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2015 – 2020: Indian brands, from dominant to dead Sounds hard to believe? Well, five years ago, in 2015, the top five smartphone brands in the Indian market were: Samsung, Micromax, Intex, Lenovo (Motorola), and Lava, as per Counterpoint Research. And that is not all, there were others – Karbonn, Spice, Lyf, iBall, and Celkon, to name a few. Even brands that were known for other electronic products like Onida, BPL, and Videocon had phone divisions....

Your old gadgets and devices may not be valuable for you anymore and that’s why if you want to get rid of them, you should seriously take into consideration donating to people and communities that can’t afford one of their own. So, read the following lines in order to discover some of the most worthy non-profit organizations and programs that can act as the middleman between you and those in need....

Windows 10 Pro is retailing at Rs 14,999 (Link) and the Windows 10 Home at Rs 7,999 (Link). The offline version will be made available in upcoming weeks and Microsoft will also be selling education version for Schools and Colleges through the Volume License. Although the Windows 10 is available as a free update for current Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 users, folks who had never owned a Windows license can buy the Windows 10....

If that sounds difficult, cast your mind three years back to 2013. Android was getting severely fragmented between the haves and the have nots – on the one hand, you had extremely powerful flagship devices that delivered many a dollop for many a Dollar in performance terms, and on the other you had budget devices that were best for basic browsing a bit of social networking and e-mail. There was a mid-section between the two as well, but even that was a significant step down from the flagships, who occupied a price zone of their own....

Designwise, the Smartmi Fresh Air system resembles a water purifier and needs to be wall mounted. Rated air volume of 220m3/h makes it suitable for a room with area ranging from 10-50 meters. The Smartmi Fresh Air System sucks in the natural air, and after removing the pollutants and other harmful particles, it blows back air that is rich in Oxygen. Interestingly, you don’t need to close the doors and windows since the Fresh Air System will purify the air entering your living space with the help of its multiple filters....

The Android One initiative was targeted at emerging countries and made its debut in India. The idea was to team up with local manufacturers and create devices that would provide a smooth and updated Android experience at very low prices. The project initially received a good response from a number of manufacturers but then ran out of steam with not too many devices coming out and even the much talked about software updates not being delivered on time....

We are referring to the first quote by Mi India MD Manu Jain in the press release on the launch of the Mi 10i yesterday. With the Mi 10 i, Mi gets into the Redmi zone Now, the Mi India MD had dropped indications of this a few times in the past, stressing that Mi and Redmi would operate as two different brands, with different teams dedicated to their cause....

Xiaomi India’s official Twitter handle conveyed this information today through a tweet, according to which, due to the Rupee value against the Dollar depreciating by almost 15% since the beginning of the year, Xiaomi has to incur an increase in input cost which has resulted in an increase of selling prices for a few products when compared to their launch prices. — Mi India (@XiaomiIndia) November 10, 2018 The Redmi 6A which is the most affordable smartphone one can purchase from the brand will face an increase in the price of Rs....

Xiaomi Mi Kids Watch 4 The Mi Kids Watch 4 features a swim-proof design with up to 20m of water resistance. Towards the front, it has a 1.78-inch AMOLED display that comes in at 326ppi pixel density and has Corning’s Gorilla Glass 3 protection on top. As already mentioned, it comes with eSIM support, which offers 4G VoLTE connectivity, to allow you to make calls directly on the watch. Besides, there is Wi-Fi 802....

Remember Loki using those words to a seemingly distraught Agent Romanoff in The Avengers? Well, he was referring to Dr. Bruce Banner, also known as the Hulk, a massive green creature whose strength and size are unmatched even in the Marvel super hero universe – heck, the guys even thumped Thor (the God of Thunder) once. And well, we must confess that words similar to those of the Norse God of Trickery sprung to our mind when we first clapped eyes on the Mi Max....

