Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd, a Chinese multinational technology company that provides telecommunications equipment and sells consumer electronics. Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology with a great range of products including mobile phones, tablets, wearables, broadband devices, and home devices. The company is worth the title which was given to it and is all set to launch Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 in India on August 1, 2019.
Y9 Prime 2019 features a “Full View Vivid Display” of 6.5 inches. It is powered by an octa-core (4×2.2 MHz + 4×1.7 MHz) Kirin 710 chipset processor and it is backed up by a battery of 4000mAh. It runs on an Android 9 Pie operating system. It offers a triple rear camera of 16MP, 8MP, and 2MP. The rear cameras of the phone are supported by AI algorithms and are capable enough to recognize 22 categories and over 500 scenes in real-time. It also sports a 16MP Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered front camera that automatically pops up when the user takes a selfie and retracts when the job is done. The smartphone is currently available in two storage variants:
1. 4GB of RAM and 128GB 4GB storage which can be expanded up to 512GB
2. 4GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage which can be expanded up to 512GB.
The Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 price in India is yet to be announced officially we all need to wait till the smartphone gets launched. Stay tuned for more information.
Xiaomi makes a lot of products and most of the items made by Xiaomi are unavailable in India. For the people of India, who wants to get the access of the unavailable products, the company launched its share and save app and it also keeps on crowdfunding new products to measure the user-interest in them. If the product seems to meet the expectations of the buyer and is liked by a lot of the users, then the company decides to bring that product to market. From today, Xiaomi has started crowdfunding its Mi Water TDS Tester in India.
Mi Water TDS Tester is the device that allows the users to test the water hardness with a press of a button. It just takes a few seconds for the device to test water hardness. It is easy to use and does not takes a lot of the user’s time.
Major Highlights of Mi Water TDS tester are:
The Mi Water TDS Tester comes in a sleek, minimal design, with an IPX6 rating for water resistance.
The Mi Water TDS can detect TDS values up to 9990.
The sensor is designed to prevent rust and corrosion and can function in a temperature range of 0 to 80 degree Celsius.
The Mi Water TDS comes with an energy-saving chip that automatically turns it off after 2 minutes of non-usage to extend battery life.
The Mi water TDS can detect solvents including Soluble Salts (Calcium and Magnesium ions), Ionic Organic (Ammonium acetate, sodium, etc.) and Heavy Metal Ions (Chromium, Zinc, lead and copper.)
Currently, the Mi Water TDS Tester is available to crowdfund on Mi.com for Rs. 349. The final goal is to reach 5,000 people. Once the goal is met, it will be launched at Rs. 499.
In the last couple of weeks, Face App went all viral among the audience. After Instagram filters and Snapchat masks, AI renders are the latest technology that can change the way you look. An enormous number of people of all the ages tried and used this application. Though the major turn off for this app was the application’s Terms and Conditions policy that claimed that user data such as pictures will be uploaded without the knowledge of the users. However, just like Face App, we have one more website set up by a team of MIT and IBM researchers. The name of the website is AIPortraits.com.
The main purpose of this website is to turn your boring selfies into works of Renaissance art. AIPortraits.com is an easy-to-use website. All you need to do is, upload your image and the site will provide you with the available options of the styles of an undefined renaissance artist. However, there is no way of choosing which style you would like your face to be rendered in. The website uses an AI model trained on45,000 portraits. The styles of the portraits range from the early renaissance to the contemporary period.
Currently, the website is overloaded with traffic from wannabe art subjects. The website claims that it does not hinder the user’s privacy. The website does not request access to all the photos on the user’s phone. Any images uploaded to the site are deleted and not stored.
Asus, the Taiwanese company will be launching “Asus ROG Phone 2” smartphone with the model number ASUS_I001DB tomorrow i.e. on 23rd of July 2019. ROG (Republic of Gamers) is a sub-brand of Asus that solely caters to the gaming hardware. After years of experience in the gaming PCs and components, the brand unveiled its first gaming smartphone, Asus ROG Phone in 2018. A year later, we have the successor ROG Phone 2, with lot more smart specifications and user-friendly interface.
Asus ROG Phone 2 is the first phone to feature a processor with Snapdragon 855 Plus SoC. The new chip offers to deliver 15% faster graphics performance than the existing Snapdragon 855 SoC. ROG Phone 2 features a display of 6.59-inch full HD+ OLED display and runs on Android 9 Pie-based ROG UI. The display supports the world’s first 120Hz AMOLED panel, Optical under-display fingerprint scanner. It is powered by an octa-core processor clocked at 2.96GHz and is backed-up by a 5,900mAh of battery. It comes with a RAM of 8GB and internal storage of 12GB. The smartphone also comes in 128GB, 512GB AND 1TB storage variants too. The smartphone sports a dual rear camera setup with 48MP as a primary sensor and 13MP as the secondary sensor along with a couple of LED flash units. It also has a 24MP selfie camera and features various connectivity options like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ad GPS
Game centric features:
The phone dons an Aura RGB lighting, resembling most other gaming rigs
Dual front-firing speakers with DTS:X Ultra boost
Four mics with noise-cancellation
Dual vibrating motors at an XYZ axis giving a surround feel
Customized connector on the side
Heat dissipation vents, 3D vapor chamber
Ultrasonic, pressure-sensitive Air Trigger buttons with reduced vibration latency (20ms)
The accessories announced includes:
ROG Kunai Gamepad
ROG Lighting Armor Case
Aero Case
AeroActive Cooler II
TwinView Dock II
Mobile Desktop Dock
Pro Dock
WiGig Display Dock Plus
Price and Availability:
The Chinese model will be launched tomorrow i.e. on July 23rd followed by a worldwide release in the first week of September. For now, there is no information on price. The price will be announced tomorrow at the time of launch.
Xiaomi Corporation, a Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing is the most popular and most widely used brand. It becomes the youngest company on the Fortune Global 500 list, nine years after its iteration. The Fortune Global 500 is an annual ranking of the top 500 corporations worldwide compiled and published by Fortune magazine for 67 consecutive years, as measured by revenue and net profit from the previous fiscal year.
Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Xiaomi. Lei Jun said that “It took Xiaomi only nine years to make the Fortune Global 500 list, a milestone that we owe a big thank you to all our Mi Fans and users for their unwavering support. We are also the youngest company on this year’s list, a proud record that we will keep in mind and bring to another level in the global expansion journey.”
“Over the past year, we have made significant improvements and adjustments in our core strategies, management structures, technology research and development systems, product line-ups, brand developments, and much more. These moves have empowered Xiaomi to continuously shine, even in the face of fierce competition from domestic and international peers. This honor does not mark the end of our pursuit, but simply a new beginning. We remain committed to making amazing and highly innovative products at honest prices, as our philosophy states, in an effort to let our Mi Fans, users and investors enjoy a better life,” Lei Jun added.
SUCCESS HIGHLIGHTS:
It is ranked 468th, with a revenue of US$26,443.50 million and a net profit of US$2,049.10 million in the previous fiscal year, on the fortune Global 500 list for 2019.
It is ranked 7th in the Internet Services and Retailing category.
Xiaomi was also named to Fortune’s China 500 list for the first time in June, ranking 53rd.
According to international market research organization IDC, as of March 2019, Xiaomi had become the world’s 4th smartphone brand in terms of shipment sales volume, registering a year-on-year growth of 32.2 percent.
According to international market research organization Canalys, as of March 2019, Xiaomi was ranked among the top five in more than 40 markets in terms of shipment, and also remained India’s biggest smartphone brand for seven consecutive quarters, with a market share of 31.4 percent. Additionally, the company has maintained a high growth rate in Western Europe, less than two years after its official entry, ranking 4th in terms of smartphone shipments while making great strides in new markets in Africa and Latin America.
As of March 31, 2019, there were 480 authorized Mi Home stores overseas, representing a 93.5 percent year-on-year growth, of which over 110 were in Europe and 79 in India.
Xiaomi does not stop here! Though in a short period of time span, the company has achieved a lot yet it has planned to invest RMB10 billion in the development of “All in AIoT” in the next five years as part of its “Smartphone+AIoT” dual-core strategy, allowing the prospect to capitalize on artificial intelligence (AI) and IoT development opportunities in the future, and laying a solid foundation for the growth over the next 5 to 10 years. The company is now focussing on enhancing and adjusting its business strategies from China to overseas ones. It is planning to replicate its success by providing the best and innovative products to users.
The IIT Delhi Campus has the facility of e-rickshaw for the people inside the campus. It helps the students and teachers to reach from one department to another. Though this facility is very special and helpful for others it somewhat gets burdensome for the rickshaw-pullers. But now with the introduction of solar-powered hybrid rickshaws, the job of rickshaw puller gets easy.
Central Electronics Limited (CEL) has also decided to give solar-powered hybrid rickshaw to the rickshaw-pullers at IIT Delhi under a corporate social responsibility initiative. 300- Watt solar panels are used as the roof of the rickshaws. These panels are designed and manufactured by CEL. Throughout the day, these panels are in their charging mode and that it will effectively double the distance that the normal rickshaw used to cover in a day. It only reduces the physical effort of the rickshaw-pullers but also helps them to earn more.
IIT Delhi director, Ram Gopal Rao has also said that “This innovation combines the traditional knowledge and modern technology to create peace among the environment, employment needs and convenience”
Dr Amod Kumar of Sukoon Solutions said that the solar hybrid rickshaw will ultimately Support rickshaw-pullers during acceleration and tough rides. The manufacturer also said that the ideal speed of the solar hybrid rickshaw is 10-15km/hour but the imported motors from China will let the vehicle reach up to 25km. Not only this much when it comes to the cost, An e-rickshaw costs around Rs 1.26 lakh, while a hybrid vehicle is priced for Rs 68,000
The vehicle can only ply inside the campus of IIT Delhi. As these hybrid rickshaws cannot be registered under the Motor vehicle act. Summing up everything, Hybrid rickshaws are one of the best innovation which doesn’t cost much.
Data is “the new oil”. As enterprises collect and collate massive amounts of data about their customer bases, they’re able to analyze this data to extract valuable intel about their clients. While this data is valuable to the organizations, others want it as well. As a result, organizations form partnerships to buy and sell data, and hackers do their best to break in and steal it.
The value of the data that organizations collect, store, transmit, and process makes data security a priority for any organization. Beyond the personal costs of a data breach (the loss of the competitive advantage that the data provides), new regulations like GDPR and CCPA impose stringent standards for how organizations should collect, process, and protect their collected data and strict penalties for non-compliance.
Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) are a valuable tool for any organization wanting to properly protect certain sensitive information. HSMs can hold encryption keys used to protect classified data and even perform sensitive data calculations. Using one can be an important first step in an organization’s journey toward data security and regulatory compliance. However, relying on an HSM to protect certain data means that the security of that data is only as good as the security of the HSM itself. If the HSM is vulnerable, so is your organization’s sensitive data.
Hardware Security Modules are designed to provide built-in physical security protections for technology that needs to perform trusted operations in an untrusted environment. An example of this is an Automated Teller Machine (ATM), which is designed to provide bank customers access to their money at a location other than the bank’s premises. These machines are commonly installed on street corners, in gas stations, and other locations.
Despite being located in untrustworthy places, ATMs are trusted to perform extremely sensitive computations. From an ATM, you can check a bank balance and deposit or withdraw money from an account. Even without access to a given account, someone with physical access to the HSM may be able to trick it into dispensing the money that it contains.
This is where a Hardware Security Module becomes invaluable. The HSM holds all of the cryptographic secret keys and performs all of the sensitive operations that determine whether or not money should be dispensed from the machine. Traditional computing systems can be defeated with physical access (due to side-channel and injection vulnerabilities), but HSMs are specifically designed to be immune to physical attack, enabling machines like ATMs to operate in insecure locations.
