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Apple has donated 7 crore rupees to Marcy Corps India, a non-governmental organization working with Kerala government in the Kerala Flood Relief. "We are heartbroken by the catastrophic flooding in Kerala. Apple is donating Rs. 7 crore to support the life saving work Mercy Corps India and the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund are undertaking to support survivors, help those who have been displaced and rebuild homes and schools." Apple said. Apple has also added banners to it's home page, App Store and iTunes Store. Clicking on those banners customers can donate to Marcy Corps India for Kerala Flood Relief. Apple customers can donate $5, $10, $25, $50, $100 or $200 to Mercy Corps India using their credit or debit cards. "We have also activated a donation button on iTunes and the App Store so customers who wish to donate to Mercy Corps' efforts can do so easily." Apple said. As per report 387 people have been killed by this devastating floo...

Xiaomi just made my jaw down with the launch of POCO F1. I will say it as a flagship which you can get in just 20999 rupees. Want to make your jaw down? Let's go through the specifications. Display: 6.18 inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1080*2246 (18.7:9), ~403 ppi and Corning Gorilla Glass. Chip-set: Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 (up-to 2.8 GHz of clock speed) and Adreno 630 GPU. Variants: 64/128 GB ROM with 6 GB RAM and 256 GB ROM with 8 GB RAM. microSD Card Support: Yes, up-to 256 GB. Cameras: Dual rear cameras {12 MP (f/1.9, 1/2.55", 1.4 micro metre, dual pixel PDAF) and 5 MP (f/2.0, 1.12 micro metre)} and 20 MP (f/2.0, 0.9 micro metre) front camera. Battery: 4000 mAh with QuickCharge 3.0. OS: MIUI 9.6 with POCO customization on top of Android 8.1 (Oreo). Price: 20999-28999 Rupees. Design: The POCO F1 is made of plastic. So, it does not look like a premium phone at all. But it will be fare over fancy looking glass back phone when dropped (alt...

Google showed off the new material designed look of Chrome for Android and Desktop on I/O 2018. And recently they announced this update will be available from September ( take a look ). Chrome on Android: 1. For Chrome on Android the space includes more white space and the corners got rounded everywhere. 2. The search box became pill shaped. 3. The tabs view changed as well. The tab view scrolls horizontally now instead of scrolling vertically like the Android P's recent apps view. But this view is not available now. Below are some comparison between the old and new Chrome on Android. Old New Chrome on Desktop: 1. The design has been changed by having more white space and rounded corner like the Chrome on Android. 2. The search box is again pill shaped. 3. The new tab button is placed at the right side of the open tab now. Which may seem misplaced. But the button is more larger which makes it more accessible. 4. The user's avatar is placed besid...

PUBG by Tencent has been launched back in February for Android this year and achieved a great popularity. It's mainly a Battle Royal Game. But the game does not run smoothly except high end devices although the system requirement is not that high i.e. Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and 36 MB of internal storage. If you have one of those older devices but still want to play the game here's Tencent come to rescue you. PUBG Lite is designed to run on low end devices smoothly. PUBG Lite is almost same as PUBG except two major changes: 1. You face 40 players instead of 100 players. 2. The map is smaller so that your phone has less amount of graphics to render. Except these PUBG Lite looks, sounds and plays same as the real PUBG. But if you are rushing to download PUBG Lite right at the moment, stop. Because the game is only available in Philippines now. But don't worry it will launch globally soon. This version may be successful in country like India where majority of the phone...

The Galaxy Note has put the latest technology on the hands of those who demands it the most since it's inception. No exception in this year's Galaxy Note too. Galaxy Note9 is the best Galaxy Note ever. Display: 6.4 inches Super Amoled Display with a resolution of 2960 by 1440, 516 ppi, 18.5:9 aspect ratio and Corning Gorilla Glass 5. SoC:  Global: 10 nm, 64 bit Samsung Exynos 9810 with 8 cores (4 cores with 2.8 GHz clock speed and 4 cores with 1.7 GHz clock speed),  U.S.A.: Qualcomm Snapdragon 845. GPU:   Global: ARM Mali-G72 MP18, U.S.A.:  Adreno 630. OS: Android 8.1 (Oreo). Variants: 128 GB ROM along with 6 GB RAM and 512 GB ROM along with 8 GB RAM. microSD Card Support: Supported up-to 512 GB. Cameras: Dual rear cameras, 12 MP (f/1.5-2.4, 26 mm, 1/2.55", 1.4 micro metre, dual pixel PDAF, OIS) and 12 MP (f/2.4, 52 mm, 1/3.6", 1 micro metre, AF, OIS, 2x optical zoom) and 8 MP (f/1.7, 25 mm, 1/3.6", 1.22 micro metre, AF) front camera. Battery...