Dell has announced the launch of a new laptop in the G series of gaming laptops – the Dell G7 15 7500. The laptop comes with 10th Gen Intel Core CPUs, NVIDIA GeForce RTX discrete GPUs, fast refresh rate display options, 1TB of NVMe SSD storage and more.
Western Digital, makers of storage drives, has announced the launch of two new products in their Purple storage solutions — a massive 18TB HDD and a 1TB MicroSD. These two products are designed for DVR/NVR applications, surveillance applications and for analytics appliances.
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In June, Twitter released a new feature in its feed called Voice Tweets, that allowed users to share their thoughts via a audio message. Now, Twitter is expanding on it and has begun testing a new feature where users can send voice messages in Twitter DMs
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There have been many rumours of Apple working towards making the shift to Mini LED displays for all of its devices. The latest one, from Apple analyst Ming Chi-Kuo, suggests that Apple is still working with suppliers and the first device with the Mini LED display will be an iPad Pro that is expected to release by the end of 2020.
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Jabra has announced their next generation truly wireless earphones, the Elite 85t. This time, it features their Advanced Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) with a new Semi-open design, enhanced call quality with a 6 microphone setup and support for Qi-wireless charging.
The Elite 85t have new 12mm drivers that are designed for powerful bass, all housed in a new semi-open earphone that ensure comfort and relieve ear pressure. The earbuds have oval silicon EarGels do not go in as deep as before, providing a more comfortable experience while feeling secure.
It has dual dedicated ANC chips for Jabra’s Advanced ANC technology, enabling strong ANC capabilities with minimal processing. Similar to the 75t, it will also support Hear Through mode to let users hear their surroundings if they wish to. The new 6 microphone system have improved noise cancellation and wind protection for clearer calls.
As usual, the earbuds are IPX4 certified, and the battery life is rated at 5.5 hours of listening time with ANC ON, and a total of 25 hours with the Qi-wireless capable charging case. It comes in four colour combinations – Gold/Beige, Copper/Black, Black and Grey and Titanium/Black.
Jabra has also announced that its Elite 75t series will be getting a free OTA update that will enable active noise cancellation. The Elite 85t will go on sale for a price of $229 (Approx. Rs. 16,826) from November 2020 for the Titanium/Black version and January 2021 for the rest of the colours.
Opera for Android and Opera for desktop are getting new updates that bring a quite a few new user experiences. These include the newly redesigned Sync feature, along with the Flow feature and Suggested Sites feature for the Opera Android version and a Easy Files feature for Opera desktop version.
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Google has announced the launch of a new Android TV update that will be based on Android 11. With it, Google is improving OS performance and privacy features, added many under-the-hood improvements and updated developer tools for testing and deployment.
When Xiaomi entered the Indian laptop market with the launch of the Mi Notebook, they created quite a stir, offering good specs on a laptop that was well-built and more importantly, priced right. They released two variants — the regular Mi Notebook and the premium Mi Notebook Horizon Edition. I reviewed the Horizon Edition at launch, and I was positively happy with Xiaomi’s first attempt. I did however point out in the review that the top end model did not necessarily have the best bang-for-the-buck. Instead, I recommended the base variant as it offered good specs in a similar thin-and-light chassis. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Notebook 14 Review: The better option?”
Samsung, a leader in NAND flash storage technology, has announced their newest NVMe SSD, the 980 Pro, that takes advantage of PCIe Gen 4. It boasts an impressive sequential write speeds of up to 7,000 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 5,000 MB/s.
Panasonic, a leader in consumer audio electronics, has announced the launch of 5 new headphones, including both wired and wireless, in India. These are part of Panasonic’s Athleisure and the Retro series, namely the the HTX90N, HTX20B, NJ310B, TCM130 and TCM55, and they range in price from Rs. 899 to Rs. 14999.
WhatsApp has released a new beta app version 2.20.201.1 for Android that contains a new feature they are testing – Expiring Media. The feature is said to work similar in ways to Snapchat and disappearing media in Telegram where received media will disappear after the user leaves the chat.
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LG Electronics has announced the launch of their 8K OLED ZX series, their GX Gallery series TVs and 8 new models in the OLED TV, Nano-cell lineup in India. The 8K capable TVs feature LG’s newest α (Alpha) 9 Gen 3 AI 8K Processor and the 8K Ultra HD certification from the Consumer Technology Association, while the GX Gallery series features their minimalist wall mountable designs in a an ultra-thin form factor.
SNOKOR, an audio company from smartphone manufacturer Infinix, has announced the launch of their iRocker Stix truly wireless earbuds and their Bass drops wired earbuds in India. The iRocker Stix feature a multi-function button , 16 hour battery life, Type-C charging and more.
In a move that was quite surprising and also quite confusing to many, Microsoft has announced its acquisition of ZeniMax Media, which is the parent of the famous game publisher, Bethesda Softworks, for a price of $7.5 billion.
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ASUS is announcing their entry into the Indian commercial PC space with the launch of their ExpertBook line up of laptops. These business laptops feature a host of commercial-focused features such as an integrated Trusted Platform Module 2.0 (TPM) security chip, support for Wi-Fi 6, Thunderbolt 3 connectivity, 10th Gen Intel Core processors and more.
