1MORE iBFree Sport Bluetooth Earphones Review

We quite liked the original 1MORE iBFree when we reviewed it last year but found it to be a bit lacking in terms of sound quality. The 1MORE iBFree Sport aims to correct that while offering improved physical hardware and better still, an IPX6 rating. We've been testing out the 1MORE iBFree Sport Bluetooth Earphone over the last few days and here's what we think.  Design The 1MORE iBFree Sport looks almost identical to the original iBFree. When we'd reviewed the iBFree, we'd found the design to be visually appealing and more importantly geared towards active usage. Physically not much has changed. The driver unit is cylindrical and is available in both black and red colors. The ear tips are angled inwards for a better fit. However, it is the wingtips that really help keep the iBFree locked in your ears. We ran miles on end and never had to worry about these falling out. The lightweight aluminum construction that clocks in at just 14 grams aids comfort levels. Like the original iBFree, the iBFree Sport is an exceptionally comfortable earphone to wear. A hard plastic cable guide runs down from each earphone and helps relieve stress. Closer to the right-hand earpiece, you'll find the control module ...

Google Account Settings updated with more transparency, easy navigation and more

Google today has  announced improvements to the Google Account experience. These new improvements include features like easy navigation to your account, more prominent security and privacy options, and detailed summaries of your personal info, your devices, payment methods, purchases, subscriptions, reservations, and contacts. Google has also announced new features to your Google Account to make it even easier to review and control this data. The new search functionality enables you to find settings and other info like how to change the password. Since privacy is a major concern for many users, Google is making the privacy options easy to review with its new intuitive, user-tested design. With these changes, you can now easily find your Activity controls in the Data & Personalization tab and choose what types of activity data are saved in your account. You can also find the recently updated Privacy Checkup that helps you review your privacy settings. These new account experiences will alert you of any prominent notices if it detects anything that can be improved. The new experience is available today for all Android users and will launch on iOS and web later this year. Source

Meizu M6 with 5.2-inch display, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched in India for Rs. 7699

Meizu has silently launched M6, its latest budget smartphone and the successor of last year’s M5 in India. It packs a 5.2-inch HD 2.5D curved glass screen, is powered by a 1.5 GHz Octa-Core 64-bit MediaTek MT6750 processor and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat)-based FlymeOS 6 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with 4-color RGBW flash and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. It has a polycarbonate body with a metal frame and metallic lines, features a mTouch fingerprint sensor embedded into the home button that can unlock the phone in 0.2 seconds, comes with 4G VoLTE support and packs a 3070mAh battery. Meizu M6 specifications 5.2-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD 2.5D curved glass display, 1000: 1 contrast ratio, 450 nits brightness Octa-Core MediaTek MT6750 (4 x 1.5GHz A53 + 4 x 1.0GHz A53) processor with Mali T860 GPU 2GB RAM, 16GB storage, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD Android 7.0 (Nougat) with Flyme OS 6.0 13MP rear camera with 4-color RGBW flash, PDAF, f/2.2 aperture 8MP front-facing camera, f/2.0 aperture Hybrid Dual SIM (nano+nano/microSD) Dimensions: 148.2 x 72.8 x 8.3mm; Weight: 143g 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4GHz/5GHz), Bluetooth 4.1 LE, GPS / GLONASS 3070mAh battery The Meizu M6 comes only in Black color in 2GB RAM with 16GB ...

Google Chrome can now save content offline on WiFi

Google today is releasing a new feature to Chrome that offers another way to use Chrome on Android for users in India along with more than 100 countries including Nigeria, Indonesia, and Brazil. The new feature allows users to surf the web with Chrome even without a constant internet connection. Chrome will now automatically download relevant articles, based on what content is most popular in your location and if you’re signed into Chrome, you’ll also get articles that are relevant to you, based on your browsing history. This downloaded content is then available whenever you want to access it, even if you don’t have a connection. This new feature is already rolling out to users in India and can be used once you have updated the Google Chrome app. This feature is really handy instead of waiting around for a proper internet connection to read the content, users can offload it and read it later. Source

Garmin Forerunner 645 Music GPS running watch launched in India for Rs. 39990

Garmin has launched Forerunner 645 Music in India. It was introduced as it's first smartwatch that lets you store music for offline listening earlier this year at the CES. It can store up to 500 songs so that you can connect a Bluetooth headset and play them when you are working out, without the need of a smartphone. It has 24/7 heart rate monitoring2, advanced running dynamics, performance monitoring tools, connected features and more. It has a metal bezel, chemically strengthened glass and interchangeable bands. Training status automatically evaluates previous exercise and fitness levels to let athletes know if they are training productively, peaking or overreaching. Highlights of Garmin Forerunner 645 Music 1.2-inch (240 x 240 pixels) sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) always-on Garmin Chroma Display with chemically strengthened glass Bluetooth Smart and ANT+, Compatible with Android and iPhone Store up to 500 songs to your watch, and connect with Bluetooth headphones (sold separately) for phone-free listening Syncs music from select streaming services for offline listening Provides advanced running dynamics, including ground contact time balance, stride length, vertical ratio and more Uses wrist-based heart rate to offer performance monitoring features, including evaluating your current training status 5 ATM water resistant Battery life: up to 7 days in smartwatch mode; 5 ...

