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Former Bengaluru FC manager Carles Cuadrat is the most successful ISL coach

After four and a half years with Bengaluru FC, head coach Carles Cuadrat was relieved of his duties by the club on Wednesday. The Spaniard spent two years as the assistant to former Bengaluru coach Albert Roca, and two and a half as the man in charge of the dugout himself before parting ways. 

Here is what the club had to say in their official press release regarding the sacking of their head coach in the middle of the season: 

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“We feel the club needs to head in a new direction – one where the ethos and philosophy of Bengaluru FC begins reflecting again. While we enjoyed success with Carles in the past, we felt there was a departure from the philosophy that we hold true this season.”

Bengaluru find themselves in sixth place after 9 games played this season, scoring and conceding 12 goals in the process. The main reason behind the departure of the Catalonian coach is being reported as the disappointing performances from the team in recent weeks, despite managing to pick up points. 

The club’s last three matches saw them suffer three consecutive losses to ATK Mohun Bagan, Jamshedpur FC and Mumbai City FC, and that was the straw that broke the camel’s back for the Karnataka club. 

In a recent survey by Transfermarkt, Cuadrat was revealed to have the highest points to game ratio, with 1.78 points per game, in 41 games in charge of Bengaluru before the beginning of season 7. 

Many fans are skeptical of the club’s decision to sack the manager after a rough patch, and this recent revelation will only add to the confusion and wondering of what could have been. 

Bengaluru will now be managed by Naushad Moosa for the time being, who has been part of the coaching team for over four years, and was an assistant to Cuadrat. 

Manchester United to let go of Argentinian pair; Odion Ighalo’s loan deal expires at the end of January

The Argentinian pair of Marcos Rojo and backup goalkeeper Sergio Romero are on their way out of Manchester United as confirmed by manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer himself. 

Boca Juniors are reportedly planning to sign Rojo on a long-term deal, but are not willing to pay up for the player. They want to either have the club terminate his contract immediately so that the player can leave, (since he hasn’t featured this season in the first place) or to sign him as a free agent in the summer. 

Sergio Romero joined Manchester United in 2015 from Sampdoria, and has since gone on to become one of the best backup goalkeepers in the Premier League over the last five years. With his days at United coming to an end, he could finally be a team’s first choice between the sticks. 

Dean Henderson’s emergence, and brilliant loan spell at Sheffield United last season made him a key prospect for United’s future. The English keeper has replaced Romero as United’s number 2, filling in for David De Gea as and when required. 

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DEN HAAG, NETHERLANDS – OCTOBER 3: Marcos Rojo of Manchester United during the UEFA Europa League match between AZ Alkmaar v Manchester United at the Cars Jeans Stadium on October 3, 2019 in Den Haag Netherlands (Photo by Soccrates/Getty Images)

Both players have less than six months remaining on their contracts, and their deals will not be extended by the club. If no bid comes by for either of them in January, they will have to depart as free agents at the end of the current season. 

Moreover, Odion Ighalo will also return to Chinese club Shenhua at the end of January, since his loan deal expires. The Nigerian was signed as a backup striker last year, and his loan deal was then extended to cover the first half of this season. 

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The striker has managed to score 5 goals and provide a solitary assist in 23 appearances for the Premier League club, and has fulfilled his role well.  

Takefusa Kubo joins Getafe on loan

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Takefusa Kubo’s loan deal with Villareal has been cut short by parent club Real Madrid, and the Japanese wonderkid has been immediately loaned out to fellow La Liga club Getafe, where he will spend the rest of the season. 

The original agreement was for Kubo to spend the entirety of the 20/21 campaign with Villareal. However, Madrid were unhappy with the amount of playing time that the youngster was getting under Unai Emery, and so was the player himself. Here is what Emery had to say regarding Kubo: 

Kubo1 Takefusa Kubo joins Getafe on loan

“I asked Kubo if he wanted to stay or leave and he told me that he is looking for a way out.

“Take’s behaviour is good, he has helped us and he must continue to grow as a player, however, he told me he wants to leave in order to find more minutes elsewhere and that’s why he wasn’t in the matchday squad today.”

Kubo’s appearances for the Yellow Submarine have been very limited, with the majority of them coming off the bench. The 19-year-old spent the 19/20 season with RCD Mallorca, scoring 4 goals across over 30 appearances for the club, who ended up getting relegated into the second division. 

Kubo becomes the second prolific youngster to join Getafe on loan, with Barcelona’s Carles Alena having joined the club on loan only a few days ago. 

