Realme X7 Max 5G is set to launch in India today (May 31) as the company’s latest flagship phone. The smartphone will come with MediaTek Dimensity 1200 SoC and features including a 120Hz Super AMOLED display and triple rear cameras. Alongside the Realme X7 Max 5G, the Realme Smart TV 4K is launching in the
Month: June 2021
Facebook on Thursday appointed Marne Levine, vice president of global partnerships, as the social media giant’s first chief business officer. Fifty-year-old Levine said she will oversee Facebook’s advertising business and global partnerships, in a post. She will report to Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg. In Levine’s over a decade-long stint at the company, she has
Apple AirTag is receiving an update that will change the time period after which it plays a sound when separated from its owner. This is essentially to address concerns over whether AirTags could potentially be used to stalk someone. In addition to changing the alert timing, Apple has announced its plans to bring an Android
While your gaming rig’s PSU may not boost frame rate or influence visual fidelity, it is still super important. This is because, without it, your computer won’t give you so much as a peep. A low-quality power supply will not be able to meet the demands of fast processing processors and video cards installed in
Samsung Galaxy A22 5G and Samsung Galaxy 4G budget-friendly smartphones were launched in the European market on Friday, June 4 as the latest models in the Galaxy A-series. The two phones have quite a few differences in terms of specifications, which is somewhat unusual for 5G and 4G variants of a smartphone. The Samsung Galaxy
Spotify today is expanding its investment in personalization features with the launch of a dedicated in-app experience called Only You, which focuses on your favorite music and how you listen. The experience is similar to Spotify’s popular annual review, Spotify Wrapped, as it highlights the artists, songs, genres and other aspects of your music listening
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has lost his bid to sue YouTube over scam videos that claimed he was host of a Bitcoin giveaway and used his image. Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Sunil R. Kulkarnia has denied Steve Wozniak’s lawsuit against YouTube, saying that there were insufficient factors to overcome Section 230 immunity. This
Realme GT 5G flagship smartphone will debut globally in June, Realme India and Europe CEO Madhav Sheth revealed at the company’s 5G summit on Thursday, June 3. The Chinese company is also planning to launch a 5G phone at a price of around $100 (roughly Rs. 7,300) in the future to grow its market presence.
It’s not difficult to end up with water in your smartphone charging port. You could be cooking, running, or even showering, and if your phone is nearby, there’s always a risk. So, what do you do when you realize you’ve gotten water in your USB port? Check out these dos and don’ts below to ensure
Huawei Watch 3 Pro and Huawei Watch 3 have been announced and they run the company’s latest HarmonyOS 2.0. Both wearables feature 1.43-inch AMOLED displays. The Huawei Watch 3 series comes with 30 pre-installed watch faces with some animated faces along with an option to select from more than 1,000 faces from the Huawei Watch
Nextdoor, the app that helps neighbors connect, launched a new feature called Free Finds today, which will help people browse the free items available in their neighborhoods. Since the start of 2020, monthly listings to buy, sell, and give away items on Nextdoor have increased by 80%, but 25% of these listings advertised free stuff.
Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6, Huawei MatePad Pro 10.8, and Huawei MatePad 11 tablets have been launched in China and Europe. The Chinese company also launched Huawei M-Pencil (2nd generation) with a platinum-coated pen nib and Huawei Smart Magnetic Keyboard to go along with these tablets. The new offerings are powered by Huawei’s own Harmony OS
God of War: Ragnarök has been delayed to 2022, PlayStation Studios head Hermen Hulst revealed on Wednesday, but there’s a saving grace: it’s also coming to the PlayStation 4 in addition to the PlayStation 5. Hulst cited the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges of access to performance capture talent as the reasons, while speaking
Clubhouse app on Android is now allowing users to add their Instagram and Twitter accounts to their profiles, as per the latest beta release notes. The developers have also rolled out updates, making it easy to follow speakers as well as learn about upcoming events on a Club page. Additionally, the developers have announced that
Foldable smartphone screens are the latest and greatest thing in smartphones. These devices allow for a much larger screen while folding into a more compact form. The world’s first commercially available foldable smartphone was the Royole Flexpai, released in 2018. Other companies like Samsung, Motorola, and Huawei have since followed suit with their own models. As
Social media is such a massive part of all our lives that it can no longer be ignored. The question is whether social networking sites are good for society. As with everything, there are good things and bad things about social networking. And in this article we explore some of the positive impacts of social
Garmin Forerunner 945 LTE and Garmin Forerunner 55 smartwatches have been launched in the US. The smartwatches are aimed at fitness enthusiasts and runners. Garmin Forerunner 945 LTE adds to the company’s premium GPS running and triathlon smartwatch portfolio. One of the USPs of the smartwatch is that if it senses that an incident has
Meet Lightyear, a new London-based startup coming out of stealth today. The company is building a stock trading app with a focus on creating a truly commission-free app. In addition to waving account fees and trading fees, Lightyear doesn’t charge foreign exchange fees either — up to a certain point. The two founders met when
Battlegrounds Mobile India, the Indian version of PUBG Mobile, has crossed 20 million pre-registrations in the country in just over two weeks. The game went up for pre-registrations for Android users on May 18 after being announced early last month. Battlegrounds Mobile India is the Indian avatar of PUBG Mobile that was banned in the
The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that social messaging platform WhatsApp was trying to “force” its users to consent to the new privacy policy before the Personal Data Protection Bill becomes the law by bombarding them with notifications daily to obtain their consent. Terming WhatsApp’s bombarding of notifications on its customers as an
Lenovo ThinkBook 13x and Lenovo ThinkBook Plus 2 laptop models were launched in China on Thursday, June 3. They are powered by 11th Gen Intel Core CPUs, but not the latest H-series ones. Both models have 13.3-inch 2.5K displays with thin bezels. The ThinkBook Plus 2 also has an additional E Ink display on top
Mi TV 4A 40 Horizon Edition was launched in India on Tuesday, June 1. The new smart TV by Xiaomi comes as an upgrade over its existing Mi TV 4A 40 that was launched in 2019. The Mi TV 4A 40 Horizon Edition is touted to offer a “bezel-less” design to deliver an immersive viewing
World Environment Day 2021 will be celebrated on Saturday, June 5. And in the run-up to it, Snapchat has introduced dedicated Bitmojis to let you virtually showcase your efforts and love for nature. There are specific Bitmojis that you can use while watering plants, saving water, or looking at the rains. This year’s World Environment
The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) lobby group on Wednesday backed the European Union’s antitrust case against Apple that alleges it distorts competition in the music streaming market. The European Commission filed its first antitrust charges against Apple in April following an initial complaint by the iPhone maker’s rival Spotify. BEUC said it has been allowed
If you’ve had your ear to the ground then you’ve probably heard of 3D audio. Some experts are now claiming that 3D audio is the future of sound. But, is 3D audio different from surround sound? These two terms sound very similar and are often used interchangeably, but 3D audio and surround sound are two
Tecno Pova 2 was launched in the Philippines on Thursday, June 3. The phone is the successor of the Tecno Pova launched in India in December last year. The new model brings upgrades in display, processor, battery, and camera departments. The Tecno Pova 2 is powered by a MediaTek Helio G85 SoC and packs a
An internal email written by late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs offers a window into the tech giant’s hardware strategy just after the first iPhone launched in 2007, plans that included a tablet Mac and a 15-inch MacBook Air. The document, made public as part of discovery in Epic v. Apple and highlighted by Twitter account
As dating app Tinder and its parent company Match explore the future of personal connection through apps, it’s interesting to see what sort of ideas it tested but later discarded. One such experiment was something called “Tinder Mixer,” which had briefly offered Tinder users a way to join group video chats, and “play games” with
A Chinese public-interest group said on Tuesday it is suing Tencent over what it alleges is inappropriate content for minors in the top global game developer’s flagship video game, Honor of Kings. Beijing Teenagers Law Aid And Research Center said it filed the lawsuit in a Beijing court on Tuesday, to mark the implementation of
Realme 5G Global Summit will start at 2:30pm IST today, June 3. At the event, industry experts from GSMA Intelligence, Counterpoint Research, Qualcomm India, and Realme will discuss the growth avenues of 5G globally. Realme India and Europe CEO Madhav Sheth and Realme Brand Director Johnny Chen will speak about a smartphone manufacturer’s contribution to