Apple Music was launched back in 2015 and has since grown to become one of the largest music streaming services offered in the world. They have now made a few announcements, the first being that their popular Beats 1 radio station will now be renamed to Apple Music 1. Along with this, Apple is also announcing the launch of two new stations, namely Apple Music Hits and Apple Music Country.
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Samsung India recently announced the pre-booking of their newest flagship Galaxy Note20 series smartphones. To incentivise customers, Samsung is announcing an upgrade bonus of up to Rs. 5000 when customers pre-book either the Galaxy Note20 or Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G and exchange their old smartphone with a cracked screen.
Google Chrome on Android is already known to be one of the fastest browsers offered to users, with multiple features that enable a speedy browsing experience. They are now testing a new feature in Chrome Beta v85 that will label fast links on the web via the link context menu.
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Promised OS upgrades from manufactures are rare in the Android smartphone space and Samsung was not known to deliver many OS upgrades, even for the flagship smartphones. However, that is about to change as Samsung has announced a promise of an impressive 3 generations of OS upgrades for select smartphone and tablet models.
The XPS line of laptops is Dell’s most premium offerings for professionals and creators. Expanding their lineup, Dell has announced the launch of their new XPS 17 9700 in India. It features up to 10th Gen Intel CPUs, up to NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1650Ti GPU, up to a 4K UHD display, up to 32GB RAM, WiFi 6 support and more.
Samsung has announced multiple new offers in celebration of Ganesh Charturthi from August 17th till August 31st, including up to 15% cashback offers and EMI options starting from Rs. 990. These offers will be available across a range of devices such as QLED TVs, Smart TVs, Refrigerators, Washing Machines, Smart Ovens, Air Conditioners and more.
It looks Google will soon offer only one video conferencing app, as they are reportedly looking into replacing their consumer focused Duo app with their enterprise focussed Meet app. The decision was made after Duo, Messages, and the Phone app was brought under the leadership of G Suite’s head Javier Soltero, who stated that it did not make sense for both apps to exist simultaneously.
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While Telegram is one of the best instant messaging apps in terms of features, one major feature that it was lacking was support for video calls. That is finally changing as Telegram has released a new update, version 7.0.0, that adds brings an alpha version of Video calls along with new animated emoji.
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Microsoft’s Surface Pro devices have been leading the 2-in-1 detachable tablet industry for more than 7 years now. The Microsoft Surface Pro 7 is the latest in the line, now updated with Intel’s latest 10th Gen Ice Lake processors that is built on the 10nm process node, finally includes a USB Type-C port and support for Wi-Fi 6. Today, we’ll be reviewing the model with the Core i7 processor with Iris Pro integrated graphics, 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD.
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After a lengthy court battle that lasted nearly 4 years, a US appeals court this week finally ruled in favour of Qualcomm against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over a case of unfair patent licensing practices. As a result, Qualcomm would no longer be forced to renegotiate their old deals with customers.
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Apple is reportedly working on launching a series of bundles that combine their various digital services, so that customers will have a lower monthly price. These bundles may launch in October and will help Apple generate more recurring revenue as they incentivise more customers to use multiple services like Apple Music, Apple TV, Apple Arcade and more.
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Google has finally announced a new version of WearOS that is based on Android 11, upgrading from the current version that is based on Android 9. With it, Google is bringing multiple improvements focused around performance and power along with simplified pairing and support for Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon Wear 4100 and 4100+ platforms.
Epic Games’ Battle Royale game Fortnite has been removed from both the App Store and the Play Store over issues that both Google and Apple claim to violate their Store policies. The violation was caused due to a new payment solution introduced by Fortnite called Epic Direct Payment, and now Epic Games is suing Apple and Google for anti-competitive restrictions in their app marketplace.
Lenovo has announced the launch of their new Yoga Slim 7i laptop in India. It features Intel’s newest 10th Gen mobile processors that’s based on the 10nm process, up to an NVIDIA GeForce MX350 GPU, long battery life, support for Windows Hello facial recognition, and more.
Paytm Money, a subsidiary of One97 Communications, is expanding their online investment & wealth management platform with the launch of Stock Trading. The service is currently tested with Cash (free) and intraday trading (as low as Rs.10) introduced in beta mode, with more options expected to be added later.
