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The company has now announced on its forums that it is holding a product launch event on January 15th in Beijing, which is next week. Since Xiaomi has hinted that it is unveiling a new flagship smartphone, most of us are expect the Mi 5 to be announced – the successor to the already popular Xiaomi Mi4. As a matter of fact, we were expecting the device to be announced at this CES edition, but it seems that the event will take place in Beijing....

While the sale begins on March 19, i.e, tomorrow, Flipkart has already started teasing a few deals in advance. So if you are looking to buy a smartphone, laptop, or any other product during the sale, here are some of our picks for the best deals for the Big Shopping Days sale. Best Deals on Smartphones Apple iPhone 7 – available in 32GB at Rs 24,999 (MRP – Rs 29,990)....

The list includes Facebook’s primary client, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram. The remaining position is filled by Google’s video-streaming service, YouTube. In countries such as the United States, Facebook’s dominance, while is slightly less worrying, is still quite substantial. In the US, three of the five leading apps are from Facebook. The other two are Snapchat and YouTube. Mexico has a similar Facebook ascendency with WhatsApp, Messenger, and Facebook ruling the charts....

The Garmin Speak Plus pairs with your smartphone over Bluetooth for fetching data online. The voice assistant supports most of the primary skills including turn-by-turn directions, music playback and more. Being a dash cam first, the Speak Plus also rocks a camera sensor through which it records incidents, warn you if you’re too close to a car, and even send an alert if you’re drifting out of your current lane....

Starting out as a… game boy! He may now be the director and founder of a multi-national company, but Carl Pei’s first job for a company was when he was in just sixth grade at a (wait for it) game store. It was for just a week in Sweden because kids in Sweden are allowed to do different jobs from grade sixth to ninth for just a week. He mentions that he shrink-wrapped games, restocked shelves and ate hot dogs for a week there....

The Gionee Marathon M4 draws its power from a 64-bit 1.3GHz quad core processor teamed with 2GB of RAM. The device comes with a 5-inch HD AMOLED display and runs on the Android 5.0 wrapped in the companies Amigo 3.0 UI. Camera department chapes up in the form of a 8-megapixel primary camera and a 5-megapixel secondary camera. Marathon M4 sports 16GB of internal memory along with an external memory card slot that can squeeze in an additional 32GB....

If you’re not yet running version 9.12, wait for it to be rolled out around the world or grab the APK and update manually. Custom names for places are an upgraded version of Stars (which is still around). You can give any location on the map a name (which, of course, is private). Even an unknown location that doesn’t have a name in Google Maps. You can then easily search for this place in the Maps app....

Along with the improved performance, Play Store will be updated bringing new experimental features such as “automatic download when WiFi is available”, “scheduled downloads”, and more. Furthermore, Google shared some interesting statistics revealing the ever-growing mobile Indian market which now constitutes about 300 Million smartphone and 350 Million internet users. Additionally, Google will be extending its WiFi services (which is currently available in 52 railway stations) to third-parties and businesses under the “Google Station” initiative....

So well, you can consider these statistics over the past three days from Apple: Major products launched: Five (two iPads, two iMacs and one AirPods) Press releases: Three (some very interesting CEO Tweets, though!) Events: Zilch. Zero. Zonk. In fact, Apple has an event scheduled for 25th, and the announcement of these products has only increased curiosity levels about it, with speculation ranging from a video service to a gaming service to a second avatar of an iPhone....

The Honor Band 4 features a 0.95-inch color OLED screen with 2.5D curved glass and a circular home key on the front. There’s a heart rate scanner too and it’s water resistant up to 50 meters. Honor says the band’s 100mAh battery can last about six days with continuous heart rate measurement. As for the connectivity, the Honor Band 4 comes equipped with Bluetooth 4.2 and can be paired with either an Android or iOS phone through the Huawei Health app....

Apple, during one of the WWDC sessions, outlined three fundamental frameworks it has updated on iOS 12 which should yield better scrolling and lesser frame drops. First, the company seems to have mended an oversight in something called a “Cell Pre-fetch API”. The job of this module is to load lists in a way that you won’t have ever to wait while scrolling to the next one. As the name suggests, it’s supposed to pre-fetch the data before you even need it....

Paytm Paytm is the country’s leading digital wallet service and in no way, similar to Tez. Tez, first and foremost, is not a digital wallet and integrates directly with your bank account. Paytm does support UPI payments for recharges and bill payments but the app is largely known for its wallet services. Speaking of recharges, Paytm also comes packed with a plethora of interfaces for paying your bills, shopping, movie tickets and more....

“Smart Replies” essentially let an app suggest a bunch of quick responses whenever a message arrives eliminating the need for you to manually type them. For instance, if someone sends you “Dinner at 8?”, it will recommend replies such as “Sure”, “Yeah” in the notification panel itself. You can then just tap the bubble, and that’s it. Sadly, though, the feature has remained limited to Google’s own applications and unless you’re one of THOSE people who employ any of the company’s half a dozen messaging apps, chances are you’ve never truly realized how convenient “Smart Replies” can be....

Although you can access Incognito mode in a regular way by opening your browser and opening a tab in incognito/private mode, or using a shortcut for the same, there are still a couple of steps that you need to follow to achieve this. However, using the power of scripts, you can avoid having to go through these steps every time you want to browse privately. How to Always Launch Google Chome in Incognito Mode On Linux Right-click on Google Chrome and select Properties....

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....

Generally speaking, the very first thought people usually have as soon as their iPhone (or iPad or iPod Touch) comes in contact with water (or any other liquid) is whether they should turn it off or leave it as is. The dilemma in action arises since turning off the device requires unlocking the water-damaged iPhone for a brief stint, which imposes the doubt that doing so would short the circuitry and cause permanent damage to the device....

Power Point files, be it marked as .PPT, PPTX or with any other compatible extension out there, may be created, edited and viewed using online services. There are more than a couple of names that can pull trough such a stunt, both not all are worth it. With a particular view towards the price, today we’re going to explore one’s variants of opening a Power Point file through the browser....

Even though these complex passwords help prevent unauthorized access to your network, they are not easy to remember and share. As a result, when you have people over at your place requesting access to your Wi-Fi, it can sometimes get tricky to spell out your password, especially if it is an alphanumeric jumble with upper and lower case letters. However, if you use an iPhone/iPad/iPod touch, you get a pretty straightforward method of sharing your Wi-Fi password on iOS and iPadOS....

However, since this switch is a physical component, it can sometimes malfunction and prevent you from toggling sound profiles on your iPhone. Most of the time, this is probably due to some dirt/gunk getting trapped in the button, in which case, cleaning it up can restore the button’s functionality. Other times, it’s due to a hardware failure, and a visit to Apple’s authorized service partner is mandated. But while you reserve an appointment and head to your nearest service partner, here are a couple of ways to turn on/off silent mode on the iPhone without the silent button, which can help you in the meantime....

Snap Layouts and Snap Groups are two important features in Windows 11 that build on Snap Assist. Snap Assist allows you to open two applications at the same time by splitting the screen in two and snapping the two applications side by side. Snap Layouts and Snap Groups take this one step further. They enhance Snap Assist’s functionality and make snapping Windows 11 apps on your desktop much easier. Here’s an overview of both of these features and how to use them on Windows 11....