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Google Tez removed from the App Store.

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Sajin Vargheese
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Google Pay is one of the most popular payment apps in India and has been known to provide a secure payment platform. However, a few hours ago, the payment app was completely removed from the Apple App Store, raising a lot of questions in the mind of the users. Earlier known as Google Tez, was unlisted from the App Store and still remains unavailable. Due to the recent event with the App Store, where they have been removing a lot of different apps, as they were unable to follow the App Store policies, users thought of something similar might have happened with the app as well. 

However, Google clarified the app has been removed to fix some of the technical issues. Due to this, the customers who already have the app on their phones, might not be able to use it for making payments and receive a temporary payment failure message. The issue seems to be coming at the wrong time for Google Tez, as the Indian consumer has been spending a lot right now on the biggest e-commerce sale on Amazon and Flipkart. Also, the Android version of the app called Google Pay is working properly without any issues. 

As per their official statement, “The Google Pay iOS app will be briefly unavailable on the App Store; users will be able to see the new app update reappear shortly. A small number of Apple iOS users might experience persistent payment failures on their transactions. Our teams are working to fix it at the earliest. Meanwhile, affected users can reach out to Google Pay support through the app for help. We apologize for the inconvenience to our users,”.

Youtube has added a lot of new features to its mobile app.

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Ramana Rishi
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Youtube is one of the major video streaming platforms in the world and they have been adding new features to their apps regularly to make it more engaging for the users. As a part of the revamp, the company has added new features to the platform which includes a lot of new settings. Some of the new features on the mobile application of youtube include a new Closed Caption button, which appears on the video layer for easier access. Also, while watching the video, one can now easily toggle autoplay, which is much easier now.

Youtube has been making changes to the UI in recent times, which makes the interface more attractive for the user. This time, the company has re-arranged the buttons which would make the actions of the users even faster. These changes will also be coming to the desktop version of Youtube. Navigating through the list of video chapters have also become a lot easier and faster for the users. It allows them to jump a specific section of the video. At the same time, users can switch between the time counting and time elapsed in the video.

Also, while watching a video, if Youtube thinks that the experience is going to be better in landscape or portrait, it will suggest you rotate the phone. Gestures like swiping up on the video will bring the video to a full screen and swiping down will contract the video to a smaller window again. There are even more features that Youtube has added to the app to make the experience even better than before.

The Redmi K30S Ultra launched in the Chinese market.

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Alex Infant
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Xiaomi has finally announced the Redmi K30S Ultra in the Chinese market, which is the revamped version for Mi 10T in a new skin. The company launched the new phone with a bigger battery better refresh rate and powerful processors. The phone has almost the same specs as that of Mi 10T and provides the same powerful performance. The phone has a 6.67 inch FHD+ LCD screen which will provide a smooth display with a 144Hz refresh rate. The phone will also be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 and will have a bigger battery of 5,000 mAh capacity.

The Redmi K30S will share the same camera setup on the rear as the Mi 10T, which is a triple camera setup with a 64MP main shooter, 13MP ultra-wide lens, and a 5MP macro sensor. The front will include a 20MP camera for selfied and will have a punch-hole cutout. The phone will also have Bluetooth 5.1, NFC, 8K recording support, 33W wired charging, a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, an IR blaster, and MIUI 12 atop Android 10.

It will soon be upgraded to Android 10 after the update and will start at just 2,599 yuan (~$388) for the 8GB/128GB model, while the 8GB/256GB option retails for 2,799 yuan (~$418). The phone is almost more than $200 less in cost when compared to the Europen model of Mi 10T. The phone is now available for the users in the Chinese market to purchase and seems to be a much better deal in the market than the global variants of Mi 10T Ultra.

Huawei to bring Petal Search, allowing users to download any Android app.

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Sriram
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Huawei received a major setback in its smartphone range after the contract with Android came to an end. This created a major problem for the users which were still using the Android smartphones and were unable to download the apps from Google Play Store. Due to this Huawei users were missing apps like Search, Maps, YouTube, Play Store, Drive, and Gmail. However, the company was looking for a way to get a workaround for the same and it seems now it can be possible for users to use Google Play Store apps as well.

