Techno Bhogi

Facebook’s F8 conference is currently underway in San Jose, California and it’s the 10th edition of the social media giant’s developer gathering. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today took the stage to defend the numerous privacy implications which surfaced in the past year and how privacy is now the company’s central focus. During his keynote address, Zuckerberg  outlined Facebook’s vision for building a privacy-focused messaging and social networking platform. He joked that Facebook may not have the best reputation on the privacy front at the moment, but that isn’t stopping them from trying to improve the social experience for users. The resounding message that everyone, including Mark, seemed to propagate during the keynote was that ‘The future is private’ and Facebook is going to build a privacy-focused social platform that people want. Messaging apps will be the foundation of this new vision, as revealed on stage. So let’s check out the 5 key announcements from F8 2019,...

Hit by weak demand in the memory chips and displays department, Samsung Electronics has today reported a massive 60% drop in operating profit (year-on-year) in the first quarter of 2019. The company, however, said the newly-launched Galaxy S10 smartphone lineup is generating solid sales. Samsung posted an operating profit of 6.2 trillion won (roughly $5.4 billion) – down from 15.64 trillion won (roughly $13.4 billion) last year – and quarterly revenue of 52.4 trillion won which fell 13.5% in comparison to last year’s final quarter. In its official press release, Samsung justified the same saying, “The Semiconductor business saw a drop in memory chip prices as inventory adjustments continued at data center companies, while demand for high-density memory for mobile phones increased thanks to new flagship smartphones.” On a positive note, Samsung said that it expects limited improvement in the memory chip market in the second quarter as demand will likely improve for major applicatio...

What started out with a massive number of notch copycats, has now flourished the era of almost bezel-less smartphones, now available even in the sub-Rs 10,000 price bracket in India. However, phone makers still aren’t satisfied and the aim of trimming bezels has led to newer implementations like the hole-punch or pop-up cameras. We’ve seen a couple of smartphones, including the Galaxy S10 lineup and Honor View 20 adopt the hole-punch, but the pop-up camera trend seems to be catching more heat and we’re going to see an onslaught of devices with the pop-up camera in the coming weeks. Vivo and Oppo, the pioneers of the pop-up trend, are leading the pack right now with the Korean giant Samsung dipping its toes into the market with its own innovative take. So, if you’re not the biggest fan of the notch, not even the waterdrop notch, and can live with mechanical moving parts on your smartphone, then you’re in the right place. We’ve compiled a list of the best pop-up camera smartphones f...

How often do you shoot videos on your smartphone? Probably not a lot, but when you do, I’m sure you’ve been left wondering if you could make your videos more attractive, or maybe just add some special effects without having to learn incredibly complicated and pro-level software. Well, that’s where LIKE app comes in. Based out of Singapore, LIKE is an app that brings special effects, and video editing to your fingertips right on your smartphone. Here are the most impressive features of the app: Key Features: 1. Superme There’s also a feature called Superme that lets you make videos that come with pre-designed special effects and just quickly add your pictures into it to make them look ‘larger than life.’ There are a number of effects to choose from, including things like ‘Butterfly Illusion,’ ‘Star Ocean,’ and more. You can simply tap on the effect you want to use, choose a picture you want, and that’s it. LIKE will automatically make a video for you. You can even change the backgro...

In light of Xiaomi’s confirmation of a Redmi flagship smartphone with a Snapdragon 855 among other high-end specs, it looks like Realme is also gearing up to launch something to compete against Xiaomi’s offering — expected to be the Redmi 2 Pro in China, and the Poco F2 in India and global markets. The leak comes from a listing spotted on TENAA, and it gives away quite a bit about the phone. First off, the TENAA listing reveals that the upcoming Realme flagship will pack in the Snapdragon 855 SoC, which automatically puts it right next to whatever it is that Xiaomi will launch. Along with that, the Realme phone is expected to pack in a 48MP rear camera (with probably the Sony IMX586 sensor instead of the Samsung ISOCELL sensor) which should result in more detailed photos from the phone. It’s also expected that the phone will come with a 6.5-inch display, even though we’re not sure if it’ll be an LCD or AMOLED panel. It looks like the phone will come with a 3,680 mAh battery, and an ...

