Back in 2020, Google introduced a new VPN feature for Google One subscribers of the 2TB or higher plan on Android. The company has now expanded the feature to Google One subscribers on iOS devices, and it can be shared with up to 5 family members.
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Alphabet, the parent company of Google, had a successful last quarter in 2021, earning a revenue of $75 billion and growing 32% YoY. For the fiscal year 2021, the company recorded $257.6 billion in revenue which calculates to a growth of 41% YoY. 2021 was also a great year for the Google Pixel smartphones, as the phone saw its highest-ever quarterly shipments in Q4 2021.
Since its rebrand last year, Meta has been working towards their goal of creating a metaverse. One of the major components of this metaverse are the digital avatars used by individuals to represent themselves. The company has revealed an updated version of 3D avatars that can be used in stickers, feed posts, Facebook profile pictures and more.
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Lately, the console wars between Sony’s PlayStation and Microsoft’s Xbox seem to be focused in another direction – acquisition of game studios. Last month, Microsoft purchased Activision Blizzard in an expensive $68.7 billion deal, and now Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced their acquisition of Bungie developer in a $3.6 billion deal.
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Telegram has released a new update for Android and iOS devices, that adds a a couple of new features. They include new video stickers, improved message reactions, improved navigation between chats, and a button to review unseen reactions.
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According to a new report from Counterpoint Research, the Indian smartphone market recorded its highest ever shipments of 169 million units in 2021, growing an impressive 11% YoY. However, the market did witness a decline of 8% YoY during Q4 2021, and the top 5 manufacturers were Xiaomi, Samsung, vivo, realme, and OPPO.
The worldwide smartphone market shipped a total of 46 million units during the fourth quarter of 2021, declining 11.9% YoY. For the entire year, the market shipped 168.8 million units, which is the highest since 2016. Chromebooks on the other hand declined 63.6% YoY during Q4 2021, but managed to grow 13.5% for the entire 2021 year.
After cancelling nearly 1000+ flights over the deployment of Verizon and AT&T’s C-Band 5Gservice, the FAA has come to an agreement with the two mobile carriers to allow more aircraft to land in key airports in the USA and also deploy more towers around these airports.
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The global smartphone market witnessed an overall growth of 5.7% in 2021 when compared to 2020, after shipping a total of 1.35 billion units. However, the market did witness a a decline in shipments during Q4 of 2021, shipping a total of 362.4 million phones, which calculates to 3.2% YoY decline.
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The ASUS TUF series of laptops is well known for offering good performance and strong build quality, but with reasonable prices. Lately, the company has been experimenting with higher-priced TUF laptops that have better specifications and more power. The TUF F15 is one such laptop, offering 11th Gen Intel CPUs and NVIDIA RTX 30-series GPUs. Are these laptops still worth their price increase? Read on in my review of the ASUS TUF F15 to find out. Continue reading “ASUS TUF F15 (2021) Review”
Update: November 23 – Apple has started selling the HomePod mini smart home speaker in Blue, Yellow and Orange colours in India through Apple Authorised Resellers offline and Apple Store online for Rs. 9900. Continue reading “Apple HomePod mini in Yellow, Orange, and Blue colours now available in India”
AMD has partnered with MediaTek to unveil their newest Wi-Fi solution, called the AMD RZ600 Series Wi-Fi 6E modules. It features the MediaTek Filogic 330P chipset inside and is designed to power the next-generation AMD Ryzen-series laptop and desktop PCs starting 2022 onwards.
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According to a new report from the International Data Corporation (IDC), the Indian traditional PC market, which includes desktops, notebooks, and workstations, shipped a total of 4.5 million units during Q3 2021. This calculates to a growth of 30% YoY, and the top 3 companies were HP, Dell and Lenovo.
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LG has announced support for a native Apple Music app on their Smart TV models running webOS 4.0 and higher. Apple subscribers will be able to sign into the app and access the complete catalogue offered by Apple Music straight from their TV.
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Today, Google introduced a whole range of new updates and features for their Indian users across their services. Indians can now book vaccinations on COWIN through a guided procedure with Google, Search results have improved language accessibilities, there are new Climate and weather alerts, and more.
