Sunday, January 31, 2021

Apple iPhone SE 3 Concept Design Shows How Next Budget iPhone May Look Like

Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo had stated that the next iPhone SE 2021 would not release in the first half of this year. Apple is also reportedly working on iPhone SE Plus.

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Union Budget 2021: FM Confirms 2021 Census Will be First Digital Census in India

The announcement falls in line with Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement in 2019 about how the 2021 national census is planned to be held digitally.

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Samsung Galaxy A72 May Come With 5000mAh Battery, 25W Fast Charging, Certification Listing Hints

Samsung Galaxy A72 has been leaked in several reports in the recent past. The smartphone is expected to be launched next week.

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Chinese Copyright Body Raps Kuaishou For IP Infringements Ahead Of Stock Market Listing

A Chinese copyright association has asked Kuaishou Technology to delete 10,000 videos it said infringes intellectual property rules, days before the online shortvideo firm is set to list its shares in Hong Kong this week.

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Chip Sales Rose 6.5% Globally In 2020 After Year-end Rush

Global semiconductor sales rose 6.5% overall in 2020, as a recovery during the last three months of the year helped offset a sharp dropoff in March and April, when pandemic stayhome orders rolled out around the world.

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This Year’s Union Budget Is All Digital With Made In India Tablet As Out Goes The Bahi Khata

The use of a Made In India tablet is a dual push for digitization as well as the Atmanirbhar Bharat push along with the Made in India initiative. Earlier, the government rolled out the Union Budget app for smartphones that will allow users to follow the budget updates on their phones.

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Apple Achieves Another Milestone – More Than 1 Billion Active iPhones in the World Currently

Apple had announced the sale of its billionth iPhone in 2016 and said that it had hit 900 million active iPhone users in 2019.

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Invite-only Chat App Clubhouse Booms In Japan

Private social audio app Clubhouse is growing rapidly in Japan and now ranks first among free apps on Apple's App Store in a test of its international viability following its latest funding round.

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Apple Just Made iMessage Even More Secure And The Best Part Is, You Don’t Need To Toggle Anything On

The way the iMessage protective layer works is that the BlastDoor sandboxing essentially provides for what is a quarantine zone where the service can inspect an incoming attachment in a message, for any malicious code or add-ons, before it is released and you receive it as a new iMessage on your iPhone.

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Poco M3 India Launch Tomorrow at 12PM: Expected Price, Specifications and More

Poco M3 comes as the successor to Poco M2 that came to India in November 2020. The smartphone will come with a triple rear camera and will be sold on Flipkart.

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As Google Eyes Australia Exit, Microsoft Talks Bing With PM

Software giant Microsoft Corp is confident its search product Bing can fill the gap in Australia if Google pulls its search over required payments to media outlets, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday.

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Asus ROG Academy Aims to Mould Indian Gamers Into Professional Esports Players

The Asus ROG Academy will be looking at Counter Strike: Global Offensive initially, and the company plans to look at other titles as well in the near future.

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LG Velvet Is Getting Stable Android 11 Update - Availability, Size, and Other Details

LG Velvet was launched by the South Korean manufacturer in October last year in India. The smartphone came to our market after almost eight months of its global debut.

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Pay Your Credit Card Bill Today On CRED During The Budget And You May Win Back Income Tax You Paid

The way this works is that you need to head to the My Money section in the CRED app on your Apple iPhone or Android phone, and select the Credit Score tab. As per the last reported numbers, CRED has a user base of 5.9 million credit card users with a median credit score of 830.

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Xiaomi Is Suing US Government For Wrongful Blacklisting, All Because Of Donald Trump’s Parting Shot

Earlier this month, the outgoing Donald Trump administration had blacklisted Chinese tech company Xiaomi as well for alleged links to the Chinese military, something that the company is contesting and is calling it factually incorrect.

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Xiaomi Mi A3 Gets New System Update With Native Screen Recorder a Month After Bricking Debacle

The latest system update for the Xiaomi Mi A3 comes with build number V12.0.4.0.RFQMIXM (global variant) and is 329MB in size. The new update also brings YouTube Music as a system app that cannot be uninstalled.

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Most WhatsApp Users Reconsidering Its Usage, Telegram Leading as an Alternative: Study

As per the CyberMedia Research study covering 1,500 WhatsApp users, 79 percent are reconsidering using it, while 28 percent of those even planning to leave WhatsApp after the implementation of its new policy in May 2021.

