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It’s Twitter Lite. Yes, the progressive web app Twitter launched a few months ago. A couple of days back, I accidentally ended up on the website and found myself quite satisfied with its feature set. Twitter must have made some significant changes recently as when I tried it after its original launch; the app lacked a sense of responsiveness I expect from a social networking platform. Nevertheless, as an experiment, I added Twitter Lite to my homescreen, enabled notifications for it and disabled the native Twitter app....

I remember being a little kid and watching soccer games together with my father, brother and even cousins. It was like a holiday and we were sharing together the thrill and emotions of scoring a goal. But things definitely go bad when watching TV goes out of hand and it transform you into a vegetable. The Internet Steals Viewers From Television? A Nielson study back in 2009 revealed that the average American watches 4 hours and 49 minutes of television each day....

The HelloEar Arc earphones come with a unique design that’s built to provide comfort during long hours of usage. Xiaomi claims that these earphones are a result of four tedious years of research by its developer, HelloEar. The startup studied hundreds of thousands of ear molds to develop the Arc earphones. For doing so, the company had partnered with Tsinghua University and succeeded in developing the world’s first human ear database....

Let’s start off with the build and design. If you’ve been following Xiaomi for a few years now, you’re most probably familiar with their typical design language. Metal chassis, plastic antenna strips to the top and bottom, the usual ports and buttons where you would ideally find them along with an IR blaster of course, and a dual SIM + SD card tray. There’s a rear mounted fingerprint scanner which is fast and accurate and I’m pretty sure you’ll resort to using this most of the time as face unlock is nowhere close to being perfect....

The most important product is the new Mi WiFi Router, which is described as a coporate-class router with built-in storage. The router comes with a PCB dual-antenna array supporting 802.11ac WiFi and a 1TB hard disk which is stacked on top. You can use that to store whatever you like and business users can also use it for surveillance videos, as well. Xiaomi’s router is alsot he first to feature a Broadcom 4709C dual-core 1....

Speed 8 comes equipped with a 5.5-inch FHD display and the deca core we are talking about is the Helio X20, which MediaTek touts as the most powerful SoC to be ever manufactured by the company. The Speed 8 features 4GB of RAM and 32GB of Internal Storage space along with a microSD card slot. The device is backed up by a 3,600mAh battery that is expected to help you sail through an entire day of usage and the fast charging support will be an extra advantage....

To be fair, the phone does look rather premium – it looks a lot more classy than the Pixel 2XL. The front has an AMOLED 6-inch display with 18:9 aspect ratio, with a tiny notch in the middle for good measure, housing a 24.0-megapixel camera, and some sensors too. The bezels on the side are narrow, but the one below the display is a bit on the larger side, mainly because Huawei has squeezed in a fingerprint sensor below that display....

In design terms, the P30 Pro sticks broadly to the design of its predecessor – there is no collection of cameras in a square outline a la the Mate 20 Pro but the same vertical capsule like set-up we saw on the P20 Pro (it juts out a bit as well) but adds some Mate 20 Pro magic in terms of gradient finish to its back. We got a unit with the Aurora finish and well, while it is definitely on the taller side at 158 mm, it is impressively slim at 8....

Looks like a chip off a familiar block! The Nokia 3.2 measures 159.4 x 76.2 x 8.6 mm and weighs 181 grams. It is pretty tall and heavy for its size. There is a basic design blueprint floating in the smartphone world and the Nokia 3.2 is an adaptation of the same. It comes with a tall 6.26-inch display that is bundled with a drop notch to house the secondary camera....

HTC HD2 is probably the most discussed Windows mobile smartphone of all time. Although it has the best hardware ever seen in a Windows mobile device, it failed to grab the deserved attention due to its age old operating system. Thanks to the developers at the XDA forums, now you can install several customized Android ROMs in HTC HD2. I have personally tested an HTC Desire ROM on my HD2, and I went through all instructions listed in the forum for the correct implementation....

