Asus ZenBook 13 & ZenBook 14 with Intel Ice Lake CPUs launched in India, starts at ₹ 79,990

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Raunak Saha

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July 30, 2020

Asus ZenBook 13 & ZenBook 14 with Intel Ice Lake CPUs launched in India, starts at ₹ 79,990

The Taiwan OEM has just launched its premium ZenBook lineup in India via online event hosted an hour ago, it launched two of its new laptops: ZenBook 13 (model UX325) and ZenBook 14 (model UX425). These new laptops are slimmer than before and promise great improvements over last-gen, featuring the Intel’s latest 10nm based Ice Lake CPUs.

These new productivity centric laptops promise up to an insane 22 hours of battery life and 18 hours of video playback, which makes them even more special if you are someone who likes to work for long hours. Also, even if you forget your charger, being an Intel laptop you charge it via the two Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports that support fast charging as well.

There’s not much difference between the ZenBook 13 and ZenBook 14, it’s just that one comes with 13.3 inch display and the other with 14 inch display. The quality of the display is also same with Full HD (1920×1080) resolution, 16:9 aspect ration, anti-glare IPS level 4-way NanoEdge bezel display. The screen comes with 400 nits of peak brightness and covers 72% of NTSC color gamut.

The ZenBook 14 has a 90% screen-to-body ratio for more immersive viewing while the ZenBook 13 has an 88% screen-to-body ratio with slim bezels on both the laptops. The laptops are very thin and light with an all-metal design and the ZenBook 14 is the world’s thinnest 14-inch laptop with 13.9mm thin and 2.49lb or 1.13 Kg, while the ZenBook 13 is also the world’s thinnest 13-inch laptop with 13.9mm thin and 2.62lb or 1.07 Kg.

Being just 13.9mm thin, Asus says both of the laptops are the world’s thinnest 13-inch and 14-inch laptops with full I/O ports. But still, the laptops are strong enough coming in with MIL-STD-810G military standard for reliability and durability, undergoing a punishing test regime.

Both of the ZenBook 13 and 14 feature a precision-engineered ErgoLift hinge that lifts the rear of the laptop slightly, tilting the keyboard to the optimum typing angle. As pointed out by Asus, both of the ZenBooks features a new edge-to-edge ergonomic backlit keyboard that increases the size of the keyboard, ASUS NumberPad 2.0, an LED numeric keypad hidden inside the trackpad.

Coming to the performance, the new ZenBook laptops feature 10th generation Ice Lake Intel Core i5-1035G1 processor (6M Cache, up to 3.6 GHz) with Intel UHD graphics and Core i7-1065G7 processor (8M Cache, up to 3.9GHz) with Intel Iris Plus Graphics. You get up to 16GB LPDDR4X RAM and 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD storage options.

Also, the laptops feature a built-in IR camera on the front for facial recognition sign-in with Windows Hello and comes in with pre-installed Windows 10 Pro out-of-the-box. Both of the ZenBook 13 and 14 features an amazing 22-hour battery life and has a fast-charge feature that can restore the battery up to a 60% charge level in just 40 minutes.

The Taiwan based OEM has kept it simple when it comes to I/O and ports, featuring a full-size HDMI and USB-A ports along with two USB-C Thunderbolt ports with fast charging support and a microSD card slot. On the connectivity front, you get the latest Intel WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 as well.

The Asus ZenBook 13 (UX325) & ZenBook 14 (UX425) with the latest Intel CPUs raises the bar when it comes to thin and light portable notebooks and the company has kept a starting price of ₹ 79,990. These laptops should be available via online retailers and via Asus in the coming days. However, the AMD variants of the laptops will surely come in the coming days and provide better value at lower costs, surely.

In the US, the same ZenBook 13 with Core i5, 8GB RAM & 256 GB SSD is priced at $799.99 while the ZenBook 13 with Core i5, 8GB RAM & 512 GB SSD also has the same price tag and the Core i7 variants costing $100 more only for both of them. You get the laptops in the US via Amazon here.

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iBall Musi Bar Soundbar Review: Bestseller for a reason

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Raunak Saha

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July 30, 2020

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iBall Musi Bar Soundbar Review: Bestseller for a reason

These days we tend to go for a proper soundbar for our homes, maybe for everyday music sessions or to boost your TV volume. As soundbars are now more affordable and better, we have a lot of options in the market as well but which should you be going for? So, I was looking for one and got to Amazon to check out some of the best sellers and this soundbar from iBall came to my attention.

