Author: Milan Nair

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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Zebronics ZEB-FIT920CH smart fitness band with 7 sports modes launched for Rs. 1699

Zebronics, popular manufacturers of computer peripherals, sound systems, etc. has announced the launch of a smart fitness band in India — the ZEB-FIT920CH. It features various sensors for heart rate monitoring, sleep monitoring, etc. customizable watch faces, 7 sports tracking and more.

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Facebook Messenger API adds tools and support for Instagram messaging

One of the many tools offered with Facebook for Business is the Messenger API, which allows businesses to manage messages initiated by their customers and interact effectively. Facebook is now adding support for Instagram messaging to the API, expanding the ways a business can connect with their customers, and introducing tools to help increase interaction.

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Google brings new UI, dark theme, new sunrise alarm and more to Smart Displays

Google is releasing a new update to their smart display experience, bringing multiple changes to the UI experience, such as new pages for media, home controls, along with the ability to have separate personal and work accounts signed and other features like a new dark theme, new sounds to relax to, and more.

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SK hynix acquires Intel’s NAND memory and storage business for $9 billion

SK hynix, one of the world’s biggest manufacturer and supplier of NAND flash storage, is further expanding their business with the acquisition of Intel’s NAND memory and storage business. The agreement will cost SK hynix a total of $9 billion and is expected to close by March 2025.

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LG SIGNATURE OLED R world’s first rollable TV starts rolling out

Back in CES 2019, LG revealed the world’s first roll-able OLED TV line — the SIGNATURE OLED R. The TV was supposed to go on sale last year however due to some issues that did not happen. LG is now launching the 65-inch SIGNATURE OLED R on sale in South Korea for a whopping price tag of KRW 100 million, which is approximately $87,000 or about 63.8 lakh rupees.

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NASA awards $14.1 million contract to Nokia to build 4G infrastructure on the moon

The race to build a functional base on the moon is heating up as NASA recently announced $370 million in new contracts, given out to many private companies. Among them is a $14.1 million contract that was awarded to Nokia Bell Labs to build the first LTE/4G cellular communication network on the moon.

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Sony PlayStation 5 India price starts at Rs. 39990 for Digital Edition

As we finally get close to Sony releasing their next-gen console to the general public, Sony has announced the price of the PlayStation 5 in India, starting at Rs. 39900. Sony will be selling both the PlayStation 5 and the PlayStation 5 digital edition, along its various accessories and a few launch titles.

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Paytm Credit Cards with rewards and cashback offers announced

Paytm has announced yet another product entry into the Indian financial market with the launch of credit cards in partnership with various card issuers. Paytm plans to issue nearly 2 million of these co-branded cards in the next 12-18 months and the entire experience will be powered via their Paytm app.

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Google Lens update brings car AR experiences, quicker shopping and more

During their SearchOn event, Google has announced new updates to the Google Lens experience, improving the visual recognition capabilities of the app such as the ability to understand quadratic equations, identify articles of clothing and they even announced a new showroom AR experience for cars.

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PLAYGO N82 wireless neckband and PLAYGO T20 TWS earbuds launched in India

Indian consumer electronics brand PLAY has announced the launch of two new wireless audio products – the PLAYGO N82 and the PLAYGO T20. The former is a pair of wirless neckband earphones with Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) while the latter are a pair of in-ear wireless earbuds that feature Environmental Noise Reduction (ENR).

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Google Search can now identify songs by simply humming

For quite a while now, the Google Search app has supported the ability to identify songs from recordings that are currently being played. Previously, Google only supported this identification from official recorded music, but now, thanks to its improvements in machine learning, the Search app can identify songs with just a hum of the song’s tune.

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Microsoft brings Bing app to Xbox family of consoles

While the Xbox’s primary purpose is play games, it also has the ability to browse the web and discover content. To make this experience better, Microsoft has introduced the Bing app to both the Xbox Series consoles and the Xbox One consoles, where users can access the many functions of the web directly from their console.

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Motorola Tech3 TriX combined wired and wireless earphones launched in India at an introductory price of Rs. 5999

Motorola has announced the launch of the first-of-its-kind earphones in India, the Tech3 TriX which combines both wired and wireless technology into one design. Along with this, the earbud features Bluetooth 5.o, on-ear detection, connects via the Verve Life app, Alexa integration and more.

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boAt Airdopes 461 with up to 46h battery life with 600mAh charging case launched at an introductory price of Rs. 2999

boAt, makers of consumer audio electronics, has announced the launch of their Airdopes 461 truly wireless earbuds in India. They feature a really long battery life, multiple modes such as Beast Mode and Crystal Mode, Bluetooth 5.0, IWP technology, Fast charging support and more.

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