paint (Rare)
Night Owl – Weapon Skin Set (Rare) for four weapons:
Sturmgewehr 1-5
Sten
KE7
Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk I
While the Battlefield V Premium Starter Pack bundle pack includes:
3,500 Battlefield Currency
Demolisher – Axis Soldier Outfit (Epic)
Cool Hand Duke – Allied Soldier Outfit (Epic)
Skorpion – Panzer IV Vehicle Skin (Rare)
Icefire – Spitfire MK VA Vehicle Skin (Rare)
Chromed Finish – Weapon Skin Set (Rare) for four weapons:
Sturmgewehr 1-5
Sten
KE7
Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk I
American internet domain registrar and web hosting company GoDaddy has today launched its Professional Email service in India. As the name suggests, the service is designed to help small business owners and entrepreneurs create a professional email address to support their ventures.
The service is primarily aimed at freelancers, small business owners, and entrepreneurs in early development stages. While most established businesses have their own dedicated professional emails, they can switch to GoDaddy‘s service too.
GoDaddy Professional Email is claimed to offer a modern look and a clean interface to the users. In addition to this, the email service comes with an intuitive experience that makes it easy to set up and use.
Professional Email features a responsive design that, according to the company, can work well on all of your devices. A useful feature that GoDaddy Professional Email has is that it has the ability to sync your data across all of your devices automatically. So your email, calendar, and tasks are always up-to-date on all your devices. Professional Email can work with various email clients like Outlook, Apple Mail, or Android email program.
Other helpful features of GoDaddy’s Professional Email include drag-and-drop attachments, full-text search, attachment previews, and a clean, and an ad-free interface. Besides features of each plan, Professional Email also comes with an in-built industry-leading security and anti-virus and spam filters that help in keeping users’ data protected.
Speaking about the launch of the company’s new email service, Nikhil Arora, Managing Director and Vice President for GoDaddy in India said, “India has emerged as a leader for innovation and entrepreneurship that has grown at a rapid pace. With this professional email tool, we aim to strengthen the small and medium businesses and entrepreneur’s online presence, by further building credibility, and help them show a more professional view of their business or idea. GoDaddy wants to help customers promote their business with every email sent.”
GoDaddy Professional Email is available in two packages. One of them is Professional Email Startup plan, which is currently available at Rs 39 per month/user and the other is Team plan that, as of now, can be bought for Rs 58 per month/user.
Benefits of Professional Email Startup plan:
Email address that matches your domain
10 GB of email storage.
Mobile-friendly webmail.
Calendar, contacts and tasks.
Works with the email app of your choice.
No distracting advertisements
Industry leading email security
Benefits of Professional Email Team plan:
25 GB of storage
Share and synchronize calendars and contacts with your team
WhatsApp Business has finally started rolling out to iOS devices. After being limited to Android platform for more than a year, the Facebook-owned instant messaging app has finally made WhatsApp Business available on iOS on the request of scores of users who wanted to use the app on the platform.
WhatsApp Business is a platform introduced by the company for small business owners. WhatsApp Business lets the owners sort, automate and connect with their customers easily.
Similar to the Android version, the WhatsApp Business for iOS will be free to download from the Apple’s App Store and it will include all the features that Android version of the application had. With the launch of the WhatsApp Business app for iOS, the small business owners can communicate with the customers without using an extra Android handset just for this.
WhatsApp Business’ main features include Business Profile, Messaging Tools and WhatsApp Web. The Business Profile of the WhatsApp Business lets the business owners share useful information about their business such as the business description, email, store addresses, and the (if they possess one). It makes it easier for users to find out and know more about the business.
The second tool of WhatsApp Business is the Messaging Tools provided by the platform. With the tools provided, the business owner can respond to customers easily and efficiently. The ‘Quick replies’ tool allows the business owners to reply quickly to the frequently asked questions of the customers. On the other hand, the ‘Greeting messages’ tool allows the owners to introduce the customers to their business and the ‘Away messages’ tool allows them to let the customers know when to expect a reply from the business owner.
WhatsApp business for iOS
There is also the WhatsApp Web tool in the WhatsApp Business among the other tools. The Web tool allows the business owners to chat with their customers from their desktop instead of their phones. It also allows the owners to manage the conversations and send files to customers.
The WhatsApp Business app is available to download on the iOS platform from today onwards. The free app can be downloaded by business owners in Brazil, Germany, Indonesia, India, Mexico, the U.K. and the U.S. The WhatsApp Business app will soon roll out to other parts of the world as well.
WhatsApp Business was introduced by WhatsApp back in January 2018, but at its initial stage it was launched just for the Android platform. But a year later, WhatsApp decided to bring their Business app to the iOS as well. Its aim is to provide and connect the business owners with their customers.
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There are benefits of being a part of WhatsApp beta program, and there are cons too. The key advantage of being a part of WhatsApp’s beta program is that you get to try out the new features of the app before anyone else does. However, on the downside, not all updates that you get are bug-free. These bugs usually just make WhatsApp behave in ways that are out of the ordinary, till the company releases a fix for them.
We have signed up for the beta version of the Android app since we like to keep ourselves updated with the latest features. And this time, we have come across a strange bug on the app that it making contact names not appear on the notification bar each time you get a message.
Even expanding the notification bar does not help as it only shows the contacts’ images on the notification panel alongside their message, but their name is still not visible. So if two people without WhatsApp display pictures send you messages at the same time, you would have to go online to check who sent it. The bug is present on WhatsApp beta version 2.19.93.
We have to admit that this is not a major bug and at the most, it will only cause a minor annoyance. The ability to see who sent you a message on WhatsApp along with a small glimpse at the text only saves some time for the users as they can look and decide whether they want to reply to the message now or would they rather do it at a later time. However, with this bug, one would have to open the app each time they get a message as there is no way of finding out who sent it.
Till now, there is no word from WhatsApp acknowledging this bug, so we don’t know by when a fix for the issue will be available. However, there is a small solution that may help you if you are encountering this problem on your device. You can add a WhatsApp widget on your smartphone’s home screen so that you are able to see who is messaging you and exactly what the text is.
To get the WhatsApp widget on your smartphone‘s home screen, just long press on it, and select the option of ‘Widgets’. On doing this, you would see a number of widgets of the apps that you have on your handset in the form of a list. Pick WhatsApp’s widget and select the size ‘4 x 2’. You can further enlarge it on your smartphone’s screen if you want to. This will give you a look at who has messaged you and what exactly they have written in the text. So till WhatsApp fixes this issue, you wouldn’t have to dive into the app each time you get a message.
American data networking hardware products seller Linksys has launched its Velop Tri-band in India. The new device is a Tri-Band modular Wi-Fi system which can be installed in various mesh configurations. The Velop Tri-band provides a fast and reliable Wi-Fi network to the home network. Linksys has promised that the Velop is capable of giving good performance as well as it is elegant in built. Since the device has a compact size, it can be placed anywhere in the house. Linksys Velop Tri-band can be connected and controlled with Linksys app.
Linksys and Trend Micro have also partnered together to bring new security features to the users of the mesh-enabled Linksys Velop router. The software allows the users of the Velop Tri-band to block unwanted content. It also provides an additional layer of digital protection for all the devices connected with the Velop router.
