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While Mi Home products including the Mi Air Purifier 2, Mi Cooker, Smart LED bulbs etc have been exceedingly successful in China and surrounding markets, Xiaomi had delayed the Indian launch so far. That said, Xiaomi VP Hugo Barra had however hinted about the company’s plan to launch the Mi Air Purifier in an around Diwali during the Mi Max launch in India. Now the upcoming YouTube stream stating a “breath of fresh air” makes it even more clear, leaving very little doubt in our minds that the launch in question is that to the Air Purifier....

Along with four models of iPhone 13 and Apple Watch Series 7, a new entry-level iPad and a redesigned sixth-generation iPad Mini are being released. Tap or click here to check out some features on these updated Apple devices. It’s no surprise most are razor-focused on the iPhone. After all, it’s Apple’s bestselling product and a driving force of success. iOS 15 also launched with updates for the venerated smartphone....

With these new services, Zoom is one step closer to ensuring you never have to leave the Zoom app to get your work done. “We’re taking a big step forward to help users access the tools they need every day,” Zoom’s Cari Dick told reporters ahead of the Zoomtopia conference. “Wasted time switching between apps really adds up. So we’re helping to eliminate this ’toggle tax’ by bringing critical productivity tools right into the Zoom app, front and center....

Before the COVID-19 outbreak, it might have seemed strange if two of the biggest names in tech joined forces on a common goal. Yet here we are. Now Google and Apple are now working together to deliver a contact-tracing solution to millions of smartphone owners, and state governments are hoping it can help expedite the process of reopening the economy to workers and consumers. Tap or click here for a quick rundown on how this program will work....

Version 2.11.169 is now available on the company’s website — where small releases are usually seeded before they hit the Play Store — and it adds this major privacy option that iPhone users have had for a while. You can manually download the .apk and install it, it will simply apply as an update to your existing WhatsApp app, leaving all your data intact. Three options have been added under Settings / Account / Privacy, and they include the ability to set who can see your Last Seen, Profile Photo and Status....

At one time, McMaster’s bold proclamation that Cyanogen was attempting to take Android away from Google didn’t seem too far-fetched. Android was gaining market share on the backs of lesser-known phones with slapdash OSs. And the notion that an alternate version of Android could wrest control of Google’s vision was tangibly possible. Cyanogen had just partnered with scrappy hardware startup OnePlus. Even Microsoft, via a Cyanogen partnership. And was willing to bet that the modified OS was about to break out of its niche status....

Recently, the well-known American video game developer and digital distribution company, of course, I am talking about the Valve which has launched its new service, known as Steam.TV platform, So, is this a true competitor of Twitch? Some say Steam.TV was accidentally released by the well-known American video game developer and digital distribution company, of course, I am talking about the Valve. The truth is that the service remains online and can be accessed from here....

After shying away from the U.S. smartphone market all these years, Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi is finally preparing to enter the second largest smartphone market in the world. The company will be employing the same tactics it uses in China and India to sell its smartphones in the US. This includes heavily promoting its devices on social media and selling devices through online channels. While Xiaomi has not provided any timeframe as to when it plans to enter the market, Hugo Barra said in an interview with Bloomberg that it will enter the market “in the near future....

Case in point: ZTE’s Gr X Max 2 boasts a six-inch display, three cameras (one on the front, two on the back), a Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 processor, two-gigabytes of memory, a sizable 3,400 milliamp-hour battery complete with Quick Charge 2.0 capabilities. Indeed, this is far from the first $200 Android device we’ve seen, on paper it looks like a promising device. But we all know looks can be deceiving. So how does this behemoth of a device stack up?...

After rolling out colored text status updates to Facebook in March, the social networking giant has now made the same feature available on WhatsApp as well. This means that you can now post text status updates on WhatsApp in any background and text color that you’d like. You can now also post links as status updates if you wish to. The feature is already being rolled out to Android and iPhone users through an update to the app....

WhatsApp claimed in a blog post that the new features will “make it easier” for its app to facilitate internal conversations within small business groups, school groups, and community organisations. The announcement detailed that users can now send files, protected by end-to-end encryption, of up to 2GB in size, an increase from the previous limit of 100MB. “We recommend using Wi-Fi for larger files and we’ll display a counter while uploading or downloading to let you know how long your transfer will take,” the company added....

One of the underappreciated impacts of this shift is the change to application testing. App testing is a massive industry. Global Market Insights estimated the industry at over $40B in 2020 and expects it to grow at a 7% CAGR through 2027. This is why there are literally hundreds of point products meant to test specific apps or even parts of apps. The model of testing applications in isolation has historically worked because the apps were deployed in silos....

While you may be tempted to spread autopayment plans around, some recurring charges are better off being paid as you go. For example, an annual fee may cost less per month than a monthly charge, but it could hit you hard when that annual payment comes due. Tap or click here for five bills you should never put on autopay. Buy now, pay later loans let you split the cost of purchases into equal payments, then pay it off on a schedule....

In Summary The Redmi Note series is the highest selling phone series in the Indian market. If it was an independent brand, it would be the third largest in India. Initially, the Redmi Note series revolved around a core device, with Pro and Lite versions of the same, with largely similar features and design. The Redmi Note 11 series, however, has seen the series diversify to an unprecedented level, with devices being very different from each other....

Rumors are a dime and dozen, but when Bloomberg, Reuters, or The Wall Street Journal publish them, they’re not only true, they’re practically confirmed. I’ve learned this during my six years of writing about mobile technology on the internet. With that in mind, here are the latest pieces of gossip from the WSJ. Google is working on four devices: A watch, which isn’t too surprising since we heard this rumor way back in March from the Financial Times....

Devices that act as home assistants are here to assist us in our everyday asks. They answer our queries, play our music, set appointments, and generally do as we wish on cue. But how would you feel if your smart assistant is being a smarty-pants with a vulgar mouth to boot? Worse yet, there is nothing you can do about it. Recently, we told you about Alexa creeping out people with random laughter....

In November last year, Xiaomi said that its MIUI 13 skin based on Android 12 would soon be available in the Chinese market. Now, the company has confirmed that the software update will roll out internationally as well. Here’s a list of the devices that would get the MIUI 13 update in due course. Xiaomi’s MIUI 13 global rollout was announced at the launch event for the international Redmi Note 11 series....

The upcoming phones will be Xiaomi Mi6 and Xiaomi Mi6 Pro. Both the phone will be high-end, the Mi6 pro is expected to compete with Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S8 because of its mind-blowing specifications. Xiaomi Mi 6 Pro Specifications: If we talk about Xiaomi Mi 6 Pro features, it will have flat screen model and an edge design dual curved screen display. Xiaomi Mi 6 Pro will have 6GB of RAM along with 256GB of Internal storage capacity....

Xiaomi today announced a special edition of the Mi Note with a bamboo made back — the Mi Note Natural Bamboo edition. The bamboo back has been made after going through 19 different procedures that preserves the smoothness of the bamboo. Xiaomi says that every bamboo edition of the Mi Note comes with a back that has a unique look and feel to it. While the bamboo back adds about 0....

Last year, LG introduced Knock On with the G2 that allows users to wake up their device by simply double tapping on its screen. The feature has since then made its way to most of the other Android flagships released this year including the HTC One M8 and the Xperia Z2. Now, developer of many popular Xposed modules — MohammadAG — has demoed another module that brings LG’s Knock Code feature to the One M8....