Why Is HSM Security Important?
HSMs are billed as a self-contained solution for protecting cryptographic secret keys, so people use them as such. With defenses against both physical and technological attacks, HSMs are an ideal storage medium for highly sensitive data.
This makes the security of these devices an extremely high priority. Businesses using them properly may shrug off a breach of other systems since an attacker may only get away with an encrypted copy of sensitive data. However, if they manage to breach the defenses of an HSM, they may be able to steal the cryptographic keys used to protect this data. Under many privacy regulations, the difference between a breach of encrypted data and a breach of unencrypted data (or encrypted data with the associated decryption key) is the difference between a non-event with no reporting requirements and a significant breach that may carry fines in the millions (under GDPR and similar legislation).
Impacts of HSM Vulnerabilities
If an exploitable vulnerability is discovered in a Hardware Security Module, the potential impacts are significant, as demonstrated by the uproar and level of interest in the recently disclosed vulnerabilities in HSMs created by a leading manufacturer.
A pair of security researchers from the cryptocurrency hardware wallet creator LedgerOps have announced the discovery of vulnerabilities in a leading HSM. The presented attack allowed the researchers to gain complete remote control of the HSM without the need for valid credentials. The compromise included the ability to extract all secrets from the HSM (cryptographic keys, administrator credentials, etc.) as well as upload a modified firmware to the device, ensuring that any backdoors inserted by the attacker cannot be removed by a software update and making it do whatever the attackers want.
The potential impacts of these vulnerabilities are significant. HSMs are commonly used by banks, cloud service providers, governments, and any other organization that has the need to provide absolute protection for cryptographic keys. The vulnerabilities discovered in this HSM would be capable of causing significant harm to data, financial, and national security.
Why an HSM is Not Enough
Hardware Security Modules are an effective method of protecting cryptographic keys. However, even secure HSMs may not be enough to secure a computing system. HSMs are very effective at protecting the data contained within them; however, they can do nothing for the data stored outside or data in transit to and from the HSM.
HSMs make a great cornerstone of a data security solution; however, a comprehensive security solution requires discovering and tracking data throughout its lifecycle. Advances in machine learning and data mining enable people to derive sensitive information through correlating large amounts of unclassified data. If an organization doesn’t properly track and control access to its data not stored in HSMs (with a modern data security solution), it is still entirely possible for a damaging data breach to occur.
Mobile games are always-on demands. Video game industry is growing rapidly. It is growing bigger and bigger every day. Seeing the craze and demand of video games, the Indian Air Force has decided to enter the market. Indian Air Force is ready to launch its first own Mobile game on 31 July 2019.
The teaser video of the game was launched on July 20, 2019. The video starts with the tag line of “I am an Air warrior” that clearly depicts that the game is going to be in aerial mode. The teaser video shows that the game is going to offer an amazing and thrilling flying experience to the gamers.
The Indian Air force game seems to offer a large number of aerial vehicles in the game like bombs plane, helicopter, and fighter jets. The players will be able to control these vehicles and planes with the screen controls. Players also get the chance to perform actions like aerial combat and they will also get the chance to engage in aerial fights with the enemies.
The Mobile game idea and scenarios in the game are somewhat based on the real story where Wing commander Abhinandan Varthaman was held captive in Pakistan. He won the aerial fight against Pakistan and landed safely on the other of the border.
Because of the Indian Air Force tag, the game will soon become popular among youngsters. Currently, the game is available in single-player mode but it will eventually be upgraded to enable the multiplayer mode. It is compatible with both Android/iOS devices. Gamers can download this game from 31st of July onwards.
Nubia, a Chinese smartphone technology manufacturer company headquartered in Shenzhen has launched Nubia Reg Magic 3 in India last month with 8GB of RAM and 128 GB of inbuilt storage. There is high demand of gaming smartphones in India and hence Nubia Launched Reg Magic 3 to fill the voids.
The Red Magic 3 is powered by a Snapdragon 855 SoC and offers a 90Hz AMOLED Panel and a 48MP rear camera which is capable enough to capture 8k videos at 30Fps as well as super slow motion videos recording at 1020Fps. It supports a 16MP front camera. It features a 6.6-inch FHD+OLED display for an immense gaming experience. The smartphone brings cooling technology and a moving fan inside the phone. It is backed up by a battery of 5000 mAh that will easily help you to get through the day. It runs on an Android 9.0 pie that will easily help you to get through the day.
The Red Magic 3 also features several gaming friendly features like:
Game Space 2.0 for blocking notifications at the time user is playing games. It is also used to record game video.
Built-in Capacitive Shoulder Triggers – To replace on-screen buttons for more precise control. 3. Gaming Port – Lets you connect the Red Magic 3 to a PC.
The Red Magic 3 smartphone is available on Flipkart starting from Rs 35,999 for 8GB Variant and 12GB RAM with 256GB Storage variant is available on Flipkart for Rs 46,999.
OPPO, an electronic manufacturing company based in China has recently launched OPPO K3 in India, after it’s successful launch in China. Oppo K3 is the second phone after Oppo k1 in the Oppo K series phone. For now Oppo has skipped the launch of Oppo K2 phone. Seems like the company has some other plans for Oppo K2. Oppo K3 shares the design elements and in display fingerprint sensor of Oppo Reno 10x Zoom. It is currently available in 3 different colours- Black, Nebula Purple and Morning White. On the basis of storage, the phone is available in 2 variants:
6GB RAM + 64GB Internal Storage.
8 GB RAM + 128GB Internal Storage.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Oppo K3 features a 6.5-inch AMOLED display and the screen is shielded by Gorilla glass 5. It sports a dual camera with a 16MP primary sensor coupled with a 2MP sensor for depth. It has a selfie camera of 16MP with screen flash. You can also record a video up to 2160p@30 Fps and 1080p@30/120Fps. It is powered by a 2.2GHz octa core Snapdragon 710 chip and is backed up by Adreno 616 GPU. It runs on an Android 9.0 Pie. The smartphone is available in 64GB and 128GB internal storage but it doesn’t Support Expandable storage. It is backed-up by a battery of 3765mAh. It also supports connectivity like 4G Volte, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, FM radio, 3.5mm headphone jack, USB Type-C, USB OTG, and A-GPS .
