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The smartphone revolution that followed in the wake of iOS and Android brought in standardisation as regards audio and charging ports – we saw almost all manufacturers accepting the 3.5mm audio jack pretty much as a standard for audio and the micro-USB port for charging and data transfer. This did uncomplicate life, mainly for multiple gadget toting geeks who could now carry a single pair of headphones and a charger and use it across multiple devices....

It’s called Skipper. And I genuinely believe it’s the most intuitive Chrome extension I’ve come across in the last year, at least. Skipper essentially scrubs the unnecessary sections of a particular music video. It does so by referring to an always updating database. Hence, whenever you play a track on YouTube, it checks from where the actual song begins and automatically jumps to it at the beginning. In addition to that, Skipper can skip the ending as well so you don’t face any interruptions while listening to a playlist....

The Titan Talk smartwatch features a classic watch design with an AMOLED display as the dial. Its main feature is the ability to make and receive calls directly through the watch using Bluetooth. We have been using the Titan Talk as our main smartwatch for over a week. In this review, we will discuss our experience after using the Titan Talk smartwatch and whether you should get it. Let’s dive into the review of the Titan Talk....

I would not like to go into the discussion about “if online data backup is safe or not“. But storing your valuable data online gives you easy access to it in the event of a disaster and, even more usefully, lets you retrieve your files remotely from any location. There are lots of reliable and secured ways of taking data backup online but most of them come under Premium section....

Truecaller Chat integrates with the existing messaging tab allowing you to switch between IM and the good-ol SMS seamlessly. If you message users who are on the latest build, your conversations will be displayed in a blue bubble and you won’t be charged. If not, you’ll see a green bubble indicating it was dispatched as an SMS. If it sounds all too familiar, that’s because it is. Apple’s iMessage has exclusively offered this for years on iPhones....

The most significant way Uber is making its new app smoother on patchy networks and underpowered phones is by getting rid of the nifty map which shows the driver’s location in real-time. Instead, Uber Lite displays your pickup whereabouts’ name in big, bold letters on the home screen and the car as well as driver’s details once you’ve confirmed. Maps are present on Uber Lite if a user wants but they’re optional and can be revealed by tapping the “See on map” option....

We shall find the pros and cons of Ubuntu 11.04 vis-a-vis Windows 7. Even though Ubuntu is evolving over a period of years as an open source OS, it was not much successful in desktop line with some exception in deployment in servers and embedded systems. As Ubuntu is free software, you are free to use and distribute. You can customize the OS to the maximum possible extent. The only cost involved in procuring Ubuntu OS is your download time from the site....

Cheers to all those wonderful cartoonists and their beautiful sense of humor! Long live Twitter !!

Google Chrome’s Canary build now comes with an optional flag that allows you to block audio per domain basis. Right now, this ability is limited to tabs and not websites as a whole. Once enabled, the website will be blocked from playing any kind of sound whenever you load it. The current tab-specific muting feature functions exclusively for the instance and therefore, you have to manually enable it every time you come across that site....

To give you some background, the previous Apex concept models built upon a full-screen display, with the 2018 model featuring a retractable camera module, and the 2019 one tweaking it and getting rid of the different buttons and ports. With the 2020 Apex concept phone, the company has gone a step ahead and introduced a 6.45-inch waterfall display with 120-degree curved edges that wrap around the edge. What’s even interesting about this display is that, unlike the company’s previous approaches, where it used a retractable module or a hole-punch cutout to house the front-facing camera, the 2020 model rather relies on an in-display (or under-glass) camera, eliminating the need for the notch, hole-punch, or a retractable hardware....

Just like all major offerings from Vivo, selfie and music are the main forefronts for the Y69. The main highlight of the mid-ranger is its 16MP f/2.0 moonlight selfie camera. Furthermore, the camera app on the Vivo Y69 comes with a ton of features which includes Bokeh, Group Selfie, and Live Photo. With that said, the Vivo Y69 can’t be called a whole new phone. It would wise to call it tune up version of its predecessor....

The ad first appeared in Chennai edition of The Hindu newspaper yesterday and all major editions of Times of India today. I am not sure if this is the first time such a technology was used, but they are claiming it’s the global first of sorts. Suhel Banerjee has captured the video of this ad Technology behind Volkswagen Talking (audio) newspaper ad It is a simple technology put into great use by Volkswagen....

But nonetheless, the vast majority of YouTubers visit the site to listen to music. However, sometimes videos do not work in some parts of the world due to copyright laws. This can lead to errors that do not let you view those videos. Have you ever encountered the YouTube error which tells you that a certain video is not allowed in your country due to some copyright rules? If so, then you know how aggravating that can be....

What is MEMC? MEMC stands for Motion Estimation, Motion Compensation which is basically a fancy term to imply interpolation. While this technology is relatively new in smartphones, it has existed for a long time on the television side of things and has also been rather controversial. Filmmakers seem to hate it, while the average consumer seems to have no real problem with it. With MEMC becoming more mainstream now and making its way onto smartphones too, let’s take a look at how it works and if it is actually beneficial and if yes, in what scenarios....

We wish we had a penny for every time we have been asked that question every time someone has updated their device to a new version of an OS. Yes, there is the usual bug-busting and the ironing out of rough spots and “performance enhancements”, but when a major OS update is rolled out, the first thing that most people want to know is what exactly is new about it....

In this article, we will talk about how to reuse an old smartphone and turn it into a useful device. 15 Cool Things to Do With Old Smartphones Many people have two or more smartphones. And often, the old one just sits around collecting dust. If you have an unused smartphone, be it an iPhone or an Android phone, there are many cool things you can do with old phones that will make them useful again....

In order to get this feature on your Android smartphone, you will have to download the latest version of WhatsApp (v2.12.339) for Android from the official website. The new feature is yet to make its way to the app available on Google Play but we can expect the company to rollout the latest update to Google Play in the near future. The new Starred Messages bookmarking feature can be used by tapping and holding a message which would then be saved in a separate new Starred Messages tab....

How Blekko works? Blekko is designed to eliminate spam search results, allowing users to search just a subset of the web through its proprietary slashtag technology. Slashtags are a way that anyone can make a “vertical” search engine around any topic. I will not go into the details on how Blekko works. You can check out the website yourself, since it is in open beta right now, or else check out one of these articles, which explain the service in greater detail....

On a blog post, the company announces that Windows 10 will be available in seven editions: Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Mobile, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Education, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 IoT Core, and Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise based on the needs of different customers. “We designed Windows 10 to deliver a more personal computing experience across a range of devices. An experience optimized for each device type, but familiar to all....

Windows 11 Keyboard Shortcuts With each new version of Windows, the tech giant adds cool new keyboard shortcuts to improve the overall experience for power users. In Windows 11, too, there are many new keyboard shortcuts that you might find very useful, such as Widgets, Layouts, Action Center, and Quick Settings. Let’s take a detailed look at them. 1. New Shortcuts added in Windows 11 Microsoft has added some new features in Windows 11....