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Linksys Velop Whole Home Wi-Fi price and availability
The Linksys Velop comes in different variants and thus their prices differ as well. The Velop Tri-Band AC2200 WHW0301 (1 Pack) holds a price tag of Rs 19,999 while the Velop Tri-Band AC4400WHW0302 (2 Pack) is priced at Rs 34,999. The third variant is named Velop Tri-Band AC6600WHW0303 (3 Pack) costs Rs 49,999.
All the variants of the Velop Tri-band can be purchased from Amazon India and Linksys Channel partners.
The software service can be subscribed at a price of Rs 419 per month and Rs 4,199 per annum.
Jenny Ng, General Manager of Linksys Asia said, “Linksys has always been pioneers in home networking and I knew this was the team that could innovate and deliver the ultimate WiFi experience. Velop is a union of performance, design, and ease-of-use and provides what everyone wants – seamless, reliable Wi-Fi. Linksys has set the bar for true mesh networking systems.”
Linksys Velop Tri-band specifications and features
Linksys Velop can be connected with the Linksys Smart Wi-Fi app through which the user can control the entire device. The Linksys Velop uses a Qualcomm’s 716 MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 processor, three Wi-Fi radios (one 2.4 GHz and two 5.0 GHz) and two auto sensing LAN/WAN Gigabit ports. There is also a 512MB flash memory, 512MB DDR3 memory and a Bluetooth 4.0/LE radio. In addition to this, the Linksys Velop comes with six antennas and high-power amplifiers. Each node of the Linksys Velop has a Tri-Band AC 2×2 802.11ac Wave 2, and it comes with the MU-MIMO radio configuration with combined speed up to 2200 Mbps.
Velop Tri Band
The Linksys Velop comes with True Modular Mesh Design which enables it to connect with each node to the Wi-Fi and wired Ethernet. The Dynamic Channel Selection of the Linksys Velop scans the available channels and select the best combination of bands and channels to give the best possible performance. As mentioned above, the Linksys Velop can be connected and controlled by the Linksys Smart Wi-Fi app that automatically identifies the nodes to be setup using Bluetooth and creates a secure connection between the mobile device and each node.
Other features of the Linksys Velop are Patented-Pending Spot Finder Technology, capable of maximizing the output and improving the range and signal strength. For increased security, the Linksys Velop supports one network name and password with one admin login, and one interface for management and monitoring. The Airtime Prioritization feature enables the faster devices to transmit data at faster speeds while the slower device will not slow down the speed of the Wi-Fi network. Being a smart device, the Linksys Velop is connected to a cloud service that will monitor the status of firmware of the device and it will update it accordingly for better security and performance
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The next flagship smartphone from Asus will be ZenFone 6 and the handset is all set to be launched on May 16 in Valencia, Spain. The AnTuTu listing has revealed that the upcoming Asus Zenfone 6 will be powered by Snapdragon 855 SoC.
Prior to this, the handset was also leaked last month on the Wi-Fi alliance listing where we saw that it had received the Wi-Fi certification. Asus Zenfone 6 was also spotted recently on the Geekbench with the same model number as we saw on Wi-Fi alliance listing – ASUS_I01WD. There are leaks that also suggest that the smartphone will most likely be called the ZenFone 6Z. The listing on AnTuTu also has the same model number and has given away some of the main details of the upcoming device from Asus. The listing was first spotted by MySmartPrice.
AnTuTu leaks reveal that Asus ZenFone 6 will be powered by the Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 SoC paired with Adreno 640 GPU. The device’s base variant will reportedly have 6GB of RAM clubbed with 128GB of storage. Although the display resolution has not been mentioned in the listing, it could be a 1080 x 2340 pixels’ resolution display with an aspect ratio of 19.5:9.
According to the listing, the score the handset has gotten on AnTuTu is 3,63,172. The score of the smartphone is good enough but it is lower than previously launched phones like the Xiaomi’s Mi 9 Transparent Edition which currently tops the AnTuTu score ranks. But it should also be noted that there is still a month before the launch of the device so the final product might have a better score than what it has now. Also, we should mention here that some smartphones cheat in benchmark scores, so we never consider these values as a way of deciding if the handset performs well or not.
To recall, Asus Zenfone 5Z was launched in multiple RAM and storage variants last year, and we can see the company doing the same with Zenfone 6. There is also a possibility that we could see multiple variants of the device itself like Zenfone 6 and Zenfone 6Z.
Other than the AnTuTu score and the main specifications of Zenfone 6, no other details of the smartphone are available. But we do know that the handset will come without a notch as it was shown in the teaser image of the Zenfone 6. The absence of notch could mean that the device might come with a pop-up selfie camera, but we will have to wait to find that out.
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The summer is back, and so is the scorching heat of the sun. While it may mean vacation for some, others will have to deal with the not so pleasant hot weather. The best way to beat the heat is to go to a cooler place for a vacation. However, if that is not a feasible option for you, you can back on these gadgets to make summers better for you:
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Portable Mini fridge by Generic
Although there are many options to choose from if you want to buy a mini-refrigerator, we found this one very cool. It looks like a massive can of Coca-Cola and holds up to four real cans. It is perfect if you are going on a long drive where you know that there won’t be too many stop-overs for food and drinks. The fridge will keep your drinks and food from getting spoiled. You can pick it up from Amazon India’s website for Rs 6,999.
Nescafé É smart coffee maker and travel mug
If you are one among those who cannot live without having coffee every few hours, this mug by Nescafe is what you need. Priced at Rs 6,499, the mug can be picked from Amazon India’s website. It can be connected to your smartphone via Bluetooth and Nescafe Connected Mug App to offer you a personalised experience. The mug has heating and frothing features, so you can use it in summer as well as in winter. The app will provide you with different coffee recipes. We think it is the perfect gift for a coffee-lover. You ven click here to know more about it.
Air conditioner
Now this one is a little obvious, but if you are considering to buy a new AC this summer, you can pick from the likes of Voltas 1 Ton 3 star split AC, Whirlpool 3D cool purafresh inverter split AC and Godrej GIC 12RTC3-WRA inverter split AC. An air conditioner is a must have for people in India during the summers, unless you live on the hills.
Exseson portable mini wood finish humidifier
Available at Rs 599 on Amazon India, the humidifier can be used in cars and office. Or wherever you feel hot. Furthermore, the company has claimed that the humidifier works silently and has been designed to be portable. Although you will find other options to choose from, we found this one to be promising.
Smartphone fan
A gadget that will really help you this summer is a smartphone fan. You can find plenty of them on Amazon India’s website and on Flipkart. Some of them are as affordable as Rs 89, while others are more expensive and will cost you around Rs 500-Rs 600. Their performance may wary but they all have one primary function – they can be connected to your smartphone via USB and start working. Just try picking the one with both USB and microUSB connectivity. The scorching summer sun will never bother you again!
Dyson Pure Cool air purifier
It’s summer, and there’s no smog, but to ensure that the air quality in your house is good and dust-free, you do need an air purifier. Dyson’s Pure Cool air purifier is the best one in India that you can buy right now, so we would totally recommend you to go for it. If you live in an area where the air quality is bad, you need an air purifier regardless of the season. Dyson’s air purifier starts at Rs 38,900. However, there are plenty of other more affordable options in the market to choose from.
