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Apple Officially Cancels AirPower Wireless Charging Mat

After making us wait for well over a year, Apple has finally come to the conclusion that the AirPower is not going to happen. The company’s SVP of Hardware Engineering, Dan Riccio, announced yesterday that the company has decided that the AirPower will not meet the Cupertino giant’s high standards, and has therefore been cancelled. Apple has literally pulled the plug on AirPower. “After much effort, we’ve concluded AirPower will not achieve our high standards, and we have canceled the project,”  he said. AirPower was supposed to bring intelligent wireless charging to Apple’s line-up of products that support the feature, including the iPhone X and above, the Apple Watch, and AirPods (with the wireless charging case). The product was first teased at the iPhone X launch, back in 2017, and since then, consumers have been waiting eagerly to see how Apple pulls it off. With the AirPower, Apple was claiming to build a wireless charging mat that would allow a user to place their devices a

How to Listen to Google Podcasts on the Web

Podcasting has received a huge public recognition boom in the last year or so and I am happy for it. It is by far my most favorite way to consume media and it deserved the outbreak. Also, finally, I don’t have to explain to everyone what podcasts are and why I keep listening to them. Thanks to its increasing popularity, companies like Google have released their own podcast apps. Google Podcasts app has made it possible for millions of Android users to discover and listen to podcasts. While Google Podcasts app is quite good, it’s not rich in features. One of the biggest complaints users have against Google Podcasts app is the lack of a web player. And while it’s true that Google has not released any official web player for Google Podcasts app, there is a way to listen to podcasts on the web using Google Podcasts. In this article, I am going to show you how to listen to Google Podcasts on the web: Listen to Google Podcasts on the Web Google has made it so simple to open a web player

FonePaw Screen Recorder: Easily Record Screen on Windows and Mac

Most of the good screen recording software that are available for Mac and PC cost upwards of hundreds of dollars. So, if you are not a professional who can afford these costly screen recording software, you end up using apps that not only have an ugly UI but also make it very hard to record your Mac or PC’s screen and annotate your recordings. However, there is a screen recording software on the market which not only promises to give you a good recording experience but also costs a lot less than its competitors. The software that I am talking about is called FonePaw Screen Recorder and in this article, we are going to take a deep dive into this software to find out what it offers and whether it’s worth your time or money or not. Key Features 1. Record Screen on Windows and Mac This should not come as a surprise seeing how FonePaw Screen Recorder is a screen recording solution for Windows and macOS machines. What many people don’t know is that apart from your Mac and PC’s screen, F

Huawei Introduces Smart Eyewear in Partnership with Gentle Monster

Alongside the launch of its much-anticipated P30 flagship lineup , Huawei has pulled a fast one on everyone with the announcement of its smart glasses at its Paris event. Yeah, you heard me right, folks! Huawei has partnered with Korean eyewear brand Gentle Monster  to debut its first-ever smart eyewear product. These glasses don’t come integrated with a camera up-front, which basically means they aren’t designed to capture moments around you. Instead, Huawei’s smart glasses come baked with electronics which make it an earbuds replacement . There’s a dual-microphone in the side of the glasses, which utilizes beam-forming technology and AI for noise reduction and crisper audio calling even in crowded locations. It also offers a stereo sound experience with the inclusion of “dual semi-open speakers” that are positioned precisely to avoid sound leaks. The smart glasses boast a clean and minimal design, which is obviously customizable to your style choices. There are no ports and but

Huawei FreeLace Bluetooth Earphones With Hidden USB Type-C Jack Can Be Charged Through Your Phone

During the Huawei P30 Series launch event, Huawei also unveiled Huawei FreeLace, its new wireless earphones which brings HiPair support as well as convenient fast charging. That’s right, these Bluetooth earphones can be paired with your Huawei phone in a matter of seconds thanks to this feature. The Huawei FreeLace is priced at just 99 euros or around Rs 8,500. It’s of memory metal wrapped in liquid silicon which should be soft and skin-friendly. Here’s the party trick: Separating the right earbud and its cable from the volume buttons reveals a USB Type-C connector, which can be inserted into the USB Type-C port of any Huawei smartphone running EMUI 9.1 for quick and easy Bluetooth pairing via Huawei HiPair. Click to view slideshow. Huawei FreeLace can also be plugged to the USB Type-C port of any smartphone, tablet or PC for quick charging—a five-minute charge is rated to give you up to four hours of playback time. The earphones come with a 120mAh high capacity battery and a 28nm B

