I am speaking of stock Android. The darling of the geek classes. But alas, not of the masses. There will be those who will be outraged at the notion. Criticizing stock Android can evoke sentiments among its supporters similar to those that visited the hearts of the Nazis when a Jew criticised Hitler in 1930s Germany. It is pure. It is untainted. It is the ideal. The stark fact, however, is that, unlike Der Fuhrer and the Batman, it does not sell....

The general consensus is that dust is harmless, but sadly, it’s not. You will realize this once you understand the constituents of the household dust. Dyson India, along with FICCI Research & Analysis Center (FRAC) carried out a study in 45 Indian households comprising of 184 surfaces spread across four major Indian cities – Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad. This was the second such study carried out by Dyson in India with the first one commissioned in 2018 comprising of 100 households....

The mask appears to be a blend of a sleep mask and a scuba mask and has a satin padded lining that helps it to rest around the nose without leaving an impression. It can be paired with an app to keep track of your sleep to assess when you start snoring. Once the app detects a snore, it utilizes the built-in accelerometer to determine your sleeping position and then vibrates to give you a clue to change your position to one that comparatively causes you to snore less....

1. Asus ROG Mothership Taiwanese PC maker, Asus kicked off its new year by taking the wraps off the ROG Mothership, a beast of a gaming computer that is neither an all-in-one nor a traditional laptop. At best, the ROG Mothership can be imagined as an enormous, overpowered Surface Pro for gamers. The ROG Mothership is a 17-inch gaming laptop with a kickstand at the back to make it sit upright (since it weighs 10....

Of course, the headlining trait is the presence of two cameras on the back. Motorola hopped the bandwagon last month with the launch of the Z2 Force, and the X4 is expected to inherit the same approach as well. The arrangement includes a 12-megapixel primary lens with dual autofocus, f/2.0 aperture, and 1.4µm pixel size paired with an 8-megapixel ultra-wide sensor with f/2.2 aperture, 1.12µm pixel size and 120° field of view....

For starters, the Vivo Apex comes with the company’s next-gen in-display fingerprint sensor. Compared to the current ones, the upgraded module lets you touch anywhere on the screen to authenticate instead of just one, specific thumb area. In addition, the Vivo Apex is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 chipset unlike the Snapdragon 845 found on the Meizu Zero. Plus, it has up to a staggering 12GB of RAM and 256GB of onboard storage....

Looks This is going to boil down to personal preference but the Lenovo A6000 sneaks a surprise win here in our books. None of the three devices are traffic-stoppers, but of the three the A6000 is the smartest thanks to its remarkably slim frame (8.2 mm against the 9.4 mm of the Redmi 2 and the 12.3 mm of the Moto E) but of the three, the real battle is between the Redmi 2 and the A6000....

But there is more. One of the lesser talked about things in case of Jio is the way in which regulations and rules in the Indian telecom sector have allegedly been tweaked in its favor. Telecom is a highly regulated industry. The regulatory bodies in telecom such as DoT and TRAI take decisions on various issues that directly affect the health of the industry. The rules and regulations created, destroyed or amended by these organizations can make a massive difference to the parties in the industry, and can change fortunes....

A Thunderbolt connector, for those unaware, is a standard developed by Intel in collaboration with Apple. It was first adopted by the Cupertino-giant, in the year 2011. Soon after, other laptop manufacturers hopped-on to the bandwagon and started embracing Thunderbolt on their high-end offerings. The idea behind the Thunderbolt standard was to offer a universal port for high-speed connection to peripherals such as the external drives, network interfaces, video output for external displays, and high-end storage solutions like RAID arrays....

1. File Dropper File Dropper is the only site in this list that allows you to send files upto 5 GB. Now you can send hi-resolution photos, HD videos or even movies with the help of this amazing service. All your files can be easily uploaded with the click of a button. Though it is one of the best file sharing service, it does not allows you to upload multiple files at once....

Now this also means that Twitter will mark its departure from the reverse chronological order feed which is something we have been largely accustomized to. Although the new algorithm might aid in a better way when it comes to relevancy of the tweets, but it is also most likely to push the latest tweets down the feed. Let’s just hope that Twitter doesn’t just force the algorithmic feeds as it is something that won’t be fit for all....

Uber Movement segregates the city into different zones and also shows the time required to travel between these two points across the day. The dashboard is somewhat similar to the Google Analytics but for traffic movements. One can also compare traffic at different times of the year or traffic in certain parts of the city during some events like concerts or carnivals. This insight is expected to render a micro look at the traffic movement across the city in accordance with time....

However, it wasn’t all hunky-dory for the launch model Switch. Among many problems, players weren’t very pleased with the battery life, with the amount of playtime they were getting. In portable handheld and tabletop modes, the launch model Switch didn’t last very long at all while playing demanding titles. If you own any Switch system, be it the Switch or the Switch lite, you can go through our guide. We have put together a list of tweaks you can perform to your Switch in order to improve battery life....

Firstly, coming to the name, with the new standard, USB Promoter Group has decided to change the naming scheme and get rid of the space between the name ‘USB’ and the ‘version number’. And so the name ‘USB4’. This change in the naming scheme of the new standard follows the vision of the CEO, Brad Saunders, who wishes to establish ‘USB4’ as a brand and take the focus off of the number game....

We had previously written a guide on how to find iPhone firmware and baseband versions? So what if you accidentally upgraded your device to iPhone 3.1.3? Since the situation is different for every iPhone model, I have decided to write up a post with answers to the question. iPhone 2G Jailbreak? Yes Unlock? Yes Relax, you’re lucky. The original iPhone has been permanently pwned, and nothing Apple does can prevent your jailbreaking or unlocking your phone....

What is a VPN and how does it work? A VPN or Virtual Private Network is a service that allows you to access the Internet securely and anonymously as if you were connected to a private network. It was primarily developed for corporate use where companies required getting their sensitive data in-and-out of their servers on a public network using remote-access. However, as more people are starting to take Internet privacy and security seriously, the use of VPN is increasing noticeably....

And now, according to a fresh report from Dutch publication AndroidWorld.nl, it seems that the voice calling function is indeed in the works and looks to be almost finished. However, the website suggests that the calling feature will be separate from the chat function, as there have been published screenshots showcasing dialing, call logs, and contact options. The new details have allegedly been extracted from a fresh build of the app for the Android platform....

There’s no one reason or aspect of the Mate 20 Pro that makes me want to go back to it each time. Rather, it’s the fact that Huawei managed to perfect almost every key attribute of the Mate 20 Pro which work in tandem to provide one of the most complete smartphone experiences. Let me explain. That Beautiful Design Right from when you pick up the device, the Mate 20 Pro screams premium....

And now the brand is all set to deliver to the consumers a complete, truly no-compromise flagship, the Motorola Edge+. A phone that is so powerful that even the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra (no mean device in its own right) pales in comparison. A true flagship comes with zero compromises. It is all about delivering the best possible performance with zero corners cut. And the Motorola Edge+ shows just how that can be done, and consistently outperforms the Galaxy S20 Ultra, which for many was till now the ultimate Android flagship in the market....

Kindle Fire HD seems pretty good, why not buy it? Why Kindle Fire HD is a passable tablet We will not go over again comparing it with Google’s Nexus 7, and despite of some issues recently reported by frustrated users, the Kindle Fire HD (the 7 inch version, that is) just can’t compare with Nexus 7’s specs. You just need to look at the pictures of these two to realize that the Kindle Fire HD is way more bulkier than the Nexus 7....