The concept of Stories on WhatsApp is entirely similar to what Facebook has been doing for the past year. You click a picture or record a video through the in-app camera, add text, stickers, drawings, and whatnot to it, and post. These so-called stories will disappear after a particular time frame (24 hours) and will be displayed in a dedicated tab on the WhatsApp application. These creations will be shared with all of the contacts you’ve selected with a persistent privacy setting, and subsequently, your friends can reply to them too....

While most buyers look for the best smartphone on the market, there are lots of people who also search for a good offer during this madness-buying season. While Black Friday has passed for some without any acquisitions, this is the period when you must take advantage of existing offers and purchase a brand new phone, for you or for the loved ones. Top segment: powerful, more expensive smartphones In this segment we have chosen the most valuable smartphones on the market, for those with a budget above average....

Why? Windows 11 is still quite bug-ridden, and one such prominent bug is Windows 11 touchpad not working issue. A touchpad is one of the most integral parts of any laptop as everyone uses it to navigate around the UI, interact with software, and a lot more. Basically, if the touchpad on a PC stops working, then using that PC is a user’s worst nightmare. But to help you overcome this annoyance, we will look at some of the troubleshooting steps to fix the Windows 11 touchpad not working issue....

To remind you, Barra left Google for Xiaomi, back in September 2013 and his contributions to the Chinese company have helped them become (and be recognized as) the world’s most valuable startup. Now it seems that Xiaomi is ready to expand its operations into major international markets, including the US. Xiaomi’s VP said that the company had already filed for 2,000 patents that would help them consolidate their legal position....

Xiaomi Mi 3-Axis Shooting Stabilizer is a handheld device just like its competitors. That said, it can always be mounted on a tripod while shooting. It uses a set of high-precision acceleration sensors that offer real-time detection of the smartphone’s position. The Mi handheld Stabiliser comes with four shooting modes – horizontal, omnidirectional, locking and a vertical movement. Besides, it has a brushless motor that rotates the device 9 degrees to 30 degrees for a 207-degree rotation....

The Mi5 comes equipped with a 5.15-inch FHD display accompanied by the 2.5D curved glass and Gorilla Glass 4 Protection. The design of Mi5 looks like it was evolved from the Mi Note Pro, albeit much smaller. The flagship will draw its power from the top of the line Snapdragon 820 SoC paired with a range topping 4GB LPDDR4 RAM (on 128GB only) and an Adreno 530 GPU. The storage options offered are in the form of 32GB, 64GB and 128GB, but alas Xiaomi still doesn’t think it’s important enough to have a microSD card slot....

As far as specifications are concerned, the Redmi 4 comes with a 5-inch 720p display up front with 2.5D curved glass and flaunts the signature unibody metal body with three off-screen capacitive buttons and measures only 8.65mm in thickness. It does come with a protection on top of the display, but Xiaomi isn’t telling the name of that. Furthermore, it is powered by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 435 octa-core chipset. There are two storage and RAM options available – 2GB RAM + 16GB onboard space or you can shed some extra for getting the 3GB + 32GB combo....

Design In terms of appearance, the Redmi Note 8 and Note 8 Pro look similar and share the same new design language with quad cameras on the back, three new colour options: Mineral Grey, Pearl White, and Forest Green, a gradient back, a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner for authentication, and IP52 rating (Redmi Note 8 Pro). Display When buying a smartphone, one of the major deterrents for a lot of people, is the display....

A fresh report coming from well-connected author Kara Swisher from Re/code publication is now suggesting that Yahoo! could be planning to unveil a new messaging app at a press event sometime this week. The event was initially believed to be related to a new version of the Tumblr or Flickr apps, but Swisher seems to suggest it will be about a new messaging product. Yahoo could simply be planning to announce a new Android version of its new Livetext chat app that has been recently released for iOS users....

A lot of things are changing with the Cupertino giant and the one we welcome the most is how the company is finally ready to live stream its official keynote more often than before. Apple has updated its website to reveal that the users will be able to catch some “exciting announcements” made at WWDC live online. Of course, it comes with some riders – streaming requires Safari 4 or later on OS X 10....