Chinese smartphone company Realme launches its Realme U1 smartphone in India in November 201. At the time of the launch, the smartphone was available in two variants – 3GB RAM/32GB storage and 4GB RAM/64GB storage. Four months after the launch of Realme U1, the Chinese smartphone brand has unveiled another variant of the handset that comes with 3GB RAM and 64GB storage. The new variant of the Realme U1 falls in between the 3GB RAM/32GB storage variant and the 4GB RAM/64GB storage model. The newly launched Realme U1 variant bears a price tag of Rs 10,999.
It is worth noticing that the company has teased about the new variant of the Realme U1 a few days ago on its Twitter account. Here’s everything that you need to know about newly launched variant of the Realme U1 smartphone:
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Realme U1 (3GB RAM/64GB storage) price and availability
Realme U1 with 3GB RAM and 64GB storage is priced at Rs 10,999 and it will be available on Amazon India’s website and Realme’s official website. The smartphone will go on its first sale on April 10 at 12pm (Noon) IST.
Realme U1 (3GB RAM/64GB storage) specifications
Other than the RAM and the storage, most specifications of the Realme U1 is the same as its other variants. Realme U1 sports a 6.3-inch Full-HD+ (1080 x 2340p) LCD display with an aspect ratio of 19.5:9. The device is powered by a 2.1 GHz octa-core MediaTek Helio P70 SoC paired with 3GB of RAM. Realme U1 runs Android 8.1 Oreo skinned with ColorOS 5.2 which will be updated to Android 9.0 Pie skinned with ColorOS 6.0 in June 2019. The handset packs a 3,500mAh battery and has 64GB of internal storage with support of a microSD card of up to 256GB.
On the camera front, the Realme U1 handset comes with a dual-rear camera setup which comprises of a 13MP primary sensor with an f/2.2 aperture paired with a 2MP secondary sensor with an f/2.4 aperture. For selfies and video calls, there is a 25MP selfie camera on the device.
It should be noted that the other variants of the Realme U1 smartphone got a price cut of Rs 1,000 earlier this month. After the price cut the Realme U1 with 3GB RAM and 32GB internal storage can be picked up at Rs 9,999. On the other hand, the 4GB RAM/ 64GB storage variant of the same is available for Rs 11,999.
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Technology giant Google has released its second Android Q developer preview today and it has been pushed out to all Pixel devices. The changes that come with the second developer preview are not exactly major, however, they are important as they make apps and games ready for foldable phones.
Other than this, Google’s Pixel smartphones have also got Bubbles, which is the company’s new take on multitasking that is similar to Chat Heads on Facebook Messenger. Depending on how Bubbles’ working is implemented, it could affect the way Android looks and works.
Google has shared a screen emulator to show what various apps and games may look like on foldable smartphones. We should point out here that the emulator seems to target two hardware configurations: A 7.3-inch display that folds into a 4.6-inch one and an 8-inch screen that folds to a 6.6-inch one. It is worth mentioning that the former configurations match Samsung Galaxy Fold‘s while the latter is similar to Huawei Mate X’s.
Coming to Bubbles, it is one among the very distinctive changes that will be seen on Android Q. The feature basically lets individual apps leave floating bubbles on top of the screen, and they remain there regardless of other tasks that you perform on the device. The idea behind this addition is that when the user gets a notification from an app, they would be alerted by the Bubble and a keyboard will automatically pop-up for them to reply. However, this won’t hamper the experience of the app that you are using otherwise.
We have already seen a number of apps, including Facebook Messenger, perform similarly. However, Bubbles is not limited to just messages. According to Google, Bubbles can provide users, “a convenient view over ongoing tasks and updates, like phone calls or arrival times. They can provide quick access to portable UI like notes or translations, and can be visual reminders of tasks too.”
It is worth noticing that for some, this could mean a better solution than using apps on a split-screen mode. But for others, it may be just downright annoying.
We should mention that a new gesture navigation has also been added which has revised some controls that would help users switch between apps just by swiping to the left and right on the home button. Although it doesn’t run very well right now, we expect Google to fix it soon. Google is said to release at least one more Android Q beta before Google I/O begins on May 7.
Get ready to put on a happy face, as Joaquin Phoenix is donning the title and the suit of Batman’s greatest nemesis – the Joker. This will be the first time we will be seeing the life of the Joker on the big screen and how he went on to become the mastermind and the man who smiles. The Joker’s poster was released this week and a day after the poster’s release came the first trailer of the film.
The trailer starts with the Phoenix who plays the role of Arthur Fleck/Joker talking to a psychiatrist about how his mother tells him “to smile and put on a happy face.” The trailer shows that before he became ‘The Joker’, he was a man in a clown costume who just wanted to bring smile and laughter to other people’s faces.
He is just a regular middle-aged man doing what he is supposed to. He has a job and spends time with his family, which only has his mother. But we also see how his good persona is taken lightly and he is treated violently and is bullied by people who beat him up. That’s when we see his slight inclination towards the dark side as he asks if its just him or if the world outside is going crazy.
We are taken to a shot which shows the famous Arkham State Hospital where it all starts. This shot also confirms that the place is Arkham City nonetheless. Midway through the trailer, we see Arthur losing his mental health and go more towards the psychotic side. He is beaten once again and is called a freak and the next shot shows us Arthur’s face with a joker’s makeup.
There is a scene which shows the actual King of Comedy – Charlie Chaplin’s poster on a theatre/auditorium. And you begin to realize that the colour, the tones, the music and the sound used in the trailer are somewhat nostalgic, it might make you feel that you are watching a film from the era of Chaplin’s – just with more colour and music.
Then we see that Arthur is being tossed down the stairs of the auditorium where the poster hung. The trailer makes a reference to ‘someone who hides behind a mask’. Now, if it were a Batman movie, we would know who was being mentioned, however, in The Joker’s trailer we see Arthur with a Joker’s mask. We have to say, this totally reminded us Heath Ledger’s Joker’s iconic first appearance when he had a Joker mask on.
As we reach the end of the trailer, we are greeted with Arthur putting the full makeup of the Joker and the suit for which the clown prince of crime is known for. Although it is not known which representation of Joker Phoenix will be playing, but going by his getup and the classic maroon and orange suit, we may get to see the Joker from ‘Batman: The Killing Joke’. We should mention that the film has been dubbed as one of the most violent Batman’s movies.
Although we didn’t get to see Batman or any of other villains from the DC universe but we did see Arthur’s interaction with a girl and a child in the trailer. What role will they play in his life and the movie is yet to be known?
The film will be released in October 2019, but the trailer comes much before the launch of the film. When the film releases, we will get to see the side of Joker we have never seen before.
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Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) recently charted out new pricing charges for DTH. This move made the prices of the channels more regulated and was aimed at the benefit of subscribers. However, we should mention that it backfired as subscribers, companies, cable and TV industry had to face lots of problems after Trai’s actions.
