XDA-Developers shared some reports which claimed that Google is working on an upcoming Chromecast or Android TV stick, the name is still not fixed but is codenamed as “Sabrina”. This dongle has not surfaced officially but we know some of its key specs, all thanks to XDA-Developers.
The research team of XDA-Developers obtained a pre-release version of the firmware, which revealed some specs. The device will run on the Amlogic S905X2 chipset with 2GB of RAM. It is also said to support 4K streaming in 60 fps and, HDR and Dolby Vision standards are also on the list of supported features. Interestingly, there’s a mention of an auto low-latency working over HDMI 2.1.
Picture credit: XDA-Developers
The “Sabrina” might be related to the Google Stadia somehow and can be synced for a better television experience and gaming experience. Moreover, it is also said that the remote control of the upcoming dongle will come with a “favorite” button which will allow users to toggle between their favorite apps as well as the shows with a single tap.
The Reliance Industry Limited yesterday back to back announced about another two huge investments from two giants. During this pandemic, these two are the ninth and tenth investments bagged by Jio and expecting to leave an effect on the Indian economy. The first investment among these two is from Texas Pacific Group or TPG in short followed by L Catterton’s investment.
Investment from TPG
The first investment amount comes from the Texas Pacific Group. It invests ₹4,56.80 crores to the Indian telecom service Jio. As a return, it gets a 0.93% stake share of the telecom authority.
The Jio Platform gets an equity value of 4.91 trillion and an enterprise value of ₹5.16 trillion due to this investment.
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The L Catterton Investment –
Followed by the TPG investment announcement, the Reliance Industry announced the second investment, on the same day, by L Catterton. It is one of the World’s largest private equity firms. This investor pours ₹1,895 crores to Jio and takes 0.39% stake with it.
The equity value Jio gets for this transaction is of ₹4.91 lack crore and the enterprise value worth ₹5.16 lacks crore.
The investment of L Catterton is the 10th one coming within the last 8 weeks to the Jio Platform. Adding these two investments, Jio raised a fund of ₹1,04,326.95 crores in total from all the leading brands. The list includes Facebook, Silver Lake, Vista Equity, General Atlantic, KKR, Mubadala, and ADIA. Among all, Silver Lake invested twice and the largest investment is made by the social media giant Facebook.
Hunting for a good monitor under low budget might be a tiresome job for you honestly, and to ease your job we have summed up the best FHD budget monitors under ₹ 10,000.
Especially, during this pandemic, going about the market looking for a monitor is not a safe thing to do, so getting hold of the right monitors online is a smarter choice. Also, with work-from-home trend these days, people do need monitors for their home and many other accessories.
To help save your time to focus on your job, here we bring the Top 10 FHD Monitors under ₹ 10,000 in India 2020:
Acer K222HQL 21.5-Inch Full HD LED Backlit Computer Monitor
Price: ₹ 5,849
21.5-inch display with full HD resolution
Stunning colours
Connecting features; Input Voltage: 110/220 V AC; Operating Power Consumption: 18.10 W; Energy Consumption per Year: 29 kWh; Colour Support: 16.7 Million Colours
Ergonomic stand tilts from -5 to 25 degrees
Environmentally friendly
Response time: 5ms
Input Signal: VGA
The cheapest FHD monitor you can afford with decent 21.5-inch display and TN panel is good for those who do basic stuff daily and for entertainment. Also it has a modern feel with very thin bezels around the FHD panel.
21.5-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) TN Panel with Anti Glare Screen
Gaming Features: 1ms Response Time, 75Hz Refresh Rate
Gaming Feature: Black Stabilizer, Dynamic Action Sync, Crosshair
Radeon Freesync for smooth Gaming action
Connectivity: HDMI, D-Sub, Headphone Out
Vesa Wall Mount: 75 x 75
3 Year Warranty
If you are a budget gamer and need an FHD gaming monitor at a low price then LG’s this monitor with 1ms response time and 75Hz refresh rate is a lucrative deal truly.
