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This is perhaps why Chromebooks are so often associated with students. And with schools and colleges going online(thanks to the pandemic), suddenly, the number of people requiring a notebook has gone up. And of course, while the idea of buying a high-end, powerful laptop might sound tempting, if all you have to do is attend online classes, do some research, do project work and handle emails on a laptop, a Chromebook might be able to serve you just as well without really burning a deep hole in your parents’ pockets....

Unwrapping the box which is well packed, you’re welcomed with a relatively heavy unit weighing close to 2.5 kilograms. The red lines which ASUS calls the “Mayan” design is the first thing you will notice, apart from the very shiny, glossy slippery top. Over a period of time as you use the laptop, this surface will catch a lot of fingerprints and dust and is highly prone to smudges forcing you to constantly clean it up....

In addition to that, the phone comes with a whopping 8GB of RAM, 32GB internal memory, and Android Oreo with possibly a custom skin on top. The screen resolution is mentioned as “2160 x 1080 px” which confirms that the phone will have a tall nearly edge-to-edge display with an aspect ratio of 18:9. It managed to attain a score of 270680 points on AnTuTu, which is roughly on par with other similarly specced phones....

On the other side of the spectrum, while the visual content — articles and videos — continues to tread at a constant pace, we are gradually seeing a rise in services that are making consuming articles less of an engaging activity by taking away the need to go through them in the traditional way. Although there are a few different services that offer this functionality, the one we are talking about in this article is Podcastle AI, which is essentially a Chrome extension that converts articles to podcasts....

I would just like to wish you all the very best at MWC 2018, sweethearts. It has been a busy year for you all and really we have seen so many phones from you. As someone who grew old with a Nokia phone, I must admit it is so wonderful having you back in our tech lives. It is like having an old familiar friend back in one’s house. And it is as a friend that I have a small request to make of you: please do not try to revive another of your old phones in a new avatar for this year’s MWC....

A couple of weeks ago, I bought the Pixel and despite the minor flaws, I have never regretted my decision. The software being the centerpiece here, is everything you would expect from a phone made by Google and represents Android in a way no other manufacturer has been able to. Even the camera, which was not the biggest strength of Google’s smartphones, is now one of the best and sits comfortably alongside the Galaxies and iPhones of the world....

TrustPort Antivirus USB Edition is a special security software, designed for the protection of portable memory media. Flash drives have become normal means of transferring data and using it on multiple computers. Security of portable media has been unfortunately a widely neglected issue for a long time. TrustPort USB Antivirus comes as a perfect answer to this issue. When installed on the flash drive, it continuously monitors files being copied to the drive, so that no malicious codes can be stored on it....

I have always found it to be a tad bit annoying that one had to manually keep a track of the live stream and would get a notification only once it starts. The another problem was the absence of a shareable link, so all one could do is send an invite with the timings on it. This new feature will definitely help the bigger players including brands and celebrities who usually follow a schedule when it comes to Live broadcasts....

Back in November 2010, some blogs had falsely reported the arrival of Facebook Places in India, but this time, it looks for real. It seems to be getting rolled out in a phased manner. If you are an iPhone user in India, open your Facebook for iPhone app or visit touch.facebook.com from your mobile browser to access Facebook Places. I am not sure if it works on Android as well, but it should....

The new Fitbit Aria 2 simplifies the setup process and improves the accuracy of the existing Aria. It still connects to the Fitbit app on your phone for syncing data and logging your weight. The design has been toned down for a more sleeker aesthetic and it now comes with a bright display for showing you the stats and greetings for times when you need the motivation. Moreover, the Aria 2 can recognize up to eight different users and is capable of syncing their data with their individual smartwatches, fitness bands....

What’s worse is that once your Google Drive storage is full, you will even stop receiving e-mails on your Gmail ID because that too uses your Drive storage. If you are facing a similar situation, here are a few ways by which you can declutter your Google Drive storage and make space for your e-mails and files on G Drive. Now, of course, you can just go ahead and get a Google One subscription and bump up your storage if you are going to store a lot more files on Drive....

