Qualcomm quick charge 5 is the newest addition to the Qualcomm technologies. Since Qualcomm’s quick charge technology is the best and the fastest charging technology. Now with quick charge 5, Qualcomm is ready to set new standards in the market. Giving it’s world’s Fastest Commercial Charging Solution with charging speeds of up to 0-50% in five minutes while keeping in mind about safety features.
Qualcomm quick charge 5 comes with a 100W+ charging power. It will charge your smartphone with 4X faster speed and 70% more efficiency than previous quick charge technologies. This technology takes less than 15 minutes to charge a 4500 mAh battery from 0-100%. Quick charge 5 technology is backward compatible with the previous generations of quick charge which will be emerging in the future. Quick Charge 5 is supported on Snapdragon 865, 865 Plus, and future premium processors. It also enables Dual Charging technology, adaptive input voltage, INOV4, Qualcomm Battery Saver, and the new Qualcomm Smart Identification. Which works together to maximize power transfer efficiency, increase safety, and help extend the battery life cycle on a users’ device.
Apart from these features Qualcomm also looked for safety. Quick charge advanced charging subsystems safety includes 8 levels of voltage protection, 3 levels of current protection. Three levels of thermal protection, and levels of timer protection. It supports both USB-PD and Type-C, addressing future android requirements. So, users don’t need to purchase additional Quick charge-certified accessories across devices. It will be available for commercial use in the third quarter of 2020.
India over security concerns bans 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, mi community, and many others. After the ban Government is examining the PR connection of Chinese apps. According to the Economic Times, the Ministry of IT and Electronics has banned 47 apps. It is also examining the violation of National security over 275 other Chinese apps. This list includes PUBG, one of the most battle royale game in India and could be ban. The list also includes Resso, TikTok Lite, and AliExpress.
An official said, “Some of these apps have been red-flagged due to security reasons while others have been listed for violation of data sharing and privacy concerns“. The official shares, according to China data-sharing policy every homegrown company has to share data with the government.
After the ban on Chinese apps, the Indian Startups are filling the void by developing similar apps. Apps with TikTok like feature MX TakaTak, ShareChat, Mitron, and other apps gain millions of users. Instagram launched Reels, a short video creator in the app, reported engagement of 30% more users in India this week.
Smartphone companies like Realme roll out an OTA update to remove banned apps from smartphones. Some of the smartphones launched this month are having preinstalled banned apps like Helo, and Mi Community.
Responding to source e-mail queries, an official replied, “There is a process involved, there is a committee in place for such ban orders. If there is such an order, then MeitY will act”. There is no tweet or press release for the PUBG ban yet from the official.
The Indian Railways has reported that 85% of tickets are booked online. The booking of tickets can be easily done by IRCTC App. The Indian Railway also launches UTS App for paperless travel. Now, Railways is testing the contactless travel by adding a QR Code to tickets.
VK Yadav, Indian Railway Board Chairman said that QR Code will available to online tickets as well as on counter tickets. This type of ticketing system already works on the Airports CheckIns. Railway has established geo-portal and developed apps for fixing issues related to tracks, signals, and electrical assets.
Here is how the Contactless Ticket System will Work
When you buy a ticket from the window, you will get a link to QR Code in a text message to the registred contact number. This QR Code can be used by TTE to verify the ticket. This QR code helps railways to update the database on the go. The thermal screening and QR Code are scanned by the app when you enter the station.
The TTE also gets information about the number of reserved, vacant and unreserved in each coach. The railways official also said that IRCTC website will be redesigned and personalised for easy tickets and meal bookings.
The Indian Railways contactless ticket system is introduced at Prayagraj Junction of NCR. For improving the analytics and communication about real-time arrival departure of trains, Railways is working with ISRO. This will brings real-time location and speed of trains using satellite. Share your thoughts on How QR Code on tickets by Indian Railway will change journey experience.
In recent days, a lot of smartphones were launched including Realme and Xiaomi. These smartphones are coming with pre-installed banned apps. Indian Government had already banned 59 Chinese apps. After this, apps were removed from Google and Apple Store.
