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The Xperia X is pitched as the flagship smartphone, at least here in India. But globally, it sits in between the real flagship – Xperia X Performance and the mid-ranger, Xperia XA. For reasons best known to Sony, the Japanese company thinks that Xperia X has enough to be a flagship and take on the likes of Samsung Galaxy S7, the LG G5 and the HTC 10, and the Indian market isn’t ready yet for the Xperia X Performance, which comes with the same camera module, but much better hardware overall....

More freebies == More fun!! Camtasia Studio 3 is a brilliant screen capturing and video editing tool which is worth $200+, but now you can get it for FREE! As usual 4 Free was first to catch hold of this promotion but then the promotional offer page expired within a short time and I did not bother to post about it. But then, our beloved reader Abraham tipped with an alternative offer page which is still working....

Xiaomi has been ticking off those boxes over the past few months as it consolidates its position as the numero uno in the Indian smartphone market. To someone relatively disconnected from the smartphone market, this would seem business as usual. After all, these are the very steps that most companies follow to push their products and services in the Indian market. Fair enough. But then these are also the very steps that Xiaomi had been steering clear of – and insisting that it would not follow them – in its early days in the Indian market....

A quick Googling shows several threads on different forums, including Gmail help forum, where several users have complained about the same. Most of these users complain about Gmail’s non-stop loading and non-display of messages even after signing in. One such complaint goes like this As you can expect with any Google forum, there haven’t been much help from Google, but in one of the threads, a Google employee has suggested this solution- There are no clear indications available for the cause and pattern of the issue, like when using a particular browser or while using a particular OS etc....

Yes, the Google Arts & Culture app will match your portrait against the ones from more than 1,000 different museums and show you the match. The app is currently available for both iOS and Android. The Google Arts & Culture app has been around for quite some time but it has only recently picked up the portrait comparison feature. The first time you open the app, it pushes a popup that says “Is your portrait in a museum?...

The Cloud Search is tailor made for enterprises and apart from acting as a tool to search it also doubles up as a directory to search for colleagues information. Furthermore, users will also be able to check the files and events they have in common. Needless to say, the tool will allow users to fire up a conversation with the colleague in either email, call or a Hangout. Since it is an Enterprise product the Google Cloud Search will offer a lot of privacy settings and will honor the file sharing permissions....

The call UI now has a much modern touch to it. It is also worth noting that dialer has changed very less after Android 4.4 KitKat. The new dialler app displays the details spread across a blue translucent layer over the lock screen and the caller ID is accompanied by the caller avatar at the top. It is evident that Pixel is doting a new UI style that requires users to swipe up in order to perform certain operations like accessing the app drawer....

Also, the Soli radar chip is still unlikely to work in India. That apart, these are about as good as any flagship gets in most departments (Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processors, displays with high refresh rates), and sheer bosses in the camera ones (hey, these are Pixels, remember!). And of course, they are assured of updates to new versions of Android for at least two years. Sadly, the batteries are a big letdown on both Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL....

Google Heads-Up Glasses to give you Terminator like powers The Google HUD glasses will look like any normal glass which you see people wearing on the streets on a normal day, but they will be incorporating a special technology inside the lens. We’re talking about a heads up display (HUD) which will be placed in front of the eye in order to provide suitable information about the location the user is in....

If that sounds a little far-fetched, let’s check out the chronology, shall we? Prior to the second coming of Poco, social networks were buzzing with furious exchanges between Xiaomi/ Redmi and Realme, with each side trying to score brownie points over the other and often accusing the other of being less than truthful. It was frenetic and feisty, with some fairly senior executives from both sides weighing in for good measure....

Honor 10X Lite: Design and Display In terms of design, the Honor 10X Lite appears to have a gradient-finish design on the rear. There is a rectangular camera module on the back to incorporate the quad cameras. Towards the front, the device features a 6.67-inch IPS LCD display with an FHD+ resolution. The display also has a hole-punch cutout to house the front-facing camera. Honor 10X Lite comes in three colors: Icelandic Frost, Emerald Green, and Midnight Black....

Honor 30 Design and Display The Honor 30 features a 6.53-inch OLED display with FHD+ resolution and a 60Hz refresh rate. It has a small punch-hole cutout on the top-left, as can be seen on most smartphones these days, for housing the front-facing camera. The phone comes in four color options: Neon Purple, Black, Green, and Silver. Performance At its core, the vanilla Honor 30 comes with an octa-core Kirin 985 chipset with Mali-G76 GPU, running under the hood, coupled with 6/8GB of RAM and 128/256GB of internal storage....

The Honor 8C features a 6.26-inch HD display on the front which has an aspect ratio of 19:9. It runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 632 octa-core chipset with 4GB of RAM, up to 64GB of onboard storage which is expandable, and a 4000mAh battery that does not support quick charging. There are two cameras on the rear — a primary 13-megapixel sensor with an aperture of f/1.8 and an another 2-megapixel f/2....

Honor MagicWatch 2: Design and Display The MagicWatch 2 comes in two variants: 42mm and 46mm, with the 42mm variant featuring a 1.2-inch AMOLED display with 390×390 pixels screen resolution and 800 nits brightness, and the 46mm having a slightly bigger 1.39-inch AMOLED display with 454×454 pixels screen resolution and 800 nits brightness. The 46mm variant also comes up as a slightly bulkier model with a marginally thicker design and weight....

Since the huge display is the highlight of Note 10, let’s begin with that. As stated, the front of the device houses a 6.95-inch display with a Full HD+ resolution and an aspect ratio of 18:9. The display itself is an AMOLED panel and also comes with support for HDR 10, which according to Honor, improves video watching experience by up to 20%. Speaking about media consumption, the Honor Note 10 also features dual stereo speakers with Dolby panoramic sound....

Fast forward to today, and things have changed radically, Forget downloading songs, people stream entire cricket matches on their smartphones without a hiccup. Buying online has become a habit for many of us – from not trusting online shopping experiences, people have gone to buying gold online. So much has changed and yet the companies that actually spurred many of these changes are slowly but surely becoming marginalized every passing day....

Usually, when a website doesn’t load, there can be numerous problems and numerous solutions to fix them. I’ll try to explain what to do and what are the steps involved in figuring out what the problem is. You can also browse through our previous tips on how to access blocked websites. The first step is to see on which end is the issue. Here, there are 3 possibilities: from your terminal from your ISP (Internet Service Provider) from the website’s own server....

How to Buy a Laptop How to Buy a Desktop PC As in the laptop buying guide, the most important aspects in purchasing a printer are: Before hurrying to the electronics department, you should first understand what are the specs and features that makes one printer better than the other. Don’t be deceived by your local advertising because in most of the cases, local merchants and business will print upfront the main feature of their product, ignoring or hiding the defects....

Many people feel that the bright light on their screens is damaging their eyes, and they are not wrong. Studies have shown that constant screen viewing can lead to eye fatigue, headaches, and difficulty concentrating. Hence, the majority of computers now include the option of choosing between light mode and dark mode, allowing users to select the setting that suits them best. Windows 10’s dark mode lets you reduce the amount of blue light emitted from your screen for a more comfortable viewing experience....

But for one reason or another, people get blocked on Facebook. It could be a misunderstanding or an argument that got out of hand. Regardless of the situation, being blocked on Facebook can be a frustrating experience. Facebook doesn’t show who blocked us in order to protect user privacy and not hurt our feelings. Fortunately, there are ways to find out if you’ve been blocked on Facebook. But before we do that, it’s important to find out if you’ve been blocked or unfriended on Facebook....