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The company is currently not allowed to work with US firms developers, but they have introduced a new “Petal Search” which is reportedly not just limited to the company’s own AppGallery but also searches for the required app in third-party app stores. If it finds a Google app, then it will be able to install it on the Huawei smartphone. The app could already show the details like the daily weather forecast, top news, live sports scores, video, image, and more. 

It also allows the users to download the app, which they were not able to download earlier due to the US ban. The feature could be coming to the Huawei smartphones in December this year and could be a great way for Harmony OS by Huawei to retain its customers. There are currently no official details available on how it will work and how it will allow the users to download the apps. However, the details will soon be announced by the company.

OnePlus N100 price revealed in a leak.

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Shanmugam
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When the news came out that OnePlus will be offering their users new smartphones within an affordable range, everyone was eagerly waiting for some details. After the launch of the OnePlus Nord, a lot of details have been leaked about the N100 and N10 smartphone that OnePlus will be launching soon. Now the new details confirm that the most affordable smartphone from OnePlus will come with a price tag of EUR 199, which would be roughly Rs 17,400 in the Indian market. 

It was estimated that the price of the handset could be around $200, and the leaked price is somewhat near to ut. The phone is rumored to launch alongside the OnePlus Nord N10 5G, which would cost a bit higher, but lower than the OnePlus Nord. The OnePlus N100 is expected to come with 5,000mAh battery and a triple camera setup. Also, the phone will be running on Android 11 out of the box and will contain a lot of unique features from OnePlus. 

The details also confirm that the phone will initially launch in Europe, after which it will be launched in other markets as well. Now everyone is waiting for OnePlus to make an official announcement about the launch date and other specifications for the phone. For now one can expect the phone to be officially launched by November 10. Once that happens, the company will have a smartphone not only in the premium and mid-range premium segment but also in the affordable range.

New details about Galaxy S21 Ultra specs discovered on GeekBench.

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Sajin Vargheese
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Ever since the leaks of Samsung Galaxy S21 started coming, it was certain that not long after we will be able to see the leaked details about the specs of the phone. Now, as per the latest details, the specs of the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra have been leaked and it really seems to be a very powerful device. The phone is expected to be launched in January 2021. The expected lineup that is expected to launch next month will be the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21+, and Galaxy S20 Ultra models. 

Renders of the variants were also spotted on GeekBench which provides the major details of the phone. Some of the major specs of the phone included a Dynamic AMOLED 2X display, a 5,000mAh battery, and more. The phone will have a 6.8-inch display and will be running on Android 11 out of the box. The phone will also have a 40 MP front camera and a 108 MP rear triple camera setup. It was also mentioned that the phone will have a 5,000mAh battery, which is something almost all major phone manufacturers are including. 

It is also expected to come with a 144 or 122Hz refresh rate. The phone will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 875, which is expected to be launched in December by Qualcomm. The phone can also use Exynos 2100 SoC instead of Qualcomm, but that will be based completely on the market. The phone is expected to come in Black and Silver color options.

Samsung along with Stanford university creates an OLED display with 10,000 PPI.

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Ramana Rishi
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Pixel density is one of the most important things in any kind of screen, be it smartphones, SmartTVs, or any other device with a screen. It not only helps you decide on how sharp the display is but also makes the entire display come to life. In recent times, the sharpest display on the phone was observed in Sony Xperia 1 II, which provided a 4K resolution with 643 PPI. The phone had one of the sharpest screens till now. However, it seems that Samsung is not letting that happen and will place itself on the top spot like always. 

