Smartphone maker OnePlus has postponed its OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro sale in India. The company said that it had to alter its sales plan after production was halted temporarily last week due to COVID-19. The sales were supposed to start on May 29 on Amazon India and OnePlus sites. The sale is currently postponed indefinitely and no new dates are revealed yet. Users who have pre-booked the phones on Amazon or via OnePlus sites will only be able to purchase the device when stocks become available.
However, there will be a special limited sale across online and offline channels for just the OnePlus 8 smartphone. Now the smartphone will go on sale with limited stock on May 29 at 12 PM IST.
This postponement of sales was announced through a post on OnePlus forums. It could be because of the sudden halt of the Oppo manufacturing plant in Greater Noida. Six workers were tested COVID-19 positive at the manufacturing plant last week. OnePlus is reported to assemble its phones in the same factory and the suspension could have impacted the smartphones’ sales plan in India. However, in its forums’ post, the company has also said that the ‘production is already up and running’, which could mean a new sale date should be announced soon.
Both the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro smartphones were launched in April. The company started pre-bookings of both the phones on Amazon India. OnePlus held a special sale for OnePlus 8 on May 18 and had then announced the full-fledged sale for both the phones to begin from May 29.
Price of OnePlus 8
As said above, the company is organizing a special sale of the OnePlus 8 smartphone on May 29 at 12 PM. For the users who are interested in buying OnePlus 8, the 6GB + 128GB variant is available for ₹ 41,999. Others, the 8GB + 128GB version is priced at ₹ 44,999 and you can get the 12GB + 256GB in ₹ 49,999. It also comes in three colors, the Glacial Green, Interstellar Glow, and Onyx Black. While the 12GB + 256GB variant is available in all three colors, the 6GB + 128GB is available in only Glacial Green. The 8GB + 128GB is available in Glacial Green and Onyx Black.
To take good care of your iPhone, you should regularly backup it. In modern times, data can be your fortune and memory. Backing up iPhone could be the insurance for you. If iOS was accidentally corrupt or you, unfortunately, lost iPhone, a backup could help you at least retrieve the saved data.
Apple releases its own backup software, iCloud and iTunes. iTunes has been removed from Mac OS Catalina, but you could still use Finder to backup iPhone on Mac.
iCloud allows you to backup iPhone in iPhone Settings. It is convenient, but you need to pay for space if the size of your backup is more than 5GB. iTunes works on computer. You can save most data from iPhone to computer by one click.
Have you been tired of the way to back up your iPhone with iCloud or iTunes? Maybe you just want to save multiple photos, or some text messages, but Apple’s products want you to save them all. Sometimes you need to even save the whole iPhone. You could know what iTunes backup includes but still could not see what’s in that backup. To restore your device from iCloud or iTunes backup means totally rewriting this device, so you need to save useful data again before they are rewritten.
It’s time to know everything about your backup content and restore iPhone without deleting any existing data. That’s the job of what mBackupper does.
Features of mBackupper
mBackupper is totally free and is the simplest iPhone backup software you could find. There are definitely no advertisements or plug-ins in it. With simple GUI and simple operation, you could backup and restore your iPhone without efforts. It works perfectly on Windows 10 /8.1/8/7 SP 1.
Basic Features:
Technically, mBackupper would help you backup photos, videos, music, contacts, and messages from iPhone to computer.
Photos Backup: preview and save selected or all the photos (videos taken by iPhone could also be found in this folder) in the Photos app from iPhone to computer. Support the formats of jpg, bmp, icon, tiff, png, gif
Videos Backup: preview and save selected or all the videos you have purchased and downloaded in the Videos app and AppleTV app from iPhone to computer. Support the formats of mp4, mov, m4v, wmv, rm, mkv, avi, flv.
Music Backup: preview and save selected or all the music tracks in the Music app from iPhone to computer. Support the formats of mp3, m4a, m4b, m4p, m4r, rm, wav, wma, mdi, aac.
Contacts Backup: preview and save selected or all the contacts in the Contacts app from iPhone to computer.
Messages Backup: preview and save selected or all the messages in the Messages app from iPhone to computer.
Once you backup your iPhone with mBackupper, you could safely and conveniently use that backup.
Selective Restore: preview and select files simply as you backup them to computer so restore the data you need to iPhone.
Safe Restore: feel free to restore data from backup with mBackupper because it would do nothing to the existing data. For example, if you already have certain pictures on iPhone, mBackupper would still leave the duplicate on iPhone.
Universal Restore: restore data from the backup to another Apple device including iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Support iPhone 4s/5/5s/6/6s/6 plus/6s plus/SE/7/7 plus/8/8 plus/X/XS/XS Max/XR/11/ 11 Pro /11 Pro Max/iPad /iPad mini/iPad Air/iPad Pro/iPod touch 1/2/3/4/5/6/7.
Bonus Features:
A brilliant backup application should always let you easily manage your backups. Of course, that’s one of the features of mBackupper. Every backup task would be listed under the device name, so you could easily manage backups from multiple devices.
One-Click View: mBackupper let you view the backed-up data via Windows Explorer or just in this software by one click.
Incremental Backup: If you always want to backup all the files from iPhone to computer, just one click on your last backup could create an incremental backup to computer.
Hide Backup: If you don’t want to show some tasks, you could simply hide them. You could always manually import them back and the created time would not be changed.
