Have you ever thought owning an iPhone through a monthly subscription plan? That may soon become a reality as Apple is reportedly planning to introduce a hardware subscription plan in the future that will offer their customers an alternate way of owning an iPhone.
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Instagram is now rolling out a rather important update to their iOS and Android app that introduces a new way to view your Instagram feed. You will now have the choice between seeing posts from accounts you follow or from your favorite accounts in your feed.
Apple’s upcoming iPhone 14 series has already been rumoured to feature a punch-hole design for its camera and FaceID technology. Its successor, the iPhone 15 series, however, will reportedly take it a step further and feature under-display FaceID technology instead. The technology, which is still under development, will be supplied by Samsung Display.
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Mivi, a company based in Hyderabad, launched the Octave 3 Bluetooth speaker earlier this month. It is a small portable speaker that features a 360° output design, bright colour options, and has a maximum output power of 16W. Here is our unboxing and first impressions of the Mivi Octave 3 Bluetooth speaker. Continue reading “Mivi Octave 3 16W Bluetooth speaker Unboxing and First Impressions”
Google has announced a bunch of updates for Google Photos that will be rolling out over the coming weeks. Users will soon find it easier to organize their albums and on-device folders, import photos from other services, quickly access new screenshots and more.
Qualcomm has announced a partnership with game developer Square Enix, where the two companies will work on new extended reality (XR) experiences through the Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Platform. Along with this, Qualcomm also announced a $100 million “Snapdragon Metaverse Fund” to help companies and developers build the foundation of Qualcomm’s metaverse.
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It is no secret that Microsoft is very interested in pushing their Xbox game subscription service across various platforms. They are very clearly interested in growing the service in India, and now the company has announced lower prices for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Console Game Pass, PC Game Pass, and Xbox Live Gold starting from April 1st.
LG has announced new variants of their LG Gram thin-and-light laptop, this time featuring 12th Gen Intel Core CPUs and a discrete NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 GPU. There are two new models, the Gram 16 which weighs 1.28 kilograms and the Gram 17 with which weighs 1.43 kilograms. These come after the company introduced the Gram 360 last month.
A little over a week ago, Apple launched their 27-inch Studio Display during their “Peek Performance” event. As the device began shipping to reviewers around the world, it was discovered to have poor webcam quality for some unknown reason. Apple has now acknowledged this issue and announced that a fix is incoming.
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Sharing account passwords among multiple households is a problem that Netflix has been facing for many years. In an attempt to solve this, Netflix is trying to reduce the instances of this by introducing a new “add an extra member” feature that will allow users to add members outside their household.
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This year, Google’s annual developer conference “Google IO” has been scheduled to be held on May 11th and May 12th. The event will continue to be an online event with no on-site attendance, and will be held at the usual Shoreline Amphitheatre.
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Earlier this year, AMD unveiled the Ryzen 7 5800X3D desktop processor, which is their first processor to feature their 3D V-Cache technology. The processor is going on sale from April 20th, and along with it, AMD has introduced 6 new SKUs that will join the ‘Zen 3’ and ‘Zen 2’ family of processors.
Back in January 2020, Google revealed that they were working on bringing support for Steam to Chrome OS. After more than 2 years, Google will soon be testing an alpha-quality version of Steam on Chrome OS in the Dev channel. The test will be available only for select Chromebooks to begin with.
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OPPO launched the Reno7 series last month, consisting of two smartphones – a Reno7 and a Reno7 Pro. They replace the Reno6 and Reno6 Pro smartphones from last year, respectively, and feature minor upgrades to the camera hardware and design. Similar to last year, the Reno7 Pro is priced at Rs. 39990, and the Reno7 is priced at Rs. 29990. On paper, the Reno7 offers a similar experience with some compromises when compared to the Reno7 Pro. Continue reading “OPPO Reno7 5G Review”
ASUS has refreshed their entire lineup of mainstream gaming laptops in India, including the ROG Strix G15 and G17, Strix SCAR G15 and G17, and the TUF F15 and F17. They now feature either the 12th Gen Intel Core H-series processors or the latest AMD Ryzen 6000 Series Mobile Processors, and up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU.
