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Samsung has launched its latest mid-range smartphone, the Galaxy On6, in India. The device is believed to be a re-branded version of theGalaxy J6, which waslaunched earlier this yearin the country. The Galaxy On6 comes with a relatively-affordable price-tag, and offers a full-screen display with an 18.5:9 aspect ratio. Priced at Rs. 14,490, the device is expected to compete with the likes of theRedmi Note 5 Pro, the upcomingZenfone Max Pro (6GB), theHonor 7Xand the like....

Ahead of itsexpected launch in India, Spotify has released a new ‘Lite’ version of its app for Android on the Play Store. CalledSpotify Lite, the app is currently in beta on Android, and offers a much-slimmed down version – it’s just 15MB, as opposed to the massive 100MB download of the full app – and is aimed at users with slower phones and limited mobile or Wi-Fi data. Like most other lightweight apps, Spotify Lite also has geo-restrictions, which means not all Spotify users will be able to use it....

Battle royale is the breakout hit of gaming industry in the past year, andPUBGis leading the way in terms of players, even though Fortnite has raked in more money. And with both titles competing fervently, there are bound to be updates which seek to add more fun to the gameplay and make things more lucrative for those willing to part with their money. These updates also bring glitches from time to time, and the latest one in PUBG is quite cool, even though it may annoy you if you are an experienced player....

The move to tax social media usage, said to be an attempt to curb ‘gossip’ and raise revenues, has been hugely unpopular with the country’s youth, who use online services to not only stay in touch with their friends and family, but also for mobile payments. The government, however, has argued that the tax will be useful for“educational, research or reference purposes”. The additional revenues will also apparently help the country in paying off its growing national debt....

While StatCounter believes thatWindows 10finally went past Windows 7 last January in terms of total usage, Netmarketshare is still reporting that Microsoft’s latest OS is some distance away from grabbing pole position. The latest figures released by the latter, however, suggests that Windows 10 is fast catching up with its illustrious predecessor with a 35 percent market share, even as Windows 7 remains the most-used Windows OS with 43 percent of the market....

After Razer introduced its gaming phone, the Razer Phone, a trend for gaming-oriented smartphones was started. Now how would Xiaomi stay away from it, right? The Chinese giant recently rolled out its own take on designing a smartphone for gamers, the Xiaomi BlackShark. The device comes with a price tag of 2999 Yuan(~Rs. 31,000)in China, but you can buy it online via Chinese retailer Banggood for a price ofRs. 36,000. Now, while the device does come with flagship hardware and promises an experience like none other....

Mi A1 was supposed to get updates from Xiaomi as quicklyas other Android One phones, but it’s been a bitter disappointment for users as the much-awaited Android 8.1 Oreo update has once again been delayed. A number ofMi A1users are reporting that Xiaomi has halted the rollout of Android 8.1 Oreo for the device following reports of a critical bug that can reportedly wipe the phone’s SMS history. The company had started rolling out the update last week after releasing the Android 8....

Even as Pride Month came to a close this weekend, YouTube had had to issue an official apology to LGBTQ+ creators on its video streaming platform for the issues faced with regards to ads and monetization policies. It has also vowed to do better in a tweetstorm on Saturday. YouTube started off by saying thatit was proud of all the LGBTQ+ voiceson its platform who’re helping shape the lives of many young individuals....

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is planning to look for ecologically-safe nuclear fuel on the surface of the moon,according to Bloomberg. The agency plans to mine the moon for the non-radioactive Helium-3 (He-3) isotope of the inert gas. He-3 is scarce on earth, but said to be abundant on the moon, which lacks a protective magnetic field (unlike the earth), allowing solar winds to bombard it for thousands of years....

If you’ve ever stood there enchanted, watching a pizzaiolo swing flexible frisbee of dough in the air (even if you’ve watched it on TV), you would appreciate the craft. But to compete with traditional hands, there is the new robot by a French startup which has three arms and canprepare a to-be-baked pizza in just 30 seconds, bringing the time for preparing pizza down to only 5 minutes. The startup, called “Ekim”, has one ambition and it is to speed up the making and delivery of pizza....

“Dual-rotor embedded multilink Robot with the Ability of multi-deGree-of-freedom aerial transformatiON”, or rather just DRAGON, is actually aseries of small drones. This thing can fly in different shapes like a curve or a square and evenautonomously decide which shape to takebased on the path it has to fly through or objects it has to avoid. The design is inspired by the tale of dragon kites which is made up of several smaller kites....

Google Mapsmay be the default mapping software for most users irrespective of the platform of their choice, but that isn’t stopping Apple from pursuing its dreams of some day being able to offer a true competitor to what has become the world’s most popular digital maps for navigation and other purposes. In its quest to offer a more relevant product to consumers, Apple has now undertaken a massive overhaul of its mapping technology....

After an APK Teardown earlier this year suggested that Google islooking to bring ‘Smart Reply’ to Gboard, the company is now believed to be testing the feature with its default keyboard app. The feature provides users with suggested responses when message notifications come in, but is only available in select messaging apps that implement Direct Reply.Image Courtesy: XDA Some of the apps that Gboard is now testing the feature with includes Android Messages, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Google Allo, WeChat, Hangouts, Facebook Messenger etc....