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  Home  News  Microsoft Teams Gains New Personal Chat & Video Calling Features Microsoft Teams Gains New Personal Chat & Video Calling Features author-Dwaipayan SenguptaDwaipayan Sengupta -Last Updated: May 18, 2021 6:28 pm     While WhatsApp is struggling to regain user trust following the controversies around its new privacy policy update, users are looking to shift to more secure alternatives. Citing this demand, Microsoft has today announced to offer its Teams platform for personal use for free on mobile devices as well as on the web. Microsoft Teams’ New Personal Chats and Video Calling Features   The Redmond-based software giant announced the news with an official blog post. So, as per the post, Microsoft is converting Teams from a work communication platform into an alternative to WhatsApp or other messaging apps in the market. This means that following today, users will be able to use Teams for personal chats and video calls with...

  Pre-Registration link : Battlegrounds India Battlegrounds Mobile India: Supported Devices The original PUBG Mobile title was compatible with a host of smartphones, and the company even launched PUBG Mobile Lite for budget smartphones. However, we only have confirmation of Battlegrounds Mobile India’s launch on Android smartphones right now. There is no word on its compatibility with low-end or budget phones. But chances are you will be able to install Battlegrounds Mobile India on low-end devices as well, although your experience playing it may not be very pleasant. That said, we can hope for a “Battlegrounds Mobile India Lite” version in the future, even though Krafton has not indicated any such plans so far. As far as iPhone users are concerned, you will have to wait a while before Battlegrounds Mobile India becomes available on the iOS App Store. We are almost certain that there will be no pre-registration for iPhone users, but hopefully, the game will be made available on the...

Google’s native Phone app gained many new features and functionalities over the past year. However, one of the basic features the Google Phone app lacked is the ability to announce caller IDs during an incoming call. So,Google is added the support caller ID announcement in the native dialler app of Android. The “Announce caller ID” feature is rolling out to users after being in development for months. It was initially discovered in an APK teardown last year. Now, Google has finally added it to the native dialer app on most Android devices. It works just as it sounds and announces the name or number of an incoming call on a user’s device. This is a nifty addition for those who prefer to know who is calling them without glancing at the call screen. Moreover, the feature is pretty important for those with physical disabilities such as eyesight issues. So, all in all, the feature aims to help users avoid unwanted calls without picking them up. Now, the new “caller I...

Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner! Yeah, it’s almost time to start hearing this popular catchphrase again. After teasing the return of PUBG Mobile to India in a new avatar, Battlegrounds Mobile India, over the past week, South Korean developer Krafton has revealed the pre-registration date for the game. Pre-Register for Battlegrounds Mobile India In an official blog post, Krafton has confirmed that the pre-registrations for the much-awaited Battlegrounds Mobile India will go live on 18th May. Players can only pre-register for the game on the Google Play Store next week. There is no word on iOS pre-registration or launch at the moment. You can check out the pre-registration teaser video right here: Krafton further mentions that all the players who pre-register for the game ahead of its official launch will get exclusive in-game rewards. “These rewards would be specific to Indian players only,” says the blog post. You will most likely receive a vehicle skin or other cosmetic item...

  The company made the announcement via a press release, and also on Twitter, saying that the company believes that “nothing is more important than the well-being of our employees, consumers, and members of the Poco family, and everyone who has been associated with us.” It’s noteworthy that the warranties are not being extended for every Poco phone out there. Instead, the company will apply the two month extension to phones whose warranties are set to expire in May or June of this year. Moreover, the company also announced that it is pausing its launches for the moment and will not be going forward with any smartphone launches in May. “Additionally, Poco India has consciously decided to not conduct any launch in May 2021,” said the company. The launches may be paused further as well. “We are pausing our new launches as we hope for the situation to improve.” said Poco’s tweet. Poco is not the first company to cancel launches in India during the pandemic. Earlier, Realme cancelled i...

 Best Artificial Intelligence Movies to Watch in 2021 Those are the best artificial intelligence movies we think you should watch in 2021. They explore almost every facet of AI, including friendly helper ones, those who feel emotions, and even artificial intelligence that wants to destroy the human race. 1. The Matrix Series (1999) If you haven’t seen The Matrix yet, I want you to stop whatever you are doing right now and start the binge-fest. Yeah, literally. There’s a reason why The Matrix trilogy is one of the critically acclaimed movies in the sci-fi space. The plot is set in a dystopian future and revolves around computer programmer Thomas Anderson, better known under the alias Neo. He learns the truth about the simulated world where Earth’s population is trapped in a simulated reality. What follows is a surreal storyline that is guaranteed to keep you hooked. After completing The Matrix, do not forget to check out its sequels — The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and The Matrix Revolu...

