Inbox by Gmail has finally bid farewell to the world today. The app never garnered as much popularity as Gmail enjoys, but some users really loved Inbox because of the useful features that it offered. Launched in 2014, the app survived for almost five years before it was killed off by its parent company.
However, before the app was removed from the face of the earth, a Chrome extension emerged that can be used to transform Gmail into a service that looks more like Inbox. Dubbed Inbox for Gmail, the Chrome extension can be downloaded via the official Chrome Web Store. But it is worth mentioning that the new extension has been made by a team of developers in Sweden and comes with a number of UI elements that Inbox for Gmail had.
If you are someone who is going to miss Inbox for Gmail, you will love this extension. But it is worth pointing out that the extension is nowhere affiliated with the official Inbox for Gmail service.
According to the listing of the extension on Chrome Web Store, the Inbox Theme for Gmail gets the experience of Google Inbox to Gmail. It gives users a clean and organised design on Gmail, that was earlier available exclusively on Inbox by Gmail. On installing the extension, you would be able to see the mix-and-match of grey and grey and white colours on your Gmail account.
Furthermore, the extension will also transform the top bar of the email service with colour schemes on the mailbox components that are active on the screen. So, if you are looking at your Inbox, the top bar will be shown in a vivid Arctic Blue colour, while it changes to a bright Orange when you look at Starred messages.
However, while the extension manages to add the look and feel of Inbox for Gmail to Google’s current email service, it does not get any of the renowned features that Inbox was known for.
But it is worth adding here that in the last few months, Google has added a number of features from Inbox for Gmail to Gmail. Smart Reply, Nudges, and inline attachments are among the Inbox for Gmail features that have now been added to Gmail. However, since only some of the features that Inbox users loved made their way to Gmail and many are not available even now, many users feel that using Gmail after being accustomed to Inbox is more of a downgrade.
If you wish to download the extension you can head to Chrome Web Store and look for Inbox Theme for Gmail. The extension will soon work with Firefox and Safari too.
WhatsApp Groups are a necessary evil. Sometimes, being in a WhatsApp Groups helps save a lot of time as you don’t have to call different people in order to get your plan into action. However, there are also times when being a part of a group on WhatsApp is downright annoying, because you simply aren’t interested in the conversation other participants are having. Moreover, leaving WhatsApp Groups is not always an option, and that can also be bothersome as seeing a 100+ messages on muted group is not something everyone can ignore. But this won’t continue anymore as the Facebook-owned messaging app has will now let you decide who can add you to groups on WhatsApp.
According to the instant messaging app, the feature will enhance the privacy of the user on the app by giving them control over which WhatsApp users will be able to add them in various Groups.
To enable the new settings, users need to go to ‘Settings’ in their app and tap on the ‘Account’ section. Once it is open, the user needs to go to ‘Privacy’ and then to ‘Groups’. Once the option of Group is selected, they will be given three choices – Nobody, My Contacts and Everyone.
On selecting ‘Nobody’, the user will have the option to approve any group that the has been sent an invite to, if he accepts the invite he will be able to join the group else not. The person who is inviting the user to a group will have to send a private invite to the user which would expire in three days if left unattended. The ‘My Contacts’ option lets people who are in the contact list of the user make him a part of the group and lastly, the option of ‘Everyone’ lets anyone who has the user’s contact make him a part of a group.
With the new privacy setting, WhatsApp has given the users more control over whom can add him to a group. The WhatsApp update with these new settings will roll out to some users starting today. In the coming weeks the feature will be made available to all WhatsApp users across the globe.
WhatsApp groups are great for connecting with more than one people and sending/receiving messages to everyone at the same time. The groups in WhatsApp has many uses but it can be used to spread lies, fake news and misleading information. Since WhatsApp has given the user the ability to create groups where more than 200 participants can send/receive messages simultaneously, it has become a very sensitive platform.
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Technology giant Google didn’t just kill off its social media platform Google+ right on April 2, but its email service ‘Inbox for Gmail’ too. It was an alternative email service by Google that packed a number of features that Gmail initially did not have like message grouping and reminders. Although it never managed to garner the kind of popularity that is enjoyed by Gmail, the app will be missed by a lot of its users because it offered some very useful features.
However, we should add here that the last few months saw a number of features of ‘Inbox for Gmail’ make their way to the regular Gmail app. These include Smart Reply, Nudges, inline attachments and others. But then, only some of the features that Inbox users loved made their way to Gmail. There are many that are not available even now, and because of this, many users feel that using Gmail after being accustomed to Inbox is more of a downgrade.
Amid all this, Spark saw an opportunity that it could make use of. For those unaware, Spark is an email client on iOS that has garnered a lot of appreciation for the features that it offers like smart notifications, snoozing, send later, quick replies and reminders. And now, Spark is becoming available for Android smartphones too.
However, in its current version for Android, some features of the app are missing. Quick replies and integrations with third-party apps are two such features. However, they are expected to be made available on the Android version of Spark’s app very soon.
In case you loved Inbox and don’t want to settle for Gmail in spite of the additions that it has got, Spark is definitely app that is worth giving a try to. We should mention that Spark is not identical to Inbox, but it does have a number of features that we have seen previously on Inbox. Also, it is one among the best alternatives to Inbox that you will find.
We should mention that Google is doing everything that it can in order to make Gmail attractive to potential users. We have already spoken about Gmail getting a number of Inbox features, but it is worth adding that the email service recently also got a Material Redesign that completely changed its look and feel. Other than this, Gmail is also getting support for AMP, which will enable users to shop and fill out forms from their inbox itself, as they would not be redirected to the website they got the email from.
Update: You can also read here about a Chrome extension that will make your Gmail account look like Inbox.
After launching digital content platforms like Wynk Music and Airtel TV, Bharti Airtel Ltd will soon be unveiling a service for readers. Dubbed Airtel Books, the service will come with a collection of e-books for smartphone users. We should add here that with the launch, Airtel aims to upgrade its subscribers to a higher tariff plans and retain then on its network.
The digital content strategies of telecom companies are now becoming increasingly crucial for them because cheap data tariffs are no longer a way to attract consumers, primarily because all the players are offering data at dirt cheap prices. As of December 2018, Airtel had a total of 284.2 million playing subscribers on its network. Its music streaming app Wynk has 120 million users, which Airtel TV enjoys a user base of 80 million.
Speaking about the upcoming book service, Sameer Batra, CEO, content and apps, Bharti Airtel said, “In the past, we made good progress on the entertainment side and we were studying many categories apart from music and video. We realized e-books is a niche and strong category, especially as Airtel has high-quality customers on its network. Also, it’s an uncluttered space.”
While Reliance Jio‘s apps does include JioMags, it focuses on magazines and not books.
The upcoming service will be available to both Airtel and non-Airtel customers and those who subscribe to it will be able to access it on Android as well as on iOS. Airtel Books will initially offer more than 70,000 titles from leading Indian as well as international authors across various genres like crime, romance, fitness, diet, spirituality, business, history and politics, and classics. Furthermore, although at the beginning Airtel Books will have books in English and Hindi, it will soon diversify and include titles from other languages as well.
It is worth mentioning that in December 2017, the company had acquired a strategic equity stake in Juggernaut Books via its wholly owned subsidiary Nettle Infrastructure Investments Ltd. Juggernaut Books was co-founded two years ago by Durga Raghunath and Chiki Sarkar and the company has Nandan Nilekani as its investor. The telco will be relying on Juggernaut to curate content for its upcoming application.
Airtel has also said that it will give all its users a complimentary trial for 30 days. The Readers Club subscription will cost Rs 129 for six months and Rs 199 for a year. Other than this, there will be an option to pay separately for a single book too.
Batra also added, “As e-books is a niche category, we believe the propensity to pay will be higher compared to other kinds of content. We also plan to offer special benefits for Airtel subscribers and are exploring how to bundle the e-books offering with our rewards programme Airtel Thanks. If you are a high-paying Airtel subscriber, we may give some complimentary benefits also.”
