Realme forayed into the fitness band segment earlier this year, and now it is looking to mark its footprint in the home entertainment space. Two new Realme LED TV variants were spotted on Bluetooth SIG hinting at a launch in the future. This comes after the Realme Smart TV remote control received Bluetooth certification a
Month: May 2020
As India fights the coronavirus crisis, Samsung India on Tuesday pledged a contribution of Rs. 20 crores towards the relief efforts. The company will be donating Rs. 15 crores to the PM CARES Fund, and Rs. 5 crores to the states of Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to combat the crises. The company also mentioned
The government on Sunday prohibited the sale of non-essential items through e-commerce platforms during the ongoing lockdown, four days after allowing such companies to sell mobile phones, televisions, laptops, refrigerators, and ready-made garments. Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla issued an order excluding the non-essential items from the cart of e-commerce companies. The order said the
Apple supplier LG Display warned of a sharp contraction in demand for TVs and smartphones as a result of the new coronavirus outbreak in the current quarter, after widening its first-quarter losses. The South Korean panel maker posted its fifth straight quarter of operating losses, as the coronavirus pandemic added to the problems of the
What exactly is a smart television? Like a smartphone, it’s a television that can connect to the Internet to fetch information and content. While a smartphone is primarily a communication device, a smart TV serves different purposes; you can use it to access streaming services, watch short videos, or listen to music through your home
Huawei Smart Screen V55i TV on Friday made its debut in China alongside the Nova 7 5G-series smartphones. The television features a three-sided bezel-less design with a 4K LCD screen. It is powered by quad-core Honghu Smart SoC, paired with 4GB RAM and 64GB of integral storage. The television has eight speakers onboard and comes
The ongoing pandemic has certainly put a damper on Realme’s upcoming product launches but it seems as though we’re in for some big announcements, post lockdown. We know for a fact that Realme’s upcoming smart TV will debut in India first and we’ve been hearing rumours about the different size variants it would come in.
Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday it expected profit to decline in the current quarter due to a coronavirus-related slump in sales of smartphones and TVs, although the chip business would remain solid. Samsung said its operating profit rose 3 percent in the January-March period, in line with an earlier estimate, as work-from-home orders boosted demand
Xiaomi’s television range in India is popular for a number of reasons, including value for money and offering smart features and connectivity at attractive prices. The most expensive TVs in the company’s range are the Mi TV 4X and Mi TV 4 Pro that are considered among the best televisions in the affordable segment. However,
Facebook beat analysts’ estimates for quarterly revenue on Wednesday and said it has seen “signs of stability” for sales in April after a plunge in March, in yet another signal that tech giants may weather the coronavirus-induced economic collapse better than other sectors. The announcement came a day after Alphabet’s Google said a drop in
Twitter will grant researchers and software developers access to a real-time data stream of tens of millions of daily public tweets about COVID-19, which they can use to study the spread of the disease or track misinformation, the company said in a blog post on Wednesday. Twitter said that this access could also be used
TikTok, a popular short-video app, has achieved 2 billion downloads via Google Play Store and App Store. According to app intelligence firm Sensor Tower, the first quarter of 2020 has been the best so far for TikTok, as it managed to accumulate 315 million installs. While businesses continue to suffer and adjust to the new
Facebook is witnessing a massive surge in its userbase owing to the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns placed in several countries. The company today announced that for the first time, more than 3 billion people were actively using the company’s platforms including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, on a monthly basis. It was also announced that Facebook
WhatsApp has a massive userbase across the globe and its parent company Facebook has been trying to make it even more feature rich and easy to use. The company has been reportedly testing a multi-device feature that will allow users to have the same WhatsApp account on multiple devices at the same time. The feature
Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms where people get together to share photos and videos. This interaction is quantified by ‘likes’ and ‘comments’ on posts that are used by the platform to algorithmically highlight popular posts. Now, a team of researchers has found that not all of this engagement is organic.
Google Meet has become a popular video conferencing solution, adding roughly 30 lakh users every day. The platform, earlier known as Google Hangouts Meet, was initially known amongst large-scale organisations, enterprise customers, and establishments such as schools. However, with the spread of the coronavirus outbreak that has pushed a large number of people to start
Reddit is rolling out a new feature that lets users engage in private group chats with each other. Reddit is a discussion forum made up of many different communities called subreddits. The new feature, named “Start Chatting”, randomly sorts users from a subreddit into a private group chat, where they can, well, start chatting! Reddit
Facebook has been working on expanding the reach of its photo transfer tool to more regions and now, and it is now rolling out to users in United States and Canada. The tool lets users transfer their Facebook photos and videos directly to other services. As of now, it allows transferring to Google Photos. The
Twitter swung to a loss in the past quarter as the global pandemic hit advertising revenue, even as the social platform saw a surge in new users. In its quarterly update Thursday, Twitter posted an $8 million (roughly Rs. 60 crores) loss while revenues edged up three percent to $808 million (roughly Rs. 6,065 crores)
Voice chat is now standard fare in video gaming communities. Gone are the days when you had to share a couch to socialize while playing. Why bother when you can stay at home and chat over the internet instead? However, with so many options available, you may be confused as to which one is right
While social media is great for keeping up with family and friends, you can easily share too much on platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. A lot of people worry about what these companies will do with your data, but in reality, we give away more information ourselves than we think. In this article, we
Whether you have forgotten your password or you think your account has been hacked, in this step-by-step guide we’ll show you how to recover your Facebook account. Advertisement Facebook offers several automated ways to recover your account. Most of them depend on information you entered and validated when you set up your account. If you
TikTok has launched a new in-app feature called Donation Stickers. These make it easy to donate to charity without ever leaving the TikTok app. And the first charities supported through Donation Stickers have all been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Helping Charities Survive the Coronavirus Crisis The current COVID-19 crisis has affected almost every country
It can be hard coming up with fun ideas for dates at the best of times. However, it’s even more difficult when you’re in a long distance relationship or just getting to know each other on a dating app. Advertisement That’s why we’ve put together this list of virtual date ideas. These are all activities
At one point in time, Facebook forced you to hand over your phone number in order to set up 2FA (two-factor authentication). However, since 2018, Facebook has no longer required you to provide a phone number, meaning anyone can now use 2FA on Facebook. For the uninitiated, two-factor authentication offers an extra layer of security
With populations around the world either in lockdown and/or following social distancing rules, video chat has suddenly become much more popular. And Google is responding to that explosive uptick in interest by making Google Meet free for everyone to use. How to Use Google Meet for Free In a post on The Keyword, Google announced
When trying to stay in touch with friends, you aren’t limited to video chats. You can actually spend time in the same room as your friends without seeing them in real life. Do you want to hang out with your friends in a virtual space? Then convince them to invest in a VR headset, and
Since June 2019, Skype has let you share your screen on mobile. This was a popular feature on desktop, which led Microsoft to add screen sharing to the Skype mobile app for Android and iOS as well. And in this article we’ll show you how to do it. Microsoft has allowed you to share your
Anchor has launched a new video-to-audio conversion feature which lets you turn your video chats into audio podcasts. This means that you can hang out with friends on Zoom or Google Meet (now free for everyone) Everyone Can Now Use Google Meet for Free With the use of video chat apps exploding in recent weeks,
Apple recently launched the iPhone SE (2020) as the successor to the original iPhone SE, and while we don’t have a launch date for India in place yet, it’s likely to hit the market in May. This model offers a mix of old and new hardware in the body of the iPhone 8. Many people