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This is a huge move considering Hugo Barra will be leading the whole of Oculus team including Palmer Luckey and Brendan Iribe who founded Oculus before it was bought over by Facebook. Brendan is expected to exit soon. Just a couple of days back, Hugo had announced his departure at Xiaomi, while mentioning that he will continue to be in Beijing until February for a smooth transition. Zuckerberg made a nice use of that opportunity: Although Oculus forms a major portion of Facebook’s Virtual Reality presence, it must be noted that Barra will be leading the whole of VR team and not just Oculus....

In Device Manager, the device will be listed as unknown device with yellow question mark. Check the image below for instance. In the case of any unidentified, unknown or no-driver installed devices, user can manually download from Internet or use driver CD to install the driver. However, user has to identify and know what’s the unknown device prior to installing correct driver. Here are some ways to find unknown device drivers in Windows....

Among these personalization options, the most noticeable and significant change in iOS 16 is the new and improved Lock Screen, which looks prettier and more interactive and functional than ever. Similarly, as part of this change, Notification Center is another aspect of iOS 16 that gets a major overhaul for the first time since iOS 12. It brings a completely redesigned experience for users and focuses on offering them a clear view of their personalized Lock Screen....

From Wiki, iSkysoft DVD Ripper is a powerful DVD ripping software for Windows that can rip DVD to hard drive in a wide variety of video & audio formats. Interestingly, iSkysoft DVD Ripper not only strips commercial DVDs of their copy protection, but additionally converts the resulting videos to other formats. The various supported video formats include AVI, WMV, MP4, MOV, M4V, 3GP, MPG, MPEG, FLV, and VOB. The audio formats include MP3, M4A, AC3, AAC, WMA, WAV, GG, APE and MPA....

The it1520 comes equipped with a 5-inch HD display and is powered by a quad-core MediaTek SoC clocked at 1.3GHz and paired with 2GB of RAM. On the storage front, the device offers 16GB of internal storage which is further expandable by 32GB. The camera setup in itel it1520 includes the 13-Megapixel sensor on both the sides with LED flash on the both the sides. IRIS scanner is yet another feature that is a rarity at this price point and the itel it1520 comes equipped with one....

Interconnect Usage Charge is the fee that operators exchange in order to connect with each other’s network. Different countries take different approaches to IUC. In some countries, the telecom regulator allows telecom operators to negotiate the IUC amongst them while in others, the regulator decides a fixed IUC amount. India falls in the latter category where the regulator, i.e., TRAI, decides the IUC amount. With changes in telecom technology and dynamics of the telecom sector in India, the IUC amount has constantly been revised....

BlackRa1n RC3 which is bundle with blackSn0w also enables official tethering. Blackra1n RC3 is by far the fastest and the most complete jailbreaking and unlocking tool for iPhone running on the latest iPhone 3.1.2 firmware. Blackra1n, has been updated to RC3, with hacktivation support, 15 second speed improvement, Tiger+PPC support, and installation of the latest blackra1n.app. The latest RC3 version includes blacksn0w which can unlock iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS running 05....

Not even a fortnight since Microsoft’s Project Natal aka Kinect launch, hackers & developers have managed to break the Kinect code and forge an open source driver. Now, the real experimentation have begun. The latest concept being demoed on YouTube, comes from Oliver Kreylos has developed a C++ implementation of Kinect that allows for 3D reconstruction of a room using a single Kinect system. By combining the color and the depth image captured by the Microsoft Kinect, one can project the color image back out into space and create a “holographic” representation of the persons or objects that were captured....

As expected the laptops have been fine tuned to meet the gamers requirements and it also comes equipped with the latest generation hardware. Both the new laptops will be offered in configurations up to seventh generation Intel Core i7 processors, 16GB DDR4 RAM, Nvidia Series 10 graphics and a choice between a 512GB or 2TB SSDc hard drive. Design wise the Legion laptops bear a resemblance to other gaming laptops but still maintain to look slightly different....

