Laptops/Tablets

Apple on Tuesday said Phil Schiller, one of its most publicly visible executives, is leaving his post as senior vice president of worldwide marketing to become an “Apple Fellow” but will retain leadership of the App Store. Greg Joswiak, who previously oversaw marketing of Apple’s products, will take over for Schiller as senior vice president

Acer Swift 3 thin and light laptop has been launched in India. It is a part of Intel’s Project Athena programme that promises the laptop has passed rigorous testing and will offer consistent and satisfying PC experience. To enable this experience, Intel requires laptops to have an Intel Core i5 or Core i7 processor, 8GB

The latest twist in the TikTok saga is an especially strange turn in a tale filled with strange turns. Suddenly, Microsoft — known primarily for work software like Windows and Office — is in talks to buy the popular Chinese-owned video app, which has raised national-security concerns for US officials. The US government is effectively

Home printer sales in India have doubled thanks to the coronavirus related lockdown as many people are working from home to slow the spread of COVID-19. New research shows that a number of people have chosen to go with ink-tank printers over cartridge-based printers. In the middle of July, Manan Mehta bought the Epson EcoTank

Honor MagicBook 15 has been launched in India as the company’s first notebook in the country. It features the AMD Ryzen 3000 series CPUs and Vega graphics. It comes with Windows pre-installed and boasts of slim bezels on the top and sides. You get a full-HD display with TÜV Rheinland certification. The Honor MagicBook 15

For today’s generation of professionals and creators, just another computer won’t do. You can’t pick up a machine that’ll slow you down or doesn’t go with your style. It’s even more relevant as we look into the ‘new normal’ of work, study, and play. Dell’s XPS line of computers has always been built for the

Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 and Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ are largely rumoured to launch at the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event on August 5. The South Korean giant is expected to launch the Galaxy Note 20 series at the event as well. A fresh leak online has now tipped the complete specifications of the two tablets

Nearby Share, Android’s answer to Apple’s AirDrop sharing feature, has now reportedly been rolled out to Windows users via Google Chrome. It allows users to share files between compatible devices wirelessly and instantly. Last month, the Nearby Share feature was rolled out on the Google Play Services Public Beta Program. Soon after, Chromebook users also

Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 and Galaxy Tab S7+ have surfaced on Google Play Console just days ahead of their official debut at Galaxy Unpacked 2020. The listings on the Google site give a glimpse at key specifications of the new Samsung tablets. Both the Galaxy Tab S7 and Galaxy Tab S7+ appear to have 4G

Huawei MateBook D 14 and MateBook D 15 have been launched in China with the latest AMD Ryzen 4000 series processors. The two notebooks come in a slim and light form factor. Both of them carry nearly the same specifications throughout, with the exception of screen size and battery capacity. The MateBook D 14 and

Samsung Electronics reported Thursday its net profit grew 7.3 percent year-on-year in the second quarter, with strong demand for memory chips overcoming the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on smartphone sales. The world’s biggest smartphone and memory chip maker said profits in the April-to-June period were KRW 5.56 trillion (roughly Rs. 34,846 crores). Operating profit

Intel’s Chief Engineering Officer Murthy Renduchintala is departing, part of a move in which a key technology unit will be separated into five teams, the chipmaker said on Monday. Intel said it is reorganising its technology, systems architecture, and client group. Its new leaders will report directly to Chief Executive Officer Bob Swan. Ann Kelleher,

Microsoft Surface Duo has surfaced online in a video showing integration with other devices and software. The video appears to be a clip from ‘The Shiproom’ series on YouTube that is hosted by vice president of Microsoft 365, Brad Anderson. It shows Anderson using the Surface Duo to change the green screen background and, according

Logitech MX Master 3 has been launched in India as the latest addition to the company’s Master series of mice. The wireless mouse boasts of “ultrafast and ultraprecise scrolling” with the new MagSpeed scroll wheel. Logitech says it has a design that supports the users hand and wrist, providing a comfortable experience during long work

Samsung teases the Galaxy Note 20, Z Fold 2 and other devices just days ahead of its Galaxy Unpacked event. A teaser video has been released to give us a glimpse at five new devices that we can expect next week. The Galaxy Note 20 series will indeed be the showstopper at the hardware-focussed keynote.