Google Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL available from Airtel Online Store starting at Rs. 10599 with 18-month plan with 50GB data per month, unlimited calls

Bharti Airtel today announced that Google Pixel range of smartphones is now available on the Airtel Online Store with down payments starting at just Rs 10,599. On the Airtel Online store, users need not pay the full price of the smartphones upfront, instead, they can break it down.  Airtel Online Store offers instant financing with convenient EMIs that come with a built-in postpaid plan, which includes data, unlimited calling, and bundled content. For the Google Pixel 2, users can just need to make a downpayment of Rs 10,599 for the 64GB storage and Rs 12,599 for the 128GB and pay the rest in 18 months with an easy EMI of Rs. 2,799. This also includes 50 GB data/month with rollover, unlimited Calls – Local + STD, free National Roaming, 1 year Amazon Prime Subscription, free Airtel TV, free Airtel Secure device protection package. As for the Google Pixel 2 XL, you will have to make a downpayment of Rs. 15,999 for the 64GB and Rs. 22,599 for the 128GB and pay the rest in 18 months with an easy EMI of Rs. 2,799. This also includes 50 GB data/month with rollover, unlimited Calls – Local + STD, free National Roaming, 1 year Amazon Prime Subscription, free Airtel TV, free Airtel ...

Xiaomi Mi Pocket Speaker 2 launched in India for Rs. 1499

Xiaomi has launched Mi Pocket Speaker 2, the company's latest portable speaker in India on the World Music Day. The 5W speaker created in partnership with Germany's popular brand Tymphany has a minimal design made of aluminium with an anodized oxide coating and PC + ABS for durability, fabric net design for clear sound with perfect bass and treble, features an LED indicator, uses Bluetooth 4.1 and promise up to 7 hours of continuous music playback. The speaker was introduced back in 2016 as Mi Round Bluetooth speaker 2 and Won iF Product Design Award 2016. Xiaomi Mi Pocket Speaker 2 (LYYX01ZM) specifications Top mounted control button to power on/off, Bluetooth pairing and volume and playback controls via rotating the aluminium ring Bluetooth 4.1 for connecting to devices Built-in microphone for hands-free calling Maximum output power : 5W; Speaker Impedance : 4 ohms Dimensions : 60.0 x 60.0 x 93.3mm 1200mAh battery offers about 7 hours of continuous music playback USB Power input : 5V. 1A The Xiaomi Mi Pocket Speaker 2 comes in Black and White colors and is available from Mi.com for Rs. 1,499.

Google’s Flutter SDK finally moves out of Beta, Release Preview 1 out

Flutter is Google's mobile UI framework that aims at helping developers to make high-quality apps that work on both Android and iOS as easily and seamlessly as possible. Post the Google's I/O 2018 presentation back in May it has seen a 50% increase in active Flutter users.  The Google's Flutter SDK preview one is available right away, and the shift from beta to release preview signals our confidence in the stability and quality of the company's focus on bug fixing and stabilization. It also announced that Alibaba has now deployed their Flutter-based app to millions of devices, and Tencent is currently rolling out their NOW app with Flutter. The Release Preview 1 includes Flutter support for hardware keyboard and barcode scanners, video recording, and including a folder of image or font assets. Also, it will also include many new packages that are contributed to package sites, such as Flutter Platform Widgets, a set of widgets that automatically adapt for iOS or Android. It also further extended the Firebase support to include Firebase Dynamic Links, an app solution for creating and handling links across multiple platforms. It is also broadening the support to include 32-bit iOS devices with ARMv7 chips, enabling apps written with Flutter to run on older devices. It says that it is working on improving the ...

Samsung introduces highest capacity 8TB NVMe next-generation compact NF1 SSD

Samsung has introduced highest capacity 8TB NVMe solid state drive (SSD) based on the incredibly small next-generation Small Form Factor (NGSFF) / NF1 SSD. This optimized for data-intensive analytics and virtualization applications used in next-generation data centers and enterprise server systems. Next-generation Small Form Factor (NGSFF) SSD standard, which succeeds the M.2 standard is expected to be standardized by JEDEC in October. Highlights of 8TB NVMe NF1 SSD Built with 16 of Samsung’s 512-gigabyte (GB) NAND packages, each stacked in 16 layers of 256 gigabit (Gb) 3-bit V-NAND chips, achieving an 8TB density in an ultra-small footprint of 11cm x 3.05cm. This is twice the capacity offered by the M.2 NVMe SSD (11cm x 2.2cm) commonly used in hyper-scale server designs and ultra-slim laptops. The NF1 SSD is expected to quickly and easily replace conventional 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs by enabling up to three times the system density in existing server infrastructure, allowing for an unprecedented 576TB of storage space in the latest 2U rack servers. The NF1 SSD features a brand new, high-performance controller that supports the NVMe 1.3 protocol and PCIe 4.0 interface, delivering sequential read speeds of 3,100 megabytes per second (MB/s) and write speeds of 2,000MB/s, five times and three times that of ...

Microsoft acquires Berkeley-based AI startup Bonsai to fuel AI efforts

Microsoft today has announced that it is acquiring AI startup Bonsai with an aim to fuel its AI efforts. Bonsai has developed a novel approach using machine teaching that abstracts the low-level mechanics of machine learning, so that subject matter experts, regardless of AI aptitude, can specify and train autonomous systems to accomplish tasks and the actual training takes place inside a simulated environment. Bonsai says that going forward, it sees a massive opportunity to empower enterprises & developers globally with the tools and technology needed to build and operate the BRAINs that power these intelligent autonomous systems. This acquisition will also accelerate the efforts furthermore. It will combine Bonsai’s unique deep reinforcement learning and machine teaching platform with Microsoft’s Azure Platform and tools, extensive deep learning research, and recent AirSim simulation innovations. Microsoft says that the Bonsai has achieved some remarkable breakthroughs with their approach that will have a profound impact on AI development. It also reminded that Bonsai has also established a new reinforcement learning benchmark for programming industrial control systems. Gurdeep Pall, Corporate Vice President, Business AI, Microsoft said: We’re really confident this unique marriage of research, novel approach and technology will have a tremendous effect toward removing barriers and accelerating the current state of AI ...