The research team of Samsung and Stanford have created an OLED display with a pixel density(PPI) of around 10,000. If you take an average 6-inch display in a phone, which can provide 32K resolution with 6,000PPI, it would still not match what the researchers have created. The researchers used OLED film to beam out white light to two reflective layers, with one being a silver film and the other being a “metasurface.” This metasurface features a “forest of microscopic pillars,” which serve as pixels measuring 2.4 microns in size. Although it is not something you will be able to see soon on smartphones, 

it is a technology that can be used in VR and could overleap the features of the existing consumer VR headset. However, with this, it would need the latest generation graphic processor to power it up. The notes of both also mention that they have been working on 20,000 PPI, which can be possible in the future. Till that time, we will have to wait for this exceptional technology to be available for consumers.

Google removes three apps from Google Play Store with more than 20 million downloads.

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Alex Infant
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From the last few months, Google has been really active in removing the apps from its Google Play Store platform, which has any kind of user security issue or is not following its guidelines. Now, it has been reported that the company has removed 3 more applications from the platform which had over 20 million downloads till now. The name of those apps is Princess Salon, Number Coloring, and Cats & Cosplay. The reason that is coming up behind the removal seems to be a violation of data collection policies and accessing details of millions of users. 

It is one of the major reasons why Google removes the applications from their platform and does not allow the companies to store the data for the user. It has also been reported that the applications had a large number of users, especially the younger crowd. Researchers at International Digital Accountability Council (IDAC) found that the three apps – Princess Salon, Number Coloring, and Cats & Cosplay – were accessing users’ Android ID and AAID (Android Advertising ID) numbers, and were violating Google’s data collection policies. 

As soon as the details were provided to Google, the applications were removed. The companies have not yet made an announcement or have given details about it. However, Google will provide them with a specified amount of time to resolve the issue, and come back on the platform. For now, the apps have been removed from the Play Store and the users have been suggested to stop using this app.

iPhone 12 proves to be stronger than the iPhone 11.

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Sriram
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With iPhone 12 came a completely new redesigned iPhone which is supposed to be stronger and tougher than the previous version of the iPhone, at least this is what Apple says. However, is the new phone really tougher than iPhone 11 or the previous version? To check this claim out, MobileReviewsEh did a test for their viewers and made a comparison between the iPhone 12 and iPhone 11. They used a force meter to determine the pressure required to crack the display. Where the iPhone 11 could only take the pressure of 352 Newtons, iPhone 12 was able to take the pressure of 443 Newtons. 

Also, the crack on the iPhone 12 was much finer than the iPhone 11, making it much better. They also put a scratch test based on the Mohs Scale of Mineral Hardness, which includes various materials being used on the screen to scratch them. The scratches on the iPhone 11 model were less at point 6 and very much prominent on point 7. However, when it comes to iPhone 12, at point 6 there were no scratches, point 7 has faint scratches and deep scratches at level 8 for both the phones. 

Also, the aluminum sides of the iPhone 12 are much more effective at avoiding scratches. It seems that the ceramic coating on the glass in iPhone 12 does make a difference in increasing screen durability.  The test does prove that iPhone 12 is certainly tougher than the iPhone 11 in every aspect.

Akshay Kumar releases teaser video of new mobile game Fau-G

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Shanmugam
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As soon as PUBG was banned from the Indian market, many companies started looking for opportunities for being able to provide users with an alternative app that could provide the same kind of experience to the users. In the same trend, Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar announced the arrival of Fau-G in the coming months immediately. Now, the actor has tweeted a teaser for the PUBG inspired mobile game. The teaser shows a Sino-Indian clash at Galwan Valley and shows army personnel from both sides engaged in a duel in which the Indian side emerges victorious. 

It is the same clash between the forces which led to the ban of Chinese apps in India. It is a one-minute long video and shows hand-to-hand combat and reveals no details about the gameplay. The tweet from the actor said, “Today we celebrate the victory of good over evil, and what better day to celebrate our Fearless and United Guards, our FAU-G! On the auspicious occasion of Dussehra, presenting the #FAUG teaser,”. Although many people blame that the game was developed to capitalize on the market left by PUBG. 

However, it was later revealed that the game idea was developed even before the ban happened. For now, there is great support for the game and also a lot of memes and comparisons. The game is expected to launch in the coming months. However, there is no official announcement as to when the game will be available to play and what kind of features will be provided for the users.

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