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April 15, 2016 Sony Unveils Flash Drives With Both USB Type-A and Type-C Connectors
If you’re in the market to purchase a flash drive for your new USB Type-C equipped laptop, desktop, or tablet, you will want to check out Sony’s latest offering. The Japanese conglomerate has announced the launch of a new line of USB flash drives featuring dual connectors – both Type-C and Type-A – called the […]
NEWS April 13, 2016 Series of Supernovae Showered Earth With Radioactive Debris: Study
An international team of scientists has found evidence of a series of massive supernovae, or explosions after a star runs out of fuels and leads to creation of many radioactive heavy elements, near our solar system which showered the earth with radioactive debris millions of years ago. Debris that includes radioactive iron-60 in sediment and […]
NEWS April 12, 2016 Huawei Watch With Android Wear Launched at Rs. 22,999
Huawei has launched its Android Wear-based smartwatch in India, the Huawei Watch. First unveiled at MWC 2015, the smartwatch started hitting shelves in launch markets in September last year. The Huawei Watch has been priced at Rs. 22,999, and will be available via Flipkart from Monday. Offline retail via premium stores is also being explored, […]
ELECTRONICS April 8, 2016 Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016) With 7-Inch Display Goes Official
Samsung has quietly introduced its new 2016 edition of the Galaxy Tab A. The new Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016) is now listed on the company’s Dutch site without pricing and availability details. It’s worth noting that the 2015 edition of the Galaxy Tab A tablets included both 7-inch and 8-inch devices as well as […]
ELECTRONICS April 8, 2016 Micromax Canvas Tab P702 With 4G Support Launched
Micromax has launched a new tablet in India, the Canvas Tab P702. Exclusively available on Snapdeal at Rs. 7,999, the highlight of the tablet is its 4G LTE support at this price point. The dual-SIM supporting Micromax Canvas Tab P702 runs Android 5.1 Lollipop out-of-the-box and features a 7-inch HD (1280×720 pixels) resolution IPS display. […]
ELECTRONICS April 6, 2016 BigScreen Lets You Chill With Your Friends in Virtual Reality
You can enjoy all kinds of experiences with virtual reality (VR) headsets, but what if you wanted to gun down your opponents in Call of Duty or enjoy an episode of House of Cards without taking the headset off? BigScreen – a new VR app developed by Y Combinator alumni and CEO Darshan Shankar along […]
ELECTRONICS April 5, 2016 Leap Motion Opens Door to Reach Into Virtual Worlds With ‘Orion’
California virtual reality startup Leap Motion on Wednesday opened a door for makers of games or other applications to literally touch virtual worlds. The San Francisco firm is using its expertise in computer tracking of hands and fingers to let people manipulate things in virtual reality with the kind of dexterity that they do in […]
NEWS April 5, 2016 Microsoft, Nasa Partner to Bring You Closer to Mars With HoloLens
The US space agency and tech giant Microsoft have teamed up to create “Destination: Mars”, a guided tour of Mars using the same HoloLens headset technology that helps scientists plan the Curiosity rover’s activities on Red Planet. It will offer people a guided tour of an area of Mars with astronaut Buzz Aldrin this summer […]
NEWS April 4, 2016 Huawei Expected to Enter PC Market With Matebook Laptop at MWC 2016
Chinese technology conglomerate Huawei could enter the PC business as soon as next week. The company has posted a media invite, in which it seems to be teasing the arrival of a “new” product category for launch on February 21. The product in question is widely believed to be the long-rumoured Matebook 2-in-1 notebook which […]
COMPUTERS April 4, 2016 Apple to Replace Some Faulty USB-C Cables That Shipped With MacBook
Apple has launched a replacement program for a limited number of USB-C cables that it shipped with its last year’s MacBook. The worldwide program will see Apple offering a free replacement for the USB Type-C cable for the MacBook that it shipped between April and June last year. Apple says that it will provide a […]
COMPUTERS April 4, 2016 Meet the Laptop With 64GB RAM, 5TB SSD, and 6 USB Ports
If the current lineup of high-end laptops in the market isn’t cutting it for you, Eurocom’s new offering may interest you. The Canadian computer manufacturer has launched its Sky X9W laptop, a ‘mobile workstation’ upgrade to its already impressive Sky X9 that it released in October last year. Much like many other good things in […]
COMPUTERS April 3, 2016 Acer Wants to Shed Budget Image With Predator Series
In India, and to an extent globally too, Acer is popularly known for its budget-friendly PC solutions, be it tablets, notebooks or all-in-ones (AIO). It’s an image Acer would like to shed now, and to that end, the company hosted an event earlier this month in conjunction with Microsoft, to show off some of its […]
