This pretty much has been the story of all our lives this year. Many of us were excited to make 2020 our year, travel around the world, see new places, and so on. Little did we know that even stepping outside to get groceries, let alone traveling to another country or city would feel like entering a war zone. All of us have been staying inside as much as possible to save ourselves and others from getting infected but there is still a way in which you can travel around the world....

Creating 360-degree videos will require a camera rig setup like the one offered by Go Pro, or using products like Ricoh Theta. The new mode of video will allow viewers to pan zoom the video and switch to the desirable angle. On the web, this can be done by dragging around your mouse on the video and on Mobile the angle can be controlled by tilting the smartphone, thanks to the inbuilt gyroscopes....

Getting back to the device itself, well, as we warned, it is an almost exact copy of the 6 Plus, so don’t expect people in the room to jump up and notice it when you place it on the table – and believe us, there will be a fair bit of placing on the table with this device, because like its predecessor, it is definitely on the larger side, living up to the ‘Plus’ moniker plonked on it....

When Xiaomi’s Hugo Barra says that about a device, you would expect it to refer to one of his own company’s phones, or perhaps one of the high-profile Androids in tech town. But nay, the device he was referring to was from the company that many of his brethren consider THE enemy. It was an iPhone 6 Plus. The iPhone vs Android relationship has been at best a rocky one....

Misfit Shine 2 and Ray MisFit’s portfolio in India now includes Shine 2 and Ray. Both the bands seem to be aimed at younger population and are designed to keep them a fit and active lifestyle. Priced starting at Rs 7,495, the Misfit Shine 2 and the Misfit Ray herald with a modular design and a revamped aesthetics that lets users track their fitness goals in style. The Misfit Shine 2 comes with non-charging replaceable batteries that last for 6-months....

Breaking News! And it’s literally “Breaking”! Google has just announced that they have acquired Motorola Mobility for a whopping $12.5 billion, all in cash! Google Eyes Motorola’s Patent Portfolio This is for sure a game changer in the mobile industry. No one really expected such a big news and this must be a serious WTF moment for Apple and Microsoft. In his announcement blog post, Larry Page, the new Google CEO clarifies that the acquisition is aimed at growing threats to Android ecosystem through innumerable lawsuits from Apple, Microsoft and others....

Google has signed up with Freshmenu, Box8 and Faasos for its food ordering services. Users will also be able to schedule appointments with local beauticians, plumbers, electricians and others as well which are currently happening via UrbanClap. Additionally, the app curates customer reviews for each of the services. It’s still not clear if Google is allowing individual vendors to sign up as service providers but if that happens then the local service providers like plumbers and electricians are set to gain....

The premise of the app is quite straightforward – you provide feedbacks through regular surveys and depending on the length, you are rewarded with credit that can be utilized for purchasing applications, movies, books and whatnot. The questionnaire is also kept relatively simple and takes only a few seconds to complete. To get started with Google Opinion Rewards, head over to the play store and download the app. If that doesn’t, you can always install the APK file....

Google turned this concept on its head with the Pixel 6a. The latest addition to the Pixel “a” series comes with the same processor as the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, Google’s own Tensor chip. The pure Android experience remains in place, but the cameras differ from those on the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro. What’s significant is also the fact that the Pixel 6a is not as “affordable” as the Pixel 3a and 4a were in India and goes beyond the Rs 40,000 mark....

The new Nokia 3310 4G will be available in two color options — Fresh Blue and Deep Black. Apart from the software, the handset is powered by a considerably better set of specifications but doesn’t feature any design upgrades. Unlike its predecessor which ran on the Nokia Series 30+ operating system, the 4G variant has been launched with a Java-based YunOS. It’s essentially a forked Android version developed by China’s Alibaba....

“No matter where we work in the future, Microsoft will have a place in it.”, Satya Nadella mentioned in an interview with The Verge. And if you ponder upon that statement, you’ll realize how relevant that has become over the past year. Microsoft has made a place for their products and services everywhere, all the time. In a nutshell, that’s fundamentally what Nadella and his fellow comrades envision as the future of Microsoft and to be honest, their roadmap has been progressing astonishingly well, at least for now....

In fact, not just social sites, if you write blog posts — irrespective of the platform — you are required to resize the pictures to fit in well, and consequently, improve site loading speeds and prevent large size image files from hogging the disk space on your hosting. While the image resizing process on Windows is pretty straightforward, the problem arises when you need to batch resize images at once....

However, there’s a silver lining: Netflix allows users to download movies and series to their local storage to watch them anywhere, without interruption. This feature is also available on other streaming platforms like Youtube and Prime Video and is a godsend. With the Netflix offline view, you can get some offline entertainment just before boarding a plane or train. We love watching the latest movies while traveling, and Netlfix’s download feature makes watching a breeze....

While the official Twitter app for iPhone allows you to save images to your device, it doesn’t support downloading videos. However, it turns out that there are several ways to download Twitter videos on the iPhone. So, if you’ve recently come across a video on Twitter that you wish you could save for later viewing, here are some of the best methods to download Twitter videos on the iPhone....

If YES, then you must read this article till the end to learn how to achieve the bokeh effect on your older iPhones. This year’s new iPhones, the iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max come with the ability to change the depth of field or bokeh of a picture by adjusting the aperture (f-stop) of a picture after it has been clicked. For which, you need to go to the Photos app, select the photo and hit the Edit button....

When we talk about maximizing battery life, it does not necessarily imply increasing the battery life on a smartphone to make it last you through x number of days. Instead, it means discussing the different ways in which you can improve (not increase) the lifespan of your phone battery. For, at large, the way we use our smartphone and charge its battery on a regular basis plays a crucial role in the battery’s overall health....

Computers have become the place where you hold pictures, documents, favorite music, and everything else in the same place. While storing may include regular data, random and even useless information, people may also keep important stuff, such as wedding photos, work documents, projects, and others. Have you ever thought about protecting critical data with a password? Taking into consideration that all information could be vulnerable to hackers or to unauthorized persons, this is a rather obvious procedure....

Now, with its latest operating system releases, iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, the company is stepping things up with yet another feature. Called Focus or Focus Mode, the feature is essentially a group of settings that allows you to filter incoming notifications from people and apps at different times of the day according to your priorities and contexts. If you’ve updated your iPhone or iPad to iOS 15 or iPadOS 15, respectively, you’d have likely already seen the option on your device....

“Huawei’s ascent to China’s smart phone throne is a remarkable feat, especially in the context of an increasingly cutthroat and maturing Chinese smart phone market,” said Jessie Ding, a Research Analyst at Canalys. China’s smartphone market is almost saturated and the growth as a whole has been slowing down. That hasn’t helped Xiaomi, who now seems to be struggling to meet its 80 million global shipments for 2015, according to Canalys....

That’s why, Windows 7 remains a very important product for Microsoft, especially since it surpassed Windows XP in market share. Windows 8 will come with Internet Explorer 10, but Microsoft doesn’t want that to be a selling reason, so they’ve decided to released Internet Explorer 10 download links for Windows 7. Don’t forget that in Windows 8, Internet Exporer 10 will be app-connected. Download Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 At the moment, the download links are yet not available, but that can change from minute to minute and we will be sure to update the information provided once they become available....