LED display with VA panel, 178-degree viewing angle
2mm thin Raven black bezel
The TÜV Low Blue Light certification and flicker-free display reduce eye strain and offer an unimpeded visual experience.
The AMD FreeSync technology prevents frame-tearing and ensures no new frames are drawn during the refresh period
The monitor also reduces distracting reflections and maintains image quality even when you view the display from different angles.
This is a great budget monitor for office work as it has narrow bezels around its FHD panel along with TÜV Low Blue Light certification and uses flicker-free technology to reduce eye-strains. Being AMD FreeSync certified, gaming on it will also be a decent experience.
It has 3-sides design and Slim design just 14.3mm thickness
22-inch FHD IPS display with 1920×1080 resolution
IPS Panel with amazing colour richness and long durability
178-degree viewing angles
5ms Response Time, 60Hz Refresh Rate
100% sRGB Coverage & 75% Adobe RGB Coverage
HDMI 1.4 & VGA ports
If you are looking for a more colour accurate display but low on budget, then AOC’s 22B1HS, which is an IPS display with sleek bezels is a great choice. It has 100% sRGB Coverage & 75% Adobe RGB Coverage, ideal for professional works at a budget.
60.4cms FHD screen with the ultra-slim bezel is perfect for your gaming sessions or movie nights.
The monitor comes with HDMI input.
It has 500000:1 dynamic contrast ratio for deeper blacks, brighter whites and rich colours.
The high quality display panel comes with 178 degrees viewing angle
The ultra-slim bezel and thin profile help in reducing distraction while you immerse yourself in the viewing experience.
Max. brightness 250cd/m², 5ms Response Time
A surprising choice, but this is an underrated monitor with almost no bezels at the sides and at its price you get a bigger 23.8-inch bright screen and high contrast ratio. If you are one who is looking for a dual-monitor setup, this budget monitor can be your next choice undoubtedly.
This is a very popular IPS LED monitor by LG at a low price and it gives you great colors and brightness. If you want modern monitor with narrow bezels that too by LG, just for it.
Flicker-Free technology & Low Blue Mode for eye care
Curved screen for more immersive viewing (1500R)
VGA & HDMI Ports
The first curved monitor in the list which is ideal for gaming as well, because it has a 75 Hz refresh rate and 4 ms response time only. Overall, the monitor looks really great and it has a superior quality display that can be ideal for professional works at a budget also.
LED display with VA panel, 178-degree viewing angle
2mm thin Raven black bezel
The versatile connectivity options such as HDMI, VGA and Audio ports
4ms response time reduces motion blur with its high refresh rate and adds a visual punch when you are playing games
AMD FreeSync technology eliminates streaking and ghosting to give you a smooth gaming experience
If you need a quality 23.8-inch FHD display with narrow bezels for prolonged work and casual gaming as well, then this monitor is a great choice truly.
The best IPS LED display at Rs.10k, a bit more than that, but worth spending because of the quality of display and it can be both used for work as well as gaming. It has an in-built game mode and being AMD Freesync certified, use the monitor with your AMD GPU for a better gaming experience.
So, no need for searching just get your hands-on with any of these monitors according to your budget and needs. All of these are Amazon Prime products, so it won’t take much longer to get any of these budget monitors to get delivered to your home.
If someone asks you to make a search on the internet what you will do? Maximum of us will take the help of Google for sure. Even though, it is monitoring our activity there as well as showing ads to generate revenue. On the other hand, DuckDuckGo is way far from this policy. It neither track your activity nor allows others to track. In addition, you hardly find any ads.
The security policies go with Apple’s priority and that’s privacy and security. Alongside, Toni Sacconaghi, a Bernstein analyst estimates in his research report that Apple pays around 30% of Google’s ad revenue just for making Google search available on Apple devices. As per the analyst, Apple needs to make its own search engine for its devices.