Asus unveils its ProArt Display PA278CV strictly for professionals

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Asus is giving it all in the new year with its up-and-coming hardware solutions. The manufacturer is releasing its new monitor which is built specifically for Professionals. The device, named the ProArt Display PA278CV, is built for professional content developers and programmers and not made for gamers.

The reason behind saying that the monitor is not made from Gamers is because it has a maximum refresh rate of 75 Hz and a 5 ms GTG response time. It focuses more on accurate color reproduction and productivity features.

The Asus ProArt Display PA278CV is Calman Verified and comes factory calibrated for Delta E < 2 color accuracy and features 100% coverage of sRGB and Rec 709 color gamuts. Asus has provided its monitor with a 27-inch IPS panel, which has 2,560 x 1,440 pixels or better known as WQHD.

Asus unveils its ProArt Display PA278CV strictly for professionals

The connectivity option for the monitor includes:

  • USB-C (up to 65 W power delivery and data transfer).
  • HDMI.
  • Two DisplayPort connectors.
  • USB hub for connecting peripherals.
  • 3.5 mm audio jack (only for headphones).

For those who are looking for a professional monitor to get their work done look no further than the upcoming gentlemen from Asus. However, the company has not yet provided any launch date or the price of the Asus ProArt Display PA278CV monitor. But according to sources, the official product page of the company is also filled with the details of the new device.

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All the Dell monitors to launch in the digital CES 2021

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A few days left to start the world’s biggest tech event CES 2021. As you all know, considering the global pandemic situation, this year the entire event will be organized virtually. Mark on your calendar from 11th January to 14th January.

Like all the tech giants Dell is one of the participants and as per the information, it is coming with a verity range of monitors for different purposes, alongside its other innovative products and all. If I categorize the monitors, there will be an UltraSharp line up which includes both flat and curved screen monitors, conferencing monitors, touch screen monitors, and a 5K monitor. Let’s discuss one after another.

I already shared all the details about the UltraSharp line up in my earlier post. You can check that from here.

Video Conferencing Monitors:-

Dell is coming with a trio of video conferencing monitor to the upcoming CES 2021. The model names of the three monitors are C2411HE, C2722DE, and C3422WE. Needless to say, why these monitors are different from others, there is a dedicated webcam on top of the screen for video conferences. The main attraction is yet to come. These three are the world’s first Microsoft Teams certified video conference monitors. Excited? Boost that a bit more.

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Within the common feature list, at the top, there is a pop-up 5MP IR camera followed by a dedicated Microsoft Teams button, two 5W speakers, Windows Hello facial recognition support, noise-canceling microphone, Microsoft Cortana’s hands-free command support, and ComfortView Plus. ComfortView Plus is a hardware solution to cut down the blue light emissions even after maintaining the color accuracy.

Coming to the difference part, the C2422HE has a 24-inch Full HD screen, whereas the other two will have WQHD display panels with 27-inch and 34-inch screen sizes. The ports and connectivity pare are the same in all three.

Interactive Touch Monitors:-

Like the video conferencing monitor category, it is also a set of multiple models coming with touch screen displays, but there are only two monitors. The model numbers are C5522QT and C6522QT. The first model holds a 55-inch screen, and the other one has a 65-inch screen. Rest the other specs are the same in both cases.

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Both the monitors have a touch screen with 20 point touch support and 4K resolution, built-in 20W speakers, dual-tip stylus, Screen Drop, all the necessary connectivity ports, and lastly anti-glare and anti-smudge coating.

5K Monitor:-

Well, it’s another monitor that comes under Dell’s UltraSharp lineup, but I didn’t mention it earlier. The reason is the resolution, in this monitor, Dell added a 5K display panel.

Dell U4021QW UltraSharp 40 Curved Monitor - CES 2021_TechnoSports.co.in

The Dell U4021QW is coming with a 40-inch curved WUHD IPS panel having a 60Hz refresh rate and 5ms gray-to-gray response time in the fast mode. To maintain the lowest blue light emission, there is the ComfortView Plus, the hardware solution of it. Other than these all, there are integrated dual 9W speakers, 3.5mm audio jack, and more. You can also keep the screen side-by-side. Yeah, this option is also available to this monitor.

There is a couple of days to start the grand global tech event. So, get ready to go through the latest innovative techs that are going to spread across the world throughout this year.