PRICE AND AVAILABLITY:
Oppo K3 will be exclusive available on Amazon India from July 23. The retail price of the Oppo K3 model is based on the storage variants:
6GB RAM with 64GB of internal storage is priced at Rs 16,990.
8GB RAM with 128 GB of internal storage is priced at Rs 19,990.
LAUNCH OFFERS:
An instant discount Rs 1,000 on Axis Bank Debit/Credit card as well as Credit Card based EMI.
Jio benefits worth Rs. 7,050.
Lenskart gift voucher worth Rs. 5,000.
If you buy the phone via Amazon Pay, you will get Rs 1,000 cashback.
You must be confused in finding Best Gaming Laptop in India? If you’re planning to get the Best Gaming Laptop in India, you must look at these Top Best Gaming Laptop in India 2019. This list covers all the best possible laptops in the Indian Market which you can buy and use.
If you are a Gamer or a Video Editor and want to buy Best Gaming Laptop in India with a Good performance to play games or to edit Videos, then this list will really help you and save your searching time. So here are the Top 5 Best Gaming Laptop in India which are available in India:
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Best Gaming Laptop in India 2019
1. ASUS ROG Zephyrus S (2,39,990 INR)
The ASUS Zephyrus S is a beauty, it’s a dream laptop for the gamer. The display of this laptop is very amazing, the full HD display and 144Hz refresh rate is just awesome in gaming and while watching movies. It has 24GB DDR4 RAM that can handle any game in full setting in the market right now. The best part of the Laptop is the 2.8 GHz 9 gen i7 process, which extends the processing performance of the device to its limit. The Nvidia 2070 RTX Graphics is a just exception in all ways. Although there aren’t many RTX supported the game in the since the graphics card is very new, it still will deliver exceptional performance on non-RTX games. The laptop looks fantastic with the Backlit keyboard. The device also has an amazing 5-hour screen on time, so you’re always ready on the go.
So far, the device is impeccable. Its intelligent cooling system and the active aerodynamic system makes the laptop a masterpiece. Yes, the device is expensive but packing an exceptional gaming performance in a slim body is what Asus is charging for. The choice is all yours, this laptop will not disappoint you.
The MSI G series delivers an amazing performance because it’s an MSI. The Nvidia RTX 2070 graphic card that the device feature is amazing for gaming. The device will not let you down in any normal everyday task with its i7 9750H series processor, which makes the device a 6 Core (12 Threads) processing beast. We have here is a 16 GB DDR4 of RAM, that can play most of the game easily. The device comes with MSI SHIFT technology and advances cooling feature, which can maximize the performance. The device also features Bluetooth 5 and give a 4-hours screen on time. It also features Exclusive cooler booster technology, which will keep your laptop cool in heavy gaming. The build quality of this laptop is great.
The device needed a little bit of more RAM apart from that, the device seems fine. The design could have been better. Yet, the device can deliver a great performance.
The MSI G series delivers a good performance. The Nvidia RTX 2060 graphic card is great for gaming, it does have a 60Hz display which is quite good for this price bracket. The device will stand on any usual everyday task with its i7 8th gen processor. We have here is a 16 GB DDR4 of RAM, which seems fine. The device comes with MSI SHIFT technology and advances cooling feature with 7 heat pipes, which can maximize the performance. The device also features Bluetooth 5 and give a 4-hours screen on time. It also features Exclusive cooler booster technology, which will keep your laptop cool in heavy gaming.
So far, there is no major disadvantage, the RTX graphics will surely deliver an amazing gaming experience. If you’re not looking for a 144Hz display then this laptop is great. Otherwise, try the ROG line-up.
It was tough for me to pick up a laptop that is good for the gamer and also in a budget. Thankfully, Acer Nitro 5 is the 4th laptop in the list for only two reasons, it features an Intel i7 9th gen processor and an Nvidia GTX 1650 graphics. At this price bracket, you are getting a 9th generation i7 display, which is great. The device also has pre-installed win 10 and gives a decent 5-hour of battery life. The performance of Nvidia Graphics is an exception in gaming. There is one more slot for future RAM up-gradation. The device also features two USB 3.1 and one USB Type-C Thunderbolt port and a USB 2.0 As well. It has Bluetooth 4.2 and WiFi ac for connectivity.
So far, the disadvantage of this laptop is that it doesn’t have more RAM, except that what you’re paying is what you’re getting. Surely, it doesn’t match to our top laptop of this series but it has 4GB graphics and 9th generation i7, which is the key selling point.
The Asus ROG Strix delivers an amazing performance in a nice package, it’s the only laptop with i5 in this list. The device has a 9the generation i5 processor that boost up the performance. The Nvidia GTX 1650 graphic card gives good performance while gaming. The device will also not let you down in any normal everyday task. We also have one extra RAM slot, which is definitely nice for future upgrades. The device also features a Full HD screen, which looks really nice while gaming. It also has Bluetooth 5.0 and gives a 4-hours screen on time. And not just it, you’re also getting some exclusive ASUS ROG technology, like advanced cooling management and gaming mode.
So far, there is no major disadvantage with this laptop, it would be nice if they could manage to pack an RTX graphics card instead of the GTX. Otherwise, the laptop is fine.
Processor: Intel Core i5 9th Gen-9300H (2.4 GHz up to 4.1 with Turbo Boost)
I hope you had a fun time checking out these Laptops. We do recommend you to buy the MSI GE63 or MSIGL73, which is the best laptop for gamers who have a good budget. Also, if you’re a little bit daring you can go for the Asus Zephyrus S, that baby is my personal favourite and I know that’s expensive. We have also included a much feasible laptop for your gaming enthusiastic, who are looking for a good gaming experience. So if you’re into that then the ASUS ROG Strix and Acer Nitro 5 is the best laptop for you.