Huawei Adds Active and Elegant Editions to Watch GT Lineup

Besides its new flagship P30 Series phones, Huawei also announced the Active Edition and Elegant Edition of the Huawei Watch GT during its product launch event in Paris. The Active Edition features the same 46mm watch face as seen in the regular Huawei Watch GT Classic and Sport Editions, while the Elegant Edition has a smaller 42mm ceramic bezel variant. The Active Edition is priced at 249 euros, while the Elegant Edition has a price of 229 euros. Huawei Watch GT Active Edition is fitted with a 1.39-inch AMOLED HD touchscreen with a resolution of 454 x 454 pixels, while the Elegant variant comes with a 1.2-inch AMOLED HD color touchscreen with a resolution of 390 x 390 pixels. Fluroelastomer straps of Huawei Watch GT Active Edition and Elegant Edition add a unique overall texture to the watch. The Active Edition is available in orange and dark green, and the Elegant Edition is available in black and white. Huawei Watch GT Active features two-week battery life just like the Spo

Everything You Need to Know About Huawei P30 Pro’s Quad Cameras

Unveiled at an event in Paris, the much-anticipated flagship smartphone from Huawei is now official. The Huawei P30 and P30 Pro  are the company’s latest endeavors to present users with not just best-in-class performance, but also the most advanced photography experience on a smartphone. So, without further ado, here’s everything you should know about the Huawei P30 Pro’s quad-camera module: Huawei P30 Pro Camera Specs The Huawei P30 Pro comes with a Leica-branded quad-camera module on the rear , with a primary 40 MP (f/1.6) SuperSpectrum sensor, a 20 MP ultra-wide angle camera, an 8MP telephoto camera (which is the most notable upgrade, as you’ll see), and finally a Huawei-made Time-of-Flight (TOF) sensor. There’s a 32MP selfie camera in tow as well. The company has placed the three cameras in a vertical module on the rear, with the LED flash, flicker and color temperature sensors, and the TOF sensor sitting to the right of the same. Before we move on and learn what each senso

Huawei P30 Pro With Dewdrop Notch, Kirin 980, and Quad-Cameras Unveiled

The Huawei Mate 20 Pro was an exquisite piece of technology and we truly loved almost everything about it, right from its design to the cameras. However, Huawei likes to push the boundaries and the Huawei P30 series is finally official to give us a taste of just that. The Chinese phone maker has today taken the wraps off its latest flagship smartphones, the Huawei P30 and Huawei P30 Pro, at an event in Paris and here’s everything you will need to know about these smartphones. Price and Availability The base variant of the Huawei P30 will have 6GB RAM with 128GB internal storage, and it is priced at 799 euros (roughly Rs 70,000) while the Huawei P30 Pro would retail at a starting price of 999 euros (which roughly equals Rs 85,000). The P30 Pro goes up to 1,249 euros for the model with 512GB storage, while the 256 GB version is priced at 1,099 euros. All three have 8GB RAM. The phones are available from today, but that’s only in Europe. India availability will be announced separatel

Huawei P30 Series Launch: How to Watch the Live Stream

Huawei is all set to launch its brand new P30 line up of flagship smartphones in Paris later this evening. The new phones from the company are expected to follow the legacy set forth by the P20 line of smartphones, bringing incredible design, build quality, and performance along with stellar camera performance. If the P20 was any indication, Huawei should be launching the P30, and the P30 Pro at its event today. Watch the P30 Pro Launch Event Live Huawei will be live streaming the launch event worldwide, so if you’re interested in watching the live stream (and you should be, the P30 Pro sounds like a pretty interesting smartphone), you can watch it right here. The live stream starts at 6:30PM IST . Huawei P30, P30 Pro Leaks and Rumors Prior to the launch, the P30 and P30 Pro have pretty much leaked in their entirety, giving us a pretty great look at what to expect from the phones in terms of the design, and even the internal hardware that Huawei will pack these with. There’s ob