Google Pixel smartphones are known to have a useful feature called ‘Call Screen’ that helps the users identify and avoid spam calls on their device. The ‘Call Screen’ feature does this with the help of Google Assistant.
While till now, you needed to have a Google Pixel smartphone to get this feature, Call Screen is now all set to come to the Google Phone app in Nokia and Motorola devices as well. A code has been found in the beta version of the Google Phone app that indicates that smartphones from Nokia and Motorola may receive the Call Screen feature as well. The Call Screen feature was introduced by the search giant back in October 2018.
A Reddit user named hkyq wrote on the platform that he found the Google Phone beta app while browsing the code. The user also found two flags, which clubbed with the codes found, suggest that the search giant might expand its Call Screen feature to other smartphone manufacturers including Nokia and Motorola. But other than the mentions of the two brands, there are no other details mentioned.
The name of the device or model which is set to receive Google’s Call Screen feature has not been mentioned. However, it is being speculated that only those devices of Nokia and Motorola which run Android One will receive the said feature. We should mention that are a number of smartphones from both the manufacturers that runs on Android One. However, no official comment from either of the companies has been made in this subject.
When Call Screen feature is enabled, the users see an option of Screen Call whenever they receive a call on their device. If the feature is turned on, it uses Google Assistant to talk to the caller and present a transcription of the same to the user. After looking at the transcription, the user can decide if he wants to attend the call, disconnect it or let the Assistant keep the conversation going.
The Call Screen feature was launched by Google back in October 2018 and it rolled out in the new Pixel 3 and the Pixel 3 XL devices which were launched last year. The feature was then rolled out to other Pixel devices later in December 2018. Google’s Support Page states that English-speaking people in the United States who own the Pixel 2, Pixel 2 Xl, Pixel 3 or the Pixel 3 XL can use the said feature.
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PUBG or PlayerUnknown’s Battle Grounds is one of the most popular games in the world today. Although earlier, the game was only available for PCs, the PUBG’s popularity surged tremendously since its mobile version was rolled out. PUBG Mobile has scores of users in India as well as in other parts of the world. However, there won’t be a second version of the ever-popular game. And this has been confirmed by none other than PUBG’s creator Brendan Greene has. Greene has said that he is not planning on making a second version of PUBG Mobile.
He also added that he has moved to other projects within the PUBG Corp. and his next game will be different from PUBG. The upcoming game will be of a completely different genre, however, it will still be a multiplayer like PUBG. But it is being speculated that in the new game, the players would not have to kill other players.
“I’ve done the killing thing. It’s fun. I think I’ve provided others with a good way of killing each other. But I want to explore some other things,” Greene said in a conversation with GamesIndustry.biz. But when asked if the new project he has been working on will be a co-operative game/multiplayer game, he confirmed that there might be a possibility of such a game releasing.
“That’s something we’re going to explore. The last man standing concept is great, but I’ve done that. I don’t really intend to make PUBG 2. I’ve done battle royale, it’s time to try something else. There are ideas about how we connect to people and how we provide the different experiences I have,” he further added to his statement.
It should be noted that in the heat of the new releases of battle-royale genre of games like Battlefield: Firestorm or COD: Blackout, PUBG Mobile still remains popular. Although the PC version of the game might be facing stiff competition from its rivals, PUBG Mobile continues to grow in popularity with more and more number of people joining in the battle. It should be noted that PUBG has now been released for other platforms as well such as the Xbox One, PS4, PC and Mobile. The game has also gotten a new map called Vikendi snow map which was demanded by the players for quite some time. Furthermore, PUBG regularly releases new updates and contents for its game to keep it interesting for players as well as make sure that it’s bug free.
But it should also be noted that PUBG Mobile, which is hugely popular in India, has received its fair share of criticism too. The game was banned in Rajkot, Gujarat, and some players were also arrested for playing PUBG Mobile after it was banned.
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Technology giant Google has finally started shutting down Google+ and it is now deleting the accounts of all the consumers on its social media platform. This marks the end of Google’s attempt to compete with the likes of Facebook and Twitter.
Google has said that Google+ is being closed down due to “low usage” and also because it became a liability for the company to keep it secure. The technology giant revealed that Google+ suffered two data breaches that had the potential of exposing information of millions of users on the platform to outside developers.
It was the first data leak that made Google decide that it was time to close down Google+. When the second data breach happened, the search giant preponed the date for closing down the social media platform. So while Google+ earlier had to be shut down by August, it will now close down by April.
In the case of both the data leaks, Google has clarified that there is no evidence of developers being aware of the bugs, let alone them taking an advantage of them. According to Google’s timeline for the shutdown for Google+, the APIs for the social media platform have already been cut off.
Speaking further about the platform, Google’s Ben Smith said in October last year, “While our engineering teams have put a lot of effort and dedication into building Google+ over the years, it has not achieved broad consumer or developer adoption, and has seen limited user interaction with apps. 90 percent of Google+ user sessions are less than five seconds.”
We should add here that during the first few years of Google+, the search giant forced its users to create an account on the platform in order to comment on its other services. For instance, user could not comment on YouTube videos without having a Google+ account. Needless to say, the move drew criticism from many. Furthermore, Google also tied the process of creating a Gmail account to being on Google+. However, being forced into the platform did not work well with most users, so they couldn’t really get themselves to appreciate Google+ features that were not present on other social media platforms.
The features that made Google+ stand out included Circles, which let users organise people into different categories like Friends, Work, Family and more, so they could decide what to share with which Circle. Other than this, it was a platform where people could have conversations based on a topic, something that is not present on Facebook. In spite of all this, Google+ never managed to become a hit among the masses.
Google has already said that it will take it a few months to delete all personal Google+ accounts, so don’t be surprised if you come across pages from the website even after today. However, the content deletion has already started.
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Xiaomi took wraps off its Redmi Note 7 Pro and Redmi Note 7 smartphones in February this year and the two devices garnered appreciation for offering powerful specifications at an affordable price. After a couple of flash sales that the company has conducted, Redmi Note 7 Pro and Redmi Note 7 will go on sale once again today. The customers can purchase the two smartphones from Flipkart, Mi.com or Mi Home Stores. Xiaomi has also come up with some sale offers for customers of the Redmi Note 7 Pro and Redmi Note 7.
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Redmi Note 7 Pro, Redmi Note 7 price and sale offers
The Redmi Note 7 Pro holds a price tag of Rs 13,999 for the 4GB RAM/ 64GB storage variant while the 6GB RAM/128GB storage variant of the device costs Rs 16,999.
The Redmi Note 7 Pro comes in three colour options — Neptune Blue, Nebula Red, and Space Black.
On the other hand, the Redmi Note 7 holds a price tag of Rs 9,999 for the 3GB RAM/32GB storage variant while its 6GB RAM/64GB storage variant costs Rs 11,999.
The Redmi Note 7 comes in three colour options as well – Onyx Black, Ruby Red, and Sapphire Blue.
As mentioned above, both the devices Redmi Note 7 Pro and Redmi Note 7 will go on sale today from 12pm (Noon) IST on Flipkart, Mi.com and Mi Home Stores. Sale offers on the devices include up to 1,120GB data along with unlimited calling on the Airtel network. Airtel is also offering various Airtel Thanks benefits on the purchase of any of the devices. Reliance Jio is also offering double data benefits to its subscribers on the recharge of Rs 198 and above.
Redmi Note 7 Pro specifications
Redmi Note 7 Pro sports a 6.3-inch Full HD+ (1080 x 2340 pixels) resolution display with an aspect ratio of 19.5:9. The device is powered by an 11nm octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 SoC paired with 4GB or 6GB RAM. The smartphone runs Android 9.0 Pie skinned with MIUI 10 and comes with 64GB or 128GB internal storage with support of a microSD card of up to 256GB. The device packs a 4,000mAh battery that has support for Qualcomm Quick Charge 4.0.
