The Xiaomi Redmi Y1 inherits design and build from its siblings as it flaunts the usual aluminum clamshell aesthetic. However, the corners are now a bit more curved. There’s a 5.5-inch HD display up front which is protected by a layer of Gorilla Glass (variant not revealed yet). It’s powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 435 octa-core processor, Adreno 505 GPU, 3GB of RAM, 32GB internal storage which is expandable and a 3080mAh non-removable battery....

The Xiaomi Mi A1 comes equipped with a 5.5-inch FHD display with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass and is powered by the Snapdragon 625 processor clocked at 2.0GHz and paired with 4GB of RAM. On the storage front, the phone offers 64GB of internal storage along with an expandable microSD card slot. As mentioned earlier the Mi A1 runs on Android One and it’s still not clear if one would be able to flash it with a MIUI ROM....

In terms of the design, the new Redmi 5 phones flaunt rounded corners and abandon off-screen capacitive buttons to accommodate the new near bezel-less screens. The reinforced corners are designed to bear the brunt of a fall. That being said, the Redmi 5 largely resembles previous Xiaomi phones and feature an aluminum build. Speaking of screens, the Redmi 5 comes with a 5.7-inch HD+ panel and an 18:9 aspect ratio....

In its circular, the IAF had accused Xiaomi of sending user data to remote servers located in China. The note was prepared by the intelligence unit based on the inputs from Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), and quotes several reports in the past which have put question marks over Xiaomi’s handling of user’s private data. “F-secure, a leading security solution company, recently carried out a test of Xiaomi Redmi 1s, the company’s budget smartphone, and found that the phone was forwarding carrier name, phone number, IMEI (the device identifier) plus numbers from address book and text messages back to Beijing,” the IAF note says....

With the newer versions of operating systems like Windows 10 and Windows 11, the overall experience has changed drastically, and the chances of you being hit by a blue screen error are exceptionally low. But Microsoft’s “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” approach hasn’t completely solved the underlying problems. Microsoft has tried to mitigate them to a large extent and will continue to work on them in the coming years....

We are talking of course about Nokia, which officially made its comeback to India shores and stores under the HMD Global banner on June 13. The venue for the launch was Qla, a restaurant that’s a stone’s throw away from the iconic Qutab Minar, one of India’s most famous historical monuments. And nostalgia was in the air right from the time when the invite for the event arrived with the iconic Nokia guitar ringtone built into it (one of those cards that play a tune when you open it)....

Familiar design, but reminding us of good things The first thing which anyone notices about a smartphone is generally its display and with some of its bezels beings shaved off, the display of the Canvas Infinity Pro definitely screams for attention. The smartphone comes with 5.7-inch “almost” bezel-less HD display with a resolution of 720 x 1440 pixels topped by a 2.5D curved glass. The smartphone comes with an 18:9 aspect ratio display but it does have well pronounced, if not very large, bezels around it....

I’ve had lots of clients who bought new laptops and wanted to migrate their data on the new device, and since the process is very simple, you can do do it yourself without the need of paying an IT professional for this job. The same is true if you upgrade your laptop’s hard drive and you don’t want your data to be disturbed. The following guide will show you how to completely clone a laptop hard drive and mirror all the information onto another drive or device....

Few days back, I read an article on ThemeTation about How to implement Feedburner Text Counter without using any plugin whatsoever. It’s a simple and straight-forward tutorial which tweaks the Feedburner API to get the counter as a text and it worked as expected. But then, over the next couple of days I observed that this converted text counter was showing 0 and this happened almost at the same time everyday....

Save a Buck, Send Free SMS Online Many mobile networks offers SMS’s in their subscription, but not that many, or if you have a pre-paid SIM, you might be interested in knowing how to send free SMS over the internet. In the past, there were lots of bogus sites claiming to allow you to send free SMS, but now you have much more options. I myself have used many internet SMS systems in the past, and I have a pretty good idea which are the real deal and which are hoaxes....

Yuuguu is considered to be “By far the easiest way to share your screen, host online meetings and work in real time on the same documents over the web”. Previously, desktop sharing from Yuuguu to Yuuguu was working, now they have integrated the GMail/GTalk contacts to work with Yuuguu! How does this work? Once you have entered your Gmail or Google Talk account details into Yuuguu, your Gmail and Google Talk contacts will automatically appear in your Yuuguu contacts list....

1. Vivo replaces Samsung as number two! Perhaps the biggest news from the report is the fact that Vivo has replaced Samsung as the number two brand in the Indian smartphone market. Vivo grabbed 21 per cent of the market, which was 2 per cent more than Samsung, which stood at 19 per cent. Vivo has been gaining win Samsung throughout the year and was 17 per cent to Samsung’s 20 per cent in Q3 2019....

Highest ever shipments, big growth The Indian wearables market witnessed 11.8 million units shipped in Q3 2020. This is the highest number of wearables ever shipped in a quarter and also represented a staggering 165.1 percent year on year growth. Earwear comprised 85.2 percent of wearables, wristbands 8.2 percent, and smartwatches 6.6 percent. Earwear and smartwatches are the star performers The main drivers for this growth were what IDC chooses to term “earwear” and smartwatches....

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The 10.or D2 comes with a 5.45-inch screen on the front with a resolution of 720p and an aspect ratio of 18:9. It’s powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 425 chipset, the same one found on its predecessor and a 3200mAh battery, 300mAh less than the 10.or D. There’s up to 3GB of RAM and 32GB of onboard storage which can be expanded through a dedicated MicroSD card slot. On the rear, you will find a 13-megapixel f/2....

With the Audible Plus membership, which costs around $7.95 per month, you have access to the entire audiobook collection, but you can not keep the books. Audible Premium Plus membership, which costs $14.95 per month, includes all the benefits of Audible Plus and offers 1 credit per month to select and keep any audiobook from the library. While this sounds like a good deal on its own, there are cheaper Audible alternatives that offer similar service options and better support....

Fortunately, Apple is indeed gearing up for a comeback as a new report by Bloomberg highlights several ways through which the company plans to retaliate in the next few years. Here are the four takeaways from it. A Better Retail Strategy One of the first steps Apple is taking to regain its plummeting share is overhauling its retail strategy. For starters, the Cupertino-based phone maker will be partnering with individual stores to raise sales targets by four times to 40 or 50 units every week....

Ok, on to apps. This fortnight we’re back to productivity apps. From new and interesting ways to note taking to reading documents to third-party keyboard apps that might not suck. 1. Paper for iPhone Paper was one of the foremost apps that made me buy the iPad. Now, the Paper app has arrived on the iPhone. And now it makes me want to leave my dingy iPhone 5 behind and upgrade to a 6 or the new 6s....

At the end of the day you should notice the advantages of employing an intelligent marketing team and that no matter how modest a device is, selling figures can be boosted by a smart presentation and the other way around. Samsung and the Galaxy S4 The latest Galaxy smartphone has been successfully launched through several countries since its official announcement in New York City. Back then, Samsung hired an entire orchestra to stage a theatrical performance, in which actors displayed each important feature of the blazing-fast smartphone....

That’s why I thought about a list of books that every geek should read so that he could proudly call himself a tech lover, not only because he loves gadgets and recent technology but because he believes in science, he believes in the power of technology and its philosophy. 7. The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology, by Ray Kurzweil Thought provoking book, written by the well-known futuristic author Ray Kurzweil where he speaks about technological singularity as being the blind point in human evolution, the moment when on Earth could appear entities smarter than humans....