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We all know about Zoom, its excellent video calling platform. Zoom announced this feature at the beginning of this year after becoming the world’s number one meeting platform. Last year, Microsoft also launched a similar avatar feature for Microsoft Teams. Zoom Avatars are currently limited to animals like cats and dogs, but Zoom is looking to add more options in the future. You need a Zoom client version 5.10.0 or higher on iOS, Windows, or Mac to use this feature....

For the first time in four years and since being acquired by Facebook, WhatsApp today updated its terms and privacy policy to reflect some of the changes that it is planning on implementing. The updated privacy policy also highlights the new features that WhatsApp has rolled out recently including end-to-end encryption, WhatsApp calling, WhatsApp for web, and more. The updated terms and privacy policy will allow WhatsApp to experiment with ways on how people and businesses could communicate with each other over its platform....

Xiaomi today unveiled the Mi 5 for the Indian smartphone market, less than a month since the handset first went on sale in China. In typical Xiaomi-style, the company has undercut the competition in terms of pricing with the Mi 5, with the handset giving premium flagship handsets like the Samsung Galaxy S7 a run for their money. The Xiaomi Mi 5 features a beautiful front and glass back with curved edges to make them ergonomic friendly....

One of the most prominent of these was, well, Xiaomi, which makes it ironical or appropriate (depending on which side of the Android One fence you sit on) that the Chinese company is the one behind the revival of the initiative. The Xiaomi Mi A1 is by all accounts, a Mi 5X (released earlier in China), but with stock Android in place of Xiaomi’s own MIUI 9 interface. Look, it is the 5X We have not had the chance to use the Mi 5X (it was not released in India), but all accounts seem to indicate that the Mi A1 is a dead ringer for it....

The custom skin allows the users to add widgets to the home screen and also adjust the size similar to iOS 15 on iPhones. Xiaomi has also introduced MIUI 13 Pad, MIUI Watch, MIUI Home, and MIUI TV. Currently, the company has rolled out MIUI 13 beta on 32 Xiaomi and Redmi devices in China. The global rollout is expected to release in Q1 of 2022. Xiaomi to Release Global Version of MIUI 13 in 2022 The CEO and co-founder, Lei Jun, revealed that MIUI 13 will have improved privacy features and enhanced security....

Earlier in January, it was confirmed that one of the selling points for Xiaomi’s upcoming flagship, the Mi 5, would be the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor under the hood. Now, another important detail has arrived. Earlier today, Xiaomi’s own Hugo Barra tweeted out an official announcement date for the next device, and the company’s first product launch for the year. According to Barra, Xiaomi will announce the Mi 5 on February 24 — or basically right as Mobile World Congress is going on....

The upcoming OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro has been leaked extensively. Both the devices are expected to be released in March this year. Latest leak from reveals OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro will not feature periscope lens and will instead feature a regular telephoto lens. This is in line with the previous report that claims none of the OnePlus 9 variants will come with periscope module. We expected OnePlus to arrive with periscope camera especially since Oppo and Realme have already done so....

WhatsApp has started cracking down on unofficial Android clients for its service. While the world’s most popular messaging service was fine with their existence over all these years, it has now decided to take strict action against them. However, the company is not taking direct action against apps like WhatsApp Plus or WhatsApp MD or their developers and is instead temporarily banning users of such apps for 24 hours. The company is also redirecting users to download the official WhatsApp client from the Google Play Store and is displaying a countdown until their ban is lifted....

In fact, that’s one of the reasons people keep upgrading. Many of Windows 10’s new features make the operating system more streamlined and intuitive. But that hasn’t stopped some folks from sticking with older editions out of habit. Tap or click here to see why that’s probably a bad idea. Habit isn’t the only reason people stick with older software, though. Some people prefer the older versions for their basic layouts and lack of bloat....