After the new plan was put into action, subscribers had to put up with a lot of missing channels and the companies had to face their own share of problems too. This led to many subscribers switching their DTH providers in search of a better provider – someone who gives a better value for money service. However, it should be noted that the new Trai tariff regime is currently in effect and all the DTH providers are offering different long-term offers, multiple-TV subscription pricing and many other plans.
The major DTH providers are offering long-term subscription plans for their subscribers with varying deals. The long-term subscription plans offered by Dish TV, D2h and Tata Sky are given below:
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Tata Sky
Tata Sky is offering up to 30 days of Free Recharge Days where the subscribers will be able to get 30 days extra on subscription of Tata Sky annually. The Free Recharge Days is also named as the Flexi Annual plan. It is worth adding that Tata Sky subscribers won’t have much choice between various subscription periods, as all plans by the company span 30 days.
If the subscribers wish to avail this offer, then they will have to recharge by depositing the amount of the annual subscription in their Tata Sky account first. After the recharge, the extra days will become available to the subscribers. However, the extra days will be given to them at the end of the subscription.
D2h
D2h has come up with their own version of the long-term plan which is not like Tata Sky’s. According to the D2h’s listing, the DTH provider is giving 7 days of additional subscription on a 3-month plan, 15 days of additional subscription on a 6-month plan and 30 days of additional subscription on an 11-month subscription plan.
Furthermore, D2h is also giving its subscribers 60 days of additional subscription on a 22-month subscription plan, 90 days of additional subscription on long term subscription of 33 months, 120 days of additional subscription on 44-month subscription plan. And finally, its giving away five months or 150 days of free additional subscription on subscribing to D2h’s services for 55 months. D2h’s subscription plan has made it one of the most eligible offers for the subscribers.
Dish TV
Dish TV is also offering free days on its long-term recharges which is similar to D2h’s. The subscribers of Dish TV will get 7 days of additional subscription on a 3-month subscription plan, 15 days of additional subscription on the 6-month subscription plan and 30 days of additional subscription on the 11-month plan.
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Facebook has been embroiled in one data breach after another since last year. It all started with Cambridge Analytica, and we cannot even recall exactly how many data leaks have followed. A few days back, Facebook said as a part of an internal security review, it discovered that passwords of hundreds of millions of its users had been stored on company servers unencrypted.
And now, a new report has surfaced online saying that Facebook app developers left hundreds of millions of user records exposed on cloud servers that are publically visible. The claim has been made by researchers from security firm UpGuard, who have further said that the larger of the two data sets that were found come from Cultura Colectiva, a media company based in Mexico.
According to the researcher, the data set was 146GB in size and had information like Facebook user activity, account names, and email IDs from over 540 million records. That’s not all. A smaller but similar data set was found for an app called ‘At the Pool’ that included personal information and around 22,000 passwords. It has been reported that these passwords were used for the app and not Facebook.
Both the sets of data were found on Amazon cloud servers, however, there is no clarity on for how long they were available publically. So it cannot be said who all obtained it from the servers or if anyone could access it at all. It is worth adding that the researcher also said that the data was removed from servers after Facebook was contacted.
A Facebook spokesperson addressed the issue in a statement saying, “Facebook’s policies prohibit storing Facebook information in a public database. Once alerted to the issue, we worked with Amazon to take down the databases. We are committed to working with the developers on our platform to protect people’s data.”
Since last year, Facebook has faced criticism time and again over how it has shared its users’ data with third parties and thereby not provided the security and privacy on its platform that it is supposed to. The most famous among these is the Cambridge Analytica scandal. For those unaware, political data firm Cambridge Analytica extracted users’ data via a harmless looking quiz app. After the scandal came to light, Facebook cut down on the number of apps that have access to user data.
Speaking about the recent breach, UpGuard researchers wrote in a blog post, “Data about Facebook users has been spread far beyond the bounds of what Facebook can control today. Combine that plenitude of personal data with storage technologies that are often misconfigured for public access, and the result is a long tail of data about Facebook users that continues to leak.”
After the ban of popular battle royale PUBG Mobile in Rajkot, Gujarat, another popular app TikTok may also have to face a ban Madras. On Wednesday, Madras High Court asked the Central Government to ban the download of the Chinese entertainment app TikTok. According to the High Court, the app “encourages pornography”.
TikTok is a highly popular app in India and is currently one of the most-used apps among the Indian youth. TikTok was created by Beijing Bytedance Technology and it allows users to make and share short videos with special effects and voice effects. After the popularity of the app surged in the urban Indian areas, it garnered a lot of appreciation from people living in rural parts of India too. We should mention that around 1.3 billion Indian people reside in rural areas.
TikTok enables users to upload jokes, funny video clips and dance videos to share with the world. Furthermore, users recreate the scenes of popular Bollywood movies and upload them. But with the growth of the platform in India, it also became a platform where youth put some obscene videos.
The IT minister of Tamil Nadu spoke to Reuters in February, and called some of the TikTok’s more suggestive dance videos as “unbearable”. Prior to this, a Hindu nationalist group which is close to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had called for the ban of the app in India because of the same reason.
It should also be noted that in February, BJP’s Amit Malviya who is the chief of information technology, said that the party was tracking TikTok conversations and called it “a brilliant medium for creative expression”.
Coming back to the ban, the Madras High Court, which has been hearing a public interest litigation against the app said that the children who were using the app were vulnerable to exposure to sexual predators. That’s the reason the High Court is demanding a ban on the Chinese video app. According to an order seen by Reuters, the court also mentioned that “there is a possibility of the children contacting strangers directly”. The Court also asked the media to not broadcast the videos shown on TikTok on their platforms.
On this matter, a TikTok spokesman told Reuters that the company was committed to abiding by local laws and they were waiting for a copy of the court’s order. Once the verdict of the court was before them, they would take the appropriate action. The spokesperson said, “Maintaining a safe and positive in-app environment … is our priority.”
California-based Vu Televisions has expanded its range of televisions in India with the launch of three new offerings. The newly launched televisions from the company including Vu Pixelight TV (next generation), Vu UltraSmart TV and Vu Premium Android, have been designed to enrich the experience of video on demand content from the likes of Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Prime and others.
According to the company, it has a proprietary upscaling technology that combines multiple advanced machine learning algorithms that work in parallel with a state-of-the-art DSP (digital signal processor) in order to provide an enhanced video/audio playback for VOD content. Here are the pricing details and specifications of the newly launched televisions by Vu Technologies:
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Vu Pixelight TV (next generation) price and features
Vu Pixelight 4K TV is claimed to deliver upscaled picture and sound quality for streaming Video on Demand (VOD). The television is accompanied by a Pixelight Remote with 4 Hotkeys that give users instant access to some premium licensed apps like Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube. In addition to this, there is apps menu on the television from where users can access a lot of Indian applications and content.
These include the likes of Eros Now and Hungama Play among others. The newly launched television comes with Vu Pixelight HDR technology that is said to enhance the visuals on the display. Other than this, there is a built-in Dolby Audio and DTS technologies. Vu Pixelight 4K TV is available in four screen sizes – 43-inches, 50-inches, 55-inches and 65-inches. These variants are priced at Rs 30,000, Rs 39,000, Rs 42,000 and Rs 66,000 respectively.