On the camera front, the Redmi Note 7 Pro holds a dual rear camera setup which comprises of a 48MP primary sensor with an f/1.79 aperture along with a 5MP depth sensor. For selfies and video calls, there is a 13MP selfie camera. The device also has a fingerprint sensor at the back
Other features of the Redmi Note 7 Pro includes 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS/ A-GPS, USB Type-C port, and 3.5mm headphone jack
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Redmi Note 7 specifications
On the other hand, the Redmi Note 7 is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC paired with 3GB RAM or 4GB RAM. The device comes with 32GB and 64GB of storage options and has support of a microSD card of up to 256GB.
On the camera front, the Redmi Note 7 sports a dual-rear camera setup with a 12MP primary sensor with an f/2.2 aperture and a 2MP secondary sensor. On its front panel, there is a 13MP selfie camera.
Rest of the specifications of the Redmi Note 7 are the same as Redmi Note 7 Pro’s.
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Ford will be seen launching its first long-range electric vehicle — an SUV that is inspired from the Mustang muscle car — in 2020. The company has also announced that the SUV will be able to travel more than 300 miles on a single charge. Ford first teased its upcoming car at the Detroit Auto Show and since then, the electric vehicle has been codenamed as ‘Mach 1’
The executives from the company have stated time and again since 2017 that they intend to offer more than 300 miles their first electric vehicles that reaches the masses. We should mention that although this is the company’s first long range electric vehicle, shorter range all-electric Focus hatchbacks and Ranger trucks from Ford have gone on sale in the past.
With Ford‘s latest announcement, it looks like the company is all set to execute its plans. The company has said that based on Europe’s Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Test Procedure, ‘Mach 1’ will eclipse 370 miles or 600 kilometres.
It is worth adding that the WLTP standard came into action in 2018 in order to evaluate the energy consumption of cars, including EVs, on the road. The standard is more strict than the one that it replaced, however, the estimates of WLTP are more optimistic than the ones that were generated by the Environmental Protection Agency in the US.
But then, it is hard to say what estimate the EPA will arrive at just on the basis of the WLTP one. For instance, the Jaguar I-Pace has a WLTP rating of around 292 miles and it wound up with an EPA range of 240 miles. Going by this, we can assume Ford’s upcoming car’s range to be closer to 300 miles. Other comparisons between WLTP and EPA show a narrower difference between the two estimates and extends Mach 1’s range to 330 miles.
But then, we should add that any value above 300 miles will be good enough to make Ford one among the top companies on the EV range leader board. Currently, the only company that sells electric cars with over 300 miles of range is Tesla. Electric vehicles from companies like Mercedes-Benz, Audi and Jaguar have ranges between 200 miles and 260 miles.
However, this is set to change with Porsche’s first all-electric car, which is all set to hit the road this year. We should add here that Ford has committed more than $10 billion to its EV line-up, so we are expecting that the upcoming car to really turnaround things for the company.
Japanese electronics maker Sony has validated a refund policy for purchases that are made from the PlayStation Store, which is coming into effect starting today. With the new policy enacted, the terms for refund will differ on the basis of the type of content that you are returning.
Going forward, users will not be able to get credit back on a purchase if you have downloaded it or started playing it. However, the only exception to this are subscriptions like PS Plus and PS Now. We should mention that this comes right after Sony cut off third-party retailers like Gameloft from selling PS4 download codes.
It is worth adding that if you have pre-ordered a game, you will have up to 14 days from the date of purchase to receive a refund for it. However, this is also not applicable if you begin downloading and streaming the content or even preloading it, for that matter. But then, in spite of all this, if you are eligible to get your money back, the company will return it to the original payment method. This is not even the worst bit yet.
In case games are already released along with all DLC and season passes, you would still get 14 days to get a refund in case you haven’t downloaded or streamed the content. However, in this case, you will get the refund as PSN wallet credit.
Sony has also suggested users turn off ‘Automatic Downloads’ since if a game that you don’t wish to keep gets downloaded with this function, you would not be eligible to get a refund. This is an important tip to keep in mind, considering that a majority of the players have the feature on, as it enables them to start playing the game as soon as they have some time at hand instead of having to wait for it to download first.
It’s a nightmare for some users to wait for a game to download, and with the new policy, Sony is asking users to do that with every game that they play on PlayStation. Coming to subscriptions to PlayStation Plus or PlayStation Now, they can be refunded within 14 days of purchase, however, Sony will credit this to your PSN wallet and not your original payment method.
But then, the company has also added that it will initiate the refund on the basis of how much of your subscription has lapsed. So, if you get lesser money than what you originally paid, don’t be surprised.
Samsung’s latest flagship smartphones – Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+ and Galaxy S10e – were launched in February this year. And one month after its launch, Samsung has announced that Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10e and Galaxy S10+ will get security updates every month. However, with the addition of the Galaxy S10 models in its monthly updates list, Samsung has downgraded its previous Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge to quarterly updates. But the South Korean technology giant has also assured that the devices above the Galaxy S7 will receive the monthly updates. This includes all smartphones starting from Samsung Galaxy S7 active.
According to the updated list on Samsung Mobile’s official security website, the Galaxy S10, the Galaxy S10+ and the Galaxy S10e will now get the monthly security updates. The list includes the Galaxy S10 series, the Galaxy S9 series, the Galaxy S8 series, the Galaxy Note 9, the Galaxy Note 8 and the Galaxy A5 (2017) along with the Galaxy A8 (2018). It should be noted that all these devices have been launched after 2016 including Galaxy S7 Active, which is the only model of the Galaxy S7 which will receive the monthly update.
On the other hand, Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge have been put in the list of devices to receive the quarterly security updates. The list of smartphones that receive quarterly security updates includes the Galaxy S8 Lite, Galaxy Note FE, Galaxy A8+(2018), Galaxy J2 (2018) etc. Also, the newly launched Samsung Galaxy A70, Galaxy A10, Galaxy A20, Galaxy A30, Galaxy A40, Galaxy A50 along with the Galaxy M-series models also come under the list of devices that will receive quarterly updates.
The quarterly update list of Samsung also have devices such as the Galaxy A2 Core, which has not been released yet. It is an upcoming Samsung device which will run on Android Go platform. According to some leaks and rumours online, the Galaxy A2 Core may get unveiled on April 10 but other than that there is no news about the device.
Other than smartphones, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 which was launched back in February 2017 is demoted by the company. Earlier, the tablet was on the list of devices to receive quarterly security updates but now Samsung has made a few changes and has put the tablet’s name on the list of devices to receive other regular security updates.
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Photo-messaging app Instagram has announced today that it will now be available in four Indian languages. The social media company has said that it has localised the app experience for its Indian users. Starting today, Snapchat will be available in Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and Punjabi. Besides these four languages, Snapchat will also be getting support for Filipino, Malay, Vietnamese, and Urdu.
We should add that the app has got support for these languages less than a month after Snapchat announced that it was found testing languages in the beta version of its app. It is worth mentioning that Snapchat’s updated iOS app will now come with support for new languages and will be available via the App Store. However, the update is expected to come soon to the Android version of the app too.
The launch of the photo-messaging app in local languages is one of the many steps that have been taken by Snap over the last few months to expand in India. However, we should point out that four years back, Snapchat’s CEO Evan Spiegal called India poor and said that Snapchat is “only for rich people.” After Spiegal’s statement, a major chunk of Indian population uninstalled the app and started using photo-sharing app Instagram instead. While Snapchat completely denied that the statement was ever made, ultimately what company lost in terms of users became Instagram‘s gain. In fact, back then, even ratings of the photo-messaging app on App Store suffered greatly.
A few months back, Snapchat also partnered with four Indian Premier League (IPL) teams. The company has teamed up with Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders to offer updates and behind the scenes highlights for its fans on the app. Other than this, the app also had some special lenses, filters, and stickers for IPL. Prior to that, the app also launched some Holi-themed filters, stickers, and lenses for users in India. For International Women’s Day, the company also partnered with six female artists from the country and created sticker, filters and bitmojis especially for the day.
Other than this, last year, Snapchat had also introduced a local version of Discover for India, under which people could find a curated list of vertical-format video stories from publishers and creators. To get content that interests Indian users, Snap also tied up with the likes of Brut, The Logical Indian, Pocket Aces, The Viral Fever, QYOU, Saavn and MissMalini.
