UMIDIGI, a Chinese manufacturing company that primarily focuses on premium products and differentiating innovation has planned unveil its latest smartphone called UMIDIGI X. UMIDIDGI X comes with an in-screen fingerprint sensor and it will be launched on upcoming Monday i.e. on 5th of August 2019. The company is planning to launch UMIDIGI X and Updos (wireless earbuds) on the same day.
All the previous leaks with respect to UMIDIGI X has already confirmed that the smartphone is equipped with an optical in-display fingerprint sensor. The leaked information also reveals that the smartphone features an AI triple camera setup with a 48MP ultra clarity sensor and an ultra-wide-angle lens. It sports a selfie camera of 20MP. The smartphone comes with a 6.35-inch AMOLED display and a tiny notch. It operates on MIUI 10 and it is backed up by a battery of 4150mAh with a standby time of- 2-3 days. It comes with a RAM of 6GB and internal storage of 128GB.
Though most of the specifications of the device were leaked, now UMIDIGI has shared a video on YouTube. The video depicts the evolution of lock and key and indicates that the in-screen fingerprint unlock is the future for a smartphone. The video clearly indicates that the company is focusing on the in-screen fingerprint sensor.
UMIDIGI X is the brand’s first smartphone to support in-screen fingerprint unlock and will be available soon at a much more affordable price tag.
Reliance Jio has introduced something very interesting that makes the digital recharge easier for all the Jio subscribers. Jio Saarthi is something that is introduced by Reliance. Jio Saarthi is an in-app assistant available within MyJio application. The main purpose of Jio Saarthi is to make the digital process easier for those users who do not have any prior experience of doing online recharge.
Jio Saarthi provides step-by-step voice instructions for choosing a recharge option through MyJio app. It also helps to locate payment details and use their credit or debit cards for online or digital recharges. For now. Jio Saarthi will only provide vocal assistance in Hindi and English only. However, the company is planning to make it available in 12 regional languages in order to provide support and ease the recharge process for all its subscribers in India.
How to use Jio Saarthi?
It is important to know that Jio Saarthi feature is only available for those who have never recharged digitally before. The feature is not available for those who have performed recharge digitally. Hence, people who have performed the digital recharge won’t be able to view Jio Saarthi in MyJio on their smartphone.
The most expected date for the availability of Jio Saarthi was July 27. To use this feature, users need to install MyJio app on their smartphones. Once the app is opened, there will be a floating icon, that floating icon is the Jio Saarthi. Once the users tap the recharge button, they need to tap the floating icon to start the voice-based navigation.
Samsung is going to unveil all-new tablet, Galaxy Tab 6 along with Galaxy Note 10 at an event in New York City on August 7. Most of the specifications of Galaxy Tab 6 has already been leaked but as per the latest news, the Galaxy Tab 6 will be offered with a detachable keyboard that can turn your tab into laptop whenever required. The keyboard will be attached to the tablet in a landscape mode. Not only this much, but the keyboard case also features a kickstand so that the users can adjust the angle of the screen according to them.
Considering all the leaked information, we now have some idea about the hardware specs of the tab. Galaxy Tab 6 will be shipped with a display of 10.5-inch Super AMOLED. The screen is rumoured to have an in-display fingerprint sensor. If this news is true, then Galaxy Tab 6 will be the first tab to have the in-display sensor. It operates on Snapdragon 855 chipset and is backed-up by a battery of 6,840mAh and offers dual cameras.
The previously leaked information also informs about the design of the tab. As per the info, the S Pen will be housed within a groove on the back of the device. This sort of design sounds weird but as far as it is offering protection to the camera lenses, it is pretty much a good design to be considered. Apart from protecting the camera lenses, the S Pen will be Bluetooth-enabled and will also support wireless charging.
However, there are no such rumours regarding the cost of this unique featured table. We will have to wait until the device is being launched or the internet gets flooded with the rumored cost of the device. So, stay tuned for more information.
Vivo, a Chinese technology company owned by BBK Electronics has launched a new smartphone named Vivo Y90 in India. Vivo offers the best mobile phones with great specifications. Let’s have a look at the specifications that Vivo Y90 has to offer.
Vivo Y90 features a Full View HD+ display of 6.22-inch with 720×1520 pixels resolution. It is powered by a processor of 2 GHz Quadcore, MediaTek Helio A22 MT6761 SoC with PowerVR GE8300 GPU. It runs on Fun Touch 4.5 operating system which is based on an Android 8.1 Pie and is backed-up by a battery of 4030mAh. The smartphone has RAM of 2GB and internal storage of 16GB which can be expanded up to 256GB via MicroSD card. The smartphone offers a face unlock feature.
