Xiaomi’s Redmi 4A, now, is a very different kettle of photographic fish. In terms of numbers, there is nothing about the Redmi 4A’s camera which would make you jump out of your seats. It comes with a now-usual 13-megapixel rear camera with autofocus and LED flash coupled with a 5-megapixel front facing camera. But this is not actually the reason why we are talking about the Redmi 4A’s camera. The real reason is the performance which it delivers at this price point....

Google introduced Storage Access Framework (SAF) with Android 4.4 KitKat which allowed third-party apps to get access to files with the user’s consent for total SD card access to an app. However, problems still persisted with apps that dealt with media files and required more space to store files on to the microSD cards. Android 5.0 Lollipop once again allows third party apps to access SD cards inserted into the device....

Both Galaxy Book Flex and Galaxy Book Ion feature the world’s first QLED display on a laptop. The display comes with Outdoor Mode to offer a maximum brightness of 600-nits. As already mentioned, the laptops also support the Wireless PowerShare feature that allows users to charge their Qi-compatible devices by placing them on the laptop’s touchpad. Galaxy Book Flex Samsung is marketing the Galaxy Book Flex as a premium 2-in-1 device that is designed to be portable-enough and still deliver performance....

The M31s, however, has moved up a level. In many ways. A higher price, and a lot remains similar… The most obvious change in the M31s is its price. Whereas previous members of the M30 family had been priced around Rs 15,000, the M31s takes a big step ahead and starts at Rs 19,499 for the 6 GB/ 128 GB variant and commands a Rs 21,499 price tag for the 8 GB/ 128 GB one....

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip: Design and Design As already mentioned, the Galaxy Flip takes a different approach for its foldable form-factor with its clamshell-like design that opens up vertically, and not horizontally, unlike the Galaxy Fold from last year. The device comes in at a thickness of 7.2mm and weighs 183g. Towards the front, it features a 6.7-inch Dynamic AMOLED display (when unfolded) with bezels all around and a tall 22:9 aspect ratio....

Samsung is forcefully disabling Windows update on many of its laptops. The South Korean technology conglomerate ships its laptops with a suite called SW Update which comes with an application whose sole job is to prevent Microsoft from seeding out updates to Samsung laptops. As Microsoft MVP Patrick Barker writes in a blog post, Samsung’s SW Update suite automatically downloads an application called “Disable_Windowsupdate.exe” to prevent its systems from snagging any updates released by Microsoft....

Android smartphones may sometimes be the home of various trickeries and as some members of XDA have discovered, the Samsung Galaxy S3 is no stranger. In the latest hacking episode, one tagged with the ‘Easy’ difficulty, secret codes which can enable hidden features and shortcuts through the phone have been brought to light. Moreover, a quite interesting guide has been compiled to let other seekers discover their own codes and activate other secret options....

SensorWake is touted as the world’s first olfactory alarm clock which wakes you up to your favorite scent. So, if you have been longing for a quite a while to find a really pleasant way to wake up, then perhaps SensorWake needs your attention. You will be able to choose from a wide assortment of scents, like coffee, croissants, the ocean, leaves, cut grass and others. According to the project, the patented SensorWake technology releases a scent that will will wake you up in under 2 minutes, 99% of the time....

The Sharp S3 features a 5-inch FHD IGZO display and is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 paired with 3GB of RAM. On the storage front, the device offers 32GB of internal memory which is further expandable up to 256GB. Camera options on the S3 include a 5-Megapixel front sensor and a 13.1-Megapixel secondary sensor along with LED flash. The physical keys are placed on the right side of the phone and the polycarbonate casing lacks exuberance....

One of the most critical alterations Sony has made with these new phones is that a 14nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 processor has replaced their predecessor’s 16nm MediaTek chipset. The design has been tweaked ever so slightly, although the presence of huge bezels and the absence of an 18:9 aspect ratio will certainly haunt these devices’ success in 2018. The fingerprint sensor has been repositioned to the rear from the power button....

Connectify is a company I have been quiet familiar with thanks to their Hotspot app which would turn any laptop into a WiFi Hotspot, a novelty during the days where LAN cables still ruled the roost. Now the company seems to take a pledge in solving all your WiFi woes by intelligently switching between the available Wifi, Mobile and Bluetooth networks or even blending them to create the best possible experience....

Dong Nguyen, the developer of Flappy Bird had taken down the app mysteriously from both the iOS App Store and Google Play Store, and later revealed that the reason behind his decision was that the game was getting extremely addictive. Well, his newest creation isn’t much different. When we tried it for a brief time, we could hardly get scoring. Instead of an ugly bird, we now have an incredibly sensitive copter....

Day 30 of TechPP Mega Christmas Giveaway. It’s the finale!! What an amazing journey this has been. This campaign deserves a grand finishing and luckily I have my most favorite antivirus solution – ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 to be given away! Before that let us check out why this software is my favorite! ESET NOD32 Antivirus Review ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 is a great desktop security solution, complete with effective protection and advanced features....

Our list of best AI copywriting tools is specifically based on OpenAI’s GPT-3, which is universally accepted as the best language model in the business. It is one of the most sophisticated language models which utilizes deep learning — a part of the machine learning method based on artificial neural networks — to generate human-like text. We had covered GPT-3 for copywriting in our earlier article if you are interested to know more about GPT-3 and how it works....

The report further states that Indian users were devoting almost twenty-eight hours every week on mobile and just four on television in 2016. Entertainment on mobile, in particular, is at 45% (~12 hours) of that overall usage which means it’s still three times more than the media being consumed on the idiot box. Furthermore, print media stands at just two hours which is quite expected as users continue to migrate online where news is generally free of cost and more diverse....

The good news is that all these portable devices can be charged faster, in most cases. Depending on the manufacturer, model and the operating system deployed, different methods can be applied to boost the power transmitted by the source and decrease charging times significantly, without major downsides. How to reduce charging times for mobile devices There is no wonder application or magic trick that will boost our charging output and decrease the total time (maybe wireless, who knows), but we do know a couple of practices that should do well-enough....

There are a tons of ways you can personalize your phone including wallpapers, messing up with the home-screen using widgets, themes if your phone supports and some more. But you can also change looks of the app icons by simply installing icon packs from the play store. Sometimes the manufacturers offer really ugly icons with their phones just to provide a unique look for their software and that’s exactly where these applications come in handy....

Top 7 Android Apps to Back-up Your Data Of course, Android being the best phone platform (in my humble opinion), offers a host of apps and services to backup your personal files. Not all of them are good though, but fear not, if you want to make a backup, there are great options to chose from. 7. ROM Manager ROM Manager is a well known name for those who use custom Mods and flash lots of ROMs....

Now the Swedish company is making use of its huge base of users to launch Truemessenger, a new SMS replacement app for Android users which lets you verify the identify of those who send text messages. At the moment, the app is available exclusively for Indian users and we don’t know when it will roll out to international users, as well. So, if you ever received annoying SMSes from a stranger or just spam SMS from various sellers or companies who are aggressively promoting their services or products, then you will find great use in this app....

What needs to be said is that some of these deals will run through Cyber Monday but others will expire more quickly, so just make sure that you grab them while they’re hot. We can’t vouch for how long this time-limited deals will stay on, so make sure you get them, especially those that are free. We tried to see what the previous prices were, but not all of the apps were mentioning this....