Airtel Xstream users will now get access to the VOOT content library including movies, originals, new episodes of top shows on MTV India and Colors
National, 8 September 2020: As part of its strategy to offer best-in-class entertainment to customers in India, Airtel today announced a partnership with VOOT to bring more premium digital content on to its Airtel Xstream platform.
Under the partnership, Airtel Xstream users will get access premium VOOT content across multiple screens – on TV over the Airtel Xstream Box as part of the Airtel Xstream Bundle, on smartphone with the Airtel Xstream app, and on PC at www.airtelxstream.in.
The rich portfolio of VOOT includes movies, originals, new episodes of their shows from Colors, MTV India and other Viacom-18 owned TV channels. This includes shows like Splitsvilla, MTV Roadies, Naagin, Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan, Choti Sarrdaarni, Bahu Begum, Bepannah in Hindi, the upcoming season of Bigg Boss as well as many regional language shows. Airtel Xstream users can also enjoy a host of English shows like Feet Up with Stars, Work it Up with Sophie, BFF’s with Vogue, VH1 Inside Access with Miss Malini, Urban Wanderers and Trend Setters amongst others. The content from VOOT comes in seven languages – English, Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, Kannada, Bengali & Marathi.
India, which has the world’s second highest number of internet users, is seeing massive surge in demand for video content as smartphone penetration deepens. With this partnership, Airtel Xstream has added to its premium content library of over 10,000 movies & shows and hundreds of LIVE TV channels.
Commenting on the partnership Nupur Chaturvedi, Head Content Business & Partnerships, Bharti Airtel said,“We are on a mission to deliver best-in-class digital entertainment experience to our users and make Airtel Xstream app the go to destination for India’s entertainment needs. We are thrilled to partner with VOOT and bring their premium video content to our users.”
Speaking on the development Gourav Rakshit, COO at Viacom18 Digital Ventures said, “We at VOOT have been keeping the country’s spirits high during these challenging times through various partnerships to bring meaningful and entertaining content for our viewers. Given the exponential demand for content, our collaboration with Airtel Xstream will help us reach and deliver our content experience to a larger audience base. We are elated to partner with a like-minded brand that resonates with our ideologies and is sure to help us make content viewing an enriching and engaging experience for all our viewers.”
Electronic Arts (EA) has already revealed the launch date of the next series of FIFA franchise. FIFA 21 would release globally on 9th October.
The new FIFA edition has already created a hype among the FIFA fans. It seems EA has finally listened to the fans and have brought in the requested changes to FIFA 21.
Now, EA has announced the launch date for revealing the FIFA 21 ratings of the 4 ambassadors of the video game:
As the season builds up to the pinnacle, one team that is looking to get a good start in the league is Manchester United. After finishing 3rd last season and qualifying for the Champions League, United will look to build on a strong end from last season. Ole Gunnar Soljskaer has persistently mentioned the need to reinstil the winning mentality back at Old Trafford and beat the current big boys to keep the victories coming time and again. But there is also a common complaint of those who support United, that the manager has not been backed properly by the board. So given all the excitement and constraints that lie ahead, can United reclaim CL next season – and possibly a shot at the title?
United did make a statement to an extent by managing to sign Donny Van de Beek in an all-inclusive deal worth 36 million pounds last week. They also closed out a contract extension for young goalkeeper Dean Henderson, who will presumably give De Gea a run for his money. With no more signings on the horizon yet, there are only concrete transfer links to Jadon Sancho of Borussia Dortmund and Dayot Upamecano of Leipzig. In recent times, there have also been talks of signing left-back Sergio Reguilon as well.
Strength
Having lost only 8 games last season, Ole’s men have shown what it takes to stay unbeaten and maintain a progressive way of retaining morale and spirit within the dressing room. In addition, the defence has looked to be better than the 2018/19 season when they conceded 54 goals in 38 games as compared to last season which was only 36 goals. If they do manage to sign a starter centre-back and left-back, the backline could become even stronger and that would mean bad news for their rival contenders.
