Due to this global pandemic maximum of the offices and schools are shifted to the online platforms. Not only that, we only can see our lovable persons through video calls. That clearly means we become more dependent on the networking system. As a result, the demand for networking devices like modems, routers, network switches, etc is increased and Amazon knows this very well. That’s why it is bringing various offers on the networking devices during the Great Indian Festival sale. Here are the offers to avail –
Hardwares
Offers (up to)
Mesh Routers
60% off
Wi-Fi 6 Routers
50% off
Routers & Hotspots
60% off
Gaming Routers
50% off
UPS for Routers
50% off
Wi-Fi Range Extender
70% off
Wi-Fi USB Adapter
80% off
Network Switches
30% off
You can check the page if some other information is out or not when you read this. The link is given below.
IPL 2020 returns to the batsmen’s paradise of Sharjah Cricket Stadium as Kolkata Knight Riders take on the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
RCB is having its best start to the season ever. There are certain issues to be taken care of, however, with minor adjustments, the team has looked pretty good. They are coming off a huge win over the mighty Chennai Super Kings.
KKR, on the other hand, seems to have finally found its groove. They are coming off a close win over the Kings XI Punjab. Their bowlers have literally snatched victory from jaws of the defeat. However, they’ll be happy with skipper Dinesh Karthik and Sunil Narine finally finding some form. Andre Russell, however, will have to pull his socks up and perform.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
RCB is coming off a huge victory against the three-time champions Chennai Super Kings. They started off a bit slow and kept on losing wickets at regular intervals. However, captain Virat Kohli started holding the inning together. He had already regained form but this time around he raised it a notch higher as he scored a marvellous 90 runs off only 52 balls.
Their bowling looked a good collective effort as well as everybody contributed. However, the star of the show was Chris Morris who picked 3 important wickets. He proved why he’s one of the most expensive foreign players in IPL 2020.
(PC- Outlook India)
Kolkata Knight Riders
KKR is coming off an important win against KXIP. They had an almost identical performance to their win against CSK, however, this match was a bit close. They put up a decent score of 164 runs batting first with an impressive 57 from Shubman Gill. However, they would be happier about the performance of skipper Dinesh Karthik who scored 58 off just 29 balls.
KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal were cruising towards the total when Prasidh Krishna, who was playing his first game of the season, halted the show. Sunil Narine then bowled well to restrict KXIP to 162 as KKR won by only 2 runs.
Fantasy XI team
VIRAT KOHLI (10.5) (C) – Kohli is back in form and that’s bad news for bowlers! He’s always an inning away from gaining confidence as he scored 90 not out in his previous game. He’ll be our captain.
SHUBMAN GILL (9) (VC) – Gill looked in great form in the second match as his fifty took KKR home. He scored half-centuries against RR and KXIP to take KKR towards a respectable total. He’ll be our vice-captain.
AB DE VILLIERS (10) – AB de Villiers has been fairly consistent this IPL. It’s hard to believe that he has been out of action before the IPL.
DEVDUTT PADIKKAL (8.5) – Youngster Padikkal has impressed everyone with his batting this year. After top order fails, he’s had 3 fifties in five matches in the IPL.
EOIN MORGAN (9.5) – Morgan has shown great form. He took KKR home against their match against SRH. He also played an important contribution against RR to put up a respectable total. He also gave a ray of hope in their last match chasing 228.
NITISH RANA (9) – Rana has looked good. He’s coming off a great 58 against DC.
RAHUL TRIPATHI (8) – Tripathi has been the man in form. He comes right away in our dream team.
SHIVAM DUBE (8.5) – Dube has scored valuable runs down the order and has also provided the team with some wickets at crucial stages.
YUZVENDRA CHAHAL (9) – Chahal has developed into a phenomenal and intelligent limited over spinner.
NAVDEEP SAINI (8.5) – On a ground like Sharjah where other bowlers leak runs, Saini has the ability to keep things tight and take wickets.
PAT CUMMINS (9) – Cummins has bowled well. He has also scored important runs with the bat.
