Hotstar — now Disney+ Hotstar — has finally caught up with the times. Over five years after its launch, India’s biggest streaming service, by some metrics, is finally offering Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. Prior to this, Hotstar was limited to stereo sound. For now though, it’s restricted to just the Star Wars series The
Lenovo and Motorola on Friday announced that it will be extending the global warranty of products till May 31. This extension in product warranty is applicable on Lenovo and Motorola smartphones and accessories whose warranty was expiring between March 15 and April 20. The company is offering a free extension of almost 75 days on
The Apple Store appears to have leaked the official name of Apple’s next iPhone, as a listing for an iPhone 8 screen protector was updated on Thursday to reflect compatibility with “iPhone SE.” In what looks to be an update pushed out by Apple, the Belkin InvisiGlass Ultra screen protector now shows support for
Whoops! Apple inadvertently revealed the existence of an unreleased product, AirTags, in a support video uploaded to its YouTube account today. The video, “How to erase your iPhone,” offers a tutorial about resetting an iPhone to factory settings. Around the 1:43 mark, it instructs users to turn off “Find my iPhone” as part of the
T-Mobile this morning officially announced its exclusive partnership with the new streaming service, Quibi, set to launch on April 6. The service will be made available for free for a year to T-Mobile customers on its unlimited wireless family plans. The streaming service, founded by Hollywood media mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg, has been specifically built for
Whether you’ve just bought a new laptop to replace an old one or upgraded to treat yourself, you should make some small investments in time to ensure the best experience down the road. Here are the most important things to do when you get a new laptop, no matter which OS it runs. 1. Update
Xiaomi may be working on a phone that has a 144-megapixel primary camera sensor, according to a tipster on Twitter. The phone is believed to be either the Mi 10S Pro or the Mi CC10 Pro. While there is no official confirmation on the same, it should be noted that Xiaomi has been among the
Facebook has launched a standalone Messenger app for PC and Mac. This means that you can now use Messenger on your desktop computer, as long as it’s running Windows or macOS. These desktop apps have arrived nine years after Messenger debuted. At its 2019 F8 conference, Facebook announced that a Messenger desktop app was in
A report on Thursday claims Apple is readying a hotly anticipated successor to its affordable iPhone SE and could debut the handset as soon as Friday. Citing a tip from a “highly trusted reader,” 9to5Mac reports Apple is on the verge of releasing a second-generation “iPhone SE” and could make an official announcement on
AWS today announced that its DeepComposer keyboard is now available for purchase. And no, DeepComposer isn’t a mechanical keyboard for hackers but a small MIDI keyboard for working with the AWS DeepComposer service that uses AI to create songs based on your input. First announced at AWS re:Invent 2019, the keyboard created a bit of
Disney+ has arrived in the land of Bollywood. The company on Friday (local time) rolled out its eponymous streaming service in India through Hotstar, a popular on-demand video streamer it picked up as part of the Fox deal. To court users in India, the largest open entertainment market in Asia, Disney is charging users 1,499
Xiaomi Mi Band 4 and Mi Band 3 are reportedly getting the ability to unlock Windows laptops straight from the fitness trackers with their latest firmware update. This is the first time the two fitness trackers from Xiaomi are receiving a new functionality after November. Although the Mi Band 4 has been receiving updates every
Just as Intel and Nvidia have announced their latest hardware for gaming laptops, Asus has unveiled its brand new dual-screen ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 gaming laptop built around the new Core i9-10980HK CPU and GeForce RTX 2080 Super GPU. The highlight of the new laptop is of course its secondary screen, which Asus says will appeal
Airtel is expanding its Airtel Xstream Fibre home broadband service to 25 more cities, the company’s website indicates. The Airtel Xstream Fibre page on its website shows these cities with a ‘launching soon’ tag and a countdown to the launch date. Apart from that, Airtel has also listed out Xstream Fibre plans for all these
MSI has introduced three new laptops in the market that are powered by the latest 10th generation Intel Core H-Series processor, and pack up to Nvidia GeForce RTX2080 Super Max-Q GPUs. The company has detailed specifications and availability of the GS66 Stealth and GE66 Raider gaming laptops, as well as the Creator 17 laptop. These