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Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro Tipped to Pack 5,000mAh Dual-Cell Battery With 80W Fast Charging Support

The latest development was shared by notable tipster Digital Chat Station on Weibo. The same tipster had claimed that Xiaomi might launch the Mi 11 Pro next month.

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Follow Budget 2021 On Your Android Phone And iPhone With This App: How To Download

Budget 2021-related documents will be available to access after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's presentation on February 1. Members of parliament will too be provided with a digital version of the Budget 2021 to align with COVID-19 protocols.

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Facebook to Develop Tools to Allow Advertisers Remove Certain Posts Appearing Next to Their Ads

Advertisers have complained for years that big social media companies do very little to prevent ads from appearing alongside hate speech, fake news and other harmful content. In September, Facebook signed a deal with big advertisers to curb harmful content online.

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Saturday, January 30, 2021

Netflix' New Experimental Timer Feature for Android App Stops Streaming After Set Period

Both Android and iOS smartphones allow users to set a timer for an individual app from the phone's settings (via screen time), but the latest timer feature lets the Netflix app finish an entire episode and then shut automatically, without hampering the viewing experience.

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Union Budget 2021 Will Go Fully Paperless With Dedicated App for Android, iOS Phones: All You Need to Know

Budget 2021-related documents will be available to access after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's presentation on February 1. Members of parliament will too be provided with a digital version of the Budget 2021 to align with COVID-19 protocols.

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Apple TV Plus Users Who Renewed Their Subscription Ahead of Free Trial Extension Will Get Refund Credits

Apple extended the Apple TV Plus free trial subscription for those users whose membership is slated to expire between February to June 2021. Apple offers a free trial of its streaming service with newly purchased Apple devices like the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and more.

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Realme X7 5G May Come in Two Storage Variants in India, Prices Leaked Ahead of February 4 Launch

The Realme X7 and Realme X7 Pro debuted in China in September 2020 with 5G support, quad rear cameras and more. The phones will retain in India via Flipkart and Realme offline and online channels.

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PUBG Mobile Replacement or Not, FAU-G Always Had Too Steep a Hill to Climb

Maybe, announcing the game right after the ban of PUBG Mobile, and also the obvious similarity to the naming format, were not exactly the best idea for FAU-G after all.

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Tech Launches This Week: FAU-G, Sony A1, Razer Viper, Moto Edge S and More

The biggest launch of the week can at the same time be called the most dubious, as initial reviews of the mobile game FAU-G saw a largely negative response. Others, such as the Sony Alpha 1 mirrorless camera, stand out as being among the best in the industry.

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Google Finally Starts Pushing Updates for Its iOS Apps, Major Apps Yet to Get Updated

There were speculations early on that Google was trying to avoid iOS updates in order to avoid Apple's new privacy labels.

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Will Apple Finally Bring In-Display Fingerprint Sensor on iPhone This Year? Here's What We Know

A recent report has said that Apple may go with a version of an optical in-display fingerprint sensor on the iPhone 13 series.

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Friday, January 29, 2021

Facebook Content Moderators in Ireland Demand Work From Home Amid Spike in COVID-19 Cases

Facebook had announced back in August 2020 that all employees will be allowed to work from home till July 2021.

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Nokia 7.1, Nokia 6.1 Plus, Nokia 3.1, and Nokia 3.2 Get Jan 2021 Android Security Patch

Screenshots of the updates show that there is no software update coming on the new Nokia smartphones, and that the Security patch is the only thing rolling out on the four Nokia smartphones.

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Robinhood Says It Temporarily Curbed Buying Of Some Securities As Deposit Requirement Increased Ten-fold

Online broker Robinhood, one of the hottest venues in this week's retailtrading frenzy, said it put temporary buying restrictions on a small number of securities as clearing housemandated deposit requirements for equities increased tenfold.

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Amazon Grand Gaming Days Sale: Best Deals on Gaming Laptops, Monitors and More Accessories

The Amazon Great Gaming Days sale started on January 29 and will go on till January 31.

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MobiKwik Partners With Home Credit India to Offer Interest-Free Loan of up to Rs 10,000 Into Their Wallet

Home Credit money enables users to avail instant interest-free loan ranging from Rs 1,500 to Rs 10,000 directly into their wallet. Existing Home Credit customers on MobiKwik app do not require any physical documentation to enjoy the service.

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Facebook Shuts Stock Trading Group After GameStop Frenzy

Facebook Inc took down a popular Wall Street discussion group, Robinhood Stock Traders, in a move its founder said was an unjustified response to conversations that have buoyed shares in GameStop Corp and other companies.

