Honor 9N Gaming Review: Not Winning Any Titles Here

Honor hasjust released their latest budget device, the Honor 9N(starts at ₹11,999), and there is already a lot of hype for the device. The Honor 9N brings one of the best design and build quality we have seen any smartphone in its price range, and it is arguably the best-looking budget device out there. However, looks are not everything and that’s why we are going to test its performance, mainly the gaming performance, and see how the phone behaves when we push it to the limit....

July 24, 2018 · 4 min · 762 words · Heather Williams

Honor 9N Review: A Phone You Want to Love

Huawei’s sub-brand Honor makes some great budget smartphones and today, the company has launched the Honor 9N in India, whichstarts at ₹11,999. The Honor 9N takes a lot of cues from its expensive brethren in its design which basically means that you are getting a modern looking smartphone for quite an affordable price. That said, design is not the only thing that determines a phone’s success, so in this article, we are going to put the phone through its paces and test its performance, camera, and more, to see if it deserves our recommendation or not:...

July 24, 2018 · 12 min · 2478 words · Natalie Wilson

HP Launches EliteBook Convertibles, Laptops and EliteOne AiO in India; Starting at Rs 1,49,900

According to HP’s press release, the new devices are part of the“world’s most secure and manageable PCs and include a full suite of solutions, including the HP Endpoint Security Controller, HP Sure Start Gen4 and HP Sure Run announced earlier this year”. EliteOne 1000 G2 AiO HP calls it the‘world’s first business class 34-inch curved AiO with discrete graphics’, and is marketing it as the‘first AiO purpose-built for collaboration‘. According to the company’s press release,“this AiO is an ideal video conferencing solution, with a FHD pop-up webcam, integrated collaboration keys, powerful audio and HP Noise cancellation”....

July 24, 2018 · 1 min · 165 words · Tim Mcconnell

LibreOffice Now on Microsoft Store Courtesy ‘Unofficial’ Developer

LibreOffice, the free and open source suite of office apps that competes with Microsoft’s Office suite, has finally arrived on the Windows 10 official storefront. But before you go ahead and download it, do keep in mind that the version listed on the Microsoft Store forWindows 10 PCsand tablets is not official, instead, it has been published by an unknown third-party developer. Interestingly, the LibreOffice listing on theMicrosoft Storeasks users to pay an amount of $2....

July 24, 2018 · 2 min · 231 words · Latasha Jordan

Mi A2 vs Mi A1: Specs Comparison of Xiaomi’s Android One Mid-Rangers

Xiaomi today unveiled theMi A2, the successor to the Mi A1 smartphone which was lauded for its excellent camera, sleek design and an overall unbeatable combination of affordability and performance. The phone will be launched in India on August 8 and it brings a ton of improvements as compared to the Mi A1. The question manyMi A1users are asking is whether the new phone is worth upgrading to. Even though it brings some improved hardware, is the Mi A2 a worthy successor to Xiaomi’s first Android One phone?...

July 24, 2018 · 6 min · 1078 words · Amanda Phillips

Microsoft Working on Cloud-Based Xbox Streaming Console

Microsoft is working on its next-generation Xbox console which is expected to come in two parts — a traditional gaming console and a lower-powered system that would work on cloud computing codenamed “Scarlett Cloud,” according to noted Microsoft journalist Paul Thurrott. The traditional console would work with locally processed games and “Scarlett Cloud” would stream games from Microsoft’s cloud computing service Azure, Thurrott.com reported. The specifications and costing of the traditional console are being speculated to be in its early developing phases, but the streaming Xbox that would be based on Microsoft Azure is likely to cost lesser than the traditional console....

July 24, 2018 · 2 min · 214 words · Gerald Chapman

Now You Can Check Your IRCTC Train Status on WhatsApp

WhatsApp has been rolling out plenty of services for its users lately. While the majority of them have been oriented towardstackling fake newsbeing spread on the platform, the company has ensured to roll out certain features to make the experience better for its users as well. In fact,WhatsAppis now all set to allow its users to be able to check their train status online via their chat application. Yes, that’s right....

July 24, 2018 · 1 min · 211 words · Katherine Hill

Ola Looking To Go Public in the Next 3-4 Years

To further intensify its rivalry with Uber, Indian ride-hailing company Ola could go public in the next three to four years. At an event in Bengaluru last week, Ola co-founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal revealed that the company is soon going to achieve a positive cash flow sinceit managed to become operationally profitablejust recently. Ola has managed to hit this milestone within seven years and it is indicative of a public listing in the near future....

July 24, 2018 · 2 min · 397 words · Jeffrey Coleman

OnePlus 6 Gets Intelligent Battery Saving With OxygenOS 5.1.9 Update

TheOnePlus 6is undoubtedly one of the best smartphones you can get in the market today, especially for its price, and hardware that competes well with rival flagships. But it’s not just about hardware when it comes to OnePlus as the company has also worked hard to develop one of the fastest software experiences on Android. The company recently rolled out theOxygenOS 5.1.9 update for the OnePlus 6 that brought about Google Lens Integration and Camera Improvements....

July 24, 2018 · 2 min · 298 words · Jacqueline Bennett

PUBG War Mode is Coming With 0.7.0 Update on Android and iOS

With server maintenance nowout of the way, PUBG Mobile users are waiting for the latest 0.7.0 update to land on their mobiles with bated breath. And while they do so, the game’s publisher Tencent has not just confirmed but also teased the much-awaited War Mode via their Twitter handle. If you haven’t been keeping up, PUBG Mobile is expected to come to speed with the PC build of the game with the latest update and the change that excites us the most is the new ‘War’ Arcade Mode....

July 24, 2018 · 2 min · 334 words · Nathaniel Bradshaw

Samsung Brings More Customization, Improved Motion Tracking to AR Emojis

Samsung took a page of out of Apple’s book and unveiled its own version of Animojis, dubbedAR Emojis, which debuted with the Galaxy S9. The company is now preparing to further refine the AR Emojis feature, which looked quite creepy whenwe tried it, by introducing more beautification controls and customization features. The upcoming AR Emojis update brings enhanced facial tracking and a host of customization options that will make your virtual avatar look more realistic and a lot closer to the user’s actual appearance than just a distorted animated clone....

July 24, 2018 · 2 min · 288 words · John Foley

Samsung Regains Lost Share in Indian Smartphone Market, Apple Reduced to 1% in Q2

Significantly,Applehad a mere 1 percent market share during the quarter – its lowest in recent history – owing to changes in its distribution strategy and domestic assembling not picking up the pace. The top five brands captured 82 percent of the total smartphone market in India that returned to double-digit growth (18 percent) year-on-year after a flat first-quarter growth, said the report. Vivo with 12 percent, OPPO with 10 percent andHonor(a Huawei sub-brand) with 3 percent followed Samsung and Xiaomi....

July 24, 2018 · 2 min · 380 words · Todd Davidson Jr.

Samsung Reportedly Developing Power Efficient Mobile GPU

Samsunghas reportedly developed a mobile GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) that delivers‘even better performance than predicted’. According toGfxSpeak, the South Korean consumer electronic giant might well use the chip on multiple different platforms, including mobile, TV, gaming consoles, and PCs. The report further claims that,“the batch instruction processing holds the promise of significantly reducing the latency in the motion-to-photon path, and bringing low-power (consumption) VR, with fast recovery very high-resolution dynamic display capability”....

July 24, 2018 · 2 min · 264 words · Steven Underwood