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Xiaomi’s offshoot – Poco – grabbed the world’s attention with the  insane pricing for its first smartphone  which has flagship-level internals, and a very functional design. The Poco F1 is packed with a Snapdragon 845 which is indisputably the best chipset for Android smartphones this year, with a price barely hovering over the Rs 20,000 mark. With the chipset, you get up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB storage and to keep things cool, the Poco F1 also has liquid cooling and a copper heat sink. But those are not the only  unbelievable features that the Poco F1 delivers  as it also comes with a  really impressive camera  for the price. While it’s too early to call this the best camera in the segment, here’s what I think about it after playing with it for just over a day. The Poco F1 uses the usual MIUI camera app so we would not dwell upon the features of the app and focus on the image quality and shooting experience. Focus Speed Speaking of focus,...

Apple recently became the first publicly traded US corporation to reach a market capitalization of  $1 trillion , after the company’s shares climbed 2.4% to hit the $207.05 mark which was required to reach the trillion dollar market value. Thanks to the impressive market rally, Apple CEO Tim Cook is all set to pocket shares worth about $120 million this week. As per a report by  Business Standard , Cook is in line to earn a total of 560,000 shares as part of his annual compensation plan, which amounts to Apple stock worth $120 million based on the current price of Apple’s shares. Half of the shares Cook is set to receive are tied to his contract for serving as Apple’s Chief Executive Officer, while the rest 280,000 are additional shares which are subject to Apple’s performance compared to other companies in the S&P 500 index, a modification which was reportedly requested by Cook a few years ago. The terms dictated that if Apple’s stock market retu...

With  Google  planning to phase out Allo in the near future, the company is apparently bringing one useful functionality from the ill-fated chat app to  Android Messages . The tech giant is apparently testing the integration of Google Assistant with its native Android messaging app, although,  according to XDA , only the suggested messages feature work for now (there’s apparently no support for voice commands just yet). Screenshots Courtesy: XDA It’s worth noting that the new feature will be different to  ‘Smart Reply’  which is already present in Android Messages. Google Assistant in Android Messages will work similarly to how it works on Allo, showing users suggested messages to answer their queries, but they won’t be able to interact with Google’s intelligent digital assistant verbally. Screenshots Courtesy: XDA Google has been talking major steps towards making Android Messages the default catch-all app for messaging across its platfo...

Infinix has today launched the company’s first Android One smartphone, the Infinix Note 5, in India. The new Infinix smartphone boots Android 8.1 Oreo and comes with a host of features such as Google Lens integration among others, which the company is touting to be the result of a close partnership with Google. The Inifinix Note 5 packs a   5.99-inch Full HD+ Full View display  with 18:9 aspect ratio, 2.5D curved glass, 85% screen-to-body ratio and is capable of reproducing 80% of the hues in the NTSC color gamut. The device features a unibody design with a premium dual glass build and has a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor.  The Inifinix Note 5 is powered by an octa-core  MediaTek Helio P23 (6763) processor  clocked at 2.0 GHz, paired with an ARM Mali G71 GPU to handle the graphics. The new Infinix device comes in two variants, one with  3GB of RAM coupled with 32GB of internal storage  and a higher-end version with  4GB of RAM a...

JioGigaFiber opened up for registration on August 15, allowing users to express their interest in the company’s fixed-line broadband network. The service is not ready for official rollout just yet, but Reliance Jio is reportedly looking to introduce a GigaFiber preview offer for early testers. According to  TelecomTalk , Reliance Jio will soon start contacting users for the installation of Jio GigaFiber. To get started,  users will have to pay Rs 4,500 up front  (which includesa refundable security deposit) to get the Jio ONT (Optical Network Terminal) device, a gateway to the GigaHub Home. The preview offer is similar to what the company offered with the rollout of its Jio telecom services. The Jio GigaFiber preview offer will give every initial subscriber  100GB of data at upload and download speeds of up to 100 Mbps  for the first three months. We expect these offers to be extended, just like in the case of Jio telecom. The 100GB FUP l...

Panasonic is a renowned name when it comes to making world-class imaging hardware, and now, the company seeks to leverage its expertise, influence and resources to do some social good. For World Photography Day, Panasonic has joined hands with Know Disability, an NGO which takes care of differently-abled kids. As part of the initiative called  BeyondFrames , Panasonic will identify special kids who are gifted with photography skills and will organize training classes for them that will be conducted by professional photographer, Mohit Ahuja, to further hone the photography skills of the socially abled kids. Ahuja will utilize Panasonic Lumix G series cameras to teach the art of photography and how to further sharpen the skills one is gifted with, during the mentorship program. Once the training classes are over, the work of the special kids will be showcased at the Delhi Photo Fair on the occasion of the World Photography Day   on  ...

Android Pie  went official  earlier this month and brought with it a laundry list of new features such as a new Material Theme UI for many apps, gesture navigation,  Digital Wellbeing , and more. All these features are great and will indeed come in handy in daily use, but there’s one important functionality that has been removed from Android Pie i.e phone call recording. Google has now made some changes and  plugged the workaround  that  enabled the users to record calls using any third-party app  without having to root their devices. The latest Android update though renders non-root call recording apps useless, thus, making it difficult for some users to record calls for security or privacy reasons. It could be related to the Android Pie security changes, which blocks apps in the background from accessing your microphone and camera. Rooted apps still work, but if you are wary of voiding the warranty by rooting your phone, you are not alone. ...