For a quite long time, the soundbar was the best seller on Amazon and so I thought of going for it as its an Indian along, and the specs it offers at the pricing is just amazing. I ordered the Grey variant for just Rs. 1,520 and at that price it is a steal because the value it offers at that price is just crazy, so here’s my complete review of the iBall Musi Bar Soundbar:

Specifications

Total Output: 10 W RMS (5 W x 2)
Speaker Driver: 5.2 cm x 2
Frequency Response: 100 Hz ~ 20 KHz
Impedance: 4 Ohms
S.P.L: 82 ± 3 dB
Playback Time: Upto 15 hours
Dimensions: 6.5 cm (H) x 38.3 cm (W) x 5.8 cm (D)
Weight: 625 g
Cords won’t bother you anymore as Musi Bar has multiple playback options like BT | USB | MicroSD |AUX | FM
Acoustically optimized design that reduces vibrations and increases audio fidelity
Colors: Black, Grey, and White

In the box: Speaker – 1 N, Remote Control – 1 N, Charging Cable – 1 N, User Manual – 1 N

Design & Build quality

Generally, at its pricing, people expect any soundbar to look cheap and sub-par but however, here’s not the case, the soundbar looks great and the design on the front mesh just enhances its beauty. The 4-star ratings on Amazon are genuine because the soundbar has a good build quality and feels sturdy & heavy as well. On the front, you have the iBall branding which doesn’t look bad and the overall color scheme looks charming.

One thing to notice that, even though it is made up of plastic, the finishing on it makes it look good although there are compromises made on the back of the soundbar, as there’s nothing special in terms of design. But if you would notice that it has an optimized design that reduces vibrations and increases audio fidelity, and it actually works.

There are four buttons on the top and those are of low quality, however, I get this is a budget soundbar but what impresses me is how compact the soundbar is, has a width of just 38 cm, it is easier to fit in and easier to carry weighing just 625 g. The remote is almost a gimmick only works if you use a USB drive or an SD card to listen to songs which these days are rare, still good for a lot of people who like that approach and if you love using FM.

Connectivity

The soundbar has 3 main modes including Bluetooth, Line-in, and FM mode, personally I used the first two modes mainly because the FM mode isn’t that great as it doesn’t catch the stations that accurate enough. For Bluetooth, I couldn’t figure out what actual version it is, not even on the iBall site but as it shows battery percentage, it is most probably Bluetooth 4.2 and also you cannot connect two devices to the soundbar at the same time.

In reality the Bluetooth mode works like a charm and connects very fast, and you can easily plug-in an AUX cable to use it with your TV or PC, anything you want. However, one thing I noticed is that the soundbar has better audio quality when used with Bluetooth mode rather than the Line-in mode.

Audio Performance

Obviously, the main thing you notice is the audio quality of the soundbar, well to be honest I had doubts in my mind that coming in that cheap will the 10W (5 W x 2) speaker actually work? To my surprise, yes the speaker is on par with the expectation, in fact, the sound quality is almost alike to the costlier soundbars.

I like the fact that how much loud the soundbar can go, do note that there are different audio interception quality in Bluetooth and Line-in modes, personally the Bluetooth mode can go very loud. If you are an ardent music listener, you’ll love this iBall Musi Bar, how much loud you might go, the soundbar doesn’t feel distorted, do use high quality music players like Spotify or Gaana or JioSaavn.

However, the speaker doesn’t blow up your mind when it comes to base, as you miss the thump which any high priced soundbar from boAt or JBL gives you. For music listners, I would very much recommend this as the quality of the music is just crystal clear but however, do not plan to use it as a movie companion because its high tones are not tuned well to handle any gun fires or explosions, those kind of scenes.

But if you plan to use it for watching matches, daily soaps and that kind of stuff where high tones don’t matter much, then the iBall Musi Bar is a great option. Also, I like the fact that even though being such compact it delivers wide sound which is enough to fill a small or medium-sized room, do not expect any surround sound effect you get from costlier soundbars.

