Amazon Echo Show 8, Echo Show 5 and Echo Show 5 Kids announced

Amazon has announced a range of new devices in the Echo family, namely the Echo Show 8, Echo Show 5 and the Echo Show 5 Kids. The Echo Show 8 features a 8-inch adaptive colour display, while the Echo Show 5 features a 5.5-inch display, and they all feature improved cameras for video calling.

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Sony PS5 DualSense controller gets Midnight Black and Cosmic Red colour variants

At launch of the PlayStation 5, Sony only announced one colour scheme for the new Dualsense controller, which has a black and white dual tone finish. Sony has now introduced two new colours for the Dualsense, namely Midnight Black and Cosmic Red.

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SpaceX partners with Google Cloud to integrate Starlink Network with Google Data Centers

SpaceX, the company founded by Elon Musk, has announced a new partnership with Google Cloud. Under the partnership, Starlink, which is a low-earth orbit satellite network, will soon have ground stations linked to Google data centers, to bring secure, low-latency, and reliable delivery of data.

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Samsung adds third-party cryptocurrency wallet integration to the Samsung Blockchain Wallet in Galaxy smartphones

Samsung has introduced a new update to the Samsung Blockchain Wallet that enables importing and managing virtual assets from third-party wallets in Samsung Galaxy smartphones. The update makes it easier for Galaxy users to manage their crypto assets from one location, which are protected by the Samsung Blockchain Keystore.

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Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro with punch-hole display and unique rear-camera bump surface in renders

Another day, another possible leak in the busy smartphone world. This time its Google’s turn, as new renders of the upcoming ‘Pixel 6’ and possibly ‘Pixel 6 Pro’ have been leaked, revealing a radical new design. If these renders are accurate, this Pixel 6 design would be quite a big departure from Pixel smartphone designs in the past.

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Soundcore by Anker Life Dot 2 ANC TWS earbuds launched in India for Rs. 7999

Soundcore by Anker, a well-known audio brand, has announced the launch of the Life Dot 2 ANC truly wireless earbuds in India. As the name suggests, it features hybrid active noise cancellation, a long battery life of 35 hours, IPX4 rating and more.

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Garmin India ropes in Mandira Bedi as brand ambassador for smartwatches and accessories

Garmin, one of the leading smartwatch and fitness accessory company, has announced actor and serial exerciser, Mandira Bedi as their brand ambassador. She will now be promoting Garmin smartwatches and accessories in India across various platforms including print, television and  online.

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Facebook rolls media campaign to prevent COVID-19 misinformation spread in India

Social Media giant Facebook has announced the beginning of a new campaign that is designed to target the spread of misinformation regarding the pandemic and the vaccine drive in India. These include stopping the spread of posts that contain wrong information, a series of adverts in the platform and more.

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Portronics BEEM 200 Plus Wi-Fi LED Projector with up to 150-inch projection launched in India

Portronics, popular makers of consumer electronics products, has announced the launch of a new LED projector in India called the BEEM 200 Plus. It features Wi-Fi connectivity, multiple ports, supports device mirroring and more.

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Instagram introduces the ability to add Pronouns in a user’s profile

Instagram is now introducing a update in their app that allows users to add their pronouns as a separate field in their profile. Instagram has a set of 41 pronouns for users to choose from, and will be available in certain countries at launch.

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India PC market shipped 3.1 Million PCs in Q1 2021, records 73.1% YoY growth: IDC

The Indian PC market continued to record a strong growth of 73.1% YoY during the first quarter of 2021, shipping about 3.1 million units in total. Among the many devices, notebooks remained at the top in terms of market share, with a 116.7% YoY growth. Overall, the market was led by HP, Dell, Lenovo, Acer, Apple and ASUS.

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Skype introduces “Name Your Call” feature to help differentiate between multiple video calls

When you have multiple calls scheduled, it can sometimes be confusing to remember what was the purpose for each meeting. To help with this issue, Skype is introducing a new feature called “Name Your Call”, which allows users to customize certain aspects of a call to make them uniquely identifiable.

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Dell Precision 5000 series and Precision 7000 Series, XPS 15 and XPS 17 laptops with 11th Gen Intel Core Processors announced

Just as Intel announced their lineup of 11th Gen Core processors, Dell has announced refreshes to multiple laptops with these new CPUs. In particular, Dell has unveiled new models of in the Precision lineup, XPS lineup, and also introduced new gaming laptops such as the Alienware m15 R6.

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HP ZBook Studio G8, Power G8 and Fury G8 mobile workstation laptops with up to NVIDIA RTX A5000 Laptop GPUs announced

 

HP has announced three new laptops in their workstation ZBook series, namely the ZBook Studio G8, ZBook Power G8 and ZBook Fury G8. These laptops have updated internal specs such as up to NVIDIA RTX A5000 or GeForce RTX 3080, with up to 11th Gen Intel Core i9 vPro processors and high refresh rate display with excellent colour accuracy.

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ASUS introduces new ROG and TUF series laptops with NVIDIA RTX 3050Ti and 3050 GPUs, ROG Zephyrus S17 and Zephyrus M16

ASUS has announced brand-new updates to their ROG and TUF series of laptops, this time featuring 11th Gen Intel Core H-series processors or up to a Ryzen 9 5980HS, paired with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30-series laptop GPUs, including the newly announced RTX 3050 and RTX 3050Ti.

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