South Korean technology giant Samsung has decided to bring the famous K-Pop content and K-Drama for Indian consumers on its My Galaxy App. The new upcoming K-dramas will include three exclusive K-drama series along with over 750 K-pop videos of the top artists and bands such as BTS, Exo, BTOB, MONSTA-X and many others.
Samsung is offering the new shows and music as a part of its commitment to offer and enrich the consumer experience of its users. Samsung’s My Galaxy app is a one-stop platform of the South Korean tech giant for shows, music and many other things.
Pramod Mundra, Senior Director of Samsung India commented on the growing trend of Korean content consumption amongst Indian millennials saying, “We value the interests and taste of our consumers and there is absolutely no doubt about the growing popularity of K-pop culture in India. Keeping in mind the evolving entertainment needs of Indian millennials, we are delighted to bring K-content on our ‘My Galaxy’ App. Samsung customers can now access K-pop music and exclusive K-drama on their favourite Samsung smartphone. We are confident that the famed K-content will resonate well with our young consumers.”
Samsung will be giving its users some of the exclusive Korean dramas like Manhole, Jugglers etc on its My Galaxy app. To bring the shows and dramas, Samsung is partnering with KBS Media, which is Korea’s largest global content distribution companies and it is actively licensing international as well as domestic rights of content. KBS Media also distribute VOD content and imports and debugs foreign programs. Also, KBS Media is part of the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), which is the national public broadcaster of South Korea.
The Korean content coming to Samsung’s My Galaxy app are:
Jugglers – It is one of the famous Korean rom-com drama out of the three exclusives being offered by Samsung. It shows the story of the equation between a secretary and her boss and how it completely flips outside office.
Queen for 7 days – This is another exclusive that will be offered by Samsung to users in India. This historic drama is about a queen who sits on the throne for seven days and her love story with King LeeYeok and Lee Yung.
Manhole – The third exclusive being offered by Samsung is Manhole. This Korean drama shows the story of Pil who travels back in time to stop his crush of 28 years from getting married.
K-Pop – Along with exclusive K-dramas, Samsung is also offering more than 750 songs and over 45 hours of content. Some of the famous bands and artist which are included in this are – BTS, EXO, BTOB, MONSTA-X.
To watch or listen to the K-dramas and K-pop the users need to download the ‘My Galaxy’ app from Google Play Store or from Samsung’s own App Store.
Samsung’s My Galaxy app has more than 20 million users in India and the company wishes to offer Korean content to the millennials across metro towns and Tier 1 cities.
Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg’s PewDiePie was defeated by India’s T-series last week where the latter’s YouTube channel gained a lead of more than 50,000 subscribers making it the No.1 channel on the video platform. But that victory of T-series didn’t last long as PewDiePie has once again taken the lead from T-series. Today, PewDiePie became the biggest YouTube channel again after it surpassed T-Series by more than 1,50,000 subscribers.
After being defeated last week, PewDiePie’s channel was promoted by two YouTube channels – kwebblekop and Philip DeFranco – who already have a large number of subscribers. The promotion gave PewDiePie the push he needed to defeat T-series and now they stand with a difference of more than 1,50,000 subscribers. This is not the first time the win-lose game between the two biggest YouTube channels had been played. We should mention that T-series has defeated PewDiePie many times in the past to become number 1 channel on YouTube. But PewDiePie and his followers find a way to surpass T-Series, even if that means buying billboards, hacking printers or getting slots on TV. The battle between the two channels has been going on for more than seven months now.
Last week, when PewDiePie was defeated and he didn’t take being the No. 2 very well. He actually made a video ‘congratulating’ T-series and posted it on YouTube. However, he was actually being sarcastic and telling it took a “corporate with every Bollywood son” to defeat him, conveniently not mentioning his prior association with Disney, which is also a corporate. He didn’t stop at taking digs at the record label, but went ahead and took jabs at Indians as well in his video by talking about ‘India’s broken caste system’ and ‘crippling poverty.’
It is not the first time PewDiePie has been supported by other YouTubers and YouTube channels. Many channels came to support PewDiePie so that an individual would become the No. 1 channel on YouTube rather than a corporate – T-series. In the past, to increase PewDiePie’s subscribers hacking was also used where ‘someone’ hacked printers worldwide and urged the people to subscribe to PewDiePie.
According to the data from Social Blade, T-series surpassed PewDiePie over 120 times since the battle however, the YouTuber found a way to make a comeback every time, even though he claims that he doesn’t care about T-Series or numbers in general. The last lead T-series had over PewDiePie was in March where it had gained a lead of more than 50,000 subscribers.
Till now, T-series chairman Bhushan Kumar had stayed away from the battle and all the controversy going on between the two channels. But last month he too came forward and asked the Indian YouTubers to support the channel and make India win’.
Bhushan Kumar on his Twitter handle wrote, “We’re on the brink of becoming the world’s biggest @YouTube channel. We can make history.”
With the battle reaching new heights, it is yet to be seen which of the two will become not the winners but be first to reach 1 billion YouTube subscribers as both the channels have more than 90 million subscribers.
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MG Motor India Pvt Ltd has announced that it is all set to launch the country’s first ever connected car that will be called ‘The Hector’. The company has also added that the car will be available for sales by June this year. MG Motor’s upcoming Hector is expected to cost between Rs 17-20 lakh.
The Hector is powered by iSMART technology from MG Motor, that comes with an embedded connectivity solution, navigation services and has support for a voice assistant. It also has pre-loaded infotainment content, emergency services, and some pre-installed apps.
According to Rajeev Chaba, President and Managing Director of MG Motor India, The Hector is the only car in the world to come with support for Over-The-Air (OTA) updates. He further said that the car will come with several ‘industry-first’ features that are specifically meant for Internet-enabled cars.
Much like Tesla, The Hector will come with a 10.4-inch head unit that will be a touch screen that is the biggest in the Indian automobiles market yet. It is worth adding that the display will come with a vertical interface that will enable the driver to control the entire car system with just a voice command ot just a few taps. For entertainment, the car will come with pre-loaded content that will include some videos, Gaana app and Accuweather.
To ensure that the car remains connected, this unit also comes with an embedded machine to machine (M2M) SIM. It is worth adding that the customized solution has been developed by Unlimit in partnership with Cisco and Airtel.
Another thing worth mentioning is that the connectivity mobility on The Hector – Internet Protocol Version 6 – which has support for 5G connectivity. With this, customers will be able to download the OTA software updates without any delay. However, there will also be options of scheduling them for later, much as we do in smartphones.
Chaba also added, “With an embedded SIM card and OTA, the MG Hector promises to do a lot more over time with constantly-expanding capabilities, to create a seamless driving experience, throughout the life of the car. Furthermore, with the advent of 5G connectivity in India, MG cars will have the potential to add new, breakthrough features to further enrich the car driving experience.”
The car also has support for an AI-based voice assistant that works on the cloud. The assistant is developed by Nuance for MG India and it has been designed particularly for Indian accent. We must add that with AI and Machine Learning, the systems in the car will get better with usage. We should also mention that another feature of the car is a pre-embedded navigation app from TomTom.
HMD Global has announced that Nokia’s Banana phone – Nokia 8110 4G –now has support for WhatsApp in India. Due to the device’s banana-like curve it is popularly known as ‘Banana phone’. The users of the Nokia 8110 4G can download the WhatsApp app from the Nokia Store and use it on the feature phone by registering their number just like they do while using the app on a smartphone. The device runs on KaiOS, much like its rival JioPhone 2 which has had support for WhatsApp since its launch last year. HMD Global also said that India is the first country to get the WhatsApp support on the Nokia 8110 4G.
The Nokia 8110 4G was launched by the company at the MWC 2018 and it was made available in India in October 2018. The device comes with a new edition of the classic Snake game preloaded. Previously, Nokia 8110 4G was supposed to get the support for WhatsApp via an update.
