Minecraft Earth AR mobile game, launched by Microsoft two years ago, is shutting down. The developers say that the current global situation has prevented free movement and collaborative play – two things that are essential for playing Minecraft Earth. As a result of this pandemic, Microsoft has taken the tough decision to end support for
Month: January 2021
Realme V15 aka Realme Koi will come with the support for 65W fast charging instead of 50W as previously expected. The phone is scheduled to launch in China on January 7 and the company has been teasing its design for the past few days. Realme’s Chief Marketing Officer, Xu Qi Chase, confirmed the 65W fast
Mi TV range in India has received a price hike of up to Rs. 3,000. The new update is associated with the Mi TV 4A Pro, Mi TV 4X, and Mi TV Horizon Edition models. Xiaomi reflects the price hike through its Mi.com website. The new pricing is also applicable at offline retail stores in
WhatsApp has updated its privacy policy and terms of service to better integrate with other products and services offered by Facebook. Unlike the release of a new feature or an update that adds new functionality, the instant messaging app has brought the change almost silently earlier this week. It has, however, informed Android and iPhone
The iPhone 12 range seems to be garnering great sales for Apple in the US, except for the iPhone 12 mini, a new report from CIRP (Consumer Intelligence Research Partners) claims. Data released by the firm indicates that the iPhone 12 models accounted for 76 percent of new iPhone sales during October and November –
Samsung Galaxy A52 5G has received 3C network certification in China, as per a report. The listing tips that the phone will support 15W fast charging. It also indicates that the Samsung Galaxy A52 5G, which has been subjected to many leaks and rumours since last November, could launch soon. The smartphone carries the model
PlayStation 5 will be launched in India on February 2 with pre-orders for the PS5 starting from January 12 at 12pm IST. Sony shared the development on Twitter through its PlayStation India account and said that pre-orders will be open till stocks last. The console originally launched in select regions on November 12 and rest
The world’s richest person made the single-largest charitable contribution in 2020, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual list of top donations, a $10 billion gift that is intended to help fight climate change. Amazon’s founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, whose “real-time” worth Forbes magazine estimates at roughly $188 billion (roughly Rs. 13,76,800 crores), used
LG Display has unveiled its first 48-inch bendable cinematic sound OLED (CSO) display ahead of CES 2021. The display has a paper-thin screen that bends and unfolds with a curvature radius of up to 1,000R. Bending the display will offer maximum viewing access to users, and is particularly useful for gamers. The bendable OLED display
Instagram is testing a new design for viewing stories on desktop. In the new look, Instagram Stories are expected to appear in a carousel, instead of the current single-tile format that takes up the entire page. A company spokesperson confirmed to a publication that testing of the new feature is indeed underway. The report suggests
Apple AirTags, new MacBook models with Apple Silicon, and an augmented reality (AR) device are said to be upcoming products from the Cupertino-based company in 2021. The information was reportedly shared by reputable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who also said that new AirPods and devices with mini-LED displays are also in the pipeline. Additionally, a well-known
Xiaomi Redmi Note 9T will be unveiled on January 8, the company has confirmed through its social media accounts. The phone that has been making its certification rounds has now been made official along with an official look of its back panel design. The Redmi Note 9T will come with 5G support and will be
Samsung’s teased its new OLED panels for laptops, highlighting their superior image quality. Samsung Display teased the qualities its OLED screens for laptops will have through a video uploaded on YouTube. The South Korean tech giant said that the new screens will offer cinematic and ultrapure colours. The OLED screens will also offer great visibility
OnePlus Band (not yet confirmed as the official name) has been officially teased on Twitter and Amazon. Rumours around the fitness band from OnePlus started late last month and it was expected to launch in the first quarter of this year. But it looks like the OnePlus Band could launch as soon as this month,
FAU-G will be released in India on Republic Day, January 26. The game, which was announced soon after the ban on PUBG Mobile, has been up for pre-registration on Google Play since last month. Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, tweeted the launch date, along with a new trailer for the game. FAU-G was marketed as an
