The average user doesn’t even know what Gorilla Glass is but he sure feels its use in critical situations. But even if the reputed Gorilla Glass from Corning is resistant to shocks and scratches, it’s still not the best product around. Drop your phone with the face down on some concrete and there are big chances that the screen won’t resist. And here’s where another material could jump in, to make our devices even stronger....

Vivo NEX 3: Design and Display The Vivo NEX 3 features a 6.89-inch full HD curved AMOLED display with 2256 x 1080 pixels screen resolution and HDR 10. Vivo calls this, ‘Waterfall FullView’ display and claims it offers a 99.6% screen-to-body ratio. The interesting thing about the display is that it extends all the way to the edges to give a bigger screen estate to enjoy content on the phone....

1. AMOLED vs LCD front The most noticeable difference between the two devices hits you the moment you see them. The Vivo V15 Pro does have a slightly bigger display (6.39 inches to 6.3) but the most obvious difference is the material – the V15 Pro has an AMOLED display while the Redmi Note 7 Pro has an LCD one, although Xiaomi claims it is the best quality LCD around....

Fret not; a free iOS app promises to fix all of this without the need for a cover or a case. The app called “Notcho”(with obvious reference to the notch) comes baked in with a handful of wallpapers, ones that successfully conceal the notch and add an increased level of singularity to the display. The app cleverly conceals the notch by adding a black background to the top part of the display, similar to the other bezel-less displays used by LG and Samsung....

Update: Watch IPL 2023 Online If you are based outside India, you can watch the IPL 20-20 matches live on Willow TV (America, Mexico), Network Ten (Australia), GEO Super (Pakistan), SuperSport (South Africa), Arab Digital (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, etc.) Setanta Sports (UK, Ireland) and Asian Television Network if you are based in Canada. Last time around, when IPL was held for the first time, it attracted millions of crowds to the stadiums with packed houses and Billions of people watching it on TV sets, with some few million watching Online here on the Internet....

A couple of leaked screenshots have been published by BGR.in, claiming to show a jailbroken iPhone running the WhatsApp v2.11.17.444 beta app. The picture reveals the user interface of the WhatsApp voice calling feature on iOS. The screenshots represent a design that’s pretty much in line with the interface that is available for Android users. At the moment, the feature is currently only available in the beta version of the app....

That’s a question that many a tech writer has had to encounter from their readers. And these questions become even more frequent when brands are in literally release spree mode – launching one device after another. Which is the case right now. Blame it on releases that piled up because of the lockdown caused by the pandemic or just brands trying to make the most of an open market, what cannot be denied is that the past few weeks have seen the sort of launch activity that one normally associates with the festival season in India....

Furthermore, tablets and Chromebooks have gotten substantially better over the last year, and customers have actually begun to consider them while looking for their next computer. These underestimated categories of computing devices have been aggressively snatching Windows’ share under Microsoft’s nose. Everything put together, it’s not difficult to understand why PC sales have been plummeting for five straight years. So, is there any way for Microsoft to come out of this deadlock?...

Under the new alliance, Nokia would adopt the Windows Phone as its principal smartphone strategy and add additional functions in areas such as imaging. This partnership has lit up Twitter and the blogosphere, and has left many Fandroids fuming, as they were hoping Nokia to choose Android over Windows Phone 7 as their primary smartphone OS. Why Nokia ditched Android? During the Q&A session of the just concluded press conference, Stephen Elop, Nokia’s CEO, revealed that Nokia did talk with Google about adopting Android but decided that it “would have difficulty differentiating within that ecosystem” and the “commoditization risk was very high — prices, profits, everything being pushed down, value being moved out to Google which was concerning to us....

However, what functionality you get out of a taskbar depends entirely on its implementation on an operating system. Talking in context to Windows specifically, the taskbar serves an even broader purpose than basic multitasking: it brings along additional functionalities such as quick-access shortcuts, date-time view, easy-access notifications, and most importantly, the ability to personalize itself. Despite its extensive functionality, though, there are times when the taskbar can start causing problems....

