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Here are the highlights of the report: Surprise, surprise: Q3 2020 shipped the most smartphones ever! Whether it was the pent-up demand that built during the early part of the lockdown or the festive mood, we do not know. What we DO know is that a total of 50 million phones were shipped in Q3 2020, which was not only 8 percent more than the 46.2 million during the same period last year, but actually the highest number of smartphones shipped in a single quarter in India....

This week we are looking at an application that allows as many as 20 people to collaborate on an drawing app, we will also see how to run several iOS apps on Windows, as well as help you remove Windows Phone 8.1 developer preview from your handset. Without further ado, let’s dive right into it. Desktop Software Driver Booster 2 (Type: Free) We have talked about Driver Booster before. It’s an application that allows you to update the drivers....

The Samsung Galaxy Note7 isn’t a big leap over its predecessor and those who were waiting for a 6GB RAM equipped phablet will surely be pretty disappointed with the 4GB RAM chip on board. Many argue that 6GB RAM is an overkill in smartphones, and Galaxy S7 has shown that to be true in most cases. That aside, a higher RAM also adversely affects the battery life, and the OnePlus’ attempts at reducing the usable RAM for their OnePlus 3 is a clear embodiment of the same....

(i) get the jobs done easily, (ii) to get clarified with stuff, (iii) to have fun and (iv) for the “real” studying itself. Here is a collection of ten highly useful software which one must add to his / her “software acquiring” list. Note that we have tried to include as much free software as possible, considering the target audience is students, but some of them might be shareware or might come with an extensive trial....

Although the Photos app has been around since the launch of Windows 8 and has undergone major redesigns several times, Microsoft has failed to deliver a smooth and seamless experience. As such, users have globally reported several issues with the app. If you, too, are faced with a scenario where the Photos app isn’t working on your Windows 11 PC, here’s a quick guide to troubleshoot such issues and make the app functional again....

Glee is an American musical comedy television series that airs on Fox. It focuses on a high school show choir, also known as a glee club, set within the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio. A pilot episode of the Glee Season 1 was broadcast after American Idol on May 19, 2009, and the rest of the season will begin airing on September 9, 2009. The broadcast of the pilot episode averaged 10 million viewers....

Gen Z and some Millennials now know how to play at least one online game to pass the time with friends and colleagues, but what if you want to try other options? With so many online games to choose from, it can be difficult to pick one for PC. This is where the best online games for PC come in. What are the best online games for PC? Fortunately, we’ve helped you pick the 12 best online games for PC out of the millions of games available (in numerous game genres)....

The company developing such a technology deals with the fabrication of chips, helping well-known designers like Qualcomm or Texas Instruments to implement their ideas into actual products. Although brilliant designs could have been developed, the building technology usually felt short and Globalfoundries is looking for a way to speed things up. Why is Globalfoundries’ 14 Nm chip so special? Well, if we take a peek into today’s devices, most mobile chips use transistors which are either 28 nanometers wide, or 32 nanometers....

While most people opt to use Photoshop, Fireworks and other expensive tools, there are several other services which can easily remove unwanted objects from pictures. In the following lines we will talk about the most relevant and easy to use. How to Delete Unwanted Elements from Pictures There are more ways to skin this cat. While most users have pricey tools like Adobe Photoshop to do the work in a fancy, but highly efficient way, there are several others which can do it for less....

The tips range from network settings to the camera to display and nearly every other thing on the phone that you will be using on a day-to-day basis. So, without any further ado, let’s get straight into it. 1. Network Settings Dual-Channel Network Acceleration – If you enable this option, your phone will detect if your Wi-Fi network is faster and more stable or if your mobile data in that scenario is performing better and accordingly switch between the two....

Credit: BlinkMedia As 3D printing has become more affordable the technology has started to become extremely popular with people who need to create accurate 3D models quickly and cheaply. Product designers, for instance, can use 3D printers to quickly produce models allowing them to easily test look and feel of concept designs in real world situations. Architects can easily create precision scale models of buildings, rather than spending days building them by hand....

Modularity It seems like modularity isn’t yet out of the picture despite being dumped by two market leaders. The new Essential Phone comes with a set of magnetic pogo pins on the back (just like the Moto Z series) which can be used to attach external accessories more seamlessly. The company is starting with a 360-degree camera and a charging dock, both of which will be complimentary for now. However, Essential says we can expect more in the coming weeks....

Two years and a half after its official launch, the iPad, now at its third generation is still the number one tablet in the world. If it will stay that way, I don’t know, but for now, it’s still the top dog. There are not many things we can find wrong with the iPad, but there is something that people have hated since the very beginning: and that is extra storage....

Better Bluetooth Audio Google, in partnership with Sony, has substantially elevated audio quality over Bluetooth with Android O. It now supports Sony’s LDAC wireless audio coding tech which, in layman’s terms, means the music transmitted to compatible Bluetooth devices will be much closer to its original quality. This is something Sony has been including in its own smartphones, however, it’s nice to see that Google is making it natively available to everyone....

However, given the fact that Apple didn’t double down on secrecy, as Tim Cook said they would be, we need to treat some rumors with seriousity. The Wall Street Journal has recently reported that Apple is currently testing with its production partners a watch-like device, according to people familiar with the matter. And this was enough to start the rumor mill. Opinions, facts, speculations, assumptions – all of this has probably puzzled some readers....

To start with, the all-new Google Chromecast features a pebble-like design with a USB-C port on one end — to charge, and an HDMI cable emerging out of the side. There is also a reset button on the back. At its core, the device runs on the Amlogic S905X2 chipset, which is a 12nm chip with four ARM Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.8GHz and the ARM Mali-G31 GPU for graphics processing....

The airborne fulfillment centers can have a number of uses cases. The patent describes a scenario wherein the flying warehouses would be hovering over sports grounds during a football game loaded with sporting paraphernalia and food items that the spectators might order. In fact, it would allow for the delivery of perishable food products during the game as they are delivered almost instantly.

The patent further specifies that the “display device” will be capable of illuminating parts of the mirror through a partially transmissive surface. Combined with the portions reflected, the mirror “can provide a blended reality view to a user viewing the mirror”, adds the record. To do so, the product employs a series of cameras and projectors. As per the patent, the mirror functions by, first of all, scrutinizing the real-world environment for developing a virtual model of the user....

Android Nougat is a significant update in terms almost every smartphone aspect comprehensible including graphics, multitasking, design, security and much more with almost 250 crucial additions in total according to Google. To begin with, it brings a long overdue multi-window support, picture-in-picture mode for video streaming apps, a quick switch for jumping across two of your recent apps by double pressing the multitasking button and a major notification shade overhaul with Quick settings control....

To give you some background, back when it announced Assistant Driving Mode, Google did not provide a release date for the same. It was just expected to release the feature before Android 10 launches. Unfortunately, that did not happen, as it seems that the app is still under development. But why is Google releasing an alternative? Well, since Google was confident about its timely release of Assistant Driving Mode (before Android 10 went official), it broke Android Auto on Android 10 for some users....