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Google Meet to only provide 60 minutes of free video calling after September 30.

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Google Meet has become a very important video conferencing tool during the pandemic for students, professionals, and even employees who were working from home. During the last few months, Google has been trying to integrate Meet with many different platforms and tools to make it a one-stop place for all the professionals where they can get access to multiple tools at once. It has not only made Google Meet one of the best professional video calling tools, but has also captured a lot of market from Zoom as well. 

The platform was completely free for everyone and could be used for unlimited hours of video calling. However, the free features for Google Meet are about to end on September 30. The company will limit the timing for video calls to 60 minutes for free plans. The deadline of September 30 will also apply to features like access to advanced features for G Suite and G Suite for Education customers, including allowing meetings of up to 250 participants, live-streams of up to 100,000 people within a single domain, and the ability to save meeting recordings to Google Drive. 

The pandemic situation has caused a lot of professionals and schools to use these video calling services as a part of their daily work routine. Therefore, the normal plans starting for $25 a month for Google Meet and other tools associated with it would allow them to use the tool as before without any restriction. It would be interesting to see how the other competitors for Google Meet are going to respond to this step from Google and offer something better.

Facebook wants iPhone users to select their own default messaging app.

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Ever since the issue with App Store began where they removed Fortnite for using their own payment method, there has been a lot of discussion by big tech companies like Microsoft and Facebook on how Apple is trying to make things stiffer from the iOS market, and not leaving many options for the users to choose from. Facebook openly supports Fortnite in the matter as well, saying that Apple should allow freedom to the app developers and also support freedom for them. In a similar effort, Facebook has been trying to convince Apple to let the iPhone users decide on the messaging app they want to use instead of the default iMessage app. 

The feature would allow Facebook to make its Messenger app the default messaging app on the phone. As per the leaked details Facebook executives have sharply ramped up their criticism of Apple in recent months. Due to the increased criticism, Apple was forced to relax the policies of the App Store and also make certain Software changes. Due to this, now Facebook also wants Apple to let users decide on their default messaging apps. As per Facebook Apple does not agree on the point where the users will be able to use the default messaging app as per the choice. 

But if looked closely it also makes sense since Apple is all about privacy and security. They will rely more on the privacy and security standard on their default apps than a third-party app. Since Android users already have the option to do so, Facebook wants the same to be done on iOS as well. However, it hardly seems to be the way for Apple to go.

Amazon Echo Dot Show has a new Follow you feature.

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Sajin Vargheese
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A couple of days back Amazon launched its new series of Amazon Echo devices, such as Echo dot, and Echo Show smart speaker. Amazon Echo Dot Show had a 10-inch inbuilt screen as well, which did host a lot of functions. One of the major functions that have been the highlight of the device is that it can follow the user. The speaker with a screen has an in-built swivel around its base that can move to keep the user in the eyeliner with its 13Mp front camera. The model has an HD display that can provide a 360-degree swivel movement to track the user in a room. 

All thanks to the motion tracking and image sensors on the device which can not only track the users but also provide a panorama of its surroundings to the devices of other users located elsewhere. However, many users were not very happy to hear about this feature as they thought the device could be exploring their privacy. Amazon clarified that the swivel feature is only used in cases like when the screen needs to be constantly on the users, while in the meeting. Also, the roving screen has a hardware privacy shutter that would not be allowed to track the user when they do not want them to. 

Apart from these features, the company has also launched new spherical shaped echo dot speakers without the screen which also includes a new kid version. and starts at just $49.99. So if you are planning to get a new Echo Dot device, you can also get the Echo Dot Show device with a 10-inch screen as it will also support Netflix screening in the coming days.

Apple Watch 3 users facing multiple reboot issue with watchOS 7.

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Sajin Vargheese
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Apple Watch 3 has been one of the most popular watch series for Apple till now, due to which they have continued to offer the series 3 smartwatch along with Apple Watch SE and Series 6. However, a recent bug has been spotted by the Apple Watch 3 users where the watch running on watchOS 7 seems to be having random reboots. WatchOS 7 was a very welcome upgrade for Apple Watch 3, but the upgrade brought more problems than features on the older version. 

