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Prime Player If you find Google’s official Play Music extension underpowered, take a look at Prime Player. The app brings a sophisticated controller into a tiny window you can utilize on any tab. The highly customizable extension lets you perform almost every action such as browse the playlist, shuffle, repeat in a jiffy. Apart from remembering your previously played tracks, Prime is even capable of extracting lyrics from them. It’s also entirely free of cost, and you can download it right away from the link mentioned down below....

The upgrade functions more like a dry lease wherein Apple will lease an unlocked phone which can be eventually used with any carrier without the tussles one needs to endure in the case of a locked up contract. The leasing plan starts from $32 and the best part is that the lessee will be able to automatically upgrade to a new iPhone every year. This leasing program is a praiseworthy move from Apple as the carriers are usually more interested in pushing their services rather than the device itself....

A number of people in the audience applauded, but a senior tech journalist sitting next to me, gently whispered, “But why on earth would they do that? What are they running on 801 that won’t run on the 800?” To the hardware gurus, such a statement would have been tantamount to tech sacrilege, but that statement highlights a rather stark fact: hardware has of late become a point to boast about at conferences and launches rather than something to facilitate better performance in most Android flagships....

But is that enough? Today, at the launch of Xiaomi Mi A1, Google got enough stage time to talk about Android One. They referred to this as a rebirth of the Android One effort in India and spoke about the change in target market which is no more the feature phone users transitioning into smartphones like it was back in 2014. The hardware isn’t underpowered like before. Google is promising a ‘premium experience’ with hardware including dual rear cameras, Snapdragon 625 processor, and 4GB of RAM....

The Anker Soundcore Liberty Air feature graphene-coated drivers which promise to deliver deep bass and details. In addition, they’re IPX5 rated and can survive minor water splashes. There are two inbuilt microphones as well which can cancel out external noise for better input during calls and other applications. The earbuds themselves are touch-sensitive and can be tapped in several combinations to perform quick actions like accept calls, play/pause music, you get the idea....

Here are some of the highlights of the report: Apple, AirPods rule! A little to our surprise (given its high pricing), Apple turned out to be the dominant player in this segment. The company’s iconic AirPods accounted for 27 percent of the market share of TWS shipments in India in 2019. A lot of the sales were accounted for by the second-generation AirPods. Although the brand faces a lot of competition in the coming days, Counterpoint expects it to be a dominant player in terms of revenue share....

What’s New on the iPad 8th-generation The iPad 8th-generation is the most affordable iPad from Apple. In terms of design, it features the same design language as the iPad 7th-generation, which makes the two pretty much indistinguishable. Towards the front, the device has a 10.2-inch Retina display with a 2160×1620 screen resolution and 500 nits of brightness. The new iPad comes in the same colorways as the 7th-generation: Silver, Space Gray, and Gold....

The new Apple TV is expected to look larger and thicker than its predecessor and will retain the same plastic casing it comes with. The fourth gen Apple TV will usher new features including Siri support, advanced remote control, an App store tagged with an SDK kit for developers and a revamped user interface. This time around, Apple is also expected to launch a cable TV service rivaling streaming service bundling multiple television channels with subscription prices starting at $40 per month....

The Taiwanese PC maker has now upgraded everything ranging from its Zenbook lineup to the Transformer 2-in-1 Pro with the Kaby Lake chips. Among them, the most noteworthy is the new AsusPro B9440 laptop. Sporting a 14 inch Full HD (1920 x 1080p) display with thin bezels, the laptop is mainly intended for business and enterprise users. Asus claims that their laptop is in fact the ‘lightest business notebook in the world’ with a weight of 1....

The Audio Technica ATH M50xBT is a wireless Bluetooth-version of the popular ATH M50x that have been around for a few years now. And in fact, have been a very much preferred choice for the people who want a wired headphone under Rs 10000. The headphones are an over-the-ear type of headphones and unfortunately, do not come with Active Noise Cancellation (ANC), unlike most other over-the-ear headphones these days. Because of which, people have to rely on the passive noise cancellation, which could only manage to muffle down the sound to a certain extent....