WhatsApp started testing Multi-Device Support on Web under Beta Program

It looks like Whatsapp has finally decided to listen to their customer’s demands. You must be aware of Whatsapp Web. It helps you to use Whatsapp on your laptop if your phone is connected to the internet. But there were two shortcomings in this. Firstly, you can use Whatsapp Web on just one device. If you have opened Whatsapp Web on your laptop but want to use it from your desktop later, you first have to log out from the previous device. This used to irritate a lot of people who had to shift between different devices. Secondly, you can use Whatsapp Web only when your phone is connected to the internet. Even if your laptop has an internet connection but your phone does not, you won’t be able to operate Whatsapp on your laptop. 

According to reports, both of these complaints have been addressed by Whatsapp. They are testing the multi-device feature on the web. They will offer WhatsApp Web BETA to their users to get to know how well this new feature is performing on a smaller scale. The reports also suggest that this multi-device feature allows you to operate Whatsapp through four devices in total. That means other than your phone, you can use your Whatsapp account through three more devices.

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Another possibility to note is that it won’t be mandatory to have your phone connected to an internet connection. You will be able to use Whatsapp on your laptop or desktop even if your phone is not connected to the internet. The image above shows how you will see a new ‘WhatsApp Web Beta’ tag on your device. You just have to go to the Whatsapp Web section on your phone where you will this option. All the features won’t be available from the start. You won’t be able to archive, mute, or delete chats from other devices. Also, you won’t be able to make any calls through your laptops and desktops.

Whatsapp has been working on multi-device support for some time now and this feature could prove to be really helpful to their customers. 

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Samsung’s new patent reveals an innovative under-display camera solution

For the past few years, Samsung has been working its best on the displays of smartphones, such as reducing its bezels, punch-hole selfie camera, AMOLED panel, and many more. The main motive is to get a full-screen immersive display without any obstacle like the front camera or bezels. As of now, Samsung has almost succeeded in getting almost bezel-less displays, but to get a full-screen experience there should be a vanishing of the front camera setup.

The only way to achieve a full-screen display has to be an under-display selfie camera what we’ve already seen in the ZTE Axon 20 5G, which is the first-ever smartphone in the world to feature an under-display selfie camera. Samsung also enlisted its name to make such kind of product that will have an under-display selfie camera.

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In May 2020, Samsung Display had filed a patent titled ‘Display Device’ with the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office), and later on December 31, 202, its documentation got published. The patent images are showing Samsung’s under-display camera implementation on its future smartphones.

In that solution, we find two display parts, in which, the first screen (primary) with a better resolution while the second screen has a comparatively lower resolution. For a change, the second part can also be replaced to the entire top side of the handset or any of the sides on top. These sections are specially designed for not only hiding the selfie camera but also the LED flash and sensors. As more light cannot enter underneath the display, this setup will use infrared rays to easily recognize objects/people. It is also well able to calculate the distance between the phone and the objects/people.

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Collin Sexton is achieving feats that even LeBron James never did with the Cavaliers

Collin Sexton is silently emerging as one of the better point guards in the Eastern Conference. In eight games, which the Cavaliers have surprisingly navigated with a 4-4 record, Sexton is averaging more than 25 points per game on better than 53 percent shooting, including a 51 percent mark from the three-pointer line.

In Cleveland’s loss to Orlando on Wednesday, Sexton put up a 21-point performance. He has now scored a minimum of 20 points in all of the eight games to start the season, which is a Cavaliers franchise record. Even LeBron James could not do it during his time with Cleveland. The most number of consecutive 20-point games James tallied to begin a season with the Cavaliers was seven.

Sexton ended Wednesday’s 105-94 loss with 21 points on 8-of-20 shooting, to go along with two triples, three rebounds, four assists, one steal, one block and zero turnovers in 35 minutes of playing time. The only downside to his outstanding performance was that Cleveland was unable to escape with a win.

The budding star is in the midst of another breakout campaign and is currently averaging 25.1 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 1.4 steals, while also connecting on 2.0 triples per game on a 51.6 percent clip. He is arguably the best player in the Cavaliers franchise so far, who themselves have had a strong start to the new season. While his shooting appears to be unsustainable, the 22-year-old is not expected to fall too far off from his current shooting form.

Sexton is fully expected to keep up his hot streak as the Cavs return to action on Thursday in the second night of a back-to-back set, as they will take on the Memphis Grizzlies.

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H tested on a Mechrevo laptop

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AMD will showcase its new Zen-3 based Ryzen 9 5900H CPU and Nvidia will do the same for its GeForce RTX 30 series Graphics cards. We have seen many benchmark results of both the hardware components, but we all have been wondering how best the performance result of the device which is supported by both the beasts will be.

So the folks at SMZDM have tested a high-end gaming laptop that features AMD Ryzen 9 5900H CPU and most likely NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 graphics cards. But the GPU is still not made to be certain that it belongs to the RTX 30 series.