Sacconaghi suggests, as Apple doesn’t has much alternatives other than Google and the policies of DuckDuckGo and Apple matches, Apple can acquire the search engine. In the report, he stated, “Yes, Google is clearly the dominant force in search today. However, we suspect the company’s fear of ‘rocking the beat’-which couldcompromise $15 billion in profits it captures today from iOS-may ultimately limit its freedom of action with Apple. Conversely, Apple may be in a stronger position than at first glance, given it controls the keys to the kingdom on who can monetize iOS search. However, it remains uncomfortably dependant on Bing to act as counterweight to Google-hence our suggestion that Apple acquire its own search engine.”
Sony is known for its stunning displays, especially for TVs and now the company turns its attention to professional-grade BRAVIA 4K HDR monitors. So, these 4K HDR displays share much in common 4K Smart TVs including an unknown dedicated SoC (with a processor as well as graphics).
The new models include 55-inch (FW-55BZ40H), 65-inch (FW-65BZ40H), 75-inch (FW-75BZ40H) and 85-inch (FW-85BZ40H) options that can be used in various B2B applications, according to Sony.
Sony BRAVIA BZ40H
These monitors come with TRILUMINOS display technology, which is its standard of high-resolution displays and also features X-Balanced speakers. The Sony BZ40H series implements a number of Sony’s advanced AV technologies, including detailed 4K picture quality with 620-nit overall and 850-nit peak brightness with high contrast.
It has a thin and lightweight design and is optimized for commercial usage. The BZ40H series features an advanced IP network connection (wired/wireless LAN) and supports Crestron Connected, Extron IP Link system. For ports, it includes an Ethernet port, USB ports along ith HDMI 1 to 4-capable HDCP port.
Sony says users can create content utilizing HTML5 and publish it easily to manage up to 4K video, as well as contribute to visualized communication only by USB plug and play operation. The BZ40H series provides more than 100 REST APIs that can be integrated into external systems easily.
Connectivity options include dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.2, Chromecast and AirPlay 2 features. It also comes with 10W + 10W dual speakers at the bottom. The FW-55BZ40H is the first model listed by Sony and can be a point of interest for commercial buyers.
WhatsApp does not support access to a single account from multiple devices. WhatsApp is a very private messaging app from Facebook and the information shared via this app is end-to-end encrypted which means no one except you and the intended recipients can access the information remotely. A single account on this app can only be accessed from one device at a particular time. But WhatsApp Web allows users to open the same account from your website after scanning a QR code, and for this, you have to keep your WhatsApp on your smartphone.
A recent tweet from WABetaInfo shows an image that comes with a caption that mentions a single WhatsApp account can be accessed from 4 different devices at the same. This tweet also mentions that this process is under development. So, from this, we can assume that WhatsApp is going to take a loose on the limitation of devices this time allowing it up to four devices at the same time. Here devices refer to smartphones and can be accessed from it without using the WhatsApp Web feature.
Yes, it's the ability to use your WhatsApp account from 4 devices at the same time. Under development, but it's great!
Now coming to the image, we can see that it mentions “Connected to WiFi” and “Tap “Continue” to begin the login process”, this clearly mentions that the app would use Wi-Fi connectivity to sync data across devices. It can also happen that all the devices would have to be connected in the same WiFi network to access the account and sync its data.
Whatever the final product be if WhatsApp makes this move a lot of users will be pleased. A lot of users were demanding this feature for a long time. Moreover, WABetaInfo has also mentioned that this feature is under development so this means that it is not in any parts of the recent Beta updates. Hence, WhatsApp may also apply some changes in the final version of this feature update before making it public.
India was due to tour South Africa for 3 T20 matches in August. But as things stand now, India has been badly hit by the Coronavirus pandemic. So BCCI has cancelled the tour. India is 4th on the list of the total number of peoples affected in a country by COVID-19.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) were depending on this tour to manage their financial problems. But as the tour has been cancelled by BCCI, CSA is about to lose millions. This tour was actually not even part of the bilateral future tour programme (FTP).