Ajey Mehta, Vice President and Country Head of India, HMD Global, said in a statement, “We’re so happy that our fans in India will get WhatsApp on Nokia 8110 first anywhere in the world. The Nokia 8110 is a phone for ‘the originals’ and I hope along with adding to the style quotient, this new addition of WhatsApp to the already existing bouquet of apps on Nokia 8110 will make it the ideal choice for our fans.”
Nokia 8110 4G specifications, price and features
The Nokia 8110 4G holds a price tag of Rs 5,999 and it can be purchased via online as well offline Nokia partner retailers. The phone is also available to purchase on Nokia’s official website.
The Nokia 8110 4G comes in two colour variants – Banana Yellow and Traditional Black.
Coming to the specifications, the Nokia 8110 4G sports a 2.45-inch QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) curved screen. It is powered by a 1.1GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 205 SoC paired with 512MB of LPDDR3 RAM along with 4GB of storage. The Nokia 8110 4G supports dual-SIM (Micro + Nano) cards and it comes without a microSD card slot. The feature phone packs a 1,500mAh battery and Nokia claims that it can give up to 9.32 hours of talk-time on VoLTE, and 25 days of 4G LTE standby time.
On the camera front, Nokia 8110 4G comes with 2MP rear camera accompanied with an LED flash while there is no front camera on the device. Other features of the Nokia 8110 4G includes 4G VoLTE with hotspot, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.1, GPS/ A-GPS, FM radio, a Micro-USB port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The device also has an IP52 drip protection.
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HMD Global has today launched its Nokia X71 smartphone in Taiwan, along with unveiling Nokia 9 PureView in the market. The Nokia X71 is the first smartphone by the company to come with a hole-punch display that houses the selfie camera.
The key highlight so the Nokia X71 include its hole-punch selfie camera, a triple rear camera setup with a 48MP primary sensor, a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, a Snapdragon 660 processor and a 3,500mAh battery. The Nokia X71 smartphone comes with Android 9.0 Pie out-of-the-box. Here’s a look at the pricing details and specifications of the newly launched smartphone:
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Nokia X71 price and availability
Nokia X71 smartphone is priced at TWD 11,900, which is roughly Rs 26,600. The handset will be available in Taiwan starting April 30. However, there is no word on the smartphone’s arrival in other regions including India. The Nokia X71 smartphone is only available in a single Eclipse Black colour option.
Nokia X71 specifications
Coming to the specifications of the Nokia X71 smartphone, it comes with a 2.5D double-sided glass and a vertically stacked triple rear camera setup and a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner that is placed beneath the cameras of the device. On the front panel, the selfie camera of the Nokia X71 smartphone is situated on the top left of the handset. The volume and power buttons are placed on the right edge of the device and the power button also alerts users for missed calls and it sends notifications for messages. The Nokia X71 also has a 3.5mm headphone jack.
The handset runs Android 9.0 Pie and features a 6.39-inch full-HD+ full-screen display that has an aspect ratio of 19.3:9, a brightness of 500 nits and 96 percent wide colour gamut. Powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 660 processor clubbed with 6GB of RAM, the Nokia X71 smartphone comes with 128GB of storage and can hold a microSD card of up to 256GB.
For imaging duties, the smartphone has a triple rear camera setup that comprises of a 48MP primary sensor with an f/1.8 aperture, a 5Mp depth of field sensor with an f/2.4 aperture and an 8MP ultra-wide angle sensor. For selfies and video calls, there is a 16MP sensor with an f/2.0 aperture.
The Nokia X71 handset houses a 3,500mAh battery that has support for 18W fast charging and its connectivity options include Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS, USB Type-C, USB OTG, and 3.5mm audio jack.
Indian technology brand Adcom has today launched its Luminosa headphones in India today. The company claims that the newly launched Adcom Luminosa is “one of a kind” and it can be used wirelessly, and has a ‘unique LED’.
Adcom Luminosa is described as a ‘Wireless Bluetooth LED Over-Ear Foldable Headset’ and is claimed to provide users with a brilliant listening experience or users. The newly launched headset comes with a built-in Mic, LEDs with an On/Off Control along with features for Deep Bass and Passive Noise Cancellation. Furthermore, Adcom Luminosa is compatible with all smartphones from iOS and Android.
The headset is priced at Rs 1,490 and is available at Amazon India’s website, Flipkart and the company’s online store. Adcom Luminosa can be picked up only in a Black coloured variant that comes with LED lights on it. If you buy the headphones via the company’s website, you will get an additional 10% discount on it if you use the coupon ‘Press10’. Adcom is also providing a 1-year replacement warranty if the product encounters any manufacturing defects.
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Here’s a look at the features of the newly launched Adcom Luminosa headset:
Design and comfort: The headset is said to have a lightweight design coupled with a self-adjusting headband & 180º folding system that has leather padded cushion and headband. The company claims that all of this ensures that the headphones are comfortable to use.
Adcom Luminosa has LED lights with an On/Off Control on the ear-cups, which make the wearer stand out. The headset comes with an advanced Bluetooth v4.2 technology that allows faster pairing with all Android, iOS, and Windows devices. The wireless operating range of the headset is up to 20 meters
Passive Noise Cancellation with Deep Bass is another feature of the newly launched Adcom wireless headphones.
Multifunctional Tactile Buttons with the option of Wireless or Wired usage: These can be used for music playback and answer calls by pressing the multifunction tactile buttons. Luminosa can also be connected via an AUX cable, which is claimed to work even when there is no charge left in the headphone.
Battery life: The headset has a 400mAh lithium-ion polymer battery that can survive up to 7 hours of continuous talk/play time, 2 hours of charging time and 600 hours of standby time. Other than this, the Adcom Luminosa also has an in-built HD sensitive microphone and is sweat-proof and sports friendly.
Speaking on the launch Sahib Bhatia, Brand Manager, Adcom India said, “At Adcom, it is our endeavour to bestow our customers with innovative products that are technologically advanced, premium quality, yet available at affordable price points. Indian youth today is on a constant lookout for music on the go at costs that are easy on their pocket. We are proud to introduce the Adcom Luminosa headset for them. Through the best sound possible, we want to fully convey the creator’s intent, and provide the ultimate listening experience to users with the Adcom Luminosa. It is ergonomically designed to enable comfort with a foldable structure and over-ear design. We further hope to bring forth more such new and innovative products in the near future.”
Facebook-owned instant messaging service WhatsApp has announced its ‘Checkpoint Tipline’ feature on Tuesday. This feature allows the users to check the authenticity of the information they received, the new feature by WhatsApp comes weeks ahead of the India’s general election to counter the spread of fake news.
Checkpoint Tipline was launched by Proto, an Indian based media skilling start-up. With the new feature, users in India can submit the misinformation and fake news they received to the Checkpoint Tipline on WhatsApp to +91-9643-000-888.
Once the information is shared, the suspicious message will be verified by Proto’s verification centre. Once verified, the verification center will inform the user if the news is a fake or not. The verification centre can review the content sent to it – images, video links or text. The verification centre is able to verify content of four languages – Hindi, Telgu, Bengali and Malayalam.
In a statement, WhatsApp said, “Launched by Proto, an India-based media skilling start-up, this tipline will help create a database of rumours to study misinformation during elections for Checkpoint – a research project commissioned and technically assisted by WhatsApp. The response will indicate if information is classified as true, false, misleading, disputed or out of scope and include any other related information that is available.”
Proto will also be working with other organisations to look into the information and check if the shared information is true or a piece of misinformation. The information checking initiative came after the platform faced criticism from the government when the spread of fake news claimed the lives of many individuals in mob-lynching last year.
So, to stop the spread of fake news on its platform, WhatsApp is taking various steps before the elections. WhatsApp is also putting ads on TV, papers and online to stop believing the information the users received until it is from a verified source.
On Tuesday, WhatsApp said Dig Deeper Media and Meedan, which previously worked on misinformation-related projects around the world are helping Proto to develop the verification and research frameworks for India. This will make countering the fake news easier. Meedan has also developed the technology to support the verification of rumours which are spread on the platform. And it will also maintain the database of such content that have been processed. For doing this, they have expanded their check platform and then integrated it with the WhatsApp Business API, so that they receive and respond to messages at scale.
