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For, let’s get one thing straight, the Oppo K1 does not come into the “do things better” category and does not even try to fight on price. At Rs 16,990, there are some who would think that it is actually losing the price battle to the likes of the Galaxy M20, the Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 and of course, the Redmi Note 6 Pro (yes, comparisons are underway). The fact, however, is that the K1 brings a number of new beats to the mid-segment smartphone party....

Reason: ‘unbelievably high’ piracy rate, according to the developer, Madfinger Games. This is a sad state of affairs, specially for small developers. Android has grown tremendously over the past two years. In spite of the issues like Fragmentation and monetization, most developers have continued to bring their apps on Google’s platform. You want to know why? Because Android is too big to ignore now But piracy is a major concern now....

The first reviews for the PlayStation 4 are already here and we have went through most of them to extract the most valuable tidbits to provide our readers with. Here what caught our attention and what you should also know about the PlayStation 4. Stephen Totilo from Kotaku find the PS4 to be a very portable device, one that you could actually put in your backpack and carry it with you....

That said, Instagram has quite a few features that the platform has kept to its app alone. For instance, the website version of the platform still does not allow you to post a picture. It may not bother those who snap and post most of their content through their phone, but for those who use a DSLR or like to use heavy-duty editing software to edit their photos, it can be nothing short of a task to transfer pictures to their phones and then upload them....

The hack supports playing backed up games off a FAT32 external HDD when a special USB jailbreak dongle is connected to the PS3 game console. Console owners can play pirated and backed up video games. More importantly, it has now come to know that Sony will be able to monitor when jailbroken PS3 owners log into PlayStation Network using the backup game manager exploit. Many gamers are warning other jailbreakers to avoid PSN, since some of them have started to get an error code 8002A227 on Playstation 3 whenever they log on to the PSN....

While the Android market is filled with great power monitors such as Battery Status Plus and there are a couple of good practices that can also help, from the plains of the XDA forum comes Quad Core Manager, a rather simple software which allows users to disable processing cores, one by one. Aimed solely at rooted phones with quad-core processors, this application can spare some vital battery juice in case you desperately need it....

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855’s biggest new highlight is the fact that it’s the first commercial mobile SoC to be compatible with multi-gigabit 5G networks whenever they become available. It’s made possible all thanks to the company’s own the Snapdragon X50 5G modem and the X24 LTE modem. In addition, the manufacturer also catches up with other high-end chips like the Apple A12 Bionic by adding a dedicated engine for processing neural networks....

The Importance of Background Screening Checking a person’s background is not only important for online dating. It is also used quite frequently in other areas of life. For instance, employers will often do some research into a person’s past before they offer them a job. The company will want to protect its employees and their reputation, so they will do their due diligence and conduct checks. It will also save the company time to do a check on someone rather than find out that they are a poor fit for the company, terminate them, and then rehire someone else for the position....

Realme 8 Starting with the design, the Realme 8 features what Realme is calling an “infinite bold design”, which it says is inspired by the digital design and “created through a split design and splicing process”. Towards the front, there is a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED display with a 20:9 aspect ratio. The display offers an FHD+ resolution and a 180Hz touch sampling rate. Realme 8 comes in two colors: Cyber Silver and Cyber Black....

How do the Realme Buds 2 fair in that aspect? Let’s find out if it’s the best pair of earphones you can get for Rs. 599. Here is our Realme 2 Buds review. Design and Build As stated earlier, the Realme Buds 2 are build with solid materials and feel much more premium than the price tag might indicate. Right from the housing to the cables, the earphones feel robust....

While Oppo surely did well in the offline market in India, the online segment belonged to Xiaomi, Honor, Moto and various other Chinese OEMs who would cut down on seller margins and advertising costs, and price their devices in an extremely competitive manner. In short, the price to performance ratio of these smartphones being sold online, was much higher when compared to Oppo’s offline offerings. Or to put it in simpler words, Oppo’s smartphones were in no way value for money compared to the online competition....

