Laptops/Tablets

As Apple gears up to begin the sales of the iPhone 11 series in India, the Cupertino, California-based company has quietly revealed that the new iPad will go on sale in India beginning October 14. Apple has listed the release date on its India website. To recall, the new iPad was announced alongside the iPhone

HP has launched two new Chromebooks – x360 12b and x360 14b. The two Chromebooks are the first from the company to be USI-compatible, which means they conform to the guidelines of Universal Stylus Initiative standard to build cross device stylus support. Synonymous to the x360 range, the new Chromebooks come with a 360-degree hinge

Huawei MediaPad M5 lite tablet was launched in India on Tueday. Key features include M-Pen lite stylus support, a 10.1-inch full-HD display, a large 7,500mAh battery, an octa-core processor, and quad speakers support. It comes with support for Huawei Histen sound and is Harman Kardon audio certified as well. The MediaPad M5 lite tablet will

Popular NAS solutions provider, Synology, previewed its upcoming operating system (OS) DiskStation Manager 7.0, which is slated to arrive next year. 2020 also marks the company’s 20th anniversary and with that, it’s new overhauled OS for both enterprise and home NAS (Network Attached Storage) solutions brings with a fresh new design, better performance, and new

The recently launched entry-level iPad (2019) with a 10.2-inch display that became available for pre-orders on September 10 will start shipping out on Wednesday. “The new seventh-generation iPad starts shipping on Wednesday and will arrive in stores beginning later this week. Starting at just $329 (roughly Rs. 23,600), the new iPad brings more screen area

Microsoft has revealed that there were more than 900 million devices running on Windows 10 and the company was also edging closer to its 1 billion mark by 2020. Microsoft said that there have been more new Windows 10 devices in the last 12 months than in any previous year since it was introduced in

Apple is releasing iOS 13.1 for all compatible iPhone and iPod touch models — just less than a week after the debut of iOS 13. Unlike iOS 13, iOS 13.1 won’t bring a list of new features or changes to your Apple device. You can, however, expect tons of bug fixes and some performance improvements.

Apple Inc said on Monday it will make new Mac Pro desktop computers at its Austin, Texas facility, following some relief on tariffs by the US government. US trade regulators on Friday approved 10 out of 15 requests for tariff exemptions filed by Apple amid a broader reprieve on levies on computer parts. Apple’s requests for tariff

Microsoft may launch a 15-inch Surface Laptop 3 next month alongside a 13.5-inch model, which is the same screen size as the Surface Laptop 2’s. The company is hosting an event on October 2. The company is also expected to launch an AMD-powered Surface Laptop 3 and it is possible that this chip could be

Oracle Corp <ORCL.N> and VMware Inc <VMW.N> on Monday announced a deal designed to resolve years of tension over how Oracle handles technical support for VMware users and make it easier for them to move to Oracle’s cloud computing service. Oracle is competing against Amazon.com, and Microsoft to offer cloud services, where businesses use Oracle’s data

Asus is adding a new mid-range Chromebook to its Flip series. The new Chromebook Flip C433 is a 14-inch convertible laptop that appears to be a redesigned version of the Chromebook C434. The new Flip C433 will start shipping from October this year and will join the existing Flip C302 and Flip C434 Chromebook laptops

Apple has now announced that it will roll out iOS 13.1 and iPadOS on September 24, earlier than previously announced. The company has just made iOS 13 available, and now the rollout of the next big update is scheduled for next week. Apple will also release iPadOS on the same day, and it will come

The trade war is taking its toll on Apple, a new survey of Chinese consumer attitudes shows. The company tumbled to No. 24 in an annual report on China’s top brands, falling from No. 11 a year ago. In 2017, before the trade war started, Apple was fifth in this ranking. Meanwhile, Apple’s biggest local

To push work and life boundaries for mobile business professionals, HP on Tuesday introduced the HP Elite Dragonfly laptop, an ultra-light premium convertible notebook weighing under one-kilogram, along with premium displays and accessories for home and office. Equipped with up to 16GB RAM and solid-state storage (SSD) of up to 2TB, the 13-inch Elite Dragonfly

Huawei will step up its presence in the global market for computer hardware, a top company official said on Wednesday, as the Chinese telecom giant weathers a US assault on its 5G network and smartphone business. Deputy chairman Ken Hu said the strategy is based on expectations that “incredible computing power” is going to be

