RAM (random access memory) is one of the basic components of a computer or a smartphone. But a lot of misconceptions are floating about, like whether you can mix RAM size or brands. Let’s bust some myths about RAM. The job of RAM is to remember computations for a limited amount of time, so that
Month: December 2019
Realme X2 and Realme Buds Air are all set to launch today. The Realme X2 phone was launched in China in September, and now it is set to make its India debut. Key features of the phone include a 64-megapixel quad camera setup, a Snapdragon 730G processor, and 4,000mAh battery with VOOC 4.0 Flash Charge
The clock is ticking on Verizon’s plans to bring 5G to 30 cities. Short of an actual Christmas miracle, things are looking rough. On the upside, the carrier (and, disclosure, parent of TechCrunch) just brought the next-gen technology to a 19th city. And it’s a doozy. Verizon announced this morning that it’s flipped the switch
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Realme X2 is all set to make its India debut, however, ahead of the phone’s official launch, the price, colour options, and storage variants have leaked. The Realme X2 phone was launched in China in September, and its big highlights include Snapdragon 730G processor, 64-megapixel quad camera setup, 32-megapixel selfie sensor, and 4,000mAh battery with
London-based STEM device maker Kano has confirmed it’s cutting a number of jobs which it claims is part of a restructuring effort to shift focus to “educational computing”. The job cuts — from 65 to 50 staff — were reported earlier by The Telegraph. Kano founder Alex Stein confirmed in a call with TechCrunch that
Noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has claimed that Apple may launch four 5G-enabled iPhones next year and while 5G-related components could raise the production costs of the devices, he believes that the iPhone maker will not significantly increase the price of 5G iPhones. 5G components are projected to raise the production cost of the new iPhones
Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies plans to equip more of its products with its Harmony operating system (OS) next year, and will promote them at home and abroad, a Huawei spokesman said on Monday. But there are no plans currently to roll out the OS to its phones, tablets and computers, among Huawei’s most popular
Facebook has joined hands with top retailers who are sending the social networking giant data on what the customers are buying in retail stores. Facebook, in turn, is targeting those customers with specified ads. Not just online shopping, Facebook is able to track what customers buy in stores and target those customers with ads, according
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Vivo X30 Pro, the Chinese smartphone maker’s upcoming smartphone, has seen its specifications getting leaked hours ahead of the official launch. The leak suggests that Vivo X30 Pro 5G will come with a 6.44-inch full-HD+ E3 AMOLED display with a hole punch camera at the top-right corner. Vivo X30 Pro and Vivo X30 are set
When Bri Cawsey began running in 2008, she quickly got hooked on the sport and wanted to get faster. So she did what many runners do and bought a GPS watch that would give her real-time feedback on her pace, mileage and other metrics. First, she enjoyed the data readout. Before long, she connected her
Millions of Fortnite players had a bad feeling about a historic Star Wars event inside the game, just minutes before it went live. Players, including high-profile streamers, had difficulty logging into the online title by Epic Games. Players across all platforms, including the mobile phone and Nintendo Switch, were met with error messages, and Epic Games
Famous Swedish YouTuber and comedian, PewDiePie has announced in one of his recent videos that he will be taking a break from YouTube in early 2020. PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, currently has 102 million subscribers on his YouTube channel and was recently only overtaken by the popular Indian music label,
Here’s a nice little surprise for Android users this weekend. It seems that Google’s pans to roll out Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging is slightly ahead of schedule. The company announced in November that it would be making the feature available for all Android users in the country by year-end. A tweet from Android Messages
Mobile Internet services have been suspended across Meghalaya for the next 48 hours, officials said. The development comes in the wake of the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Parliament. CVD Diengdoh, Additional Secretary to the Government of Meghalaya (home police) department on Thursday said that mobile Internet and messaging were suspended for 48
Redmi K30 and its launch in China was certainly the biggest news of the week past, though there were other significant happenings as well. Chinese smartphone brand launched its latest mid-range handset in the India – the Vivo V17 – while Samsung finally unveiled its much-leaked next generation of the Galaxy A-series smartphones in the
Google announced Interpreter Mode for Google Assistant at CES 2019 in January this year. A month later, it was rolled out for select devices, including Google Home speakers, select smart speakers, and Smart Displays with Google Assistant support. Now, the real-time translation feature is arriving for Android and iOS users finally. This feature essentially allows
Chinese technology company OnePlus on Monday announced that it has started rolling out another update for its smart TVs that brings official support for the Netflix app. The Netflix app will come pre-installed for new users and will be made available through an update for existing users in the OnePlus TV 55 Q1 and OnePlus
Facebook India Head Ankhi Das on Friday submitted to a parliamentary panel probing the WhatsApp snooping scandal that the social media platform has an end-to-end encryption and it renders any effort to access the communication between its two users “unlikely from its end”, sources said. The parliamentary standing committee on Information Technology headed by Congress
Advertisement Want to know how to recover deleted photos from Whatsapp? This article covers the easiest and fastest ways to get your images back. Does Anyone Else Have the Media? Recovering a lost image might be even easier than you think. You should first check to see if the person (or people) you were talking
Coolpad launched a pretty interesting budget smartphone called the Cool 5 a couple of months ago. The company’s most recent budget offering came in just before Xiaomi launched the Redmi 8 in India, and it offers similar features and specifications at a tempting price. The Coolpad Cool 5 boasts of a decently big battery, a
Realme Buds Air features have been teased through an official video. The video shows that the first truly wireless earbuds from Realme are set to take on Apple AirPods 2 with not just a similar design but almost identical features such as double-tap to play/ pause the audio and “seamless” connectivity. Additionally, the Chinese company
The loot grind will continue in the next generation, as Gearbox Publishing announces Godfall, a third-person “loot slasher” from a fairly new studio. Counterplay Games, a “scrappy” 75-person studio from California made up of people who’ve worked on God of War, Destiny 2 and other games, has only one title under its belt, a 2016
We’ve officially entered the mid-December hardware doldrums. Obviously no major hardware maker in its right mind is going to be announcing anything major in the next few weeks, for fear of preemptively cannibalizing holiday sales. Things will, however, heat up immediately after the new year with the kick off of CES. Then, a little over
Samsung Electronics has denied media reports that the company has sold one million Galaxy Fold smartphones globally since the device’s launch in September. Samsung President Young Sohn said at a conference organised by US tech media TechCrunch that the South Korean tech giant has sold 1 million Galaxy Folds so far, double the industry’s earlier
Microsoft has introduced calling support in the Your Phone app. The feature was tested for a few months by Windows Insider members, and it has now rolled out to the general public. This feature will allow users to make and receive calls on their PCs using the Your Phone app. Compatible users should be able
Xiaomi has launched the XiaoAI Touchscreen Speaker Pro 8 as its new smart home device to take on the likes of Google Nest Hub and Amazon Echo Show 8. Featuring an 8-inch display, the XiaoAI Touchscreen Speaker Pro 8 provides real-time weather updates, multimedia streaming, and video calling features. The smart display provides the ability
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The Game Awards, true to its reputation, was a flashy affair this year with some big game announcements, reveals, and trailer drops. While Microsoft’s Xbox Series X hogged the limelight, we finally came to know about the first PlayStation 5 game – Godfall. Additionally, PlayerUnknown aka Brendan Greene, the mind behind the madness that is
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