Vu UltraSmart TV
Coming to Vu Ultrasmart Full HD TV, it also comes pre-loaded with Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and YouTube apps. Much like next-generation Vu Pixelight TV, the television comes with a 4-Hotkeys remote so that users can access these apps with ease. The television has Smart Interface, which basically ensures that the device has an enjoyable and easy way to access smart content.
Vu UltraSmart TV also has a High Bright Panel coupled with an in-built Dolby and DBX-TV audio and the television houses all of these on a piano design body. The television is available in three screen sizes – 32-inch, 40-inch and 49-inch – that are priced at Rs 14,500, Rs 21,000 and Rs 31,000 respectively.
Vu Premium Android TV
Last but not the least, Vu Premium Android 4K TV is powered with HDR 10 & Dolby Vision technology which, according to the company, upscales the details on the display of the device by maximizing contrast and colour accuracy to deliver an immersive 4K HDR picture quality. Other than this, there is built-in Dolby MS12 Audio and DBx-tv, that help the television in delivering wider soundstage audio clarity to your content.
The Vu Premium Android 4K TV runs with Android 8.0 Oreo which gives the user access to the entire Google Ecosystem. In addition to this, the television also has certified apps like YouTube and Hotstar that can be accessed via Vu ActiVoice remote. The device is available in 43-inch, 50-inch, 55-inch and 65-inch screen sizes that are priced at Rs 35,000, Rs 41,000 and Rs 47,000 and Rs 72,000 respectively.
Speaking on the launch of the televisions, Devita Saraf, Chairman and CEO of Vu Technologies, India said, “The revolutionary VOD Upscaler technology has been in development for more than 3 years, with 107 man years of engineering effort to create it. Vu makes television for the new- age consumer who wants to experience detailed picture quality and sound clarity, beautiful aesthetics and a world of content. Having customer-centric approach has led Vu to the unwavering loyalty of the customers- high net worth individuals and young professionals.”
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Google recently launched its Stadia streaming service for gamers at the GDC 2019. At the time of its launch, Google announced that the service will be available in four major countries of the world – the US, Canada, the UK and Europe.
And a new report has surfaced online saying that Google is planning to launch its game streaming service in India in 2021. So gamers in India will have to wait for a while before the platform makes its way to India. The reports and news come from multiple people who are familiar with the matter. Google has also discussed the matter with other possible local partners and is setting up the grounds before it launches Stadia in India. With Stadia, Google will become the first company to launch a gaming-related streaming service in India. Other than the four countries mentioned above, Google’s Stadia launch in other countries is yet to be confirmed.
According to a report by Gadgets360, an anonymous firm owner said, “We’ve been told that Stadia should be out in two years. Game publishers have expressed interest as well and would be in touch with us too.”
But it should also be noted that Google’s Stadia consumes a lot of data and bandwidth and internet speed and connection in India is not as great as compared to other countries where the platform has been launched. So, the company might face some problems if the internet condition stays the same as it is now. But it is also highly likely that India’s internet will be boosted in the coming years.
We should point out that data services in India has been on the changing side right now, however, it is not enough to support Stadia’s data consumption. So, before Stadia’s launch in India we might see the search giant teaming up with ISPs (Internet Service Provider) to make a relevant playing ground for Stadia.
“PS Now uses about 3GB per hour at 720p. At the moment there’s no clear indication on how this would work in India with Google Stadia. Chances are you may use up a month’s worth of FUP (fair usage policy/data caps) with a single stream at 1080p or 4K. We haven’t received information on this yet,” an ISP employee said.
Speaking about Google Stadia’s release in India, a spokesperson from the company said, “We have no information to share at this time as Stadia is not slated for launch in India just yet.
But there are certain regularities and limitations if Google plans to team up with ISPs. Furthermore, it would be also interesting to see how much the search giant pays to the developers per hour in the Indian market where video games have a lower price.
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Google’s call screening technology is undoubtedly among the best features for Android that the technology giant has come up with so far. However, as of now, the feature is only available on Google’s Pixel smartphones.
The ‘Call Screen’ feature was announced by Google at the launch of its Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL smartphones. While the two smartphones were launched with the feature, call screening later also made its way to other Pixel handsets.
A recent report that surfaced online claimed that the ‘Call Screen’ feature will soon make its way to some smartphones by Nokia and Motorola too. While it is only expected to arrive on smartphones that run Android One, we should mention that all Nokia handsets are a part of the Android One program and some of Motorola’s devices are enrolled in it too.
And now, there is a new update on this. Motorola has today announced that its Moto G7 and One smartphone lineups will be the first devices outside Google’s Pixel family to get the very useful Android feature.
The ‘Call Screen’ feature from Google uses software to automate the answering of calls. It gives users information about who is calling and why. Pixel users can use the Android feature by pressing the ‘Screen Call’ button that appears each time they get a call from an unrecognized number. The feature then gives them information about who is calling and why in real-time as well as later in the form of a transcript.
It is a very useful feature and particularly comes handy to deal with robocalls. According to the Federal Trade Commission in the United States, around 5,00,000 complaints are received every month regarding automated calls and texts. The situation is similar in other parts of the world too because spam calls is a global issue. Besides Google, other companies like AT&T, Comcast, T-Mobile and Verizon are also working to identify and block spam calls.
According to Motorola, its Moto G7 and One families of smartphones have already started receiving access to the ‘Call Screen’ feature and it comes integrated with Google’s Digital Well Being. Motorola will soon be sending out an update to its smartphones that will add this feature, however, we don’t have an exact timeline for the same.
While there is no word on when the feature will be arriving on Nokia smartphone, we expect it to come soon as all Nokia devices from HMD Global are a part of Google’s Android One program, and are usually very quick with new updates and features.
OnePlus smartphones are loved by the masses for offering premium specifications at a price that is relatively much lesser than other flagship smartphones. Maybe this is the reason that OnePlus smartphones never fail to make headlines. Whether it is an update about a previous smartphone, or a leak or a render about an upcoming one, OnePlus is always in news.
Speaking of upcoming OnePlus smartphones, we have some news about the upcoming OnePlus 7 handset. A report has surfaced online that shows a new case render of the upcoming mobile phone, and at the same time, gives us a closer look at the OnePlus 7. The alleged transparent case for OnePlus 7 smartphone comes with a number of cut-outs, including one at the top which indicates that the handset will come with a pop-up selfie camera.
In addition to this, we can see a vertically stacked triple rear camera setup at the back panel of the smartphone. The case also has cut-outs at the bottom for the USB Type-C port, a loudspeaker grill, a primary microphone. There is one more cut-out that the smartphone has which is speculated to be for the SIM card tray of the device. If this is true, then the upcoming OnePlus 7 smartphone will come with a SIM tray at the bottom.
It is worth adding here that these case renders were first shared on Twitter by Slashleaks’ contributor Sudhanshu Ambhore.
According to previous reports, we know that OnePlus 7 is expected to sport a 6.5-inch Full HD+ Optic AMOLED display and the handset’s base model will come with 6GB of RAM. OnePlus 7 will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 processor and is speculated to come with a 4,000mAh battery. The handset will run Android 9.0 Pie skinned with the company’s own OxygenOS. However, we should point out that the device will not come with 5G connectivity, as OnePlus will be launching another, more expensive 5G smartphone.
