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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Apple’s App Store prevented more than $1.5 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions in 2020

Apple often talks about their App Store being a highly secure platform for mobile applications for their customers. In a recent blog post, the company claims to have prevented nearly $1.5 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions in 2020, protecting customers from theft of their money, information, and time.

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Google Pay now supports international money transfer from US to India and Singapore

Google Pay has been a great and easy way to transfer money between people. The service is now getting a upgrade with an integration with Western Union and Wise to enable international money transfers from US to India and Singapore.

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Spotify update adds podcast timestamp sharing, enables Canvas sharing on Snapchat and more

Spotify, one of the world’s biggest music and podcast streaming platforms, has announced three new feature updates that will improve some social sharing aspects of the service. Users can now add timestamps when sharing podcasts, and Canvas is getting some extra capabilities.

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India smartphone market records 18% YoY growth in Q1 2021, shipping 38 million units: IDC

The Indian smartphone market continues to grow steadily after the major slump from last year, recording a modest growth of 18% YoY during the first quarter of 2021. The market observed shipment numbers at 38 million units in total, and the top 5 manufacturers were Xiaomi, Samsung, Vivo, OPPO and realme.

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Apple MacBook Air with colourful new designs may release by the end of 2021

Apple may be working on a new model of the MacBook Air laptop, that may come in multiple new colours, similar to the new iMac. According to a YouTube video by popular leaker, Jon Prosser, the new Macbook will have a new design, with thinner bezels and new colours, including Blue and Green.

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WhatsApp will begin restricting features unless you agree to Facebook’s data sharing policies

The May 15th deadline for accepting WhatsApp’s new terms of service (TOS) and privacy policy is approaching. In an effort to ensure that people will agree to the changes, WhatsApp will begin showing persistent notifications and eventually will start restricting features to the user.

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Apple invests $45 million into Corning Inc. to expand US manufacturing capacity and R&D

Apple has announced that an amount of $45 million will be awarded from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund to Corning Incorporated, to advance the company’s R&D efforts and expand their manufacturing capacities in the U.S.A.

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Google Search on mobile now shows vaccine information panels, updated vaccination centers and more in India

Getting the right information is crucial during the pandemic as the country experiences its second wave of COVID-19 infections. In an effort to help people of India, Google Search will now show information panels from authorities about the vaccine and the vaccine drive, make it easy for users to discover vaccination centers, and provide tools that help provide financial assistance to health authorities, organizations and affected communities.

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Optoma UHD33 240Hz 4K UHD projector launched in India

Optoma, a Taiwanese company well-known for high-quality projectors, has announced the launch of their UHD33 projector in India. It is a 4K UHD home theatre projector that is capable of up to a 240Hz refresh rate, a maximum brightness of 3,600 ANSI lumens, and more.

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Facebook Messenger and Instagram get new themes, visual replies, improved read receipts and more

Facebook Messenger and Instagram have introduced a lot of new features to their iOS and Android apps, such as the ability for chat archiving, improved read receipts, visual replies, new themes and more.

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OnePlus Clipt app lets you transfer text, photos, and files between your Android phone and PC

Transferring data between Android and your PC or Mac can sometimes be a pain point for many reasons, such as not having a cable, Bluetooth is simply too slow, or the file size is too large. OnePlus has now come with a solution with an app called Clipt that makes use of your Google Drive cloud storage as a means of transferring files.

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WhatsApp working on easier Search feature for Stickers on iOS and Android

While Stickers are a great way to express yourself in WhatsApp, finding the right sticker at the right moment can sometimes prove to be difficult. To solve, the developers of WhatsApp are reportedly working on a feature that will allow users to quickly search for a Sticker right from the text box.

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Twitter will request users to review tweets that contain potentially harmful or offensive words

Twitter is introducing a new feature in their Android and iOS apps, which will prompt users to review their replies if Twitter detects potentially harmful or offensive in the reply. The goal behind this feature is to try and discourage users from posting such tweets, and as a result, make Twitter a more positive experience on the whole.

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OnePlus Watch update adds Always-On-Display, Remote Control Camera and more

Since launching their first smartwatch, OnePlus has been steadily adding features to the OnePlus Watch, adding more features every time. The latest B.48 update adds a much-requested feature to the OnePlus Watch – Always-on-Display, along with some other features.

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