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.
Apple is expected to introduce their next generation of Apple Silicon called the M2 this year, and it will to show up in multiple devices. This includes a new MacBook Air, Mac mini, 13-inch MacBook Pro and 24-inch iMac. Apple is also expected to announce a higher-end version of M2 that will power a refreshed Mac Pro, and a new Mac mini in 2023.
When Apple releases a new iPhone series, they typically will feature the same A-series processors inside across all models. That may change in 2022 with the iPhone 14 series, as Apple is expected to offer the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max with the older A15 Bionic SoC, while the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Max will feature a newer A16 Bionic SoC.
The Chennai Photo Biennale (CPB) has opened a seven-week-long exhibition called the ‘A Land of Stories’ at the Government Museum in Egmore, Chennai. It showcases the smartphone photography of 40 schoolchildren from across the state with the theme of Tamil Nadu and its stories.
Google has introduced a couple of new updates to some of their apps on iOS and iPad. There are two new widgets for Google Drive and Google Translate, and the Gmail and Chat apps have been updated to work better with Focus on your iPhone or iPad.
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Twitter is a testing a new feature on its platform that will add the ability to write descriptions for uploaded images. The feature is being tested on Android, iOS, and Web, and it designed to improve the experience for assistive tech, for people with low-bandwidth, and more.
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