Thanks for hanging out with us guys. If we missed anything, please mention them below. Also, feel free to share your view in the comment section below. That’s all for this guys, stay tuned for the next update.
So, your porn habits are being tracked, that’s a new thing today. Wait, are you opening secretly on ‘Incognito mode’, that’s also being tracked by none another than Facebook and Google themselves. I’m not saying that it’s a recent joint study published by Microsoft, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pennsylvania, who investigated 22,484 porn site using a tool called ‘WebXray’ reveal. The report suggests that 93% of pornographic pages track and share user’s data to a third-party organisation.
Here are some of the statics:
Google is tracking a whopping 74% of pornographic sites.
Oracle is tracking 24% of porn sites.
Facebook is tracking 10%.
exoClick is a porn specific tracker that track 40% of porn sites.
JuicyAds is at 11%.
EroAdvertising is at 9%.
Cloudflare is at 7%.
Should you be worried?
As long as you’re watching porn secretly, or perhaps you’re into that BDSM thing maybe Google will let you go, no they will not. So, Y-E-S, you should be worried. It’s not about porn habit anymore, it’s about your data privacy. Do you want Google, Facebook to know that you’re watching porn? What kind of porn? What porn stars do you search for? What channel you mostly visit? Are doing camming or not? What is your sexual preference? Are you that comfortable to let a corporation know of your sexual habit? I don’t think anybody should be that comfortable at all.
Photo Credit: Elena Maris, Timothy Libert, and Jennifer Henrichsen
How are they even tracking when I’m on Incognito mode?
Okay, it’s very simple. Incognito mode only clears the history and cache files in your computer, so if you’re opening a porn website it’ll not keep history. But tools like site analytics, third party advertisement tracker are constantly tracking Porn websites, and the reason is Porn website receives a lot of visitors. In 2017, Pornhub alone had 28.5 billion unique visitors with users performing 50,000 searchers per second. Do you remember that annoying camming pop-up, yup, that’s what I’m talking about?
Why are companies tracking?
Answer: Data is oil. Trust me, it is. An adequate amount of data can give you enough market analysis that you’ll convert some of your marketing strategies to gain profit. But most of the tracking website forbids adult content, like Facebook, Youtube.
“We don’t want adult websites using our business tools since that type of content is a violation of our Community Standards. When we learn that these types of sites or apps use our tools, we enforce against them,” Facebook spokesperson Joe Osborne said in an email Thursday.
If that is true, then what is Facebook doing in the website analytics business in the first place? And how come there is a 10% tracking record? Google, on the other hand, earns most of its revenue from its analytics tool.
“In the US, many advertising and video hosting platforms forbid ‘adult’ content. For example, Google’s YouTube is the largest video host in the world, but does not allow pornography,” the researchers wrote. “However, Google has no policies forbidding websites from using their code hosting (Google APIs) or audience measurement tools (Google Analytics). Thus, Google refuses to host porn, but has no limits on observing the porn consumption of users, often without their knowledge.”
Yes, Google is tracking. Try going to the location history setting of your Android smartphone. Google, knows your location, your purchasing habit, they even have the voice recording of ‘Ok Google’ command that you gave for fun sake and now they are in your bedroom, doing what they do best.
A spokesperson from Google said “We don’t allow Google Ads on websites with adult content and we prohibit personalized advertising and advertising profiles based on a user’s sexual interests or related activities online.Additionally, tags for our ad services are never allowed to transmit personally identifiable information to Google.”
Dr Elena Maris, a Microsoft researcher who worked on the study, told The New York Times“The fact that the mechanism for adult site tracking is so similar to, say, online retail should be a huge red flag,” she added “This isn’t picking out a sweater and seeing it follow you across the web. This is so much more specific and deeply personal.”
Is this conversation even leading somewhere?
Few things I do not understand, if the corporation is clear that they are not using data from the pornographic site in any mean, then why are they allowing porn website to use their tools at first place? And if they know they have the data, then what do they do with it? Do they delete it or do they use it for their own benefit? Because even If there is a fraction of chance that users’ data of porn sites are compromised then it’s a very serious issue. Because it’s not just another information,it’s something very-very sensitive and personal.
So, I do think this conversation is not leading anywhere, perhaps one or two decades later when these so-called corporations will be so vested in our life that there will be a legit Black Mirror episode. Then a banal netizen will raise its concern about data privacy. Until then, this is just a debate that one will forget the next day.
If you have any suggestion or question please do drop them in the comment section below. That was my time.
The Hewlett-Packard (HP), an American multinational information technology company has launched today HP ProBook 445 G6 laptop in India. The company has today expanded on its commercial Laptop line-up by adding one more laptop to its list. HP ProBook 445 G6 is an ultra-slim and lightweight laptop that offers multiple new features to business professionals that would make their work easy and simple.
The laptop features a display of 14 inches with a Full HD+ display and is equipped with AMD’s Ryzen 7 Pro 2700U APU, clocked at up to 2.2 GHz. It comes with a 16GB DD4R RAM, 512 GB SSD, and 1TB of HDD. It features a 180-degree hinge, which allows users to lay the laptop flat for new experiences. The laptop comes in various variants. One of its variants also offers a fingerprint scanner for extra security.
HP ProBook 445 laptop also comes with 3 USB Type-A ports, 1 USB-C port, HDMI port, RJ45 LAN port, an audio jack, and SD card reader and supports brand’s Fast Charge that recharge up to 50% of your battery in about 30 minutes. It also offers additional features like HP Biosphere Gen4 for automated malware protection, Client Security Manager G4 to enable the management of credentials through multi-factor authentication, HP Connection Optimizer, and more.
