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AirDroid 2 is the app that will allow you to find your phone via the GSM network, thus making it harder for someone to conceal the device, even when the Internet connectivity has been disabled. The latest version of the app allowed users to control their phones from any browser, and with the latest upgrade of the app, it can be used as a great security measure. AirDroid 2 brings your phone to your browser The app was in beta testing until recently, and although the app is not yet available on the Play Store, you can still download and install it on your smartphone....

Now, a lot has been said (some of it by us too) about the Cyanogen-Micromax(YU)-OnePlus brouhaha, so we will steer clear of that for the time being and just stress that the YU brand in India is the official torchbearer of Cyanogen, and the Yureka is its first phone. And well, it has been released at what we think is a crackerjack of a price – Rs 8,999 for a phone with a 5....

Before talking about what Versa has, let’s take a look at what it doesn’t. The Fitbit Versa is not meant for buyers wanting to ditch their smartphone while running or engaging in some other workout session. This is primarily due to the absence of both built-in GPS and LTE compatibility. Apart from that, however, Fitbit is offering all the major features on Versa. For starters, it sports a heart rate monitor and is waterproof so that you can track your swims as well....

When Microsoft purchased Nokia’s mobile division, they also took with them most of Nokia’s engineering talent. Although Steve Ballmer tried to reenergize the Lumia smartphone brand, Satya Nadella has killed Lumia slowly but surely. Under Nadella, Microsoft took a huge impairment charge for Nokia, laid off several Nokia engineers as part of job cuts and killed/axed almost all Lumia smartphones under development. The part of Nokia that was responsible for designing smartphones and smartphone related R&D is pretty much dead now....

The front of the M7 Power is largely dominated by a 6-inch HD+ IPS panel with an aspect ratio of 18:9 and a layer of Gorilla Glass 3. Underneath, it’s powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 435 octa-core processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB internal memory which can be expanded up to 256GB via a MicroSD card slot and Adreno 505 GPU. To justify the ‘Power’ moniker, Gionne has packed a hefty 5000mAh battery which also supports quick charging....

Parallel Downloads is expected to mark its presence in the Chrome 64, and the new feature will create three parallel jobs in order to speed up the download process. The parallel download feature is automatically activated for all the downloads which take longer than two seconds. The feature will be available for all the Chrome browser channels including Chrome Canary, Chrome Dev and also the nightly Chrome build. However, if you are in the Chrome Beta and are interested to try out the feature right away, copy and paste the code below in your address bar, Alternatively, you can also type “chrome://flags” in the address bar and search for “parallel-download....

The Google Clips offers a 130-degree field of vision, and the algorithm is trained to detect people, their emotions like smiles laughter and also various other triggers. Since the Clips is backed by AI, it gradually learns what you consider as most interesting and focuses on such scenarios. In the end, users can choose the images and delete the rest. Google Clips takes a series of images just like the burst mode on the smartphone but instead the camera stitches the images together....

As per a recent report by Quartz, the “switch” to turn off the location services seems to fail miserably, at least in Android smartphones. The report mentions that Android software gathers data about your location and sends it back to Google once its connected to the internet. This has apparently been underway since early 2017. The gravity of the situation is further magnified since Google will have access to individuals data including their locations and movements....

The new floating button is a circular phone icon that appears on your screen. Tapping on the same will let you end the call, mute the microphone and will also let you toggle the loudspeaker. Well although it differs in functionality the icon works in lines with the Facebook Messenger chat heads. Moreover, the icon can be dragged to any part of the screen, and one can access the primary call screen by holding the floating icon....

For starters, the new Pixel 2 XL flaunts an all-aluminum frame and a massive 6-inch Quad HD (2880 x 1440 pixels) OLED panel up front. Since the bezels on the sides have been waived off dramatically here, the LG-made handset isn’t as gigantic as other 6-inch phones. It also features an aspect ratio of 16:9 like a few recent phones such as Samsung’s Galaxy S8 and LG’s G6. This change, more importantly, should push developers and entertainment services further to add compatible content....