Weakness
Manchester United definitely have had their share of troubles closing out games and even making an impact to win the games. Of the 38 games played last season, they ended up accumulating 12 draws. If the intent of going higher up in the table is indeed serious, then United will have to work on that aspect of using directness and a lack of urgency to notch up goals that can win them games. Another thing that could affect the team comes in the form of the Harry Maguire and Mason Greenwood’s recent incidents, particularly the former’s considering he is the team captain and others in the dressing room look up to such figures.
Manchester United’s Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes scores the opening goal from the penalty spot during the UEFA Europa League semi-final football match Sevilla v Manchester United on August 16, 2020 in Cologne, western Germany. (Photo by Ina Fassbender / POOL / AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Key players
Despite only featuring in the second half of the season, Bruno Fernandes is set to be the creative driving force for the team who will look to perform even stronger than expectations. The Portuguese midfielder has had an instant impact and shown the league that with him in the team, United can beat anyone. Another player who will be crucial is French striker Anthony Martial, who enjoyed a fruitful season with 17 goals and 6 assists in 32 games. For a player who had flickers of brilliance in the past couple seasons, Martial will look to shoulder the responsibility of delivering high-class performances and with Rashford and Bruno behind him, he is set to shine once again.
Predicted table finish
4th Place: Manchester United are definitely no walkovers and will surely look to replicate a season better than last time, but there are still question marks over seeing out games with the lead intact as well as lack of impact players who can make the difference from the bench. Nevertheless, United will give it their all to dream of the title, but will most likely only seal Champions League qualification.
On September 3rd, Redmi India revealed that they are bringing a new smart band named Redmi Smart Band on 8th September. The day comes and the company lifted the curtain from its product. Let you know, Redmi Smart Band is the India version Redmi Band which is available in China from last April. As per our expectation, all specs are the same, the only thing that changes is cost. Coming to it later, before that have a look at the specs.
The Redmi Smart Band features a 1.08-inch color AMOLED touchscreen and promises up to 14 days of battery life like the Mi Band 4. Like the Realme Band, it also comes with a built-in charging port that plugs into a USB-A port on the charger, laptop, or PC, which is quite convenient than their traditional capsule-style band.
The band features 24/7 heart rate and sleep monitoring sensors and also comes with an activity tracker that can track a lot of sport modes such as outdoor running, treadmills, walking, cycling, and others. You can also get notification alerts in real-time.
It has a 5ATM (50 meters) water resistance, similar to the Mi Band 4. You will find 50+ watch faces, which is great in fact, along with four colors (black, blue, orange, and green) for the strap.
Lastly, comes the pricing and availability. In China, Redmi Band costs 99.99 yuan which is currently around RS. 1,078. Now, in India, the Redmi Smart Band costs Rs.1,599, around Rs.500 extra. If you want to get one, it will go for sale tomorrow (9th September) at 1:00 PM IST via Amazon.
Recently, Asus launched its new 2-in-1 laptop in India featuring the latest AMD Ryzen 4000U mobile processors but was not promoted that much as its Intel-powered laptops are. The new Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TM420 is an ultraportable 2-in-1 laptop with the latest Ryzen APUs and it been a week or so since its available on Amazon.
I was looking for a productive Ryzen 4000U powered laptop for a long time now for my personal use and I had two-three options including the Lenovo Ideapad Slim 5, Asus VivoBook S14, Asus Zenbook 14, and the brand new Asus VivoBook Flip 14. So, there are a few reasons that I ended up buying this laptop over others in the market:
The laptop features a 2-in-1 touchscreen display
Very thin and lightweight
One upgradeable RAM slot
Good build quality
Basically the new Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TM420 is a productive laptop focused on work-related purpose comes with Windows 10 Home lifetime license along with comes with pre-installed MS Office Home and Student 2019. So, I ended up buying the Ryzen 7 4700U variant at ₹ 74,500 as I had to post a review for it to you all, however, you will be happy to know that the laptop is now available at its original price of ₹ 70,990 at Amazon. Check out all of the specs here.
This first impressions article will help you to get an overview of the laptop and I will summarize my experience after using it for two days:
Design & Build
This 2-in-1 laptop features a bold Bespoke Black all-metal chassis with diamond-cut edges and I like the metal lid as it feels premium but due to this, it might leave smudges. The VivoBook Flip 14 TM420 has a diamond-cut lid which makes it easy to flip open the lid and even though its the budget VivoBooks series it never feels cheap.
