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YouTube old Desktop UI is Going away next month.

Google is traditionally changing the design of its websites and app by using Material Design. Google Introduced Material design in 2017 and added a lot of features over it. The new interface gives a clean and white look with a better experience. Youtube has changed it’s Desktop UI several times. The latest revamped of the Desktop UI includes dark mode with better design and layout.

Youtube will show a notification to switch to the new Youtube UI if you are still using the Old User Interface. YouTube representative wrote on the support page “Enter 2020 and the older versions are missing many of the new features and design improvements we’ve introduced over the past 3 years, including top requests based on your feedback. That’s why the older version will be going away in March and you’ll only be able to access newer desktop versions to enjoy the best of YouTube.”

To see the latest change, you should update your browser to its latest version. User not having incompatible browser receive a prompt to update browser. However, in support page the last date of YouTube old Desktop UI is not mentioned. You can still use some hacks to revert back to Old Youtube Desktop UI.

Jio Wi-Fi Calling All you need to Know

Well, there is the internet but sometimes Network Coverage is not good. Many people don’t get a decent strength of network at home. So, here is the solution Wi-Fi Calling. Network Providers as Airtel and Jio are offering Wi-Fi Calling service for their users.

What is Wi-fi Calling?

Wi-Fi Calling allows user to seamlessely use Wi-Fi Connection to make or receive calls. If you are at a place where you have a poor srength of newtork, you can switch to Wi-Fi Calling.

The Wi-Fi Calling works seamlessly with a good strength of Wi-Fi Connection. The icon in the notification bar of your phone will show a small phone receiver with a Wi-Fi icon over it. The quality of the call depends on your Wi-F- network strength.

Jio Wi-Fi Calling

How to Check if Your Phone is Compatible for Wi-Fi Calling and Enable it?

Visit this link and scroll for section which ask “Brand” and “Model”. Select the required option, you will get information about how to enable Wi-Fi Calling on your Phone.

You can test whether Wi-Fi calling is working on your phone or not. Make sure your Mobile data is turned off, connect to any Wi-fi network. The Icon should appears in the notification bar of the phone. Jio is the first celluar network to offer Wi-Fi Calling. Wi-Fi does not incur any charges. If you are going to opt any service please read their terms and conditions carefully.

Now Recharge Your Phone Plan from Google Search

Google makes easier for people to compare plans, and search for discounts and recharge phone plan from Google search. From today, you can recharge your Phone Prepaid Plan from Google Search on Android. This feature is only available in English in India.

You will still need Apps in your Phone for the payment. During the process of recharge, it will redirect you to the selected payment app. There is Back to Google button that will take you back to the search page.

To use this feature you will have to search query as “recharge”, “Sim recharge”, or “Mobile Recharge”. After clicking on the search, you will see a Recharge Section in the search result. This search result has blank for Mobile number, Operator and Circle.

Recharge your phone prepaid from Google search

After filling the required fields, click on Browse the Plans to view the prepaid plans. Select your Plan from a given list of valid offers from the providers. For Checkout, you have a list of payment service providers as “Paytm, FreeCharge, GPay, and MobiKwik. Choose the recharge plan, payment provider and Google search will redirect you to the applicable payment section. On the Recharge confirmation page, users has also a customer support for recharge.

The Google post also mentions that the feature is only available to all signed-in android users. The supported prepaid services are Vodafone, Airtel, Idea, Jio, and BSNL for prepaid plans. Only Android user can recharge phone plan from Google search. Well, we expect this feature on iOS soon from Google.

India’s NavIC In Xiaomi Phones Qualcomm Chipset

Smartphones using the latest Qualcomm Chipset will be now using NavIC. NavIC is India’s own Navigation system as US GPS System. ISRO and Xiaomi have earlier discussions over the Chipset in Smartphone. NavIC will be used in Qualcomm Chipset, Qualcomm has earlier announced it and Xiaomi has agreed to it.

