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The Google Home app has more than 50 million downloads on the Google Play Store which means it is fairly popular. The app, which was earlier limited to casting to external displays via Chromecast, has gained popularity after the release of Google’s lineup of smart speakers. Now, considering thatGoogle Assistantenjoys a privileged and vital position in the tech giant’s plans for the future, devices likeGoogle Home(including all the different variants) are among Google’s key products....

At least one Morgan Stanley analyst believesGoogleshould give away itsHome Mini speakersfor free if it want to compete with theAmazon Echo. In a new research note, analyst Brian Nowan claimed that the growing popularity ofdevices with Amazon Alexamight give the Seattle-based e-commerce company a huge advantage over Google in terms of ad revenues in the coming years. “We argue Alphabet needs more devices/smart speakers in people’s homes. The growth of voice shopping combined with Amazon’s expected install base advantage could threaten long term growth in Alphabet’s high-monetizing retail search category....

Xioami invigorated the trend of truly bezel-less smartphones with its flagships Mi MIX, which was followed by Mi MIX 2 and the MIX 2S. Now, as other companies including Vivo and Oppo are vying to grab a bigger share of the pie by launching their own innovative offerings, Xiaomi seems to be preparing a refresh of its MIX series. An alleged image of the Mi MIX 3 has surfaced online, hinting at Xiaomi’s ambitions of not giving up on its lead....

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is despised by many liberals and believers of the real “Internet Freedom” but one of his critics has gone as far asthreatening the commissioner’s and his family’s life. A Norwalk, California-based man has now beenarrested for threatening Pai over emailsafter the vote for therepeal of net neutrality was initiatedin the USA last December. The mansent three emailsto Pai’s official ID, of which the second was used to threaten Pai....

Chinese smartphone company Oppo has launched a pair oftrulywireless earphones on the lines ofApple’s Air Pods. Called the ‘O-Free Wireless Bluetooth Headset’, they come with real-time translation, which means, if someone is speaking a language that the user doesn’t understand, they will hear the context translated to their preferred language. They also come with Qualcomm’s ‘TrueWireless Stereo’ technology that the chipmaker claims will sync the audio between the two earbuds with zero latency....

As RED buckles up finally make the Hydrogen Oneavailable to buyers this summer, the smartphone appears to have paid a visit to the benchmarking platformGeekbench. This reveals the specifications of the smartphone includingan outdated Snapdragon 835 processor.Image Courtesy: MKBHD While the processor is not at all bad, we would have appreciated if RED could revamp the chipset to a more recent,Snapdragon 845. The smartphone is designed for power users, especially professional photographers or videographers, and adding the latest chipset will add more power to handle the demanding tasks....

If you like role-playing games, I’m sure Final Fantasy is one you’ve heard of. After all, it is one of the most remarkable and noteworthy RPGs out there, and it has been going strong ever since it was first released back in 1987. Since then, the game has seen multiple sequels, and almost each one of them has been received very well. If you’ve not yet played Final Fantasy, or if you’re looking to add some of the missing titles into your library, the ongoing Steam Summer Sale is the perfect time to do so....

Back in January this year, popular match-making app Tinder was found to be vulnerable to attacks by hackers, who could easily steal users’ pictures over a public Wi-Fi. Although Tinder fixed the vulnerability a month later, it has nowadded better safeguards including complete encryption of datatransferred between the users’ handsets and its servers. Tinder addressed the issue in a letter to Sen. Ron Wyden who had requested the company to encrypt photographs on the platform....

Fallout Shelter publisher, Bethesda Softworks, last weekfiled a suitin a Maryland U.S. District Court against Warner Bros. and Behaviour Interactive, alleging that the newly-releasedWestworldgame is a “blatant rip-off” of Fallout Shelter. Remarkably, Behaviour Interactive is one of the co-developers of Fallout Shelter alongside Bethesda Game Studios – a subsidiary of Bethesda Softworks. Now, in astatement to GamesIndustry.biz, Warner Bros. has refuted those charges, saying that Westworld is an original game from the ground up, and contrary to Bethesda’s allegations....

Xiaomi announced theMIUI 10 Global Beta ROMabout a couple weeks ago, but today the company has shared a schedule for the Global Public Beta ROM rollout of the same. This means the public beta ROM will be available to download for all Xiaomi users and is not limited to just developers. Theofficial post on MIUI Forumnot only delivers this news to Xiaomi users, but alsoshares a rough timeline for the rolloutof the Public ROM to all compatible devices....

In an interview withBusinessLine, Shrivastava revealed thatBSNL’s 5G services will effectively put an end to the ‘concept of rupees per GB’,and that the services availed by customers will decide the tariff.BSNL MD and Chairman, Anupam Shrivastava (Image credit: Business Line) “Soon, the concept of rupees per GB will cease to exist. Tariff will be on the basis of the product and there is a fixed cost to that. The customer can use as many services as they can from what they pay....

Sports goods manufacturer Adidas hasrevealeda data breach on its US website. According to the official press release, the company first became aware of the incident on Tuesday, June 26, when it came to know that an unauthorized party was claiming to have acquired the details of some Adidas customers. On learning about the incident, the company says it“immediately began taking steps to determine the scope of the issue and to alert relevant consumers”....

In an effort to better compete with Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel has increased the data benefits of itsnewly-revivedpostpaid plan worth Rs. 649 (plus taxes). The plans now offers 90GB of data alongside free voice and text benefits for a period of 30 days. When reintroduced last April, Airtel was only offering 50GB of monthly data alongside free unlimited voice and 100 text messages per day even on roaming. It is worth noting here that even as the RS....