The Senior Director of Personal Systems at HP Inc has talked about the benefits of HP ProBook 445 G6. According to him, the HP ProBook 445 G6 laptops are all designed with cutting edge PC innovation to make the device productive and secure. The company always aims to meet the expectations of its customer. It’s starting price has been decided at Rs. 67,260.
Asus, the Taiwanese company is all set to launch its latest “Asus ROG Phone 2” smartphone with the model number ASUS_I001DB in China on July 23. Just before few days of its launch, the Asus ROG Phone 2 made its appearance in TENNA.
The TENNA listing includes all the key specifications of the smartphone with the model number ASUS_I001DB. The website also has some of the pictures of the smartphone and does not provide any information regarding the price. As per the specifications mentioned on the website, it is clear that there are many similarities between the original ROG Phone and ROG Phone 2. Asus has revealed that ROG Phone 2 will be the first phone to feature a processor with Snapdragon 855 Plus SoC.
The new chip offers to deliver 15% faster graphics performance than the existing Snapdragon 855 SoC. ROG Phone 2 features a display of 6.59-inch full HD+ OLED display and runs on Android 9 Pie. It is powered by an octa-core processor clocked at 2.95GHz and is backed-up by a 5,900mAh of battery. It comes with a RAM of 8GB and internal storage of 12GB.
The smartphone also comes in 128GB, 512GB AND 1TB storage variants too. The smartphone sports a dual rear camera setup with 48MP as a primary sensor along with a couple of LED flash units. It also has a 24MP selfie camera and features various connectivity options like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ad GPS. As per the pictures available on TENNA, the back of Asus ROG Phone 2 does not have a fingerprint sensor. So, chances are that the device may have an in-display fingerprint sensor.
Sony expands its headphone lineup in India with the addition of the Sony WH-XB900N noise-cancelling headphones. These headphones inherit many features from its higher-end models like the WH-100XM3. Some of the features include a touch-sensitive pad for controlling the music, 30-hour battery life, NFC and advanced audio codecs support such as aptX HD and LDAC. These new Sony WH-XB900N are bass-heavy, cheaper and its design and sound signature make it a worthy Beats rival.
The Sony WH-XB900N has been priced at Rs. 16,990 that provides you with 40mm neodymium drivers in each cup. The headphones are lightweight (approx 254 grams) along with foam padding which makes them easy to wear for long hours. The left ear cup houses the buttons, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and USB-C input. The buttons can be remapped via the Sony Headphones Connect app. The right ear cup sports the touch-sensitive pad reserved for gesture control. The user can adjust the volume and skip tracks using the right ear cup.
The Quick Attention feature allows you to have a quick conversation without taking the headphones off. You can put your palm on the right ear cup to reduce the volume and hear the sound around you. The headphones integrate both Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. Pairing the device is easy via both Bluetooth and NFC. The headphones provide with 5 streaming option: LDAC, aptX, aptX HD, AAC, and SBC. You can also make granular EQ adjustments and prioritize connection strength or streaming quality using the Sony Headphones Connect app.
In a letter to its investors, Netflix has confirmed that it will be launching a cheaper plan in Q3. This plan is currently mentioned only for mobile devices for Indian users only. The company might have plans for expansion in other countries later as well. This new plan from Netflix is supposed to compete with other rivals in the industry like Amazon Prime Video and Hotstar, which are currently offering cheaper plan rates than Netflix.
Netflix currently is offering three monthly plans ranging between Rs. 500 and Rs. 800 in India. In the letter, Netflix said,” After several months of testing, we’ve decided to roll out a lower-priced mobile-screen plan in India to complement our existing plans. We believe this plan, which will launch in Q3, will be an effective way to introduce a larger number of people in India to Netflix and to further expand our business in a market where Pay-TV ARPU is low. We will continue to learn more after the launch of this plan.”
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Netflix has tested a mobile-first plan in various countries as well that allows the users to watch Netflix content only on one smartphone or tablet at a time. Users won’t be able to access the content on television, PC, laptop or any streaming device. There is no news regarding the pricing, but the test runs earlier indicate that the pricing might be kept at Rs. 250 per month in India.
The change in pricing strategy by Netflix could be due to the dismal earnings and subscriber growth report. The company incurred a loss of $544 million in the past three months. Netflix had a low subscriber growth of only 2.7 million new subscribers when it was expecting to gain twice as many. The new mobile-only plan and the pricing strategy might actually work in the Indian Consumer Market and help the company boost its numbers.
Realme, a Shenzhen -based Chinese smartphone manufacturer has launched Realme X in India just a few days ago. Most of us have been waiting for this smartphone to go on sale. Today is the day! Yes! You heard it right. Realme X sale is all set to begin at 8PM IST today. The official website of Realme and Flipkart are taking registrations for notifications. We still do not have any idea about how the sale is going to look. Chances are that the sale may operate as a normal flash sale with a limited number of units or there may be more of it.
Realme Specifications:
It features a 6.53-inch full HD+ AMOLED display and Gorilla Glass 5 protection. It runs on Android 9 Pie with ColorOS 6.0 on top. It is powered by the Snapdragon 710 SoC and is backed up by a battery of 3,765mAh. The battery supports VOOC Flash Charge 3.0 to deliver a fast charging experience to the users. The smartphone supports in-display fingerprint sensor and is available in Polar White and Space Blue colour options.
Realme X offers a dual rear camera setup that includes a 48-megapixel Sony IMX586 primary sensor and a 5-megapixel secondary sensor, the phone also has a 16-megapixel selfie camera. Speaking about the connectivity, the smartphone supports dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS/ A-GPS, USB Type-C port.
Realme X price in India
Realme X comes in two variants based on the storage.
4GB RAM + 128GB storage variant, priced at Rs. 16,999.
8GB RAM + 128GB storage model, priced at Rs. 19,999.
Today both the models will be available for sale on the website of Flipkart and Realme.com.
Xiaomi Redmi has recently Redmi K20 and Redmi K20 Pro in India. The smartphone has already been launched in China and it will be available for purchase in the Indian market from July 22. All the interested buyers can buy this model through Flipkart, Mi.com and Mi-Home stores.