Bitcoin fell sharply on Monday, losing ground from a record high of $34,800 (roughly Rs. 25.4 lakhs) touched a day earlier, with traders citing volatility in highly leveraged futures markets. Bitcoin fell over 14 percent after earlier touching as high as $33,670 (roughly Rs. 24.6 lakhs), wiping out more than half its 20 percent rally
Facebook has moved to wind down several Irish holding companies that had allowed it to shift billions of dollars in profit to the country, where it was lightly taxed, the Times of London reported, citing company documents. The Irish companies were used to hold its intellectual property for international sales, and Facebook companies around the
WhatsApp users across the world made over 1.4 billion voice and video calls on New Year’s Eve 2020, making it the most ever calls in a single day on the platform, according to Facebook. While New Year’s Eve has always resulted in big spikes in usage across Facebook’s platforms, the COVID-19 pandemic let to new
Huawei Mate 40 Pro has been chosen as the smartphone with the best selfie camera by DxOMark benchmarking website. The phone’s selfie camera received 104 points in the tests, which is more than any other smartphone. The Huawei Mate 40 Pro sports a 13-megapixel selfie camera with an f/2.4 aperture. DxOMark noted that the camera
Tencent’s online game offerings have been removed from Huawei’s app store since the two companies failed to reach an agreement on revenue sharing, Tencent and a source said on Friday. “Due to the failure of Huawei’s mobile game platform to renew its contract with our Mobile Game Promotion Project Agreement as scheduled, relevant products of
Vivo Y20A is now on sale in India. The smartphone was launched in the country earlier this week as a watered down variant of the Vivo Y20. It comes with a waterdrop-style display notch and features triple rear cameras. The Vivo Y20A also offers the latest software experience. Other key highlights of the Vivo Y20A
Facebook’s chief of advertising integrity, who handled the company’s ad products around sensitive subjects such as politics and coronavirus misinformation, departed this week, according to an internal company post viewed by Reuters on Friday. Rob Leathern, director of product management, said earlier this month on Facebook’s internal network that he would be leaving the company
Apple AirPods Max users are reporting an issue with condensation, where water droplets are forming under the removable ear pads near the drivers. The high-end headphones, launched only recently and priced at Rs. 59,900 in India, seem to be particularly susceptible to this condensation issue due to the premium design, particularly the liberal use of
Mi 10i is coming to India in a distinct Pacific Sunrise colour option, Xiaomi has teased through its Mi.com website. The new colour option appears to have a gradient finish with a mix of cyan and orange shades. Separately, the Mi 10i battery details have been teased online. Xiaomi recently confirmed the launch of Mi
Tencent’s online games were removed and then reinstated on Huawei’s app store on Friday in a dispute over revenue sharing by the Chinese companies. Huawei was insisting on a 50-percent cut of Tencent’s game sales on the app store and the Tencent games were removed because the companies had been unable to agree a deal,
Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro, the next-generation true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds by the South Korean company, have received a dedicated support page along with its moniker. The new development comes weeks after the Galaxy Buds Pro appeared in a series of leaks and rumours. Samsung’s websites in the global markets also purportedly carried support pages
Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday it will extend production of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels for TVs and monitors, as stay-at-home trends of the coronavirus pandemic created an uptick in demand. Samsung Display’s decision to extend LCD production in South Korea for an unspecified period of time overrides its announcement in March that it would
When using social media to nudge people toward safe and healthy behaviour, it’s critical to make sure the words match the pictures, according to a new study. After looking at social media posts, parents of young children were better able to recall safety messages such as how to put a baby safely to sleep when
Vybe Together, an iOS app that promoted private parties in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, has been removed from the App Store by Apple. The app’s TikTok account has also been banned and its website has been removed, as per a report. But the developers say that the app was not intended to promote
Huawei is tipped to expand its high-end HiSilicon Kirin chipsets lineup and launch Kirin 9010 as next-generation system-on-chip (SoC). The new chip is speculated to be based on an all-new architecture based on 3-nanometre (3nm) process technology. This seems to be a significant upgrade over the existing HiSilicon Kirin 9000 and Kirin 9000E SoCs that