The Vivo Y90 sports a single rear camera of 8-megapixel with LED Flash and also offers a 5-megapixel selfie camera. The rear camera supports features like Face Beauty, Professional, Palm Capture, Voice Control, Flash, Video, Time-Lapse, Slow, Time Watermark, Model Watermark. While the front selfie camera supports features like Face Beauty, Palm Capture, Voice Control, Selfie Lighting, Video, and Time Watermark.
The smartphone offers sensors like Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity Sensor, E-compass and Gyroscope sensor. Apart from this, Vivo Y90 features connectivity options like VoLTE, Dual SIM with Dual Standby, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, Micro USB port, GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS and FM radio.
Vivo Y90 comes in two colour options- Black and Gold. It is going to be available through offline and online channels from July 27, 2019.
Here comes good news for all the PUB G fans! Tencent Games have finally introduced the LITE variant of the most popular battle royal game, PUBG Mobile. All the PUBG lovers can now play this game on their smartphone having Less than 2GB of RAM and weak internet connection. The LITE variant is named as PUBG Mobile Lite and is now available in India on Google Play Store.
The PUBG Mobile Lite application is around 400MB in size and it takes less storage as compared to the standard PUBG Mobile. The game features a smaller map mode and the LITE variant only offers 60- person combats instead of 200- player in the original game. However, the key feature of the Lite variant is the enhanced Aim Assist, which makes it a smoother experience while playing the game in a weak network connection. Not only this much, but the company also states that the new players will be entitled to various rewards in the form of new gears and vehicles.
The Lite variant introduces new winner pass which is just the replacement of the Royale pass that is present there in the original game. The winner pass offers much faster achievement unlocks and spans a month, with good rewards on offer. Along with all these offers, the game also features bullet trail adjustment, which increases the bullet speed and there is no bullet drop effect, which helps in getting a clearer shot. This variant also comes loaded with heal yourself while moving features which is not there in standard PUBG Mobile.
With PUBG Mobile Lite the gamers get the new experience to select a new weapon in the select game modes only. The lite variant has also increased the Time to Kill, which would enhance players survivability during firefights and encouraging aggressive play.
Today, the two companies- Apple and Intel announced that around 2,200 Intel employees will join Apple. Apple will acquire “the majority” of Intel’s smartphone modem business for $1 billion and will acquire IP and equipment from Intel as well. Most importantly the transaction between both the companies is expected to be closed by the end of the year.
Mr Swam, CEO of Intel said that this acquisition doesn’t state that Intel will be moving out of the modem business. It will still be able to develop modems for PCs, Internet of Things devices, autonomous vehicles, and for anything that’s not a smartphone. He also said that this accession will only the company to focus on developing other 5G technologies. The acquisition means that Apple can produce its own 5G modems for its smartphones and it now it does not have to depend on Qualcomm (the dominant supplier of smartphone modems) for the hardware.
In the past, Apple accused Qualcomm of charging “disproportionately high” fees in patent royalties. Now as the 6-year patent licensing agreement between Apple and Qualcomm has been completed, the company will rather focus on developing the modems of its own. As per the recent news, Apple’s in-house modems will be ready to use in 3 years.
Johny Srouji, Apple’s SVP of hardware technologies said that the acquisition will to expedite the company’s development on future products and will allow Apple to further differentiate moving forward. Moreover, developing its own modems has the potential to deliver big and advance benefits of Apple. The acquisition will allow the company to design and develop modem technology at its own pace, better integrate those modems with its products, and develop new features that set its devices apart.
Acquiring another business to develop an in-house competitor is a tactic Apple has used earlier too. It has spent $300 million to acquire part of Dialog, a company that previously supplied Apple with power management chips for its phones. At that time, the acquisition included 300 employees and it was Apple’s biggest ever in terms of headcount.
‘Xiaomi the tech giant has launched yet another smartphone today.’ Trust me, that’s the usual starting line we go with any Xiaomi article these days. And I have a very good reason for that, Xiaomi is no longer a company that used to launch two-three budget smartphones per year, they have expanded their business and now launching two-three smartphone per month, and in all those smartphones only one or two stands sundry to be precise. But, I’m not going to talk about smartphone launch and whatnot, I’ll on the other hand talk about what Xiaomi does not want me to talk; Advertisement.
