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PUBG might get re-launched in the Indian app market by the end of the year.

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A few days back PUBG corporation announced that PUBG will be removing and closing all the operations in India, after which the game servers in India were totally closed, showing a “Server issue” on the game for Indian users. During the period when it was banned, the company tried to publish the game through Indian companies like Jio, Bharti Airtel. However, it seems that the conversations did not work out that well. After the company announced the total shutdown in India, the game fans were really disappointed and it seemed like a dead-end for PUBG in India.

However, as per the latest leaked news, the company is all ready to make a comeback in the Indian market before the end of this year. The gaming giant has privately informed some high-profile streamers in the country that it expects to resume the service in India before the end of this year. The company could soon make an announcement about its future in the Indian market. Now, even Tencent has released all the rights for publishing the game in the Indian market and PUBG has completely disassociated itself from the company in the Indian market.

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As per the official statement of the company, “Protecting user data has always been a top priority and we have always complied with applicable data protection laws and regulations in India. All users’ gameplay information is processed in a transparent manner as disclosed in our privacy policy,”. We hope to hear good news soon from PUBG for the Indian fans and also hope to see new gameplay in the most popular mobile game.

iPhone 12 mini and 12 Pro Max is on pre-orders today for the Indian market.

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Last month Apple announced their new smartphone series, the iPhone 12, and today, the iPhone 12 Pro max and iPhone 12 mini will be up for pre-orders for the Indian market. The pre-orders will be accepted from 6:30 PM IST for both offline and online retail channels. However, if you are looking to buy the smartphone directly from the store without waiting for it, then you will have to wait until November 13, after which it will be available for everyone to buy. 

The most affordable phone in the series, the iPhone 12 mini will cost you around Rs 69,900 while pre-ordering it, and the price is for a 64GB model. When it comes to the 128GB variant, you can book it for Rs 74,990, and the 256GB model can be bought for Rs 84,900. The phone will be available in Blue, White, Green, Black, and Product Red color. The iPhone 12 Pro Max on the other hand will start from Rs 1,29,900, which is for the 128GB model, while the 256GB storage model will cost around Rs 1,39,900, and the 256GB model will cost Rs 1,59,900. 

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The phone will be available in Graphite, Silver, Gold, and Pacific Blue. When it comes to offers, there is a Rs 6,000 cashback offer on HDFC credit cards and 6 months no-cost EMIs. For iPhone 12 Pro Max buyers, they can get Rs 5000 cashback from HDFC credit cards and for HDFC debit cardholders, there is an instant cashback of Rs 1500.

Microsoft is providing a pre-release channel to let employees test new features.

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Microsoft Teams has been one of the applications that have been used widely by people all over the world during the pandemic as it provides one of the best video calling services for individuals and groups. Due to this, the platform was used by educators, schools, professionals, and more. Due to this, Microsoft Teams has seen a lot of optimization and changes during the last few months to make it much more usable and better for the users.

In the same trend, Microsoft will soon be launching a public preview program for Microsoft Teams which will allow the administrators to provide early access to unreleased features for employees in the organization. It will allow the Team admins to preview the features by signing in to the Microsoft Teams admin center. and enabling the Show preview feature set. However, it will depend on Office 365 Admins to create custom policies to assign preview directly to one or more users in their tenant.

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As per the official statement by Microsoft, “Public preview is enabled for each user, and the option to turn on the public preview is controlled in an admin policy. Update policies are used to manage Teams and Office preview users who will see pre-release or preview features in the Teams app. You can use the Global (Org-wide default) policy and customize it, or create one or more custom policies for your users,”. To enroll for the same one would simply need to click on their profile picture in the upper right corner of the screen and select the public preview option on the bottom.

SpaceX’s Starlink internet public beta is giving users a speed of more than 160Mbps.

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When it comes to internet speed, SpaceX is trying to break all the barriers using SpaceX’s Starlink internet. A while back, the company did set up SpaceX’s Starlink internet public beta where it provided internet services to some areas and certain users. Now after a while of using the internet, the results that are coming seem to be great for SpaceX’s Starlink internet. The satellite internet is giving users high download speeds of over 160megabit per second, which is much faster than 95% of US connection. The details were verified by the speed test provider Ookla. 

