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Wednesday, 22 May 2019

Skullcandy Indy Truly Wireless Earbuds launched in India for Rs. 7499

Skullcand has launched Indy, a true wireless earbuds in India. It has capacitive touch controls, removable stability gels and gel tips for noise isolation that also offers secure fit all day long.  It offers four hours of battery life and another 12 hours with pocket-sized charging case, providing a total 16 hours of battery life. It has a built-in microphone with unique touch controls for quick and easy access to activate assistant, media content as well as call, track, volume control, and they are sweat, water & dust resistant. Skullcandy Indy features and specifications Removable Stability Ear Gels for Secure Fit Bluetooth 5.0 to connect to devices Impedance: 16 Ohms ±15%; Driver Diameter: 6mm; THD: <3% @1khz; Sound Pressure Level: 95±3dB; Frequency Response: 20Hz – 20KHz Weight: 10.5g (earbuds); 59.5g (case) Sweat, Water and Dust Resistant Call, Track, Volume, and Activate Assistant via Touch Controls Noise Reduction for Calls Up to 16 Hours of Total Battery Life (4 hours for earbuds and 12 hours for the case) The Skullcandy Indy comes in Black color, is priced at Rs. 7499 and is available from  Skullcandy.in and other stores. It will be available in Moab, Indigo Blue, and Mint colors later this year. Commenting on the launch, Amlan Bhattacharjya, CEO ...

Toreto Flexo Wireless Retractable Bluetooth Headband in-ear Headset launched for Rs. 2299

Toreto, popular for its accessories has launched Flexo, a Bluetooth wireless headset. It promises 10 hours of battery life, has a voice button that helps in making calls. It can be easily folded and can be retracted using earbuds Retract Button present on both sides. The headset is also sweat proof.   Highlights of Toreto Flexo Extremely simple carry. Can be easily folded and hanged around the belt loop of your jeans. You can tuck it to the neck of your t-shirt or keep it in the pocket, without the fear of causing any damage. Retractable earbuds at a press of a button Superior tuned drivers, Bluetooth 4.1 technology advanced CSR chipset, and CVC background noise reduction technology Flexo headsets are designed in such a way that they can turn into a smart and stylish headband too which is useful for girls Multi-function button to easily receive or reject calls. Press + for forward and Press - for backward Sweat proof design to be used even during your hardest workouts sessions 140mAh battery offers up to 10 hours of playback, 108 hours of standby time The Toreto Flexo comes in Black colour and is available at an introductory price of Rs. 2,299 (MRP Rs. 2999) from ...

Microsoft starts rolling out Windows 10 May 2019 update with new light theme, Kaomoji support and more

Microsoft announced the initial availability of the Windows 10 May 2019 Update through the Windows Insider Program’s Release Preview in early April. Today, the company has officially announced the rollout of the stable Windows 10 May 2019 update to all users worldwide. The May 2019 update carries the version 1903 and is now available to all Windows users through the Windows update after being initially available only for users of Windows Insider Program. The new update includes a new light theme for Windows 10 which was earlier unveiled in a test build and the light theme is a white colored system-wide theme making all of the UI to appear white. The update also adds Kaomoji( ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ or (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ ) support. Users will be able to access the Kaomoji face characters through the same existing emoji shortcut i.e., Windows logo key  + period (.).  Apart from this, the latest update also includes Windows sandbox feature which will allow users to safely run untrusted .exe files. It will create a temporary desktop environment to isolate a particular app to that sandbox. Once the user has finished running the app, the entire sandbox will be deleted making it secure and disposable. Alongside the windows update, Microsoft has also ...

EE to launch 5G services in six cities in UK on May 30

EE; UK’s mobile network that is part of BT Group today announced that it will launch 5G in Uk starting in six cities: London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester, Edinburgh and Belfast from May 30th. It will also introduce new 5G plans, a range of six new 5G smartphones and devices. The company announced 5G roll out plans last year. In addition to the six launch cities, EE will also be introducing 5G across the busiest parts of Bristol, Coventry, Glasgow, Hull, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield by the end of 2019. Aberdeen, Cambridge, Derby, Gloucester, Peterborough, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Southampton, Worcester and Wolverhampton will get 5G  in 2020. EE promises speeds of around 100-150Mbps even in the busiest areas, and says that some might even get 1Gbps speeds on their 5G smartphones.  As well as upgrading more than 100 sites to 5G every month, EE is expanding 4G coverage into rural areas, and adding more capacity to 4G sites by turning 3G signal into 4G to enable more spectrum for a better network experience wherever EE customers go. 5G roll out in phases Phase 1 of EE’s 5G roll out: a ‘non-standalone’ deployment focused on using the combined power of 4G and 5G to give customers ...

