That was the exclamation I heard from at least half a dozen people in a crowded room in the Taj Palace Hotel in Delhi as Lava took the wrappings off what is now being called the second generation of Android One. Well, it certainly is its second coming. And unlike the first, which had seen three very similar devices being launched at the same time, this time there was just one....

The answer to that is complicated. But before we try to unravel it, here’s what you need to know about OnePlus 5T’s position in the market today. There are primarily three fundamental aspects where the OnePlus 5T still holds an edge over its competition. Performance, software, and screen. I’ve been playing the new PUBG Mobile game regularly as of late. And believe me when I say this, there’s no better Android phone which is capable of running it more fluidly on high settings than the OnePlus 5T....

Unlike TinyURL, these services which I will be discussing below are much more than a normal URL shortening service. They can be used for statistical purposes and can be used to track and analyze the links in a much better way. Top 5 URL Shortening services which provide Statistical data tr.im Tr.im tracks the total clicks of the shortened and shared URL, the browser agents information, location of the visitors, referring websites and many more stats....

Why OCR Software? Now that you know what OCR technology is all about, you might be wondering why you actually need to use an OCR software. Well, if you happen to run a business of any size, you will agree how important it is to computerize your office documents and records and be eco-friendly. Moreover OCR lets you edit the text, search for a word or phrase, store it more compactly, display or print a copy free of scanning artifacts....

Perhaps, the titanic idea of Group buying sites is too uncomplicated, to brood over who conceived it. Such sites advance the supremacy of collective bargaining, while providing incredible discounts. These discounts, offer huge savings for the customer and ensures remarkable sales number to participating merchants at the same time. The outcome has made these deal sites exceedingly famous and profitable for all parties involved. In November 2008, Groupon had launched a site that offered daily deals and ridiculous discounts for Chicago consigners, managing to rope in substantial number of commitments from people, to purchase the deal online that very day....

Tor Project has released the beta version of its Tor Messenger, which, as you’d expect, is a chat client which brings anonymous, “off-the-record” chats based on Tor’s secure browsing system. The new Tor Messenger is actually based on Instantbird, an instant messaging client developed in the Mozilla community. The technology used to develop the app is built on Instantbird but all the traffic is being routed through Tor. The chat client works cross-platform and it supports a wide variety of transport networks, including Jabber (XMPP), IRC, Google Talk, Facebook Chat, Twitter, Yahoo, and others....

Also See: Best Android Games With more and more providers coming up with new phones on Android OS, the Google Android Market has managed to become profitable for app developers and hence we are seeing a surge in quality as well as quantity in Android Apps in the recent times. Let us check out some more cool but free android apps available right now. Ultimate List of Free Android Apps – Part 2 Dropbox Dropbox for Android is not just another mobile app; it allows you to completely sync folders from all your desktop, laptop and mobile devices....

Gadgets are present in our lives and they can transform your iPhone into a real medical tool or help you while driving your car or during your travel. But what about the weather? Sure, we did feature a lot of weather apps here on Technology Personalized, but if you want to really understand weather, then you need some weather gadgets or weather instruments, if you want to call them like that....

Google Chrome’s Canary build now comes with an optional flag that allows you to block audio per domain basis. Right now, this ability is limited to tabs and not websites as a whole. Once enabled, the website will be blocked from playing any kind of sound whenever you load it. The current tab-specific muting feature functions exclusively for the instance and therefore, you have to manually enable it every time you come across that site....

Growing impressively and slowing down too There are two ways to look at the wearables market in India in Q1 2020. On the one hand, there were 4.2 million wearables shipped in Q1 2020, which represented a staggering 80.6 percent rise as compared to this time last year. On the other hand, however, if you compare Q1 2020 with Q4 2019, shipments actually went down by 17.9 percent. This is the first time wearable shipments have declined on a quarter by the quarter basis in almost two years....

