Android TV devices will now be able to summon Amazon Alexa Amazon and Google have been at loggerheads for a while due to strong competition in various segments, including the streaming devices space – the Amazon Fire TV Stick and Google Chromecast product lines directly compete with each other. However, there has been an improvement
Send GIFs directly from Google image search Sharing GIF images is quite popular amongst the young and old, and one of the biggest trends seen from the adoption of social media and messaging apps. People all around the world share GIFs share animated GIF images with friends and family to express different emotions and feelings.
Tinder is one of the most popular dating apps out there, but this doesn’t mean it’s for everyone. So you may be wondering how to put your account on pause or even how to delete Tinder permanently. If you don’t plan to use Tinder again anytime soon, here’s how to uninstall the Tinder app and
Jony Ive, the industrial designer who helped shape the look of Apple’s most iconic devices from the iPod to the iPhone, is stepping down later this year. Apple announced the senior executive’s departure Thursday, saying he will leave later this year to form an independent design company that will count Apple as a client. Ive
Mozilla has released Firefox Preview — a new mobile browser that is touted to be “more like” the privacy-focussed Focus but comes with a feature-rich experience that’s so far limited to the regular Firefox browser for desktop. The new release is based on Mozilla’s in-house mobile browser engine GeckoView that is touted to bring the
There’s going to be a point in the not so distant future when the addition of new 5G cities won’t be news. After several years of hype, however, we’re still not quite there. The 5G picture is set to be quite different by year’s end, but for now, the big network war is one of
Android TV boxes are becoming enormously popular. They’re great for cord cutters, people who want to improve the smart capabilities of their TV, anyone who uses Kodi and Plex to manage their own media, people who travel a lot, and more. But what is an Android TV box? What features do Android set-top boxes have?
Facebook on Thursday released the findings from its consultations with outside experts into its content review process, providing a glimpse into how its plans for a proposed “external oversight board” might take shape. Facebook has been soliciting feedback over the past six months from more than 650 people at workshops in 88 countries on its draft
Facial recognition is a controversial enough topic without bringing in everyday policing and the body cameras many (but not enough) officers wear these days. But Axon, which makes many of those cameras, solicited advice on the topic from and independent research board, and in accordance with its findings has opted not to use facial recognition
The Spectre line of laptops is HP’s premium range of sleek and highly portable computing devices. The company refreshed its convertible models recently, and today, we’ll be testing the new Spectre x360 2-in-1. It’s available in both 15-inch and 13-inch versions, and we’ll be checking out the smaller one, which is currently on sale in India.
Hey, so remember earlier today when I said that new 5G cities still qualify as news, for a little while longer, at least? AT&T is making it under the wire with the addition of Las Vegas to its growing portfolio of 5G business cities. The addition of Sin City brings the carrier’s total up to
The Windows Registry is a scary place at first glance. It is a place where power users can change Windows settings that are not exposed elsewhere. When you search for how to change something in Windows, you often find articles telling you to edit the registry. If you need to edit the registry, don’t worry.
HTC on Tuesday announced that it is opening up its Viveport VR-centric app store and subscription service to Oculus Rift users, which means that users of the Oculus Rift will now be able to install and play games that were meant for the HTC Vive on their VR headset. As we mentioned, Oculus Rift users
Game console makers Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo have joined forces in opposing expanded tariffs on China, saying the plan would make their products unaffordable for the coming holiday season. In comments filed with the US Trade Representative, the three firms said President Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on an additional $300 billion (roughly Rs.