And now there are notebooks. Sub-Rs 30,000 notebooks? They could be coming That amazing Manu Jain and his sweethearts have launched the Mi Notebook series in India yesterday, you know. And the prices are very very amazing, as per everyone in this team (I am an old woman, darlings, for me, a notebook still is something that has paper in it). But a lot of people were also a little bit surprised at the fact that the Mi Notebook range started at around Rs 41,999, which is sort of like a mid-segment, like Rs 15,000 for phones, where there are already devices from other players....

The imagination and work of mobile developers is incessant, I am always amazed by what kind of apps they create. There are apps that you didn’t even know you needed and such is this one. Currently available only for iOS devices (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad), Roadster automatically tracks your car mileage. This is a very helpful tool, especially for those who use cars given by their employers. It’s a great way for employers to keep track of just how much fuel is being consumed and for the employee to report correct numbers....

Samsung is forcefully disabling Windows update on many of its laptops. The South Korean technology conglomerate ships its laptops with a suite called SW Update which comes with an application whose sole job is to prevent Microsoft from seeding out updates to Samsung laptops. As Microsoft MVP Patrick Barker writes in a blog post, Samsung’s SW Update suite automatically downloads an application called “Disable_Windowsupdate.exe” to prevent its systems from snagging any updates released by Microsoft....

If one decides to settle for the Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge, he/she will be receiving Samsung’s Gear VR and a Samsung Level U – Stereo Wireless headset absolutely free. Additionally, Samsung will be offering an Oculus VR content voucher worth INR 3,300 ($50) approximately and one-time screen replacement for a period of 12 months from the date of activation. Out of these, certainly the display change policy will appeal to many as in theory, it should cost a bomb for regular users....

The smart-home ecosystem as of now is a tad bit scattered and we do need several devices to control the in home gadgets and this calls for a need to aggregate all the features into a one single device and make it into the Nucleus of the house. Hubs are the devices which would bridge the gap between interconnected devices allowing users to control the devices singularly. The Hubs are nothing new infact smart home systems like WeMo, Wink Hub and SmartThings have been doing rounds in the market and the best part is that it is affordable....

Slack will also be revealing the number of active users on its platform which seems to be pegged at 2-Million, a rather healthy number for inducing new features, tools and earning revenue. It is but obvious that Slack wants to create a rack of premium features in order to broaden the Gap between its paid service and the free ones. Botkit Slack has been working with Howdy, a start-up focused on building chat-based Slack apps and they would be soon releasing the Botkit under an open-source license....

This trend was first observed when the Snapdragon 650 was unveiled and the performance it provided on a mid-range smartphone like the Redmi Note 3 surprised a lot of people. Then onwards, Qualcomm has added more such chipsets to its portfolio which can be used on smartphones that do not cost a lot of money but still provide solid performance, the Snapdragon 660 being a prime example. While the 660 was not used by a lot of OEMs initially, it has recently gained a lot of popularity with the likes of Asus, Realme, and Xiaomi using it on their devices priced less than Rs 15,000....

SpyDLLRemover is a standalone tool to effectively detect and delete spywares from the system. It comes with advanced spyware scanner which can quickly discover hidden Rootkit processes as well as suspcious/injected DLLs within all running processes. It not only performs sophisticated auto analysis on process DLLs but also displays them with various threat-levels, which greatly helps in quick identification of malicious DLLs. SpyDLL scans and analyzes all the DLL files and displays the result of the analysis in a color coded table sorted by threat level....

Swiftpoint GT combines intuitive touch gestures with the precision and convenience of a mouse, being the first mouse in the world to do so. It allows users to swipe or flick using a natural finger and wrist action, without actually having to reach for your screen. This will prove to be especially useful with touch-enabled laptops for hybrid devices. You can use it on a desk, laptop palmrest, and pretty much everywhere you want....