Companies like Xiaomi and Realme have integration with Cheetah Mobile’s Clean Master( one of the banned app). Many apps from Cheetah mobile are also removed by Google due to privacy issues.
Realme India CEO Madhav Seth tweeted about this, and share a letter. The letter talks about the company’s commitment to users’ data and privacy. The Company mentions all the smartphones will receive an OTA update to remove the clean master.
Your Data Privacy is very important for us, and with "Dare to Leap" spirit, we have taken specific actions. pic.twitter.com/7GtVM5tOA1
The users are completely free to remove any of banned apps from mobile phone easily. In letter, the company also states, Realme 6i and other upcoming will not have any of pre-installed apps.
Netflix has just announced an offer for free Netflix Subscription. This is a promotional offer based on the action-thriller ‘The Old Guard’. The movie starred Charlize Theron and Chiwetel Ejiofor. You have to win the game ‘The Old Guard’ in order to get Netflix’s premium subscription.
In the game, there are more five stages, and you have to play as each one of the characters. There are two controls, the left is for aligning position and right for attack enemies. To score the highest you have to kill as many enemies as you can. In order to survive in the game, avoid getting hurt by the gunmen.
In every stage, your score is counted and sum as final after the fifth stage. One who scores the highest in days will get the ‘immortal’ Netflix subscription. You can play the game by clicking over this link.
The offer will be active from July 16 to July 19 midnight. Highest scorer of the game will be rewarded with Free Netflix subscription for 83 years. This is only for US region.
Airtel offers a Zee5 premium subscription with all its unlimited prepaid plans. Seems like the partnership is ended between Airtel and Zee5, now no prepaid plans offer Zee5 subscription.
Earlier, the website and Airtel Thanks app show the Zee5 premium on recharge packs. Now only the Rs. 289 prepaid plan lists the Zee5 premium subscription for 28 days’ validity in Airtel. Plan benefits are Airtel Xtream Premium, free hello tunes, Wynk Music, and free online courses with 1-year validity. Also, it gives Rs. 150 Cashback on FastTag.
Airtel also added a data addon of Rs.401 gives benefits of 3GB data with 28 days validity. Additional benefits of the plan include Disney+Hotstart VIP with 1-year validity. Airtel announced a partnership with Zee5 entertainment to offer a free premium subscription with prepaid plans. The offers went live on May 31st with postpaid plans of Rs. 499, Rs. 999, Rs. 1599. The offers also include the additional benefits of Amazon prime with combo plans.
Airtel has recently partnered with Verizon for BlueJeans platform. Its a platform for enterprise platforms. BlueJeans is video conferencing product by Airtel, but only for enterprise segments. It can be a great compeititor for Zoom, JioMeet, Google Meet and other video conferencing apps.
Infinix is all set to launch its new phone from the smart 4 series in the market. The Infinix Smart 4 Plus launched date revealed in banner listing in Flipkart. The Banner of the smartphone shows the “Biggest Battery” line on the banner.
The specifications are not revealed yet but the Company has stated it will reveal the specs from to day onwards. The image shows the rear view and front view of the Phone.
The rear view shows a triple camera setup with a flashlight. The main rear camera is AI 13 megapixel camera, also fingerprint lock at the back side. There is not any feature officialy revealed by a company other than battery life. On social media, the company has used #FullPower24Hr, indicates phone big battery.
The image in the listing can be linked to the Infinix Smart 4 Plus smartphone. The screen size is not mentioned anywhere, but the teaser shows a waterdrop drop notch with thick bezels.
MySmartPrice had reportedly spot phone on Google console listing last month. The rumored specs of the phone are Android 10 OS, MediaTek Helio Chipset, and HD+ Display. We will update this post once the company reveals more features of the Infinix smartphone.
Infinix Smart 4 Plus launched at price of Rs.7,999 and will exclusive for sale on Flipkart. The Infinix smartphone is available in three color variants Ocean Wave, Midnight Black, and Violet.
