As per the leaks and listings, here’s everything we know about the upcoming smartphones under the Mi CC series from Xiaomi. The relevance of Xiaomi’s Mi CC series With the all-new CC series, Xiaomi is aiming to target the selfie-centric audience, majorly, the youth. And therefore the name, CC — Camera + Camera. With an increase in the number of smartphone manufacturers shifting their focus on improving cameras on their smartphones, especially the front-facing camera, and the recent acquisition of Meitu (a selfie app maker) from Xiaomi, this move from the Chinese OEM is not surprising at all....

Creating 360-degree videos will require a camera rig setup like the one offered by Go Pro, or using products like Ricoh Theta. The new mode of video will allow viewers to pan zoom the video and switch to the desirable angle. On the web, this can be done by dragging around your mouse on the video and on Mobile the angle can be controlled by tilting the smartphone, thanks to the inbuilt gyroscopes....

In a statement on Monday, Systrom, CEO of the company, said, “We’re planning on taking some time off to explore our curiosity and creativity again.” He also said they were grateful for “the last eight years at Instagram and six years with the Facebook team”. Systrom, 34 and Kriegar, 32 have known each other since 2010, when they met to work on a software built by Systrom, to what is today called Instagram....

And that, alas, is something that has been a bit of a pain for smartphone manufacturers. For no matter how good the lens and sensors they place within their cameras, optical zoom has been cited as a shortcoming time and again. Companies have been trying to tackle this in different ways – Nokia tried to bring in lossless zoom in its PureView series, allowing users to crop large resolution images, while Samsung literally added a lens that extended and retracted to the Galaxy Zoom series of phones....

And now YU has released an updated version of the device, titled the Yureka Plus. In best “if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it” tradition, most things have been kept the same as in the original. The few tweaks, however, are significant. The most obvious is the upping of the resolution of the display to 1080p, making it a full HD one. The second one, which is perhaps even more obvious considering it is visible even when the phone is switched off, is the addition of metal to the chassis, making the phone tougher than before (there’s even a video that shows YU founder trying to break the phone!...

The Edge-to-Edge display is a 5.8-inch OLED screen that blends beautifully with the stainless steel band running along the periphery of the iPhone X. In this segment, we will walk you through some of the best functions iPhone X has to offer. The Display Brilliance The iPhone X comes with a 5.8-inch OLED Edge-to-Edge display and offers a pixel density of 458PPI, the highest pixel density ever offered on an iPhone....

What’s worse is that once your Google Drive storage is full, you will even stop receiving e-mails on your Gmail ID because that too uses your Drive storage. If you are facing a similar situation, here are a few ways by which you can declutter your Google Drive storage and make space for your e-mails and files on G Drive. Now, of course, you can just go ahead and get a Google One subscription and bump up your storage if you are going to store a lot more files on Drive....

Here is a quick heads up about a promotional offer going on for Avanquest Fix-it utilities 10 Essentials. Before I let you know more about the promotion, a quick preview about this premium software. Fix-It Utilities 10 Essentials is a diagnostic tool for Windows. The tool is designed to automatically fix, speed up and protect the PC. The diagnostic program has been featured with more than 250 tools to uncover the problems which slow down the PC performance and fixes the problems to speed up the PC performance....

“It is a pretty big application and comes with a number of features,” explains Jerry Hunter, senior vice president Engineering at Snap. “It generally takes about a year to rewrite an application of this size. And that is not counting the time taken in planning. In planning, we also had to consider whether we actually wanted to rewrite the app or just wanted to continue trying to fix the old one…”...

Interested users can participate in the challenge by uploading the best photo shot on their iPhone (within the past six months) using the hashtag (#ShotOniPhone) on Instagram or Twitter with their official public (not private) accounts. Users, who don’t have an account on either of these sites, you can submit their photo via email on shotoniphone@apple.com following the file format ‘firstname_lastname_iphonemodel’. According to the rules, the photo that you decide on submitting could be either straight out of the iPhone (unedited) or edited with either Apple’s own editing software or any third-party software....

So this is how it works. Google will modify the header file of the APK and add a new metadata field that will house the app’s file signature. Until now, the metadata was not required since the Play Store app handled all the checks in the background prior to the installation. The app file signature will help the Android users in many ways. In countries like China where the Google PlayStore is banned, users can perhaps sideload the apps (not sure if the apps can be verified via Google Servers)....

Google India has been given a notice by the Indian government or showing Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) as part of Pakistan. The tool in question is not Google Maps directly, but its Google’s Insights For Search which shows search volume patterns across specific regions, has depicted PoK as part of Pakistan – when in actually is still a disputed area. This is not the first time Google has found itself in midst of geo-political controversies....

Google has now announced at the ongoing Google for India event that it will be offering a special edition of Google Assistant for the JioPhone. The Google Assistant will be able to take voice commands in English and Hindi while responding to it in the same language. At the launch event Google showed how the voice assistant will be able to play music, videos, call and also help you open other apps....

While the news was announced over a month ago in the form of a promo video, it has come to reality only now. Users can benefit from Google Now on their iPhones and iPads after updating the Search app. As with all other Google apps, users can use Google Now for free. Google Now for iOS – Not as powerful as on Android If you’ve never used Google Now until today, then you might want some information about what it can do and how it works....

Apple iTV, The Final Product Steve Jobs Had in Mind? For now, Apple hasn’t officially announced the release of a new service for online TV, but there are signs of this tech and rumors that it will see the light of day in the near future, most probably in the course of 2012. What we do know for sure is that Apple’s relationship with Samsung has deteriorated, and so, the company could be looking towards Sharp to help develop the next generation of Apple products: iPad 3, iPhone 5 and the rumored iTV....

Hisense A71F 4K UHD TV (43-inch, 50-inch, 55-inch, 58-inch, and 70-inch) For its latest television lineup, Hisense has partnered with Dolby to bring Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision on the entire 4K range. As per the company, these televisions are 40 times brighter, offer 10 times darker blacks, and have 1000 times more color volume compared to a standard SDR picture. There are 30W speakers on the 50-inch (and above) model and 24W on the 43-inch model....

The Honor 9i features a 5.9-inch FHD display along with a 2.5D curved glass and an aspect ratio of 18:9. Powering the device is an octa-core Kirin 659 processor mated to a 4GB of RAM. On the storage front, the device offers 64GB of internal storage along with microSD SIM slot that can accommodate up to 256GB. The fingerprint sensor sits at the back, and the Honor 9i looks somewhat similar to the Honor 8 Pro that was launched earlier this year....

As mentioned above, PocketVision is an AI-powered app that is designed to make it easier for people with vision impairment or low vision to read better. It uses the power of HONOR’s AI and quad-camera technology at its core to provide an enhanced reading experience for people across the world, which makes it an affordable alternative than some of the other options, like magnifiers and typoscopes, available in the market....

Not to worry anymore! Just a few days after announcing Free Windows 7 RTM for all TechNet beta testers, another good news flowing in the form of ability to upgrade (or rather MIGRATE) from Windows XP to Windows 7. Migrate XP to Windows 7 with Easy Transfer Over the Network Below are some resources which give a step-by-step guide on using Microsoft’s Windows Easy Transfer program to help you transfer your files and settings from Windows XP to Windows 7....

Linking your Instagram Stories to your website or blog can bump up engagement in a big way. The right link can send interested visitors directly to your blog, YouTube channel, landing page, or any website. You can use this trick to generate more traffic and leads. If you’re willing to spend some time crafting the perfect link, then you’ll want to know exactly how to add links to Instagram Stories....