Microsoft on Wednesday reported rising revenues in the past quarter amid strong demand for cloud computing services from pandemic-hit businesses and consumers and big gains in its Xbox gaming operations. Profits in the quarter ending June 30 fell 15 percent to $11.2 billion (roughly Rs. 83,622 crores), the result of increased tax charges compared with

Intel said on Thursday its new 7nm chip technology was six months behind schedule and it would consider farming out more work to outside semiconductor foundries, eroding a founding principle that manufacturing is key to its success. The setbacks will have little effect in the next few quarters, but will cause a years-long domino effect, delaying

Along with the news that its future 7nm CPUs will be delayed till at least late 2022, and that it might pivot to contracting external fabs for manufacturing, Intel also confirmed part of its roadmap going forward. The key takeaway is that Intel is not planning to ship 10nm CPUs for the desktop segment until

Dell has launched four gaming laptops in India namely, Alienware m15 R3, Dell G5 15 SE, Dell G5 15, and Dell G3 15. The Alienware m15 R3 was globally unveiled in May and has now made its way to the country. The Dell G5 15 SE (Special Edition), on the other hand, was first showcased

Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 has been spotted on Google Play Console, revealing key specifications of the tablet and hinting at an upcoming launch. The listing shows that the Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 octa-core processor, something that was also tipped in a Geekbench leak. The Google Play Console

AMD has unveiled new Ryzen 4000G and Ryzen Pro 4000G lineups of desktop APUs or Accelerated Processing Units, the company’s term for CPUs with integrated graphics. Codenamed ‘Renoir’, these share the same design as AMD Ryzen 4000 series laptop processors. Renoir is based on the same 7nm Zen 2 core microarchitecture as the current desktop

Apple said on Tuesday it plans to remove carbon emissions from its entire business, including its products and sprawling supply chain, over the next decade. The iPhone maker said its global corporate operations such as offices and data centers are already carbon neutral but that it will extend its effort to the thousands of suppliers

Netflix is testing a new Rs. 349 monthly “Mobile+” plan in India that sits between Rs. 199 “Mobile” and Rs. 499 “Basic” plans. In terms of benefits, it goes after the Rs. 699 “Standard” plan. Netflix’s new Mobile+ plan offers high-definition (HD) video and access on computers — including PC, Mac, and Chromebook — as

Microsoft Excel is by far the most well-known app out there for creating spreadsheets. Now Excel files look rather innocuous at first with rows and columns full of data, but seasoned Excel users know that the app has some insanely powerful tools that perform some extremely advanced functions. One of the ways to do this

Mi Curved Gaming Monitor 34-inch has been launched as part of Xiaomi’s new product ecosystem. It boasts of a high refresh rate curved display, slim bezels on three sides, and an ultra-wide aspect ratio. The Mi Curved Gaming Monitor 34-inch, as the name suggests, comes in at 34 inches and will be available in a

Intel will host a virtual event on September 2 where the company will share “something big.” It is expected that the American chip giant will launch its 11th generation CPUs, also known as Tiger Lake processors. The 10nm Tiger Lake architecture was first showcased at this year’s CES in January. The Tiger Lake CPU lineup

Honor MagicBook 14, MagicBook 15, and MagicBook Pro have been launched in China with the latest AMD Ryzen 4000 CPUs. They follow the same aesthetic as the previous generation MagicBook models making them a refreshed version with new upgraded internals. The MagicBook 14 and MagicBook 15, as the name suggests, come with 14-inch and 15-inch

Honor ViewPad 6 and ViewPad X6 have been launched as Huawei sub-brand Honor’s latest tablets. Both the devices come in LTE and Wi-Fi variants, which further have a variety of storage options. The new tablets by Honor pack octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 710A SoC and 5,100mAh battery. The newly launched Honor ViewPad 6 and ViewPad X6

Apple’s MacBook Air needs no introduction. It’s long been the go-to laptop for professionals and students, and in 2018, it got even better when Apple finally overhauled the design. However, the shallow keyboard that Apple introduced with that revision has been criticised quite heavily. Today, we’ll be reviewing the latest 2020 model of the MacBook

A new Samsung tablet has been spotted on Geekbench. Judging by the specifications listed on the benchmarking site, it could be an affordable one, probably placed in the Galaxy Tab A series. The device has been listed on Geekbench with the model number SM-T505 and it is said to have a modest 3GB of RAM