Projectors – The Best Alternative to Top-End Monitors and TVs? We all want a huge screen at home, be it for games or movies. It gives you the sensation of intensity, delighting your eyes and exposing details that with a smaller screen you would have missed. Gamers look for monitors with vivid colors and fast response time; movie lovers search for more “pleasure”, like LED quality or even the more advanced 3D feature....

Well, believe it or not, there is an app for that. It is called, rather appropriately and a little deceptively, DogCam – Dog Selfie Camera. Appropriate because well, it is designed to take pictures of dogs. Deceptively, because it is not really a selfie camera app. No, the app can use both the rear and front cameras of your iPhone (it is only available on iOS right now), but believe us, it works best with the rear cameras, because if you are using the selfie camera, it is a fair chance, you have your mutt under control and pretty much at an arm’s distance....

Yes, when The Matrix was released in 1999, smartphones were not quite the rage, although PDAs were making their presence felt (hey, Apple had one, remember!). But The Matrix trilogy used mobile phones pretty much the way it used sunglasses – to look cool as hell (yes, we know that sounds weird) rather than as super futuristic devices. Of course, the first film in the series used the Nokia 8810, first seen when it was delivered to Mr “Neo” Anderson, letting Morpheus warn him about the agents in the building (see video below)....

A proper, full, front on battle in the budget flagship segment. Yes, we are talking to the constant sniping by Xiaomi’s new brand Poco, at the incumbent budget flagship champion, OnePlus. While we have seen our share of brand battles, this one is rather unusually sharp, although to be fair, it is rather one-sided at the moment (OnePlus has not deigned to react). It might be one of the most talked about segments of the Indian smartphone market, but the budget flagship segment – where brands offer high-end specs at surprisingly affordable prices – can hardly be ever have been said to be bitterly contested....

Looks and design: Loud vs classy (and glassy) We often complain that most smartphones today pretty much follow a broadly similar design outline these days. While this somewhat fits the Redmi Note 10 Pro’s design, the same cannot be said about the Poco X3 Pro. Poco has managed to make a smartphone that would most definitely stand out of your average-looking smartphone crowd. The smartphone comes with a circular camera unit on the back which comes as a breath of fresh air in the era of all-things-rectangular, and also brings in a flashy dual-tone finish back....

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....

Of course, its biggest appeal is its price – at Rs 9,999 for the 4 GB/ 64 GB variant (there’s also a 6 GB/ 128 GB one for Rs 12,999), the Note 8 offers staggering value for money and is priced almost a third lesser than its pro counterpart. With a lower price, however, come some compromises and the big question is just how many corners does the device cut?...

Where it’s a HIT? ShhTwitter allows you to send a message via the micro-blogging website without having to have an account, or use your account. A couple of days back, US Open officials warned the Tennis players against tweeting during the tournament, which I feel is stupid and lame (Roddick feels the same as well!). So, now the tennis players can start using ShhTwitter and vent their ire without harming their reputations!...

https://youtu.be/d8LJXcQhD0k The one minute eight second long ad, titled “Color Flood” is basically a video where a LOT of people, dressed in solid colored jumpsuits (some in the colors that the iPhone XR is available in) running, jumping, and somersaulting (basically parkouring) around an empty town space to the sound of Cosmo Sheldrake’s “Come Along.” Towards the end, text on the screen comes up, “Make room for more color” followed by an iPhone XR and more text reading, “Liquid Retina Display....

Install Codecs It is surprising that Microsoft hasn’t provided enough codecs to its media player. As a result, Windows Media Player can only play a handful of multimedia files. To expand its codec library and be able to run all the new and popular file formats, you are required to install tons of codecs. But since Microsoft doesn’t provide those codecs you need to look elsewhere. There are many 3rd party codecs packs available, but K-Lite Mega Codec Pack stands tall amongst all....