Xiaomi, Vivo, Samsung, Oppo and other smartphone companies have received approval from some state governments in India to partially resume manufacturing and assembling of devices amid the ongoing lockdown in the world’s second largest handset market that completely shut operations at these plants in late March. The companies said that they have secured permission to
Month: May 2020
Modern Games is a new studio working to create games that combine physical and digital play. The company was founded by husband-and-wife team Justin and Amanda Kifer — serial entrepreneurs who previously launched companies including Citizen Local (acquired by MyLife in 2011) and Fidgetly, a fidget spinner company that also created a motion controller for
The Xbox Series X gameplay reveal took place on Thursday, and we got to see some of the upcoming games for the new console that’s set to release later this year. At the event for the Xbox Series X, Microsoft showcased a total of 13 titles that will hit the next-gen console in “the launch
China’s new prototype spacecraft “successfully landed” on Friday, marking an important step in its ambitions to run a permanent space station and send astronauts to the moon. The spacecraft — which was launched Tuesday — arrived safely at a predetermined site, the China Manned Space Agency said, after a hitch in an earlier part of
Digital camera specialist DxOMark on Thursday released a comprehensive review of the front-facing selfie camera on Apple’s iPhone 11, finding the device to offer good, if not great, performance compared to competing smartphones. Calling it the “junior partner” to iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max, DxOMark in its review notes iPhone 11 shares
The Apple MacBook Pro is due for a refresh, and Apple’s powerful laptop is reportedly bringing in a big performance boost, according to a tipster. A new leak points to a 4TB storage option with 32GB of RAM. The leak does not include the launch date of the refreshed MacBook Pro, but if previous reports
The COVID-19 pandemic has sent the world scrambling for ways to stay in contact. And video chat apps are one of the easiest ways you can keep in touch with friends and family. Two video chat apps are making more headlines than most: Zoom and Houseparty. Both video chat apps promise to keep things simple,
The X-37B spaceplane sounds like something out of a sci-fi novel, and its mysterious past is equally evocative. What does the military put in this long-term orbital vehicle? Turns out it’s exactly the kind of neat, but not mind-blowing, science you’d expect to find in such a thing — though solar-powered masers do sound pretty
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With the lockdown being extended in India once again, a lot of you are probably running out of things to occupy yourselves with. Back in March, we had posted a few articles on how to keep yourself occupied while being quarantined at home. We had published a list of some of the popular multiplayer games
Mi 10 is all set to launch in India today. After many delays due to the coronavirus lockdown in the country, Xiaomi is finally hosting an online event, wherein it will launch the Mi 10, alongside the Mi Box and Mi True Wireless Earphones 2. The Mi 10 has already been launched in China, and
The same sources who were wildly wrong about Apple’s inability to sell iPhone X were also way off base earlier this year in fantasizing dire impacts COVID-19 would have on Apple’s global supply chain, its presence in China, and the effect that retail closures and an economic downturn would have on the demand for
A UK parliamentary committee that focuses on human rights issues has called for primary legislation to be put in place to ensure that legal protections wrap around the national coronavirus contact tracing app. The app, called NHS COVID-19, is being fast tracked for public use — with a test ongoing this week in the Isle
A Google Chromecast refresh has been anticipated for a couple of months now. It was reported that Google is planning on launching a second generation Chromecast and now a new report has more details about the dongle. According to the report, Google’s next generation Chromecast will run full-fledged Android TV. This means theoretically, Chromecast (not
Here is a list of the members of the Facebook “supreme court” announced Wednesday who will consider difficult decisions on what content to allow or remove from the world’s largest social media platform. According to Facebook, the Oversight Board members have lived in more than 27 countries, and speak at least 29 languages among them.
