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WWDC 2013 promises to be exciting for Apple developers and enthusiasts with over 100 sessions, extensive hands–on labs, and engaging events on iOS and OS X through the week. The tickets for the event is priced at $1,599 and one must be a member of the iOS Developer Program, iOS Developer Enterprise Program, or the Mac Developer Program in order to purchase the ticket. Last year around, the tickets got sold out within a couple of hours, so expect them not to last longer this time as well....

Asus ROG Phone II: Design and Display In terms of design, the ROG Phone II is identical to its predecessor, and when kept side-by-side, it is hard to tell them apart. Asus says it has taken gamers’ perspective into consideration and incorporated gaming ergonomics and tailored solutions in the phone with landscape use in mind. It also says that it has opted for an all-screen design on the phone (with no notch) to offer more room for better sound fidelity and the front-facing camera and to minimize the risk of unintentional touches during intensive gaming....

And being such a loved email platform, it’s not hard to imagine that people from all over the world wanted to make the Gmail experience more pleasurable. And from that effort, a few ways to customize Google’s services have emerged. Of course, Google itself offers a few Gmail themes, and more recently, HD themes, but there are just a few and it’s easy to get bored with those. Now, you have lots of themes and have more customizing tools at your disposal, and two of the best methods to do so are Stylish, a Chrome or Firefox extension, available on the Chrome Web Store and Firefox Add-Ons or a plug-in called Google Redesigned....

It’s not even a narcissistic thing to do anymore since everyone begun to get used to it nowadays. Whenever there is no one around to take a photo for you, there is no need to go ask that total stranger at the bar – you can just turn the display around with one click and take the picture yourself. And since #me now became the third most popular tag to use on Instagram, with over 184 million pictures using it, it is obviously a must for smartphones to adapt to this trend....

Design and Display In terms of design, both the Black Shark 3 vanilla variant and the Pro variant feature a metal and glass design with the fourth-generation liquid cooling system. Towards the front, the regular Black Shark 3 comes with a 6.67-inch OLED display with FHD+ resolution, a 90Hz refresh rate, and a 270Hz touch sampling rate. On the other hand, the Pro gets a slightly bigger display, coming in at 7....

In most cases, the easiest way to achieve this is to purchase appropriate hardware or use software to modify the sound. Of the two, while the former clearly has an upper edge, it comes at a significantly high price—literally. And therefore, using a sound enhancer app — not an equalizer — to customize the sound to your preference is a rather better option. But unfortunately, with this too, there’s a caveat: it’s hard to find good sound-tweaking software....

A typical net-savvy user will have at-least two internet connections. A broadband connection at home and a 2G/3G/4G connection for smartphone/tablet. And not to forget the free (but slow) WiFi at the coffee shop or the ultra-fast ethernet connection at office. How cool it’d be to combine any (or all) of these connections to get a much faster and much more reliable internet connection? Well, that is exactly what the team at Connectify is trying to do....

The Coolpad Note 3S and Mega 3 incidentally shares the same footprint as both the devices share a 5.5-inch HD display upfront. That said, Coolpad has carried forward the same 5.5 inch HD (1280x720p) IPS display from the last gen Note 3 to their recently launched Note 3S. The Chinese firm has however played around with the externals of the Coolpad Note 3S, and has made use of glossy plastic shell in place of the matte plastic polycarbonate shell found in the last generation Note....

Your typical gaming laptop Let’s start off with the way the Dell G3 is built. As the sub-heading says, the G3 is your average gaming laptop in terms of build and design. And by this, we mean to say it’s heavy. The Dell G3 weighs in at 2.5Kgs so make sure your spine is prepared. The laptop is constructed out of plastic and that is the material most commonly used in such laptops....

