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A proper, full, front on battle in the budget flagship segment. Yes, we are talking to the constant sniping by Xiaomi’s new brand Poco, at the incumbent budget flagship champion, OnePlus. While we have seen our share of brand battles, this one is rather unusually sharp, although to be fair, it is rather one-sided at the moment (OnePlus has not deigned to react). It might be one of the most talked about segments of the Indian smartphone market, but the budget flagship segment – where brands offer high-end specs at surprisingly affordable prices – can hardly be ever have been said to be bitterly contested....

And both come from relatively young brands, one has been in India for less than two years, another that has just made its debut in the market. Indeed, at the time of writing, they are perhaps the best options for anyone looking for a super-powerful phone that does not blow a massive hole in their pockets. But should you go for the iQOO 3 or the Realme X50 Pro? Let’s find out, shall we?...

If there is one brand that knows how to work a glass back, in different patterns, textures, designs or colors, it has to be Huawei and its sub-brand Honor. The two brands have given us smartphones with distinct backs, not just once or twice but multiple times and the View 20 is no different. We got the Sapphire Blue color of the smartphone where the glass back of the smartphone creates a V-like light pattern when held at a certain angle....

Thomson UD9 43TH6000 carries an LG-made IPS display panel with 3840 x 2160 pixel resolution with support for HDR content. The display has a dynamic contrast ratio of 300000:1 and a wide 178-degree viewing angle, typical of most IPS displays. The TV is accompanied by a 10W x 2 integrated sound bar providing loud volumes. Looks-wise, the TV carries a generic design with relatively thick bezels on all the four sides, with Thomson branding at the bottom....

HTC HD2 is probably the most discussed Windows mobile smartphone of all time. Although it has the best hardware ever seen in a Windows mobile device, it failed to grab the deserved attention due to its age old operating system. Thanks to the developers at the XDA forums, now you can install several customized Android ROMs in HTC HD2. I have personally tested an HTC Desire ROM on my HD2, and I went through all instructions listed in the forum for the correct implementation....

ContactSaver (Free) Here’s an interesting app which searches your inbox for contacts. That’s right. ContactSaver scans your email inbox to convert email signatures into address book contacts. Genius! The app is easy to use. You just connect your Gmail account to ContactSaver and then check off the addresses it identifies, if you want to save them to your address book. Just press ‘Save’ and you’re done. Intro by About.me (Free) About....

1. A Fresh Coat of Material Design Of course, the first thing you’ll notice as soon as you land on the new Gmail is the redesign. As the leaks suggested, it revamps all the core Gmail elements with a new, sleek look. However, the essentials are still there where they were before. All Google has done is added minor changes to make Gmail seem friendlier and well, less email-like. For instance, the icons have been tweaked, you can now check the attachments without opening the mail, and the left pane which accommodates folders now has circular backgrounds....

Build Quality and Fit Just like every pair of truly wireless earphones, these earbuds from 1MORE also rest inside a charging case that’s pocketable and easy to carry around. The case is, of course, made up of plastic but the quality is great. On first look, the case is quite reminiscent of that of the Galaxy Buds and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. While it is robust, the lid produces creaking noises when slight pressure is applied on either side of the hinge....

It’s that time of the year when we see a plethora of award ceremonies, and to kick off the season, we have the greatest musical award show, the Grammys 2013 on February 10th, 2013. The 55th annual Grammy awards will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and as always will broadcast on CBS at 8 pm ET/PT. In case you won’t be in front of the TV sets, we’ve got you covered with Grammys 2013 Live streaming links....

ConceptD 500: High-end Desktop As the name suggests, the ConceptD 500 is a high-end desktop that features a range of NVIDIA GPUs up to the Quadro RTX 4000 to offer faster and better visual rendering, complex 3D modeling, improved simulations, and AI and deep learning development. It comes with up to 9th gen Intel Core processor, up to 64GB RAM, and 1TB SSD with up to 2TB HDD. Besides this, the desktop also includes NVIDIA’s Creator Ready Drivers that aid with better performance in applications like Autodesk Arnold, Unreal Engine, and REDCINE-X PRO....

“Our goal is to stimulate consumption demand and support lifestyle upgrade in China through new brands and products. We will enable merchants in China and around the world to grow their businesses through data-driven product innovation and consumer insights, as well as leverage our recommendation technology and content-driven user engagement to delight consumers in urban coastal cities and less-developed areas of China” – said Fan Jiang, president of Taobao and Tmall....

You can repeat the process for different category of products or even for different models of a specific brand. I was amazed to see the amount of options I got for DSLR cameras, camcorders and many other categories. There are some catches though: Minimum of $125 worth of order should be placed in order to be eligible for Free shipping. Though shipping is free, customs and import duties are still applicable....

DeepLens sports a 4-Megapixel camera and comes with 8GB of internal memory alongside a microSD card slot. The list of other hardware on the DeepLens includes 2D microphone array, Intel Atom processor, USB ports and also micro HDMI ports. The camera offers direct integration with AWS Greengrass, Gluon machine learning library and also the SageMaker. Needless to say, the DeepLens recognizes objects, characters, and activities. This particular project is a sample of how Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning can be used to better human lives....

The display is laminated to the Gorilla Glass screen, and has 400 nits of brightness, which means it’s not pretty bad. Both tablets also come with stereo speakers and virtual surround sound. Powering the tablets is a quad-core 1.5 GHz processor, but that’s about all we know regarding it. 7” IPS 1024 x 600 resolution display 1.3GHz quad-core processor and 1GB of RAM 8GB internal storage (expandable to 128GB of storage via microSD) Front- and rear-facing cameras (no mention of the number of MP) 7 hours of battery life for reading, browsing the web, listening to music, and watching video....

Building upon this belief, Apple, one of the popular hardware companies in the world, has a program called, ‘Everyone Can Code’, which just as it sounds, offers a comprehensive curriculum for learning to develop apps for iOS and macOS. The curriculum includes interactive learning resources for both students and teachers and begins with students learning using the Swift Playgrounds app on the iPad, and over time, gradually moving towards learning to develop using Xcode (on Mac)....

Along with technology, different applications were created to motivate users and offer them a relaxing state of mind in their attempt to quit drinking. Some of these apps were gathered together in the next article so follow the next lines to discover five of the best software solutions of this kind available on the market. Quit Drinking with these 5 apps The main problem that people face when they are trying to quit their habit is how to react when other people are drinking alcohol near them....

And a term that we can thank this camera couple for making very popular is “bokeh.” It is mentioned every time a company launches a dual camera device, often with the word “DSLR-like” accompanying it. But what is bokeh? And what does this term even mean? Well, sit back because we are going to dumb it down for you! When blurring is in When it comes to photography, the art generally demands the foreground and its subjects to be in sharp focus while the rest of the picture is blurred out....

You wanna Never Settle or go for those Pixel-ated looks First off, the matter of design. And it is a clash of two very different design cultures here. Both phones are reasonably slim – both are 8.2 mm thin – but that’s where the similarity ends. The OnePlus 6T comes with a glass back while the Pixel 3a XL comes with the typical dual textured back that is a Pixel trademark, with a glossy upper half....

The Cool Changer S1 sports a metal unibody design with a 7.5mm thin profile. The flagship smartphone comes with a 5.5-inch Full HD (1920 x1080) IPS LCD display flanked by a microphone grille and three capacitive buttons. Powering the Cool Changer S1 is the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 quad-core processor that is also found inside the LeEco Le Pro3. Besides, the Cool Changer S1 comes with either 64 or 128GB internal storage options, which are apparently based on UFS 2....