Redmi K20 has been teased in India. Xiaomi has released a teaser through the Redmi India Twitter account that points to the upcoming smartphone by touting the performance of the Snapdragon 730 SoC. To recall, the Redmi K20 was launched in China last month — alongside the Redmi K20 Pro. Both Redmi K-series phones feature
We’ve seen Harvard’s Robobee flying robot evolve for years: After first learning to fly, it learned to swim in 2015, then to jump out of the water again in 2017 — and now it has another trick up its non-existent sleeve. The Robobee X-Wing can fly using only the power it collects from light hitting
With over 3 billion downloads since launch, VLC is quite likely the most popular media player. And for good reason. It’s open source and available free of cost. Moreover, VLC has apps for a variety of platforms and devices, including Windows, Mac, iOS, Apple TV, Android, Android TV, Xbox One, and Chrome OS among others.
Mozilla today announced the first preview of a redesigned version of Firefox for Android that promises to be up to two times faster. The new version also introduces an easier to use and rather minimalist user interface, as well as support for collections, Mozilla’s new take on bookmarks. The new browser also features Firefox’s tracking
In a bid to make virtual reality (VR) experience highly believable, researchers from Facebook Reality Labs (FRL) have developed a revolutionary system called “Codec Avatars” that gives VR users ability to interact with others while representing themselves with life-like avatars precisely animated in real-time. “Our work demonstrates that it is possible to precisely animate photorealistic
Epic Games has released a new content update for Fortnite, which brings a number of goodies and gameplay improvements for Battle Royale, Creative, and Save The World modes. The content update, which was released Tuesday evening, is a part of patch v9.30. Fortnite content update #1 for patch v9.30 adds a new weapon in the
US chipmaker Qualcomm has won certification from Germany’s cyber watchdog for a next generation chip that boosts the security of smartphones, as applications such as mobile payments become increasingly prevalent. The company said its Snapdragon 855 mobile system on a chip (SoC) had gained a seal of approval from Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI),
Selfies, which have become a global sensation in the last decade or so, have remarkably killed five times more people than shark attacks. And the death toll has crept up incrementally each year as smartphones become more sophisticated and selfie-sticks increase the range at which people can snap themselves, prompting them to take bigger risks
The European Union opened Wednesday an investigation to determine whether US semi-conductor giant Broadcom may be violating the bloc’s competition rules and hurting rivals. Pending the probe’s outcome, the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, said it would seek interim steps to stop the alleged practices and avert irreparable harm. The investigation centres on the
Admitting that Facebook cannot fight fake news on its own, its CEO Mark Zuckerberg is considering to treat “deepfakes” and misinformation separately so that altered “deepfake” videos can be tackled in a better way. “Deepfakes” are video forgeries that, among other things, make people appear to be saying things they never did, like the popular
A Snapchat geofilter is a great way to identify a specific location, and can also be used to advertise an event or local business. Creating a geofilter isn’t as hard or expensive as it sounds. So, in this article we explain how to make a Snapchat geofilter on a budget. A geofilter is just one
The video recommendation control is now available on the YouTube app for Android YouTube’s homepage can often surprise users with content in their feed that is way off their interests, perhaps due to algorithms. YouTube had finally paid heed to the annoyance and is, therefore, making a trio of changes that give users more control over
Lenovo Z6 Pro 5G Edition has been unveiled at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Shanghai. The new smartphone comes as a 5G variant of the Lenovo Z6 Pro and includes Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X50 modem to support the next-generation wireless network. Key specifications of the Lenovo Z6 Pro 5G Edition include a full-HD+ AMOLED display,
Meme creators have never gotten their fair share. Remixed and reshared across the web, their jokes props up social networks like Instagram and Twitter that pay back none of their ad revenue to artists and comedians. But 300 million monthly user meme and storytelling app Imgur wants to pioneer a way to pay creators per
Foreign payment firms such as Mastercard and Visa can process transactions made in India outside of the country but the related data should be brought back for local storage within 24 hours, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Wednesday. The announcement was made to clarify the central bank’s directive in April last year
Lenovo has announced that its ThinkPad series laptops will now be available “made to order” in India, which means that buyers can fully customise multiple specifications rather than only choosing from a few pre-existing configurations. Lenovo has stated that its other brands, which include IdeaPad consumer devices, premium Yoga models, and the Legion series for
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