It’s not just the metropolitan areas, but even in the rural areas of Montana, the speed recorded was 174 Mbps. As per the mail that SpaceX sent to its customers on October 26, the speed that they could have expected should have been between 50 and 150 Mbps. When checking the internet speed for most of the users did fall under the category with some areas receiving speed even more than that. It seems that Starlink will definitely change the game forever when it comes to internet speed. 

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The company is still expanding its range and area which will be connected using the satellites. The company has also made it clear that since it is still in the public beta stage, the users can see “brief periods of no connectivity at all“. Similar feedback was also received from West-Coast where the users noticed a ten to fifteen-second interruption every few minutes.

Samsung Galaxy S21 series might come with a Penta camera setup.

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Sajin Vargheese
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When it comes to the Samsung Galaxy range, the company has been trying to add new features to the phone every year, something that is not avarice on any other Android phone in the market. Since the company will be launching the all-new Samsung Galaxy S21 series next year, rumors are out that it will be the first smartphone in the range to have a Penta-camera setup on the rear. The details were leaked by tipster Steve Hemmerstoffer or OneLeaks, who claims that the phone will have a rectangular camera module on the top-left corner and will include five camera sensors instead of four. 

The Galaxy S21 series is expected to launch with 4 variants, the vanilla Samsung Galaxy S21, Samsung Galaxy S21+, and Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra. A few days back the tipster mentioned that the new S21 series will also have a quad camera setup. However, as per the new details, the company is testing the new Penta camera setup for the new series and it can be a part of the S21 series. The details that have already been leaked about the phone also include a 6.8-inch screen with Dynamic AMOLED display and a 144Hz refresh rate. 

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The phone will be launched with either the Exynos 2100 SoC or Snapdragon 875, depending on the location or the market where it is available. The phone will be launched with Android 11 out of the box and will continue with the 108MP sensor and an Infinity-O front panel. The phone is also expected to come with a 2K AMOLED display and a 5,000mAh battery.

We could soon be seeing the imminent launch of Samsung Galaxy M02

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Ramana Rishi
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Another smartphone from Samsung seems to be ready for an imminent launch in the Indian smartphone market, which is the Samsung Galaxy M02. The launch of the phone seems to be just around the corner as it has recently received the BIS certification in India. The Galaxy M02 (SM-M025F) was also spotted on Geekbench recently after which the phone received the Bluetooth SIG certification. Although no details about the phone were found on the benchmark, it did confirm that the phone will have dual-sim support. 

Also, other details that one can see are the use of Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 SoC chipset, which will be paired with 2GB of RAM and 32GB memory, which could be further expanded using the memory card. The phone will be running Android 10 out of the box and might have multiple variants which will be disclosed on the launch. The phone will have basic connectivity options like Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi, and LTE connectivity. and has managed to score 128 in the single-core test and 486 in the multi-core performance on GeekBench. 

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Although it will be an upgrade over the Galaxy M01, there is no information currently about the display, camera, battery, etc. However, it is expected that the phone will have a triple camera setup on the rear and will have a 6.5-inch screen on the front as well. Also, this time, the phone will also include a fingerprint sensor, unlike the previous generation. Apart from these details, we will have to wait for the launch to know more about it.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 prototype appears in another benchmark test.

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Qualcomm is all set to release its new Snapdragon 875 chipset by the end of the year, in the month of December 2020. Before the final release, the company is trying to test the chipset at various settings and specs to get the maximum performance from the same. Now as per the leaked details by Chinese tipster Digital Chat Station another benchmark results have been shared for the Snapdragon 875 chipset, which is said to be a prototype. 

The benchmark shows the name of the chipset with the codename “Lahaina“, which is a place in Hawaii, where the company will be announcing and sharing details about the chipset in December. The benchmark shows the score as 899,401 points which are higher than the first AnTuTu score for the chipset, which was 847,868. The chipset has also scored a CPU score of 333,246 points and a GPU score of 342,225 points. When it comes to the memory test, the score came out to be 98,772 while the storage test for the chipset came out to be 125,135. 

