The IPL 2020 tournament is just 2 weeks away. All the IPL franchises are busy roping in new sponsors before the start of the IPL from 19th September.
TV9 Bharatvarsh, one of India’s leading Hindi news networks, had already signed up as the principal sponsor of Rajasthan Royals for IPL 2020.
Now, 2 times IPL winners Kolkata Knight Riders have also signed a partnership with TV9. The Hindi news network also has a deal with Trinbago Knight Riders, a Caribbean Premier League team owned by Kolkata Knight Riders owners.
Venky Mysore, CEO, KKR wrote on Twitter: “KnightRiders Welcomes @TV9Bharatvarsh as our partner for both @KKRiders & @TKRiders. Their significant reach across various markets in India in 5 different languages will help us stay connected with our fans.”
Barun Das, CEO, TV9 Network said: “The meteoric rise of our national Hindi news channel TV9 Bharatvarsh to the No. 2 position shows that the news viewers not just expect but reward innovation in their daily news experience and we are happy to sign with Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals to further enhance the experience for our viewers.”.
TV9 has signed deals with two of the most followed IPL teams. This will definitely guarantee them huge visibility in one of the most popular T-20 tournaments in the world.
After a lot of speculation, it seems the upcoming AirPods Studio is coming sooner with a price tag of $349. As the reliable Apple tipster @Komiya_kj has confirmed the specs and launch of Apple’s next flagship TWS earbuds.
Obviously, the new AirPods Studio will be an even more improved piece of hardware than its last AirPods Pro and will not only be available in the classic White color but also in a Space Gray variant as well. As the tipster mentions the new AirPods will deliver high quality audio along with ANC.
AirPods Studio -Color: White (and Space Gray) -Very high Quality Audio and ANC -H1X chip (the name is uncertain)(Better performance than H1) -Equalizer -Ear detection -Announced on the website -Hand gesture like on HomePod -Shipment stars in September or October -$349
It will be powered by the H1X chip, even though the name is uncertain but it will be an improved chip than the previous H1 chip. The AirPods Studio will also feature two other important features including Equalizer and Ear detection, which has been a key feature on Sony earphones for quite some time now.
Now, it’s unclear whether or not Apple will announce it in a launch, as per @Komiya_kj, Apple will silently launch it on its site. Also, another new important feature will be the use of hand gestures with the AirPods instead of the traditional touch controls, making the controls much handier than before. Also, it can be charged via a USB Type-C port as well.
The shipping of the new AirPods Studio will start within this month or next month and will be available at $349, a $100 increase from the current AirPods Pro.
Alphabet’s Google and Apple announced on Tuesday that a new system will be launched that will enable public health authorities to perform contact tracing with the use of smartphones to assist in contact tracing without having to build an app.
The new system is called Exposure Notification Express. According to sources, the system will allow public health officials to submit a small configuration file to Apple and Google. The two tech companies aim on using this config file to set up systems in order to determine whether the phone owners have been near someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.
With the release of new iOS – 13.7, iPhones have been set to alert users whether their local authorities have enabled the exposure notification system and will allow the users to set it up without downloading any new apps. In the case of Android devices, however, the user will get a prompt on their system regarding the same, but will still have to download an automatically generated app.
The system allows two iPhones to communicate with each other and if someone who tested positive for the virus is in close proximity of the user then it notifies the user of the possibility of getting exposed to COVID – 19. On Android, users will get a notification if their state has made the Exposure Notifications Available to them via play store after which they have to download the app provided by their local health authorities.
Taking into consideration user’s privacy, the system will provide users with an option to opt-in for the Exposure Notification Express. It will not automatically opt them into the program without the user’s content unless they have already opted for it in the previous version of iOS. However, iOS has also been set with option through which the users can turn off the system at any time.
Once you are opt-in to the notification system, a random ID is generated for your device which is changed every 10-20 minutes to ensure the privacy of the user. These random IDs are exchanged in the background via Bluetooth and any app is not required to be kept running for this process to take place.