Flutin aims to solve this problem by bringing together creators/artists and their (relevant) audience. To this end, Flutin offers an ecosystem where content creators can create, promote and monetize their content while reaching their target audience. One of the products in this ecosystem is Flutin Live, which helps you host and monetize live events on multiple social media platforms simultaneously. So, if you’re a creative yourself, here’s an overview of Flutin Live and all its salient features that will help you expand your reach and get your content in front of more people on the Internet....

Avanquest’s Perfect Image 11 is an outdated (yet useful) version which is a great set of tools that set up a backup routine and will automatically archive your stuff. It internally uses Paragon’s Partition Manager, which has a proven record of being a reliable software. Below are some of the main features of Avanquest Perfect Image 11 Create an exact copy of your PC * Never re-install software or Windows again * Restore individual files or entire hard disk * Back up emails, music, photos & videos * Schedule backups automatically In order to grab a free license of Avanquest Perfect Image 11, you would need to visit this promotional offer page – http://register....

How did you get the idea for making Bury Me My Love (BMML)? Well, this all started with an article in French newspaper Le Monde “The Journey of a Syrian Migrant” as told by her WhatsApp Conversations. It told the story of a young woman named Dana, who left Damascus in 2015 and tried to reach Germany. More specifically, it explained how she had kept in touch with her loved ones, both still in Syria and already in Germany, as she was undertaking her journey....

The Nubia brand has now made a major announcement, which is expected to help increase their market presence in international markets like Europe and US. Currently, Nubia sells its Android smartphones with its own skin on top. It’s called the Nubia UI, and the interface comes with a hoard of features which aren’t otherwise found in devices running vanilla Android. With that said, its UI hasn’t been appreciated much by its users residing outside of China....

As for the specification, the Elife E8 sports a 6-inch display with QHD (1,440 x 2,560) screen resolution. Inside the device sits a 64-bit capable MediaTek Helio X10 octa-core chipset clocked at 2GHz paired with 3GB RAM and 64 gigs of internal storage which can be expanded to add another 128GB via microSD card should you need more storage. But perhaps the most exciting attraction in the Elife E8 is its 23....

The Constraints Gcam project had us impressed with the HDR+ mode on the Pixel and the Nexus phones which allowed users to take photos at the low-level light by burst shooting ten short exposure and then combining them into a single image. Once the automatic post-processing is done the grains and other noises in the background are drastically reduced. The SeeTheDark app which was presented at the ICCV 2015 Extreme Imaging Workshop showed us how the smartphone camera can capture images at the extremely low light by accumulating more exposures and ultimately merging them into one....

Oh yeah, we are talking about that nick in the upper part of the phone screen – the notch! Some would think that it is a bit late in the day to be talking about it. After all, it has been more than a year since the Essential phone (ooo, remember that one) and the iPhone X assaulted geek eyes with this transgression. “So ugly,” went almost everyone with a byline in tech....

The GFXBench is the culprit in this case. The Google Pixel XL2 packs a 5.6 inch Quad HD (2,560 x 1,330p) display, reveals the benchmark listing. This will make the upcoming flagship smartphone from Google marginally larger than its 5.5-inch display touting predecessor. Incidentally, the listed display resolution of the Google Pixel XL2 makes us wonder whether it will come with a Samsung Galaxy S8 like 18:9 display. The internals of the Google Pixel XL2 is manned by a 2....

As far as the specifications are concerned, the Honor 9 Lite tries to check all the marks on the list of smartphone trends. For starters, it flaunts a tall 5.65-inch IPS display with an aspect ratio of 18:9 and a resolution of Full HD+. The phone inherits the brand’s signature glass aesthetic. Under the hood, the Honor 9 Lite is powered by a Hisilicon Kirin 659 octa-core processor coupled with 3/4GB of RAM, 32/64GB internal memory which is expandable, and a non-removable 3000mAh battery....