As I told previously, the sound quality in Bluetooth mode is great and if you use at 60% volume, you can get satisfactory results, however, when used in Line-in mode you have to go full 100% volume to get best results, quite strange honestly. Also, the USB and SD card reader mode works well and can easily be controlled via remote, comes in handy if you want no setup just endless songs one after another almost like a home theater with some limitations.

I don’t about heavy songs, but the soundbar can handle any Bollywood song or even bhajans quite well, overall the music listening experience is great. If you are accustomed to listening such songs do go for this soundbar, don’t expect punchier base with any English song and you cannot tune it with any equalizer so, just to have a soundbar at a low budget, the iBall Musi Bar should be a great choice for most people out there.

Battery Life

I was not expecting anything better in this segment because most soundbars do not give as much battery life as they promise, with this I have mixed feelings. The iBall Musi Bar says to deliver up to 15 hours, which is huge but doesn’t actually give so but with Bluetooth mode, I got 10 hours battery life while with Line-in mode I got over 10 hours, practically enough for a budget soundbar. It doesn’t support fast charge, so you need a lot of time to actually charge it.

Verdict

The iBall Musi Bar is a great budget soundbar that does the job for the most average user who needs a Bluetooth speaker maybe but having a compact soundbar like this actually helps a lot. The connectivity options are great as well, with lots of modes at around Rs. 1,500- Rs. 2.000 (depending on the color you chose), I have no complaints with this soundbar.

The value it offers is amazing and yes, it deserves to be the Amazon’s bestseller as well, if you do not have huge expectations with it and need a daily driver, this is perfect! Buy from here: https://amzn.to/3gcKWen

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Swiggy lays off 350 employees again

Anupam Modak

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July 30, 2020

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The food delivery platform, Swiggy laid off 350 more employees recently. This is not for the first time, back in May it did the same for over 1000 employees. As per the company, this step is the part of its ‘final realignment exercise’ and the authority is forced to do that because their business “has only recovered 50 percent of its peak” since the nationwide unlocking process started.

Swiggy said, “In May, we began the exercise of realigning resources to create capacity in higher potential areas with the optimism of the business attaining pre-covid-19 levels in the near-term. However, with the industry still only having recovered to about 50 percent of its peak, we have to, unfortunately, go ahead with this final realignment exercise, which will result in the net loss of 350 jobs”.

Swiggy is offering severance packages for the 350 employees. The package includes three to eight months of salary, accelerate ESOP vesting, accident, and term & health insurance benefits till December, an extra month of ex-gratia, and lastly, support for skill development, job placement, and counseling service.

Swiggy is not the only one, multiple companies are following the same path. Some of them are Ola to reduced 1400 of its employees in May, BookMyShow 270 employees, and MakeMyTrip 350 employees. Uber, Curefit, Indigo, and more others are there too.

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Amazon Alexa App become cleaner and personalized

Anupam Modak

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July 30, 2020

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Amazon Alexa App become cleaner and personalized

In the last week, Amazon Alexa application got the capability to react to the hotword “Alexa”. Now, it becomes cleaner and personalized than before, and also focusing on the key features its users are willing for.

The new home screen is displaying more user-focused information like the last played track, shopping list, and more, other than the third-party services. A big size “Alexa” button is also added at the top of the page. Other than saying the hotword, you can also tap this button to wake up Alexa.

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The first-arty skills instead of the third-parties will surely attractive for the new users. Though, users rarely avoid Google Assistant.

Behind the clean look of the app, reason is the ‘More’ tab, probably. With in this tab, some options are stayed in like the Reminders, Routines, Skills, and Settings.

After reading this, if you look for the mentioned clean, personalized avatar, then you will not get that as this update is not revealed yet. It will start coming out from next week for both the iOS and Android platforms. Till then, you have to wait, if you want to try it out.

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New OnePlus phone spotted in Geekbench with Snapdragon 865 processor, might be OnePlus 8T

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July 30, 2020

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New OnePlus phone spotted in Geekbench with Snapdragon 865 processor, might be OnePlus 8T

We all know that the pre-order time of OnePlus Nord has already started via Amazon and this is one of the cheapest 5G smartphones in the Indian market. The OnePlus Nord packs in so much that it worths the money. With all these things going on another OnePlus smartphone has been spotted in the Geekbench.