Xiaomi’s 100W Super Charge Turbo Can Charge Your Phone in Under 17 Minutes

Charging technology has jumped up many levels in the past year. Be it OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition , Mate 20 Pro ‘s 40W SuperCharge or Oppo’s 50W SuperVOOC, we’ve got faster and faster as the months have passed. So, how can Xiaomi sit back and relax? While other companies have improved fast charging by a few degrees, Xiaomi seems to have invested time and money to develop a significant upgrade in power and speed. Today, the company showed off a 100W “Super Charge Turbo” technology on China’s Twitter-clone Weibo. In the Weibo post, Xiaomi co-founder and president Lin Bin said, “Xiaomi engineers realized 100W fast charge, and filled the 4000mAh battery in 17 minutes! Is this technology awesome ?” You can check out the awesome charging video posted by him right here: Xiaomi pitted its prototype smartphone utilizing its 100W Super Charge Turbo technology against the fastest charging smartphone right now, i.e. the Oppo R17 Pro . It comes with Oppo’s 50W SuperVOOC charging and can full

Samsung Galaxy A70 Brings a Massive AMOLED Display, 4,500 mAh Battery and Triple Rear Cameras

Even as the Galaxy A10, A20 and A30 are still only weeks old, Samsung has announced the Galaxy A70, a more high-end mid-range device with a large battery and a unique aspect ratio. Just like the other new Galaxy A series phones , this one has a notch – this time around it’s an Infinity-U notch on an expansive 6.7-inch display with 20:9 aspect ratio. You also get three rear cameras, a 32-megapixel selfie camera, and a massive 4,500mAh battery. While Samsung does not mention the SoC being used in the Galaxy A70, it does say it has an octa-core processor (in a 2.0GHz dual core + 1.7GHz hexa core configuration). We really wish Samsung would just own up the SoC variant in specs sheet as keeping consumers in the dark rarely helps with creating a good impression. What we know is it will have 6GB or 8GB RAM options, up to 128GB of storage with the option to expand up to 512GB, with a dedicated microSD card slot. The Samsung Galaxy A70 sports a 3D Glasstic design just like the Galaxy A50,

Apple TV+ Is Apple’s Answer to Netflix, Amazon Prime; Coming This Fall to 100+ Countries

After serving us Apple News+ for appetizer, and Apple Arcade for entree, Apple finally delivered big for the main course. The big focus tonight was on the Apple streaming service, and the company today officially debuted it with the name Apple TV+. Apple TV+ is essentially Apple’s entry in a world dominated by Netflix , Amazon Prime and Hulu. Apple claims it features the “world’s most creative storytellers featuring exclusive original shows, movies and documentaries”. It’s coming this fall, and will include shows created by the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Octavia Spencer, J.J. Abrams, Jason Momoa, M. Night Shyamalan, Jon M. Chu and other big Hollywood names. Apple TV+ will be part of the Apple TV app, which is also getting a revamp and Apple is bringing it to other smart TVs from Samsung, LG, Sony and Vizio, along with apps for Roku and Amazon Fire TV. Through the new Apple TV app, users can subscribe to Apple TV channels — i

Apple Arcade: Apple’s Game Subscription Service is Here

The rumors have come true. At its Special Event today at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, Apple announced its first ever game subscription service Apple Arcade. It will be launching around over 150 countries in fall later this year , with no pricing info revealed yet. Apple Arcade, as the company puts in its blog post , will be an exclusive collection of new game titles that will be created for Apple’s range of platforms – be it iOS, macOS or tvOS. They’ll not be available on any other mobile platform or subscription service, adding more weight to the company’s service. And you don’t need to pay for each game  instead, a subscription model has been put in place here too . None of these games in the subscription would require you to shell out additional money, will be available offline, no ads, and you would be able to switch devices and pick up the games where you left them. You also won’t have to spend on in-app purchases. Talking about the game subscription service, Phil Sch

Moto G7, Moto One Launched in India; Starts at Rs 13,999

Motorola has announced the Moto G7 and Moto One smartphones for the Indian market today, with the latter being its second Android One phone after the One Power which was launched last year. The Moto G7 and Moto One are said to be available from today for Rs 16,999 and Rs 13,999 on Flipkart and Moto Hub stores, along with offline multi-brand retailers. But we couldn’t find either phone on Flipkart. The Moto G7 was first launched in Brazil last month and joins the Moto G7 Power, which was silently launched in India for Rs 16,999. The G7 Play and Plus variants are expected to be available in India soon. Reliance Jio is offering Rs 2,200 cashback on the Moto G7 and One. Jio subscribers can avail the offer through Rs 198 and Rs 299 plans, when activating them on the new phones. Moto G7 Starting off with the more expensive Moto G7, it sports a 6.2-inch Max Vision full HD+ LCD display with U-shaped notch. It is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 632 chipset, which is quite disappointing