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To jog your memory, a couple of months back, Google teased an image of the alleged Pixel 4 on Twitter, which gleamed light on the possibility of the presence of a Soli Chip on the device. For the uninitiated, Soli Chip is a part of Project Soli and comes from Google’s ATAP group. It uses radar to enable various types of touchless interactions and allow users to perform actions like change tracks, navigate screens, snooze alarms etc....

Fast forward to today, and things have changed radically, Forget downloading songs, people stream entire cricket matches on their smartphones without a hiccup. Buying online has become a habit for many of us – from not trusting online shopping experiences, people have gone to buying gold online. So much has changed and yet the companies that actually spurred many of these changes are slowly but surely becoming marginalized every passing day....

1. Quad Play/Triple Play Quad Play is something that has swept the whole of Europe in a big way. Quad Play is when a single company provides you cellular connectivity, TV, landline and fixed broadband. A lot of companies in Europe are adopting Quad Play or Triple Play strategies. The trend is dominant to such an extent, that stand alone mobile operators are having a tough time in Europe. Broadband and cellular companies in Europe are increasingly cross-selling each other’s offerings so as to provide a complete package....

“No matter where we work in the future, Microsoft will have a place in it.”, Satya Nadella mentioned in an interview with The Verge. And if you ponder upon that statement, you’ll realize how relevant that has become over the past year. Microsoft has made a place for their products and services everywhere, all the time. In a nutshell, that’s fundamentally what Nadella and his fellow comrades envision as the future of Microsoft and to be honest, their roadmap has been progressing astonishingly well, at least for now....

To help you with the same, here’s a guide with instructions to collaborate on Apple Pages, Numbers, and Keynotes on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad. Prerequisites All iWork office suite apps, including Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, come pre-installed on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. To be able to collaborate on any of these apps, be sure your iPhone and iPad are running at least iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, respectively, and your Mac is on macOS Big Sur or later....

Thankfully, on Android, you can opt out of personalized ads on applications. And no, you don’t need a rooted phone or command line knowledge. Google itself offers an option in settings for disabling this. For accessing it, head over to Settings, then Google, and tap “Ads” from the list. Here, enable the “Out out of Ads Personalisation” toggle and you’re all set. Furthermore, you can even reset your advertising ID in case you’d like to start from scratch....

Update: Reliance Jio Tariff Plans Announced; Free Jio SIM for Everyone; No Code Needed Yesterday, TelecomTalk had published a story mentioning that some Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 users are seeing “Get Jio Sim” screen on their smartphones. But then, when we tried, we didn’t see the same. Wondering why that’s the case, we tried around various methods and finally figured out that there’s an apparent bug on the MyJio app which lets you generate the coupon code required before going to a Reliance Digital store....

With both of them, you essential get a GUI-based app that you need to launch every time you wish to download a file online. Plus, they generally require good download speeds to work well. But what if your connection is slow, or you want to download files quickly and unattended? Wget is the answer to these (and several other) questions. It’s basically a computer program with the ability to retrieve files from web servers over HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols, all while being quick and easy to use....

One of these features is the ability to silently leave WhatsApp groups without being noticed by other group members. WhatsApp has started rolling out this new feature on its beta channel. Here you can learn how to leave WhatsApp groups unnoticed. Leave WhatsApp Groups Silently: What does that mean? When you leave a WhatsApp group, WhatsApp creates a small pop-up in the chat that says “XYZ Left”, where XYZ is the name of the contact who left the group....

However, alongside that convenience, PDFs also accompany a few concerns. These concerns primarily revolve around who can access your PDF file and whether or not they can alter its content or take prints. Fortunately, there is a way to secure a PDF and prevent it from unauthorized access and modification. And that is to password-protect (encrypt) your PDF before you send it across to someone. That way, only the people who have the password to your PDF can access it and edit its content or take a printout of it....

With prices on printers going down, in many cases, it’s cheaper just to buy a new printer than to get new cartridges for the old one. Nevertheless, there are ways around this issue, which will allow you to save some money on printer ink and printer cartridges. So, until prices go down on printer consumables, your best bet is to try these methods and see how much money you can save up....

Many of you know about Google Maps, but how many of you really know how to master it? Besides the real facts that it offers street maps, route planner (for traveling by foot, car or bike), a locator for businesses around the world with user’s reviews and photos, satellite images and street views for most of the streets, it has some hidden features and capabilities too. That’s why, we are about to show some interesting Google Maps tips and tricks....

The feature picks up audio using the microphones present on the AirPods for calling purposes and then enhances and delivers it through the speaker on earbuds, thus allowing you to hear the sounds around you more clearly and at a higher volume. This feature is not only handy for people with mild hearing problems but can also be used when one wants to converse in a noisy environment without having to shout....

In fact, you only need one tool to view any document, regardless of its type, and that is the Internet. Almost everyone has Internet access, thus making it the perfect tool when dealing with incompatibility issues. Viewing documents online is the best way to get around those troublesome extensions that some documents have, and the best part of it is that it’s free. Why view docs online? For someone that has encountered this problem before, the answer is very straightforward, but others might just think of these tools as being useless, after all, just about anyone has a copy of MS Office on their computers, right?...

Sure, you could always look up your network’s password through your router’s admin page, but it’s not the most feasible solution, and you can’t use it to find other networks’ passwords. As a solution to this issue on iPhones, Apple has finally added the ability to see the passwords of your saved Wi-Fi networks. In addition, it’s also added the option to copy these passwords and remove Wi-Fi networks you no longer use....

That’s why, Windows 7 remains a very important product for Microsoft, especially since it surpassed Windows XP in market share. Windows 8 will come with Internet Explorer 10, but Microsoft doesn’t want that to be a selling reason, so they’ve decided to released Internet Explorer 10 download links for Windows 7. Don’t forget that in Windows 8, Internet Exporer 10 will be app-connected. Download Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 At the moment, the download links are yet not available, but that can change from minute to minute and we will be sure to update the information provided once they become available....

Ever since Steve Jobs announced that the iPhone OS 4.0 (now renamed as iOS 4.0) will be made available to the public on June 21st, almost every iPhone and iPod Touch user is waiting with bated breath to upgrade his firmware to iOS 4.0 by syncing their iPhones to iTunes this midnight! iPhone and iPod Touch Compatibility With iOS 4.0 iPhone 3GS: Full iOS 4.0 compatible except iPhone 4 specific features like Facetime iPhone 3G: Partial iOS 4....

Traditionally, Apple has always held their launch events on Wednesdays, while making them available on Fridays. So, if the rumors are true, it will be a break in the tradition, as October 23rd is a Tuesday. There have been varied rumors and leaks surrounding the iPad mini, the major ones being, a 7.85-inch ‘non-retina’ display and the new Apple Lightening connector. AllThingsD has usually been on target with their Apple related rumors in the past, and except for the Tuesday bit, there is not much to doubt them with this rumor as well....

One of India’s greatest all-rounders in the game of cricket, Kapil Dev said these words in an interview when asked about his experience playing alongside Sunil Gavaskar. Having watched cricket in an era where Sachin Tendulkar was regarded as God and MS Dhoni hit that unforgettable six at the Wankhede in 2011, the only glimpse of Gavaskar I got was behind the mic in the commentary box. If he was spoken about with such high regard though, there had to be something special about him....

But I’ve been constantly frustrated by one simple thing over the past week. That’s turning on 3G when I step out. I’m not one of those people who keeps 3G turned on all the time (battery anxiety). So I have to do it manually. In Android, it’s as easy as swiping down the notification drawer and tapping the “Data” button. On iOS, though, I never got used to searching for the Settings app, and navigating two more menus....