Google rolls out support for Lens in Google Images

Google has announced users can use Lens to search for information in an image like a landmark in a travel photo or wallpaper in a stylish room.  Similar to Lens in the Google Assistant and Google Photos, Lens in Google Images identify things within an image you might want to learn about and shows you similar ones. When you press the Lens button in Google Images, dots will appear on objects you can learn more about. The lens in Google Images can also make it easier to find and buy things you like online. Google Images will also show you related information and images. From there, you can learn more about it, or find places where you might be able to buy a similar couch. Lens in Google Images also helps website owners by giving them a new way to be discovered through a visual search, similar to a traditional Google Search. To start, the dots will appear on products and other objects Lens has identified, and in the coming months, the dots will appear in more types of images, such as landmarks, animals and plants. You can still draw around anything you’re interested in the inside of an image to get more ...

Facebook brings Music feature to profiles and Stories, expands Lip Sync Live to pages

Facebook has launched the ability to add Music on Facebook Stories and is expanding Lip Sync Live, and soon will be making it possible to add songs to your Profile. With this new additions, users can add a song to photos and videos they share to Facebook Stories. To add music, just take a photo or video from the Facebook Camera or chose one from your camera roll, then tap on the sticker icon and select the music sticker. Once you find the song you want to add, you can pick the perfect part to share and add the sticker with the artist and song name. Move the sticker around and add other stickers and effects to customize your story. Facebook is also rolling out Lip Sync Live to all profiles in many countries around the world. It is also opening up the feature to more artists and creators by expanding to Pages, giving them more ways to connect with their fans. After collecting feedback, Facebook is also starting to add lyrics to Lip Sync Live which are rolling out from today, and are available for songs including Dua Lipa’s “New Rules,” Khalid’s “Better,” and “Girls Like You” by Maroon 5. We’ll be adding more soon. The company even ...

Google is making it easier to review and delete your recent search activity

Google has announced that it is making it easier for users to make a decision about their data directly within the Google products they use every day, starting with Search. Without ever leaving Search, you can now review and delete your recent Search activity, get quick access to the most relevant privacy controls in your Google Account. When you use Google products, you generate data about your activity. For Search, this data includes the terms you search for, links you interact with and other information like your current location when you search. Google is now bringing the controls to you – from directly within Search, you can review or delete your Search activity and quickly get back to finding what you were searching for. The company is also providing quick access to the privacy controls in your Google Account that are most relevant as you use Search. For example, to control the ads you see when you search, Google is also giving access to Ad Settings. Additionally, you can access your Activity Controls to decide what information Google saves to your account and uses to make Search and other Google services faster, smarter and more useful. The company is launching this improvement in Google Search on desktop ...

Apple and Samsung fined $5.7 million each by Italian anti-trust watchdog over slowing down phones

Italy's anti-trust watchdog has fined Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics 5 million euros ($5.7 million) each over reports suggesting both the companies slowed down their phones through software updates. the Cupertino company was hit with an additional 5 million euro fine for failing to give clear information about how to maintain or eventually replace handset batteries. Italian consumer groups report that software updates for Apple and Samsung smartphones reduced the functionality of the devices and were designed to push users into buying new handsets. The anti-trust body said in a statement that some Apple and Samsung firmware updates “had caused serious dysfunctions and reduced performance significantly, thereby accelerating the process of replacing them”. Both the companies failed to provided users with adequate information about the impact of the new software “or any means of restoring the original functionality of the products”. Apple, however, acknowledged last year's iOS had slowed down some phones with battery problems but denied it had ever done anything to intentionally shorten the life of a product. The firm apologized for its actions and cut battery replacement costs. Samsung’s software updates for its phones have not previously been questioned. But the Italian regulator said that it took the decision based on complaints ...

PUBG Mobile 0.9.0 Halloween update starts rolling out

PUBG Corporation has started rolling out PUBG Mobile 0.9.0 just in time for Halloween, as it had promised. In addition to night mode to show your prowess in the dark, AKM Halloween Skin, Haunted Explotions Mode where spooky face appear when a grenade explodes, Spooky new outfits, the update also brings several new features. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbmw2MLegF4 It adds new weapons including QBU DMR which uses 5.56mm rounds and can be found in Sanhok. Rony pickup truck in Sanhok, new Night Vision Goggles, New shop system that lets your friends bargain for you and more. The update has already started rolling out for Android and iOS from today in batches, and should be available for everyone soon. Check out some of the changelog below, and the complete changelog here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDlwEUiQ2EE Added night mode in Erangel. The map will alternate between day and night randomly. Halloween: Interact with other players on Spawn Island by picking up Pumpkins and Candies. Added a Candy event and a Halloween theme menu. Added the QBU DMR. Can be found in Sanhok. Added the Rony Pickup Truck. Only available in Sanhok. Added a "Share for Deals" feature. Get your friends to help you bargain for items. Crew Challenge is now open. Crews are now limited to ...