NavIC will also cover the extended 1,500Km from India’s border. India’s own Navigation System only uses seven satellites unlike others using 24. However, other GPS covers the whole earth while NavIC covers only India with an accuracy of 20m. NavIC satellites are in geosynchronous orbits and are vertically positioned which makes them always visible to a receiver.

The IRNSS by ISRO will provide basically two types of services Standard Positioning Service (SPS) and Restricted Service (RS) to authorized users. The NavIC will help peoples to drive and navigate easily with all the primary beneficiaries.

NavIC in Qualcomm Chipset

Qualcomm Chipsets also supports widely used GNSS(Global Navigation Satellite System) which includes USA’s GPS (global positioning system), European Union’s Galileo, Russia’s GLONASS, and China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System for global coverage.

Xiaomi’s new Smartphones with NavIC in Qualcomm Chipset are only designed for Indian Users. The Smartphone in the series of Redmi and POCO as POCO F2 may also have inbuilt India’s own Navigation System NavIC.

Instagram Details leaked -Check If You Are Safe

Thousands of Instagram Login credentials of users leaked online. These are stored in a database of a media boosting service called Social Captain. The service helps users to grow their Instagram followers and likes counts by AI.

The Bug, which is fixed now reported by TechCrunch, Social Captain store credentials in the unencrypted ciphertext. A website vulnerability allows anyone to access the data stored at Social Captain without login. Also, any user can see the Login Credentials by opening the ‘View Source’ of the page.

Social Captain is an Online media boosting service that helps to gain more followers on Instagram. The leaked data includes Premium and free accounts of customers. Instagram said the service breaks its terms of the policy by Improperly storing the user’s data.

An Instagram spokesperson quoted “We are investigating and will take appropriate action. We strongly encourage people to never give their passwords to someone they don’t know or trust”.

Adam Brown, Manager, Security Solutions, at Synopsys Software Integrity Group, said that Design falws are responsible for cause of 50% of software vulnerabilities.

He also elaborated” This is especially bad for the users who reuses Instagram Passwords which could lead to unauthorized access of additional accounts by extension”.

Is your Instagram Password safe or not?

If you have connected your Instgram account to Social Captain, change your password.

Social Captain is also advising users to change their credentails.

Hackers use the stolen passwords in “Password Stuffing” to re-use the passwords.

Facebook should also implement two-factor authentication for accounts. It will secure the account by Unauthorized acess. Comment what you think about it.

Google Announces TikTok rival App Tangi

TikTok rival Tangi app

Yes, you heard it right Google Announces TikTok rival App Tangi. App Tangi is a Google’s Area 120 lab, experiment and a short-form video guides and how to clips. Google says Tangi’s comes from “the words TeAch aNd Give and ‘tangible’-things you can make.”

Tangi App

Apps like Youtube are already being popular among users for searching ‘How To’ videos. App Tangi came up with short DIY videos that help people to learn things every day. Tangi offers categories like art, DIY, Cooking, Fashion, and beauty. The videos on the app are vertically oriented on your phone.

Tangi App has 60-second videos, with like button and comment section and a share button too. For video creators, it also offers filters and effects to add on videos. Tangi App is live on the web and available on the Apple store. It’s not released for android users yet. It’s great to see if TikTok Rival App Tangi by Google, compete with rivals.

You can also share videos of the re-creation of things on Tangi’s and connect to the community. Well, the App Tangi not offers the Upload section for everyone yet. Google Blog shares a form link to join the waitlist as a creator of App Tangi.

Download(App Tangi)| Join the Waitlist

How to Get Free Zomato Gold Membership for 90 Days

The Indian based food delivery startup Zomato acquired Uber Eats India. After the deal, the Zomato becomes the king in the Food delivery operations dominating the Swiggy. In the deal, the Uber Eats gets a 9.9% stake in Zomato shares. Now, the Zomato is offering free Gold Membership for 90 days for the Uber Eats users.Also, 50% OFF on next 3 orders on Zomato.

Deepinder Goyal, Founder and CEO, Zomato said that” This acquistion significantly strengthnes our position in the category”. The Acquistion also offers 50% Off for next 3 orders on Zomato with promocode” EATS”.

