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In a few words, Siri is an unique automated voice control system that was introduced by the iPhone 4S and iOS 5 and which allows the user to give various commands to the device. The most wonderful aspect of these commands is that they don’t have to follow a specific pattern, like “Siri, please tell me the weather forecast” or “Siri, pass me the beer”, you can speak with the device as with a regular person, as long as you maintain a casual accent....

Swipe ELITE Max comes equipped with a 5.5-inch FHD display and is powered by Snapdragon 430 Octa-Core processor paired with 4GB of RAM. On the memory front, the device offers 32GB of storage along with a microSD card that can accommodate another 32GB. Swipe claims that the Elite Max has been optimized for running graphic heavy games without evident lag. The Swipe Elite runs on Android Marshmallow 6.0 and is backed by a 3000mAh battery....

In the Android and iOS world of alarms, diversification can be found at each corner. We’ve browsed both markets and found that around 10 names have enough to be deemed worthy. So, today, we are about to talk about the best alarm applications of the moment. The Best Alarm Clocks in the Wild Waking up can be pretty tough. Those that have troubles sleeping usually fool themselves by turning alarms off and getting back in the bad....

I remember missing my stop when traveling back home by train in Chennai because I used to fall asleep. The last station was the place I would get up. Annoyingly, that used to happen at least twice a month. If you are in a similar scenario, I am going to share about Location Based Alarm Apps, which will wake you just when you are about to reach your destination....

ACROSS DOWN 2 Welcome to the top five of the Indian smartphone market, oh Honorable brand. (6) 3 Game on, Nubia! (3,5) 4 A new Xiaomi pet brings a touch of Jaws to the mobile gaming scene. (5,5) 6 The Six is a “notch above” the 5T, it is confirmed. (3,4) 8 Chaaaaaarge…with or without wires, thanks to Toreto. (4,3) 10 Looking for a job in India? Just ask the friendly search giant....

So goes one of the most iconic and quoted lines in Hollywood history – Marlon Brando in his role as a thug who collects money for a gang lord confronting his brother Charlie (played by Rod Steiger) as to why he did not let him do what he was capable of, which was incidentally, being a boxing champion. And well, call us sentimental fools if you wish, but we had a similar sensation when Samsung launched its M series of devices yesterday, and particularly the M20, the better specced of the two devices (read our review here)....

Until now, such kind of software prowess was almost unattainable for nearly every phone maker as they lack the sort of training data Google’s services benefit from. But not anymore. In a surprising move, Google has announced that it’s making the technology behind the Pixel 2’s Portrait Mode feature open source. This essentially means anyone can build applications by implementing the underlying framework Google has employed on its phones. The model — called DeepLab-v3+ — is now included in Google’s open-source computational library, TensorFlow....

Nothing digital about it, looks wise! Unlike many smartwatches or smart bands that come with a digital screen, Timex has decided to go old school and has chosen an analog front for the watch. Unlike the Metropolitan+ which did have two crowns and two dials within the main one, the IQ+ looks an out and out watch. It comes with a 41 mm round dial that has a main dial which tells the time, while there is a smaller dial inside which says “activity....

emails contacts web pages documents presentations photos I wish I could say the process of finding the best Android Printing Apps was difficult, but that would mean I’d have to lie. There are just a handful of good Android printing apps that are worthy of mentioning. These are the ones that really get the job done: Top 5 Android Printing Apps 5. PrinterShare Mobile Printer PrinterShare may not be the easiest Android printing app to set up, it requires special drivers installed on your computer, but after you finish fiddling with those, you are set up and can print to a vast majority of Wi-Fi printers from different manufacturers....

If you want to train your dog, or just to properly take care of him, there are gadgets to help with that as well. In the list below you will find a good diversity of dog training gadgets. We’ve tried to compile a collection of gadgets to help you first of all train your dog, but also have fun with him. Best Dog Training Gadgets No Bark Dog Collar The No Bark Dog Collar by Dogtra is one of the best anti-barking collar training gadgets to get for your dog....