As we know AMD’s Ryzen 9 5900H is a beast with 8-core’s and 16-thread’s. it comes with a base clock of 3.3 GHz and a turbo reaching 4.65 GHz. The tested machine features high-end specifications such as 32GB of DDR4-3200 memory, 1TB of NVMe SSD, and a 2560×1440 17.3-inch display of unknown refresh rate.

The complete specifications are listed below:

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In the benchmarking process, the Ryzen 9 5900H scores 617.4 points in the single-threaded CPU-Z benchmark and 6076.6 points in the multi-threaded test. If we compare CPU-Z’s database and previous test results then the processor

is faster than desktop Ryzen 7 3700X. if we go with the scores then the processor is also faster than the Intel Core i7-10875H, which scores around 550 in a single thread and 5000 points in multi-threaded tests.

In the benchmark score of Cinebench R20, the Ryzen 9 5900H scored 584 single-core and 5264 in multi-core tests. AMD’s new Ryzen CPU is 17% in the single-core test and 22% faster in the multi-core test when compared against the i7-10875H.

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Octro Inc’s TeenPatti witnesses 800% growth in paying users in 2020

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  • TeenPatti by Octro has been played by more than 150 million people and is the most grossing app on App Annie
  • TeenPatti by Octro is the only Indian game in Sensor Tower’s top five and the 6th highest grossing app on Play Store.

New Delhi, 8th January 2021: Octro Inc, the largest and fastest growing mobile gaming company in India today announced that its game TeenPatti witnessed 800% growth in paying users in 2020. Octro TeenPatti has held on to its leadership position, since its debut. Octro has been creating made-in-India leisure options for world at large, thereby gaining a strong foothold within the Indian gaming industry with projected user base of more than 700 million gamers in India by 2022.

First released in 2013, the game played with virtual money is enjoyed by group of three to six people who use a 52-card pack without jokers. The game also comes in variations like 6 Patti, TeenPatti Battle, 3-2-1, Private Table, etc. Private table feature on Octro TeenPatti was most loved in past few months as it allowed players to connect with their family & friends in leisure hours while dealing with constraints posed by social distancing in COVID times.

The growing popularity of online games has given a whole new boost to the gaming ecosystem, leading to the sector purported to be worth more than $1 billion today, according to a Google-KMPG report.

Commenting on the exponential growth witnessed in 2020, Saurabh Aggarwal, CEO, Octro Inc. said“At the intersection of sports and entertainment, Octro, with games like TeenPatti, has created scalable leisure option for Indians and has taken casual gaming to the next level. We deeply appreciate this player love showered on our games and are thankful to these players. This motivates us to aim higher and we at Octro are committed to create more such leisure options that have potential to be loved not only in India but globally. We are committed to redefine entertainment!”

Mr. Aggarwal further added, ‘In 2021, we do hope that the Indian government creates favorable regulatory regime for foreign investment to come into India both for online gaming and Real Money gaming. This will result into significant employment opportunities, Made in India games and tax contribution to exchequer.”

Real money games and skill based gaming are emerging frontiers in India for not only social connect and scalable leisure option but also for the potential to create lot of shareholder in a value chain that comprises of new set of gamers, immersive metaverse, gaming tournaments with prize money and hence, viable career option. With predictable and growth led regulatory regime by policy makers, the sector will ensure huge foreign investments in this sector and tax revenues to exchequer.

Globally, The eSports and video gaming market have already outpaced their contemporaries in the film and music businesses with what is expected to be a $300 billion annual industry by 2025 according to industry sources. India with nearly 400+ e-gaming start-ups is a very important market and one that has great potential for growth and development.

About Octro:

Octro is a new age platform that aims to create leisure options for the world at large. Octro’s vision is to keep creating moments of joy in human life while creating best and scalable leisure options. Headquartered in India, Octro is the largest and the fastest growing global mobile gaming company with leadership in Card, Casino & Casual games across the portfolio. Octro’s games like Teen Patti, Indian Rummy and Tambola have been amongst the top ten apps across Apple iOS and Google Play stores. With almost 200+ million players and Sequoia Capital as investor, Octro is committed to support the government’s Make in India initiative and give a whole new boost to the cultural gaming ecosystem within the Indian economy while creating global impact. At the intersection of entertainment and sports Octro vie for user’s time in his daily life by presenting leisure options across the platform.

Games Offered:

  • Real Money Games:  Play Rummy
  • Social Games: Teen Patti, Indian Rummy, Tambola
  • Other Games: Seep, Carrom, Poker