Ritvvij Parrikh and Nasr ul Hadi, Founder of Proto said, “The goal of this project is to study the misinformation phenomenon at scale — natively in WhatsApp. As more data flows in, we will be able to identify the most susceptible or affected issues, locations, languages, regions, and more.”
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It’s a story that gets repeated on every weekend. We make plans, and then we cancel them to sit at home and watch Netflix instead. The video streaming service has garnered tremendous popularity and most users don’t only prefer it over other video streaming services, but also over human company.
No, we are not even exaggerating this. If you are one among those who are always glued to Netflix, we are here with a guide that will help you this month. Here’s a list of all the shows and movies coming to and leaving Netflix this month. So you would know exactly when to tune in to catch the show you are waiting for before anyone else does. Take a look:
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April 1
What’s coming to Netflix: Across the Line, All the President’s Men, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Deliverance, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Evolution, Freddy vs. Jason, Friday the 13th (2009), I Am Legend, Lakeview Terrace, Monster House, Obsessed, Penelope, Pineapple Express, Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon (Season 2), P.S. I Love You, Snatch, Spy Kids, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D, The Bone Collector, The Fifth Element, The Golden Compass, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 and Valkyrie.
What’s leaving Netflix: American Pie, Billy Madison, Blue Mountain State (Seasons 1-3), Casino Royale, Diamonds Are Forever, Die Another Day, Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, Goldfinger, Happy Feet, Happy Gilmore, Heat, I Love You Man, L.A. Confidential, Live and Let Die, Luther, series 1-4, Octopussy, Pokémon: XY (Seasons 1-2), Seven, Sex and the City: The Movie, The Living Daylights, The Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, The World is Not Enough, Wallander, series 1-4 and You Only Live Twice.
April 2nd-5th
What’s coming to Netflix: Kevin Hart: Irresponsible (April 2) and Suzzanna: Buried Alive (April 3). Shows coming on April 5 – Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, season 2, In the Shadows, Legacies (Season 1), Our Planet, Persona: Collection, Roman Empire: Caligula: The Mad Emperor, Spirit Riding Free (Season 8), Tijuana and Unicorn Store.
What’s leaving Netflix: Raw (April 4)
April 7th-9th
What’s coming to Netflix: Trolls: The Beat Goes On! (Season 6) – April 9.
What’s leaving Netflix: Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, seasons 1-5 and Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Lost Missions.
April 10th-13th
What’s coming to Netflix: (April 10) – New Girl (Season 7), You vs. Wild, April 11th, Black Summer.
(April 12) – A Land Imagined, Band Aid, Huge in France, Mighty Little Bheem, The Perfect Date, The Silence, Special and Who Would You Take to a Deserted Island?
What’s leaving Netflix: (April 13) – Video Game High School (Seasons 1-3).
April 15th-18th
What’s coming to Netflix: (April 15) – Luis Miguel, No Good Nick and The New Romantic.
(April 16) – Super Monsters Furever Friends
(April 18) – My First First Love
What’s leaving Netflix: (April 18) – Silver Linings Playbook
April 19
Image courtesy: WikipediaWhat’s coming to Netflix: A Fortunate Man, Brené Brown: The Call to Courage, Cuckoo (Season 5), ‘I, Daniel Blake’, Music Teacher, Rilakkuma and Kaoru Samantha! (Season 2) and Someone Great.
April 20th-25th
What’s coming to Netflix: (April 20) – Grass is Greener
(April 22) – Pinky Malinky (Part 2), Selection Day (New episodes)
(April 23) – I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
(April 24) – Bonding
(April 25) – The Hateful Eight and The Ugly Truth
April 26th
Image courtesy: Rotten TomatoesWhat’s coming to Netflix: The Protector (Season 2), Chambers, ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Season 2), Street Food, The Sapphires and Yankee.
April 27th-28th
Image courtesy: WikipediaWhat’s coming to Netflix: (April 27) – American Honey
(April 28) – Señora Acero (Season 5)
(April 29) – Burning and The Imitation Game
April 30th
What’s coming to Netflix: Anthony Jeselnik: Fire in the Maternity Ward, Baki (Part 2) and Ingress: The Animation.
Japanese electronic goods maker JVC has launched six new smart LED TVs in India. The TVs vary from 40 inches to 55 inches in size and their starting price is Rs 16,999. The JVC company has been known for making audio and in-car entertainment products like speakers but prior to this and now, foraying into the TV business. It was last year that JVC teamed up with the Indian OEM Viera to announce a wide range of TVs. But now, the company has launched new range of smart TVs under its own name.
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JVC TVs price and availability
The new range of TVs from JVC be available for purchase on Flipkart starting April 6. The starting price of the JVC TV range is Rs 16,999.
JVC TVs specifications and features
The new range of TVs from JVC comes in four screen sizes – 40 inches, 43 inches, 49 inches and 55 inches. They also come in two resolution variants to choose from – Full HD or 4K – depending on the screen size. As mentioned earlier, all the TVs are smart TVs and have support for apps like Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and YouTube. So, the user can go online and stream his favourite TV shows or movies through any of these platforms.
The newly-launched TVs also support Miracast, which gives users the ability to share images or videos from a smartphone to smart TVs. But for sending the content from one device to the other, both the devices must be connected to Wi-Fi. The new JVC TVs come with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. It is powered by quad-core CPU and has up to 50W sound output. But the 50W sound output is only available on the 55-inch variant of the TVs. In addition to this, the speakers of the 55-inch TV also comes with Dolby certification for sound tuning.
For connectivity, the smart TVs come with standard connectivity options such as Wi-Fi and LAN making it capable of browsing the internet and giving it online services. It also has an HDMI and USB connectivity to connect with other source devices.
Although the Japanese brand is mostly known for its speakers, now it is also setting its foot in the TV industry of the country. And till now, JVC has released multiple TVs and TV series. It should also be noted that, although the TVs will come with JVC branding, the smart TVs are made and marketed by India’s Viera Group that markets and produces the TVs under the Noble Skiodo brand.
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Cupertino-based technology giant Apple has started working on its India manufacturing plans. The company has reportedly started assembling its iPhone 7 at Wistron’s facility in Bengaluru. Taiwanese industrial giant Wistron is one among Apple‘s supplier and it already assembles the iPhone 6S in the country.
Speaking to news agency IANS, a spokesperson from Apple said, “We are proud to be producing iPhone 7 in Bengaluru for our local customers furthering our long-term commitment in India.” Wistron started assembling iPhone 7 last month in India.
We should add here that Wistron announced its plans to invest Rs 3,000 crore in the Narasupra industrial sector in Karnataka’s Kolar district last year. Initially, it was only assembling low-end iPhone SE in India and then later, it expanded its operations and started assembling iPhone 6S too.
According to Gujuran A, the head of Wistron India, the company will be setting up a unit to make iPhones in India in 43 acres of land that will be allotted to it. It is said that the unit will have an employment potential of over 10,000 people.
The facility by Wistron will also manufacture a wider range of Apple’s devices. The Cupertino-based technology company is slowly and steadily implementing its plans to make deeper inroads in India, which happens to be a very important market for Apple since there are over 450 million smartphones users here. Starting the assembly of iPhone 7 in India is just a step further in achieving its plans for Apple.
Speaking on the matter, Tarun Pathak, Associate Director of Hong-Kong based Counterpoint Research said that the Indian electronics market is growing very fast and has a significant advantage over some of the countries it is competing with.
Speaking to the news agency, he said, “I think to start with, it makes sense for Apple to localise assembling of models that have the potential to scale up and then slowly expands it to the entire portfolio.”
It is worth mentioning that the iPhone 7’s 32GB variant costs Rs 39,900, and the 128GB model costs Rs 49,900. In India, the price is one among the key factors for users when they are looking for a new smartphone to buy.
To begin assembling more handsets in India, Apple is also seeking tax relief and some other incentives.
We should also add that Apple has started reducing the price of the iPhone in China and may do the same in India, where a number of people still consider most iPhones to be expensive.
