Google has announced that they are reducing the service fee that they charge for developers who sell in-app digital goods and services on Play from 30% down to 15%. This discount will be applicable to app developers until the first $1 million they earn that year, after which the fee would return to the standard 30%.
Dropbox, a popular cloud storage service has announced that their password manager service called Dropbox Passwords will be made available to all free users. The service originally launched for Dropbox Plus and Dropbox Professional users, and will be included in the free Dropbox Basic plan in April’21.
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Google has announced their second generation Nest Hub smart display, after more that two years since they launched the original back in 2018. It features some new technology such as a dedicated on-device machine learning chip, a built-in Soli chip for music controls and sleep tracking, along with improvements over the first gen Nest Hub.
AMD has announced three new processors in the Pro lineup of Ryzen 5000 series mobile processors. Designed for premium business and enterprise laptops, these Ryzen PRO 5000 Series Mobile CPUs feature their latest Zen 3 architecture, and range from a 4-core Ryzen 3 to an 8-core Ryzen 7 processor.
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Google introduced Tiles into their Wear OS software back in 2019, giving users access to quick functionalities and information such as Goals, Weather, Heart rate and more with just a swipe left. At the moment, developing Tiles is limited to only Google, however that is about to change in the next update as Google is opening up the feature to third-party developers.
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Google is testing two new functionalities for Android’s built-in file sharing feature called Nearby Share. If the test goes well, users will soon be able to share files with not just their contacts but any nearby Android smartphone, and have the ability to share to multiple devices at once.
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In 2020, the global wearable market witnessed significant growth all throughout the year, shipping a total of 444.7 million units, which calculates to a growth of 28.4% YoY. During the fourth quarter alone, the market shipped 153.5 million units, growing by 27.2% YoY.
In the last 2 years, the Indian smart TV market saw a huge influx of products from many smartphone manufacturers. One of the biggest companies among them is Xiaomi, who first launched the Mi TV 4 back in February 2018. Since then their portfolio in the smart TV has expanded, and they now offer 9 TVs, across two product series and various sizes ranging from 32 inches to 65 inches. The Mi TV QLED 4K in particular comes in 55 -inch variant and here is our review of the device.
Back in January, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released a blacklist of 9 companies that they claimed to be under the control of the Chinese Military, among which Chinese smartphone manufacturer, Xiaomi was included. After contesting the decision last month, a U.S. federal judge has now temporarily blocked the DoD from enforcing the consequences of the decision.
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ASUS has announced the launch of a range of powerful new laptops in their gaming focused ROG Strix line. They feature the latest AMD Ryzen 5000 series processors, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 – series GPUs, optical-mechanical keyboards, up to a 300Hz IPS display and more.
According to a new rumour from China, OPPO is preparing to release their first folding smartphone sometime during the second quarter of 2021. Interestingly, the device will not be a rollable smartphone like the OPPO X 2021 concept phone that they showcased last year, instead it will likely have a ‘regular’ folding design.
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As the COVID-19 vaccination drive is underway in India, Google is doing their part to make it easier for Indians to find vaccine-related information easily in Search and YouTube. The tech giant is working with the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to ensure that users have the most up-to-date information about the two vaccines and also preventing the spread of misinformation about them.
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Local Guides in Google Maps is one of its best features, giving users around the world the ability to update Maps with up to date information at a local level. Google is now introducing 3 news ways of sharing and finding these local recommendations and information.
The world’s most popular browser app, Google Chrome is receiving a new update that improves its performance and memory efficiency in both its Android and Windows versions. The new version, Chrome 89, uses their new memory allocator and has smarter memory management across the board.
Samsung, a global technology company has announced the signing of a new patent license agreement with Nokia, thereby gaining permission to use their innovations and technologies in video standards. In return for using these patents, Samsung will make royalty payments to Nokia.
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