Zomato Free Gold Membership Eligibility and Offer Details

If you have ordered foods from Uber Eats after 1 July 2019, then only your account is set up for Zomato. Now, As a new member of Zomato from Uber Eats, You get free Zomato Gold Membership for 30 days.

Get 50% OFF up to ₹150 on your next orders max. ₹99. Promo code “EATS” in the section before ordering. This Offer is Valid until 15th February.
Free Zomato Gold Membership for 3 months.

How To Get Free Zomato Gold Membership

Open Uber Eats App

If you have not installed Uber Eats App, Install it and Open the App.Free Zomato Gold Membership for 30 days

Sign-in/Login to Uber Eats

After installing the app, Login with your credentialsFree Zomato Gold Membership for 30 days

Click on ‘Go to Zomato’ Button

Click on ‘Go to Zomato’ Button, it will take you to Zomato App. Enjoy the Free Gold trialFree Zomato Gold Membership for 30 days

If you are unable to use avail of this offer, try to log-in again in Zomato and Uber Eats. Also, make sure you have the updated version of both the apps.

[Update:120Hz Display]Poco X2 Launch Date Confirmed with Dual Rear Cameras

Poco confirmed its first smartphone of the year. In January Xiaomi splits Poco as an Independent Brand. It also teased about the launch of the Pocofone X2 launch. The company confirmed on Monday about the Launch date of POCO X2. The 120Hz display is confirmed. Still, there are no any rumored specs aside of high refresh rate and extreme gaming performance. The image on the website shows dual rear cameras.

POCO India also tweeted about the smartphone. In tweet it announced 4 Feb, 2020 at 12 noon as the launch date and time.

The Flipkart also teased about the POCOFONE X2 release. In teaser the e-commerce site details about the refresh rate. Without detailing the specs it only compares the refresh rate with the generic one. The official site of POCO is also featuring a webpage about the POCO X2. The page details the countdown of launch date and time. Images on the site show the POCO X2 with dual cameras with one fingerprint.

poco x2 launch date confirmed dual rear cameras
POCO X2 with dual rear cameras

Also the images of smartphone hints about the specs of Pocofone f2. The smartphone POCO X2 comes with a 3.5mm jack, USB Type-C port with dual rear cameras. The smartphone will have Qualcomm snapdragon with a high refresh rate and extreme gaming.

Poco India also tweeted a video that shows the fast charging of smartphone. It has 27W ultra fast charging which charges the phone in 25 minutes.

Chrome 79 Media Hub let’s you Control Media Playback

Chrome in the latest update, Chrome 79 added Media Hub to the browser. This update is for Windows and Mac Chrome users. This Media Hub is located at the top- right corner of the Browser. It lets you control the media playing in tabs. This means now you can easily control the Audio/Video playing in other tabs from other. Before this, media control shows a small black icon. Which has not any action, hide after switching to tabs.

In the Google Blog post, Google confirms the Media Hub. The new Chrome Media Hub has the symbol of Music Note at the right corner. On click, it shows the title of media with the next and forward button. To see this, you have to open any Music or Video streaming website. Last year the Chrome gets dark mode as an update.

Chrome 79 Media Hub
Media Hub

According to Google, this is part of “features aiming to enhance your media experience in Chrome”. The Company also hints about more upcoming functionality in Chrome.

The New Chrome Media Hub is rolling out in Chrome 79 and available for Windows, Mac and Linux Operating System. You can easily enable it from the Chrome flags “ chrome://flags/#global-media-controls“

POCO is a New Independent Brand by Xiaomi

In 2018 Xiaomi launches the Pocophone f1, it hits the Indian market. It launched with great specs and an affordable price. Xiaomi has also filed a trademark application for Pocophone f2. The Poco brand gets very popular after the Poco f1. It all started as a sub-brand of Xiaomi, has grown into its own identity and Popularity. Xiaomi Vice President Manu Jain tweeted that Poco will be an Independent Brand.

