The end of this fight never looks pretty for smartphones but somehow it seems like the brands cannot help themselves (read our take here). From presentations, launch events to even full-fledged ad campaigns, they just love to pit their cameras against DSLRs. And the brand that has done so most recently and quite loudly is Xiaomi. Xiaomi has launched a new ad campaign to promote the Mi 10 and the catch?...

The updates trickle down to the devices only after the manufacturers write the drivers for the hardware which is usually closed source making it increasingly difficult for the OEMs to support the device. If the device has not been popular, irrespective of the price tag, manufacturers usually tend to skip them from the update list. Now adding to the problem is the fact that even the carriers are involved in this entire affair and they are often responsible for the snail paced update seeding process....

Steve Ballmer announced two brand new Microsoft Surface tablets at an event in Los Angeles today. The first tablet, Microsoft Surface for Windows RT, runs the Windows 8 RT operating system and based on the ARM based CPU. The second tablet is Microsoft Surface for Windows Pro, which runs Windows 8 Pro OS and based on the Intel based CPU. Below is a brief comparison of the two Microsoft Surface tablets....

The MixRadio was not just about the streaming but also the very fact that it let subscribers download unlimited songs with DRM rights, a rarity with online music players these days. Line, the Japanese messenger service had bought the business from Microsoft in December 2014. The company says that ever since then it has been struggling with the “overall performance” and the financial challenges posed by the music streaming industry as a whole....

Looks and design – slim olde guard versus new aspect ratio This is going to be a clash of tastes, more than anything else. Both the devices are very eye-catching in their own ways – the OnePlus 5T with its tall 18:9 aspect ratio display and curved metal back, and the Moto Z2 Force with its slightly more old fashion 16:9 front but a super sleek brushed aluminium finish on the back with a very distinct spherical camera unit....

As of now, the healing of a foldable OLED display has been a major setback. Motorola claims that this can be solved by introducing a heating element. This heating element heats up the place where the screen has been deformed and thus straightens it up without any visible damages. With this in place, Motorola would be able to design a flexible OLED which will bend both outwards and inwards and perhaps be hinged at more than one point....

Though the OnePlus 5 received the update soon after the announcement, the older siblings 3 and 3T have just received the official update in the form of Oxygen OS 5.0.3. The roll-out is incremental, meaning the update will reach users gradually phase-wise. The update also brings new improvements to the stock Launcher, including a more refined shelf UI design, a new design for App shortcuts, and more pop-up options when you long press an app icon....

It seems that for some time now, photography has become a general, trendy, favorite pastime. Everyone loves taking photos, in a more or less professional manner. This trend is of no surprise if one takes into consideration two major aspects: But let’s not extend the field to every camera being produced today and stick to the “real”, classic, specially built ones. When thinking of photo cameras, anyone’s mind automatically returns two results: Canon and Nikon, the two biggest manufacturers of photo cameras and attachments....

Some cynics were claiming that Apple would delay the approval of Here Maps, but not to be. HERE Maps is available today for free download from the iTunes Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. What features do HERE Maps offer iOS users It seems that Nokia wants to create a much better than what we were used to have, and so, HERE Maps has quite a lot to offer to its users....

The first phone from OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei‘s new initiative, Nothing, evokes similar sentiments. At the very outset, it is only fair to point out that the Phone (1) is not without its share of headaches. And yet, it has grabbed attention like no phone has this year. Some would attribute it to Carl Pei’s ability to generate buzz, which was evident in his OnePlus years. But the buzz is of little use if there’s not much to buzz about, and in that regard, the Phone (1) is pretty much a tech beehive....

The Nubia Red Magic 3 features a 6.65-inch Full HD+ HDR AMOLED display with a screen resolution of 2340 × 1080 pixels, a 19.5:9 aspect ratio, and a 90Hz refresh rate. It has a new active liquid-cooling system that comes along with an internal turbofan (claimed by the company to be the world’s first in a smartphone) to keep the heat out of the device and keep it cool during heavy graphics crunching....

I got in touch with the Oakter team which have the biggest portfolio right now including Smart Hub, Switches (6 amp, 16 amp, 25 amp), Thermostat, Switches for Pump, Lights, and Fans. I picked few of them as per my need, and here is my experience using them with and without Alexa. How I shortlisted the smart home products for my requirements? Actually, it was my wife who made the selection....

The company announces today that users can grab the Cardboard VR for free, as long as they are willing to take care of the shipping expense, which is $5 in the US, £5 in the UK, and €7 in rest of Europe. The OnePlus Cardboard is based on Google’s Cardboard, which the Mountain View-based company had given away to attendees at its I/O developer conference last year. Since then, we have seen plenty of Cardboard VR sets crop up on the market....

Oppo Find X2 and Find X2 Pro: Design and Display Oppo is taking a different approach altogether with the all-new Find X2 and X2 Pro. Unlike Find X, which came with a retractable module, the newer smartphones rather follow the hole-punch design as can be seen adopted by some of the other manufacturers to offer a larger screen estate. While the Find X2 comes with a Glass and Ceramic back, the X2 Pro offers Ceramic and Vegan Leather finish....

If you like the M1 note and Mi 4i — two top-of-the-line smartphones in the sub-Rs 15,000 range, you will probably find the Passion 660 interesting. Priced at just Rs 10,999 (lower than Xiaomi’s and Meizu’s best offerings), the Passion P660 delivers equally enticing hardware specifications. It sports a 5-inch display of FHD screen resolution (1920×1080 pixels). It is powered by a Snapdragon 615 octa-core chipset clocked at 1.5GHz which comes paired with Adreno 405 GPU and 2GB of RAM....

Apple Watch-esque? Right from when you pick up the watch, there’s no denying that there’s an uncanny resemblance to the Apple Watch. And that’s actually saying something about how well the smartwatch is designed. Instead of plastic that one would expect at this price point, the PlayFit uses a stainless-steel casing which feels premium when worn. The buttons on the sides are also metallic. The premium elements don’t just end here....

Well, that might be true. But it sure is not the entire truth. For, believe us, we think the Poco F1 is likely to be a headache for more than just the budget flagship frontrunner. After totally disrupting the market and over the course of just four years, Xiaomi is today comfortably sitting at the number one position of the smartphone market ladder. But even though the company has won many battles during its journey, if there is one battlefield where it has not quite managed to hoist its flag, it is the premium segment of smartphones....

Poco M2 Pro: Design and Display The M2 Pro comes with a dual-tone finish on the rear with a splash-proof design. Towards the front, the device has a 6.67-inch LCD display with a 20:9 aspect ratio and Full HD+ screen resolution. It comes with Corning’s Gorilla Glass 5 protection. Poco M2 Pro: Performance Talking about performance, the Poco M2 Pro runs on the octa-core Snapdragon 720G processor with Adreno 618 GPU....

Trick your friends by hacking your own Facebook profile This funny application has been developped by Raj Vir, David Fontenot and Shiva Kilaru at the 48-hours hackathon PennApps. So, instead of “waiting” for somebody to hack your Facebook account, why not do it yourself? The app allows you to choose what type of messages it will post on your wall from 7 categories: Go Rooney! – Post on your wall pro-Rooney messages and pictures....

A French security company VUPEN , was the first one to bag a Mac, as they cracked a 64-bit Safari which performed a disk read-write operation even though it was sandboxed, within 5 secs of visiting the exploit website. This hack was not due to Webkit, the rendering engine in both Safari and Chrome. The details of the hack won’t be available till the Apple is able to release a patch which fixes this security hole....