Right, so what is a Chromebook? Simple. It is a notebook that runs on Google’s Chrome operating system (OS). Chrome OS + Notebook = Chromebook Wait, Chrome is an OS?! I thought it was a browser. Yes, it is a browser. But it is an operating system too. The first Chromebooks were seen in 2011. So, means it is like Windows and Mac OS? Well, to be honest, yes and no....

And yeah, do remember to share your scores. ACROSS 1 It sounds as if it is full of water, but bookworms can now read it in their bathtubs. (6,5) 6 Inspired by a Bento box, designed by Big Blue, defined by a red dot, this notebook turned 25 in 2017. (8) 7 About three years, about three hundred employees and they became number one in India’s smartphone market. (6) 8 The relaunch of an iconic feature phone at MWC 2017 paved the way for the comeback of this legendary phone brand....

Across 1 Nature calling? Want to answer but have no room to take the call? There’s an app for that loo…er…too. 3 Type on it. Write on it. Write on paper. It accepts them all. What a true Yogi this one is. 7 They are such a reliable name that a lot of reliance was placed on them by people who relied on them to disrupt the Indian telecom market....

The RDP ThinBook 1403p is available at an impressive Rs 11,999 (Rs 13,999 with the Windows 10 Pro), and the laptop still manages to offer decent hardware. The best part, however, is that the RDP ThinBook 1403p comes preloaded with optional Windows 10 Pro, albeit at a premium. Powering the laptop is an Intel Atom x5-Z8350 processor tagged along with 2GB of RAM. On the storage front, the laptop offers 32GB of onboard storage along with a microSD card slot that can further accommodate up to 128GB....

Xiaomi however, has already announced that the stable MIUI 8 Global build will roll out to all its range of smartphones starting from the Mi2/2s to the Mi5 on August 16. So without further ado let’s have a look at the new features MIUI 8 brings to the table. Improved Notifications Bar with Built-in Weather Widget MIUI 8 now comes with an improved notification bar which according to me closely resembles the one found in the present version of TouchWiz when it comes to the punchy colours and the animations....

Google Maps came to the rescue by tracking the deadly bushfires and help take off the traffic load to the official emergency service websites in Victoria. The maps contain real-time information about the fire locations and their status from the State of Victoria’s Country Fire Authority (CFA) website via an RSS feed with address search functionality. The Flash map is also available as a Google Gadget and If you want to embed the gadget containing this map on your website, you can do so by clicking here If you wish to DONATE to the RED-CROSS to help the Bushfires victims, you can do so by visiting their site HERE....

Guardians is said to be developed by a team from Stockholm and India. And it aims to solve the problem of personal safety in the real world, for which it is crowdsourcing safety by bringing family, friends, community, and authorities as potential guardians. How does Guardians work? Guardians requires your location and your contacts to function. It requires you to set your own personal guardians from your contacts. One, who you are comfortable sharing your location with....

Uber Movement segregates the city into different zones and also shows the time required to travel between these two points across the day. The dashboard is somewhat similar to the Google Analytics but for traffic movements. One can also compare traffic at different times of the year or traffic in certain parts of the city during some events like concerts or carnivals. This insight is expected to render a micro look at the traffic movement across the city in accordance with time....

In past we have written a few posts about cyanogenmod and custom roms but didn’t give a full overview on what they exactly are. So here I am trying to answer a few questions that were raised. Let me start with the basics. What is Android? In a layman’s term, Android is operating system that runs on primarily on mobile platform (Cellphone/tablets). It certainly is not the hardware that you get when you purchase a phone....

This latest version of blackra1n includes unlock and jailbreak for 3.1.2 firmware on 05.11.07 baseband, option for enabling native Internet Tethering on the iPhone, hacktivation support, 15 seconds speed improvement and support for OS X Tiger & PPC (PowerPC) Macs. Here is what’s important to note: BlackSn0w unlocks baseband 05.11.07 * BlackSn0w enables internet tethering * BlackSn0w is for iPhone 3G and 3GS users only Those of you with iPhone 2G should follow the guide posted here for unlocking and jailbreaking 3....

