But before all this occurs, the world eagerly awaits, year after year for the folks from Cupertino to take the stage and unveil the magic. Yes, MAGIC is what the fans, tech nerds, glittery geeky eyes look for. A magical launch is part of the Apple aura. That is a tradition that the legendary Steve Jobs established and a legacy he has left behind – the man bettered himself each time he took the stage....

Avanquest’s Perfect Image 11 is an outdated (yet useful) version which is a great set of tools that set up a backup routine and will automatically archive your stuff. It internally uses Paragon’s Partition Manager, which has a proven record of being a reliable software. Below are some of the main features of Avanquest Perfect Image 11 Create an exact copy of your PC * Never re-install software or Windows again * Restore individual files or entire hard disk * Back up emails, music, photos & videos * Schedule backups automatically In order to grab a free license of Avanquest Perfect Image 11, you would need to visit this promotional offer page – http://register....

Them old school Instagram feels As mentioned earlier, it seems like Fujifilm has taken some inspiration from the old Instagram logo while designing the Instax SQ6. The square-shaped instant camera with curved edges has a plastic build but does not feel cheap or fragile. It looks very stylish and fun and carrying it around will definitely get you some attention. The front of the device is heavily dominated by the lens which is accompanied by the flash on the left and the viewfinder and the shutter button on the right....

The market is a little down The global smartphone market registered a small dip in Q3 2019 as compared to the same quarter last year – a decrease of 0.4 percent. Global smartphone sales were down from 389.04 million units in Q3 2018 to 387.48 million in Q3 2019. Gartner attributes this to consumers being more concerned about getting value for money. The report also hints that with 5G on the horizon, consumers are holding off purchases until 2020....

Well, it turns out you can get a notification LED on an Android in 2022, albeit a virtual one. It requires the aodNotify app and a compatible device—the newer ones from Samsung, OnePlus, and Google—to work. Let’s take a look at aodNotify, its features, and how you can use it to add a notification LED to your Android device. What is aodNotify? aodNotify is an Android app that gives you the functionality of an LED notification light without the LED....

Depending on the weapon of choice, users can tweak their handsets to look and react pretty much like a Nexus device just by using several Google Play applications. Those who wish to get even more in touch with the core experience may resort to rooting and installing a custom ROM which permanently removes the skinned interface applied by various manufacturers. We’re going to tackle both ways, so pick the one most suited to your preferences....

It’s called “Material Notification Shade”, and it allows you to install stock Android’s notification panel on almost every phone, not just Xiaomi’s. Hence, if your OEM’s implementation has frustrated the life out of your experience, this is your chance to break free. Sorry, I got a bit carried away but I genuinely worry about you people. We have tested this app on multiple phones including the ones running MIUI 8, MIUI 9 and Honor’s EMUI....

Just like all the other S-Series phones, the Gionee S8 comes clad in a metal body and adheres to the unibody design. It is also said to come with an invisible loop metal technology that will hide the antenna and ensure better signal absorbing capability. The Gionee S8 comes fitted with a 5.5-inch FHD display alongside a 2.5D glass with Corning Gorilla 4 Glass protection on top. The Gionee S8 draws its power from the Helio P10 octa-core processor mated to a 4GB LPDDR4 RAM....

The new app is expected to be released on 28th this month, and it will be called Backup and Sync. In all likelihood, the Backup and Sync might replace Google Drive App and the Google Photos Backup app when it comes to certain use cases. That being said the app would be available for only the regular users and the business users will probably have to wait for a while before an enterprise edition is launched....

Creating tour with the Builder is very easy, and you only need to install the Google Earth plugin, give the project a name, add an introductory photo and a description. Locate on the map where you want your story to begin, point a marker on that location, and describe the following places as you embed other photos and videos. You can then dive into Street View or select the 3D view option to make your story more realistic....

With the exponential rise in 360-Degree and VR content, it is a no-brainer for Google to come up with such an advanced VR camera rig. By the way, this piece of imaging marvel doesn’t come cheap and will leave a void of $17,000 in your bank account. The 16 cameras are arranged along the periphery in a circular manner and all of these can be managed via the Android companion app....

Finally, and long overdue, Google is bringing to option to navigate when offline. The latest version of Google Maps for Android now allows you to download maps and other data before going offline, allowing you to access it even if you don’t have an Internet connection. The great news is that this basically works with any area in the world. Amanda Bishop, Product Manager, Google Maps, said the following: If you want to make use of this new feature, you will need to download an area by searching for a city, county or country....

Just as we’ve finished writing about some really cool features that Android 4.1 Jelly Bean has, Google has decided to make available for download the Android 4.1 SDK (software development kit). The SDK for Jelly Bean has been available for developers since the Google I/O conference, but now it has reached its final, bug-free form. The update comes just in time, as Nexus 7 is already being tested by its new owners across the United States, Canada and soon the rest of the world to follow....

Google Trips is a free new app that attempts to ease the process of trip planning by acting as an intelligent travel guide and organizing everything from plane tickets to reservations under a single roof. Trips can fetch booking information from your email accounts, offer comprehensive guides to over 200 cities right now and can recommend personalized itineraries based on your search history and journey timeline. Additionally, it allows you to manually pick out places and create your own custom itinerary that better suit your interests....

The Mountain View company announced today that it’s en-route testing a feature which will stream the apps to Android phones. In case you are searching for a hotel booking and the first search result is actually an app, Google will stream the app to the users allowing them to make a booking. This move is something similar to a simulator wherein the app is sandboxed in a simulated environment. As per TechCrunch, the streaming is functional only on nine apps as of now and includes Hotel Tonight, Weather, Chimani, Gourmey, My Horoscope, Visual Anatomy Free, Useful Knots, Daily Horoscope and New York Subway....

Nokia N95 It did not ultimately live up to its promise of “this is what computers will become,” but I still think the Nokia N95 was a landmark device, simply because it made high-quality multimedia available on a phone, and also because it had a very different form factor – you could slide the keyboard out from one end, and dedicated sound controls from the other. Our suggestion, swap the sound control keys with dedicated camera control keys and retain the slide out keyboard and of course have a slightly larger display (even though its 2....

Honor 7A The Honor 7A is more of a budget offering rather than a mid-range one. The device comes fitted with a 5.7-inch HD+ display with a pixel density of 283ppi. At the heart of the device is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 paired with 3GB of RAM. On the storage front, the Honor 7A offers 32GB of internal storage which is further expandable up to 256GB via a microSD card slot....

Before jumping into the process, let’s first look at a scenario wherein you can benefit from this functionality. For this, consider a situation where you have an app, say Google Authenticator, for instance, installed on your iPhone or iPad, and you want to prevent anyone from uninstalling it. For those uninitiated with Authenticator, it is basically a token generator app, which generates a time-based one-time use code for your linked accounts that is required at the time you log in to these accounts....

However, like any other storage device, USB drives are also susceptible to security risks. As a result, carrying sensitive information on a thumb drive increases the risk of your data ending up on someone else’s computer. To this end, a good practice when storing sensitive information on your flash drives is to encrypt the drive to limit access to its data. That way, even if an unauthorized person gets hold of your drive, they would not be able to access its files unless they decrypt the drive with its password....

There are some tips and tricks to extend the MacBook’s battery life by several hours. A portable device that is plugged in all the time is not better than a normal desktop so keep on reading the following article to find answers to this problem. Extend MacBook’s battery life The battery is the key component of a laptop. With the necessary calibration and proper maintenance, a battery can keep its optimum performance and resist much more through time....