The display of device is 6.82-inch HD+ with a drop notch. Infinix smartphone is powered by MediaTek Helio A25 SOC chipset and paired with 3GB RAM + 32GB ROM. The internal storage is expandable with dedicated SD Card slot.
Talking about the camera, the smart phone has an AI 13 megapixel primary camera with triple led flash. The primary camera has an aperture of f/1.8. For taking selfies the phone has 8MP with f/2.0 aperture. The Infinix smartphone runs on Android 10 based XOS 6.2 OS. As #bigbattery in the campaign by the company, the phone is backed up by a 6,000mAh battery.
After ban of TikTok in India, many applications are launched with similar feature. The TikTok rival list features apps like Mitron, Chingari, Hotshots, Moj and now MX TakaTak. MX Player is streaming player offers video contents for free.
The user interface and features of the app are similar to TikTok. The company claimed that the app has already hit 60,000+ downloads in a very short time. The app is available on the android play store and soon to be available on the iOS platform.
Talking about another TikTok rival app, Chinagri has a 4.7-star rating and more than 25 lakhs downloads. TikTok rival Moj by Sharechat has also 10M+ downloads and 4.4 stars rating.
Features of MX TakaTak listed on Play Store, Trending Indian Hot videos, Save and share videos, Shoot and edit videos, Beauty Cam, Video and Photo editor also music library. The app is available in nine different languages which include Bengali, Hindi, Gujrati, Marathi, Punjabi, English, Kannada, and Malayalam.
Don’t go for apps easily, it takes a very short time for installation but it may risk your privacy. Always install apps from the app store, not from unknown sources. Instagram expands its short video like feature ‘Reels‘ this week.
A virtual private network (VPN) provides you privacy by creating a private network from the public network or internet connection. Basically VPN creates a virtual IP (Internet protocol) address that masks your original IP address so that your identity is totally hidden. Best free VPN for Netflix means that a VPN that can access up international Netflix so you can watch any movies, TV shows, no matter in which country you are.
ExpressVPN is among the best free VPN for Netflix, with a free trial. It is suitable for streaming in HD without any buffering and the speed is good enough. Its subscription gives you 30 days money-back guarantee, so you can try it for free. ExpressVPN works on every operating system including Windows, Android, macOS, iOS, and Linux.
ExpressVPN can connect up to 5 devices at a time. Earlier it was capable of connecting to 3 devices only and comes with a MediaStreamer smart DNS proxy. It does not keep logs of personally identifiable information. It also provides you 24/7 customer service in case you face any difficulty. ExpressVPN totally protects the customer’s privacy, data, and infrastructure.
Though it is the best free VPN for Netflix it has some down points also. Since it gives you 30 days money-back guarantee but if you go further with it, its subscription is slightly Expensive. It has three subscription options $12.95/month, $59.95 billed every six months, and $99.95 billed annually.
NordVPN
NordVPN is the best free VPN for Netflix or for anything you want to do online. It is fast, easy to use, and like ExpressVPN it also gives you a 30 Days money-back guarantee. you can use NordVPN as much as you want, there is no restriction on data or speed, etc. NordVPN has around 5,400+ servers, that give you access to stream Netflix from any country. It prevents your internet service provider from throttling bandwidth which would cause poor video quality, buffering, slow internet speed, etc.
NordVPN can connects up to 6 devices at one time and has a great budget options available. Since it allows to connect multiple devices at a time, you can easily share your account with your family members or friends. Its App supported on all platforms like Windows, macOS, Android, iOS.
Since it has 5,400+ servers that help you to stream almost every streaming platform like Netflix, Hulu, etc, some servers are a bit slow and redirect you to the US server no matter to which server you are connected.
CyberGhost VPN
CyberGhost is a Romania and German-based company that provides you VPN [Virtual private network] services that secure your identity in the world of the Internet. It can unblock US Netflix in just a few seconds, with this you can easily stream Netflix from any region of the world. CyberGhost has more than 7,500+ servers which provide services to 10 Million users around the Globe.