PREDICTION
Kolkata Knight Riders have been defending their total extremely efficiently. However, that might as well not be the case on a ground like Sharjah. Also, during the last few matches, the Sharjah pitch has been a bit slower. If that’s the case then RCB has proper resources like Yuzvendra Chahal who could capitalize on that. With the addition of Chris Morris along with Isuru Udana and Navdeep Saini could solve their death overs conundrum. The Royal Challengers Bangalore will therefore defeat the Kolkata Knight Riders.
Mini PCs have been a go-to approach for many professionals as they offer portability and functionality. However, some might argue that notebooks are the best choice for portability seekers. But the Mini PCs have been an advantageous creation for those looking for a desktop-grade system that is not heavy on their wallets.
The likes of Asus currently dominate the Mini PC market, we often don’t see any new competitor trying its luck in the market. But things are changing in the current world brought forth by the pandemic, with the tech industry moving for radical changes and semiconductor wars booming. It seems every tech industry is on the rise to claim itself a piece of the pie.
The PC component manufacturer Simply NUC is offering its new Mini PCs, which will be powered by AMD Ryzen processors. The company is trying something new by ditching intel and adopting AMD’s desktop-grade CPUs for its new Mini PC series.
Simply NUC Aspen Mini
The company offers AMD’s Renoir architecture and provides four APUs that range from Ryzen 3 4300U to the new Ryzen 7 4800U.
The new Mini PC is, however, quite similar to ASUS PN50 in terms of looks, but the company is offering various customization options to its new device. Simply NUC has also promised to deliver the latest drivers and firmware for its new entry.
All the models will have 4 GB DDR4 RAM along with 128 BG M.2 SATA storage SSD. The devices will support up to 64GB of RAM and 2TB of NVMe SSD storage capacity.
After the launch of the Xiaomi Mi 10 or Mi 10 Pro, Mi is looking for a launch of the successor of it, named as the Xiaomi Mi 11 or 11 Pro. Some renders of this phone have already been leaked on the internet. Recently, a couple of more renders about the Mi 11 appeared on Weibo and further shred by NotebookCheck. It is expected that this phone will feature a complete full-screen display which means it will offer an under-display camera unit. But there is no confirmed information regarding this issue. Most importantly, the earlier renders and the recent renders are quite different from each other.
According to the renders, the Xiaomi Mi 11 is expected to have a curve display or you can say a “waterfall” type display that falls gracefully over the sides of the smartphone. Most of the smartphones in recent ages have curved ages and sides, so it would be a daring change for Xiaomi to go “square”.
As per the renders, this phone will be powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 SoC chipset, and the rear camera is expected to support 150X digital zoom. If we check the AnuTu score of the previous 865 chipset, it exceeds 650,000 points whereas, in the case of the 875 SoC, the score must exceed 700,000 points. If we look out the rear camera setup of the Mi 10T Pro, we find a neat arrangement. There is no official information yet about the availability or the price of the Mi 11 or 11 Pro. But we can assume that Xiaomi will make it launched in the first quarter of 2021.
A piece of good news is coming out from Xiaomi as the company is going to release the Redmi Note 10 and Note 10 Pro. The company will likely unveil this series in China soon. Surprisingly we have got some specifications of this upcoming series handsets, so let’s check out all the expected specifications of these phones.
The most important and noticeable feature of these phones is the camera sensor. The Redmi 10 series smartphones will be packed with 108 Megapixels of main camera sensor alongside it will likely have a telephoto sensor and a macro sensor. But we haven’t got any other specific information about the lenses of this series of smartphones.
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The Mi 10T Lite that passed through FCC before the launch had a model number M2007J17G, usually this ‘G’ represents the ‘Global’ version and M2007J17C should be the Chinese (‘C’ denotes Chinese version) version of the device.
Yesterday a tipster has mentioned a bunch of specifications of a black device, which is suspected to be a model of this upcoming 10 series of Redmi. According to the tipster, a device will have a display with a 120Hz display refresh rate, powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 750SoC, 108 Megapixels of the camera, and 4,800mAh battery life which will be supported by 33W of fast charging.