Apple Watch has maintained its lead in the global smartwatch market with a share of 55 percent in the first quarter of 2020, according to a report by research firm Strategy Analytics. The overall smartwatch market is reported to have seen 20 percent growth annually — thanks to nearly 14 million units shipped in the
PlayStation Store is in the sale fest mode these days. After kicking off the Games Under $20 Sale earlier this week, the PlayStation Store is now running a Hidden Gems sale that offers some steep discount on a tonne of games. As the name clearly suggests, you won’t find many latest AAA titles during the
Japan’s Nintendo said on Thursday its fourth-quarter profit soared 200 percent due to surging demand for its Switch games console, and that title Animal Crossing: New Horizons shifted a record 13.4 million units in its first six weeks. The Kyoto-based gaming company posted operating profit of JPY 89.4 billion (roughly Rs. 6,380 crores) for January-March,
Apple TV 4K upgrade has been in the rumour mill for some time. But while the Cupertino giant has maintained silence so far, a tipster has now claimed that the new Apple TV 4K (2020) model is ready to ship and can go live soon. The new Apple TV offering is speculated to come in
Nokia 6.3 is reported to be the next mid-range smartphone by the Nokia-brand licensee, HMD Global. According to a report, the phone will succeed the Nokia 6.2 that was launched last year and sit right above Nokia 5.3 which was unveiled in March this year. It was also tipped that the rumoured Nokia 6.3 will
It’s not exactly surprising that with all of the uncertainty in the world, Apple decided that it couldn’t provide useful revenue guidance for its fiscal Q3 ending in June. It is unexpected, however, that Apple felt confident in announcing a silver lining to the pandemic —it expects to sell more Macs and iPads in
Despite the worldwide impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, global smartwatch shipments continued to grow during the first three months of the year, driven by online sales, says a new report by research firm Strategy Analytics. Shipments grew 20% annually to reach 13.7 million units in the first quarter of 2020, up from 11.4 million units
The UK may be rethinking its decision to shun Apple and Google’s API for its national coronavirus contacts tracing app, according to the Financial Times, which reported yesterday that the government is paying an IT supplier to investigate whether it can integrate the tech giants’ approach after all. As we’ve reported before coronavirus contacts tracing
Fitbit on Wednesday launched a virtual study to test if its wearable devices can detect irregular heart rhythms or atrial fibrillation. The hardware to detect irregular beats is present in Fitbit’s devices, but is not available to consumers. Device users who enrol in the study will be allowed to test it in order for Fitbit
Fortnite is a popular game, owing much of its popularity to the battle royale mode. Now, Fortnite’s developer Epic Games has announced that the game has over 350 million registered players, adding that in April, players spent over 3.2 billion hours in-game. Notably, the development comes at a time when people around the world are
Samsung started rolling out the May 2020 Security Patch last week. The security patch fixes a “critical” remote code execution (RCE) bug plaguing all Samsung mobiles sold since 2014. The security flaw resides in Samsung devices’ handling of the custom Qmage image format (.qmg) that is processed by Android’s graphics library called Skia. This security
The Microsoft Surface Book 3 is expected to launch in 2020, and the device has now been spotted on certification site Energy Star. This site listing leaks key specifications of the upcoming device. The listing tips that the Surface Book 3 will launch in two display sizes – 13-inch and 15-inch. Furthermore, the listing suggests
Facebook invites can get annoying quickly. While you probably don’t mind someone inviting you to like a page every once in a while, getting spammed with game or page invites constantly is a huge hassle. So, in this article, we’ll show you how to turn off Facebook invites. While it’s not possible to flip a
The Australian government has admitted that its Covidsafe app doesn’t work properly on the iPhone because it isn’t using Apple’s Exposure Notification frameworks, and an update to do so is planned. The Australian Covidsafe contract tracing app, developed by a company called the Digital Transformation Agency for the Australian Department of Health, has been
Sonos has introduced a trio of new hardware today, adding three new smart speakers to its lineup, including the Sonos Arc soundbar that includes Dolby Atmos support, as well as Sonos Five, the next version of its Sonos Play:5 speaker, and a third-generation Sonos Sub. All of these will require the new S2 app that
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