This VPN can connect up to 7 different devices at a time, so basically it will be a great deal if you go for it if you have a big family. It gives you a super-fast speed, security, good customer support, and also comes with a no-logs policy which means your identity is fully secured. CyberGhost VPN also blocks those unnecessary Ads from most of the sites while you are surfing. Since it unblocks Netflix from most of the regions but it doesn’t work well in China.
Talking about its pricing and subscription, it provides a 45 days money-back guarantee. The monthly subscription cost is around $12.99 a month, the annual subscription cost is $5.99 a month, and it decreases to $3.69 a month for a subscription plan of two years. You can pay the amount by credit card, pay pal account, or by Bitcoin currency also.
IPVANISH VPN
IPVanish is one of the best VPN for unblocking Netflix from any region. It added more servers to access the US and UK Netflix catalog but few of them might not work properly. It works both on the browser and the Netflix app and works on every platform like Windows, macOS, Android, iOS. This VPN takes the utmost care of the user’s security and provides a decent speed. So you will not face any buffering issues while streaming HD videos or movies on Netflix.
IPVanish VPN can connect up to 10 devices at a time which is highest among all the VPNs. Since it has servers all over the world, but like the CyberGhost VPN, it also doesn’t work in China. So basically both CyberGhost and IPVanish VPN are non-operatable in the China region. It also gives you 30 days money-back guarantee so you can try it risk-free.
Hotspot Shield
Hotspot Shield is one of the best VPN and most used VPN in India. It has improved its servers to readily connect and access Netflix. There are 26 servers in the US itself among which every server is able to unblock Netflix. This VPN gives you a super-fast speed, best privacy, and security options. It unblocks Netflix from both browser and Netflix app and supports every platform like Windows, macOS, iOs, Android.
Hotspot Shield VPN can connect up to 5 devices at a time which is quite decent. It also has a 45 days refund policy, so you can try it without any risk. The only down point is that it doesn’t support the Linux platform so, if you are a Linux user then this VPN is not your option.
Indian government bans Chinese apps including TikTok. After this ban, many apps with short video feature launched. Instagram Reels is already available in Brazil, France, Germany, and now in India.
The Instagram feature has a dedicated section on the camera. Users can share the reels as Instagram posts and stories. To use this feature make sure your Instagram app is up to date. Instagram has partnered with various music labels to provide music in the section.
In the Reels you can use orignal audio to create content. This feature also packed with many AR effects, and filters just like tiktok.
Img credit: facebook
Ajit Mohan, the head of Facebook India said, “Videos make up over a third of all posts in India“. Vishal Shah, VP of Product at FB said, a video posted on Instagram by Indian users is 45% of all and are 15 seconds of length.
Moj by ShareChat, Mitron App, Roposo and Chingari apps are indian apps launched in absence of TikTok. Sharechat records high number of active users of more than 25 million user a day. These apps also records a high number of downloads in play store.
Instagram has partnered with popular artists and IG influencers including Ammy Virk, Gippy Grewal, Komal Pandey, Jahnavi Dasetty aka Mahathalli, Indrani Biswas aka Wondermunna, Radhika Bangia, RJ Abhinav and Ankush Bhaguna.
Users are using VPNs in large numbers for obvious reasons. VPN apps are getting popularity and downloads in the last few years. The downloads of VPN apps on play store are increasing sharply. VPNs are the Virtual private networks that add an extra layer of security to your browsing. It masks your IP address and givess your network a boost. In this article, we have tested some of the best free VPN apps for android users.
Free VPN Apps
1.Hotspot Shield
Hotspot Shield is downloaded more than 100M+ on play store also has a rating of 4.1 stars. The free tier of the app offers 500MB of daily data allowance for surfing. Hotspot Shield app works well with geo-restricted content. You can choose a premium plan and get access to browse the web anonymously. The cons of using this, it needs credit card information to sign up and offers you a 7-day free trial.
