Laptops/Tablets

Opera has released a new version of its desktop browser codenamed R2020 for Windows that boasts of its organising capabilities, along with several other features. It introduces the concept of Workspaces where you can organise your tabs according to context. It also lets you cycle between your open tabs using Ctrl + Tab. The R2020

New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas on Thursday sued Alphabet’s Google search engine, alleging that its educational software collects young students’ personal information without the required parental consent. Google called the allegations “factually wrong” and did not respond to a request to elaborate. The company sells its Chromebook laptops to schools around the world alongside

Microsoft, the American software giant, on Friday announced that it is rolling out new colourful icons for its existing apps to give the Windows 10 operating system a more upbeat and refreshed look. As noted by an online report, apps including Calculator, Groove Music, Mail, Voice Recorder, Alarms & Clock, Movies & TV, and Calendar

Apple is rumoured to launch a refreshed MacBook Pro model in the first half of 2020, alongside a new iPhone and an upgraded iPad Pro. Now, a fresh leak has emerged claiming that Apple is working on a 13-inch MacBook Pro that will be powered by Intel’s 10th Gen Ice Lake processors. This would mark

Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella said the technology giant will invest $1.1 billion in Mexico over the next five years, according to a promotional video released by the Mexican government on Thursday. Nadella said the investment is “focused on expanding access to digital technology for people and organisations across the country.” Microsoft will build a

Apple iPhone maker Foxconn said on Thursday it is cautiously restarting production at its main plants in China and warned revenue will be hurt this year by the coronavirus epidemic. The statement comes just days after Apple rescinded its March quarter sales guidance, saying factories in China have been slower to get back to work

Honor has announced that it will hold the global launch of its new smartphone – the Honor 9X Pro – at an event in Barcelona, Spain on February 24. The event will be live streamed on the company’s social media channels. The Huawei sub-brand has revealed that the Honor 9X Pro will be its first

Samsung Electronics stands to be a major beneficiary of the China production problems announced by rival Apple on Monday, reaping the rewards of a decade-long bet on low-cost smartphone manufacturing in Vietnam. Half of Samsung’s smartphones are now made in Vietnam, where the coronavirus that has crippled the China operations of Apple and many other firms

Microsoft has removed a standalone security update from its Windows update after confirming user reports about freezes, boot problems, and installation issues. The security update, KB4524244 was released on February 11, 2020, as part of the normal Patch Tuesday release cycle, and was targeted for all Windows 10 versions via Windows Update, the company said

After Facebook, Coronavirus has derailed another significant tech summit in the Silicon Valley, this time from global chip-maker Intel which on Monday decided to postpone its “Intel Labs Day” conference that was scheduled from March 12-13. Intel said in a statement that the briefing sessions would not be organised as scheduled “due to the coronavirus/COVID-19 impact

Redmi 9A is expected to launch in India today. Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi has been teasing its launch for the last one week — without revealing any specifics. Alongside the Redmi 9A, the launch event is also expected to bring a Redmi-branded power bank as well as the anticipated RedmiBook notebook to the country. It could

Seagate knows that consumer interest in portable SSDs is growing, and so its portfolio has also expanded. We have with us for review today the new Seagate One Touch SSD, which is relatively affordable and quite stylish. It’s positioned as a tech lifestyle device, and targets people who don’t necessarily need the best possible speed

Xiaomi has launched a trio of new devices alongside the flagship Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro phones. Starting with the Mi AIoT Router AX3600, it is the first router from the company to support Wi-Fi 6 connectivity and is claimed to provide speeds of up to 2976Mbps. Xiaomi has also launched the Mi 65W Fast

Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella is planning to visit India later this month, multiple sources familiar with the plans told Reuters, a test for the Indian-born head who recently criticised Indian immigration policy. India is a major market for Microsoft and other technology companies. India’s southern city of Hyderabad, where Nadella grew up, is

Pankaj Mohindroo, Chairman of Indian Cellular And Electronics Association (ICEA) on Wednesday said that the Indian electronics industry is staring at a shutdown due to the outbreak of the coronavirus in China and its eventual impact on trade. Speaking at an event, Mohindroo said that although some factories in China have opened, it needs to