  Spotify is bringing three new improvements to content sharing off the platform, in an effort to make it easier, and more interesting for people to share songs and podcasts from Spotify. Share Podcasts with Timestamps You can now share podcast episodes beginning at a particular timestamp. When you share a podcast with a timestamp, the receiver can simply open the link and it will take them directly to that particular spot in the episode, so they can hear the part you think they will appreciate the most. When you have the podcast player open, you can simply tap on the share button and enable the toggle next to the timestamp as shown below. Then, you can share the link through WhatsApp, iMessage, Instagram. Spotify is also making improvements to the ‘Canvas’ feature in the app. The company is bringing a new, update sharing menu to its smartphone apps. With this updated sharing menu, you will be able to see a preview of the canvas you’re sharing on social media. Moreover, Spotify wil...

 Samsung’s I-Cube is a heterogeneous integration technology that horizontally places one or more logic dies (CPU, GPU, etc.), and several High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) dies on top of a silicon interposer making multiple dies operate as a single chip in one package. I-CUBE4 The successor of the I-Cube2 incorporates four HBMs and, one logic die. With these arrangements, the I-Cube4 is expected to bring fast communication and power efficiency between logic and memory and provide better power efficiency. The I-Cube4 will be ideal for high-performance computing (HPC) applications such as AI, 5G, cloud, and large data centers. In general, to accommodate more logic dies and HBMs, the area of the silicon interposer should be increased.  However, the silicon interposer in the I-Cube is thinner (around 100㎛ thick) than paper, as per the company. “With strong expertise and knowledge on semiconductors, Samsung has studied how to control interposer warpage and thermal expansion through chang...

  Following the footsteps of Apple, Google is now planning to add a safety section in Google Play to give people transparency into how apps use data.  According to Google, this section will help people understand the data an app collects or shares, if that data is secured, and additional details that impact privacy and security. In addition to the data an app collects or shares, Google is also introducing new elements to highlight whether: The app has security practices, like data encryption The app follows our Families policy The app needs this data to function or if users have a choice in sharing it The app’s safety section is verified by an independent third-party The app enables users to request data deletion if they decide to uninstall Google says that the section will also include details about what type of data, such as location, contacts, personal information (eg. name, email address), photos and videos, audio files, and storage files, is collected and stored by a cert...

 Google has finally added Gboard app for Wear OS that lets you message easily with voice, using the QWERTY keyboard or use gestures. This also brings enhanced suggestions and corrections, multi-language support and lots more features. Highlights of Gboard app for Wear OS Supports multiple input methods such as Text using the QWERTY keyboard and gesture input, voice input for a hands-free approach and also integrated emoji Scrollable word suggestions provide more options when you’re texting. The preview screen allows you to review and edit your message, with suggestions and corrections presented to you. Easily switch between keyboard languages directly from Gboard with the language shortcut at the bottom of the screen to choose which language the keyboard appears in.  Add languages by long pressing the spacebar. Gboard for Wear OS will roll out for supported watches over the coming days through Google Play app in your Wear OS watch, but you can get it from APK Mirror, if you do...

 Samsung has today announced that an update for its digital assistant, Bixby, is rolling out with support for Indian English. The Bixby 3.0 update is “aimed at controlling of daily scenarios through the new and improved Indian English avatar,” as per the blog post. What’s the benefit of using Indian English, you ask? Samsung says that Bixby can now “understand Indian names, places, relationships, content, and recipes” among many other things. Users can even ask the voice assistant to place calls to relatives or family members by saying, “Hi Bixby, call Maa” (Maa = Mother) or “Hi Bixby, call Bhaiya” (Bhaiya = Brother). You will need to define the relationships, along with the corresponding contact, in the Bixby app to make use of this nifty new feature. We first learned about Samsung’s plan to introduce Indian English support a couple of weeks ago. If you open the Bixby app on a supported device, you will see a banner at the top which reads – “Indian English Available Now!!” You can...