Author: Milan Nair

OPPO F17 Pro Review

In recent times, OPPO’s F series of smartphones have done quite well in the mid-range market segment in India. At the top end of the F series, OPPO recently announced the F17 Pro, a smartphone with a total of 6 cameras in a very sleek, beautifully designed body. The smartphone is also one of the first few devices to receive OPPO’s latest ColorOS 11, which is based on Android 11. At Rs.22990, can the F17 Pro justify its price tag or is it just simply overpriced? Read on in my review. Continue reading “OPPO F17 Pro Review”

Axis Bank ACE Credit Card launched in partnership with Google Pay & Visa — 5% cashback on essential bills, unlimited 2% cashback and more

Axis Bank has announced a partnership with both Google Pay and Visa to launch their new ACE Credit Card for Indian users. With it, Google Pay users can avail a multitude of offers such as cashbacks for bill payments of essentials like electricity, internet, gas, etc. and also cashbacks for daily use categories such as food ordering, online grocery delivery, cab rides, etc.

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JAYS f-Five True Wireless earbuds launched in India for Rs. 4999

JAYS, a Swedish audio brand, has announced the launch of their JAYS f-Five truly wireless earbuds in India. They feature an optimized microphone for improved call quality, touch based controls, an ergonomic design, a good battery life, Bluetooth 5.o and more.

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ColorOS 11: Top 11 features

We all know that good software is a crucial component of the overall experience of a smartphone and OPPO knows that too. Within a month of the public release of Android 11, OPPO has already begun rolling out arguably one of its biggest software updates to their line of smartphones – ColorOS 11 based on Android 11. Why there is a change in the naming scheme i.e., from ColorOS 7.2 to ColorOS 11, you may ask. That’s because OPPO has made the jump in number to match the Android version with the UI version. OPPO is bringing all of the new upgrades of Android 11 along with many unique features and improvements such as Gamer Mode, Hyper Boost 3.0, Battery Guard and loads of customization options. Over the past week, we have been using ColorOS 11 on the OPPO Find X2, and in this post, let us see the top 11 features of ColorOS 11. Continue reading “ColorOS 11: Top 11 features”

SNOKOR iRocker Gods truly wireless earbuds with low-latency gaming mode launched in India for Rs. 1999

SNOKOR, an audio-focused sub-brand of Infinix, has announced the launch of their newest earbuds in India — the iRocker Gods. These earbuds are equipped with high fidelity drivers, long battery life, touch controls, IPX5 certification and more.

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1MORE Colourbuds IPX5-rated truly wireless earbuds launched in India for Rs. 7999

1MORE, a consumer audio company, has announced the launch of their Colourbuds truly wireless earbuds in India. They feature Full-Range Balanced Armature, Bluetooth 5.0, Qualcomm cVc 8.0, IPX5 ingress protection and more.

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Motorola launches new range of Smart Refrigerators, ACs, Washing Machines in India

Motorola has announced their entry into the smart home appliances market with the launch of three new products lines — the Motorola Smart Refrigerator range, Motorola Smart Washing Machine range and the Motorola Smart AC range along with smart TVs. These new devices will go on sale during Flipkart’s upcoming Big Billion Days Specials on October 15th.

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Panasonic Lumix S5 with 24.2-megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor launched in India

Panasonic has announced the launch of their newest flagship, the Lumix S5, in India. This new hybrid full-frame mirrorless camera features their 24.2-megapixel 35mm full-frame CMOS sensor, and loads of technologies inside such as their Native ISO technology, 5-axis Body Image Stabilizer, high precision AF and more.

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Android Sound Notifications can notify you of surrounding common household noises

Google is introducing a new feature that is aimed at improving the Android experience for those users with hearing loss, called Sound Notifications. The feature will use the smartphones’ microphone, pick up and recognize common household sounds and alert the user via push notifications, camera flash or vibrations.

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AMD reveals Ryzen 5000 series CPUs based on Zen 3 architecture starting at $299

During an event yesterday, AMD announced their much-anticipated Ryzen 5000 series desktop CPUs that are based on their newest Zen 3 architecture. At launch, AMD introduced 4 new CPUs in the series – the Ryzen 9 5950x, Ryzen 9 5900x, Ryzen 7 5800X and the Ryzen 5 5600X, which range from 6 cores/12 threads all the way to 16 cores/32 threads.

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MediaTek MT9602 AI-Enabled Smart TV SoC announced; to power Motorola Smart TVs with Android 10

MediaTek has announced the launch of their newest AI-enabled Smart TV SoC — the MT9602. It is targeted towards smart TVs with 4K HDR displays, with in-built AI-enhancement technologies such as AI-PQ (picture quality) and AI-AQ (audio quality) along with support for HDMI 2.1a, global HDR codecs and more.

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Amazon Fire TV devices updated with Live TV channels in India

Amazon has announced yet another reason to buy its highly popular Fire TV devices – Live TV channels. A new update to Fire TV will be adding two new tabs to the interface – “Live” and “On Now”, where users will be able to access live content from subscribed apps from various content providers across India.

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realme Smart Cam 360°, Smart Plug, Selfie Tripod and N1 Sonic Electric Toothbrush launched in India

Back in June, realme revealed their “1+4+N” product strategy, where they planned to release new AIOT products over the next few months. They have now announced the expansion of this AIOT range with the launch of multiple new products, which are the Smart Cam 360°, the realme Smart Plug, the N1 Sonic Electric Toothbrush and the realme Selfie Tripod.

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Google Chrome will now notify users if their saved passwords gets compromised

Security breaches have increased in frequency in the last few years and many users do not even know if their passwords have been compromised. To help solve this, Google will notify users if the passwords saved in their Chrome browser has been compromised and provide a way to fix it.

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