Solid, sturdy, smart design When a smartphone comes with a starting price of around Rs. 7,000, you generally do not expect the design to turn heads, and the Realme C3 is no exception in this matter. It comes with a tall 6.52 inches HD+ display with a drop notch to host the front camera. The bezels on the sides are impressively thin for smartphones at this price, but there is a more than visible chin right below the display....

Offline presence was something that been bothering Xiaomi for quite some time and in a market like India where major sales happen through retail stores, the Chinese firm has no other option than to reframe their marketing strategy. Well, it isn’t just about India though as the Lei Jun run company has been an eyeing an offline market share in its homeland too. Rather, Xiaomi has grand plans of opening around 200 offline shops in China in due time....

The Redmi 7 features a 6.26-inch (1520 × 720 pixels) HD+ Dot Notch display with a 19:9 aspect ratio, 2.5D curved glass, and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection on top. The back of the device comes with an Aura Smoke Design, which has been built upon the Aura Design that was introduced with the Redmi Note 7 series. Coming to performance, the Redmi 7 is powered by a 14nm-based 1....

Redmi 9 Prime: Design and Display In terms of design, the Redmi 9 comes with a plastic finish back with a 3D unibody design that claims to offer better grip and protection against fingerprint smudges. Xiaomi calls it the Aura 360 design, and it features a circular ring (wit concentric circles) around the rear camera array. It has a quad-camera array on the back, arranged vertically, with a fingerprint scanner right below the camera module....

The megapixels are good, but stick to a dozen, not four dozen! Do not get us wrong. We are not saying that the Redmi Note 7 Pro comes with a bad camera. Far from it. The 48-megapixel rear sensor with an f/1.79 aperture is capable of some amazing photography. It takes 12-megapixel shots by default, using pixel binning (in oversimplified terms, combining four pixels into one), but you can also invoke full 48-megapixel shots....

Right, let’s get this out of the way first off – they say the new iPhones look exactly like their predecessors. Is that right? In a word: Yes. In keeping with the iPhone design philosophy of keeping the original and S versions looking pretty much the same (remember how difficult it was to distinguish between the iPhone 4 and 4S, 5 and 5S?), Apple has pretty much followed the same design sheet for the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus as it did for the 6 and 6 Plus....

Motorola is now said to be working on a new smartphone which is codenamed Motorola Bounce. By the looks of it, the handset seems to be a more rugged and more compact version of the Moto X Style flagship. The new smartphone is allegedly set for a December unveiling, which would be just in time for the lucrative holiday season. The leak is coming from upleaks which claims the device will feature the following:...

Samsung says that the new Smart TVs are designed under the ‘Make for India’ philosophy, with daily needs and requirements of customers taken into consideration, and launched under the ‘Unbox Magic Every day’ campaign to resonate with the lifestyle of millennials. “At Samsung, we believe in creating an ecosystem, to provide users with unique solutions that enhance the consumer’s experience and enrich their lifestyle. The latest Smart TV range caters to the needs of our consumers with a host of never-seen-before features such as Personal Computer, Music System, Home Cloud, Live Cast and Two Way Sharing....

The Chromebook 3 is powered by the Intel Celeron N3050 and will be made available in both 2GB/3GB RAM configurations. On the storage front, the Chromebook 3 offers 16GB of on board storage. The laptop is well endowed connectivity wise as it comes with Bluetooth 4.0, 720p Webcam, USB 3.0 port, USB 2.0 Port and an HDMI out. The keyboard ergonomics seems something that the Samsung has attended to and as a result the keyboard comes with UL certified keycaps and the display is hinged to offer a tilt of 180-degrees....

Well, if this is true, there probably will be one less app on your iPhone after reading this article because your iPhone actually comes with an in-built document scanner. And, so does your iPad, but for the sake of simplicity, we are going to use the term “iPhone” here. Yes, you heard that right. You do not need third-party apps or other elaborate measures to scan a document. All you need is an iPhone/iPad that runs iOS 11 or above and to follow these simple steps:...