Microsoft is hard at work to meet its holiday 2020 launch date for Windows 10X, a new operating system for foldable and dual screen devices. At its Microsoft 365 Developer Day event, the company shared several updates on the new version of Windows 10 along with the launch of a Windows 10X emulator. The emulator

Xerox raised its offer to buy HP by $2 to $24 per share on Monday, following several rejections of its previous buyout offer by the PC maker. Xerox said its latest offer comprises $18.40 in cash and 0.149 Xerox shares for each HP share — valuing the company at about $35 billion — and that it plans

Novel coronavirus, which has killed over 900 in China and infected thousands across the globe so far, has now created initial chaos for the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2020 in Barcelona, with LG, Ericsson, and Nvidia set to skip the mega event. Employees of Chinese companies make up a huge proportion of over one

t appears Apple’s recent update to macOS Catalina has fixed a significant bug, one that displayed snippets from encrypted emails. The fix was not announced by Apple, but it was indeed fixed, reports the IT specialist who discovered the bug in the first place. The bug was first reported back in July last year, and

Google is not a stranger to operating systems and it now seems to be adding another one to its arsenal. It follows the company’s previous operating systems including Android, Chrome OS, and Fuchsia. The company has filed a new US trademark application with USPTO under “computer operating software” for the name “Pigweed”. The folks at

South Korea’s LG Electronics said on Wednesday it has decided to withdraw from exhibiting and participating in the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, citing concerns over the coronavirus outbreak. The Mobile World Congress, an annual telecoms industry event that draws more than 100,000 visitors to Barcelona, will go ahead as planned on February 24-27

Some Chinese technology firms are continuing to manufacture parts and products despite government calls across various cities and provinces for work to be halted as Being seeks to stop the spread of the coronavirus ravaging the country. Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies said on Monday it had resumed production of goods including consumer devices and

Apple to close all China mainland stores due to virus outbreak (Reuters) – Apple Inc on Saturday said it would shut all of its official stores and corporate offices in mainland China until Feb 9 as fears over the coronavirus outbreak mounted and the death toll more than doubled to over 250 from a week

Apple has released iOS 13.3.1 and iPadOS 13.3.1 as its latest software updates for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad devices. One of the most notable changes that iOS 13.3.1 brings is the ability to let users disable the location-tracking functionality of the U1 Ultra Wideband chip. A dedicated workaround is available to turn off

Asus took us quite by surprise when it introduced the quirky and unique ScreenPad on its flagship 2018 laptops, the ZenBook Pro 14 and ZenBook Pro 15. The company effectively replaced the standard trackpads on these laptops with fully interactive touchscreens. The idea was to retain all the functionality of a standard trackpad but also

A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday ordered Apple and Broadcom to pay $1.1 billion (roughly Rs. 7,900 crores) to a university in California for infringing on four Wi-Fi technology patents. Apple was ordered to pay $837 million and Broadcom must pay $270 million to the California Institute of Technology, in what is thought to be

Microsoft on Wednesday reported quarterly sales and profit that beat Wall Street expectations, driven by the first acceleration of Azure cloud computing revenue growth in eight quarters amid a pitched battle with Amazon.com Inc’s cloud unit. Shares of the world’s largest software company hit an all-time high in after-hours trading. The results reflected the approach

While announcing its first fiscal performance results, Apple CEO Tim Cook shared that the number of active Apple devices in customers’ hands has grown to 1.5 billion. This time last year, Apple announced that the number was 1.4 billion. Apart from the growing number of active Apple devices in the wild, iOS 13 adoption increased

Unlike other technology companies, Apple keeps all its upcoming products under a thick cloud of secrecy. The only way we know about Apple’s new products is through a number of leaks and, at times, the various patent applications the company files from time to time. A new patent filed by Apple has been spotted online,

With the Novel Coronavirus spreading fast across China and claiming 106 lives so far, Apple supplier Foxconn has warned employees who were in Taiwan for the Chinese New Year not to return to its Wuhan plant in China, as per a report. According to a report in Apple Insider, Foxconn facility in Wuhan “could quickly