The tour was set up by newly appointed Director of Cricket Graeme Smith and acting CEO Jacques Faul on a recent trip to India in the month of January-February. BCCI initially approved the tour so that it can support CSA’s dwindling finances.
Jacques Faul, CEO of CSA said a month ago: “That’s the big one for us, and if India does not come millions will be lost and trouble starts”
Due to the current circumstances, BCCI has now decided to cancel India’s tour of South Africa in August, which will result in millions of loses for CSA.
One of the BCCI officials said to InsideSport: “Yes, we have decided not to tour South Africa in the month of August. No official announcement in this regard is required as this tour was never part of our agreed FTP. CSA requested us, so we thought of supporting them but in the current circumstances where is the scope of fitting in a tour which never existed.”
BCCI treasurer, Arun Dhumal said a few days earlier: “When South Africa’s tour of India got cancelled due to coronavirus, we had discussions that if there is a possibility, we will make an effort to tour South Africa. But at no point have we made any commitment to Cricket South Africa about touring in August.”
CSA would have earned in the range of R180 – R195 million (USD 10-11 million) from this tour. The international public demands for matches involving India, which means that each T20 match could have generated between R60 – R65 ($3 to 3.5) million for CSA.
This is a huge financial loss for CSA during this time of crisis. But BCCI is also helpless as India is midst the Coronavirus pandemic.
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PUBG Mobile was released in 2017 and it took almost no time to become one of the most popular mobile games in the world. Almost everyone is familiar with the name PUBG and has tried this game at least once, such is the craze and hype of this multiplayer game.
The Indian cricketers, Yuzvendra Chahal and MS Dhoni are also not unknown to this PUBG world. Even they can’t resist playing PUBG mobile to spent their time during this lockdown due to Coronavirus pandemic.
Indian right-arm leg break bowler Chahal has publicly displayed his love for the game. He often shares pictures of him on social media playing the famous game with his friends and some of his Indian teammates as well.
Chahal started playing PUBG Mobile from his National Cricket Academy (NCA) days. He gave an interview with ESPNcricinfo recently where he has emphasized on his love for the game.
Yuzvendra Chahal told ESPNCricinfo: “I started playing this game around two and a half years back. I found it to be very addictive. I was in NCA at that time. I found the game interesting after downloading it because how much Netflix or movies can you watch?”
“Then I started playing PUBG with my friends and when you play in the groups of four, the best thing is that you can talk with each other.”
Not only Chahal but Indian World Cup winning captain MS Dhoni also plays PUBG Mobile. Chahal and Dhoni used to play 2-3 rounds of PUBG Mobile after returning to their home from the ground.
Yuzvendra Chahal further said: “I started to get better [in PUBG]. At night sometimes Rishabh Pant is online, sometimes I play with Rahul Trivedi.”
“Played a lot with Mahi bhai on the tours, he plays really well…it had become a routine with Dhoni that after we came back from the ground to our rooms, we would play 2-3 rounds of PUBG.”
“If we remove this game from our life, the 3-4 hours that we spend playing this, it will become even harder to spend time under lockdown during this time.”
This PUBG Mobile fever is also not only limited to Chahal, Dhoni, Pant and Rahul Trivedi. Many other Indian cricketers like Kedar Jadhav, Mohammad Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shikhar Dhawan are also a fan of this game.
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Last night, Barcelona played against Mallorca for the first game after the prolonged lockdown period as LaLiga made its return this week. Barcelona travelled away from home at Son Moix to face Mallorca and they won by 4 goals, keeping a clean sheet to their name.
Obviously, in a crowd-less stadium, it’s hard to play but there’s no option as of now, but LaLiga already plans to allow 30% of the audience from July onwards. Last night’s show-stopper was none other than Lionel Messi, looking like a fresh teenager making a fresh return after a long time and he was looking fresh energetic.
Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Roberto (Semedo 70’), Piqué, Araujo, Alba; Vidal (Rakitic 45’), Busquets (Arthur 70’), De Jong (Firpo 83’); Messi, Griezmann (Suárez 56’), Braithwaite
The game began with an early by Arturo Vidal with a brilliant cross from Jordi Alba who again got the ball from a great tackle by De Jong. Within 1 minute, Barcelona were 1-0 ahead of Mallorca, which put a lot of pressure on them, however, Take Kubo (the “Japanese Messi”) played very well, even forcing ter Stegan to make two great saves.
After the water break, the Barca settled things down to their favour with their possession game, then, just before the half-time mark, a strong link-up in the penalty box along with an assist through a header by Messi helped Martin Braithwaite to score the first goal for the team.
Leading by 2 goals Barcelona looked positive with Messi looking more dangerous than ever before, making runs, dribbling players, dropping deep, delivering crosses, a totally different Leo we saw last night.
So, after halftime, Mallorca made some defensive changes and Barcelona calling Rakitic off the bench who really played well yesterday. Rakitic marked his 300th appearance for Barcelona last night.
Barcelona continues their possession game with some shortcomings in terms of finishing from Braithwaite, Ronald Araujo and Messi. Luis Saurez replaced a not-so-looking-good Griezmann after he got injured back in January, also Saurez looked good pairing with Messi, still, some work to do with Braithwaite.
The third goal came with another beautiful cross from Messi to Jordi Alba, who did not miss the opportunity to score in front of goal. Messi already made two assists and we thought he would not score for the night until the until stoppage time when he casually slung the ball into the top corner, registering is 20th goal of the season.
Messi made a new record last night with the last goal, scoring 20 goals for the 12th consecutive season in LaLiga, which is incredible and achievable from a player of his calibre only.
Apart from Messi, being the centre of attraction last night, Jordi Alba played a big role, even though bagging a yellow card last night, so he won’t be able to play at Camp Nou on Tuesday.
Braithwaite played really well, showing a great sense of understanding with Messi and showing his attacking capabilities with quick runs and a strong physicality by helping the midfield and defence. Ronald Araujo was fantastic last night at the heart of the defence and kept Mallorca players away from the goal.
With the prolific win last night, Barcelona are now five points clear at the top of the table putting pressure back to Real Madrid as they face Eibar today.
Vodafone Idea now gets the eSIM facility in India and comes at a similar place with Airtel and Reliance Jio. For that, the Vodafone Idea users having an Apple Watch is good to go. Though, this eSIM service is limited for the postpaid customers for now. And that also of some particular places in India. The places are Delhi, Mumbai, and Gujrat.
The Vodafone Idea Postpaid customers having iPhones and Apple Watches must know that only the Apple Watch Series 3 and onwards, as well as iPhone 6s and later versions, are only capable of getting this service.
To check if your SIM is eligible for the eSIM service just send “CHECKSIM” to 199. Alongside this, there is no international roaming available for the Apple Watches. Even though the Vodafone mobile SIM on Postpaid has international roaming charges.
Users need to activate the Vodafone eSIM facility to their Apple Watch Cellular. The process is given below –
You need to open the Apple Watch App on your iPhone
Initiate the pairing process between iPhone and Apple Watch
Sign in with the Apple ID and Password
Go for the ‘Create a Passcode’ on the Apple Watch to create a 4-digit passcode
Select the ‘Setup Mobile Data’ so that you can share your Vodafone number and plan with Apple Watch
Fill the requirements i.e. your Vodafone Postpaid number and the self-care password
Tap on confirm and wait for at least 15 minutes to let the Vodafone number and the plan get shared with the Apple Watch
Wait till the Apple Watch totally synced with your iPhone
After the successful setup, you will notice the green dots representing the network signal
Due to the facility the Vodafone Idea customers now can take calls and more from their Apple Watches even staying away from their iPhones. Point to note, Vodafone doesn’t charge anything to activate this facility. The operator company said they will still working to bring the same facility for the Idea users and the Prepaid users too.
