Amidst the non-stop growth of the Android ecosystem and the eternal “premium” feel of iOS devices, RIM hopes to manage to bring back customers that are flocking away. With the launch of the 7 version of BlackBerry Messenger, the Canadian company has added a very appealing feature – free Wi-Fi voice calls with other BlackBerry users. Free Wi-Fi calls with BBM7 And, at first, you’d think that not too many will be convinced by this feature, since you won’t be able to call your grandmother who’s 1000 km away, right, and probably doesn’t have a Wi-Fi connection?...

Wouldn’t be a good idea to toss all of those remotes out and have only one that could control all the electronics in your home? If this feels like a good idea, then better start looking for an universal remote that will allow you to do exactly that! We’ll help you to make your decision by giving you some information and a few of the best universal remotes out there....

In some cases, all the preparations are done by a specialized event planner, but these services can cost quite a lot, but also, if the wedding is planned by those who are getting married, it would be much more fun and special. Those who have taken on this task will attest to this, and although at that time, the entire process seemed very stressful and tiring, now they have the best memories of their wedding, planned by them....

With BlackBerry Blend, users will be able to sync content (including BlackBerry messages) from their BlackBerry handset to the larger screen of a tablet or a PC. So the idea is similar to what Apple announced with Continuity feature for iOS 8. You can keep track of everything happening on your BlackBerry without needing to take it out when you’re at your desk. The corresponding (client) apps will be available for Windows, Mac, Android tablets and iPads....

And perhaps the most high-profile competitors to the AirPods comes from one of the biggest names in the audio business, Bose. The company has already a formidable track record in the Bluetooth audio business (there are many who swear by the QC 35) and now has decided to dump wires totally too with the SoundSport Free earbuds. And we would like to alert you that there will be AirPod references aplenty in this review, simply because that is the rival (some would even say “benchmark”) the SoundSport Free goes up against, notwithstanding some very good efforts from the likes of Sony, Jabra, Motorola and a few others....

To curb these concerns and address the low disk-space problems, MacPaw has a tailor-made utility, called CleanMyMac X, that proposes one of the best cleaning solutions out there for the Mac. Not just that, CleanMyMac X is about more than just cleaning, and it provides a slew of other essential system functionalities, such as malware remover, bulk-app uninstaller, and health monitor, among others. CleanMyMac X To give you some background, CleanMyMac is developed by MacPaw, a software company founded in 2008 and headquartered in Ukraine, which is behind some of the popular macOS and iOS apps like Unarchiver, Gemini Photos and Setapp....

Looking up for information and files stored in our computers can get tedious at times, and with Microsoft releasing Cortana digital assistant to desktop and Lenovo’s REACHit software, the two companies are trying to improve the search experience for once and all for the users. The software in question from the Chinese computer manufacturer allows users to search for content across any connected Lenovo PC or tablet device. Furthermore, it also supports many major cloud services....

Cyanogen has now announced on its blog that it’s partnering with Truecaller, believed to be the world’s largest mobile phone community for mobiles. Truecaller can find contact details globally given name or telephone number, and also has an integrated caller ID service to achieve call-blocking functionality. And now Cyanogen is interested in bringing this feature into future smartphones powered by its operating system. The company said the following: This might seem like a minor feature, but at least you won’t have to resort to third-party tools to block unwanted spam calls....

Well, all of this can now be avoided. You can figure out what song is playing around you with just a single tap on your iPhone. Yep, that simple. The iOS 14.2 update has introduced a feature that will allow you to tap and recognize the songs playing around you. The feature called “Music Recognition” is basically Shazam in your Control Centre. For those who might have forgotten, Apple bought Shazam back in 2018 for $400 million, and after integrating it with Siri, the brand is further weaving the music recognition software into its OS....

Anime Studio is essentially a 2D vector graphics drawing package linked to a keyframe animation engine. By no means limited to the Japanese style from which its name derives, Anime Studio can handle several different types of animation – including point and layer animation. But its main strength lies in its proprietary Bone animation method. This involves constructing a virtual skeleton for each character, the bones of which you then move around to make the character move....

As per Microsoft, Dynamic Memory support and a more robust Remote Desktop client which uses RemoteFX are the 2 major additions coming via Service Pack 1. It will, of course, also include the various fixes which have been delivered via Windows Update prior to SP1’s release. Download Windows 7 SP1 Warning: Downloading a major update to your OS from any source other than Microsoft itself is potentially dangerous and not recommended....

Although Facebook is currently facing a PR nightmare because of Free Basics, the company is one of the best performing tech companies from a financial perspective. India is Facebook’s biggest market outside the US and possibly the only market that might even eclipse US one day when considered from a user base perspective. With Facebook’s acquisition of Whatsapp, Facebook is now on track to become one of the most influential tech companies in India....

Google has signed up with Freshmenu, Box8 and Faasos for its food ordering services. Users will also be able to schedule appointments with local beauticians, plumbers, electricians and others as well which are currently happening via UrbanClap. Additionally, the app curates customer reviews for each of the services. It’s still not clear if Google is allowing individual vendors to sign up as service providers but if that happens then the local service providers like plumbers and electricians are set to gain....

The New Google Glass will be called “Enterprise Edition” and as expected it does come with an improvised hardware and a redesigned button and hinge system. The folks at 9to5 Google were able to lay their hands on the new Google Glass hardware and they have corroborated that the new Google Glass doesn’t look strikingly different from its predecessor. That being said, the new design seems to offer a greater leeway as it also incorporated the foldable design....

Google Calendar on Android has been manual entry and update more or less. With the latest update, Google has set out to build a smart assistant that’s always at your service. This includes turning emails into events automatically. Basically, Google Calendar has become an extension to Google Now, which was doing most of these stuff without actually updating your calendar. Busy professionals do share their calendar for others to check and schedule the meetings appropriately, so this can be extremely useful for such scenarios....

Well, yes it would. But then think again. At the very beginning of the year, Google had bought Fossil’s smartwatch technology for USD 40 million, which had triggered the first talk of a “Pixel watch.” And that acquisition had seemed to make sense. After all, Google had the software, Fossil would add the design edge its wearables needed. What’s more, Fossil used Android Wear (or Wear OS) as a platform for its smartwatches....

For a handful of people who are unaware of Project Fi, here’s a small description of the service from Google- Project Fi is an MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) by Google, which essentially provides phone and data services using Wi-Fi and cellular network. These networks usually belong to either Sprint, T Mobile, Three and some other US network providers. The most distinctive features of Fi service include – its ability to switch networks automatically depending on the signal and strength, and the ability to switch different Wi-Fi hotspots while providing data encryption using VPNs....

And just as those two worthies gave the Never Settlers something to think about, so too does the Honor 10. In some ways, it is a bit of an odd proposition. In Europe, the Honor 10 is priced at 399 Euros, which is well below the 499 Euro launch price of the View 10. However, in India, the Honor 10 comes at a higher price tag (Rs 32,999) as against the V10, which is priced at Rs 29,999....

But I am being told that is going to change in 2018 and 2019, darlings. If you have been following me, it is increasingly apparent that Huawei is going to be coming to India with its flagship P20 series. Now, that will be the first time Huawei will be selling phones under its own name since the P9 in 2016, darlings, and even before that, they have mainly stuck to the Honor brand in India....