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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LG smartphone division continues to struggle as the company has reported consecutive losses for the past 22 months now. In an effort to make up for the losses, the mobile phone division has been reorganized, with an increase in the outsourcing of mid-range and low-end smartphones to external companies.
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Every now and then, Google releases their Pixel Feature drop, bringing improvements and new features to Pixel users. The December 2020 update has begun rolling out now with features such as Adaptive Sound, Adaptive battery, a few new customization and personalization options, and more.
Apple’s foray into the desktop ARM computing world was, for the most part, a success with the launch of the M1 Apple Silicon in the entry level Macs. According to sources from the industry, Apple is definitely not stopping here and is reportedly developing successors to M1 for their high-end machines that will reportedly have up to 32-high performance cores.
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Chinese smartphone manufacturer Gionee has been found guilty by a Chinese court of illegally installing trojan horse programs in their user’s smartphones for generating revenue. The company reportedly pushed this unwanted software without user knowledge or permission into nearly 26 million smartphones.
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According to sources from the industry, Samsung will be releasing three new foldable smartphones in 2021, expanding their portfolio in this relatively new smartphone form factor. The three devices include the Galaxy Z Flip 2, Galaxy Z Fold 3 and a Galaxy Z Fold Lite.
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For quite a while, Spotify has allowed their users to listen to locally downloaded music on their Android/iOS app. However, there was a limitation for the feature where users would need to be synced on the same local network as their desktop Spotify app. This is about to change as Spotify is testing the ability to play locally stored music on the phone directly via the app.
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YouTube is easily one of the largest platforms for video content platforms on the internet and it is very easy to get buried among the mountain of video uploaded every second. In an effort to help creators from all backgrounds, including those from minorities, YouTube is introducing a few updates to the platform such as a confirmation before sending hate comments and more.
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Earlier this year, Google introduced a fun feature to the Gboard keyboard called Emoji Kitchen. With it, users could basically ‘cook up’ new customized emoji by selecting and combining two existing emoji, which would automatically be mashed together by Gboard. The feature has now been expanded with over 14000 possible emoji combinations, covering a wide variety of emotions.
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Samsung has begun the rollout of the next major Android software update, called One UI 3 that is based on Android 11, to their Galaxy smartphones. With it, Samsung has brought a fresh new design, loads of customization options and improvements to the many everyday features that One UI already offers.