Future iPads and iPhones could adapt to actually being used underwater, and a new way to sense orientation using the Face ID camera could see display rotation guided by the angle of your face in relation to the device. This isn’t nearly as wet an environment as Apple thinks you may want to use
Bluetooth location beacon startup Estimote has adapted its technological expertise to develop a new product designed specifically at curbing the spread of COVID-19. The company created a new range of wearable devices that co-founder Steve Cheney believes can enhance workplace safety for those who have to be colocated at a physical workplace even while social
What do you do if you’re an event discovery startup and suddenly it’s illegal to attend events? You lean into the cultural shift and pivot. Today, $11 million-funded calendar app IRL is morphing from In Real Life to In Remote Life. It will now focus on helping people find, RSVP for, plan, share, and chat
An overheating computer may lead to unexpected shutdowns, lost data, and hardware damage. It’s important to cool down your PC and maintain its temperature. Your productivity won’t come to a dead stop if you know all about the different ways to prevent your computer from overheating. Proper cooling will also contribute to PC performance and
Redmi is set to launch it first-ever smart wearable device on Friday, the Xiaomi sub-brand announced on Thursday on Chinese micro-blogging website, Weibo. Although the name of the product is unclear, it is speculated that the smart wearable will be called Redmi Band. In the meantime, Xiaomi is also rumoured to be working on the
Lenovo Legion 5i and Legion 7i will be the first gaming laptops to feature Nvidia’s new Advanced Optimus Technology. Both laptops are powered by Intel’s Comet Lake H mobile CPUs and Nvidia’s GeForce Super GPUs. Nvidia made a whole bunch of announcements today, April 2, and the new Advanced Optimus Technology was one of them.
Samsung Galaxy A6+ is reportedly receiving its Android 10 update, and Poland is said to be the first country to receive the update that can be expected to reach other markets in the coming days. The Android 10 update comes with firmware version A605FNXXU5CTC8 and brings One UI 2.0 for Galaxy A6+ users. The phone
Delhi citizens have got their own helpline on WhatsApp to receive the latest information around COVID-19. The new move has been taken by the Health and Family Welfare Department of the Government of NCT of Delhi with a view to provide credible updates related to the ongoing pandemic. Namely the Delhi Government Corona Helpline, the
Apple is working on improving its iCloud Keychain password manager with iOS 14, according to a report. It says that the Cupertino, California-based tech giant might bring features like password changing recommendations and two-factor authentication with the improved iCloud Keychain password manager. iCloud Keychain stores passwords and credit card details of Apple users and is
Honor 30 from Huawei-backed brand Honor is set to launch on April 15, the company had earlier revealed on Chinese micro-blogging website Weibo. The Honor 30 has earlier been rumoured to come with Sony’s 50-megapixel IMX700 camera. Now, a report based on a picture of the Honor 30’s camera module further fuels the speculation that
Philter Labs aims to reduce the stigma associated with vaping tobacco and cannabis. The company’s product is simple enough: It’s a portable filter that, to my surprise, eliminates nearly all secondhand smoke and vapor. The company today is announcing an additional $1 million in funding from a private equity firm that invests in the cannabis
Many TikTok videos don’t start from scratch, so neither can its competitors. TikTok is all about remixes where users shoot a new video to recontextualize audio pulled from someone else’s clip, or riff on an existing meme or concept. That only works because TikTok’s had time to build up an immense armory of content to
Another day, another “iPhone SE 2” accessory leak. An alleged photograph of what is claimed to be Target’s merchandise stocking system reveals an unreleased Zagg screen protector compatible with iPhone 6, 7, 8 and an as-yet-unreleased “iPhone 9.” Shared to Twitter by YouTube vlogger Jon Prosser, the picture shows stock information for what is
Fitbit Charge 4 has been launched in India and it boasts of new and improved features over the last Fitbit Charge but retains the same design. Fitbit claims the Charge 4 can last up to 7 days on a single charge. It also adds GPS functionality to the fitness tracker itself, which comes in three
Intel has expanded its 10th Gen CPU lineup with a new series of beefy models aimed at gaming, creator, and workstation laptops. These models are based on the 14nm ‘Comet Lake’ architecture and fit into Intel’s Core i9, Core i7, and Core i5 product tiers. They are designed for laptops that will be aimed at