LG’s flagship device – LG V50 ThinQ 5G – was unveiled by the company in February at the MWC 2019. The LG V50 ThinQ 5G is powered by the Snapdragon 855 SoC clubbed with Snapdragon X50 5G modem that enables 5G connectivity on the device. The LG V50 ThinQ 5G also comes with a dual screen accessory which gives the smartphone another screen to work with.
Although the specifications of the device were unveiled at the MWC 2019 by LG but its price and availability are still a secret. But now, after a month of its unveiling, the South-Korean electronic maker has finally announced that the LG V50 ThinQ 5G will be available in the markets from April 19 and the pricing of the device for the South Korean market has also been released. Once LG V50 ThinQ 5G goes on sale, the comapny will be giving the dual-screen accessory to its users for free till May, but after that the users will have to purchase the accessory separately.
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LG V50 ThinQ 5G price and availability
The LG V50 ThinQ 5G will be priced in South Korean at KRW 1,119,000 (approximately Rs 73,000). While the Dual Screen Attachment which is a 6.2-inch OLED (2160 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ display has a price of KRW 219,000 (approximately Rs 13,300).
As mentioned earlier, LG has said that the customers of the LG V50 ThinQ 5G will get the Dual Screen attachment for free if they purchase the device till May. After that, the customers will have to purchase the attachment separately.
The Dual Screen attachment for the LG V50 ThinQ 5G not just acts as a secondary display, but it also becomes a case for the smartphone. The screen connects with the device with Pogo pin connectors and is powered by the smartphone itself.
LG V50 ThinQ 5G specifications
The LG V50 ThinQ 5G sports a 6.4-inch Quad HD (1440 x 3120 pixels) OLED FullVision display that has an aspect ratio of 19.5:9, a pixel density of 538ppi and comes with support for HDR10. The device is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC paired with Adreno 640 GPU and it also has the Snapdragon X50 modem that enables 5G connectivity on the device. The LG V50 ThinQ 5G comes with 6GB of RAM with 128GB of storage, and it can hold a microSD of up to 2TB. The LG V50 ThinQ 5G packs a 4,000mAH battery with Quick Charge 3.0 fast charging support and has a USB Type-C port.
On the camera front, the LG V50 ThinQ 5G comes with a triple-rear camera setup which comprises of a 12MP primary camera with 78-degree lens, f/1.5 aperture and 1.4-micron pixel size paired with a 12MP telephoto lens with 45-degree lens, f/2.4 aperture and 1-micron pixel size along with a 16MP wide-angle lens with 107-degree lens, f/1.9 aperture and 1-micron pixel size. At the front, there is a dual camera setup that which houses an 8MP RGB sensor with an f/1.9 aperture, 1-micron pixel size and 80-degree lens paired with a 5MP wide-angle lens with an f/2.2 aperture, 90-degree lens and 1.12-micron pixels.
Other features of the LG V50 ThinQ 5G include 3G, 4G LTE-A and 5G connectivity, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC, and Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac. The LG V50 ThinQ 5G also comes with an IP68 rating which gives it dust and water resistance, and it also features a MIL-STD 810G certified build.
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Ubon, the Indian audio company, added a new wireless speaker to its list of products named Ubon SP-50 Wooden Wireless Bluetooth Speaker. The SP-50 comes with a wooden built with some parts created of plastic. Holding a price tag of Rs 2,990 the design of the Ubon SP-50 Wooden Wireless Bluetooth Speaker is retro and for the sound quality and other interesting features read the rest of our review of the Ubon SP-50 Wooden Wireless Bluetooth Speaker:
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Design
The design of the Ubon SP-50 Wooden Wireless Bluetooth Speaker seems to be from the early 1,900’s. It is an old-school design mixed with modern technology. The BT speaker has a mixed built of wood and plastic. The majority of the SP-50 is made out of wood while some of its parts like the controls or the smartphone dock is made out of plastic. Even though it is made of two materials, but both have more or less same colour scheme which gives it a one-tone colour look.
The front of the speaker houses the speaker grills made out of plastic, inside which two small sized speakers are placed along with a small sub-woofer. The UBON logo prominently sits on the front of the speaker grills. The top of the speaker has the smartphone dock where you can place your smartphone or tablet in a dock cut out. The top also houses the media controls and the volume dial.
To elaborate, there are 4 buttons placed on top of the UBON SP-50 accompanied with the volume dial. The four buttons are — Previous, Next, Play/Pause and the Mode selection button. All the buttons are made out of plastic and have a sturdy feel, but the volume button is a bit hard to rotate i.e., its movement is not fluid.
The left and the right side of the speaker is plain and doesn’t have anything. But the back of the device houses the main controls and connectors. There is a power on/off switch at the back of the UBON SP-50 speaker along with a USB connector, which can be used to play songs from a pen drive. There is also a microSD card slot that can be used to directly play the songs from a compatible card. Over that, there is also an AUX jack available here, which can be used to connect the speaker to the smartphone or other devices.
Ubon SP-50 Wooden Wireless Bluetooth Speaker Front
There is also a micro USB slot which is the charging port of the Ubon SP-50 Wooden Wireless Bluetooth Speaker. Weirdly, the LED notification light is located at the back of the device. It was hard to understand if the device was turned off or on when looking from the front. The light usually glows blue when in normal mode, red in low battery mode and blue + red while charging the speaker.
The device comes in only one colour variant – Brown Wood. Since it is light wood, we at times felt that if the device drops it might break. Also the surface will get scratched very easily.
Ubon SP-50 Wooden Wireless Bluetooth Speaker
The Ubon SP-50 Wooden Wireless Bluetooth Speaker has a boxy build and although it seems like one would want to carry it, it will be a hard task carrying this speaker inside a bag, as portability is a bit of an issue. These are best kept inside the house.
Performance
The Ubon SP-50 Wooden Wireless Bluetooth Speaker packs two 10W speakers and they have a frequency range of 60Hz to 15KHz (15,000Hz). There is also a small hole cut-out between the speakers, which houses the sub-woofer. It comes with Bluetooth 4.0 and has 10 metres BT working range, which is an acceptable distance.
The speaker comes with a 2,000mAh battery and the company has promised a battery life of 6 hours of playback time on a single charge. And when we tested the speaker it was able to give just about that much, which is a good battery backup for a Bluetooth speaker. As mentioned earlier, it can play songs via Bluetooth, microSD card, Pen drive, AUX cable and it also comes with an in-built FM Radio.
Ubon SP-50 Wooden Wireless Bluetooth Speaker connectivity panel
The company had also promised that it can reconnect with the last device connected to it which is true. Once our smartphone’s Bluetooth was turned on, the Ubon SP-50 Wooden Wireless Bluetooth Speaker automatically detected and connected with the smartphone. So the headache of re-pairing a device goes away, as the device remembers.
Now coming to the main part of the Ubon SP-50 Wooden Wireless Bluetooth Speaker — the sound. In which the Ubon SP-50 Wooden Wireless Bluetooth Speaker performs quite well. In brief, the Ubon SP-50 Wooden Wireless Bluetooth Speaker is loud. It gives a good mixture of lows and highs. The treble is clear and it also has a good level of bass. Although the speaker doesn’t have a wide sub-woofer, it delivers quite well in the bass department.
Ubon SP-50 Wooden Wireless Bluetooth Speaker smartphone holder
The company promised HD and stereo sound quality from the Ubon SP-50 Wooden Wireless Bluetooth Speaker and it was true to quite an extent. What we expected from this Speaker was delivered to us. Even though it did not exceed our expectations, it passed our tests with good marks.
Verdict
The Ubon SP-50 Wooden Wireless Bluetooth Speaker delivers what the company said it will deliver, no more and no less. It offers good sound quality with good levels of treble and bass. The sound offered by it is clear and loud and even the low notes are precise. Its build quality gives a retro and vintage look but at times we did feel it is not too sturdy. And lastly the price, with a price tag of Rs 2,990, it has stiff competition in the market. As others are giving water proof capability for just Rs 200-300 more.