Related Read: How to Buy a Printer [Guide] Because the prices for 3D printers have dropped, they can now be found even in some homes, not only in university science labs. They have bigger resolutions, so they can “print” more complicated designs with much more fidelity, putting them, for the first time in the shopping list of average consumers. Of course, they are still complicated pieces of equipment, and also bigger and slower than most inkjet printers, but on the other hand, they’re about the size of a big, laser printer....

Tor Project has released the beta version of its Tor Messenger, which, as you’d expect, is a chat client which brings anonymous, “off-the-record” chats based on Tor’s secure browsing system. The new Tor Messenger is actually based on Instantbird, an instant messaging client developed in the Mozilla community. The technology used to develop the app is built on Instantbird but all the traffic is being routed through Tor. The chat client works cross-platform and it supports a wide variety of transport networks, including Jabber (XMPP), IRC, Google Talk, Facebook Chat, Twitter, Yahoo, and others....

Phones these days are used to store a large amount of data such as contacts, messages and email accounts; a large amount of personal data is stored in one’s phone and hence, once stolen or lost, it can be a real big problem. In case of an Android smartphones, there are large number of apps in the Android Market which you can use not only to discover the location of your lost Android smartphone, but to remotely access it and erase private data....

Ultimate List of Funny Bathroom Signs This is just one-off non-geeky post, but I hope you enjoyed the collection. All copyright with the respective owners.

If you are looking for that little extra that makes your iPhone unique or that, enhances its features, protects it from scratches or the elements, or just shows off your techie-leading status, then read further. List of ‘Must Have’ iPhone accessories iSkin Cerulean F1 Stereo Bluetooth Headset Nothing feels better than having the freedom to do the things we love without being tied down by wires. The CERULEAN F1 gives you the freedom of wireless sound from your iPod, mobile phone or computer....

Good rear camera, sensational selfie snapper The camera app is simple and a little iOS-ish, but with many more options. Quick to launch, swiping right will take you to the videos, and swiping left would take you to the beauty mode and panorama. There is an option to bring up the filters galore as well. Up on top are the HDR options, portrait mode, Live Picture and other modes and finally the settings....

The mother of all cricketing events is here – ICC World cup 2011. The 43 day extravaganza begins on Feb 19th and ends on April 2nd with the finals at Wankhede, Mumbai. 14 countries will be taking part in this edition of Cricket world cup. ESPN, Star Sports and Star Cricket have bagged the exclusive rights to broadcast the world cup 2011 matches. But one might not have access to the television all the time....

Smartphones have traditionally sported SoCs, which stands for System-on-Chip, at their hearts consisting of all the basic hardware required for the phone to run including the processor, GPU, RAM, storage etc. The reason SoCs were adopted is that they take up much lesser space which is a basic necessity in a smartphone due to size constraints. However, as smartphones keep getting more and more powerful, the need to include more components such as larger batteries, multiple cameras, and cameras with large sensor sizes is increasing, but the overall form-factor of a smartphone needs to be maintained at a manageable size....

A common problem among these that may surface quite frequently is the inability to download media (images, videos, documents, audio files, etc.). Often represented with messages like “Download failed” or “Download was unable to complete” in the WhatsApp app, the problem prompts you to either retry downloading media or ask the sender to resend it. But thankfully, there’s a solution to this problem. And in this guide, we’ll walk you through the steps for the same to help you fix the “WhatsApp media not downloading” issue on your Android or iOS device....

The updated terms and policies mention their services are now owned by Facebook and documents their recent additions including end-to-end encryption, voice-calling and more. Although the main focus here is the part where they talk about businesses. WhatsApp will be, from now on, sharing personal details like individuals’ phone numbers with Facebook for refining social maps and friends’ suggestions. Additionally, this data will be utilized to improve ads that you see and through regular metrics analysis, fight spam on WhatsApp....