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Edge-to-Edge Display The most apparent difference between these two lineups is, of course, the presence of an edge-to-edge panel on the iPhone X. With a pixel density of 458ppi, it’s also significantly sharper than the one you’ll find on the iPhone 8. In addition to that, the iPhone X’s screen is 0.3-inch larger than the iPhone 8 Plus and comes with an OLED panel instead of LCD. No Home Button To attain that sort of bezel-less design, Apple had to let go of the legacy home button that has lived on iPhones for years....

Apple’s idea behind the acquisition was to bring a significantly improved classical music experience to Apple Music in the form of a new app: one that combines Primephonic’s catalog of classical music with better browsing, advanced search capabilities, and many other useful features. Although Apple had initially planned to launch the classical-focused app by the end of 2022, it missed the target. However, that long delay ends now, as the app is finally official....

And while this is indeed a nice technology to have, somehow Apple has managed to ruin it in the new iMacs with 1 TB Fusion Drive. According to the guys over at 9to5Mac, it seems that Apple has slimmed the 1 TB Fusion Drive down to a measly 24 GB of flash storage. Previously, Apple has included 128 GB of flash storage, which was enough to store a lot of large apps and frequently used files....

I am not too sure anyone saw this happening. Ever since the iPhone came into our lives, its competitors and critics have being very vocal in their criticism of Apple’s “Walled Garden” approach, which made it “difficult” for developers to place their apps on the App Store, and also restricted access to the iOS ecosystem itself – to this day, something as basic as a file transfer over Bluetooth without a third-party app is still impossible on iOS devices (AirDrop requires both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi)....

Alternatively, you can buy a GaN charger, which is becoming increasingly popular today. A GaN charger uses gallium nitride instead of silicon in its construction. And because of GaN’s electrical properties—for instance, its wider band gap than Si—it offers faster charging speeds while staying cooler and more energy efficient than traditional Si-based chargers. Here are our top picks for the best GaN chargers you can buy in 2022 if you’re in the market for one....

This opens up the opportunity for third party developers who can now create a multitude of add-ons which will add all the missing features of Google Drive and then some. Nevertheless, like with any other app store, there will some examples of Google Drive add-ons which won’t be as useful or won’t work as intended. But for now, let’s focus on the ones that do, and here are our picks for the best Google Drive add-ons....

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....

Chrome Browser: How it all Started We can say for sure that the Chrome Browser is still very young and has all “its life” ahead to crush its competitors. Firefox, for example, was launched in 2003 and Internet Explorer has been the default Windows browser since 1995, and since then, it still holds the first place in the web browsers share worldwide. But who knows more about the web than Google itself?...

CrossOver is merely a reformed and less powerful extension of Wine that allows users to run Windows programs on Chromebooks and x86 Android devices, basically, handhelds functioning on an Intel processor. Therefore, you can’t use it on the Nexus 9 or Pixel C. After three years of development and reboots, the application is finally in early beta and is taking registrations for access. However, there are a couple of caveats and limitations to it mostly because Android doesn’t really support freeform windows yet....

Although users can wait until April 12th for the official Facebook Home to arrive on that limited list of devices, Paul O’Brien from MoDaCo got his hands on a leaked version, which can be installed right now. Even though there are several risks, mostly because the application is just in a testing phase at the moment, we do know that any Android terminal with less than 1280×768 pixels on its screen is compatible with the mood....

EasyEmail Vs Google Smart Reply Google has also launched a similar feature called “Smart Reply.” You can check out our review here. That said, Smart Reply is currently available only for Android and iOS, while EasyEmail can be had across different platforms, including Windows and macOS. After testing out the EasyEmail for a while, it felt like a superlative option as opposed to the Smart Reply. The best part of it all is that EasyEmail learns your writing habits pretty fast, and thus, the reply ends up looking natural....

With fifth-generation (5G) expected to come around the year 2020, it is believed to significantly improve data rates, increase connection density, reduce latency, and provide gigabit internet speeds. Though it is still in development and will not be available for use anytime soon, companies like Nokia, Qualcomm, Ericcson, Samsung, and Intel are spending huge chunks of money on researching and developing 5G. As of now, at a certain level, these researches and development have paid off, with Nokia planning to launch its platform “5G first” aimed at providing end-to-end 5G service, Intel claiming to deliver 5G powered laptops in the year 2019, and Qualcomm planning to deliver its 5G enabled Snapdragon X50 devices in 2019 as well....

To put it in plain English, the vast majority of games that currently are on Facebook are asynchronous and do not require the players to be both online in the same time. And, in many situations, you don’t even need other players, you just need their help. A synchronous, multiplayer gameplay would be something similar to what we experience on our PCs or gaming consoles. A chess, soccer or Mortal Kombat game – this means both players have to be there, in the same time....

This is what Facebook Messenger lead David Marcus had to say about the new assistant “Today we’re beginning to test a new service called M. M is a personal digital assistant inside of Messenger that completes tasks and finds information on your behalf. It’s powered by artificial intelligence that’s trained and supervised by people.” He further added that unlike other AI services the M can actually complete entire tasks on your behalf and the list of tasks includes purchasing items, get gifts delivered to your loved ones, book restaurants, travel arrangements appointments and many more things....

While we don’t encourage self medicating, and we strongly suggest that you see a specialist if you are dealing with these conditions, we can recommend some “technically-inclined” ways of dealing with these problems. Of course, we are talking about some mobile apps that people suffering from depression or anxiety can try out. Try out these apps if you are dealing with depression Image Credit: www.npr.org While apps can’t substitute a trained specialist, they can help those in need to monitor their condition, seek information or for calming purposes in high-stress scenarios....

Motorola has released two variations of the X – Style and Play. The former is the spec and performance barnstormer (quad HD display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor, 3 GB RAM, 21.0-megapixel camera, et al!) and the latter is supposed to fit somewhere between the Moto G (3rd Generation) and the Style. The Style has not yet been released in the Indian market but the Play has arrived and well, it is interesting to say the least, specially at the starting price of Rs 18,499....

The Nokia Media Streamer likely runs on Android TV 9, Google’s offering for smart televisions and media streaming devices. It offers a Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080) along with support for Dolby Vision. The device provides built-in Chromecast support to allow users to cast their device’s screen on the television. At its core, there is an unnamed quad-core SoC powering the box, with likely a Mali 450 GPU. Assisting the processor is 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage....

Bumptop 3D Desktop Organizer – Features Of course, you must be having enough RAM to spare for this beauty, and if you have that much memory then you can drag, pile and toss just like in Microsoft Surface. The best thing about BumpTop is that it works with touch-screen enabled computers running Windows 7 allowing you to use touch-gestures to perform these functions. It is developed by Anand Agarawala and it took him 2 years of beta testing before releasing the software to the public at TED 2009....

The latest offering by Garmin for those seeking a sophisticated fitness tracker in India is the Garmin Forerunner 645 Music smartwatch. The Swiss-based company first showcased the smartwatch at CES 2018 in January this year, with its major highlight being the ability to store music onto the internal storage of the watch. Garmin recently launched a couple of other smartwatches with music functionality such as the Vivoactive 3 Music and the Fenix 5 Plus....

Clearly, Gionee is trying to break quite a few misconceptions that exist in the consumers’ minds about Chinese brands, and that isn’t going to be a stroll in the park. It also requires guts to launch a new mobile phone brand in this unforgiving and crowded market, and no one can hope to succeed without a long-term strategy in place. Therefore, it’s with mixed thoughts that we picked up the Gionee Elife E5 – not the outfit’s first offering in the Indian market, but it’s latest, and also the very first to pass through our review gauntlet....