Apple seems to be preparing for the new iPad Pro devices with a fresh rear camera setup similar to the one featured on the iPhone Pro 11. The new camera setup, which has surfaced online through an image, is a major shift from the existing single rear camera system available on the existing iPad Pro

Lenovo, the world’s top personal computer maker, on Tuesday launched the new generation of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled ThinkPad and ThinkCentre PCs for enterprises in India. The newly launched smarter enterprise PC portfolio includes ThinkPad T490, ThinkPad X390, ThinkCentre M90n-1 Nano, ThinkCentre M90n-1 Nano IoT, ThinkPad P43s, ThinkPad P1 Gen 2 mobile workstations. Lenovo also showcased

With what could purportedly be called the LG G Pad 5, South Korean tech major LG might be looking to revive its tablet business, two years after getting out of the game. Not only has LG been out of the tablet game for over two years, but the 3-year-old Snapdragon 821 SoC the G Pad

Microsoft has released an update to fix the CPU spiking search problem but not everything has gone well. The update is reportedly causing new search issues and breaking the Start menu, Action Center, and USB connections. Windows 10 KB4515384 was released on September 10 and the update is downloaded in the background automatically. “Typical Microsoft,

Apple on Tuesday introduced the new iPhone 11 series, iPad (2019), and Apple Watch Series 5. As always, the company is releasing a number of official accessories for these products. These accessories will range from cases, folios, smartwatch bands, iPad smart cover, smart folio, and more. Apple has detailed the prices of each of these

Mozilla has revamped its Firefox Test Pilot programme, and claims that it will focus more on ‘privacy-centric features’. To that effect, a new Firefox Private Network feature has been announced, and it’s in testing for now. The feature is essentially a browser-based VPN that users can utilise to keep their browsing private and hide their

Last week, Lenovo announced a host of new products ahead of the ongoing IFA conference in Berlin, Germany. Prominent among the new offerings is the updated line of Yoga laptops, as well as a bunch of devices that sit at the intersection of the tablets/ smart displays market. The new products are additions to Lenovo’s

Apple at its iPhone 11 launch event launched a new iPad model – the iPad (10.2-inch). Powered by the Apple A10 Fusion SoC, the new iPad features a 10.2-inch Retina display. The new Apple tablet is made with 100 percent recycled aluminium and features a Smart connector. The iPad 10.2-inch will go up for pre-orders

Asus has launched three new ZenBook laptops in India — the ZenBook 14 (UX434), ZenBook 15 (UX534), and ZenBook Flip 13 (UX362). All of them feature NanoEdge displays with narrow bezels and are powered by Intel’s 8th Gen CPUs. The ZenBook 14 and 15 models also feature Asus’s ScreenPad 2.0 technology. The Asus ZenBook Flip

Samsung is finally ready to relaunch its ambitious Galaxy Fold, nearly five months after catastrophic problems encountered by early reviewers forced the company to cancel the launch of its most ambitious smartphone ever. Thanks to fundamental design flaws and the sheer amount of hype surrounding the Galaxy Fold’s introduction, the company has had to deal

It wasn’t long ago that we reviewed the Asus ROG Zephyrus M GU502GU gaming laptop, which is an ambitious attempt to cram a lot of power and features into a slim body. That model is not without its flaws, but offers decent performance and is versatile and portable enough to work well for more than

Jio Fiber was commercially launched this week, and it is certainly the highlight in terms of tech news of the past 7 days. Telco Reliance Jio detailed Jio Fiber plans subscribers can avail, and it also explained the process of migration of current preview subscribers. This week also saw the IFA 2019 trade show take

Product announcements from IFA 2019 are in full swing and at Asus’s press event, the company announced a slew of new products, many of which were targeted at professional users. Asus expanded its ProArt series of products with brand new laptops, monitors, and a desktop. It also announced the AsusPro B9 business laptop, which it

Razer has launched what it calls the world’s first gaming ultrabook, the Razer Blade Stealth, at the IFA 2019 trade show. This super-compact laptop is designed to take advantage of Intel’s 10th gen Ice Lake CPUs with its brand new integrated Gen11 Iris Plus GPU to enable high-quality 60fps gaming even on battery power no

Lenovo has updated its portfolio of laptops by launching four new ThinkBook-series devices that are geared at SMBs and professionals. The new ThinkBook laptops are powered by 10th Gen Intel Core processors and pack PCIe SSD storage among other performance-centric attributes. Additionally, Lenovo has launched a trio of new monitors at IFA 2019 with a