In terms of raw specifications, the Lenovo A6600 features a 5-inch HD panel up front and is powered by MediaTek MT6735P 64-bit Quad-Core processor clocked at 1GHz. Furthermore, there’s 1GB of RAM, Mali-T720 GPU, 16GB of internal storage which is expandable via a MicroSD card, and it runs on a 2300mAh battery. On the software side, Lenovo has included its own Vibe UI layered over Android Marshmallow. Lastly, A6600 sports an 8MP rear camera with a single LED flash and a 2MP front-facing camera....

Fingerprint Authentication Paytm’s mobile app comes with a native option for enabling fingerprint authentication to protect your wallet from misuse. Once turned on, the app will ask for your biometrics or a PIN whenever you or someone else tries to access the passbook. The option is available under the ‘security and settings’ and then, ‘App lock password’. Automatic Reload Tired of constantly Paytm wallet top ups? Well, you’re in luck as the company recently added something called “Automatic Reload”....

The convenience of simply installing an app eventually ate up a major chunk of tracking devices’ business. However, there’s still a market for these dedicated utilities primarily for a little more advanced and specific purposes like keeping track of a fleet of taxis, a pet, or even a child who is not old enough to carry a phone around. We’ve been testing one of such tracking devices available in the market — the LT Personal Mega by an India-based company called Letstrack....

LG G8X ThinQ Design As already mentioned, the LG G8X ThinQ takes a dual-display approach to offer its version of a foldable smartphone. The new form factor offers a detachable case to house the G8x, which acts as a secondary display and uses a 360 Freestop Hinge to allow it to be adjusted at different viewing angles, just like a laptop. The phone is MIL-STD 810G compliant and has an IP68 dust-and-water resistant certification....

Gocycle is a lightweight electric bicycle which will be available throughout India via a network of authorised resellers and dealers appointed by Bird Mobility. The Gocycle is priced around Rupees 3.5 lakhs for the base model, and Bird Mobility will provide full warranties and after sales services. Rony Abraham, Business Head at Bird Mobility said the following: Gocycle comes with a front-hub motor which separates the powered drive from the pedal drive....

With high prices comes high-quality TWS sound…NOT! And that is because the Tevi shatter one popular TWS belief – that great sound ONLY comes with a relatively high price tag. In general, the more you invest in a TWS, the better quality sound you get. Well, we are going to put this out there – at Rs 6,999, the Tevi deliver the kind of sound that you get in devices that are two to three times as expensive....

The Meizu Pro 6 has reportedly managed to score a whopping 99,948 AnTuTu score. While this score is indeed impressive we need to understand how the Helio X25 fares against the other flagship chips. While the Helio X25 leaves behind Kirin 950 it is still lags behind the Snapdragon 820 and the Exynos 8890, perhaps something that has to do with the GPU. The Huawei Mate 8 powered by the Kirin 950 SoC scored 94,250....

VPNhub has been made available for all major platforms, including iOS, Mac, Windows, and Android, and across major countries except for the few that have been banned by the U.S. from being affiliated to business. “Today, the Internet is rife with hackers, who are growing in number and sophistication, compromising people’s sensitive data. While browsing in incognito may keep users’ browsing history secret, the truth is they’re still susceptible to prying eyes, especially when browsing on unsecured public Wi-Fi networks,” said Corey Price, VP, Pornhub....

Until now, there was no possible way of going live from your DSLR or a Video camcorder without relying on a handful of messy cables and conversion boxes. However, a new Kickstarter project promises to change all of this. The YoloBox is a new camera equipment that will finally make Professional Live Streaming possible. The YoloBox is designed to work with a majority of camera equipment and all one would need is an HDMI cable....

Windows 9 is slated to bring several new features alongside removing some of the Windows 8 components. For instance, several reports suggest that the Charms bar available in Windows 8 will not be included in Windows 9, while a mini Start Menu — which the company decided to not include in Windows 8 through Windows 8.1 August Update will be added in the new operating system. There are also reports that suggest that the company will be adding Cortana, the voice assistant service presently available on Microsoft’s mobile operating system Windows Phone to the desktop operating system as well....

According to Hunt, a lot of people reached out to him on Twitter last week and pointed him towards a large collection of files hosted on a cloud service platform, Mega. The collection was roughly around 87GB in size and comprised of a close to 12000 files. What’s interesting is that he says even his personal data, with the right email address and password that he used many years ago, was also listed on those files....