The new inclusion is accessible by merely searching on Google’s mobile application and selecting the “In Apps” filters which will accommodate snippets of information from installed apps such as Gmail, Spotify and more. For instance, querying a person’s name can bring up matching conversions from Facebook Messenger or Gmail and it also allows you to expand the card right into the Google app eliminating the entire need for launching a separate app entirely....

Manufacturing a chipset is no easy thing but with the required resources at place the ordeal can be eased out. The new Google Chip will be aimed at offering an enhanced efficiency and also boost the AI capabilities. All the while, they also need to take care that the chip is frugal enough despite the fact that it will be performing additional tasks. In all likelihood, Google’s features might be tailor made to support only their hardware in which case manufacturers would definitely lean towards the Google chipsets....

Those were the words that concluded perhaps the greatest tech ad of all time – the epic “1984” ad for the Macintosh. Although the ad itself was released before the launch of the Macintosh, January 24 marks the official day of the arrival of the computer that according to many people made computers a part of our everyday life. It was not as if computers or even personal computers did not exist before the Macintosh....

That apart a recent teaser image found on Nokia’s exclusive TMall online store hints at the upcoming Nokia 7. The teaser image also reads ‘qi’ which translates to the “Number 7” in Chinese. Also, the TMall features a GIF that teases an upcoming phone with bothie features. In the meanwhile, the rumor mills have been predicting a Nokia 7 in three different variants. One variant with 3GB RAM/32GB storage, 4GB RAM/32GB Storage and the last one with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage....

Kevlar body: Stop a bullet or a knife… and be fall proof! All the Batman fans know that our superhero’s suit is made up of Kevlar, a high-strength fiber which has very high tensile strength-to-weight ratio because of which it is five times stronger than steel. Now we are not advising Bats on design but we insist that like his suit, the Batman smartphone should also be made up of Kevlar because, hey, you do not want that glass or even aluminium back to crack into pieces while the guy is out there, swinging from rooftop to rooftop, saving the city....

The Honor 7 Play sits just below the mid-range Honor 8, and primarily aimed at budget-conscious young adults. The smartphone was apparently spotted on a Chinese certification website earlier this month. The budget handset comes with a matte finish polycarbonate body which imitates the appearance of sandblasted aluminum. Upfront, the Honor 7 Play sports a 5.45-inch HD display. That said, despite featuring 18:9 display, the smartphone has quite significant bezels on its front façade....

The Honor Band 4 features a 0.95-inch color OLED screen with 2.5D curved glass and a circular home key on the front. There’s a heart rate scanner too and it’s water resistant up to 50 meters. Honor says the band’s 100mAh battery can last about six days with continuous heart rate measurement. As for the connectivity, the Honor Band 4 comes equipped with Bluetooth 4.2 and can be paired with either an Android or iOS phone with the Huawei Health app....

Being powered by an AMD chip, the all-new variant of the Honor Magicbook is indeed a cheapest among all its siblings. That said, the processor inside the new Honor laptop is a pretty capable one. It’s powered by the new 14nm technology based Ryzen R5 2500U quad-core processor. The AMD chip comes with a default core frequency of 2.0GHz and a top speed of 3.6GHz. Alongside the Ryzen CPU, the Honor Magicbook feature a Radeon Vega 8 graphics....

Design and appearance This is a clash between two schools – that which believes in glass and that which prefers good old metal. There is no doubt both phones cut smart figures in their own ways – the Play with its minimalist finish and the OnePlus 6 with its shiny curved glass back. Both have also display dominated fronts, with bezels cut to the minimum (both have around 83 percent screen to body ratio)....

Moto G6 vs RealMe 1 On first glance, it might seem like both the Moto G6 and RealMe 1 feature a glass exterior but the former of the two is the only one with an actual Gorilla Glass shell. In addition to that, the Moto G6 is even splash-resistant. The RealMe 1, on the contrary, is made out of plastic and a polymer composite material. A tall 1080p LCD screen is present in either case, although the RealMe 1 has a slightly larger 6....