While the report lacks a whole lot of finer details, it does say that Portal will be pitched as a way for friends and family to remain connected instead of the industry standard — voice assistant with a screen. It will, though, still support voice commands. However, it’s unclear right now what exactly it will be capable of doing. Portal will feature a wide-angle lens for video chats which will come integrated with the social network’s facial recognition technology....

Update: Firefox 9 is now officially released. You can check for the update within the browser or read below to manually download. Firefox 9 will be released officially anytime now, but for the impatient souls like me, Mozilla has made available the final version of Firefox 9 on their FTP servers. As with Firefox 7 & Firefox 8, there are no notable changes to the user interface. The onus is on the performance this time around....

For those who know not, the Vibe Z and the Vibe X are two branches of Lenovo’s high-end Vibe series of smartphones. While the Z is more for the power hungry geek crowd, the X is targeted at those looking for not just decent hardware muscle but also funky looks. The fist Vibe X had grabbed attention with its incredibly sleek frame, curvy design, and full HD display but had copped some flak for its less than awesome battery and relatively mediocre camera....

For the uninitiated, sandboxing is a way of cutting off suspected apps and files from the rest of the computer so if they are malicious they won’t be able to affect other apps within the computer. Unlike Returnil, which places a virtual layer over your whole PC, sandboxing all changes made; then it dumps all the changes upon reboot, BufferZone only sandboxes different parts of your computer from where a threat can emerge, such as your Internet browser or P2P program....

GetMOOH is there to help you!! Getmooh is an automated call back service. It is designed to help you escape a variety of situations by calling you automatically on your phone at a pre-specified time and playing you a recording which will either instruct you on what to say to elude your tormentor(s), or which will simply give a convincing sense of you being on an important call. It also lets you send a prank call to a friend!...

With Duo, calls are end-to-end encrypted, which is the main stand out feature Google claims this application brings to the table. Other already popular platforms including Skype or Google’s own Hangouts have yet to enable this feature. However, the thing you’ll get more excited about is a function called “Knock Knock”. Usually, with any other app, whenever you get a call from someone, you pick it up and then the video streaming on both ends commences....

It is a new technology that puts extraordinary amount of data, satellite images-current and historical, online for the first time. This wealth of information is ready, to be mined and utilized towards the environmental issues. Google Earth is collaborated with the 25 years old Google Landsat Satellite along with more records. Discovering the location and extent of global forests, observing the change in the forest over time and directing resources for disaster response or water resource mapping are some of the valued information available in Google Earth....

The Constraints Gcam project had us impressed with the HDR+ mode on the Pixel and the Nexus phones which allowed users to take photos at the low-level light by burst shooting ten short exposure and then combining them into a single image. Once the automatic post-processing is done the grains and other noises in the background are drastically reduced. The SeeTheDark app which was presented at the ICCV 2015 Extreme Imaging Workshop showed us how the smartphone camera can capture images at the extremely low light by accumulating more exposures and ultimately merging them into one....

When first writing about the Google Fiber service, I was saying that Google needs to fix these issues: price, adoption and equipment. After seeing today’s announcement, I’m now confident they’ve managed to solve all 3 of them or, at least, to have a healthy start. The price and equipment is all set, the adoption depends on how customers react and just how badly they want Google Fiber in their homes....

“We built this feature to make life easier for people who use wheelchairs, but accessible routes are also helpful if you’re on crutches or pushing a stroller. With the help of transit agencies around the globe and people like you who contribute local knowledge, we’re making progress toward a more accessible world for everyone” As we talk about it, Google has already made the “wheelchair accessible” transit feature available in cities like London, Tokyo, Mexico city, Boston, and Sydney....

It is an underrated device in the Android smartphone market. The smartphone market received some much-needed boosts in 2022 with offerings like the Nothing Phone (1) and the Samsung Galaxy Fold 4. The Pixel 6a does not particularly stand out in terms of design or features, but the experience it offers the end user is something other brands have yet to achieve. Let me tell you why the Pixel 6a is my favorite smartphone of 2022....

However, the Play Music still misses out on the option to let Indian users stream the music on their device by paying a monthly subscription fee like Spotify or Apple Music. The streaming option is available in 63 countries across the world including Australia, Brazil, European countries, New Zealand, Russia, the US and the UK. The subscription at these places costs $9.99 which seems to be a bit steep considering the Indian context....

Recently, around 6,000 new developers got an invite for Google Wave Sandbox and more than 20,000 will get an invite before the end of August. Make sure you signup for a Google Wave Invite here. You need to provide your email address and answer few simple questions. There is special box to send message to Google Wave team, be creative while writing this part. 100,000 might look too big a number but with the hype surrounding Google Wave, you better be unique and impressive in what you write in that box....

Apple iTV, The Final Product Steve Jobs Had in Mind? For now, Apple hasn’t officially announced the release of a new service for online TV, but there are signs of this tech and rumors that it will see the light of day in the near future, most probably in the course of 2012. What we do know for sure is that Apple’s relationship with Samsung has deteriorated, and so, the company could be looking towards Sharp to help develop the next generation of Apple products: iPad 3, iPhone 5 and the rumored iTV....

I say surprising, because when it was first introduced, in the beginning of March, the service has been said to be exclusive to the Apple TV and iPhone, iPad devices. However, it hasn’t been mentioned at the time that the exclusivity would only last for 3 months. So, the moment has come for Android and Chromecast users to enjoy the functionality that HBO Now brings. While it wasn’t mentioned during today’s event, it’s expected that the video streaming service will be available at the same price of $14....

In terms of design, the Honor 20i features a gradient back designed using the 3D lithography technology and a 6.21-inch full HD+ curved glass display on the front. Powering the device is an Octa-Core Kirin 710 chipset with ARM Mali-G51 MP4 GPU, paired with 4GB or 6GB of RAM and 128GB or 256GB of internal storage (expandable up to 512GB using a microSD card). In terms of other hardware specifications, the device has a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner for authentication, Bluetooth 4....

Display In terms of display, the Play 4T features a 6.39-inch HD+ IPS LCD panel with a 269ppi pixel density and a punch-hole cutout on the top right to house the selfie camera. On the other hand, the Play 4T Pro comes with a 6.3-inch Full HD+ OLED panel with 2400 x 1080 pixels screen resolution and an in-display fingerprint scanner for authentication. Performance Talking about performance, the Honor Play 4T is powered by the company’s in-house Kirin 710A chipset (with ARM Mali-G51 GPU), coupled with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage....

The Honor Smart Bracelet 3 is another attempt by the Huawei sub-brand to crack the fitness tracker market. Unlike Xiaomi, the company has failed to taste much success in this category. Recently, the high-flying Chinese OEM launched its Honor Band A2 in China for a price of 199 Yuan ($30). Honor Smart Bracelet 3 The latest Honor Smart Bracelet 3 comes with all the features one expects from a smart fitness tracker....

And actually, what not too many know is that the game ACTUALLY has a Zen mode in it as well. Just sit back and relax…don’t worry about jumps and coins For, even though Alto’s Odyssey is very pacifying and super simple, the main game still requires for you to complete challenges to progress and save yourself from crashing into rocks by tapping on the screen. All of which requires constant concentration on the game....

First and foremost, head over to the play store and make sure you have the updated beta version of Nova Launcher. If you are not a beta user yet, enroll here. Next, you need to download Sesame Shortcuts which is a free app as well. Once you’re done, fire up the Sesame app and go through the initial steps where you’ll be required to grant a few permissions. Now, head into Nova Launcher’s settings, and then, tap the “Sesame Shortcuts”....