Rating 3.0Pros :
Excellent sound quality
Good bass and treble
Battery Backup
Cons:
Build not super sturdy
Slightly expensive
Not very portable
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Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL were released back in October 2017 and they were the search giant’s flagship offerings to the smartphone market. And now, 2 years after their launch and months after their successors got unveiled, Google has stopped selling its Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL in the US markets.
On Google’s official product website, you will only find Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL being sold along with the Pixel Stand, Pixel Cases, Google Pixel Buds, and other accessories. The only place where the Google Pixel 2 and Google Pixel 2 XL are mentioned is the ‘Find the right Pixel for you’ section. This is the section where the Pixel, the Pixel 2 and the Pixel 3 are compared with each other. But there is no ‘Buy Now’ button besides the Google Pixel 2 devices.
On its official products website, Google is asking the users to buy the Pixel 3 series instead of the Pixel 2 series of smartphones. The news was first spotted by Android Police, and before its discontinuation, the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL were sold with discounts and offers during festivals and sales. And now, the company has completely stopped the sale of the Pixel 2 devices. However, it should be noted that the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL software support will last another year.
After discontinuation from its products website, Google has removed the Pixel 2 series listing from its India website as well. On the India website, only the Pixel 3 and its other accessories are seen in the phone section. We should add here that on Flipkart, the Google Pixel 2 with 4GB RAM Just Black variant is still being sold. All the other variants of the device are listed ‘out of stock’ on Flipkart.
Earlier, we saw that the search giant might be planning to launch its Pixel 3a and the Pixel 3a XL which will be a watered down and affordable version of the Google’s Pixel 3 flagship smartphones. The Pixel 3a will reportedly sport a 5.6-inch display and will be powered by Snapdragon 670 SoC while the Pixel 3a XL may feature a 6-inch display and will be reportedly be powered by the Snapdragon 710 SoC. Both the devices might come with 4GB of RAM and 18W fast charging support with USB Type-C port. Some reports suggest that the smartphone will be unveiled at Google I/O 2019, however, Google has not confirmed this yet.
So, to stop the spread of fake news on its platform, WhatsApp is taking various steps before the elections. WhatsApp is also putting ads on TV, papers and online to stop believing the information the users received until it is from a verified source.
On Tuesday, WhatsApp said Dig Deeper Media and Meedan, which previously worked on misinformation-related projects around the world are helping Proto to develop the verification and research frameworks for India. This will make countering the fake news easier. Meedan has also developed the technology to support the verification of rumours which are spread on the platform. And it will also maintain the database of such content that have been processed. For doing this, they have expanded their check platform and then integrated it with the WhatsApp Business API, so that they receive and respond to messages at scale.
Ritvvij Parrikh and Nasr ul Hadi, Founder of Proto said, “The goal of this project is to study the misinformation phenomenon at scale — natively in WhatsApp. As more data flows in, we will be able to identify the most susceptible or affected issues, locations, languages, regions, and more.”
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So, to stop the spread of fake news on its platform, WhatsApp is taking various steps before the elections. WhatsApp is also putting ads on TV, papers and online to stop believing the information the users received until it is from a verified source.
On Tuesday, WhatsApp said Dig Deeper Media and Meedan, which previously worked on misinformation-related projects around the world are helping Proto to develop the verification and research frameworks for India. This will make countering the fake news easier. Meedan has also developed the technology to support the verification of rumours which are spread on the platform. And it will also maintain the database of such content that have been processed. For doing this, they have expanded their check platform and then integrated it with the WhatsApp Business API, so that they receive and respond to messages at scale.
Ritvvij Parrikh and Nasr ul Hadi, Founder of Proto said, “The goal of this project is to study the misinformation phenomenon at scale — natively in WhatsApp. As more data flows in, we will be able to identify the most susceptible or affected issues, locations, languages, regions, and more.”
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What’s leaving Netflix: American Pie, Billy Madison, Blue Mountain State (Seasons 1-3), Casino Royale, Diamonds Are Forever, Die Another Day, Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, Goldfinger, Happy Feet, Happy Gilmore, Heat, I Love You Man, L.A. Confidential, Live and Let Die, Luther, series 1-4, Octopussy, Pokémon: XY (Seasons 1-2), Seven, Sex and the City: The Movie, The Living Daylights, The Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, The World is Not Enough, Wallander, series 1-4 and You Only Live Twice.
What’s coming to Netflix: Trolls: The Beat Goes On! (Season 6) – April 9.
What’s leaving Netflix: Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, seasons 1-5 and Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Lost Missions.
What’s coming to Netflix: (April 10) – New Girl (Season 7), You vs. Wild, April 11th, Black Summer.
(April 12) – A Land Imagined, Band Aid, Huge in France, Mighty Little Bheem, The Perfect Date, The Silence, Special and Who Would You Take to a Deserted Island?
What’s leaving Netflix: (April 13) – Video Game High School (Seasons 1-3).
What’s coming to Netflix: (April 15) – Luis Miguel, No Good Nick and The New Romantic.
(April 16) – Super Monsters Furever Friends
(April 18) – My First First Love
What’s leaving Netflix: (April 18) – Silver Linings Playbook
What’s coming to Netflix: (April 20) – Grass is Greener
(April 22) – Pinky Malinky (Part 2), Selection Day (New episodes)
(April 23) – I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
(April 24) – Bonding
(April 25) – The Hateful Eight and The Ugly Truth
What’s coming to Netflix: Anthony Jeselnik: Fire in the Maternity Ward, Baki (Part 2) and Ingress: The Animation.
What’s coming to Netflix: Across the Line, All the President’s Men, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Deliverance, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Evolution, Freddy vs. Jason, Friday the 13th (2009), I Am Legend, Lakeview Terrace, Monster House, Obsessed, Penelope, Pineapple Express, Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon (Season 2), P.S. I Love You, Snatch, Spy Kids, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D, The Bone Collector, The Fifth Element, The Golden Compass, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 and Valkyrie.
What’s leaving Netflix: American Pie, Billy Madison, Blue Mountain State (Seasons 1-3), Casino Royale, Diamonds Are Forever, Die Another Day, Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, Goldfinger, Happy Feet, Happy Gilmore, Heat, I Love You Man, L.A. Confidential, Live and Let Die, Luther, series 1-4, Octopussy, Pokémon: XY (Seasons 1-2), Seven, Sex and the City: The Movie, The Living Daylights, The Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, The World is Not Enough, Wallander, series 1-4 and You Only Live Twice.
What’s coming to Netflix: Kevin Hart: Irresponsible (April 2) and Suzzanna: Buried Alive (April 3). Shows coming on April 5 – Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, season 2, In the Shadows, Legacies (Season 1), Our Planet, Persona: Collection, Roman Empire: Caligula: The Mad Emperor, Spirit Riding Free (Season 8), Tijuana and Unicorn Store.
What’s leaving Netflix: Raw (April 4)
What’s coming to Netflix: Trolls: The Beat Goes On! (Season 6) – April 9.
What’s leaving Netflix: Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, seasons 1-5 and Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Lost Missions.
What’s coming to Netflix: (April 10) – New Girl (Season 7), You vs. Wild, April 11th, Black Summer.
(April 12) – A Land Imagined, Band Aid, Huge in France, Mighty Little Bheem, The Perfect Date, The Silence, Special and Who Would You Take to a Deserted Island?
What’s leaving Netflix: (April 13) – Video Game High School (Seasons 1-3).
What’s coming to Netflix: (April 15) – Luis Miguel, No Good Nick and The New Romantic.
(April 16) – Super Monsters Furever Friends
(April 18) – My First First Love
What’s leaving Netflix: (April 18) – Silver Linings Playbook
What’s coming to Netflix: (April 20) – Grass is Greener
(April 22) – Pinky Malinky (Part 2), Selection Day (New episodes)
(April 23) – I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
(April 24) – Bonding
(April 25) – The Hateful Eight and The Ugly Truth
What’s coming to Netflix: Anthony Jeselnik: Fire in the Maternity Ward, Baki (Part 2) and Ingress: The Animation.