Among these, the keyboard shortcut method, which requires you to select the word and press the Command + Control + D keys, is the most common. However, it isn’t very intuitive, and the keyboard shortcut can sometimes interfere with certain apps that use the same shortcut for any of their actions. An alternative way is to invoke the Look Up functionality using a trackpad gesture. We’ll show you how to configure this below so you can look up words on Mac quickly and efficiently....

Google has revealed in its blog post that all Android smartphones running on Android 7 Nougat or above can now be used as a security key to easily authenticate on to the account without requiring the user to carry a physical security key along. In addition to their personal Google accounts, users can also use the 2SV to protect their Google Cloud accounts. To be able to use the service, all that a user needs to do is have their Android smartphone running on Android 7 Nougat or above and a Bluetooth-enabled Chrome OS, macOS X, or Windows 10 machine with a Chrome browser....

Even today, as its adoption for personal use continues to grow among the masses, and the service appears to be one of the promising and secure solutions to access information while preserving user identity, it is still not the safest bet and has its share of flaws and shortcomings, which implies that even VPNs aren’t perfect, after all. To fathom this narrative, it is imperative to understand the working of a Virtual Private Network and its underlying intricacies that may lead to potential vulnerabilities and hold the scope of identity leak....

And whenever that claim is made, you can see most media persons (we included) shake their heads in mild disapproval. For, while there is no doubting that phone cameras are better than ever before, DSLRs, mirrorless cameras, and prosumer cameras have dedicated processors, better and larger sensors, and jargon apart, are dedicated totally to taking pictures, unlike phones for which photography is just one of many features. So no matter what the claims made by the manufacturer, most people who know photography will generally know that a dedicated camera in most cases will take a much better photograph than a smartphone camera....

Smartphones have traditionally sported SoCs, which stands for System-on-Chip, at their hearts consisting of all the basic hardware required for the phone to run including the processor, GPU, RAM, storage etc. The reason SoCs were adopted is that they take up much lesser space which is a basic necessity in a smartphone due to size constraints. However, as smartphones keep getting more and more powerful, the need to include more components such as larger batteries, multiple cameras, and cameras with large sensor sizes is increasing, but the overall form-factor of a smartphone needs to be maintained at a manageable size....

5G Network Over the past few months, there’s been a lot of hype and anticipation around the 5G network. Mainly because most of the smartphone manufacturers are considering adding 5G support on their devices to get faster and better connectivity. Not just the smartphones but various other devices and services can take advantage of the 5G network to take their game a notch further. According to some reports, AT&T and Verizon are expected to take up the stage at the keynote to demonstrate the different ways in which 5G can impact industries like automobile, tech, enterprise, entertainment, etc....

For Everyone — Microsoft SMS Organizer Yes, Microsoft makes the most competent SMS app for Android right now. Simply called “SMS Organizer”, the free app’s core highlight is its ability to categorize each type of message into several tabs like Personal, Promotions. That essentially allows you to easily locate and avoid a particular SMS. There are a handful of more factors behind why I feel SMS Organizer has a lead among the rest....

The WiFi Alliance has detailed out the major features of the WPA 3 and the new authentication protocol is expected to be available later this year. New protocols and standards often prescribe to higher security standards and also offer better features while addressing the shortcomings of the previous protocols. Let us take a look at what the WPA3 has to offer and how the new features will help enhance security....

Also, you should know the difference between Windows 8, Windows RT and Windows 8 Pro before you set sail onto this new journey. Because, if you’ll get a Windows RT device, such as the Surface tablet, you might be quite enfuriated that you won’t have the same user experience as someone with a Windows 8 tablet or hybrid. But let’s see what the first reviews can tell us about Windows 8....

It has now added the Xiaomi 11T Pro to its higher-priced lineup. The phone is being projected as a rival to the OnePlus 9RT. That’s quite a task. How well can it handle it? Let’s find out in our Xiaomi 11T Pro review. Chipping in with a Snapdragon 888 and a 10-bit display The Xiaomi 11T Pro comes with all the muscles that you would expect from a flagship-level device....