Software giant Microsoft will let employees work from home permanently if they choose to, US media reported on Friday, becoming the latest employer to expand work-from-home provisions prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. US tech news website The Verge said most Microsoft employees are still at home as the health crisis drags on, and the company
Month: October 2020
Smartwatches are quite common now but good ones are very rare. I’ve seen multiple attempts from different manufacturers, but very few have managed to tick all my requirements. While people in the Apple ecosystem don’t have to think twice before picking up an Apple Watch, the selection in the Android world isn’t as straightforward. Google’s
Huawei Mate 40 series is all set to launch on October 22. Huawei Consumer Business CEO and Huawei Executive Director Richard Yu took to social media to confirm this development. The series will debut in the Chinese market, and global availability is still too soon to tell. A MIIT certification a few months ago hints
Most of us wait until the festive season sales to make a major purchase when it comes with large appliances. Flipkart is bringing back its Big Billion Days sale in October this year to help you grab your favourite home appliances at a great price. The sale will go live on October 16, while offering
Twitter said on Friday it will remove tweets calling for people to interfere with the U.S. election process or implementation of election results, including through violence, as the company also announced more restrictions to slow the spread of misinformation. Twitter said in a blog post that, from next week, users will get a prompt pointing
Apple on Tuesday sent invites for its special event scheduled for October 13 where it is highly expected to unveil the iPhone 12 series. The invite didn’t provide any details about what is upcoming from the Cupertino company. Nevertheless, the rumour mill has so far churned out some speculation and suggested that the iPhone 12
Oppo A15 is all set to launch in India soon. The phone is being teased on Amazon India and the latest teaser hints at the display credentials of the phone. The Oppo A15 is teased to sport a 6.52-inch display with a waterdrop-style notch. The phone is also teased to have eye protection and AI
Amazfit Bip U will be launched in India on October 16 as Huami’s latest smartwatch following the Amazfit Neo. The Amazfit Bip U pricing has not been revealed by the company but it will be sold on Amazon and the official Amazfit India website. The smartwatch boasts of nine days of battery life and tracking
Earlier this year, Sony introduced a new series in its compact camera lineup with the debut of the ZV-1. Marketed as a ‘vlog camera,’ the Sony ZV-1 has features specially designed to make vlogging much easier for novice users. Its highlight features include a compact body, a fully articulating LCD, and dedicated buttons for things
Intel has announced the first details of its upcoming ‘Rocket Lake’ desktop CPU lineup, which will be sold as the 11th Generation Core CPU family. According to a blog post by John Bonini, Intel’s VP and GM of Client Computing Group Desktop, Workstations and Gaming, the new chips will be launched in the first quarter
Flipkart today launched Motorola-branded smart home appliances in India that include air conditioners, refrigerators, and washing machines. The new appliances come with TruWifi technology that enables them to work with a compatible smartphone. Motorola smart appliances also come with inbuilt sensors to provide a personalised experience. The new launches come alongside the debut of the
Motorola Smart TV lineup is getting bigger. Ahead of the Flipkart Big Billion Days sale, the e-commerce giant has launched a range of Smart TVs under the Motorola brand. These new Smart TVs are powered by Android 10 and will go on sale from October 15 as part of the ‘Big Billion Days Specials’ collection.