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Now since this is a prototype for the chipset, it might be possible that the final version of the chipset that will be used in the smartphones, might have slightly lower performance than this version. It has already been tipped that the new chipset will be used in Mi 11, which will be the first smartphone to feature it. Apart from that, the chipset will also feature in the new Samsung Galaxy S21 series which will be launched in January 2021.

Apple is providing guidelines to vendors about manufacturing accessories compatible with the MagSafe feature.

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One of the most interesting and unique features of the iPhone 12 series has been the array of the magnet on the rear of the iPhone, which is called MagSafe. The MagSafe features make the iPhone 12 series compatible with many different accessories like cases, chargers, and wallets. Apart from that Apple and other companies have been trying to make new and unique accessories using the same MagSafe technology. Since Apple is making the MagSafe accessories right now, many third-party companies are also looking for the same and are trying to make a new product. 

Due to this Apple has recently released an Accessory Design Guideline that provides a lot of details to such third-party accessory makers on the details about the MagSafe technology and how the accessories could be designed according to that. For example, when we talk about the cases for the iPhone 12 series, they must have a thickness of 21m and must firmly attach themselves to the phone without depending on the magnets. When it comes to cases made by Apple, they do make a click sound when they are attached to the device, but the same is not the case with third-party iPhone cases. 

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The PDF document also tells the manufacturers about specific placement, dimension, and polarity instructions so that all ‌MagSafe‌ accessories can magnetically self align “within a 1.55mm radial maximum. The cases should not interfere with wireless charging leather wallets or any other functioning of the iPhone. Another requirement asks the vendors to use magnets with N45SH NdFeB with a 7 μm – 13 μm NiCuNi plating finish. Also,  ‌the iPhone 12‌ should take a minimum of 800 gf (gram force) to dislodge and a maximum of 1100 gf.

Apple has just released watchOS 7.1 and tvOS 14.2 Release Candidate to beta testers

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Apple always releases new versions of stable OS after testing it in the beta version. It is why Apple has released the watchOS 7.1 Release Candidate build to Apple Watch developers and public beta testers today. The update is said to bring the new headphone level features and a lot more for the users. Also, this time the company is using a different name for beta release, which is “Release Candidate” or RC which will be referred for a beta release that is close to the final version. 

The new watchOS 7.1 RC has a lot of new features that the developers could test. It adds the ability to the watch to notify the users when high volumes on the headphones could impact the hearing. Another change is support for ECG apps on the Watch Series 4 or later, in Korea and Russia. The update also includes the support for irregular heart rhythm in the same countries. The update also resolves some issues that include prevention of unlocking the Mac using the watch and issues where the screen may be dark on wrist raise for Apple watch 6. 

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The RC release of the watchOS 7.1 will most likely be the last beta release for this version before it is released as a final version for the users as early as next week. Apart from this, Apple has also released a tvOS 14.2 Release Candidate to developers and public beta users, which will also be added to the public release as a stable version in the coming weeks.

New features in Telegram adds Multiple Pinned Messages and Enhanced Live Location Sharing.

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Sajin Vargheese
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Telegram has yet added another set of optimization and features to their app which would update the adds pin multiple messages feature, enhanced live location, and sharing music as a playlist. These features have been added to version 7.2 of the application and can be immediately downloaded from both the App Store and Google Play Store. The update would also bring a new set of animated emojis and let admins view stats for posts in the channel. 

The new features in the update were announced by the company in the blog post. The major update comes in where it let the users pin multiple messages on every chat. Earlier the pinned messages only worked in channels or groups and not on the individual chats. Now the users can simply tap the top bar several times and it will make the user jump from one pinned message to another. Users can also notice a new button that has been added to the app on the top right, which shows all the pinned messages from the chat on a separate page. 

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Apart from this, the new update also improves the live location feature and lets you set up an alert when the friend shares the location and is close to your location as well. Lastly, when you send multiple songs to other users it will be sorted into a playlist automatically and can be played using the in-app media player. The songs will be displayed in a single chat bibble and can also be tracked individually.

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