Authorities at Google and Apple claim that the user’s private information is protected and also that their identity is not shared with other users, Google, or Apple. But the success of this system entirely depends on the user’s feeling confident that their private information is protected.
According to talkSPORT, Colombian international James Rodriguez is set to reunite with his former manager Carlo Ancelotti at Goodison Park.
As per the report, James has already passed the medical for his move to the Merseyside and the deal should be officially announced by the club soon.
Everton updates. 🔵 #EFC – The board is planning medicals for Allan [done deal]. – Last details completed and green light arrived from Real Madrid for James Rodriguez, confirmed and here-we-go! 🚨 – Talks progressing with Watford to sign also Doucouré [personal terms agreed].
With his contract set to expire in 2021, Real Madrid now look set to offload the player now than lose him on a free transfer later.
James Rodriguez is reported to have agreed a three year deal with Everton, committing him to the club until 2023. It has also been reported that the Colombian took a large pay cut to secure a move to England.
Why a Move to Everton is Best for James Rodriguez?
James had a very impressive stint at the 2014 FIFA World cup with his national side. His performances attracted the interest of the biggest club in the world, Real Madrid.
James sealed a move to the Spanish capital in the 14/15 season for €75 million from Monaco. His debut season at the Bernabeu was quite impressive as the player managed to score 17 and set up 18 in 46 appearances across all competitions.
Th following season he only made 32 appearances for Los Blancos, scoring 8 and assisting 10.
The player continued to be plagued by injuries as he missed a lot of games throughout the season, hampering his productivity on the pitch.
Eventually, he was loaned out to Bayern Munich for two seasons. Although James showed promise under Carlo Ancelotti at Bayern, he could not replicate the same under Nico Kovac and was starved for minutes upon his return to Real Madrid.
A move to the Premier League could help revive the career of the player. Since Ancelotti is familiar with Rodriguez, he could try to work his magic once more to get the best out of the playmaker. The best thing about to the move is the hike in minutes that the player will get on the pitch.
James Rodriguez has enough talent to become the star player at Goodison Park. All that remains to be seen is whether he can stay fit and consistent enough to impact his team on the pitch. However, with his former coach at the helm, we can expect great things from this reunion.
Sony is one of the market leaders around the globe in the case of premium headphones. In India, Sony’s WH-1000X M3 is still ruling in the premium audio segment. Along with that Sony is ready to add the successor in the list, named WH-1000X M4. This was globally launched on 6th August this year. Around a month later, it’s scheduled to debut in the Indian market. As per the listing on Amazon India, it will come for sale on 18th September. Here are its details.
The overall design of WH-1000X M4 is the same as its predecessor. Not only that, but it also equipped with the same QN1 noise-canceling processor. Besides, there are gesture controls, adaptive sound controls, wear detection, and more. In the case of audio, this headset supports SBC, AAC, and LDAC Bluetooth Codecs.
Sony claims it can serve you for over 30 hours in a single charge, again same as the M3.
A new feature is introduced in this called “Speak To Chat”. This feature automatically pauses the running track when it detects you are talking with someone around you. In WH-1000X M3, you need to cover the right ear cup with palm for the same. So, this is one of the most noticeable differences. Another one is the new one has Bluetooth 5.0, M3 had Bluetooth 4.2.
You can connect this headset with multiple devices simultaneously. For a hands-free experience, there is built-in voice assistant support. All kinds of audio customizations are possible through the Sony Headphones Connect application.
The Indian price tag of WH-1000X M4 is not revealed yet, but as it costs $350 in the global market, we can expect it will be available to us under Rs.30,000. Two color variants are coming – Black and White. Let’s wait until 18th September for further updates. For now, you can set a reminder for the launch on Amazon, the link is given below.
Finally, Samsung has launched its new beast in the market, a flexible Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2. The Brown Edition of this phone will be available from September 5 in selected countries. Samsung has already showcased this new smartphone at the time of announcing the Galaxy Note 20 series last month. At that time, the company did not reveal its pricing and other details. This phone comes with four different color variants: Metallic Silver, Metallic Red, Metallic Blue, and Metallic Gold.