Windows 11 Keyboard Shortcuts With each new version of Windows, the tech giant adds cool new keyboard shortcuts to improve the overall experience for power users. In Windows 11, too, there are many new keyboard shortcuts that you might find very useful, such as Widgets, Layouts, Action Center, and Quick Settings. Let’s take a detailed look at them. 1. New Shortcuts added in Windows 11 Microsoft has added some new features in Windows 11....

The SoC has been under development since the last 28 months and its now that the processors are ready for mass manufacturing. As rumored earlier Xiaomi has joined hands with TSMC. Despite being based on the TSMC’s 28nm HPC process technology, Xiaomi claims that the new SoC is capable of beating the 14nm Snapdragon 625, MediaTek Helio P10 and the p20 in the benchmarks. On the graphics front, the Surge S1 is fitted with a quad-core ARM Mali T860 GPU and is expected to support VoLTE....

Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite: Design and Display In terms of design, the phone features a near bezel-less design with a waterdrop-style notch on the top for the front camera and a rectangular camera module on the back for the quad-camera arrangement. Towards the front, it comes with a 6.57-inch AMOLED display with Full HD+ resolution and an in-display fingerprint scanner for authentication. The phone comes in three color options: White, Gray, and Green....

The Xiaomi Mi A2’s biggest highlight, of course, is the software. It comes preloaded with a stock build of Android 8.1 instead of the company’s own MIUI and will be one of the first Android phones to receive the forthcoming P update. As for the specifications, the Mi A2 is your usual 2018 mid-range smartphone. The Xiaomi Mi A2 comes with a 5.99-inch Full HD+ screen which has an aspect ratio of 18:9....

The Redmi 6 comes with a MediaTek Helio P22 SoC under the hood which is an octa-core CPU with a 12nm manufacturing process and is clocked at 2GHz. There’s a 5.45-inch HD+ display which is an 18:9 panel and the battery is a 3000mAh unit, which is lower than its predecessor. The camera department is handled by 12+5MP dual camera setup to the back with a pixel size of 1....

Xiaomi Redmi K30 5G: Display The Redmi K30 5G flaunts a 6.67-inch LCD display, Full HD+ resolution, 20:9 aspect ratio, and 120Hz refresh rate. It has a pill-shaped punch-hole at the top right corner that houses the dual front-facing camera for selfies. The phone has a frosted glass finish and comes in four color options: Blue, Purple, Pink, and White. Xiaomi Redmi K30 5G: Performance At its core, the Redmi K30 5G comes with the latest 7nm octa-core Snapdragon 765G processor with Adreno 620 GPU, coupled with 6GB / 8GB of RAM and 64B / 128GB / 256GB of internal storage....

This had to happen sooner than later, but it has happened much sooner than we expected. Google has just released a brand new homegrown YouTube app for iOS, which is available for download on iTunes app store right now. This comes just days after Apple and Google decided to end their 5 year old deal to ship YouTube app with every iOS device released since 2007. This included all models of iPhone till date, all models of iPad, iPod Touch & Apple TV....

There’s also a new $25 smart plug which can be linked to Alexa allowing you to individually label it and simply say specific commands such as “turn off the bedroom light”. It works alongside a compatible Alexa-enabled device like Echo, Fire TV, Fire tablet, Sonos One, or even just the Alexa app on your phone.

Generally speaking, Juice Jacking is an evolving threat in cyberspace, which involves using the charging/data port on and Android/iOS device to install malware or copy sensitive user information/data from the device. Although the threat is relatively new, a few security researchers recently set up a charging kiosk at the DEFCON conference to educate people about the attack and demonstrate the illicit ways in which it can prove to be dangerous....

This Tech Face-Off is between the recently launched OnePlus 9RT and the recently launched Xiaomi 11T Pro. The two phones have some specs in common and their price tags are very close to each other. So if you are faced with the dilemma of which one to purchase, we are here to help you choose the one(plus) that will suit your (xiao)mi needs. Design: Routine vs Fresh The Xiaomi 11T Pro and the OnePlus 9RT are quite different when it comes to design....