Another thing that we know for sure about OnePlus 7 is that it would not come with wireless charging. The company’s CEO Pete Lau has said that OnePlus’s Warp charging is among the best in the industry and the company plans to stick to that even in its future smartphones.
Furthermore, the presence of a pop-up selfie camera indicates that the device will offer a full-screen experience to its users. Prior to this, we have seen an elevating selfie camera on smartphones from Vivo and Oppo, which are owned by the same parent company as OnePlus — BBK Electronics. And it is not the first time that we have seen the companies borrow features from each other.
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Apple has not released any new iPhones in 2019 and its official launch event will take place in September. However, we do know with various reports that the Cupertino-based technology giant is planning to launch three iPhones, much like 2027 and 2018. The 2019 iPhone models will be released with the same screen size as last year. While two of them will have OLED panels, one will sport an LCD display panel.
And now, a report has emerged that sheds light on Apple’s 2020 iPhones. Apple will reportedly launch three iPhones in 2020 and all three will come with OLED display panels. The company is expected to use Samsung’s Y-Octa or LG’s TOE touch display technology to keep its 2020 iPhone models slim and thin.
The report first surfaced in Digitimes and it claims that the 2020 iPhone models will come with 5.42-inch, 6.06-inch and a 6.67-inch screen sizes. It should be noted that these screen sizes are different than the one Apple currently uses in its iPhone models. Currently, the iPhone XS, iPhone XR and iPhone XS Max come with 5.8-inch, 6.1-inch and 6.5-inch screen sizes respectively. Comparing the current and the upcoming screen sizes of the iPhone we can see that the biggest screen size change has been given to the smallest iPhone model. And this time, all the three devices will pack OLED panels.
Also, the smallest of the 2020 iPhone with 5.42-inch display is reported to use Samsung’s Y-Octa display panel or the LG’s TOE touch display. Use of any of these display panels will reduce the cost of the iPhone’s production as well as the cost of its display. It should be noted that the Y-Octa display panel from Samsung is a touch-integrated OLED panel which is thinner than the traditional display panel Apple or other smartphone makers use. Furthermore, according to a 2018 report, Apple was planning to use the Samsung’s Y-Octa panels in its future iPhones to make the smartphones thinner and lighter and the company is expected to use it in its 2020 iPhones. But other details about the Y-Octa panel or TOE touch panel from LG is currently not known.
Chinese smartphone brand Huawei last month launched its P30 Pro an P30 handsets at an event in Paris. And now, the company is all set to unveil the Huawei P30 Pro and P30 Lite smartphones in India too. Huawei has sent out invites to the media announcing the launch date of the two smartphones in the country.
While globally, Huawei launched the P30 smartphone as its flagship handset’s younger sibling. However, it seems like the company has changed the name of the device to Huawei P30 Lite for its India launch. Here’s everything that you need to know about the two upcoming handsets:
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Huawei P30 Pro, Huawei P30 Lite launch in India
The Chinese smartphone brand will be launching the two handsets in India on April 9 at an event in New Delhi. The launch event will begin at 11.15 am. As of now, there is no word on whether the launch event will be live-streamed by the company. We will keep you updated about the same.
Huawei P30 Pro, Huawei P30 Lite price
In Europe, the cost of Huawei P30 Pro starts at €999 for the 128GB storage model. On the other hand, its 256GB storage version and its 512GB storage variant costs €1,099 and €1,249 respectively. Huawei P30 (which will be renamed as Huawei P30 Lite in India), on the other hand, costs €799. We would have to wait for the event to get the official pricing of the smartphones in India.
Huawei P30 Pro specifications
Huawei P30 Pro runs Android 9,0 Pie skinned with the company’s own EMUI 9.1. Powered by Huawei’s Kirin 980 SoC coupled with 8GB RAM, this smartphone comes with 128GB/256GB/512GB of internal storage. It features a 6.47-inch full-HD+ (1080×2340 pixels) OLED display that has curved edges and sports a waterdrop notch.
On the camera front, Huawei P30 Pro handset comes with a quad-camera setup on its back panel that comprises of a 40MP primary sensor with and f/1.6 aperture, a 20MP wide-angle lens with an f/2.2 aperture, an 8MP sensor with periscope style zoom system and a ToF sensor. The cameras of the smartphone have support for HDR+ mode and in addition to this, the app comes with 5X optical zoom and 10X hybrid zoom and 50X digital zoom.
For selfies and video calls, Huawei P30 Pro smartphone has a 32MP sensor that comes with support for AI HDR+. This device houses a 4200mAh battery and comes with reverse wireless charging.
Huawei P30 Lite specifications
Coming to Huawei P30 Lite, while some of the specifications of the smartphone are the same as its bigger sibling’s, it comes with its own set of differences too. Huawei P30 Lite has a triple rear camera setup that comprises of a 40MP primary camera with an f/1.8 aperture, a 16MP wide-angle sensor and an 8MP sensor with an f/2.4 aperture. The Huawei P30 Lite smartphone also has support for 3X optical zoom and 5X hybrid zoom. Other than this, the device packs a 3,650mAh battery and comes with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage option. Rest of the specifications are the same as Huawei P30 Pro’s.
If you are an Apple fan, today is definitely a good day for you. The company has slashed the price of its iPhone XR in India, making the ‘affordable iPhone’ of its latest lineup more affordable. Starting this Friday, you would be able to buy the iPhone XR at a price of Rs 59,900 from Apple authorized retail partners. We should mention that compared to its original price of Rs 76,900, this is a big discount and Apple fans should make use of this opportunity to upgrade to the latest iPhone lineup.
The offer is valid for a limited period and during this time, HDFC Bank credit and debit card holders will be able to avail an additional discount of 10%, that will further bring down the cost of iPhone XR to Rs 53,900.
It is worth mentioning that this, of course, is the price of the 64GB storage version of iPhone XR, and the 128GB and 256GB models will cost Rs 58,400 and Rs 67,400 respectively to HDFC Bank card holders. Those who don’t have a card from HDFC will have to pay Rs 64,900 and Rs 74,900 for the 128GB and 256GB storage models of iPhone XR respectively. We should add that the original cost of the 128GB storage model of iPhone XR is Rs 81,900, while the 256GB storage version bears a price tag of Rs 91,900.
The HDFC cashback will be available to both opting for paying the full amount in one go, or to people opting for EMI transactions of 12/24 months. We should mention that the report about iPhone XR’s price cut first appeared on Gadgets360.
With the discounted pricing, a number of people may be interested in buying the iPhone XR. The only reason behind the slow sales of the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR is said to be their pricing. We should add here that post the discount, the iPhone XR competes directly with the likes of Samsung Galaxy S10e and costs lower than Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10+. Some may even expand their budget a bit and buy the iPhone XR instead of OnePlus 6T.
Apple launched the iPhone XR in September last year along with the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max. It is the most affordable of the three smartphones and is powered by Apple’s A12 Bionic chipset, just like the other two. If you are thinking of making use of this offer to buy the iPhone XR, you can read our review of the device before making the purchase here.
