Amazon Smart Plug launched in India for Rs. 1999

One of the most popular types of devices in the IoT ecosystems these days are smart plugs. They are essentially an extension placed over your regular plug point that will make it “smart” and controllable remotely, either through an app or through a smart home assistant like Alexa. Amazon, the makers of Alexa, has now released their own smart plug in India for Rs. 1999.

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Apple introduces Family Setup and customized kids experiences for Apple Watch

Apple announced its Apple Watch Series 6 during its Time Flies event today and along with it, Apple announced Family Setup, which is an easy way to set up an Apple Watch experience for kids and older family members of a household who do not own an iPhone. Kids can be setup with an Apple Watch through their parent’s iPhone and access personalized Activity goals, custom Memoji and more.

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Apple One subscription with Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, iCloud announced starting at Rs. 195 per month

About a month ago, there were reports of Apple’s plans to release digital services bundles to attract more customers to their many services. Now, during the ‘Time Flies’ event, Apple announced its Apple One subscription service that bundle Apple’s many services like Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, iCloud, Apple News+ and Apple Fitness+.

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Apple Fitness+ app with Apple Watch integration and personalized studio workouts announced

During their Time Flies event today, Apple announced a new app to compliment the Apple Watch called the Fitness+ app. It can integrate with metrics from the Apple Watch and provide users with personalized workout experience on their iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV.

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Fitbit Sense smartwatch can soon detect atrial fibrillation via the Fitbit ECG app

When Fitbit introduced their latest Sense health smartwatch last month in India, Fitbit also revealed their new ECG app, capable of taking an on-spot reading of a user’s heart reading at any time. Fitbit has finally received clearance from the USA FDA and CE in the EU for allowing the Fitbit ECG app to assess heart rhythm for atrial fibrillation (AFib).

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Samsung introduces 108MP ISOCELL HM2, 64MP GW3, 48MP GM5, 32MP JD1 0.7μm-Pixel Image Sensors for smartphones

Samsung Electronics is introducing their next generation ISOCELL 0.7 micrometer (μm)-pixel image sensors; the 108-megapixel ISOCELL HM2, the 64Mp ISOCELL GW3, the 48Mp ISOCELL GM5 and the 32Mp ISOCELL JD1. They range from 1/2.55″ to 1/3.14″ in size and can shoot up to 120fps at 4K.

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ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 Review: The gaming laptop to beat

When ASUS announced their line-up of gaming laptops for the year 2020, they surprised everyone by choosing AMD’s Ryzen 4000 mobile series processors for their entire ROG line up. ASUS introduced a laptop in the ROG Zephyrus line, called the Zephyrus G14 and since its announcement, the laptop has been creating a lot of interest in the gaming community for being a really portable gaming machine with crazy performance. Continue reading “ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 Review: The gaming laptop to beat”

YouTube introduces 15 second “Shorts” video experience for creators and artists starting from India

Short-form video consumption has sky rocketed in the last few months with apps like TikTok and Instagram Reels being extremely popular. Now, YouTube wants a piece of that pie as they have introduced their own 15- second video experience on their platform called YouTube Shorts.

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Apple iPhone 12 series will not feature a 120Hz display: Rumour

We are close to Apple’s next hardware event ‘Time Flies‘ that will be held today, the September 15th, and we have some new fresh, rather disappointing, rumours for the iPhone 12 series that are expected to be unveiled in a separate event next month. According to Apple analyst, Ming Chi-Kuo, the entire iPhone 12 series line up will not feature a 120Hz display, a feature which is common in most flagships today.

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Amazon Alexa will soon feature Amitabh Bachchan’s voice experience

E-commerce giant Amazon India, has announced a partnership with Hindi-film industry legend, Amitabh Bachchan that will provide a rather unique feature to the Alexa voice assistant experience. The celebrity will work with Amazon to record and lend his voice to Alexa, which customers will be able to purchase as a voice experience.

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Jabra Speak 750 professional speakerphone launched in India

Jabra, makers of personal and office-focused audio products, has announced the launch of their new professional speakerphone solution, the Speak 750. It is a full duplex HiFi grade speaker, with an Omni-directional microphone for 360⁰ pickup range, Plug-and-play connectivity and more.

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NVIDIA announces acquisition of ARM for $40 billion

Back in July, a Bloomberg report said that NVIDIA was interested in acquiring in the technology giant ARM from its owner, Softbank. NVIDIA has officially announced that a deal has been struck between the two companies, where NVIDIA will acquire the entirety of ARM Limited for a sum of $40 billion.

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Bose QC Earbuds, Sports Earbuds, Frames Tenor, Frames Tempo and Frames Soprano announced

Bose, highly renowned makers of audio products, has announced two new wireless earbuds and three new products in their Frames lineup. These include new QC Earbuds, Sport Earbuds, and the Frames Tempo, Frames Tenor, and Frames Soprano sunglasses.

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Android 11 (Go Edition) update brings 20% faster app loads, better permissions, gesture-based navigation and more

The Android Go Edition is version of Android that is specifically designed for low spec-ed smartphones. The program was started back in 2018, and now Google has released the Android 11 (Go Edition) with improvements to speed, improved permissions, gesture-based navigation and more.

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Portronics PuriFi 102 UV Sterilizer launched for Rs. 2499

UV sterilizers have become increasingly common these days and Portronics, consumer electronics manufacturer, has launched its newest one yet – the PuriFi 102 multi-functional UV Sterilizer. It uses advanced UV lights to disinfectant common household items such as phones, wallets, keys, jewelry, toothbrushes, glasses, makeup tools, etc.

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