Let’s check out the official specifications of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2. This phone runs on Android 10 OS with One UI 2.5 and powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ SoC processor. Regarding the display, this phone features a 7.6-inch full-HD+ (1,768×2,208 pixels) foldable, Dynamic AMOLED Infinity-O Display with a 120Hz refresh rate, and 22.5:18 aspect ratio. This phone also has a 6.2-inch Super AMOLED Infinity Flex Display with 816×2,260 pixels resolution and a 25:9 aspect ratio on the cover. The main display of this phone also incorporates Ultra-Thin Glass (UTG) for improved image quality and a more premium feel.
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 has 12GB RAM and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage, which is not expandable via any microSD card. Regarding the camera specifications, this phone comes with a triple rear camera set up, that has a 12-megapixel sensor with an f/1.8 lens (optical image stabilization (OIS) support), a 12-megapixel sensor with an f/2.2 ultra-wide-angle lens, and a 12-megapixel sensor with an f/2.4 telephoto lens. This phone also supports 4K video recording as well as slow-motion videos at 960fps.
This phone also has a 10-megapixel selfie camera on both the cover screen as well as the main display with an f/2.2 lens. Other preloaded features of the camera are Auto Scene Optimisation, Bixby Vision, Group Selfie, HDR10+ Video, Live Focus, and Panorama.
In terms of connectivity, this phone includes 5G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS/ A-GPS, UWB (Ultra Wide Band), and a USB Type-C port. There are also various types of sensors to ease your everyday work, like an accelerometer, ambient light sensor, barometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, proximity sensor, and an RGB sensor. This phone has a side-mounted fingerprint scanner. It also includes stereo speakers by AKG along with Dolby Atmos support. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 has a decent battery of 4,500mAH that supports fast charging, wireless charging, and Wireless PowerShare. Besides, the phone has a dimension of 159.2×128.2×6.9mm and weighs 279 grams.
Samsung also claims that it has re-engineered the hinge on the Galaxy Z Fold 2 with a dedicated “sweeper” to help clean dust and debris out using elastic fibers. This phone also features a CAM Mechanism that lets you open it up at multiple angles. Samsung has decided on the pricing of this premium smartphone is Rs. 149,990. The company will start shipping Z Fold2 units to buyers on September 18.
Following the 1+4+N AIoT strategy Realme recently launches its new Realme Scale. Though it’s only launched in China for now. The thickness of this Realme Scale is around 23.3mm and on top of that, a 6mm reinforced glass cover is placed. There is a LED display hidden under the glass which saves power, said the company. The upper limit to weight is up to 350 kgs with 50g precision.
The company brings two models of this scale, one is obviously for our use and the other one is for pets on which you can weight your puppies, cats, rabbits, or other pets that generally come under 9.99 kgs (10 grams accuracy) weight category. Rather than the pets, you can also go with fruits or other small objects, it will completely fine.
One of the notable features of this Realme Scale is the body fat measurement facility. Along with that, a high-precision BIA sensor is also there. This sensor is capable of measuring your body fat, muscle count, and similar other details.
Users will get the heart-rate monitoring facility too and that also in real-time when you weight yourself. You can monitor and track all these collected data through the Realme Link application. Lastly, they claim its scale can last up to 365 days and later can only be replaced with a new one rather repaired.
As I mentioned earlier, this Realme Scale is launched only in China in Blue and White color, with the price tag of CNY 129 i.e. nearly Rs.1,380. But in the beginning, it will be available at CNY 99. The sale will start on 15th September.
After confirming the release date of POCO X3, the company is all set to launch the POCO M2 at the same date of launch of the POCO X3. According to reports, POCO M2 is going to be a pocket-friendly budget smartphone from POCO. So we all are going to witness a double phone release from POCO in India on September 8. C Manmohan, GM at POCO India, also confirmed the development of this new model. POCO M2 will be a slightly downgraded version of the POCO M2 Pro to make it a budget phone.