Well, I find some articles on the web that claim Redmi K30 as Pocophone f2. The new POCO brand may break these follow-ups rumor. That’s can be a reason why Xiaomi kills the Poco as a sub-brand. The official twitter handle of POCO India has a black profile picture and cover page.

poco independent brand

Xiaomi announced that it will work on Flagships and premium Mi brand in 2020. POCO as an Independent brand will produce Smartphone Flagships at cheap prices.

Download Microsoft Edge Chromium For Windows and Mac

Microsoft finally releases a chromium-based edge browser, Microsoft Edge Chromium. The Edge Browser is built on the Google Chromium open-source project. Before the official launch of the stable version, a beta version is available. Edge for Windows and Mac has been designed with a similar edge like interface.

The Edge Chromium browser also has a feature to add third-party extensions. The extensions can be added from the Microsoft store or from the Chrome web store. The browser is available on the android and ios devices for download. You can also import your favorites from Chrome.

Microsoft Edge Chromium also comes with settings and passwords sync feature with your sign-in accounts. History sync is still missing in the stable version. This feature is not available in the Microsoft Edge browser. The browser also prevents tracking in the browser. It has built-in search capabilities with Bing with a new wave-style logo. Compatibility is the factor, that’s why Microsoft choose Chromium in First Place.

Webpage: Edge Chromium

The reason why you should switch to Microsoft Edge Chromium? It is fast than Microsoft Edge with added anti-tracking features, Collections, and support for 4K resolution in Netflix with Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision.

I have been always a great fan of Microsoft products. The Microsoft Chromium Browser(Download) is working very well and performed without any lag. It also opens fast as compared to Google Chrome, opens one Window in one click(Chrome users can understand better). So are you excited to try out the Edge Browser? let us know in the comments.

UC browser Launches Free UC Drive 20GB Cloud Storage

Uc browser is one of the most used web browsers in India and China. UC Browser is owned by Alibaba, Company introduces free Cloud Storage service, called “UC Drive”. It will offer free 20GB Cloud storage to all Indian users. UC browsers also get removed by Play store for false and misleading promotions. The browser also offers news from different categories.

In a tweet of UC Browser ,it also claims that user can win 20g Gold with 20Gb free Cloud Storage from 13th to 19th January.

Vice President Huaiyuan Yang said “In a mobile-first market like India, almost all digital activities are shifting to mobile devices — from watching movies and clicking pictures to sharing files. In a scenario like this, users are left scrambling for cloud storage and syncing options”.

He also added “With UC Drive, our users can enjoy an unfettered browsing experience using the least amount of mobile data, ensuring that users never run out of storage again. UC Drive is a step forward in our commitment to provide better mobile internet services to our billion+ users and grow with the digital market here”.

UC Browser free 20gb Coud storage
UC Drive Cloud Storage

This is the Company’s first launch in the Global Market. According to the firm, India is one of the biggest markets and makes 50% to its global downloads. It’s about 1.1 billion downloads in India that’s crazy. As a promotional offer to UC Browser 20GB free Cloud Storage. It offers 20gm Gold for the user, also Coupons from Amazon, OYO, and others. The promotional offers coupons are only for the users who sign-up for the service before 19th January.

Pocophone F2 revealed in Xiaomi Trademark Application

Poco F1, the Pocophone launched in India last year. The Phone has great performance and features. It also wins the title of the best affordable Android phone of the year. Xiaomi files the trademark application for Pocophone f2 has been tweeted. Pocophone f1 launched with a Snapdragon 845 and 6GB RAM at a price of Rs 20,999.

A leaker tweeted about this with screenshots of trademark applications. The leaker also the trademark was filed two months before the launch of Poco f1.

PocoPhone F2

The Pocophone f2 (rumored) specs, Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, 64-bit processor. Storage of 64GB/128GB/256GB with 6GB/8GB RAM. Also, display of Poco f2 rumors to 6.2-inches AMOLED FHD+ Screen with (1080 x 2340 Pixels Resolution). Talking about the Camera, 48MP main, 8MP ultra-wide and 16MP telephoto cameras.

If this rumor of Poco next Pocophone f2 specs comes out. What sort of changes in specs do you want to see? Let us know in the comments.

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