Jabra Elite 85h water-resistant headphones with ANC, SmartSound AI technology launched in India for Rs. 28999

Jabra has launched new Elite 85h headphones after it was introduced at the CES earlier this year. It comes with Jabra’s HearThrough technology and include Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) and SmartSound that promises the best calls and music experience by automatically adjusting to your surroundings, advanced six-microphone call technology and 40mm custom-engineered speakers. It promises up to 36 hours of battery life with ANC activated and completely hands-free Voice Assistant Control to interact with Alexa, Siri or Google Assistant. The Jabra SmartSound based on audEERING’s context intelligence technology uses real-time acoustic scene analysis of environmental sounds to detect more than 6,000 unique sound characteristics and uses this to adapt audio output to each specific context.  It will select one of the three moments: ‘Commute,’ ‘In Public’ or ‘In Private’ to guarantee a consistent quality for your audio experience and can also be customized using the Sound+ app, said the company. Key features of the Jabra Elite 85h: SmartSound: Audio that automatically adapts to your surroundings 100 percent hands-free: Voice Assistant access without pushing a button Microphones: Eight microphones in total. Six dedicated for calls, four for ANC and two hybrid mics for both calls and ANC. Speakers: 40mm custom-engineered speakers Durability: Dust and ...

Samsung 10000mAh Wireless Powerbank and Wireless Charger Duo Pad launched in India for Rs. 3699 and Rs. 5999

Samsung has launched Wireless Power Bank and Wireless Charging Duo Pad in India, expanding its wireless ecosystem. These are Qi certified and allow users to wirelessly charge their Galaxy smartphones and other Qi certified smartphones seamlessly. The Wireless Power Bank and Wireless Charging Duo Pad are also compatible with Samsung’s wearable range such as Galaxy Buds and Galaxy Watch. Features of Samsung Wireless Power Bank Strong, yet slim Aluminium body, designed to give you a truly portable, wireless experience 10,000mAh capacity with options to charge two devices at once (1 wireless and 1 wired) Supports Adaptive Fast Charging and Quick Charge 2.0 in both wired and wireless charging. Compatible with Samsung S series and Note devices (Galaxy S6 and above), Galaxy Buds, Galaxy Watch range and all Qi certified devices from other brands. Wireless Charging output(FAST CHARGE, Qi, Galaxy Watch), Fast Wired Charging In&Out (AFC, QC2.0 max.15W) Dimensions: 149.93 x 70.8 x 15.09 mm; Weight: 234g Features of  Wireless Charger Duo Pad Charges Galaxy S10 devices up to 30 minute faster compared to previous versions. Charge multiple devices with its dual charging pads. Charge Galaxy S10 and Galaxy watch at the same time Compatible with Qi certified devices. Simultaneous dual wireless charging, FAST CHARGE ...

FMS19: WhatsApp Status to get Ads in 2020, Richer messaging format for WhatsApp for Businesses and more

Facebook-owned WhatsApp has been getting new features recently like new privacy settings, Business catalog, Checkpoint TipLine and more. Now, at the ongoing Facebook Marketing Summit (FMS) 2019, Facebook has announced that WhatsApp will be getting Status Ads in 2020 and will bring changes to Business and product catalog. Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc have ads running on their platform. WhatsApp does not have any ads till date, but it is set to change next year as the company will introduce ads in the Status section next year. The company is said to introduce Ads that click to WhatsApp from Facebook, Ads that click to WhatsApp from Instagram and Status Ads in WhatsApp. Users on Facebook will see an ad that will prompt them to open and share on WhatsApp and users on Instagram will also see a similar option. WhatsApp will also be bringing changes to WhatsApp for Business too. WhatsApp for Business will get richer messaging format options where users will be able to view Text along with Image in a single message and PDF along with Text in a single message. Apart from this, WhatsApp product catalog will be integrated with already existing Facebook's catalog. With this, users can ...