Instagram has added new audio features for Reels, in what seems to be a bid to make it even more similar to TikTok. You can now save audio clips, share audio pages over Direct Messages, and browse through new sections like For You and Trending. These new features will make it easier for users to
iPhone 12 lineup is expected to be launched by Apple at its October 13 event. Just four days ahead of the official debut, pricing and specifications of the 2020 iPhone models have surfaced on Chinese microblogging site Weibo. The new iPhone family, that is speculated to include the iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12
Google hasn’t been very consistent with its phone launches in India of late. It didn’t launch its flagship Pixel 4 last year, and even this year, India won’t be getting the Pixel 4a 5G or the Pixel 5, at least not for now anyway. Google has struggled to compete with flagship smartphones from Samsung and
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to consider whether to protect Alphabet’s Google from a long-running lawsuit by Oracle accusing it of infringing Oracle copyrights to build the Android operating system that runs most of the world’s smartphones. The shorthanded court, down one justice following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg last month, is
Honor Watch GS Pro and Honor Watch ES have been launched in India as two new smartwatches by Huawei sub-brand Honor. While the Honor Watch ES is designed for young people, the Honor Watch GS Pro is specifically targeted at urban explorers. The Honor Watch ES comes with a rectangular display. However, the Honor Watch
Qualcomm will reportedly develop its own gaming smartphone that is said to launch towards the end of 2020 at the earliest. The chipset manufacturer is said to be working with Asus to develop this rumoured smartphone. Details about this smartphone are quite scarce but Qualcomm has announced an event for December 1 where it is
AMD has taken the wraps off its next-generation Ryzen 5000 Series desktop CPUs, based on the updated ‘Zen 3’ architecture. The new processors are said to offer up to a 26 percent increase in performance in gaming and a 19 percent improvement in instructions per cycle compared to the current Ryzen 3000XT series. The company is
Realme recently announced a host of new IoT (Internet of Things — connected devices like smart lights and voice assistants) products expanding its connected devices portfolio in the country. These products include a 360 smart camera, electric toothbrush, power bank, earphones, soundbar, and more. Realme is using the term AIoT to refer to these products
Twitter is said to be working on a couple of new features that could make it easier to manage direct messages and retweeting. The first time someone sends you a direct message on Twitter, it arrives in the form of a message request. You have the option to either accept or delete the message(s), or
Google Maps has started displaying demarcated containment zones in Mumbai. The latest change comes through the ‘COVID-19 Info’ layer that Google launched globally a couple of weeks back to colour code the areas infected with COVID-19 cases. The search giant said in a statement that it was working closely with Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for
Samsung Galaxy F41 has been launched in India as the first model in the company’s Galaxy F series. The new Samsung phone comes with a waterdrop-style display notch and features triple rear cameras. The Samsung Galaxy F41 also comes with a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor and a big 6,000mAh battery. Other key highlights of the latest
Bose QC Earbuds, Bose Sport Earbuds, and three Bose Frames audio sunglasses have been launched in India. The Bose QC Earbuds,8 or QuietComfort Earbuds, come in two colour options while the Bose Sport Earbuds are offered in three colour options. The Frames include the Frames Tempo, Frames Soprano, and the Frames Tenor. All three have
Amazon India is set to host its Great Indian Festival 2020 as a month-long festive sale this year. The sale will begin from October 17 to offer a list of deals and offers ahead of the festival of Diwali. Flipkart is also hosting its annual Big Billion Days sale at around the same time, but
US chipmaker Broadcom will scrap its exclusivity deals with TV and modem makers in a deal with EU antitrust regulators aimed at ending a year-long investigation without a finding of wrongdoing, the European Commission said on Wednesday. The European Commission launched an investigation into the company in June last year and even threatened to issue an
A US judge said on Tuesday he would hold a November 4 hearing on whether to allow the US government to bar transactions with TikTok, a move that the Chinese-owned short video-sharing app has warned would effectively ban its use in the United States. US District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington issued a preliminary injunction on
YouTube has been spotted testing a dedicated button for ‘Shorts’ on Android and iOS. YouTube’s latest feature that was launched in India in early beta last month, allows users to share short 15-second videos. The Create button for YouTube Shorts was available on the bottom bar of navigation for Android users and now, as per
Paytm First Games is back on Google Play two weeks after the app was pulled alongside the Paytm app. The Paytm app was reinstated on the same day, and Paytm First Games has eventually made a number of changes to come back as well. While removing the Paytm First Games and Paytm apps from the
Laptops come in all sizes and shapes these days, but the one you need to pick up depends on what you’re going to do with it. If you’re into gaming, a powerful gaming laptop can offer you great graphics, an immersive display, perfect audio, all inside a neat portable package. A great gaming laptop can
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