As soon as the watch was upgraded to WatchOS 7 users started facing an issue where the watch started to reboot randomly and even had multiple restarts in a day. Users have also mentioned that it is only one of the major bugs in the watch apart from the minor bugs that are present in the new watchOS. Other common bugs that were reported from the users were lockups, complications that fail to load, and sluggish performance. The problem does not seem to be present in either watch series 4 or 5 and seems to be only a problem with series 3 watch. 

The issue has not yet been addressed by Apple and there are no fixes for the same in the update watchOS 7.0.1. However, since more and more users with Apple Watch 3 are facing the same issue, Apple is certainly going to address the issue in their upcoming updates. Until that time, the Apple watch 3 users will have to wait.

LinkedIn to add a whole new set of features to its platforms like Short stories, video calls, and more.

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Ramana Rishi
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LinkedIn is all set to add a whole set of new features to its platform and it is something that will definitely benefit the users who use LinkedIn as one of their primary platforms for professional social networking. As per the new features that have been announced by LinkedIn, the users will now be able to add stories to the profile and would also be able to access Video call integration that would allow them to interact with other users directly. Users can now also boost their search experiences to get more accurate results. 

The new features are not global yet and have only been launched in a few countries to make them better with user feedback. Slowly the list of features will be added to the LinkedIn platform on a global scale. The new list of features will make LinkedIn a better social networking platform for professionals which would not only improve the communication between them and allow them to connect in a much better way. The new video call facility will allow connections to video call one another via Microsoft Teams, Zoom, or BlueJeans. The users will also be able to shift from normal chats to video calls seamlessly and they will get an icon for video calling in the chat windows, which is very common in most of the video calling apps. 

Another major part of the update is the LinkedIn Stores, which allow users to share and upload on what’s happening in their life, similar to social networking sites. The stories will remain live on their profile for 24 hours. Also, users can now upload images and a short 20-second video in their profile. The feature will initially roll out in the US, Australia, Brazil, France, Netherlands, Canada, and UAE and later to the global markets in the coming months.

Will Amazon Luna bring new features to the Online Cloud Gaming platform.

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Ramana Rishi
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A few days back Amazon made an announcement about their cloud gaming platform “Luna” which will compete with the Google Stadia and Microsoft Cloud gaming platform. However, ever since the launch of the service, users have a lot of questions on how Luna will provide the users with a better and unique experience when compared to other cloud gaming platforms. When it comes to Luna, fairly speaking it is no different from what users have already seen from Google and Microsoft and still continues to follow the same track without any major innovation on the same. 

The most common problem that Amazon is going to face is the list of exclusive game titles that are being specifically designed for the cloud gaming platform. There has been no such information on how Amazon is planning to bring a lot of new gaming titles and exclusives in the future on their platform, that it will be a tough call especially when you are competing with Google and Microsoft which already has a lot of connections with gaming developer studios. Amazon did inform the users that they will be partnering with Ubisoft to bring a lot more content on the platform such as Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla and Far Cry 6.

The company also claimed that these titles will be available on Luna at the same time it is released by the company, but they will not be exclusives for Amazon. When you compare it to Google and Microsoft, they already have signed many exclusive titles for their cloud gaming platform and Amazon is still lagging behind. However, if Amazon wants to pull it off they will have to offer the users a lot more than what they are being offered by the competition.

The New 11th generation of Intel Tiger Lake processors will be more focused on AI, security, functional safety, and IoT products.

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Alex Infant
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When it comes to Intel, most of their chipset is designed with architecture to power the entire system with multiple features. Now the company has announced the launch of a series of new processors that will specifically power the AI, security, functional safety, and IoT products in the future. The information was given after the company announced its 11th-generation “consumer” processors with Xe graphics. The new 11th Gen Intel Core Processors, Intel Pentium, Intel Atom x6000E series, and Celeron N and J Series processors, are specifically enhanced for IoT, according to Intel. 

As per the company, the new processors have been designed with a view that it is able to enhance the experience of the users with IoT(Internet of Things). The new generation of processors from Intel would allow the companies to focus more on the application that emphasizes more on machine learning and AI functionality, which requires faster speed and processing, with really low latency. Intel does claim that their new generation of processors will have more performance by 23 percent in a single thread and 19 percent in multi-thread respectively. It will also have 2.95x more graphics performance as compared to previous generations. 

