Those were the words of a colleague when they were asked to sign an embargo for a soon to be launched product. And no, they were not the words of a person jealous of a high-profile rival. Sure enough, the product embargo was broken by a few distinguished people. And that once again gave rise to an issue that is being increasingly debated in the Indian tech media: “Does signing embargoes for products or honoring them make any sense?...

In terms of looks and design, both, the Notebook 7 and Notebook 7 Force feature a brand-new, eye-catching design, with a high screen-to-body ratio, barely noticeable bezels, and a full HD display that claims to offer superior brightness and a wide viewing angle, to offer consumers with a more immersive experience. The laptops come in two sizes, 13-inch and 15-inch, and also include Dolby Atmos audio, which combined with that display, offers a more enriching experience....

The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star features an all-glass exterior and a 6.28-inch OLED screen with a resolution of 1080p. Underneath, you’ll find Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 660 chipset, 6GB of RAM, 64GB of onboard storage which can be expanded, and a 3,700mAh with support for quick charging. The camera arrangement on the Galaxy A8 Star houses two sensors on the rear — a primary 16-megapixel f/1.7 lens and another 24-megapixel snapper for depth-sensing....

The primary camera is a Sony IMX333 image sensor, which comes in at 12MP, 26mm lens with f/1.7 aperture setting and 1.4um pixel size. It also has stabilization on the hardware and the software front with dual-pixel autofocus we saw on the S7, that makes it possible for super quick focus. The camera app is much simplified now and the launch time is quick too. Swipe to the right and you will see a list of options that include the Pro Mode, Panorama, Selective Focus, Slow Motion, Hyperlapse, Food, Virtual Shot, Video Collage, and Live Broadcast....

While a few previous leaks have somewhat revealed a few of the Galaxy Z Flip details, we now have a clear first look at the device, thanks to WinFuture. Looking at the product renders, it seems that the device will come in a purple colorway (official name yet to be known) with a foldable design and a dual-camera setup on the rear. From the looks of it, the Z Flip appears to be very thin and comes in at 7....

Samsung has been bullish about the Bixby, and since the company senses that the smart AI-powered speakers are the future, it’s very likely that Vega will be offered in different variants. This is what Samsung VP Injong Lee had to say in a recent blog post, “Starting with our smartphones, Bixby will be gradually applied to all our appliances. In the future, you would be able to control your air conditioner or TV through Bixby....

We may be interested in the sender’s home address, place of work, and other information, or we may want to verify the sender’s legitimacy. There are a number of workarounds, but the information we can obtain depends on the sender’s web presence. In any case, this article will discuss the best tips to search by email. Why do I need to search for a person by email? You may have received emails from an unknown person who does not provide any information about their identity in the emails, but you need to know who they are in order to confirm their validity....

SMS portals that allow you to send Free SMS via GPRS or Internet are very popular. 160by2 was one of the pioneers in this field from India. The mobile portal of 160by2 is fast loading and clean and it was my favorite Free SMS portal via GPRS. You can even send an Email as SMS using this Free SMS service. 160by2 offers address book as well as reminder facility. It also comes with predefined quick SMS templates....

So, if you’re a Skype user in India and you need to make some holiday calls over to the US and Canada, you will be able to do so for free until March 1, 2015. Thus, users can call either landline or mobile phones and don’t need to go through any special set-up process other than having a Skype account. Starting from today, Indian Skype users have two months and a half to make use of this great deal....

Unfortunately, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 couldn’t live up to some of its promised claims. Qualcomm soon realized this and introduced a significantly improved Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chipset in the market, which utilized TSMC’s 4nm node instead of Samsung’s 4nm offering to offer better performance and efficiency on high-end smartphones. A year later, at the Snapdragon Summit 2022 in Hawaii, Qualcomm has now introduced a successor to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1—and the latest mobile platform for premium smartphones—the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2....

Sony WF-1000XM3: Design In terms of appearance, the WF-1000XM3 features a true-wireless design, with the earbuds themselves claimed to be ergonomically designed with three different contact points in the ear to offer a secure and comfortable fit. The earbuds come with a high-friction rubber surface that keeps them snug and aids with noise cancellation. What’s more, the antenna placement on the earbuds has also been optimized to ensure a wider Bluetooth coverage....

So what Spector does is that it captures the image of the object and then hands it over to an algorithm which corroborates the same with the database in order to find the match. As expected, the algorithm breaks down the image into Unicode and other related information which will eventually help it to match the same with the database. Apart from the fonts, the Spector also captures colors and converts it into CMYK/RGB....

Aluminum clashes with Deep Blue In the race to provide the best features at an affordable price, many companies often cut corners on the design elements of the smartphone, but this is not the case when it comes to the Nokia 6 and the Honor 7X. Both the phones can easily turn heads and can be mistaken for a high-end device. The Nokia 6 is made up of a single Aluminium slab....

So if you have got Android 13 on your phone, whether in final or in beta form, there is a lot you can do on your device that you could not in the past. A lot of the changes that Android 13 brings are tweaks below the software surface that need you to do nothing, such as apps now being all super nice and polite and asking permission to send you notifications....

A media server can be anything from a dedicated computer or application software to as basic as a home PC or a NAS (Network Attached Storage) that gives you the ability to store all your media (music, videos, images, files, etc.) in one central location and access it using a client from anywhere over the internet. Back in the day, such needs were met thanks to the popular and free standards like Miracast UPnP, DLNA, and SAMBA, with Miracast and DLNA coming out on top as the most popular ones of the lot....

In fact, even as the world tangles with the COVID-19 virus, it seems that the budget flagship segment is dying. Or worse, it is dead! Is Rs 40,000 the new Rs 30,000? We know some of you might object to that statement. After all, OnePlus DID release the OnePlus 8 for a starting price of Rs 41,999 in India. And even before that, the iQOO 3 was released at Rs 36,999 and the Realme X50 Pro at Rs 37,999....

One cannot help but think of those words from the Bible as one sees some of the exchanges between “bloggers” and communications professional (PRs, corp comm, et al.). While there is no doubt that the “say something negative or complain and get a product/attention” culture seems to have gripped a fair number of the blogger community, what also cannot be doubted is that this has to an extent been fanned by the communication teams of different brands....

LIKE is a free Android application that comes packed with a myriad of video-editing tools for creating what the developer calls, “magic music clips.” In addition to that, the app features a social home screen which displays videos from other users in your surrounding. You can like these, leave a comment, follow, share and even contact as well as message the profile. Posts from people you have followed will appear on the “follow” tab present on the left....

Unlike the Huawei P20 Pro, Samsung’s three-camera arrangement won’t set a new benchmark in the industry which is expected considering the price. It consists of a regular 24-megapixel f/1.7 lens, an 8-megapixel wide-angle sensor, and a third 5-megapixel f/2.2 snapper for depth-sensing. On the front too, the Galaxy A7 offers a high-res 24-megapixel selfie camera which the company says is capable of letting in more light by pixel binning. Apart from that, though, the Galaxy A7 is your usual mid-range smartphone....

So it might come as a bit of a surprise to some people that the one Xiaomi phone I am really looking forward to is none of these. And no, it is not the so-called Mi A2 either, the next in the Android One portfolio from the company. The phone I am actually looking forward to from Xiaomi this year is the Mi Max 3. Yep, you heard that right – the Mi Max 3 (not the Mi Mix 3), the next in Xiaomi’s oversized phone/phablet series, unless they decide to call it the Mi Max 2S....