Redmi K20 specifications:
It features a 6.39-inch AMOLED full HD+ display and is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 SoC processor that runs on an Android 9 pie with MiUi 10 on top. It is backed up by a battery of 4,000 mAh. The device offers a RAM of 6GB and internal storage of 128GB. It comes with a triple rear camera setup with a 48MP primary Sony IMX582 sensor and a 13MP secondary sensor with a wide-angle lens and 8 MP tertiary sensor. For selfies, there is a 20MP pop-up selfie camera.
Speaking about the connectivity, the Redmi K20 has 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS/ A-GPS, USB Type-C port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
Redmi K20 Pro Specifications:
It features a 6.39-inch AMOLED full HD+ display and is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC processor that runs on an Android 9 pie with MiUi 10 on top. It is backed up by a battery of 4,000 mAh. The device offers a RAM of 8GB and internal storage of 256GB. It comes with a triple rear camera setup with a 48MP primary Sony IMX582 sensor and a 13MP secondary sensor with a wide-angle lens and 8 MP tertiary sensor. For selfies, there is a 20MP pop-up selfie camera.
Speaking about the connectivity, the Redmi K20 Pro has 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS/ A-GPS, USB Type-C port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
Redmi K20 Pro features an eight-layer graphite cooling system along with the bi-directional heat dissipation that enables sustained peak performance.
Redmi K20 and Redmi K20 Pro, Price and offer details:
Redmi K20: It comes in two variants based on the storage.
6GB RAM + 64GB internal storage variant: The price for this variant starts from Rs 21,999.
6GB RAM + 128GB internal storage variant: The price for this variant starts from Rs 23,999.
Redmi K20 Pro: It comes in two variants based on the storage.
6GB RAM + 128GB internal storage variant: The price for this variant starts from Rs 27,999.
6GB RAM + 256GB internal storage variant: The price for this variant starts from Rs 30,999.
Both Redmi K20 and Redmi K20 pro are available in three colour options like Carbon Black, Flame Red, and Glacier Blue.
For the Customers who participated in the Alpha Sale, the Redmi K20 and Redmi K20 Pro will be available for purchase starting 8pm today through Flipkart and Mi.com and Xiaomi will also offer a cashback worth Rs. 2,000 for the Alpha Sale customers when purchasing through an ICICI credit card.
Launch offers on the Redmi K20 and Redmi K20 Pro offers a double data benefit specifically for Airtel customers using the Rs. 249 or Rs. 299 prepaid plan.
Xiaomi has also announced a 27W Sonic Charge fast charge adapter from Mi.com at Rs. 999. It will be available for purchase at a later date. However, the Redmi K20 and Redmi K20 Pro customers in the country get an 18W charger bundled with the phones.
Search engines are modern tools for information. The huge number of people that use search engines make appearing on the first page of a search result important. It also translates to your business’ website getting more exposure to potential customers. But before moving further it is very important to know what is SEO?
To be ranked highly by search engines, you have to make specific changes to your website. This is where SEO comes in.
SEO, or search engine optimization, is the process of making behind-the-scenes changes to your website to make it accessible, indexed, and shown in a prominent position on a SERP (search engine results page). But to fully understand SEO, you must first understand how search engines work.
What is SEO & How search engines work?
What is SEO
Search engines perform three basic tasks: Crawling, indexing, and ranking. The following is a breakdown of what those entail.
Search engines deploy bots and spiders — robots — that scour the web for information. They go from webpage to webpage, follow web links, and gather information on and about websites. They do this by checking your website’s HTML code.
Indexing
This next stage involves gathering, arranging, and cataloguing the information received by these bots. This is where the search engine determines which content is relevant and removes duplicate and irrelevant content.
Ranking
This is where the algorithm used by search engines categorizes websites and determines which content and website is most relevant.
When a search is entered in a search engine— called a search query— the search engine compares it against its index and draws out the most relevant content that matches that query. It places the relevant web pages on a list called an organic search result from the most relevant to the least relevant on a search engine results page (think Google search result page). The text used in the search query is called a keyword and is important for optimization.
This involves making changes to the elements on your web page to make it more search-friendly. These changes are usually in two forms.
HTML Title tags and Meta description
Crawlers read your web page’s HTML code, so you may want to add or adjust title tags and meta description. A title tag in your HTML code is not the title of the article that shows up on the page. The title tag, which is in the head of your HTML code, is an element that isn’t seen by humans but is checked by crawlers. The meta description, like the name suggests, is a brief description of the content on that web page. Crawlers use it to figure out what the content on that web page is about. Your title tag and meta description are what appear on SERPs.
Keywords and keyword placements
Keywords are the text entered into search queries. They are an important part of any SEO plan because search engines display content that matches these keywords. Adding specific keywords to your webpage will increase its chances of showing up for specific search queries. When choosing keywords, be sure to check that they are the same words your customers use when searching for your products or services online.
You can also check the other websites that your desired keywords return on SERPs. It is often a useful practice to extract relevant search result data from a large number of websites showing in search results, so as to compare your content with your competitors’.
Backlinks
A backlink is an incoming hyperlink from one webpage to another on a different website. Usually, one website acts as a resource to the other. Crawlers that follow links between web pages and search engines place a lot of importance on links because they act as a sort of reference or citation. The more websites that link to yours, the better. However, prominence is placed on the quality of links and not quantity, so it’s not just about getting links — it’s about getting backlinks from reputable sites.
SEO isn’t something you do just once, but rather an ongoing process. That’s why it’s important to work with companies like LinkGraph that provide SEO solutions for businesses. Such experts keep up with changes to algorithms and keyword queries, ensuring your SEO efforts are maximized to their full potential.
Do you know how many websites are live on the internet at this current moment? Knowing the fact can scare you off, but ignoring the present scenario is not the way to go either. According to internetlivestat.com, there are around 1.7 billion sites on the internet. If you do the math, that is around one site for every four people living in this world.
