Google officially discontinues Chromecast Audio

Google for a while now has stopped making its Chromecast Audio streaming adapter and going forward, it will instead focus on smart speakers. The company’s spokesperson has confirmed that Chromecast Audio is being discontinued.  Continue reading “Google officially discontinues Chromecast Audio”

Portronics Yogg Plus water-resistant fitness tracker launched

Portronics Yogg Plus

Portronics has launched the “Yogg Plus” fitness tracker. It is capable of measuring your progress on the path to fitness. This fitness tracker can take the guess-work out of your daily activities, it measures the distance walked or jogged, the number of calories burnt in a day and also keeps a track on your sleep cycle. Continue reading “Portronics Yogg Plus water-resistant fitness tracker launched”

YI Home Camera 3 with AI-based notifications, 1080p video quality, advanced human detection announced

YI Home Camera 3

YI Technology at CES 2019 announced YI Home Camera 3, the company’s latest generation home security camera. The YI home camera 3 comes with advanced AI-based notifications and features 1080p full HD video quality.  Continue reading “YI Home Camera 3 with AI-based notifications, 1080p video quality, advanced human detection announced”

Apple Maps finally gets turn-by-turn navigation and ability to book cab in India

Apple Maps in India after many years into existence is getting turn-by-turn navigation. We found this feature to be working just as intended in Secunderabad area where the maps showed turn-by-turn navigation. The feature shows you directions for driving and walking. Continue reading “Apple Maps finally gets turn-by-turn navigation and ability to book cab in India”

Intex T-200 and TW XH -15000 FMB speakers launched starting at Rs. 4150

Intex Technologies has launched two new speakers; the T-200 and TW XH – 15000 FMB (Dual Mike). The company says that the new models are specially designed to cater to the needs of music lovers. The T-200 speaker comes with an ‘easy to grip’ handle to convert the Speaker into a trolley and move it anywhere you want.  Continue reading “Intex T-200 and TW XH -15000 FMB speakers launched starting at Rs. 4150”

Twitter to start public testing of new conversation features

Twitter at CES 2019 has announced a new program to reshape conversations on the platform. This would let users try out a new organization and context features with followers, such as the status updates and “ice breaker” tweets, which are designed to encourage people to talk to each other. The company plans to start testing this program in the coming weeks. Continue reading “Twitter to start public testing of new conversation features”

Google Activity Cards in Search lets you revisit past results

Google Activity Cards

Google has announced new activity cards to help you pick up where you left off. If you’re logged into your Google account and search for topics, you may find an activity card at the top of the results page that provides easy ways to continue the search.  Continue reading “Google Activity Cards in Search lets you revisit past results”

Google Chrome to filter disruptive ads on websites starting July 9th

Google has announced that it will be rolling out the ad filter designed to block intrusive and disruptive ads in Chrome worldwide later this year. Starting July 9th, the company will prevent any advertisements that violate the Coalition for Better Ads’ Better Ads Standards from appearing on sites.  Continue reading “Google Chrome to filter disruptive ads on websites starting July 9th”

Instagram for iOS now lets you regram your posts to multiple accounts

Instagram is said to be adding the ability to publish posts to different accounts you control at the same time by toggling them on within the composer screen. This feature is becoming available to all iOS users, according to Instagram spokesperson.  Continue reading “Instagram for iOS now lets you regram your posts to multiple accounts”

UBON BT-5750 Light Up wireless headphones launched for Rs. 3199

UBON has launched the multicolored LED BT-5750 Light Up Wireless Headphone in India. The headphones come with a feather light-weight design that includes adjustable led lights with volume rockers on the side.  Continue reading “UBON BT-5750 Light Up wireless headphones launched for Rs. 3199”

Dell introduces new G5 and G7, Alienware Area-51m, m15, m17 gaming laptops and more

Alienware Area-51m

At CES 2019, Dell has introduced its flagship gaming laptop; the Alienware Area-51m. The company has also introduced the m17, m15, and m17 that come with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20 Series GPUs. Dell also added new redesigned G5 and G7 gaming laptops to its portfolio.  Continue reading “Dell introduces new G5 and G7, Alienware Area-51m, m15, m17 gaming laptops and more”

Lenovo Yoga S940 and Yoga C730 notebooks, Yoga A940 all-in-one desktop and more announced at CES 2019

Lenovo Yoga S940

Lenovo, at the CES 2019 event has announced the Yoga S940 and Yoga C730 notebooks, Yoga A940 desktop, Yoga Mouse with Laser Presenter. The Lenovo Yoga S940 comes with intelligent AI-powered sensors that detect your absence and auto-locks the display to protect your data from strangers. It comes with upto 4K HDR display, up to 500 nits brightness. Continue reading “Lenovo Yoga S940 and Yoga C730 notebooks, Yoga A940 all-in-one desktop and more announced at CES 2019”

Lenovo Smart Clock with 4-inch screen, Google Assistant announced

Lenovo Smart Clock

Lenovo and Google at CES 2019 have unveiled the Lenovo Smart Clock with the Google Assistant. The company says that the Smart Clock lets you control your smart home and listen to your favorite music with multi-room audio grouping. The Lenovo Smart Clock supports voice and touch controls. Continue reading “Lenovo Smart Clock with 4-inch screen, Google Assistant announced”

Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G modem to power more than 30 devices in 2019

Snapdragon x50 Modem

Qualcomm Technologies has mentioned that it is witnessing strong 5G device momentum with more than 30 5G design-wins of which, the majority are smartphones, from global OEMs which are powered by the latest Snapdragon 855 Mobile Platform and the Snapdragon X50 5G modem family. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G modem to power more than 30 devices in 2019”

LG partners with Microsoft for autonomous vehicle and infotainment tech

LG and Microsoft

LG Electronics has announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Microsoft to enhance and further grow LG’s autonomous vehicle and infotainment system business. Under this agreement, LG will accelerate the transformation of its existing digital platform for the vehicle industry, by leveraging Microsoft’s Azure cloud and artificial intelligence technologies along with LG’s future self-driving software. Continue reading “LG partners with Microsoft for autonomous vehicle and infotainment tech”