Redmi smartphones have boatloads of ads.
You must be thinking, what is wrong with the advertisement. First thing first, there is nothing wrong with an advertisement, I think they are good, for god sake, we ourselves generate revenue from the advertisement as well. So, how can I say anything negative about ads, right? But what is not righteous, is imposing these advertisements just for the heck of it. Yes, it’s safe to say that.
Redmi smartphones are flooding with ads, there is an ad on the lock screen, notification panel, you open MI music there is an ad, you’ll not believe but there is an ad in the smartphone setting panel. All of these ads ruin the smartphone experience and trust me it does. It creates hindrance in anything I want to do, believe me, I even got an ad while calling, what is that? And you though ads are cool didn’t you.
In September 2018, The Verge reported that Redmi Smartphones are pushing advertisement in its OS, they even sought comment from Xiaomi officials and this what they said,
“Advertising has been and will continue to be an integral part of Xiaomi’s Internet services, a key component of the company’s business model. At the same time, we will uphold user experience by offering options to turn off the ads and by constantly improving our approach towards advertising, including adjusting where and when ads appear. Our philosophy is that ads should be unobtrusive, and users always have the option of receiving fewer recommendations.”
The statement was very clear, they are pushing advertisement in Redmi phones, which has been their budget flagship since the past couple of years. But why? Why ad in OS?
Why ads in the OS?
Unlike other tech company Xiaomi, in particular, has a very tender approach to justify ads in MIUI. In an interview given to Gadget360, Manu Kumar Jain, the CEO of Xiaomi India said following things and its better if just read the entire interview by yourself, but check this out.
MKJ: “Second is just the value-added services that we have. These are things like Mi Video, Mi Music, Mi Drop, which is our file sharing app. A lot of these value-added services we provide to users which is not core to the working of phone but they have similar kind of apps.”
“Like you have YouTube, we have Mi Videos. You have Wynk, you have Gaana, you have many other music apps, you have Mi Music, right? You have ShareIt, we have Mi Drop. And some of these services are really good. Like Mi Drop, I told you we crossed 100 million downloads in just one year of launch and with a rating of 4.8. 100 percent clutter-free.”
“Now if you look at all these similar services, similar other video apps, music apps, they would be showing ads to make money. Like how does YouTube sustain? They have a lot of expenditure by showing ads before they play a video, right? For all these value-added services, we will need some sort of way to make money so that we can sustain it.”
Okay, pardon me, but what MKJ saying is that they just put ads in MIUI so their secondary app can sustain, is that a logical expiation to go with? And at first place, do you care about these apps, ask for yourself? N-O, I mean, I have used Redmi for two years and I haven’t used Mi Video or MI Music myself. So, why are they so invested in these apps? Why would a tech-giant like Xiaomi need an extra advertisement revenue to keep the MI video, MI Music and MI Drop functioning?
Answer: This is the sole reason their smartphones are cheap.
Okay, this is what I say, keep the app functioning with ads if you so want to do that, but show ads only in those platforms, not in the entire OS. But I don’t think Xiaomi is listening to me. Honestly, they are not listening to anybody. Whatever.
MKJ also said something positive, “For these core apps, we never ever touch them, except for one mistake that we had once, and which was blown out of proportion. Apart from that, we have never ever touched and we will never ever touch our core apps. Things like Gallery, Camera, Phone, Contacts, SMS, like all these kind of features, right that are core to the working of a phone, which is what the phone is meant for, right? All those core apps, we will never ever touch for any ads or any kind of monetisation. Those places we will not show ads. The only places where we show ads are these value-added services plus we monetise some of the features which are built within the OS.”
Is this debate even profitable to the user?
I don’t think so, Xiaomi says they are not pushing ads in Core apps, but users are reporting that they are receiving annoying ads in the OS, maybe someone is on the wrong foot here, and you know who is. There are numerous tutorials on how to remove ads from Redmi smartphones, each has its own kind of walkthrough. But these solutions are not feasible, as a user, you don’t buy a new smartphone and go straight into research on how to stop getting ads. If half of the time you’re spending with your smartphone is with ads then I don’t think that’s a good deal at all.
The Redmi K20 and K20 Pro also heated this debate but Anuj Sharma, Head of Marketing, Xiaomi India told some India media in an interview that the Redmi K20 series “Will not have ad-supported monetization. For a premium series, like the [Redmi] K-series that we are launching today, we are kind of looking at a different model here where these will not have ad-supported monetization.”