In order to save time and energy, tech-savvy persons should not only have at least one cleaning gadget in their house, whether we’re talking about a dishwasher, a smart vacuum cleaner or whatnot. Our professional and personal life is often very busy and we don’t manage to clean our house as we’d like to and hiring professional cleaners isn’t always the cheapest solution. So maybe investing in a house cleaning gadget is the solution you are looking for....

1. Spigen Tough Armor iPhone 11 Pro Case As you can guess by its name, the Tough Armor case from Spigen promises to offer good protection for your phone against accidental drops. It is made with a combination of TPU and polycarbonate that allows the case to offer dual protection to the phone against drops and scratches. The case has raised lips towards the front to protect the screen and the back to prevent the camera sensors from scratching....

This is what gave birth to Mini PCs… but what are they actually? While they do almost the same job as any PC out there, they are noticeably smaller in size, and the best part is you can build one of your own, and make it high end if you have a good idea about on starting with the basic model. However, stay warned that MINI PC doesn’t mean that it comes cheap....

Android Oreo Pro – The best stock Android MIUI theme “Android Oreo Pro” is a stunning free theme for MIUI that revamps almost every aspect of the skin. This includes a range of core apps such as the dialer, settings, notification center, lock screen, icon pack and others. In addition to that, it even themes the home screen with changes inspired by the Pixel launcher like the weather widget on top and dock backdrop....

Buoyed by the success of SoftBank’s telecom operations, Yahoo Japan and Alibaba, SoftBank went on a buying and investing spree which saw it investing in several companies and in some cases downright acquiring them. Some of SoftBank’s investments include companies like Snapdeal, Ola, and One Web, while its acquisitions included companies like Sprint and ARM. Monopoly or nothing The network effects of being the largest player in a particular segment of technology, coupled with the data that the larger company gets to continuously improve its product/service simply leave very little chance for the number two company to have a meaningful fighting chance....

Shoot Air With Vortex Cannons I call it vortex cannon, but you may have heard about it under these names: Vortex ring toy Air vortex cannon Vortex ring gun I couldn’t let this ingenious invention go away unreported. The latest news in the field of personal use vortex cannons comes from the guys at the british The Science Show. I will agree with you that there aren’t too many practical uses to an air vortex cannon (or none that I can think of right now), but it really looks great when you shoot with air circles!...

Does Google store every search I do? Every time I start up my Chrome browser, I find that all the previous searches I have done are stored, whether from the Google search box or when I’m actually on the Google home page. No, it’s not Google who is storing the info, rather it is your browser. How to Delete your Google Search History? The search box on the Google homepage displays query suggestions both from your own previous searches and other relevant queries....

On the other side of the spectrum, while the visual content — articles and videos — continues to tread at a constant pace, we are gradually seeing a rise in services that are making consuming articles less of an engaging activity by taking away the need to go through them in the traditional way. Although there are a few different services that offer this functionality, the one we are talking about in this article is Podcastle AI, which is essentially a Chrome extension that converts articles to podcasts....

Although the issue was submitted to the Microsoft Security Research Center, it seems that they are not interested in fixing the problem, and it remains unresolved. This vulnerability is especially dangerous to those using virtual keyboards to enter credit card details or phone numbers. How could this affect users of IE? Even those who are using virtual keyboards for the purpose of bypassing any keyloggers are not safe, this is because the exploit tracks the movement and clicks of your mouse even when Internet Explorer is minimized....

What is a VPN? A VPN ( or Virtual Private Network) is a way of creating a secure connection ‘to’ and ‘from’ a network or a computer. The VPN uses strong encryption and restricted, private data access which keeps the data secure from the other users of the underlying network which could often be a public network like the Internet. VPNs have been used for years, but they have become more robust only in recent years....