Now unlike other devices, Sense seems to employ machine learning to decide on its action and also learn the preferences of the family members. Launched at Kickstarter, Sense acts like the Brain of the interconnected things, quite literally. Sense will be able to pair up with most of the devices including Philips Hue, LIFX, Nest and Sonos. It is very likely that the interface for more devices will be developed soon....

Phishing Protection on Desktop Using a free antivirus software may not help you every time as their functionality is limited, but for this purpose AVG Link scanner can be helpful. It is a small application that checks every web URL just as you click them. It not only scans a single website but also every link you click within the website. This not only protects you from submitting your private data to unreliable sites but also helps in stopping new viruses from entering your computer as internet is the major source of virus....

An Indian startup, Simpl, has been working towards that exact goal for a couple of years now. Its product, also named Simpl is a payments platform which plugs into various third-party services like Zomato, BookMyShow and allows you to skip the payments gateway entirely. Instead, Simpl keeps adding all of these transactions into a common bill which you’re supposed to clear every fifteen days. Signing up for yet another payment service might sound unreasonable at this point....

The Sony Xperia XA1 Plus comes with a 5.5-inch Full HD IPS LCD display. Just like its smaller sibling, the Xperia XA1 Plus has ultra-minimal bezels to the side of the display. Sony hasn’t made any changes to the design of the Xperia XA1 Plus. It’s simply a bigger phone, nothing else. Under the hood, the Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra is powered by a 2.3Ghz octa-core Mediatek Helio P20 processor with Mali T880 GPU....

Originally targeted at concerned parents, spy apps are now being utilized by worried partners, bosses for keeping an eye on their employees and others. Although companies like Google and Apple don’t directly allow these in their respective app stores, spy apps can be installed with a couple of additional steps. However, these tools do question a user’s ethicality, but given the perilous digital environment we live in, there are some justified scenarios where they can be appropriately employed....

“Today’s education system is not adequately preparing students for jobs of the future. Microsoft found that this skills gap could be closed by focusing on communications, knowledge integration and presentation skills.” The free subscription to Office 365 ProPlus includes access to the full versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Access and Publisher on up to five PCs or Macs. They’ll also have access to Office apps on Windows tablets and the iPad, along with 1 TB of free OneDrive storage, and Office Online....

Appearance When it comes to design, there is only one clear winner here. Yes, we know there will be takers for the Redmi Note 5 Pro’s rock solid metal build. But those seeking beauty will find it impossible to resist the 12 layered glass back of the Honor 9N. The 9N is also a more compact and lighter device. Yes, the weight of the Note 5 Pro is reassuring, but the Honor 9N feels downright premium, thanks to the glass back and 2....

Surface RT is a worthy competitor for the iPad and other Android tablets, but it has a big minus at the moment – it runs Windows RT, which is a dumbed-down version of the Windows 8. Read our guide to know what are the differences. Also, it lacks 3G, which might be a hindrance for many. But, if we overlook these minuses, can it become a viable choice? Surface RT reviews are in JOEL SANTO DOMINGO, PC MAG The Touch Cover keyboard is one of the most responsive ones we’ve ever used and when installed, turns the Surface into the quasi-laptop....

If you want to know more about !bangs and DDG in general, you should read that article first. Today, I’ll be talking about the process of finally ditching Google and moving on to DuckDuckGo. Sadly, it’s not as easy as flicking a switch. But the couple of minutes you spend on setting everything up will surely be worth it. Switch the Default Search Engine In Chrome: Surprise, surprise. Google doesn’t really make it easy to switch the default search engine to DuckDuckGo....

Across 1 Nature calling? Want to answer but have no room to take the call? There’s an app for that loo…er…too. 3 Type on it. Write on it. Write on paper. It accepts them all. What a true Yogi this one is. 7 They are such a reliable name that a lot of reliance was placed on them by people who relied on them to disrupt the Indian telecom market....