Xiaomi has apparently been teasing this product on Weibo for quite some time and hence it’s overwhelming to see it finally being unveiled. Essentially this may be termed as the best companion gadget for the Mi Air Purifier 2. Unlike, the Mi Air Purifier Pro, the last gen Air Purifier 2 from Xiaomi doesn’t come with an integrated display. Thus you would need to check the real-time air quality via the Mi Smart Home app on your smartphone....

Ajay Raj Negi posted a terrifying CCTV footage on Xiaomi’s Facebook page showing his phone detonating into pieces while he was comfortably using it in his office. As you can see from the attached video itself, this wasn’t a normal case and could have done an awful lot of damage to Ajay if he had been not paying attention. Fortunately, no one was hurt in this case. The unit was purchased from Flipkart, although, we surely can’t blame the seller for this....

No, they aren’t animated characters. They are human beings who were made to wear body suits. To be specific, they are women theater artists from Mumbai Cape Town. The design of the characters is such that one gets fooled into thinking it is animation. This was achieved using special material wrinkle free cloth which made the body suites look smooth (like in animation) and the ads were shot at slower than normal frame rate so that the movements look swift but funny....

What had Dell done to deserve this? Well, a few weeks ago, when asked about what he would do to if he were the CEO of Apple (which was teetering on the verge of collapse and had recalled Steve Jobs), Dell had responded by saying: “What would I do? I’d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.” Ouch. Was Jobs really hurt at the remark? Or did he just use it to rev up and energize a team that had got accustomed to defeat for almost half a dozen years?...

Give those sides more than a side-glance! And that is because the sides of the iPhone 12 Pro Max are rather different from anything we have seen before on a phone. We got the Pacific Blue variant of the phone, and while the back’s beautifully subtle shade of blue, which almost looks like green from some angles, is going to catch some glances, the shiny straight blue sides are going to twist heads off their necks....

iPhone X, where’s the ‘S’? Confession: we were actually very tempted to just go with our first impressions of the iPhone X here. Let’s not kid ourselves: the two devices are pretty much THAT identical in terms of looks. But then for those who have been living under a rock and decide to come out only to read the first impressions of the iPhone XS, here goes nothing. Just like the iPhone X (and we will try to resist the temptation to use that sentence opener), the front of the iPhone XS is almost all covered with the display, paired with the (in)famous notch....

The first impression as soon as you pick up the phone is that it feels quite heavy in the hand which can be attributed to the large 4230mAh battery. Speaking about large, Realme has now fit in a 6.2-inch display within a chassis that’s sized extremely similar to the Realme 1 which came with a 5.99-inch display. This was possible due to the notch that is now housed at the top giving the Realme 2 and an impressive screen to body ratio of 88....

Mainstream look that still stands out When Xiaomi first started out in the country, it was a brand that focused on clubbing relatively high-end specs with competitive pricing. And while that worked out pretty well for the company (they never let us forget they are no.1), the design was not really a USP of mainstream Xiaomi phones. That seems to be changing. Of late, Xiaomi has been launching smartphones that not only fit its “relatively high-end specs with competitive price” strategy but are also setting new standards when it comes to design....

Going on a vacation or an official trip? Want to send those automated “out of office” auto replies from your Gmail account? Well, you don’t need to look for third party apps or plugins. Google now has it’s own auto-responder. Google Labs has come out with yet another new feature in GMail called Canned Responses. As reported in the Official Google Blog, you can now save a reply as a canned response, and can choose this response as a reply to the future e-mails you will be getting....

1. App Store’s Free App of the Week: Warhammer: Snotling Fling Snotling Fling is like a medieval Angry Birds mixed with other medieval stuff. You fling, you destroy stuff, trolls scream, monsters laugh, it’s all jolly good fun. 2. TechPP’s Game of the Week: Hue Ball Hue Ball is a a minimal paintball style shooter game. 3. BuzzFeed News Yup, we’re talking about BuzzFeed. From the makers of “17 GIFs of cats doing cat things you wouldn’t believe cats could do” – Sponsored by Cat Services, comes a compelling app about journalism and breaking news....