With summer finally beginning in India, Japanese electronics maker Panasonic’s online brand Sanyo has launched Duo Cool Inverter Air Conditioners (ACs) in the country. The company has launched a line-up of new Inverter ACs which packs features like energy efficiency and it also fulfills the health and lifestyle requirements of the consumers. The new Sanyo Inverter ACs has five new models ranging from 3-star to 5-star ratings. The new ACs come in 1 ton, 1.5 tons and 2 tons range. Here are the details of the ACs that you should know about:
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Sanyo Inverter Air Conditioners price
The newly launched ACs bear a starting price of Rs 24,490 and they will be available on Amazon.in and other select retailers.
Sarthak Seth, Business Head of Sanyo, Panasonic India, said, “We are delighted to introduce the new range of Sanyo inverter ACs for Indian consumers. This is an inverter only AC range as our research has shown that energy efficiency is a key deciding parameter in India while buying air conditioners. Consumers can now purchase Sanyo Inverter AC at a price which is even lower than that of a regular fixed speed AC. With the Duo Cool Inverter technology and Glacier Mode feature, Sanyo Inverter ACs ensure efficient and faster cooling with exceptional power saving performance. The ACs compliment the consumer’s need for convenience along with savings.”
Sanyo Inverter Air Conditioners features
The ACs by Sanyo come with a Duo Cool Inverter technology which, as the name suggests, gives them the ability to cool instantly while still being energy efficient. The ACs also come with Air Purification system which purifies the air inside the room. The ACs have PM 2.5 Air Purification system which helps the AC eliminate and remove the airborne particles, including the particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers in size to improve the indoor air quality. This also means that you don’t need an air purifier separately.
The ACs also have an ECO function in all the five Sanyo ACs, which optimizes their performance to make them consume less electricity and be more energy efficient. While the 100% Copper Condenser gives the ACs resistance to corrosion while providing two times faster heat exchange and enhancing energy efficiency.
Out of all the five ACs, 2 of them come in 1-ton capacity where one has got a 3-star and the other is a 5-star rating. Similarly, there are 2 ACs which come in 1.5-ton capacity with 3-star and 5-star rating. And lastly, there is a lone 2-ton AC with 3-star rating.
Other features the new line of Sanyo ACs have are the Glacier mode which increases the fan speed by 35% to deliver instant cooling in less time. There is also an Auto restart function which saves the originally saved settings so that the user won’t have to set the AC again after restarting it. The self-diagnosis mechanism inside the air conditioners diagnose the problems the AC is facing and it displays it on the screen so that the user could understand what is wrong with the device. The remote of the air conditioner has glow in the dark feature along with temperature control and power on and off button for easy operation.
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We all love spending our free time in front of our television or laptop watching our favourite TV shows. Some of us even prefer video-streaming services over human company. And maybe this is the reason that cybercriminals are now actively using new episodes of popular TV shows to distribute malware, according to a latest research.
According to a report by Kaspersky Lab, popular TV shows that are watched by scores of people across the globe including Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, and Arrow are among the shows that are receiving the most attention from spammers. Kaspersky has talked in detail about this and more in a newly published report called ‘Game of Threats: How cybercriminals use popular TV shows to spread malware.’
It is a known fact that TV shows are a universal way for people to entertain themselves and with the rise of torrents, online streaming and other methods of digital distribution, is very common for them to suffer from copyright infringement. In many regions, programs like these can be accessed via illegal channels like torrent trackers and some streaming platforms. However, unlike legitimate resources, these torrent trackers may have sent users a file that looks like an episode of their favourite TV show, but actually, it is a malware with a name similar to that of the episode.
It is very easy for illegitimate resources to replace the real episode of TV shows with a malware carrying version, and most users are not careful enough to check this. Considering this, the research firm took a look at some of these compromised files from 2017 and 2018. The leading name in the list of both the years is Game of Thrones. We have to say, we are not surprised.
According to the report, the show accounted for 17% of all infected pirated content in 2018, which attacked 20,934 attacked users. The next two in the list were The Walking Dead and Arrow, which attacked 18,794 and 12,163 users respectively.
We should add here that in 2018, no new episodes of Game of Thrones were released and even then, the TV show managed to top the list. It is also worth noticing that other shows in the ranking were accompanied by high profile promotional campaigns. In all the cases that were observed, the malware distributors opted for the first and last episode of each season.
Speaking about this, Anton V Ivanov, security researcher at Kaspersky Lab said, “We can see clearly that malware distributors exploit TV shows that are in high demand on pirated websites: these are usually actively promoted dramas or action series. The first and final episodes, attracting the most viewers, are likely to be at greatest risk of malicious spoofing. Online fraudsters tend to exploit people’s loyalty and impatience, so may promise brand new material for download that is, in fact, a cyber-threat. Keeping in mind that the final season of Game of Thrones starts this month, we would like to warn users that it is highly likely there will be a spike in the amount of malware disguised as new episodes of this show.”
Mozilla Firefox happens to be one among the most used internet browsers today. However, the notification spam on it tends to hamper the user experience. However, Firefox has now come up with a way to fight and stop notification spam so that its users won’t have to deal with them. According to a recent study by Mozilla, pop-up notifications that show up instantly after the user opens a website can be a pain. And a majority of people don’t want to be bothered by these so-called pop-up notifications, that’s why they choose to ignore and cancel the pop-up by clicking on ‘No’. In its study, Mozilla found out that 97 percent of the time users have declined the permission for the pop-up notifications.
So, to give its users a clean and notification-free internet experience, Mozilla is working on a new version of Firefox which will block all notification requests. Currently, the new Firefox is in its beta phase, but the company will soon release the final version of the same. The new ‘nightly’ version of Firefox lets users block all the notification requests, unless the user has decided to interact with the website by clicking on it or by typing something.
The nightly version of Firefox will display an icon on the address bar if a website wants to send notifications to the user. Although Mozilla has agreed that this is not a perfect solution for the problem but it thinks that it is still an early test. The beta test of Mozilla Firefox will run till April 29. After a successful completion of the first test, Mozilla will conduct a second test to prevent the notification spam. According to Mozilla, it will launch a small experiment in Firefox 67 which will allow it to collect information on how the users interact with permission prompts and notification pop-ups they see on the internet when opening a website. This experiment will be run on a small percentage of Firefox users.
Earlier in 2018, Mozilla had added a new feature to the Firefox which allowed the users to opt out from receiving all new permission pop-ups for push notifications. But it should be noted that there are still a large number of users who rely on and use web apps and the notifications they receive are helpful for them.
However, Mozilla Firefox is not the only web browser which is looking to take control of the notification spam problem. Google Chrome is also working on several strategies to help fight notification spam. On Monday, tweets of Alex Russell, a Chrome engineer indicated that the browser may come up with a new solution to deal with notification prompts in the near future.
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Xiaomi is currently ruling the budget segment of the Indian smartphone market because it is known to offer its handsets at a price that is lesser than its rivals. However, the company cleverly makes up for it by showing a great number of ads to its users, thanks to the fact that Xiaomi’s skin MIUI is full of bloatware and comes with a number of annoying number advertisements. Xiaomi has received a lot criticism for showing so many ads, some of which are even vulgar in nature, on MIUI skin to its users.