A lot of things happen online in a single minute and here is a visual representation of those events.
It is crucial for you to do everything you can to earn the traffic, as staying idle and hosting your site will do no good for your organization. One of the most effective methods for quickly enhancing your website rank on Google is by integrating video to your website.
Why integrating video is a must for today’s SEO professionals?
Plenty of factors determine the ranking of your pages on Google.
The inclusion of video marketing in your SEO strategy touch many aspects of Google ranking factors that eventually improve your rankings on Google. Let’s check out how video marketing is now a vital part of SEO.
Make your audience spend more time on your site
The modern-day internet users have a lot of choices, which is good and also a bad thing for them. However, that plethora of online information has posed a lot of challenges for marketers. Many webmasters have difficulty in making their visitors stay on the site for a long time.
Search Engines like Google does consider not only traffic but also the time that your visitors spend on the site. There is no point in having over a million visitors if your bounce rate is over 99.9%. Your website could fall in the blacklist of Google if that is the case.
The study finds that people who consume video content are 64-85% more likely to purchase. Here is one more fact, the top 100 search results now feature 70% video content. That number alone must have given a clue about the impact that videos have on the search ranking.
Search engine features videos
Search engines like Google make a lot of changes every year to improve their users’ experience. The popularity of videos has alerted Google as well, as YouTube is now the third most visited site in the world. Let’s take a look at what happens when you search on Google.
You can see that Google was featuring videos on the top when I searched. It shows how a video can drastically improve your chances of getting on the top of Google. When Google features your video, you will also get a higher click-through-rate, assuming that you have an appealing title and great content.
Just imagine the potential of video by looking at this search result alone. Not only you have the power to make your channel accessible on your market, but you can also mention your site on the description, which can help you gain more visitors via your YouTube channel.
However, keep in mind that Google is also a business, so do not try to quickly divert your audience from YouTube to your site for backlinks and traffic. Only promote your website occasionally, so that you create a win-win situation for both YouTube and your business.
Supercharge your brand/site image
The authority of your domain is a critical ranking factor, and you should try your level best to boost your brand image. More people searching on Google directly by your brand name indicate Google that you are doing something that many people notice and love.
You can significantly lift your brand/site image by publishing videos regularly. Many studies have found that human brains process way faster than standard texts and the people also tend to remember the content they watch. If you keep on getting in front of your potential audience with top-notch videos over and over again, they will remember you by your name.
Builds a loyal audience
Just watch this video at first by Neil Patel and learn about influencer marketing.
I hope you have learned a lot about influencer marketing. Influencers use videos to build a relationship with their audience. Even if you do not know the person in real life, it feels like you know them well and is likely to trust you.
Neil Patel has managed to build a lot of loyal fans through his YouTube channel, and you can do it too for your brand. By having a loyal fanbase, you will be ensuring that you have a consistent flow of traffic to your channel and your site every month.
More engagement on your site
The people engaging with your content means that you have something of value to offer to them and even search engines understand it. That is the reason why many influencers if you have noticed, ask you to like and leave a comment and share it.
By including explainer videos on your landing pages, you massively boost your chance of getting more leads and customers. Also, the same users will visit more pages, and the time on site also increase along with click on internal and external links. Also, you can expect more comments and shares.
All the engagement of visitors helps in eventually boosting your search engine ranking.
Opportunities to generate more backlinks
From the very existence of SEO, backlinks have played an essential role in deciding the position of the site on the search engine. There are plenty of ways to earn backlinks, and one of the ways to do it is by integrating video to your website.
When someone is considering to link back to the site, they are trying to refer the best possible resource to their readers. They do not want their readers to be disappointed with the websites they see. If you integrate videos to your site along with some dashing images, you will be giving out more value to your readers. Thus, it opens your opportunities to collect more backlinks.
Better social signals
The video content gets way more likes, comments, and shares from the audience. The massive love for video has led Instagram to introduce its version of the video-sharing tool, named IGTV. Even Facebook is now encouraging people to publish more videos.
Recently, search engines have given a lot of importance to social signals for deciding the rank of the site. If you publish a fantastic video and it gets viral, you will send out a strong message to search engines, which will lead to improving your SEO performance.
The Takeaway
There is no excuse for not taking video marketing seriously in today’s era. If you are not making any sorts of video, you should seriously consider it and start creating videos right away. There are plenty of free online tools that allow you to produce videos with ease.
In case you are creating videos, but not making an effort in making it better, you should learn more about video marketing and focus more on videos. Videos have a significant impact, not only on SEO but also in generating leads and conversion.
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There are smartphones that catch the user’s eye like the iPhone, and then there are smartphones that stand sundry yet attracts smartphone enthusiast like never before. Asus 6Z is one such product, a smartphone that has a unique design, great display and compelling performance. So, here are the top five reason to buy the new Asus 6z.
The Affordability
As much as it perplexes me to say, technology is getting experience in this so-called luxurious world when a smartphone cost 30k something, it’s a boon. The Asus 6z cost a mere 32k, which is much cheaper than some of the premium smartphone that delivers kind of identical performance.
The futuristic display
The 6z is featuring a 6.14 edge-to-edge display. It doesn’t have any notch, any hole-punch design, it’s simply clean design. The display is smooth and fills the screen, it’s a display that you’ll not stop looking at.
The intelligent camera
The smartphone has a dual camera, it features two lenses 48MP + 13MP and has an f/1.8 and f/2.8 aperture for better imaging. The rear camera is the front camera since it has that innovative flip camera design. It also has sensors, so the flip can automatically close itself when the smartphone is falling.
Photographer’s charm
The flip camera design is indeed a charm, user can set the speed of and adjust the angle as per their desire, up to 180 degrees. And thanks to the unique design, the camera can capture panorama shot in a jiffy.
Massive battery
No one seems to notice this but a 5000mAh battery in a 32k smartphone is exceptional. This massive battery will be more than enough for day use.
That’s all for this now, stay tuned for the next update.