POCO has not shared any pricing information about this phone. But it is expected that this phone could be priced nearer to Rs. 10,000 mark. As this phone will be added to the entry-level segment of POCO, a lower price range is expected for it. We have to wait for the other specifications of that phone to get released.
It's time to change all your WTF moments to #PowerFTW moments.
Get ready, the #POCOM2 is arriving on 08th September at 12 noon on @Flipkart.
From the launch poster of that phone, it is expected that the POCO M2 will feature a waterdrop notch display. It will be a value for money phone that will solve all your issues concerning low RAM, poor cameras, and lousy battery life.
POCO has not shared any specifications about the M2. After the announcement of the open sale availability, POCO has announced the release date for POCO M2. Some are expecting that this phone will be a rebranded version of an existing Redmi smartphone, as POCO is a sub-brand of Xiaomi. Tipsters have been tracking an entry-level smartphone with model number M2004J191, which eventually turned out to be the Redmi 9 Prime that launched in India last month. The POCO M2 is expected to be a modified variant of this same handset. To get the answers to each and every confusion, we have to wait till September 8.
Xiaomi is cooing a new truly wireless earphones for its fans. This is confirmed as the Bluetooth SIG database leaked the certification a couple of days back on their official site. The certificate reveals that the product name will be Mi True Wireless Earphones 2 Pro. As the product gets the Bluetooth certifications, we can expect it will come to the market very soon.
Along with this, another new pair of Mi buds will be launch and that will have active noise cancellation. Both the products are different, it’s sure, that because there are two individual certifications.
It seems the company is going to provide two options – ANC and Pro to its customers.
It comes to know that both the devices are coming with the latest Bluetooth 5.0 and wireless charging facility. The Earphones 2 Pro gets a new design with a slanting, shiny outer surface. In the end, I guess we need not to wait long for the official announcement.
Apart from the audio devices, two new smart TVs of Xiaomi are also revealed during C3 certification recently. Both models are equipped with LG’s 82-inch display panels, either OLED or LED. The only spotted difference is display resolution. One model has 4K picture quality, whereas the other one is spotted with 8K.
Having said goodbye to Intel already, Apple isn’t stopping here, they are planning to ditch AMD for their graphics as well. Yes, Apple will be making its own discrete GPUs for its own products and it will be in action in the second half of 2021.
There’s no point of hiding that Apple will launch 5nm based Apple A14 chips this year and will set some new record as well. Their A14 Bionic chip will power their new iPhones while the A14X Bionic chip will power the latest iPads and MacBooks.
These SoCs shall give far better performance than Intel ones they used as they already did beat them with the last-gen A13 Bionic chip. So, Apple might have thought when they have excelled in CPUs why shouldn’t they go for GPUs? obviously, they have a lot of engineers and R&D to achieve this and in 2021 we might see Apple’s own GPUs as well.
So, the Cupertino giant believes that it can improve their integrated GPU and ultimately transform into discrete GPUs that can actually replace AMD’s in future iMacs or MacBook Pros and what not. Brought to our attention by Notebookcheck, as per the Chinese publication Commercial Times, these in-house Apple GPUs will be codenamed as Lifuka and will be developed on TSMC’s latest 5 nm nodes.
So, these Apple’s discrete GPUs will be much more efficient and deliver more performance consuming less heat, however, making a desktop-level GPU will not be an easy task. Although, we know how efficient Apple is to get the best out of anything, can even help reduce their Mac costs significantly.
Source: Commercial Times
As per the plan, if all goes fine, Apple will release these new GPUs, debuting on the upcoming iMac models which will make their way in the second half of 2021. Apple will be replacing its lower-end GPUs (from AMD) with these new GPUs, however, both the companies will still be working together for the powerful Mac Pro workstations.
So, these Apple GPUs will be using Tile-Based Deferred Rendering tech that they had licensed from Imagination Technology, who produces the PowerVR GPUs. These GPUs will be paired with Apple’s Tonga processors, as in, the new ARM-powered chips arriving soon this year.
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