However, this may change Xiaomi’s upcoming MIUI 11 Android skin. The company’s CEO Lei Jun has said that Xiaomi will cut down on ads in MIUI that affect the user experience and at the same time, remove the vulgar ads that pop up every now and then on the skin, hampering the user experience. Besides this, the team working on MIUI has also disclosed that the upcoming MIUI 11 will come with features like voice call recording within QQ app, have its own recycle bin and get some other useful features.
In a post on Chinese social media platform Weibo, Jun said that he has held discussions with developers in order to address users’ grievances regarding Xiaomi’s MIUI. Xiaomi’s chief also wrote in the comments section of the same post that the company will get rid of pesky ads that hamper the experience for users. Jun also said addressed the issue of vulgar ads on the platform, saying that the company is working to take care of them too.
In another post on Weibo, Xiaomi’s Product Director Wang Teng Thomas reinforced CEO Jun’s promise of taking care of ads in MIUI. Xiaomi’s ad reduction steps are likely to be seen on the MIUI 11 Android skin of the company.
In addition to this, the MIUI team has also disclosed a number of other MIUI 11 features and asked users in China to vote for three of them. The developments of the ones that get the maximum number of votes will be prioritised by Xiaomi. The features for MIUI 11 that are being worked on include voice call recording support in QQ app, a local recycle bin, a magnification shortcut to let users that will let users zoom in text or images, and others.
Xiaomi has also said that MIUI will come with a monochrome mode that will help users in saving the battery of the smartphone. It is being speculated that the mode will be called Super Power Saving Mode.
Till now, there is no word from WhatsApp acknowledging this bug, so we don’t know by when a fix for the issue will be available. However, there is a small solution that may help you if you are encountering this problem on your device. You can add a WhatsApp widget on your smartphone’s home screen so that you are able to see who is messaging you and exactly what the text is.
To get the WhatsApp widget on your smartphone‘s home screen, just long press on it, and select the option of ‘Widgets’. On doing this, you would see a number of widgets of the apps that you have on your handset in the form of a list. Pick WhatsApp’s widget and select the size ‘4 x 2’. You can further enlarge it on your smartphone’s screen if you want to. This will give you a look at who has messaged you and what exactly they have written in the text. So till WhatsApp fixes this issue, you wouldn’t have to dive into the app each time you get a message.
Till now, there is no word from WhatsApp acknowledging this bug, so we don’t know by when a fix for the issue will be available. However, there is a small solution that may help you if you are encountering this problem on your device. You can add a WhatsApp widget on your smartphone’s home screen so that you are able to see who is messaging you and exactly what the text is.
To get the WhatsApp widget on your smartphone‘s home screen, just long press on it, and select the option of ‘Widgets’. On doing this, you would see a number of widgets of the apps that you have on your handset in the form of a list. Pick WhatsApp’s widget and select the size ‘4 x 2’. You can further enlarge it on your smartphone’s screen if you want to. This will give you a look at who has messaged you and what exactly they have written in the text. So till WhatsApp fixes this issue, you wouldn’t have to dive into the app each time you get a message.
Although there are many options to choose from if you want to buy a mini-refrigerator, we found this one very cool. It looks like a massive can of Coca-Cola and holds up to four real cans. It is perfect if you are going on a long drive where you know that there won’t be too many stop-overs for food and drinks. The fridge will keep your drinks and food from getting spoiled. You can pick it up from Amazon India’s website for Rs 6,999.
If you are one among those who cannot live without having coffee every few hours, this mug by Nescafe is what you need. Priced at Rs 6,499, the mug can be picked from Amazon India’s website. It can be connected to your smartphone via Bluetooth and Nescafe Connected Mug App to offer you a personalised experience. The mug has heating and frothing features, so you can use it in summer as well as in winter. The app will provide you with different coffee recipes. We think it is the perfect gift for a coffee-lover. You ven click here to know more about it.
Available at Rs 599 on Amazon India, the humidifier can be used in cars and office. Or wherever you feel hot. Furthermore, the company has claimed that the humidifier works silently and has been designed to be portable. Although you will find other options to choose from, we found this one to be promising.
A gadget that will really help you this summer is a smartphone fan. You can find plenty of them on Amazon India’s website and on Flipkart. Some of them are as affordable as Rs 89, while others are more expensive and will cost you around Rs 500-Rs 600. Their performance may wary but they all have one primary function – they can be connected to your smartphone via USB and start working. Just try picking the one with both USB and microUSB connectivity. The scorching summer sun will never bother you again!
It’s summer, and there’s no smog, but to ensure that the air quality in your house is good and dust-free, you do need an air purifier. Dyson’s Pure Cool air purifier is the best one in India that you can buy right now, so we would totally recommend you to go for it. If you live in an area where the air quality is bad, you need an air purifier regardless of the season. Dyson’s air purifier starts at Rs 38,900. However, there are plenty of other more affordable options in the market to choose from.
Although there are many options to choose from if you want to buy a mini-refrigerator, we found this one very cool. It looks like a massive can of Coca-Cola and holds up to four real cans. It is perfect if you are going on a long drive where you know that there won’t be too many stop-overs for food and drinks. The fridge will keep your drinks and food from getting spoiled. You can pick it up from Amazon India’s website for Rs 6,999.
If you are one among those who cannot live without having coffee every few hours, this mug by Nescafe is what you need. Priced at Rs 6,499, the mug can be picked from Amazon India’s website. It can be connected to your smartphone via Bluetooth and Nescafe Connected Mug App to offer you a personalised experience. The mug has heating and frothing features, so you can use it in summer as well as in winter. The app will provide you with different coffee recipes. We think it is the perfect gift for a coffee-lover. You ven click here to know more about it.
Now this one is a little obvious, but if you are considering to buy a new AC this summer, you can pick from the likes of Voltas 1 Ton 3 star split AC, Whirlpool 3D cool purafresh inverter split AC and Godrej GIC 12RTC3-WRA inverter split AC. An air conditioner is a must have for people in India during the summers, unless you live on the hills.
Available at Rs 599 on Amazon India, the humidifier can be used in cars and office. Or wherever you feel hot. Furthermore, the company has claimed that the humidifier works silently and has been designed to be portable. Although you will find other options to choose from, we found this one to be promising.
A gadget that will really help you this summer is a smartphone fan. You can find plenty of them on Amazon India’s website and on Flipkart. Some of them are as affordable as Rs 89, while others are more expensive and will cost you around Rs 500-Rs 600. Their performance may wary but they all have one primary function – they can be connected to your smartphone via USB and start working. Just try picking the one with both USB and microUSB connectivity. The scorching summer sun will never bother you again!
It’s summer, and there’s no smog, but to ensure that the air quality in your house is good and dust-free, you do need an air purifier. Dyson’s Pure Cool air purifier is the best one in India that you can buy right now, so we would totally recommend you to go for it. If you live in an area where the air quality is bad, you need an air purifier regardless of the season. Dyson’s air purifier starts at Rs 38,900. However, there are plenty of other more affordable options in the market to choose from.
