What are Standard-Essential Patents? An essential patent or standard essential patent is one that requires the invention to be used in conjunction with the prescribed standards and thus, the company is expected to get license grants for their patents and pending patent applications. The companies applying for the grant will be required to pay certain fees as royalty only after which they will be granted a license. Suppose a standards organization fails to get the required license for their patents the owners of the unlicensed patents are allowed to sue the organization for royalties....

Redmi K30 Ultra: Design and Display The Redmi K30 Ultra features a metal and glass body with a quad-camera setup on the rear and a pop-up selfie camera module. Towards the front, it features a 6.77-inch AMOLED display from Samsung with a 120Hz refresh rate and 1200nits of brightness. The display offers a 5,000,000:1 contrast ratio and includes a 360-degree ambient light sensor. Redmi K30 Ultra comes in three colorways: Moonlight White, Midnight Black, and Mint Green....

The Weibo post reveals that Xiaomi is working on two Pinecone SoC numbered V670 and V970. The V670 is apparently ready and it is made up of octa-core architecture with Mali T860 MP4 GPU clocked at 800MHz. Pinecone V670 is a mid-range processor built using the 28nm process. That said, the Pinecone V970 also comes with an octa-core architecture but opts for the 10nm manufacturing process, which also suggests that this might be the flagship SoC from Xiaomi’s stable....

As rumoured earlier Xiaomi Mi 5s and the 5s Plus herald with an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner is touted to be more accurate than the usual fingerprint sensor. Also, Xiaomi claims that the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor will not take much damage due to regular wear and tear since it is nonporous in nature. The Ultrasonic fingerprint scanner also means that there are no openings around the fingerprint sensor and thus it can be integrated seamlessly into the screen panel....

The Xiaomi Mi Note 3 is a beautiful looking smartphone that draws its design inspiration from the Mi6. You may end up confusing it with its smaller sibling if you take a quick glance at it’s from a distance. That said, the footprint of the Xiaomi Mi Note 3 is markedly larger. This is due to the presence of a 5.5 inch Full HD IPS LCD display. Xiaomi has also made some tweaks in the construction of its flagship phablet....

The washing machine looks like a standard everyday device we’re accustomed to, although, it is extremely portable and small weighing at 34 Kilograms and a holding capacity of 2.8 kg. Additionally, the machine measures 415 mm in thickness and is 500mm wide. It is powered by an Amotec Kore DD inverter motor backed up by Suspa shock absorbers which are interestingly, produced by the same German company that apparently manufactures shocks for Mercedes Benz E Class....

With the newer versions of operating systems like Windows 10 and Windows 11, the overall experience has changed drastically, and the chances of you being hit by a blue screen error are exceptionally low. But Microsoft’s “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” approach hasn’t completely solved the underlying problems. Microsoft has tried to mitigate them to a large extent and will continue to work on them in the coming years....

New(ish) Design? Before we speak about the phone itself, let’s take a moment to appreciate the bold design of the box the 7T comes in. Takes us back to the OnePlus One. And no, we are not complaining. It’s nice when something stands out every once in a while, and credit to OnePlus for doing exactly that. Not just the box, but the phone makes some bold design choices too....

And it certainly does have the potential to turn heads, although its design is going to divide some opinions. It is a more rounded look and borrows more from the Realme 3 than the Realme 2 Pro, which had a straighter look about it. Speaking for ourselves, we rather like the appearance of the Realme 3 Pro. The front of course, as is the rule these days, is all about the 6....

108 Million Pixels! Let’s begin with cameras as that’s the major highlight of this device. There are five cameras on the back of the Mi Note 10 and that’s not something we’re used to seeing. And the best part is, all five cameras serve a purpose. By this, we mean to say there’s no depth sensor or anything that’s there just to fill up space. The primary sensor is a 108MP shooter and what this means is you get immaculate details....

Check out FlashLynx Video Download Software. It is a very practical download manager, specialized for downloading video clips from YouTube, MySpace and Google Video. To download a video, you just have to enter the URL for the video in “ADD Url” box. If not, you can check “Search related video” option, which is very useful, especially if the video has several parts. FlashLynx will find all the parts and show them in the main window....

Things you need before Modding PS3 A PS3 console with firmware 3.41 and above. PS Jailbreak USB Modchip (need to buy from OzModChip) An external USB drive formatted to FAT32 with the “Backup Manager” file on it. Original disc of any PS3 game which you want to backup. Guide to Jailbreak/Mod PS3 using PS Jailbreak Power off your console and make sure that there isn’t any disc in the Blu-ray drive....

Google Analytics is one of the popular products from Google for the webmasters community and is one of the best analytics software available online & that too for Free. Though, the analytics team is putting their every effort to eradicate any loopholes in the product. If you are using Google Analytics, you may know that under Traffic Source –> Referring Sites, you can view the sites link through which people visited your site....

“Oh, why?” “Well, Microsoft insists that’s what I should be called. I am in their new Surface ad, you know!” “Wow, you are coming in a Microsoft ad?” “Yes!” “And as Mac Book?” “Yes.” “Wow, that’s so cool. What are you going to be doing?” “Well, it’s really kinda simple. It is a very basic ad, you know. They introduce me as a real person called Mac Book. And then I sit with a Surface Laptop 2 and a MacBook…” “Wait, so you sit with yourself?...

Before we begin, do note that we are not mentioning definitive prices of every case due to the fact that most of them are not available to purchase at this moment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, hence, the prices are not displayed. However, we are including links to every case so make sure you visit the link and check the current price of the case of your choice before buying....

What happens when an Android user gets involved with an iOS devotee on a project and is required to quickly share files between their respective devices? Often, frustration happens first. Once you begin dealing with files larger than the 15-25 MB limit imposed by most email services, your productivity encounters a major obstacle. “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate” to quote the famous words of the prison warden in Cool Hand Luke....

Method 1. Using Microsoft Translator For this method, you need to download and install the Microsoft Translator app on your iPhone. After which, using its share sheet, you can translate a webpage to any language. Steps- Download the Microsoft Translator app from the AppStore. 2. Open Safari and hit the share button. Scroll horizontally and click on the More button. Flip the switch (next to Translator) ON and hit Done....

There are lots of apps that can help you improve your home, and they range from DIY apps to home automation, shopping and everything in between. These apps are designed to make your everyday life easier by providing you with the necessary information that you need to improve your home. Today, we’ll give you a few examples of such apps. What can a home improvement app do for you? Well, for starters, an app is a easy and simple way to obtain information about pretty much any household item, as well as means of searching and buying certain items online, thus saving you time and effort....

As a matter of fact, most of the desktop image editing tools fail as well when it comes to editing (or resizing) PNG files while retaining transparency. They always remove the transparent background and replace it with a colored one. The latest version of Irfan View does show an option to resize PNG images AND retain transparency, but I never figured out how to use it successfully. Using Adobe Photoshop is surely one working option, but not everyone can afford a license for Photoshop....

Rekognition Polly Lex Lightsail AWS Snowmobile (It’s not as exciting as it sounds) Commenting on the launch, AWS CEO Andy Jassy said on stage, “Moving an exabyte of data would take 26 years with a 10-GB-per-second connection,With the Snowmobile, it would take six months. And you wouldn’t believe how many companies have that much data.”