It’s a positive move I can say that but I’m not sure, you can’t trust Xiaomi at this point. Our source said that he’s receiving ads in K20 and K20 Pro. And if that is wrong, who knows Xiaomi will not push ads in their next MIUI update.
If you have any suggestion or question please do drop them in the comment section below. That was my time.
Video editing is a catchy business, it’s hard to learn but easy to do when you have mastered it. Normally, we do our editing on Final cut Pro & Adobe Premier and that has been our thing since past couple of years. Mastering these editing software need precision, dedication and a knack of creative approach, something people do not have time for. So, search around and found something, a video editing tool that is reliable, fast and can save a lot of your time.
InVideo, it’s an online video editing platform that can create awesome videos in seconds. The website has millions of images, templates to create promo video or list, storytelling video templates, and even Instagram stories. Let’s see what more it offers.
Features:
Video templates: The tool has several video templates that you can use to create any video quickly, it lets you fast-forward through the editing process. You just have to select the template design and copy & paste your video script.
Video editing: The tool also gives extensive editing platform, where you can trim or extend clips, crop fames and loop videos. It also has extra features such as stickers, overlays, and GIFs, one can also choose to go in-depth with advanced editing option.
Copyright-free music: The platform also provides copyright-free music, with which you can create a great video. The best part is that you don’t have to go out there and upload the music separately, everything is right there.
Brand Presents: It helps to faster the process of adding a brand logo and outro in the very video. If you set Brand Present, InVideo will automatically add the logo and outro with your social links. For now, you cannot add multiple brand presents but the team is working on it and maybe added in a future update.
How to Start with InVideo?
There are only a few moments like this when we appreciate a product for its benefit and usability. Although, the tool might not pack the same punch of mainstream editing software it does a pretty good job for small video clips and casual editing. And in our use, we found these feature quite interesting.
There are main 3 Options that you have to choose:-
1. Option One: Convert Your Website Script to a Video
This is one of the most popular and useful options for many websites owns and content writers. They can simply submit their article link and Invideo Editor will automatically fetch the content from your article and make a video out of it. Isn’t it Great! You don’t have to learn any complex video editing on a high-end machine. You just needed a Chrome browser and the Internet. That’s All! Invideo AI system will suggest you the images and stock videos in the video as per your text keywords. It is not 100% accurate but yes it saves a lot of time and efforts of searching and adding it manually.
2. Option Two: ReadyMade Versatile Templates
In this, you can use their readymade templates and edit it as per your requirement. It can be very useful when you want to make a specific type of videos.
3. Option Three: Build Your Own Video
Above 2 options are loaded with pre-defined templates, but if you want to build your own video from scratch this option is for you.
Pricing
Although Invideo is free to use, just create an account and you’re good to go. But it does have Starter, Professional and Enterprise plan as per your suitableness. The most popular plan is the professional one, priced at 50USD/Month and offers 30 Video/month. All of the premium plans have access to invideo’s premium template library.
If I need to sum up, I can say it a great product which can really help to skyrocket your social presence and increase more engagement on your social media platforms.
Lenovo, a Chinese multinational technology that primarily focuses on the needs and demands of the consumers and brings in a meaningful innovation for the customers. Today Lenovo launched, Lenovo Tab V7, in India. It comes in slate black color and is available in two variants based on the storage.
3+32GB variant, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD (Rs. 12,990)
4+64GB variant, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD (Rs. 14,990)
The Lenovo Tab V7 is the result of the company’s relentless effort of understanding what the consumer needs, decode the requirements of the consumer and come up with technology that can meet their expectations.
Lenovo Tab V7 features a 6.9.- inch full HD display. It is powered by a 1.8GHz Octa-core Snapdragon processor and runs on an Android 9.0 Pie and supports dual front-firing speakers with support for Dolby Atmos audio. It sports a rear camera of 13MP with LED Flash and front camera of 5MP. It offers a fingerprint sensor and the device is backed-up by a battery of 5180mAh. Speaking about the connectivity, the Lenovo Tab V7 features 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2 LE, GPS / GLONASS, USB Type-C.
Availability:
The Lenovo Tab V7 tablet is priced starting at Rs. 12,990. It will be available on Flipkart starting 1st August 2019 and will soon be available on other channels including Amazon.in, Lenovo.com and retail stores including Croma, Reliance Digital and Vijay Sales.