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Facebook To Develop Tools For Advertisers To Tackle Harmful Content

Facebook Inc said on Friday it would soon start developing "topic exclusion controls" on its platform to give advertisers greater ability to weed out certain types of content from appearing alongside their ads.

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Flying Cars Airport Of The Future To Land In England

An airport for flying cars will thrust the English city of Coventry into the future later this year, with a project aimed at demonstrating how air taxis will work in urban centres.

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Xiaomi Mi 11 Global Launch Set for February 8: What to Expect

The Xiaomi Mi 11 price in China starts at CNY 3,999 (approx Rs 45,000) for the base 8GB RAM and 128GB storage variant. It packs the Snapdragon 888 SoC and a 108-megapixel primary rear camera.

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Bobby Deol as Johnny Silverhand: Early Cyberpunk 2077 Concept Draws Funny Parallel

PSA: No, Bobby Deol was never in the running to take over Keanu Reeves’ role as Johnny Silverhand in Cyberpunk 2077.

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Telegram Officially Confirms Chat Migration Support from WhatsApp, How to Use it On Android, iOS Phones

You can now export entire chat history from WhatsApp to Telegram with or without media files. Both Android and iOS users can now enjoy this feature.

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Apple Revenue Growing Further After Cupertino-Based Giant Set Record for iPhone Sales

Apple’s wearables and accessories segment, which includes the Apple Watch and AirPods product lines, hit $12.97 billion in revenue.

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Apple's iOS 14 Added a Critical Security Tool 'BlastDoor' for iMessage, Google Researcher Discovers

The security sandbox tool BlasDoor was discovered after reverse-engineering the macOS 11.1 running on the M1-powered Mac Mini. The service is said to be written in Swift, a common memory-safe language that makes it "significantly harder."

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Google Play Games May Get Dedicated Folder on Home Screen to Neatly Organise All Your Phone Games

The development was spotted during the APK teardown of the Google Play app v2021.01.24213. The teardown suggests that the Google Play Games folder will neatly organise all titles available on the smartphone.

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Hyundai Wrestles With The Risks Of Embracing Apple

Executives in Hyundai Motor Co Group are divided over a potential tieup with Apple Inc, with some raising concerns about becoming a contract manufacturer for the U.S. tech giant, dimming the outlook for a deal.

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Xiaomi Will Unveil MIUI 12.5 Globally on February 8: All You Need to Know

Xiaomi's latest MIUI 12.5 carries the new MIUI+ that enhances multi-tasking between Xiaomi smartphones and PCs running Windows operating system. It also brings Super Wallpapers that can change the mood to match the time of the day.

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Samsung Galaxy S21 Smartphones Now Available to Purchase in India: Price, Availability and Best Offers

All the three Samsung Galaxy S21 smartphones come with 5G support, Exynos 2100 SoC and a redesigned rear camera module. Notably, the Galaxy S21 Ultra now has SPen support.

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Apple CEO Warns Against Misinformation on Social Media, Says Some Apps Prioritise Conspiracy Theories

In remarks delivered at the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference, Tim Cook critiqued apps collect too much personal information and prioritise "conspiracy theories and violent incitement simply because of their high rates of engagement."

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Thursday, January 28, 2021

Samsung Galaxy M21 Receiving Android 11-Based One UI 3.0 Update With January Security Patch in India

The OTA update is said to be 1.7gb in size. It carries new icons and better customisations for adding call backgrounds and adjusting Always On-Display to the phone.

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WD My Passport SSD Review: Very Fast And Very Cool Things Do Come In Small Packages

The latest edition of the WD My Passport SSD is smaller, nimbler and faster than before. The 500GB option is priced at around Rs 8,999 while the 1TB option costs around Rs 15,999 and the 2TB version will set you back by a cool Rs 24,999 or so.

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Cyberpunk 2077 Makers Have Taken Down a Mod That Let Users Have Sex With Keanu Reeves

The mod that allowed users to put Keanu Reeves' skin on a Joytoy sex robot in Cyberpunk 2077 was created by one Catmino and was hosted on Nexus mods.

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Want To Win Back Your FY2019-20 Income Tax? CRED Gives You A Chance On Budget Day, But Odds Aren’t Good

The way this works is that you need to head to the My Money section in the CRED app on your Apple iPhone or Android phone, and select the Credit Score tab. As per the last reported numbers, CRED has a user base of 5.9 million credit card users with a median credit score of 830.

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