Obviously, its advantage is the 360° metal hinge which is very sturdy and it never felt like it would break or something like that. As Asus has claimed that it has tested to pass a 20,000-cycle open-and-close test and I feel it really does well. The laptop is incredibly lightweight and easy to carry because of its dimensions and thin edges.
Physical overview:
On the left you have 1 x Kensington lock and a USB Type-A.
While on the right hand side you have the power on button, the charge indicators, the Audio combo jack, 1 x MicroSD card reader, you have one USB Type-C port that doesn’t support charging, 1 x USB 2.0, 1 x HDMI and a DC-in port.
Overall, build quality is very good and can be a great option for using it for longer periods.
Display
The VivoBook Flip 14 TM420 features 14-inch LED-backlit Full HD (1920 x 1080) touchscreen display with a 16:9 aspect ratio and an 82% screen-to-body ratio which I feel is pretty good for daily use. There’s the logo of Asus VivoBook and I like the fact that the screen is stretched more on the sides to make it look a lot modern and the touch response is quite good and I faced no issues whatsoever.
The tone of the display is on the yellowish side and can be adjusted via the MyASUS app, and the display covers 60% of the sRGB color gamut which I was quite keen to try, but to my surprise, that amount of color accuracy is perfect for daily usage, however, if you want to do professional work go for the Asus Zenbook 14 laptop which is much more color accurate.
I was also concerned about the display of the panel as it was rated at 250 nits but with the AMD Radeon driver, I feel the brightness was adjusted and was enough for indoor usage. Using it for daily browsing or work is not an issue at all and at first watching videos was not compelling enough, however, installing the AMD Radeon drivers did make significant improvements.
Performance
In this segment, I feel this thin and light portable 2-in-1 laptop to be a beast as it packs all 8 cores in a 15W TDP. I tried running both Geekbench 5 and Cinebench R20, in the Geekbench the Ryzen 7 4700U in it scored 676 points in the single-core test while scoring 3879 in the multi-core test and this is significantly low and I feel using the BIOS update things should change.
In the Cinebench R20, I found the laptop scoring 2491 points, however, one strange thing I noticed is that at full load the APU was max clocking at 2.87GHz not its full potential of 4.1GHz and I think the BIOS update can improve this. I haven’t played any games yet but will mention the performance in games in the full review.
In the daily usage, the laptop worked like a breeze opening 20-30 tabs or doing heavy stuff in the backend never bothered the laptop and I like how cool the laptop remains most of the time. Out of the 8GB RAM, 512MB is reserved for the Vega iGPU, but the thing I like is that you can swap the 4GB RAM and use an 8GB stick to make it up to 12GB in the long run. Overall it is a good performer, however, I will reserve my judgment for the full review.
Battery Life
The laptop is equipped with a respectable 3-cells 42 Watt Hours lithium-polymer battery that gives almost 5-6 hours battery life with normal to high brightness and can be increased to an hour more with low brightness. I am pretty satisfied with the battery life this thin and light laptop offers at this pricing with the powerful Ryzen 7 4700U in it.
The laptop charges very fast and lives up to the expectation of charging up to 60% in 49 minutes and fully charges in about 1:30 to 2 hours, which is decent enough for a 2-in-1.
Keyboard & Trackpad
The keyboard layout is compact, however, the keys have a good amount of key travel and I like the clicky feel of it, a great keyboard overall to type upon. Although if you are not used to a small layout you might feel a bit odd to type on if you get used to it then this is a great laptop.
The backlighting also works well with 3 brightness modes and adequate enough to work at night comfortably. The trackpad is tiny and compact, however, with the fingerprint sensor on it that also works very fast, but if you are used to using a larger trackpad, you can always use a mouse. So, even if its small, the quality of the trackpad is great.
MyASUS software and the ASUS Pen
I like the utility of the new MyASUS software that is an all-in-one software for all your needs and you can completely sync your phone to the laptop while working, get support, download drivers & updates and do a lot more than you could have expected. The pre-included ASUS pen is great for daily use and I felt it very smooth to use for drawing, using it for work, and doing a lot more.