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Annotation 2020 07 29 201112 2 New OnePlus phone spotted in Geekbench with Snapdragon 865 processor, might be OnePlus 8T

From the Geekbench listing we can see that the OnePlus phone will have “kona” chipset which clearly indicates Snapdragon 865 and from this listing, it is not clear if it is the plus version or not. We can anticipate that this phone can be the OnePlus 8T with an 8GB of RAM as listed in the benchmark.

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— Pete Lau (@PeteLau) July 28, 2020

OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has also shared a tweet where it indicates the number “11” on the clock which clearly refers the arrival of Android 11 and the OnePlus phones will have an always-on display with this update.

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Black Shark 3S shows off USB-based Screen mirroring, Motion controls, and other stuff

astroani

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July 30, 2020

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Black Shark 3S shows off USB-based Screen mirroring, Motion controls, and other stuff

A few days ago we reported that the CEO of Black Shark has already revealed that Black Shark 3S is coming soon and now we are here with more information about some features of the smartphone. Mainly the smartphone comes with a USB-based screen mirroring option that will help users to cast the screen on a computer screen while you can operate the device from the computer as well.

This makes it easier for gamers to play a mobile game on the laptop without using any kind of emulator. The video shows how the USB-based screen mirroring works in the upcoming Black Shark 3S.

Now coming to another feature of the Black Shark 3S is its smart motion controls. The video from the official YouTube channel of Black Shark has shared how the motion control works. So first, read this then refer the video for understanding what and why motion controls are better.

Motion controls are controls that are activated for some specific motions done with the smartphone in hand. These motion controls works when they are manually activated to work on specific games or apps, and to be more exact these motion controls are specifically designed to play games more efficiently.

So motion controls while activated will allow you to perform specific tasks in games from pre-determined motions. Like if you move the right side it will reload the gun in a game if customized with such command and many more.

Another new feature of JOYUI 12 is the “Game Barrage” that will allow any notification or message from other messaging apps will float on the screen without popping up as a chat head. The messages will overlay completely on the screen and it is fully customizable from colour of texts to the opacity.

For more controls while playing games there’s a clip-on that adds shoulder keys that can be attached at the top of the phone while playing games.

there will also be some voice command controls that will allow users to answer calls or start screen recording while playing games without taking off their fingers from the controllers. There will also be a special Tencent edition of this smartphone.

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Samsung Galaxy Buds Live will not fall off your ears for these Wingtips, know here how.

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July 30, 2020

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We have already seen the final design of the new Samsung Galaxy Buds Live from different renders around the internet. The shape of these earbuds are like beans and the main question that normally will come in your mind after looking at its design is that how will it stay intact in our ears without falling off. Well, the company has already taken care of such kinds of problems that might occur for such a design and now we know how this problem has been solved by the company.

These Galaxy Buds Live in the images seems to have a kind of wingtips at the inner-top portion of the earbuds. The wingtips are provided in exchange of the eartips, like any other earbuds. These wingtips are rubber tips that helps to have a grip with the skin and it makes an angle in the ear and hold the buds firmly in the ears.

Within the wingtips there you can see in the images the charging pins are placed and when placed in the case the buds get charged via those pins. The Galaxy Buds Live will launch in the UNPACKED event to be held on August 5.

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Mi TV Stick with Android TV OS & up to 1080p resolution coming to India on 5th August

Raunak Saha

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July 29, 2020

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Mi TV Stick with Android TV OS & up to 1080p resolution coming to India on 5th August

Having launched its much versatile and unique product – the Mi TV Stick in Europe for €39.99 (about Rs. 3,435), we were all waiting for its India announcement. These days, Android Smart TVs are on the rise in India and people love how versatile an Android TV is but a wide range of audiences still wants to experience it without having to buy a new one.

There are a lot of Android TV boxes or sticks in the market including Mi Box 4K or Flipkart’s own Flipkart Turbo Streaming device, but Xiaomi wants to give more options to its customers. However, Nokia will be competing with Xiaomi this time as they prepare to launch their Android TV box via Flipkart.

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A recent tweet from Xiaomi India does confirm the fact they will be launching this new budget Android TV box alternative in India on 5th August at 12 pm. Their #PlugItMakeItSmart campaign makes sense as the Mi TV Stick can easily be plugged into your existing TV with HDMI port and you can easily make your TV smart with Android TV OS running on it. As the Mi Box 4K costs Rs. 3,499, so Xiaomi should price it under Rs. 3k to lure more Indian buyers.