It is not easy to get quality software to rip DVDs into iPhone formats for free. Luckily, iSkysoft has a promotional offer for their popular iSkysoft DVD to iPhone Converter utility where in you can get the tool for absolutely free of cost. iSkysoft DVD to iPhone Converter normally costs $29 for a license, but for a limited time, you can get it for free! iSkysoft DVD to iPhone converter software to rip and convert DVD to iPhone 4 MP4, M4V files and extract music from DVD to AAC, MP3 files with great quality and high converting speed!...

Slices of special lives Apple has released four ads in the campaign so far, all titled, “Behind the Mac”. Three out of the four ads have a similar storyline and show how Mac notebooks (we use the term “MacBook” and “Mac” here to cover all Mac notebooks in the ad– it is simpler that way) help them in their daily lives, whereas the other ad is a combination of several different slices from the entire campaign (clearly there will be other ads in this line – these are just the first three)....

But just like the bristles of a toothbrush, there are endless options on the market, and finding the right one is not so easy. That’s where this guide should help you with our selection of the best electric toothbrushes. We have sorted them by ascending price so you can understand all the features you get for the extra cost. Before you continue, we recommend you read our detailed comparison of electric vs....

This week we’ve two applications that will let you analyze and protect your network, a tool that will safeguard you from keylogging malware, extensions to enhance the features of Firefox and Chrome, and more. Desktop Software Sophos Essential Network Firewall (Type: Free, OS: Windows – all versions) Popular Security firm Sophos has released Sophos Essential Network Firewall. The suite is to be used to put an extra layer of security – offering you a choice whether you want to tweak the default network settings or use a virtual layer on your router/modem....

Google launched the Chrome web store early this month. As we expected, there has been a huge surge in the number of apps being submitted to the web store and it becomes really tough to know which of them are really worth trying, since many of the apps are nothing but the bookmarks to the homepage of the service. I have no clue why Google is allowing such low quality bookmarks as apps in the web store....

It wasn’t easy to find all these personal care gadgets and it was even harder to decide which to highlight and talk about more. That’s why, if you’re really interested in discovering what are some really useful gadgets to assist in your daily personal care routine, do check out also the products at the end that we will only mention, as they also have some features that you will definitely find appealing....

Despite all the fanfare, Netflix faces quite a lot of difficulties in India, some of which we’ll be detailing in this post. 1. Internet speeds & FUP Netflix’s popularity in the US has been based on ever increasing internet speeds in terms of both wireless and wired broadband. At least one third of Americans are on a cellular carrier that provides them with unlimited data plans. These carriers are Sprint and T-Mobile which provide unlimited data without any speed restriction unless users cross a 22-25GB threshold and happen to be latched on to a congested cell site....

1. Ask “Basic” Questions There is another benefit my son is getting with Alexa. He has started to speak with more patience and higher clarity. Even though Alexa supports Indian English, it’s not perfect getting things clear, and then when a kid talks to an AI, it’s a different ball game altogether. I had to train him to speak clearly, to get his questions answered. Win-win! 2. Go Shopping Also, Echo devices support multiple users globally....

The effect was noticeable when Sundar’s Quora account linked with his Twitter starting auto posting Quora Tweets that said: “Hey, its’OurMine, we are just testing your security, please visit OurMine to upgrade it.” Needless to say, the Tweets were deleted but TNW had already grabbed a screenshot of the same. It’s still not clear how the group was able to gain access to Pichai’s account but the modus operandi is nothing new for OurMine which has also targeted Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter and Pinterest accounts....

People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that the government is now not allowed to purchase ten Apple products including different variants of iPads and MacBook laptop. Several devices have been omitted from a government procurement list distributed by China’s National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Finance. Apple products seem to be the newest to be added to China’s blacklist. The government recently excluded foreign anti-virus products including Kaspersky Lab and Symantec Corp from its software procurement list last week....