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Google is expanding its presence in India by planning to open a brick-and-mortar Android store, called Android Nation. India is one of the rising nations in the telcom industry, so it makes sense for Google to impregnate the Android brand as much as possible in the mind of consumers. Google will partner with Spice Global in order to open Android Nation stores across India with New Delhi being the first city to have an Android store later this year....

Google has announced through a blog post that its self-driving cars have been given the green light by authorities to circulate on public roads in Mountain View, California this summer. According to Project Director Chris Urmson, the prototype vehicles will have safety drivers present and will have a capped speed of 25mph. He further added: Google also said that it plans to run small pilot programs with the self-driving car prototypes in the coming years....

The sneer was very clear (and regrettable) in that sentiment that was expressed by many experts and observers about Xiaomi’s efforts to get beyond the Rs 20,000 mark in the Indian market with the Redmi K20 series in mid-2019. The reason for their observation was simple – Xiaomi (and its brands, Redmi and Poco) was seen as a “low price, value for money” player. A brand whose devices would fare well in the mid and lower price segments....

Well, here is a funny collection of Windows FAIL images! If you are a Windows fan, be a sport and take it in your stride. We all know that Windows is not this bad ever since Windows 7 was released, but not a reason enough to have a hearty laugh. Isn’t it?

The new Nokia 3310 4G will be available in two color options — Fresh Blue and Deep Black. Apart from the software, the handset is powered by a considerably better set of specifications but doesn’t feature any design upgrades. Unlike its predecessor which ran on the Nokia Series 30+ operating system, the 4G variant has been launched with a Java-based YunOS. It’s essentially a forked Android version developed by China’s Alibaba....

With Hotstar premium, one would be gaining access to US TV shows and movies at a nominal subscription fee of Rs 199/month. Just like Netflix, Hotstar would also be offering a free trial of one-month, post which the subscribers will be charged Rs 199 every month. The caveat however is that the service will currently support only credit cards as opposed to Netflix which has found out a way to charge your debit card monthly....

However, in the past year or so, smartphone manufacturers have been unable to maintain the wow factor in their products. Sure, this year showcased some of the best phone launches we’ve witnessed in a while. But the next big technology phase isn’t far enough now, its flow will lead to numerous uphills involving artificial intelligence, crazy modular designs that are far superior to what we’re seeing right now on phones like the LG G5, machine learning, smarter virtual assistant and more....

However, users on Reddit seem to have found another use case for the color filter camera on the OnePlus 8 Pro which may seem like something OnePlus didn’t want you to know or they didn’t know themselves. It makes you a magician. Well, sort of. When the color filter camera is used on objects made out of thin plastic, you can basically see through the exterior of those objects and determine the internal components/circuitry....

Usually, when a website doesn’t load, there can be numerous problems and numerous solutions to fix them. I’ll try to explain what to do and what are the steps involved in figuring out what the problem is. You can also browse through our previous tips on how to access blocked websites. The first step is to see on which end is the issue. Here, there are 3 possibilities: from your terminal from your ISP (Internet Service Provider) from the website’s own server....

Xiaomi claims to have improved on the customer service front drastically in recent months. They have opened up service centers across all the major Tier 2 cities and has also increased the number of service centers in metros. Recently, Xiaomi announced a new feature that would allow customers to book their service via the Mi Store app. The customers will be issued a Mi Mobile token number and told their number in the queue....

But the company also eliminated a few features to accommodate the new form factor. For example, the battery percentage indicator was discarded from the status bar starting with iPhone X. The status bar only consisted of a visual battery indicator, and users would need to swipe down the control panel to see a definite battery percentage. Understandably, users were upset. Fortunately, Apple has finally reintroduced the battery percentage in the status bar with iOS 16....

The personalized suggestions feature relies on Google Location History and Web & App Activity data to find relevant matches. And therefore, it requires you to turn on Web & App Activity data for your account to be able to offer better recommendations. Moreover, the matches (show in percentage) against your food preferences also rely on your past saved, rated, or visited places. Essentially, the match percentage is a way to show how much your food preferences match a restaurant’s style....

Although Apple does not provide any option to choose their preferred Maps app, users have found a way to bypass this constraint. There are two solutions for this problem, for both jailbroken iOS devices and non-jailbroken ones. Obviously, the jailbroken solution is a little better, but for non-jailbroken phones, it’s still good because you can use Google Maps with Siri pretty easily, so you can have the flexibility that you want....

A couple of months back, Apple introduced iOS 13 with a bunch of major and minor updates and improvements, the highlight of which is the highly-requested Dark Mode. With this new update, Apple also introduced noticeable changes to the Shortcuts app, some of which aim at offering more granular control over individual actions to allow users to automate tasks more effectively. Among these, one of the changes is that, with iOS 13, the Shortcuts app now comes pre-installed and no longer requires users to download it from the App Store....

Why do all that when one of the most popular social media apps around lets you add bokeh to your images with minimum fuss? We are talking about Instagram. Yes, Instagram is better known as an image sharing social network and for its retro filter effects. But what not too many know is that it also comes with some rather powerful and yet simple to use image editing tools. And one of them is all about ‘Tilt shift’ or to use a more common term, bokeh....

For starters, make sure you’ve the latest version of Paytm on your Android phone. Head over to this link to check. How to Add Google Play Credit Through Paytm Fire up the Paytm app. Locate “Google Play” under the “Recharge or Pay Bills for” section. Tap it once found. Now enter the balance that you want to add to your Google Play account. The minimum amount is INR 100, while the maximum is INR 1500....

The Cricket World Cup is undoubtedly one of the highly anticipated sports events across the globe. And if you happen to be a great admirer or follower of the sport, you might want to know the different ways you could watch every single match of the tournament, ball-by-ball. So to make things simpler for you, here’s a comprehensive guide on how you can watch the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup across different parts of the globe....

The original HTC Desire, when it came out back in 2010, was a phenomenal device and many, this editor included, fell to its charms. Bearing close resemblance to the HTC-manufactured Nexus One, the Desire was one of the first devices to boast an AMOLED display and enjoyed enviable support from third party developers. In fact, this editor made sure to procure the device from abroad even before the official Indian launch and actively used it for almost a full year — remarkable considering that most smartphones didn’t last more than a few months with him....

Huawei Nova 6 and Nova 6 5G: Design and Display Both, Huawei Nova 6 and Nova 6 5G feature a glass back design in the rear, and have the same 6.57-inch Full HD+ LCD display with a 2400 × 1080 pixels screen resolution, 96% NTSC color gamut, and a 2.5D curved glass on top. The display does not come with a notch, and instead, has a hole-punch that houses the dual front-facing camera setup with a primary and an ultra-wide sensor....

Huawei P30 The Huawei P30 features a 6.1-inch Full HD+ OLED display with a 2340×1080 pixel screen resolution and 19.5:9 aspect ratio. Under the hood, it is powered by a 7nm HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset with dual NPU, paired with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage (expandable up to to 256GB using a microSD card). It has a 3650mAh battery with 25W SuperCharge and reverse wireless charging support....