Mi TV Stick with Android TV & up to 1080p resolution officially launched at €39.99

Specifications

The Mi TV Stick looks alike to the Fire TV Stick by Amazon but runs on Android TV OS which is a great feature as it’s clean stock Android OS on TV with support for installing apps and watch anything you want. The Mi TV Stick is almost alike to the Mi Box 4K in terms of features and functionalities but it supports up to 1080p resolution.

On the software front, the Mi TV Stick runs on Android TV 9.0 and also comes with built-in Chromecast support. Also, the dongle seems very small and compact but still houses an quad-core Cotex A53 processor with ARM Mali-450 GPU. It comes with 1GB of RAM and 8GB eMMC storage, so that you can have a lot of apps installed from Play Store.

Some popular apps like YouTube, Netflix, and Amazon Prime Video come pre-installed without much bloatware as such. The HDMI 2.0 dongle uses a micro USB power port for charging and supports Wi-Fi 802.11 ac dual-band (2.4GHz / 5GHz) Wi-Fi. For audio, you get Dolby Audio and DTS Surround Sound experience.

The remote uses Bluetooth 4.2 to connect to the dongle and it looks similar to any Mi TV or Mi Box 4K remote, it sports a power on/off button, the minimalistic cursors, apps, home and back buttons. While the volume up and down buttons are at the bottom, there are two dedicated buttons for Netflix and Prime Video and obviously, a Google Assistant button for convenience.

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Five Barcelona B youngsters including Monchu, Konrad steps up to train with the first team

Raunak Saha

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July 29, 2020

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Five Barcelona B youngsters including Monchu, Konrad steps up to train with the first team

This morning Barcelona had their second training after their six days break after the end of the LaLiga season. Barcelona’s next game is against Napoli at the Camp Nou in the Champions League, which will indeed be a decisive one to go to the quarter finals.

Five Barcelona B youngsters including Monchu, Konrad steps us to train with the first team

The Blaugranas does lack depth in the squad due to injuries like that of Dembele, Griezmann, Lenglet (all of them are undergoing individual training) and both defenders Ronald Araujo and Samuel Umtiti. Even though Griezmann & Lenglet will most likely catch up with the squad in the coming days, also signs of Dembele’s recovery is in good progress but Barca doesn’t have their backup defenders.

Also, both Sergio Busquets and Arturo Vidal will be missing the next match at the Camp Nou on August 8 due to suspensions. In the meantime, Arthur has not returned to Barcelona and is wanting to end his contract, so Barca can never rely on him for the crucial Champions League match.

So, to help the first team, Barcelona B players like J. Cuenca, Mingueza, Jandro, Monchu, and Konrad have joined the training this morning after going through their PCR tests yesterday. This will help Setien to keep substitutes for the Champions League campaign and use them when needed.

This season Barcelona B had an amazing campaign, however, could not qualify the promotion playoff last Sunday against Sabadell, staying at the gates of Segunda B. But the players like Monchu and Konrad have stood out in their entire season and totally impressed a lot of Barca fans.

Both of them scoring in the dramatic 3-2 win over Valladolid Promesas, and Barcelona B captain Monchu was also on target in the final as well. Dani Morer was also expected to reinforce the team, however, he has suffered a hamstring injury. This will be an amazing opportunity for the youngsters to grab for and gain some experience in the Champions League.

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Realme M1 Sonic Electric Toothbrush appeared in TÜV Rheinland Japan certification

astroani

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July 29, 2020

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Realme M1 Sonic Electric Toothbrush appeared in TÜV Rheinland Japan certification

Realme has recently launched the Realme 6i in India as the and before than in smartphone accessories we saw the Realme 10,000mAh Power Bank 2 and the Realme Buds Q a month back. Realme India CEO Madhav Seth has also revealed in this recent interview that the company is planning to launch a bunch of AIoT products and other products as well.

Recently a new product is spotted in the TÜV Rheinland Japan certification which is named Realme M1 Sonic Electric Toothbrush, which is a smart toothbrush just like Mi Toothbrush. According to Sudhanshu “This Electric Toothbrush might be the first product from realme’s AIoT portfolio that was recently shared by the brand.”

This toothbrush will be another addition to the brand’s AIoT devices collection, and the brand has also not confirmed the launch of this gadget. So, we have to wait for the final launch of this smart toothbrush to know all the exact details.

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