Microsoft recently confirmed that its Windows Phone operating system is over and done. That means when it’s time to buy a new smartphone, there are basically only two operating systems a consumer can choose from: iOS or Android. The two have a sort of duopoly on the smartphone market. Apple released the first iPhone in 2007, and a little over ... Read More »
Author Archives: Loknath Das
Education in the Age of Outrage
Jim Wilson/The New York Times As an openly bisexual woman who did not have a single female professor throughout my college and postgraduate education in any subject, and who faced harassment and abuse, as well as downright sabotage in graduate school, I am sympathetic to efforts on campuses to give voice and equal power to groups that have been historically ... Read More »
iPhone X Feels Like an Evolution of the iPhone, but Not of the Smartphone
Apple needed to wow skeptics with its 10th-anniversary smartphone, the iPhone X. (That’s pronounced “iPhone 10,” for the curious.) As expected, Apple showed off a phone with an edge-to-edge screen, advanced facial recognition technology and no home button. I got to try it out, spending some brief time with the phone at Apple’s launch event Tuesday. ALSO SEEiPhone X First Impressions This is ... Read More »
Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 vs OnePlus 5: Price, Specifications, Features Compared
HIGHLIGHTS Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 has a bezel-less 5.9-inch Full-HD+ display OnePlus 5 comes with dual rear camera setup Both the phones come under the Rs. 30,000-Rs. 40,000 segment After much anticipation, Xiaomi finally launched its Mi MIX 2 bezel-less smartphone in India at a price of Rs. 35,999. The Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 takes design cues from its predecessor Mi MIX and comes ... Read More »
Twitterrific for Mac Rises From the Dead, Now Available via App Store
Twitterrific, our favourite Twitter client on iOS, is back from the dead on macOS, as developer The Iconfactory has announced the availability of Twitterrific 5 via the Mac App Store. The launch delivers on the promise of February’s ‘Project Phoenix’ Kickstarter that touted the return of an updated Twitter client on the Mac, a venture that had found over 2,850 backers and raised over ... Read More »
UN Security Council: Protect Education from Attack
“Hundreds of thousands of children worldwide find their schools under attack or used by fighting forces to wage war,” said Zama Neff, children’s rights director at Human Rights Watch. “The Safe Schools Declaration provides a concrete way for countries to commit to protecting children’s education, even during armed conflict.” (New York) – Members of the United Nations Security Council and ... Read More »
Xiaomi Ties Up With Big Bazaar to Sell Redmi 4, Redmi Note 4
HIGHLIGHTS Xiaomi has partnered with Big Bazaar chain This festive season, Big Bazaar will be selling Note 4 and Redmi 4 phones Xiaomi is increasingly expanding its reach in the offline market of India You can now purchase some of your favourite Xiaomi smartphones from your neighbourhood Big Bazaar store. The Chinese smartphone maker has announced that it has partnered with Future Group’s supermarket ... Read More »
Oculus Connect 4: Rift Core 2.0, 3D Posts, Venues, Oculus Home and Everything Else Facebook Announced
HIGHLIGHTS Facebook held Oculus Connect 4 event on Wednesday The company announced new Oculus Go headset It also announced a range of software improvements and features At its Oculus Connect 4 developer event in San Jose, Facebook unveiled the new portable VR headset called Oculus Go, an affordable VR headset that the company’s co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to bring to a billion ... Read More »
Google Pixel Buds Translation Feature Will Be Exclusive to Pixel Phones
HIGHLIGHTS Pixel Buds were launched by Google on Wednesday They will work with other phones, but the translation feature won’t Google explained its rationale for limiting access to the feature Google Pixel Buds’ real-time translation feature, unveiled alongside the wireless headphones at Google’s hardware event on Wednesday, will be exclusive to Pixel smartphones. This bit of news was revealed by Google to Gadgets 360 ... Read More »
Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL Ship With 18W Adapters; Support 27W Fast Charging With Compliant Charger
HIGHLIGHTS Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL ship with 18W USB-C charger The new devices support up to 27W charging from compliant chargers 27W USB-C charger will offer even faster charging time The all-new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones support fast charging which isn’t exactly a new feature for a Pixel device. Though, this year Google has made it ... Read More »