Hotspot Shield servers do not store the log information or any other from your browsing. The VPN is supported on Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS and available to download. The freemium version of apps serve ads in-app. With the premium plan of Hotspot Shield, you can link up to 5 devices using an account.
2.ProtonVPN
Proton VPN is another mostly used and rated service with freemium. It also offers premium plans with extra features. It offers unlimited data allowance every month. Any VPN with a freemium model does not offer unlimited data for usage without restrictions.
The premium plan offers support of 10 devices with IP protection. It offers some advance and unique features as compare to others. The features include Kill switch, DNS leak protection with Swiss privacy laws, and Tor over VPN. Sign up for proton VPN only needs and e-mail address with no payment information. The free version of Proton VPN has no ads.
3. TunnelBear Free VPN
Tunnel Bear VPN offers 500MB data for monthly usage. Hotspot Shield offers you 500MB data for daily usage. It works on Windows, Mac, Android and iOS. The VPN service has strict privacy policy in order to collect less data from users.
The app has over 5000 plus servers with maximum support of 5 devices with a premium plan. Sign up for the app not needs your name or e-mail address. The Tunnel Bear VPN service stores number of sessions you have made using service. If you want more data with more features you can go for a premium plan of $4.99 per month.
4.Nord VPN
Nord VPN is most rated with over 10 million-plus downloads on play store. I like the extra layer security it offers called ‘Double VPN’ technology. It passes your network request through two servers and route request to mask your information.
Nord VPN has a strict log policy with no tracking of user sessions. The app has a feature to add a custom DNS server and config TCP over UDP. Nord VPN is available on Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, and iOS. The VPN service supports a maximum number of 6 devices.
5.Thunder VPN
Thunder VPN is another best free VPN for android. The freemium of Thunder VPN offers unlimited bandwidth. It do not keep any log data or tracking data of users.
You do also not need to sign up to use this VPN service. Thunder VPN has a VIP premium plan which offers fast servers with no ads and worldwide location.
From the above list of five best free VPN apps available on play store. We highly recommend to go with Hotspot Shield or Thunder VPN. If you really need to bump out of usage restrictions, then loose your pockets and get a premium of any of them.
Google Maps is used by million of users worldwide on daily basis. The application is also getting better UI and functionality updates regularly. Along with these, it’s been noticed in tests thats, Google Maps is showing traffic light in navigation.
Apple users get this feature a year ago with iOS 13, the feature shows traffic lights and stop signs. Droidlife reported this and share screenshots from a reader. The traffic light can be clearly seen in screenshots during directions in the map view.
As you see in the image below, the traffic lights icons are small and not so clear. The screenshot is captured by reader living in West Des Moines.
This feature is handy and useful as you know the traffic lights and guards ahead. Maps in android can’t show you the real signals from traffic lights. The traffic light icon grows in size during navigation.
The feature appears on Google Maps build v10.44.3. I am using the latest beta version of Maps build version 10.45.0. I am not seeing this feature on the device. Do let us know in the comments if you see it.
Reliance Jio Launched online video conferencing portal, JioMeet in India. On Thursday, Reliance Jio announces JioMeet, which looks very much similar to Zoom App.
Jio users have already the JioChat app to chat and make video calls. Last month, Google brings the option to add virtual backgrounds to Google meet. JioMeet supports an unlimited number of participants in a video call and offers a high resolution of 720p. The JioMeet video calls are free and are uninterrupted up to 24 hrs.
JioMeet app is now live on Google play store. The official website is also live with the statement “Coming Soon”. During the testing, the service only supports only up to 5 participants, and for more, you need a pro plan. However, in lockdown, Jio has made service free for everyone.
Features of JioMeet are similar to Zoom, every meeting is password encrypted. Also, there is a digital waiting room for early arrivals. The service supports login across 5 multi-devices.
After launch of JioMeet, the users starts trolling as the application has same User Interface. Only difference is the color used in the app.
JioMeet
Unlike Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams, JioMeet does not require the installation of dedicated applications. You can directly join the JioMeet from the browser. The dedicated apps are available on Android, iOS, Windows, and macOS platforms.