OnePlus announces pop-ups across 9 cities in India to experience and buy the OnePlus 6T on November 2

Ahead of the OnePlus 6T launch, OnePlus has announced pop-ups in 9 cities across 12 locations in the country on November 2, 2018. Notably, the pop-ups start a couple of days after the launch of 6T in India, which is on October 30, 2018. Talking about the location, the pop-ups will land from 11:00 am to 10:00 pm IST on 2 November in 13 locations across 9 cities including Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Jaipur. Globally, these pop-ups will be held in Europe, North America, India and China in premium locations across 32 key cities in total. With pop-ups, people and fans can experience and even buy the new OnePlus 6T on November 2. Those who attend pop-ups will receive exclusive OnePlus goodies including OnePlus 6T phone covers and bumpers, OnePlus Sketchbook, OnePlus ‘Never Settle’ T-shirts and OnePlus tote bags. The premium OnePlus 6T will be available exclusively on Amazon India with some amazing offers including cash back on credit and debit card transactions, No cost EMI, Free damage protection for 12 months and more. Now you can pre-book the device, where the customer will receive a pair of OnePlus’ all-new Type-C Bullets earphones, worth Rs. 1490 along with ...

Xiaomi is working on PUBG-like Survival Game – Here’s how you can apply for beta testing

Multiplayer online battle royale games do not need any introduction, you may already have PUBG or Fortnite installed on your mobile device. Online battle royal games like PUBG and Fortnite became very popular on the mobile platform this year, both the games have crossed 100 million downloads mark within a few months of launch. Now, one more mobile internet company wants online battle royale madness to take on users and if you live in India, there are good chances that you have a phone from this company in your neighborhood, take a guess which company are we talking about. Yes, we are talking about Mi, guessed it right? Today, Xiaomi on its Mi Community India announced that Mi game team is working on new online battle royale game called 'Survival Game'. As per the post by Mi Community admin, Survival Game is a large-scale, sci-fi 3D shooting mobile game independently developed by Xiaomi Company. The game created an avant-garde battlefield based on the battle royale mode. Players need to compete with each other and be the last one standing. Each match starts with players flying from the spaceship onto a map area. Players could decide when and where to land on the battlefield. ...

Lexar introduces world’s highest-capacity 512GB microSD UHS-I A2 card

Integral might have been the first to introduce the world’s highest-capacity 512GB microSD. Lexar today introduced the world’s highest-capacity 512GB microSD with support for Application Performance Class 1 (A2) requirements from the latest SD Association’s 6.0 specifications to help launch and load apps faster, compared to A1. This offers up to 100MB/s transfer speed. Highlights of Lexar 512GB 633x microSDXC UHS-I card Read Speed: up to 100 MB/s Write Speed: up to 70MB/s write A2 spec allows the new card to manage random read input-output access per second (IOPS) of 4000 and write IOPS of 2000 UHS-I (U3), V30 speed rated at Class 10 Dimensions:  11mm x 15mm x 1 mm Limited lifetime warranty The 512GB Lexar 633x microSDXC UHS-I card is available late-October at MSRP of US$299.99 (Rs. 21,940). Lexar will be showcasing it  at this year’s PhotoPlus Expo held at Javits Convention Center in New York City, New York, from October 25th - 27th. Commenting on the anouncement, Joel Boquiren, Director of Global Marketing, said: As smartphones integrate more and more into our busy lives, we’re relying on them to do more than ever. Having the world’s largest A2 microSD card will aptly meet the demands of even the most intense power user with its high-performance ...

RED HYDROGEN ONE Photo Gallery

RED announced HYDROGEN ONE Android smartphone with world’s first holgraphic display last year. We got to check out the phone at its event in NYC last week, where it confirmed the complete specifications and also detailed the content strategy. Here is the photo gallery of the smartphone. The phone has 5.7-inch QHD 4-View Lightfield Display that creates an experience that goes beyond 3D—with no glasses required. "Powered by Nanotechnology, the display delivers realistic depth, light and textures bringing content to life in fundamentally new ways," says the company. It is powered by Snapdragon 835 with 6GB of RAM and runs  Android 8.1 (Oreo). The main reason for the bulky body is due to the durable carbon fiber body. It has  intuitive, functional RED designed sides and controls. There is also a side-mounted fingerprint sensor. [gallery link="file" columns="2" size="medium" ids="266974,266977"] The 3.5mm audio jack is present on the top, while the USB Type-C poart and the microphone is present on the bottom. You can see the antenna lines on the top and bottom parts of the phone. It has Holographic 4-View (H4V) recording front and back offering 3D experience, thanks to 12-megapixel dual rear and 8-megapixel dual front cameras that create a depth map and adding two additional views (4V) real time. 3D ...

TeamViewer 14 brings Augmented Reality pilot mode, Smart adaptive compression and more

TeamViewer secure remote connectivity software has released TeamViewer 14 Preview. Along with substantial feature updates and performance improvements, the new release refines remote support market by giving users access to pioneering Augmented Reality (AR) capabilities with TeamViewer Pilot. TeamViewer 14 gives access to TeamViewer’s new AR solution; TeamViewer Pilot. It offers productive AR experiences for anyone needing assistance for any kind of equipment, machinery or infrastructure problem. The solution enables users to see through the eyes of others via remote camera sharing and guide them interactively through complex processes, environments, and operations with AR annotations. It can highlight objects in the real world where users can assist on-site staff, customers, friends or family step-by-step through remote troubleshooting, problem resolution, product setup, etc. The TeamViewer Pilot is available as standalone. In an extended trial period, all existing and new subscribers are invited to see the AR experience with their own eyes.  TeamViewer 14 introduces substantial performance improvements compared to previous versions. Smart adaptive compression analyses connection quality and automatically adjusts compression making the new version work significantly faster, especially in low-bandwidth environments. The new release also leverages the newest technologies for hardware acceleration and processing of computational intense tasks. Additionally, TeamViewer upgraded its server architecture resulting ...