Overall, this is a great 2-in-1 laptop which is both thin and light as well as powerful for work, it absolutely great for work and is basically meant for productivity at a low budget. I expect it to provide better performance after BIOS update and I will bring more benchmarks and details in my final review soon. If you have any questions and query about this laptop do let me know in the comments down below.
The Indian Audio market leader boAt was teasing for something over the past few days. With the new boAthead Diljit Dosanjh the company was saying the word GOAt. The meaning of it becomes clear when boAt posted a video announcing the launch of this new product. GOAT is the abbreviation of ‘Greatest Of All Time’.
Earlier, there was no clear indication of the product. Though boAt is mainly an audio product focused company, there are some other products like power banks, smart bands too. So, guessing what is coming was really difficult.
After releasing the video, now, it’s crystal clear that the upcoming product is an audio product. The banned, in the back, confirmed it will be a Bluetooth neckband, it’s visible in black and red combination. Though boAt mentioned the name nowhere in the video, in the webpage tab it’s written as boAt Rockerz 335.
Going through the video, the first highlighted feature is the battery life that can go for around 30 hours long and users can recharge it “really fast”. Next comes the audio part, this product will provide the “most optimum voice quality with skittering beats”. There will also be the boAt signature sound.
There is no information about the battery capacity, driver size, and obviously the pricing. Only three days left to reveal (9th September) all these. It will launch on both Flipkart and Amazon India. So, you can set the reminder on Amazon, the link is given below.
As per the recent posts by boAt, we come to know that the Rockerz 335 will be splash and sweat proof. On top of that, the price is also pocket friendly as per the specs. It will cost only Rs.1,999.
The Indian Premier League 2020 is less than two weeks away. Today we take a closer look at one of the most mysterious yet unpredictable sides of the entire IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore.
The fact that the Virat Kohli led men haven’t been able to translate their potential to the points table, is just baffling. Today we’ll analyze what the Challengers will have to do to possibly rectify those past errors.
(PC- Essentialsports)
History
Contrary to their recent performances, the franchise started extremely strong. The Challengers made playoffs for consecutive three years between 2009-2011 where they even made the finals twice. They went on to again qualify for the playoffs in 2015 and 2016. However, unfortunately, it has been a landslide for them ever since.
2008: 7th place
2009: 2nd place
2010: 3rd place
2011: 2nd place
2012: 5th place
2013: 5th place
2014: 7th place
2015: 3rd place
2016: 2nd place
2017: 8th place
2018: 6th place
2019: 8th place
Squad for IPL 2020
Virat Kohli (captain), AB de Villiers, Aaron Finch, Gurkeerat Singh, Devdutt Padikkal, Moeen Ali, Isuru Udana, Pawan Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Josh Phillipe, Parthiv Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Adam Zampa, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Chris Morris, Kane Richardson and Dale Steyn.
That feeling when you know you get to bat in the nets next. 😃
BATTING – How can a team with Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers fail? However, with RCB, it has always been the players around these two. Starting with the positives, getting number 3 ranked T20 batsman Aaron Finch for a relatively low fee, was probably one of the best buys of the IPL 2020 Auction.
RCB, however, still faces the same problem which they’ve always had with their batting order. The only keeping options they have are of Parthiv Patel and Josh Phillipe. Phillipe might not make the team due to the restriction of four foreign players. Patel, on the other hand, is fruitful only when used at the top order. This will have Patel opening with probably Finch and push Kohli and de Villiers down the order where they might not get many balls. They may have Kohli to open with Patel, de Villiers at 3. This will have Finch at 4 where he won’t be relatively effective as well.
Moeen Ali has shown good potential in the middle order but will need the support of Shivam Dube, Gurkeerat Singh, and lower middle-order options like Chris Morris and Washington Sundar.
BOWLING – Bowling has always been the sinking factor for RCB, especially their pace bowlers. However, the basic structure of their pace bowling is still the same. They purchased Chris Morris for one of the highest bets of the auction. The bet surprised everybody keeping in mind Morris hasn’t been actively playing in the South Africa national team.
He will have to justify this value and lead the bowling attack especially taking charge of death overs. Other pace bowlers like Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Siraj have struggled in death overs. Navdeep Saini has shown potential and will be the one to watch out for.
