What’s new in LibreOffice 4.0? As you would expect of any new major release, the version 4.0 of LibreOffice fixes a lot of inept issues and brings tons of improvement. For instance, there is a significant melioration over startup and loading time. Another noteworthy implication this suite has undergone, is cutting down of dependency off notorious Java. They have replaced most of the Java tags with native platform codes and Python....
The market for miniature content streaming dongle has been maturing with an increasing number of options. In addition to Google’s Chromecast, users now also have the option to buy alternatives like Teewee 2. Lenovo’s Cast is a tad bit costlier than others, as Chromecast is priced at $35 while the Teewe 2 is priced around $37. Much like Chromecast, the Lenovo Cast is very easy to use. Users are required to either plug in the device to an HDMI port available on their TV or any other big screen or place it anywhere near them, configure (link) the device with their computer or phone, and start beaming content from a DLNA-supported or Miracast-enabled tablet or smartphone....
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (6th gen) The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (6th gen) is the most powerful machine of the lot. It’s a professional notebook that aims to blend ThinkPad’s legacy with all new Intel 8th gen Core processors. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon comes with a robust built quality and carries forward the military grade certifications from its predecessor. The premium laptop comes with a 14-inch (2,560 x 1,440p) HDR ready IPS display having markedly smaller bezels to the sides....
Lily Camera is a smart drone which flies itself, and you don’t need a controller to maneuver it. You just throw Lily in the air in order to start a new video, and it will automatically start following you thanks to a GPS tracking device that you wear on your wrist. Both the drone and the GPS receiver are waterproof, so you will be able to use it when it’s raining or while you’re rafting....
A quick glance at the notebook will tell you how closely Pine64 resembles the MacBook. The bezels, keyboard layout and also the side design profile seems to be heavily inspired by the MacBook. The Pine 64 is pretty light at 1.2Kg and is equally compact with a dimensional attribute of 352mm x 233mm x 18mm. On the storage front, the notebook offers 16GB of onboard eMMC 5.0 memory and comes with a 2GB LPDDR3 RAM memory....
The Meizu 16X has a 6-inch 1080p screen on the front but unlike what you would expect from a phone in this price range, it’s an OLED panel instead of LCD. Underneath, the phone runs on the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 octa-core chipset coupled with 6GB of RAM, 3100mAh battery that does support quick charging, and either 64GB or 128GB of onboard storage. Out of the box, you get Android 8....
Despite the assurances, the move will come as a surprise to many since Linux and Microsoft have not been moving parallelly. In fact, the Linux users criticized Microsoft for not being open source enough while Microsoft took potshots as well. Moving on, Kremlin says that the initial skepticism is the part and parcel of such announcement and added that Microsoft has been contemplating the open source idea from very long time....
The Surface Go is a 10-inch device that weighs in at just 0.5kg and is 8.3mm thin. What Microsoft aims to provide with the Surface Go is productivity on the move while still maintaining an extremely portable form factor and a slim profile. The Surface Go is equipped with a custom built high resolution PixelSense display with an aspect ratio of 3:2 that has support for Microsoft’s Surface Pen with 4096 different levels of pressure sensitivity, low pen parallax, low latency, and extremely precise for note taking as well as drawing or computer aided graphics purposes....
Asynchronous Spacework works by intervening every frame in order to time wrap the last submitted eye buffers and this works even if the application is taking long to render the next frame. The low frame rate of 45fps is compensated by adding artificial frames and achieving the 90fps required for VR experience. Asynchronous Spacewarp (ASW) is a frame-rate smoothing technique that halves the CPU/GPU time as we explained earlier. The ASW has enabled automatically and doesn’t require the developers to make any changes to accommodate the same....
We now live in a world where smartphones have become an integral part of our lives; some use them for business meetings, games, chatting with friends on social media, and much more. When mobile data stops working, performing any of the above tasks is almost impossible, resulting in a disappointing and annoying experience. If you work from home, it might also be essential for you to get your mobile data working again as soon as possible....
Developed by DynamicApps, this simple Android application can tell you just how much data you have consumed over the last month, and as bonus, it also monitors your Internet speed, so you can make accurate measurements of how good your connection is. This tool can be of great use when looking at different mobile networks to find the best speeds. How Internet Speed Meter Lite works? As you might have figured out by now, there are two versions of this app....
Going by the leaks, the P30 sports a glass back along with an aluminium frame. The tall 6.2-inch 19:9 display on the front now sports a notch accompanied by a small chin at the bottom. The phone resembles the Lenovo Z5 released earlier in a lot of ways, and given that Lenovo took over Moto, its no surprise. The leaks alsho show three color options – The conventional Black and White along with a third unique option, which looks like a colorful gradient, similar to the one found on some Huawei devices like P20 Pro....
“This one.” “But the hardware is far more superior on that one.” “Then buy that!” “But I also need it to stand out in the crowd” “Can you please kill me?” That’s the sort of conundrum I face on a regular basis now. The specifications race has led to a wide selection of competent smartphones, however, at the same time, it has also led to a demise of phones that try to outsmart others with their unique characteristics....
Motorola One Fusion+: Design and Display In terms of design, the phone features a plastic back and comes in two colorways: Twilight Blue and Moonlight White. Upfront, it has a 6.5-inch Full HD+ Total Vision IPS LCD panel that offers a 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The display is HDR10 certified and supports the DCI-P3 color space. Performance Talking about performance, the Motorola One Fusion+ is powered by the Snapdragon 730G, which is an octa-core chipset, clocked at 2....
The Naked Mirror seems to take the fitness thingy a step further and is designed to avoid confusion about your body thus eventually helping you to keep the spirits high. The Naked 3D fitness Tracker is essentially a mirror packed with sensors that takes 3D scan of your body, on a rotating scale. CEO of Naked Labs, Farhad Farahbakshian explained how people lose motivation after 6-weeks of workout and they tend to stick along with wrong metrics....
The Net Neutrality battle The whole Net Neutrality movement in India started with Airtel planning to charge for VOIP calls since WhatsApp had introduced the calling option in its app. Airtel feared that WhatsApp might cannibalize its voice revenues. As I type this, it is ironical that whatever cannibalization WhatsApp could have done to Airtel’s voice revenues has already been done by Jio. The Net Neutrality fight that was triggered by Airtel’s proposal to charge for VOIP calls further intensified with Facebook’s internet....
Now, according to online reports, it seems that Yota Devices will partner with ZTE* for the manufacturing of the next generation YotaPhone, which is expected to be called YotaPhone 3. The Russian company said the following: ZTE also weighed in, saying this: Prior to this agreement with Chinese company ZTE, the YotaPhones were manufactured in Singapore. The upcoming YotaPhone 3 is believed to be introduced in the first quarter of 2016, which coincides with the MWC event in Barcelona, where Yota Devices has unveiled its previous editions....
Robin is launched on Kickstarter for $299 and it is an overly boxy phone with a 5.2-inch FHD display, USB Type-C and is powered by the hexa-core Snapdragon 808 SoC tagged with a 3GB of RAM. Spec-wise, Robin is at par with premium flagships like LG G4, and if marketed aptly, it might be able to steal the show and also take away some of the LG Nexus & OnePlus 2 audiences....
Three months down the line after the launch, the 5.1 Plus, being a part of the Android One program has received the Android Pie update, so we thought why not revisit it to see how it has stood the test of time and if it’s still worth your money. Design Three months isn’t long enough to change our views about the smartphone design, but there have been so many more smartphones which got launched in this period....