Lenovo Z6 Lite with 6.39-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 710, up to 6GB RAM, triple rear cameras announced

Lenovo just announced Z6 Lite (Youth Edition) in China, after the Z6 Pro last month. It has a 6.39-inch Full HD+ 19.5:9 aspect ratio LCD screen with 93.07% screen to body ratio, is powered by Snapdragon 710 with up to 6GB of RAM, and comes with triple rear cameras that includes a 16-megapixel main sensor, 8-megapixel telephoto lens with 8x hybrid zoom and a 5-megapixel depth sensor. There is a 16-megapixel camera on the front. It has a ceramic textured back with 228 laser engraved three-dimensional texture, color-changing coating and has a  roll cage magnesium alloy frame, similar to ThinkPad notebooks. It has a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner and packs a 4050mAh battery with support for fast charging. Lenovo Z6 Lite specifications 6.39-inch (1080 × 2340 pixels) Full HD+ 19.5:9 aspect ratio HDR10 LTPS display Octa Core Snapdragon 710 10nm Mobile Platform (Dual 2.2GHz Kryo 360 + Hexa 1.7GHz Kryo 360 CPUs) with Adreno 616 GPU 4GB / 6GB LPDDR4x with 64GB internal memory, 6GB RAM with 128GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD) Android 9.0 (Pie) with ZUI 11 16MP rear camera with f/1.8 aperture, Dual LED flash, 8MP telephoto lens with f/2.4 aperture for 8x ...

Mi File Explorer gets Dark Mode with latest update

Xiaomi introduced system-wide dark mode on MIUI Global ROM couple of months ago but some of Xiaomi's in-house apps such as Mi Drop, Mi Music, and Downloads still lack dark mode. Xiaomi has recently added dark mode to its popular Mi File Manager app, the app is not exclusive to MIUI users and can be downloaded from Play Store. Apart from dark mode, Xiaomi has also worked on redesigning the app to make it look more simpler and cleaner. [gallery size="large" link="file" ids="282864,282865,282866"] The option to turn on dark mode can be found in Mi File Manager settings on non-MIUI phones. MIUI users don't have a toggle to turn on dark mode in Mi File Manager as of now as it is controlled by the dark mode in system settings. The system-wide dark mode is available on selected devices running MIUI Global ROM. [gallery size="large" columns="2" link="file" ids="282862,282861"] The update (V1-190521) is available only for those who have signed up for beta testing of the app on the play store but you can download it from here and install on your device. Check out the changelogs below, - File Manager looks much better now! We redesigned our app and made it simpler and cleaner. - We added Dark ...

Tuesday, 21 May 2019

Apple launches new MacBook Pro models with Octa-Core processor, redesigned keyboard in India starting at Rs. 1,59,900

Apple launched the 2018 MacBook Pros with 8th- gen Intel Core processors, up to 32GB RAM, True Tone display and more in India last year. It is almost close to a year since the launch of 2018 MacBook Pro and now, Apple has launched the 2019 MacBook Pro with faster 8th, 9th generation Intel Core processors, bringing eight cores to MacBook Pro for the first time. The new MacBook Pro comes with a faster 8th, 9th generation Intel Core processors and also for the first time, Apple is bringing eight cores to MacBook Pro. Apple claims that MacBook Pro now delivers two times faster performance than a quad-core MacBook Pro and 40 percent more performance than a 6-core MacBook Pro. The new 15-inch MacBook Pro comes with a faster 6-core and 8-core Intel Core processors with Turbo Boost speeds up to 5.0 GHz. It features a Retina display with 500 nits of brightness, support for the P3 wide color gamut and True Tone technology. The new MacBook Pro also comes with stereo speakers with wide-stereo sound, Touch ID, Touch Bar, and a large Force Touch trackpad. They ship with macOS Mojave and the other specifications include an SSD storage, the Apple T2 Security Chip and Thunderbolt 3 ...