When the COVID-19 pandemic caused many of the factories around the world to shutdown, it significantly disrupted Apple’s iPhone supply chains, causing months of production delays. Apple analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo has reportedly predicted that Apple will likely not face such issues in 2021, and the iPhone 13 is well within schedule.
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Back on 2014-2015, one of the most popular apps in the social media space was Dubsmash, a video sharing platform that took the internet by storm thanks to innovative short creative format. Reddit has now announced their acquisition of Dubsmash, bringing over the platform and its team under Reddit itself.
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Back in October, Apple made a huge splash in the smartphone space with 5G support on their latest iPhone 12 series. The 5G modem for these iPhones were supplied by Qualcomm, but that may not be the case in future iPhones and iPads and sources inside Apple have revealed that they are developing their own 5G modem chips.
Updating GPU drivers is quite common in Windows PCs, but not so much in smartphones. In fact, it was only recently when Qualcomm announced support for upgradable GPU drivers in their SoCs. And now, Samsung has announced their first ever Game Driver update to users of the Galaxy S20 and Note 20 series smartphones.
Sharing posts and texts from one platform to another is quite a popular trend right now, especially sharing screenshots of tweets to Instagram and Snapchat. So Twitter went ahead and made it possible to natively share tweets to Instagram Stories and Snapchat, simplifying the process for everyone.
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Portronics, makers of popular electronic portable accessories, has announced the launch of the Harmonics 300 wireless neckband earphones in India. They are geared around sports use with its sweat and water resistance, strong bass performance, long battery life and more.
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MULO, an Indian audio company, has announced the launch of their first truly wireless product in India called the Wonderbuds 500. These lightweight earbuds feature a lightweight design, touch controls, Bluetooth 5.0, USB-C charging and more.
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Microsoft has recently been pushing hard with their game subscription Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, bundling it with the latest Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S through the Xbox All Access service. Microsoft has now announced that Game Pass Ultimate support will be coming to Windows and iOS in 2021.
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Extensions in Google Chrome are a great way to add extra functionality to the browser. However, in recent times, extensions have become a source of data vulnerability and privacy attacks. In response, Google has announced new security features that are coming to Chrome in 2021 that will give users more control over what data can be accessed by extensions.
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Denmark based Audio company EPOS, has announced their entry into the Indian market, with the launch of multiple new headphones in the ADAPT and Expand series that were designed for use in offices and businesses. They are all Microsoft Teams certified, with multiple microphones for clear voice pickup and long battery lives.
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It took many years for Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus to start including IP ingress protection in their smartphones, with the OnePlus 8 Pro being the first phone to feature an official IP68 rating. OnePlus seems to be sticking with this choice as the OnePlus 9 Pro is now rumoured to feature IP68 water and dust protection too.
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For most users of Google Chrome, the ability to save passwords and payment information across devices and syncing them with their account is a very helpful feature. However, there are some users who do not like to sync, but still would like to access their payment information. Google is adding this particular ability, making payments and password management available to all signed-in users.
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Some of the most useful functions for a smartphone are the wide variety of accessibility options that it can offer to users with disabilities. Google has just announced a very helpful new feature called Look to Speak, which is designed to help those with speech and motor impairments by helping them communicate with their eyes. Continue reading “Google Look to Speak app lets speech-impaired users communicate with their eyes”
Today, the world of smart home appliances and the IoT ecosystem is quite vast, with multiple technology giants having multiple products that work well in their own ecosystems. Samsung and Google have announced a partnership, bringing an integration between Google Assistant and Nest devices with Samsung’s smart home devices.
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Consumer electronics manufacturer Creative has announced the launch of their newest soundbar system in India, called the Stage V2. It is a 2.1 channel system with improved sound quality, a bigger body and audio technologies such as Clear Dialog audio and Surround technology.
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