Spin bowling, on the other hand, looks balanced as always. Yuzvendra Chahal will be a key asset keeping in mind the pitches in UAE. He will be assisted by Washington Sundar and Pawan Negi.
RCB will have to sort out their batting order and death bowling issues, elsewhere it would be difficult for them to make the playoffs this time around as well.
Inter has already started a new project since last season. They appointed Antonio Conte in 2019 and has been providing with players whom Conte seems to be a vital part of Inter’s new era. They finished second in Serie A last season.
After securing a deal for Achraf Hakimi from Real Madrid, Inter have now signed another full-back. Aleksander Kolarov has joined Inter on a permanent transfer from AS Roma.
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Aleksandar #Kolarov è un nuovo giocatore dell'Inter! ⚫️🔵
The Serbian international will definitely add great depth and quality to Inter’s full-back areas. He has played in the Premier League and Serie A and has been made a name for himself. He started his career as a left-winger but with age has converted himself into a full back.
Antonio Conte will a have a experienced head in his defense from the upcoming season.
Manchester United has recently signed Donny Van De Beek from Ajax. Now they are considering three more signings in this transfer window.
United Boss Ole Gunnar Soskjaer already identified some key areas from last season. Central midfield is one of those. That’s why they have already bought the Dutch midfielder from Ajax.
Other three key areas are right wing, centre back and left back position.
Jadon Sancho is highly linked from the start of the transfer window with Manchester United. But Borussia Dortmund is asking €120m for the English winger. Manchester United is struggling to pay this high amount of transfer money but they are still in touch with Dortmund to come to an agreement. They are also monitoring Moussa Dembele, Joshua King, and other forwards if the ‘Sancho Deal’ breaks down.
For the centre back position they are considering RB Leipzig defender Dayot Upamecano, Valencia defender Pau Torres and some other.
Last season United’s defence was decent but conceded some goals for their own flaws. Ole now wants a solidity in the United’s backline this season.
For the left-back position, United wants Real Madrid’s Sergio Reguilon. According to multiple reports Sergio has been offered to Manchester United for €30m by Real Madrid. Reguilon has completed a loan spell at Sevilla last season and has put in an excellent performance for them. He has won UEFA Europa League with Sevilla. They had beaten Manchester United in the semi-final. Reguilon caught the eye of United boss Ole and now he wants the young left back in his team.
They also considering Porto left back Alex Telles and Vitaliy Mykolenko of Dynamo Kiev.
Premier League is going to start on 12th of September. Manchester United will start their campaign a little late on 19th September when they face Crystal Palace at home. United wants to strengthen all their weak areas before the new season starts.
Everyone has been waiting for the launch of the next-gen consoles by Sony and Microsoft. Sony’s PS5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X (and S) is scheduled to come out later this year.
Microsoft has now revealed the price of Xbox Series S will be the entry-level edition of the new Xbox series. It has been priced at just $299. They have set a very affordable price for the smallest Xbox ever.
👀 Let’s make it official!
Xbox Series S | Next-gen performance in the ˢᵐᵃˡˡᵉˢᵗ Xbox ever. $299 (ERP).
The Xbox Series S is rumored to pack just 4 teraflops, which is a fraction of what the Xbox Series X offers and less than the Xbox One X’s 6 teraflops.
It shows a white console that looks somewhat similar in design to the Xbox One S. It’s depicted in a vertical orientation, though the rotation of the Xbox logo suggests that may not be the primary configuration. It also shows that the Xbox Series S is much thinner than Xbox Series X.
Microsoft has made the Xbox Series S an affordable and attractive console for anyone who doesn’t think 4K is necessary to enjoy gaming.
It is expected to be around as powerful as Xbox One X. There has been no further news regarding the console’s capabilities. Though it is expected to have NVME drives and ray tracing features.
The question though is how the performance will be of Xbox Series S, considering its smaller size and budget-friendly price. Speculations have been made as to whether Microsoft’s next-gen entry will be able to deliver on its promise of next-gen performance. Xbox Series S is set to be launched on November 10, 2020, but Microsoft has promised to reveal more details soon.
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