One of the significant reasons behind the widespread adoption of QR codes nowadays has to do with the kind of convenience they facilitate. In fact, this convenience, coupled with quick access, is what enables users to fit more information into a tiny screen/canvas. So the obvious question that pops up then is what exactly is a QR code, and how can you generate a QR code yourself? Here’s a guide with answers to these and a few other related queries....

Microsoft debuted the first version of PowerToys with Windows 95. A few years later, it released its second iteration with Windows XP, as a separate download. Later, after a lull for a few years, the company eventually released another update to PowerToys in 2019. With the latest release, Microsoft has made PowerToys open-source, opening the door for developers to collaborate and build better and more functional utilities for the platform....

A little bit of context – the 1984 ad was supposed to showcase how the Macintosh was radically different from all the other computers out there. How it represented a different world from the uniform, predictable one which was being controlled by a “Big Brother” (IBM in that case) who was actually restricting you for its own benefit. The Macintosh was the hammer thrown at that world of uniformity. And while its competitors DID hit back, they were rocked badly by the move to a graphic user interface and the addition of a mouse....

But unfortunately, not all video-converting programs manage to live up to their claims. While some fall short in terms of the formats they support, others fail to maintain the video quality upon conversion. WinX Video Converter comes as an exception here. It can be used to convert videos from a wide range of devices and file formats, including 4K/UHD footages. Moreover, the software also doubles up as a video editor: to help you edit out certain elements of your footage; and a video downloader: to assist you in downloading videos from various video-sharing websites....

The Xiaomi Amazfit smartwatch slightly resembles Motorola’s Moto 360 Sport variant flaunting a round dial on the front and a thick ceramic bezel surrounding it. The wristband is user replaceable and allows attaching any 22nm strap to the watch. Furthermore, Amazfit is IP67 rated making it water as well as dust resistive. It also includes a 28nm GPS sensor which assists in better location tracking and distance calculation for workouts....

Black Shark had introduced two mobile phones in the year 2018, the Black Shark and the Black Shark Helo. Both of which have been acclaimed for their performance and feature set. And after today’s announcement, we can expect to see more amazing products from the company in the future. The company marks its presence in over 29 countries, and now it is planning to open its headquarters in India’s very own Silicon Valley, Bangalore....

Powering the Yunmi Dishwasher is an Italian made washing pump which is rated to deliver up to 15000pa of ultra-high pulse pressure flushing water flow. The pulse pressure is used to create an alternative pressure pattern with highs and lows. This high pressure will help the dishwasher remove the stains and wash the dishes while making sure that the dishes are not damaged. That apart the dishwasher has a washing temperature of 70-degree Celcius and this is something that will help dissolve the oil from the dishes....

The Xiaomi Redmi Y1 inherits design and build from its siblings as it flaunts the usual aluminum clamshell aesthetic. However, the corners are now a bit more curved. There’s a 5.5-inch HD display up front which is protected by a layer of Gorilla Glass (variant not revealed yet). It’s powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 435 octa-core processor, Adreno 505 GPU, 3GB of RAM, 32GB internal storage which is expandable and a 3080mAh non-removable battery....

GoPro, on the other hand, has been pretty vocal about selling the company. In January this year, GoPro called quits from the drone business and CEO Nick Woodman openly said in an Interview that he is open to selling the company. He was quoted as follows, “If there was an opportunity to merge GoPro with a larger parent company,” said Woodman, “that could help us scale our business and provide a better return on investment […] we would welcome the opportunity to explore such an opportunity....

Remember Loki using those words to a seemingly distraught Agent Romanoff in The Avengers? Well, he was referring to Dr. Bruce Banner, also known as the Hulk, a massive green creature whose strength and size are unmatched even in the Marvel super hero universe – heck, the guys even thumped Thor (the God of Thunder) once. And well, we must confess that words similar to those of the Norse God of Trickery sprung to our mind when we first clapped eyes on the Mi Max....