However, when it comes to Intel Atom x6000E Series, Intel Pentium, Celeron N, and J Series Processors they have been tweaked with an efficient real-time performance which will provide much better 3D graphics and twice the performance on a dedicated real-time offload engine, large storage options among others. It seems that the new processors do get the soul of technology that will be more focused on in the future.

Elon Musk not happy with Microsoft’s exclusive license of OpenAI’s GPT-3.

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Alex Infant
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A few days back it was revealed that Microsoft has exclusively licensed OpenAI’s GPT-3 (Generative Pretrained Transformer 3) groundbreaking autoregressive language model. Now Elon Musk who was one of the founders at OpenAI does not seem to be happy about the fact that Microsoft has now an exclusive license for OpenAI’s GPT-3. He said that exclusive license seems to be the opposite of open, as OpenAI was essentially captured by Microsoft. 

Although Microsoft did announce that OpenAI will still be able to sell access to GPT-3 via its API, and continue to develop the new projects and models on this platform. Also, OpenAI made it clear that “The deal with Microsoft has no impact on the continued access to GPT-3 and through OpenAI’s API, and existing and future users of it will continue building applications with our API as usual.” Microsoft has actually gained access to the source code by exclusive license and has now the capability to modify it. However, it will not affect any existing models that are being developed on GPT-3. 

The deals provide Microsoft with an underlying code of GPT-3, which contains technical advancements. It will be used in the future by Microsoft to integrate with their product and services. Elon Musk wanted the GPT-3 code free for all but OpenAI does not want to do it and allow people to create unmonitored apps that could be harmful to the users in the future. No matter what Elon Musk thinks about it, Microsoft has assured that the deal will not affect the use of GPT-3 code in any way for OpenAI.

OnePlus is conducting surveys about their new OxygenOS 11 Open Beta 1 and Open Beta 2

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Ever since Google has announced its Android 11 operating system. Many OEM companies have started making their customizable UI skins based on the Android 11 operating system. One such company is OnePlus which was one of the first to roll out Android 11 beta updates. The company announced that the third beta update will be the final one for the closed beta program. However, the company had to release the fourth update to close it due to many different types of issues that stayed unresolved.  

OnePlus was also expected to Open the Beta program for interested users to try out OxygenOS 11 based on Android 11 for their devices. On September 8, OnePlus announced its OxygenOS 11 Open Beta 1 program, with the second update to it launched recently for OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro. The new Oxygen OS skin based on Android 11 has a lot of new features and is not faster and better than before. The new skin is based on conveniently providing the user access to many functions and has all the information at a glance. It will be a major UI overhaul from the one users have been using till now. 

A Chinese OEM is running a survey for OnePlus users who have tried the OxygenOS 11 Open Beta 1 and/or Open Beta 2 update based on Android 11. The survey consists of various questions about existing features and changes users would like to see. It is a great step to increase the features and make the UI better as per the user’s choice.

Tencent drops all Indian teams from the PUBG Pro league.

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After Chinese applications were banned in India, the most popular game PUBG was also removed from the Google Play Store in India. Due to this, the South Korean corporation PUBG finished any of its ties with Tencent in India, as Tencent was a Chinese company and had the right to publish the game in India. Once that happened, PUBG was looking for an Indian company to work with them and un-ban the game from the Indian Market. 

There has been news that PUBG corporation has been in discussion with Jio regarding this, but nothing is final. Tencent however, has decided that Indian teams will not be a part of PUBG MOBILE’s global esports circuit for the current season. Tencent’s Director of PUBG Mobile global esports, James Yang, addressed the owners of the Indian teams via a conference call and broke the news that prohibited all Indian teams from participating in the PUBG Mobile Pro League Fall Split 2020 South Asia. 

It also means that the Indian teams will not be able to play the PMPL SA (PUBG Mobile Pro League South Asia 2020) tournament which has been dominated by the Asian teams in the recent past. The move seems to be a big blow to the fans and the stakeholders of the team such as Fnatic, TSM, Nova Esports, and Galaxy Racer. The step seems to be a part of the frustration that Tencent is going through after the ban of PUBG and the publishing rights being taken from them. 

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