The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) along with Ericsson will altogether implement a narrowband Internet of things (NB-IoT) cased sensor network model. According to the reports of Grand View Research, there are many companies like AT&T, Huawei Technologies, Nokia etcetera that operate in narrowband Internet of things. The basic purpose of this model is to monitor air pollution in Delhi.
We all are aware of the fact that Delhi is ranked the world’s most polluted capital. Hence, this is one of the best steps taken by both IIT Kanpur and Ericsson. Narrowband Internet of things (NB-IoT) is a low- power wide- area network (LPWAN) radio technology standard developed by 3GPP to enable a wide range of cellular devices and services. The sensors are automated and will relay information on defined time intervals, providing data on pollution levels, sources and locations in a sustainable and cost-efficient way As the part of the deal made, Ericsson is going to use the air quality sensors that can share environmental information like particulate matter (PM1, PM2.5, and PM10) levels at defined time intervals. It will help in monitoring and analysis of data. The data will be then shared with other local authorities and stakeholders on a periodic basis so that the collected data can be analyzed and the team can address the threat of air pollution.
As per the reports, it is going to be the “India’s first NB-IoT based low-cost Particulate Matter sensors”. The collaboration of Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) with Ericsson also includes working with community-based organizations in order to aware people regarding air pollution and what are the steps that can be taken to reduce it. Making the community aware of the threat and measures to control is the best thing that this collaboration is trying to do.
GoldSeat is one of the leaders in the field of Internet of things (IoT) based company of services for bus operators. It has recently announced its agreement with Railyatri.in InterCity Smart bus for their branded fleet across India. The main purpose of GoldSeat behind this agreement is to convert all intercity buses as connected busses across India. It offers on the go offline entertainment to the people who prefer road travel. Before collaborating with RailYatri team, GoldSeat has offered their devices to various operators across India to add various new few features and customization.
RailYatri is a leader in multi-modal integrated intercity transportation in India with more than 20 million MAUs. RailYatri provides Train bookings, Bus bookings, Food-on-Train and has launched Intercity Smart buses 5 months back. Talking about the latest status, then Intercity SmartBus by RailYatri.in currently has over 50 buses running in North and South India and will be expanding to more than 300 buses within this year.
As per Mr. Gaurav Kapahi (Co-Founder, GoldSeat), GoldSeat is an innovative way to offer travel entertainment services along with services like live cameras, GPS, passenger information system, live alerts, and travel monitoring stations. The main aim of offering such services is to enhance the experience of the traveler by creating a comfortable and well- connected road travel system.
Nishchal Khetarpal, Co-Founder, GoldSeat said, “Technology being an important aspect and is the futuristic way of how India would travel in the coming years, we are elated to be a part of this transformation and bringing services like never before.”
No doubt that the implementation of GoldSeat’s solution is a win-win solution for both the company and the customers. The solution is going to convert the boring road travel into a journey full of entertainment. By implementing GoldSeat’s solutions, customers get access to Wi-Fi, an extensive list of entertainment while also enjoying the benefits of a well-connected and secure transportation system.
Netflix is the world’s leading subscription service for watching all the favourite web series and movies on our device. Today Netflix has launched a new lower-priced mobile-only subscription plan in India. Yes, you heard it right, “lower-priced mobile-only subscription plan in India.” This plan is available for mobile and tablet user in India and the “lower-priced mobile-only subscription plan” is priced at Rs. 199 only. Originally one-month plan used to cost for RS. 499, but now for all the mobile and tablet users, the plan costs Rs 199 only. The plan has only been launched for Indian users.
The Netflix Rs 199 features SD streaming, one concurrent stream only, and availability on tablets as well. The lower-priced plan does not support for casting on TV. According to Netflix, a greater number of people in India sign up for the mobile subscription. And so this was a very smart initiative by Netflix to launch the lower-priced plan to compete better with other streaming services like Amazon’s Prime Video and Hotstar.
The Netflix new plan gets added to the other plans which are priced at Rs 499, Rs 649 and Rs 799. Netflix charged Rs 250 as the subscription fee at the time of testing and after giving a thought Netflix changed the price to Rs 199. Other streaming services like Hotstar charges Rs 299 per month while Amazon prime charges Rs 129 per month.
In the letter to its stakeholders, the company said that they believe this plan will be an effective way to connect a larger number of people to Netflix.
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.
