LG TONE Free HBS-FN7 true wireless earbuds with ANC, UVnano charging case announced

LG has announced their next generation truly wireless earbuds in the TONE Free line, called the HBS-FN7. It offers many of the same features of its previous generation FN6 such as Meridian-tuned sound, UVnano charging case, comfortable in-ear fit, and now adds Active Noise Cancellation.

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WhatsApp testing face unlock, ability to join missed calls on Android

WhatsApp has released a new update to their Beta app, bringing the version number up to v2.20.203.3. In it, WhatsApp is testing one new feature – the ability to join missed calls, and They are slightly tweaking the fingerprint lock to include more types of biometrics such as face unlock.

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Huawei Sound Bluetooth speaker with Devialet SPACE Soundstage announced

Back in March, Huawei announced their Sound X speaker, which was co-developed in partnership with French luxury audio manufacturer, Devialet. Now, they are come with a smaller sibling to the speaker, named simply the Huawei Sound, featuring a similar design, 360-degree sound, and Devialet’s signature 4-speaker Acoustic Design.

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You can soon shop directly with a business via WhatsApp

WhatsApp Business has become a really good and quick way for customers to reach businesses, both big and small. Since its release, WhatsApp have been steadily adding features to help businesses manage their chats, bringing new ways t0 interact with their customers. Now, an update has been announced where customers will be to shop directly with a business straight from the chat itself.

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Acer Chromebook Spin 513, Chromebook Enterprise Spin 513 and Porsche Design Acer Book RS laptops announced

Along with the many other laptops that Acer announced today, they also their first Chromebooks that feature the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c compute platform, which include the the convertible Acer Chromebook Spin 513 and Acer Chromebook Enterprise Spin 513. Acer also introduced the Acer Book RS, which was designed in collaboration with Porsche Design.

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Thomson Audio Boombox BBX03 Wireless Speakers launched in India for Rs. 4999

Thomson Audio, a European electronics brand, has announced the launch of a new truly wireless speaker in India, the Boombox BBX03. It features 35W of output power, multiple inputs such as Bluetooth, USB, AUX, Micro SD and Mic port, LCD display, Karaoke modes, and more.

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Acer TravelMate P2, P4 and Spin P4 Notebooks with 11th Gen Intel CPUs, 4G LTE and up to NVIDIA GeForce MX350 GPUs announced

Acer’s TravelMate series are made for business and enterprise users who need a tough laptop that is easy to travel with while offering plenty of performance. They have announced refreshes of three laptops in this series — the TravelMate Spin P4, the TravelMate P4 and the TravelMate P2, all now with 11th Gen Intel Core CPUs.

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India smartphone market records 8% YoY growth in Q3 2020, shipping 50 million units: Canalys

After a sharp decline during Q2 2020, the Indian smartphone market has made a strong recovery in the third quarter of 2020, recording a growth of 8% YoY and shipping about 50 million units according to a report from Canalys. Xiaomi continues to lead the market, followed by Samsung, Vivo, realme and OPPO.

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Western Digital My Passport SSD with up to 1050MB/s read speeds and up to 2TB capacities launched in India

Western Digital, popular manufacturers of digital storage solutions has announced the launch of their latest My Passport SSD that makes use of NVMe technology. It boasts an impressive read speeds and write speeds of 1050MB/s and 1000MB/s respectively, and comes in three capacities.

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Google Chrome v86 will now hide intrusive notification content

Google has been working a lot in the background to improve the user experience of notifications in their Chrome browser. Their latest Chrome 86 update has brought a new change which is an added enforcement for websites that have been detected to send abusive notification content.

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Acer announces new Swift, Spin and Aspire series laptops with Intel 11th Gen CPUs and up to NVIDIA GeForce MX450 GPUs

Intel’s 11th Gen Core CPUs are here and Acer has announced refreshes for all three series of their consumer laptops, namely the Swift, Spin and Aspire. All of them feature Intel’s latest Iris Xe integrated GPUs and up to NVIDIA’s GeForce MX450 GPUs, all within new thin and light designs.

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Truecaller can now tell you why someone is calling

Truecaller has pretty much become a default app in most smartphones these days, helping us identify callers and avoid spam numbers. Till now, the app could quickly tell us who is calling, and now, with the Call Reason feature, users can know why someone is calling them.

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Netflix to offer free trial weekend access plan in India to boost user sign-ups

One of India’s biggest streaming services, Netflix, is reportedly looking into announcing a new plan for their Indian customers, which is free access plan for a duration of a weekend. With it, Netflix hopes to entice more consumers into purchasing a subscription, as the company reported slow user-growth in Q3, 2020.

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Google calls US DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit for search engine dominance ‘deeply flawed’

This week the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) filed a pretty big civil antitrust lawsuit against Google, possibly marking the beginning on a long-drawn-out legal battle against the two. The lawsuit is targeting Google’s unlawful monopolistic behavior which include anticompetitive and exclusionary practices, which Google denies.

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Xiaomi Mi Smart Water Purifier Long Term Review

Xiaomi has come a long way since they released their first smartphone in India back in 2014. Now, they are known not just for their smartphone, but also for a wide range of products in the smart home market, such as the Home Security Camera 360°, Mi Air Purifier 3, the Mi Smart Water Purifier and many more. We reviewed the Mi Smart Water Purifier back in November 2019, explaining many of the features it offered. It has been nearly a year now since we started using the water purifier for our workplace and here is our long term review.

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