Rumors about a Redmi smartphone with flagship specs have been doing the rounds for quite some time now, and we’re even hoping for the phone to be launched in India as the Poco F2. While so far, the only confirmation we had about the Redmi flagship phone were basically rumors, and one confirmation from Xiaomi VP Lu Weibing on Weibo, we now have an official teaser for the Redmi flagship, shared, once again, on Chinese social media platform Weibo. The teaser shows off all the latest phones in the Redmi series, including the Redmi 7, Note 7, and Note 7 Pro, interspersed with clips from Avengers: Endgame. At the very end, however, we get a glimpse of the upcoming phone’s silhouette and a selfie camera popping out of the frame. This goes in line with previous rumors about the upcoming Redmi flagship (and hopefully the Poco F2) having a pop-up selfie camera, which means there’ll be no notch on this phone, which is great, other than the likely loss of the IR face scanner that is beloved by...

In the past few years, Google Chrome has improved a lot with the focus mostly on stability and refining the overall user experience. However, Chrome’s native download manager has not been updated much and lacks several essential features like resuming broken downloads, scheduling, download acceleration, etc. Thankfully there are a number of third-party Chrome extensions and apps which work way better than Chrome’s barebone download manager. So until Google brings the useful download features to Chrome, you can use these extensions which offer all the necessary features you are looking for. Here are the best download manager chrome extensions that you should use Note: Downloading content from the internet may amount to piracy. So make sure you go through the content policy of websites before downloading and sharing the content. Google Chrome Download Manager Extensions There are two types of  download manager Chrome extensions that are available. The first kind is the sta...

Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus is gearing up to launch the OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro on May 14th, and while we were all pretty sure they’d be among the fastest smartphones out there (that’s something you can trust OnePlus on), DisplayMate today gave OnePlus fans a fresh new surprise. In a tweet on its official handle, DisplayMate said that the OnePlus 7 Pro’s display has been tested in-depth by them and it received their highest A+ rating in the tests. The exact wordings of the tweet read “DisplayMate’s in-depth Lab Tests of the OnePlus 7 Pro OLED Display have just been completed, earning our Highest A+ Display Rating. Our in-depth Display Shoot-Out will be published here on May 14.” DisplayMate's in-depth Lab Tests of the OnePlus 7 Pro OLED Display have just been completed, earning our Highest A+ Display Rating. Our in-depth Display Shoot-Out will be published here on May 14. — DisplayMate Tech (@DisplayMate) April 29, 2019 That’s some high-level praise for the ...

Chinese handset manufacturer Nubia on Sunday announced its new gaming phone Red Magic 3 that comes with 5,000mAh battery and an industry-first built-in cooling system. Global release of the phone, which was launched in China at a starting price of 3,199 yuan (around Rs 33,205), is slated for May and would come to India soon after, Nubia said in a statement. While other gaming phones rely on passive cooling, the Red Magic 3 pairs liquid cooling technology with an internal turbo fan, increasing heat transfer 500 per cent, the company claimed. Powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor and Adreno 640 graphics processing unit (GPU), the Red Magic 3 is available in three RAM and storage variants — 6GB+128GB, 8GB+128GB and 12GB+256GB. While the 6GB+128GB phone is priced at 3,199 yuan, 8GB+128GB and 12GB+256GB variants will be available at 3,499 yuan and 4,299 yuan, respectively. The Red Magic 3 also features up to 30W quick charging, an hour of gameplay with a 10-minute charge. T...

With a profoundly aggressive price tag, Realme 3 Pro made its official debut in India just earlier this week to take on the smartphone, which is better known as the budget king – Redmi Note 7 Pro. The cameras are important for when you make a buying decision and while Xiaomi has banked on the hype around 48MP sensors to court buyers for its latest budget offering, Realme has resorted to borrowing the camera sensor from its sister company’s flagship smartphone – the OnePlus 6T. So, let’s not waste any more time and answer the one question which might have been bugging you. How does the Sony IMX519 sensor on Realme 3 Pro compare to the Sony IMX586 on Redmi Note 7 Pro? Realme 3 Pro vs Redmi Note 7 Pro: Specs Before we check out the camera samples and see how they compare, here’s a quick peek at the camera specifications for both the smartphones. The Redmi Note 7 Pro, as most of you, would already know brings along a primary 48MP (f/1.7) rear sensor (the Sony IMX586) coupled with a ...