This upcoming smartphones of this series may be powered by Snapdragon 750SoC, it looks like Xiaomi will launch more 5G devices in this running year. It is expected that Redmi Note 10 will be the tweaked version of Mi 10T Lite in China.
We haven’t got any further information about this upcoming series. All these above information are based on the leaked sources, there are no official clarifications about this series is been reported yet. But we are expecting that the series will surface soon.
TikTok is one of the controversial applications in this year from the origin of China. It was firstly got banned in India, in the US the process is on the track. And now, Pakistan expels the same application. Around a month ago, our neighbor nation also banned all the dating applications like Tinder and Grindr.
The ban is imposed by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority and as a reason they claimed, the app authority failed to remove undesirable contents, mostly “immoral” and “indecent”. Let you know, as per Sensor Tower, there were 43 million installed in Pakistan that makes it the 12th largest market. Adding both the installs across Apple’s App Store and Google Play Store there were 2.2 billion installs.
TikTok, the Chinese short video making application, is currently bearing lots of pressure from regions across the globe. Among all these, the pressure of the US is maintained for quite a long time now and that affects the app’s growth rate.
The Pakistani Regulators said that they gave TikTok a “considerable time” to react on their concerns but the TikTok authority failed to do that. As per a recent report, the government authority asked the application to restrict 40 accounts in the first half of 2020, but only two accounts were nurtured.
TikTok said that it has “robust protections in place” and hoping to get back the market again in the coming days. A TikTok Spokesperson said to The Verge, “TikTok is an inclusive platform built upon the foundation of creative expression, and we are hopeful to reach a conclusion that helps us serve the country’s vibrant and creative online community,”
Oppo has recently teased about the launch of its upcoming Oppo A15 smartphone in India. In a previous article, we have seen that this phone has been spotted on FCC certification, which reveals some expected specifications of this upcoming phone. Now we have got all the specifications of this upcoming phone, so let’s check out these specifications.
Regarding the display specification, the OPPO A15 sports 6.52-inches display with (720×1600) pixels of screen resolution. The display of this phone also features 269ppi of pixels density. There is no information about the type of display but the phone has a 3D curved body design. In terms of dimensions, the OPPO A15 measures (164x75x8)mm and weighs 175 grams.
The OPPO A15 will be powered by MediaTek Helio P35 processor and will run on the ColorOS 7.2 which is based on the Android 10 OS. The SoC of this phone will be equipped with 3GB RAM and 32GB inbuilt storage. Users can expand the internal storage capacity up to 256GB through a MicroSD card.
Now enlighten the camera part of this phone. The OPPO A15 comes with a triple rear back camera in a square shape module, which includes- 13 Megapixels main shooter, 2 Megapixels of Macro sensor, and 2 Megapixels of Depth sensor. On the front side, this phone has a tear-drop notch to hold an 8 Megapixels front camera for selfie and video call purposes.
This phone will be backed with a decent battery backup of 4,230mAh, but the charging speed is not reported yet. Regarding the other specifications, this upcoming phone features a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. The company offers two colour options for this upcoming phone-blue and black.
Regarding the pricing and the availability of this phone, it is expected that the OPPO A15 will be released in India next week through the Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale, which starts on October 17th. As per assumption, this phone will be an affordable device and should be available for less than Rs. 10,000.
Amazon has dipped its hand in almost every type of market it could find, which started as a retail service to sell books online in the US market. The same company is now looking to colonise Mars along with SpaceX.
Well, but there is one market in which we are still to see any considerable impact from the jeff Bezos led amazon. The company is yet to prove itself in the gaming market.
Amazon, however, had their first-ever big-budget video game called Crucible. Did anyone purchase it?
Well, the news arrived that the retail giant is finally calling it quits on its first-ever video game.
The company stated that the crucible team will be moved to its other projects and that the owners of the game will be given refunds.
When crucible was launched, it received a lot of negative reviews. However, it is worth noting that the game was just a test plan for Amazon’s games division. And in no way determines the companies game-making capabilities. But it’s still sad to pull the plug on the game after being released for just 6 months.
