Noise Shots X5 Pro Review

Noise launched the Shots XO, the company’s latest wireless earbuds last month in the Noise Shots X series. It features Bluetooth 5.0, aptX support, has touch controls and promises 150 hours of playback time with the 2200mAh case. After using it for a  week, here is the review of Noise Shots X5 Pro. Continue reading “Noise Shots X5 Pro Review”

General Atlantic to Invest Rs. 6,598.38 Crore in Jio Platforms

Reliance Jio today announced that General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm will invest Rs. 6,598.38 crore in Jio Platforms. This investment values Jio Platforms at an equity value of Rs. 4.91 lakh crore and an enterprise value of Rs. 5.16 lakh crore. General Atlantic’s investment will translate into a 1.34% equity stake in Jio Platforms on a fully diluted basis. Continue reading “General Atlantic to Invest Rs. 6,598.38 Crore in Jio Platforms”

GOQii launches Vital 3.0 fitness band capable of tracking body temperature at Rs. 3999

Goqii, a smart-tech-enabled, integrated preventive healthcare platform has launched GOQii Vital 3.0, the world’s first band capable of tracking body temperature, which according to the company can identify early signs of COVID-19.  Continue reading “GOQii launches Vital 3.0 fitness band capable of tracking body temperature at Rs. 3999”

Realme Narzo 10 Unboxing and First Impressions

Realme launched the realme Narzo  series smartphones in India earlier this week. The realme Narzo 10 was introduced in some countries as realme 6i. This is a slightly better version compared to the Narzo 10A with a MediaTek Helio G80 12nm SoC with 4GB RAM, better quad rear cameras and a new design. Here we the first impressions of the phone. Continue reading “Realme Narzo 10 Unboxing and First Impressions”

Facebook buys popular GIF platform GIPHY for $400 million

The social media giant Facebook today announced the acquisition of popular GIF platform GIPHY in a deal worth $400 million. Known for its visual expression and creation, GIPHY will be a part of the Instagram team from now on. However, Facebook said that it isn’t disclosing terms of the deal. Continue reading “Facebook buys popular GIF platform GIPHY for $400 million”

Epic Games Store offering Grand Theft Auto V for free during “Epic Mega Sales 2020”

It seems like the Epic Games store is trying to compete with Steam by offering similar mega sales where games are offered with cheap prices or sometimes even free. The latest Epic Games Store “Epic Mega Sales” is raising quite a bit of attention as it offers the massively popular “Grand Theft Auto 5” for absolutely free.

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Google Search results on Chrome may feature dark mode soon

While Google has added a dark mode to most of its apps, including the Play Store, Calendar, Drive, etc. The Chrome browser has many dark mode elements built-in, however when using Google Search in the browser, users are presented with a blindingly white background. This may change soon as Chrome may start to display Search results with dark mode.

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Google Chrome to soon block resource heavy advertisements in webpages

Advertisements are annoying to most of us when surfing the web. What is even more annoying is when loading the advertisement, our devices will sometime slowdown due to how resource-intensive the advertisement is. To solve this, the developers at Chrome have decided that they will soon block all resource-heavy advertisements from showing on the browser.

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Samsung Galaxy A21s with 6.5-inch Infinity-O display, 48MP quad rear cameras, 5000mAh battery announced

Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy A21s after it surfaced earlier this week. It has a 6.5-inch HD+ Infinity-O display, is powered by a 2GHz Octa-Core processor, which is new Exynos 850, according to several rumors. It runs Android 10 with OneUI 2.0, comes with 48-megapixel rear camera along with an 8-megapixel ultra-wide, 2-megapixel depth and 2-megapixel macro sensor. There is also a 13-megapixel front camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A21s with 6.5-inch Infinity-O display, 48MP quad rear cameras, 5000mAh battery announced”

NVIDIA unveils new Ampere architecture, A100 GPU with 54B transistors, 5 petaflops performance and more

Recently, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang, from his kitchen delivered a keynote about various NVIDIA products and discussed his vision of next-generation computing.  Continue reading “NVIDIA unveils new Ampere architecture, A100 GPU with 54B transistors, 5 petaflops performance and more”

Facebook Messenger Rooms now rolling globally to everyone

Facebook is finally rolling out its Zoom competitor, Messenger Rooms, to countries beyond US, Canada and Mexico. The video conferencing service will let Facebook users host video calls with up to 50 people for an unlimited amount of time and features many controls and options for the host itself.

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Taiwan chip maker TSMC to build $12 billion worth chip factory in Arizona

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TMSC) has announced its intention to build and operate a $12 billion advanced semiconductor facility in Arizona, the United States. Notably, the construction is planned to start in 2021 with production targeted to begin in 2024. Continue reading “Taiwan chip maker TSMC to build $12 billion worth chip factory in Arizona”

Jio launches new Rs. 999 pre-paid plan with 3GB data per day, 84 days validity

Last week Reliance Jio launched a new Rs. 2399 yearly plan with 2GB data per day and new Work from Home add-on data packs. Today it has launched a new Rs. 999 plan with 3GB per data day and 84 days validity, which it calls Work-from-Home plan. Continue reading “Jio launches new Rs. 999 pre-paid plan with 3GB data per day, 84 days validity”

OnePlus 8 Pro OxygenOS 10.5.8 update brings display, camera, network optimizations, April security patch

A few weeks back OnePlus launched its much-awaited OnePlus 8 series in the Indian market starting at Rs. 41,999 and Rs 54,999 respectively. However, a few days later, some of the OnePlus 8 Pro users witnessed the device suffering from green tint, similar to that of Galaxy S20 Ultra, earlier this month.   Continue reading “OnePlus 8 Pro OxygenOS 10.5.8 update brings display, camera, network optimizations, April security patch”