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The Benefits of Podcasts and Why You Should Try Them

The new trend on the internet is Podcasts. It’s just people talking without any video or images, like audiobooks. They’re being preferred to video and movies by some people, and even though they’ve been around for some time, they’ve only taken off recently, in the past few years. To see what the craze is all about, I decided to use them for some time, and now I think I can give you my own opinion on them. And before we move on please be sure to share this article with your friends and subscribe to the blog as it would really help. PODCASTS One of the main reasons I think the Podcasts have taken off is that people are spending a lot more time in front of screens and since podcasts don’t have any video, people like to relax and take a break without any screens while also consuming content. You might have heard of audiobooks: people dictating the book that you would otherwise have to read. Some people have problems with reading because it puts a lot of strain on their eyes. The same goes ...

Apple Launches Official Online Store in India on September 23

So, 23rd September marks the launch of the Apple Online Store in India and this is a very big step for Apple in India. This will attract more customers to Apple Products because up until now, customers were only able to purchase them through e-commerce websites like Amazon and Flipkart or Apple Authorised Resellers like Indiaistore and others. Also, the option to configure Macs wasn’t available. All of this is set to change, now the Apple Store Online has launched in India. And today, I will discuss how this will be beneficial both for the customers and Apple. Art Credit: Apple For the customers, this makes the experience of buying an Apple Product a lot easier. Now, you get more ways to pay. You can pay using a Credit Card or a Debit Card, by EMI, RuPay, UPI, Net Banking and you can even pay on delivery using a Credit Card. Keeping in mind the current situation of COVID-19, they are also providing contactless delivery and of course, the delivery is going to be free. There is also an o...

Note 20 Ultra: The Best of Mobile Productivity?

So, Samsung’s Note 20 Ultra caught my attention. It’s a month old phone, and one that people might ignore, but I thought that it was worth talking about. It’s a nice phone, but the price seems to have driven people away. It was advertised as a phone made for enterprise, top-of-the-line users that can spend a ton of money on their phones. Today, we’ll see whether it’s worth the money that it takes to own it. The first thing is the price. This phone has a high price, starting at Rs. 1,04,999 in India and $1,099 in the US. You might think that the price is too high, but you should remember the fact that this is a phone meant for enterprise users, so they can probably afford to spend this much on a phone. The next thing is the CPU. This phone has Samsung’s own Exynos 990 chipset everywhere except the US, where you get a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+. The global CPU, Exynos 990 is Samsung’s CPU, so we can’t compare it, but it’s a very powerful chip, and it is great for productivity. The US ...

iPadOS 14: Has Apple Beaten the Competition Again?

So, iPadOS 14 has been released and boy, was it a wait. I mean, I was refreshing again and again and again to see if the update was live (while also checking the large amount of memes on Twitter about the same topic) or not at 12 midnight and finally, I gave up and went to sleep. In the morning, the first thing I did was to start the iPadOS 14 update on my iPad. Now that I have been using it for a day, I can give my first impressions. And please don't forget to share this post with others if you like it, as it really helps. First up, the Apple Pencil features. My favorite feature, Scribble, is also a part of these features. The iPad can now automatically convert handwritten text into typed text which can be used in any text field. Now, you have the option to type, erase, and select text just by using the Apple Pencil. They work even better than I expected. In fact, this article was also written with the Apple Pencil on my iPad. The notes app has also been updated to wo...

iPad Air 4: Extremely Unexpected

So, Apple, at the Time Flies event, released several things, like the Apple Watches 6 and SE, Apple One, but the most interesting of them all was perhaps the all-new iPad Air 4 th generation or iPad Air 2020. It comes with the new iPadOS 14 and looks promising. In fact, it could even be the iPad Pro killer, considering its price and its specs, and that’s exactly what we’re going to talk about today. Please be sure to share this post with as many people as you can, as that would really help this blog. The first thing is the price. The iPad Air starts at Rs. 54900 (599 USD in the US), and will start selling in India from next month. Starts means that’s the price for the 64GB variant, and we don’t know 256GB variant, but the American price for it is 749 USD. The processor is, of course, Apple’s own A14 Bionic chip, which is completely amazing. It’s Apple’s best and most powerful chip yet, and is simply amazing. It’s one of the best chips on the market right now, and any type of heavy wor...

LG Wing: The Most Innovative Implementation of Dual-Screens Yet

So, LG has officially announced its swively phone: the LG wing. It’s very unique, to say the least. It has two screens, a larger one and a smaller one. But the implementation of these screens is very different from any other dual-screen phone on the market. The screens here are stacked on top of each other and the larger screen is on top. So, how do you get to the second screen? Well, it should be pretty obvious by now that you have to swivel away the first screen to use the second. You can use both screens at the same time and it looks like a T-shape. Now, let’s get into the specs and use cases for this phone. We don’t have a price on it yet but we can discuss the specs and features without the price. Do keep in mind that I cannot make a recommendation on it yet. With all that out of the way, let’s get into it. LG Wing: The Swively Phone First things first, it’s a 5G phone, so that’s a good thing. The processor is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G. It comes in two versions, one with 8GB...

Samsung Galaxy M51: Truly a Monster?

So, the Samsung Galaxy M51 was released recently and it looks promising. Samsung has marketed it as the “Meanest Monster Ever,” (and has made a competition for that title with a green, weird-looking monster called “Mo-B”, apparently?) and we’ll see whether it’s really worth it. Galaxy M51 The most noticeable thing here is the battery. This phone has a giant battery: 7000mAh. This is the first 7000mAh battery in India, and it lasts LONG, at least 1 day. Up to 64 hours calling, 24 hours web browsing and 182 hours music or so Samsung says. The phone comes with a 25W fast charger in the box, which can charge from 0-100% in about 2 hours, along with reverse-charging, which means that you can charge another phone from it too. Then there’s the processor: a Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G, which is has a clock of up to 2.2GHz and the “G” means it’s for gaming, which means even better performance. It also has an Adreno 618 GPU with a game-booster. That is some serious power, and is good for...

ROG Phone 3 - Packed Full of Performance

So, the ROG Phone 3 was announced and, as always, it has become the best and the fastest phone on the market right now. When the first ROG Phone was announced I had all the good things to say about it. Now, with ROG Phone 3 too I have a lot of good things to say. The first thing is the price. This phone starts at Rs.49,999 in India (around 670 USD) for the 8GB RAM and 128GB ROM variant. Let us talk about the specs in detail. First up the design. Now, I know that design is not a specification and design is subjective, but hear me out. Last year the phone had a very gamer-esque aesthetic with the copper vent and a really heavy design. This year however is much more on the lighter side. I personally like this design choice. If you are a non gamer who wants to buy this phone, this looks a lot more subtle and simple compared to the previous one and in a good way. Image Credit: ASUS Next up the processor. It comes with the Snapdragon 865+ processor which is an absolute beast. It is the be...

Anybody else miss the OS X first boot music?

So, for the past few days one song has been stuck in my mind and that song is Exodus Honey by Honeycut. If you don’t know that song then it is the song which was in the first boot video of OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard. You can listen to the song here . Credit: YouTube.com/tonymacx86 The thing is, this is a really good song and I really loved this song being played when I booted up the mac for the first time. It made me think that my device was special. Like it was made with love and uniqueness and I am sure you must have felt the same. And now I am humming it just as I am writing this article. I want that Apple puts this kind of startup song again in macOS. And I think that this can be a possibility in the near future. This is because if you remember Apple also removed the startup chime from macOS. But in macOS Catalina, they put it back. So, I think that it can be possible. Now, I want your opinion. What do you think? Do you remember the first boot music and video? Do you want it bac...