Amazon stated in its blog that, “This has been a labour of love, and we’re grateful for the time we got to spend on planet Crucible with you”.
The development team behind crucible has been shifted towards a new game development called the New World, which will be releasing in spring 2021.
With the launch of Luna Amazon is trying to compete with the likes of Google stadia and Microsofts xCloud, but the one thing it lacks is the originality of the games. Google though, does not offer any home-brewed games on stadia, has provided stadia premium subscription, which remains the best cloud gaming subscription in the market.
Microsofts Xbox offers exclusive games along with an xCloud subscription which is developed by the company partners and its subsidiaries. Amazon, however, thinks that the best approach to tackles these two established giants is by releasing its home-brewed games.
Will this strategy from Amazon work, we will know after the launch of the New World in spring 2021.
Usually, when star players have had time to catch up with them, they return to their boyhood club for old time’s sake, and to see out their official playing careers.
Arjen Robben coming out of retirement to sign for his boyhood club Groningen has been one of the most recent cases to remember the act.
However, sometimes the event of star players signing for their boyhood clubs is not that prominent and barely involves money.
Such is the case for former Real Madrid, Manchester City and AC Milan forward Robinho who has returned to his boyhood club Santos FC in his home country of Brazil.
The more astonishing part about the signing of the 36-year-old is the fact that he has agreed to play for Santos for only 1,500 reais ($190) a month.
Considering the amount of money splashed around in football in Europe, Robinho’s new salary is almost nothing. But this shows the Brazilian forward’s love for Santos, from where he made his way to the peak of European football.
O ROBINHO ESTÁ DE VOLTA! O eterno Rei das Pedaladas assinou contrato de cinco meses e acertou seu retorno para iniciar a quarta passagem pelo Santos! #TheLastPedal 🚲 pic.twitter.com/h7YZjDc84L
Having made 100 appearances for Brazil, Robinho has scored 28 times for his country. The new deal between Santos and Robinho will keep the forward at the club at least until February of next year.
This is not the first time that Robinho has returned to Santos. He spent the 09/10 and 14/15 seasons on loan at Santos from Manchester City and AC Milan respectively.
Robinho departed Brazil in 2005 for the biggest club in the world, Real Madrid where he went on to make 137 appearances, scoring 35 and assisting 37 for Los Blancos.
He subsequently moved on to Manchester City and AC Milan and has also played in Turkey and China. Having experienced financial difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the gesture from Robinho is a mark of respect.
However, his talent and attitude on and off the pitch are in the same vein, although nowhere close to the likes of world-beaters like Pele and Neymar who also came through the famous Santos academy.
Who else but the “King Of Clay”? Despite the inconsistencies and disappointments that 2020 has had to offer, one thing is consistent. And that is Rafael Nadal winning the French Open title. He showed his class and brilliance once again, in what was relatively an easy fight against another champion player in Novak Djokovic. Nadal beat the Serbian superstar 6-0, 6-3, 7-5 in straight sets to take home the trophy.
Rafa Nadal came out the stronger player in the very first set, using his power and skill to really stretch Djokovic near the outside lines. It must be remembered that this was the first competitive tournament for both players, having been in a lockdown period for nearly five months.
But, the sheer stamina of Nadal was on display as he ran ragged to clinch the first set 6-0. As Djokovic looked to settle into the game and give Nadal a fight, the Spaniard used all his experience to battle the shot returns effectively. Forehands, backhands and speedy serves, Nadal just had an answer for everything on the day. As well as at the court he so very well known from all these years.
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The third set proved to be a little trickier for Nadal initially, as Djokovic equalled every move of his. But after it was poised at 5-5, Nadal broke free with his natural gameplay and eventually won the set 7-5 and the championship match as well. But, that final serve from Nadal was poetry personified. At a fiery pace close to the outside line, Djokovic had practically no answer to it, as the game ended in Nadal’s favour.
A record 13th Roland Garros title. A record-equalling 20 Grand Slam title alongside the great Roger Federer. Rafael Nadal is well and truly, a gigantic icon of the game, and a champion in his own merit.
