Historically, tech companies, and more specifically, smartphone OEMs, have tried to keep their gross and net margins high enough to be sustainable. They also have an obligation to bring the money back to their investors, and hopefully help them make more money on top of the investment. While I have tried to drastically dumb it down, running a profitable business is a lot more complex. While smartphone OEMs like Apple, Samsung, Nokia and HTC, have mostly stuck to this way of doing business, a new Chinese company in 2011 managed to shake up the market with its innovative way of doing business....

1. Change your background If you are working from home, it is possible that not every corner in your home may be suitable for video calls. But with Teams, that shouldn’t be a concern. As it turns out, you can change your background during a meeting to hide your messy surroundings in the background. However, as of now, Microsoft Teams only supports the default backgrounds. To add a background, during a video call, hit the ellipsis (three-dot) button and select Show background effects....

MIUI 10: The AI Goodness Xiaomi’s claims that the MIUI 10 is powered by AI and this should make it superlative in some aspects. The UI has gone under the knife and new features tailor-made for bezel-less displays have arrived. Xiaomi users can now long press for more options, swipe to delete tasks and the MIUI automatically maximized the screen space. Xiaomi is also offering full-screen display gestures which will allow users to disable the navigation key and enjoy increased display real estate....

If email and messaging is your most critical need then a Blackberry mobile is the best solution. iPhone and Android can be ahead in terms of look and feel of UI, apps, games and multimedia but when it comes to work (email, messaging, call and battery life), Blackberry is far ahead. Simply put, iPhone and Androids can give you thrill but it is the Blackberry which gets the work done....

We are all set for the release of Apple iPad on April 3. And now the iPad App store is live! As expected some of the apps have been priced exorbitantly high due to lack of competition. But then, there are some amazing free iPad apps too and we have collated them together to make your life easy and download these best apps when you actually get your iPad. The list is exhaustive and the apps have just now begun to flow, so make sure you bookmark this post and keep coming back for updated list....

In terms of design, the Vivo Z5x features a plastic back with gradient color finish and a 6.53-inch Full HD+ LCD display with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio and 2340 × 1080 pixels screen resolution. Under the hood, it is powered by a 10nm-based Octa Core Snapdragon 710 processor with Adreno 616 GPU, paired with 4GB, 6GB, or 8GB of LPPDDR4x RAM and 64GB or 128GB of UFS 2.1 storage (expandable up to 256GB with microSD)....

The mother of all cricketing events is here – ICC World cup 2011. The 43 day extravaganza begins on Feb 19th and ends on April 2nd with the finals at Wankhede, Mumbai. 14 countries will be taking part in this edition of Cricket world cup. ESPN, Star Sports and Star Cricket have bagged the exclusive rights to broadcast the world cup 2011 matches. But one might not have access to the television all the time....

There are web apps that you can open in your browser and they will generate pleasant sounds that will make you fill relaxed and focused to your tasks. We’ve also featured similar apps in the past, such as Raining.fm, which we’re also going to feature in the list below. Without further ado, here they are. Noisli Noisli is a very simple to use web app where you change the background sound and color to help you be relaxed....

But that was eight years ago. A lot has changed in that extensive period, most importantly – Facebook itself. It has expeditiously transitioned from merely a medium to connect with your college friends to a nucleus of controversies and an over-crowded network of people and businesses. The platform has long ditched its core ethos that drove my presence on it for so many years. It’s still indomitable by an unparalleled number, though, and currently, is a hub for over 1....

Your old gadgets and devices may not be valuable for you anymore and that’s why if you want to get rid of them, you should seriously take into consideration donating to people and communities that can’t afford one of their own. So, read the following lines in order to discover some of the most worthy non-profit organizations and programs that can act as the middleman between you and those in need....

For Beginners and the one that Just Works – Evie Launcher Evie launcher has consistently remained my go-to recommendation for anyone in search of a new launcher. Its biggest highlight is the in-house universal search bar that essentially tries to replicate iOS’ Spotlight on Android. The feature functions surprisingly well and is, by default, a ‘swipe down’ away from being triggered. “By Default” is, in fact, the key to Evie launcher’s success....

Externally, the Xiaomi 90 Minutes Ultra Smart Running Shoes from Mijia looks just any other ordinary shoe. That said, the main features that distinguish it from the rest are its ability to count your workout and walking details. The smart shoes can track your steps, distance covered, calories burnt, speed etc. It can also automatically detect whether you are running, walking or climbing. And it can do all these due to the presence of a small button sized Intel Curie chip located inside the sole of the footwear....

StoreKing Partners with offline retailers and helps brands get access to the remote rural areas whilst helping rural folks with the last mile logistics. It currently targets Rural India devoid of 3G/4G and has consumers with poor awareness. The targeted market is also said to be price sensitive and cash payment centric. It has also tied up with Lenovo and other big brands spread across several sectors including content delivery and mobile wallets....

Xiaomi Mi 10S: Design and Display The Mi 10S features a long, vertical camera module on the rear to house the quad-camera array and an LED flash and has VC liquid cooling to dissipate heat. On the front, it has a 6.67-inch full-HD+ curved AMOLED display with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio and HDR10+. The display offers a 90Hz refresh rate and comes with Corning’s Gorilla Glass 5 protection on top....

The Mi5 comes equipped with a 5.15-inch FHD display accompanied by the 2.5D curved glass and Gorilla Glass 4 Protection. The design of Mi5 looks like it was evolved from the Mi Note Pro, albeit much smaller. The flagship will draw its power from the top of the line Snapdragon 820 SoC paired with a range topping 4GB LPDDR4 RAM (on 128GB only) and an Adreno 530 GPU. The storage options offered are in the form of 32GB, 64GB and 128GB, but alas Xiaomi still doesn’t think it’s important enough to have a microSD card slot....

Design In terms of appearance, the Redmi Note 8 and Note 8 Pro look similar and share the same new design language with quad cameras on the back, three new colour options: Mineral Grey, Pearl White, and Forest Green, a gradient back, a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner for authentication, and IP52 rating (Redmi Note 8 Pro). Display When buying a smartphone, one of the major deterrents for a lot of people, is the display....

The story was first reported by The Techolic, and when we asked Manu Jain, the country head of Xiaomi India, this is what he had to say The focus on Redmi 1S is understandable. That phone is tailor made for India, the fastest growing smartphone market in the world. This is the time when many feature phone users are thinking about moving to the smartphone arena, and Redmi 1S fits their bill to a T....

The iPhone rocked Q4 2019… The iPhone had a superb final quarter of the year. The relatively more affordable iPhone 11 was the best-selling phone of this period. In fact, there were five iPhones in the list of top ten phones – and they were from Number One to Five. Rather surprisingly, the most expensive iPhone of them all, the iPhone 11 Pro Max was at number two, while the iPhone 11 Pro was at three....

Then on July 15, along came Xiaomi and turned everything totally on its head. That was the day the company launched the Mi 3. Yes, it was slightly long in the truth, having been launched in China in 2013, but make no mistake about it, the specs were still flagship level – the Mi 3 came with a 5.0-inch full HD display and was powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor with 2 GB RAM, 16 GB storage (non-expandable), a 13....

The list of supported radio stations is spread across genres, both local and international. Users get to listen to live broadcast of around 17 All India Radio stations in 14 Indian languages (including Vividh Bharati and FM Gold), 14 channels from RadioCity, and 3 from Radio One. Additionally, one can also enjoy hundreds of international radio stations from across the world using TuneIn and myTuner. For instance, to listen to a BBC Radio show, saying, “Alexa, open BBC Radio 5 live from TuneIn“, opens the station and stream the content live....