It’s the same method Apple uses for all of its apps submitted to the App Store, though is only wielding this tight control for its TV platform. The particulars of this policy are found in the Android developer documentation page. The key section reads, “Before distributing apps to the ay Store on Android TV devices, our team reviews apps for usability with a DD (apps) Gamepad (games only) other quality guidelines....

With every update, Microsoft seems no closer to avoiding frustration. Tap or click here for details on some of Windows 11 early problems. Now, people are reporting printing issues and lagging performance. Keep reading to find out what’s going on. Here’s the backstory No matter which operating system you use, you’ll need to install drivers if you want to print documents or presentations. For the most part, drivers will automatically be installed when you connect the device....

Let’s present a few of the tools that we absolutely need when kernel debugging in Windows. The needed tools are as follows: WDK (Windows Driver Kit): include the tools and documentation to develop drivers. WDK is already integrated into Visual Studio 2012 [1]. Keep in mind that the WDK was previously known as DDK. If you’re installing the WDK on Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008/2012, you can download and install WDK 8 from the page http://msdn....

WoW! Google Just Launched An Awesome Application The well-known Google Play Store is the store of applications and games of the Mountain View company, of course, I am talking about none other than the tech giant Google for users of Android devices. The war is constant, since its launch, with the tech giant Apple and its well-known App Store. However, now for the other segments, from the past few months, the tech giant Google has been working on making learning to program as a game, through the Area 120 division which is basically dedicated to experimental projects....

Let’s deconstruct it all. New M2 processor: Right Apple did announce a new M2 processor. This processor replaces the M1, but notably, not the entire M1 line. It replaces the two-year-old base M1 and is the new entry-level processor in Apple’s line. Compared to the M1, Apple is claiming that the M2 yields an 18% CPU performance increase, a 35% increase in GPU performance, a 40% boost in AI and ML performance via its neural engine, and a 50% boost in memory bandwidth....

Xiaomi today teased the launch of its next flagship, the Mi 6, on April 19. The company will be hosting the launch event of the device in Beijing, China. It was earlier rumored that the Mi 6 would be released with a Snapdragon 821 chipset due to the lack of Snapdragon 835 chipsets in the market. However, recent rumors surrounding the device point to Xiaomi launching the handset in two variants: Mi 6 and Mi 6 Plus....

The OnePlus One was among the best phones released last year, even though it was only available through an invite-only process for most part of the year. While the handset was available for purchase directly towards the end of the year, the high-demand meant that most users were unable to get one before stocks ran out. If you are still looking to buy the One, you will be glad to know that OnePlus is again offering the handset for sale on January 20th without any invites....

Google Play Music is a wonderful service from the company that allows users to upload their music on the cloud and then stream it on their Android device without any hassle. While the service allows users to have a total of 10 authorized devices in their account, Google is now limiting users from de-authorizing more than 4 devices per year. Once the user has reached their maximum de-authorisation limit, they will have to wait up to a year to remove more devices from their account....

However, that isn’t always the case. Kim actually received a check for almost $1,400 from one of these lawsuits earlier this year. Tap or click here to learn all about it. AT&T has just reached a settlement and will have to pay out a sizable chunk of change. We’ll let you know if you’re eligible and how to collect. AT&T unlimited plan was not so unlimited Back in 2014, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint alleging AT&T failed to adequately disclose details to customers about its unlimited data plan....

We do understand that the Google Chrome is one of the most widely used browsers. However, it is not technically right for Google to force the YouTube TV users stick to a single browser. Meanwhile, Firefox has gained traction with the introduction of the Firefox Quantum and many people have been making the switch. Google’s company support pages have been updated with the option to use YouTube TV with Firefox....

ZTE is working on an under-display selfie camera for more than a year. In 2020, the company launched Axon 20 5G with the under-display camera. Truth be told, the camera quality on Axon 20 5G was not that great. However, it still worked just fine. Now the company is working on yet another smartphone with the under-display selfie camera. A couple of months ago, it was rumored that ZTE is working on yet another device with an under-display camera....