In this guide, we’ll take a look at some of these websites from where you can download the macOS dynamic wallpaper of your choice. We’ll also cover the steps required to set dynamic wallpapers on Mac and create your own dynamic wallpapers. Best Dynamic Wallpaper Sites for Mac Apple includes a bunch of dynamic wallpapers in its current macOS release, macOS Big Sur. Seven of these wallpapers are fully dynamic that change their appearance multiple times throughout the day, while the rest only have a dual appearance—light and dark—that changes only twice a day....

What is HEIF? While JPEG is still a perfectly fine and more importantly, universally accepted standard, it’s not technically made for efficiently handling these advancements. One of the alternatives major companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Google have stumbled upon is a format called HEIF, short for High Efficiency Image Format. It has already made its way to the four leading operating systems including iOS 11, MacOS High Sierra, Windows 10, and Android P....

Before we delve straight into Codecs, here are a few things you need to know beforehand— Sampling rate – measured in hertz (Hz), it is defined as the number of samples (per second) taken from a continuous signal to form a digital signal. The more the number of samples, the more accurate the digital representation is. In layman terms, these samples are screenshots of an audio or video signal at very short intervals, usually tens/thousands of times per second....

The Silicon era A quick primer on the current state of technology: ever since the inception of complex computing systems, the core technology underneath, which forms a framework for these systems, has gradually seen changes and advancements that have brought modern computing power to where it is today — holding supreme for diverse demands. At present, most people would be aware that the primary essential in modern systems, be it computers, smartphones, or other modern electronic devices, is Silicon (Si)....

The first phone marking Obi’s new coming in India is the SF1, the initials standing for San Francisco, where the phone has been designed (very much the un-China this is). And yes, it just takes a glance for you to realise that it is pretty much unlike anything out there in the phone looks department. Whether you actually LIKE the look is going to be a matter of opinion, though....

Just like previous years, there’s a lot of speculation regarding the nomenclature of Android. Eventually, hours before the official launch tipster @evleaks spilled the beans and clarified that Google will be calling the last build as Android Oreo, after the famous biscuit from Cadbury. Apparently, the MountainView based giant has an affinity for the sweet tooth, as so far all of its Android iterations are named after sugar-based edibles. Android 8....

Mock image Google though, is mum on these developments and understandably so. Our source had spoken about a dockable tablet (much like PadPhone) back in October 2011. We cannot rule out that, though things are slightly different now. It will be interesting to know the developments in smaller tablet market, specially considering the rumors surrounding the iPad mini. Let’s wait and watch.

Google’s GTalk users across the world are facing downtime at the moment. People using the popular messaging client are having variety of issues, ranging from inability to access their contacts to messages not being sent. The issue is present on Gmail chat as well as GTalk app on android. Google’s App status Dashboard confirms that Google Talk is facing issues and currently down. On the app status page for Gtalk, Google has confirmed the same....

The company has now announced a fully functioning prototype of their self-driving car which it plans to test on the San Francisco Bay Area roads beginning with next year. The company said to following: Google’s current prototype of the car seems to have everything it needs to be on the road – the autonomous driving system and traditional vehicle parts like braking, lighting and steering. At the moment, it looks exactly like a prototype, but the company is already looking for auto industry partners that will help produce a more mature model and release it to consumers....

Predictable Design The Honor 20i is a typical 2019 mid-range smartphone in terms of design. And by that, we are referring to the gradient back design that Honor once popularized in this segment and most manufacturers have adopted since then. Needless to say, the design does look beautiful and the way the back reflects light is a treat to watch. The weight distribution on the smartphone seems to be done well as it feels light in the hand and the size as well is compact, so it’s quite easy to use one-handed compared to most other recent smartphones....

The most gorgeous phone below Rs 15,000. Period. We do not want to beat around the bush, so, we are going to say it straight away: the Honor 8X is the most gorgeous phone under the price tag of Rs. 15,000 in the market at the time of writing. Smartphones falling under the sub Rs.15,000 category often follow a very similar, tried and tested, sometimes even to the point of boring design language....