How to download and use mBackupper?
Just go to the page of mBackupper to download the latest package and install it in minutes.
After that, connect your iPhone to mBackupper with USB cable, select the files you need or simply backup them all by clicking Start Backup.
mBackupper become outstanding because it makes you know everything about your backup, requires simple operation, and transfers data at amazing speed. It is definitely worth your trying.
Facebook’s internal R&D group, NPE Team, has recently launched a new audio calling app called CatchUp. The company is currently testing CatchUp in the USA for some time on both Android and iOS platforms.
The new Facebook CatchUp app helps you to reach your friends, family, or relatives through a phone call, which can be extended to a group call, which can comprise up to 8 people. Although the app is specifically built only for Audio calls (i.e. no video calls), it’s not the only feature that the app bequeaths. As the app allows you to see if any person is available to talk just by looking at their status on the app.
Image credits: Jagran
More about Facebook CatchUp app
This feature is somewhat like the Houseparty app because this app also allows you to have details about who’s live at the moment by sending notifications when your friend opens the app. The moment your friends, relatives, or family members open the app, it shows that specific user’s status as ‘Ready to Talk’ which is on the top section of the home screen and the moment he/she becomes offline the contacts status changes immediately.
Facebook says- ‘the main reason why people nowadays avoid making phone calls is that they don’t know if the person they are calling is free to talk or not. So, to not interrupt him/her when he/she might be engrossed in some other work, people usually avoid making phone calls.’ This is the sole reason why people nowadays prefer text messaging over phone calls.
Even though video calls are becoming very popular these days still phone calls are more convenient. As users can receive calls anytime, but can’t say the same for video calls as it asks you to be at least video ready. Understanding all these needs, Facebook decided to launch this app, which could cater to all of the above-mentioned problems giving users an amazing calling experience.
They have kept the interface of the app like that of a normal phone calling. You can make and join a group call as you do on any other chatting apps. The process is not at all complex, it just requires a one-button tap for you to place a call. The users don’t require an existing Facebook account or an account with any Facebook-owned companies to have access to this app. The reason to keep the interface of this app so easy was to make it easy for the older users to have a better understanding and usage out of this app.
The idea for this app came even before the pandemic, but the process of development got into pace because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Let’s see how the public responds to this app even after having plenty of apps that comes with voice calling features, like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger itself.
Recently, Sony has announced the launch of its two new 4K Android TVs in India. The two 4K Android TVs include Bravia X8000H and X7500H series that feature 4K Ultra HD LED displays. According to Sony, these next-generation TVs shall deliver a personalized and true-to-life viewing experience. The company claims it will also optimize the consumer experience by delivering content the creators intended to.
While the Sony Bravia X8000H series offers different screen-sizes of 85, 75, 65, 55, 49, and 43-inches, the Bravia X7500H series offers 55, 49, and 43-inch screens.
Sony Bravia X8000H and X7500H Specs and Features
Sony’s entire new lineup is powered by Android 9 Pie. Users will have access to all Play Store content, including apps, games, and other services. Sony says the TVs will have “expanded voice control functions” alongside standard Google Assistant commands. It will enable users to enjoy live TV, apps, and connected devices using voice control. The X8000H-series will also enable the users to stream content from their iPhones and iPads with the provided support for Apple HomeKit and AirPlay.
As said earlier, the X8000H series offers the screen-sizes of 85, 75, 65, 55, 49, and 43-inches, and the X7500H series is available in 55, 49, and 43-inch screens. Both the TVs offer 4K panels but the X8000H comes with Dolby Vision HDR solution.
The Bravia X8000H 4K TVs come with Dolby Atmos stereo sound, and the X7500H series has Bass Reflex speakers.
Price and Availability
The range starts at ₹ 61,990 for the 43-inch X7500H model. The largest screen-size available in X7500H series ie. 55-inch screen is priced at₹ 79,990. Similarly, the 85-inch X8000H model comes with a huge price-tag of Rs. 5,99,990. Both the series will be available across all Sony Centers, e-commerce platforms, and major electronic stores in India.
Realme recently launched a gaming-centric Realme X50 Pro Player Edition smartphone on 25th May 2020 in China. It held a simultaneous event in India and unveiled Realme Watch and Smart TV. The phone has a 6.44-inch touchscreen display with a 20:9 aspect ratio and a resolution of 1080×2400 pixels. A Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor with 8 cores powers the phone coupled with 6GB of RAM. The phone runs Android 10 and is backed by a 4200mAh battery.
The smartphone comes with a new design, a 48MP Quad-camera setup, and some gaming-related upgrades. It is the upgraded version of the earlier X50 Pro and hence most of the hardware and specs remain the same. The new player edition comes with few modifications in design, cameras, and a new cooling system.
Realme X50 Pro Player Edition Features
The Realme X50 Pro Player Edition showcases a new design. It comes with a shiny 3D glass panel instead of the matte finish glass on Realme X50 Pro. The rear side of the phone is protected with a Gorilla Glass 5 protection. There is a minor downgrade to the camera though. It features a 48MP quad-camera array as compared to that of 64MP in the original X50 Pro. Also, the smartphone brings along a cooling system to keep a check on temperatures while gaming. The cooling system includes a vapor chamber and multi-layer graphene sheets on the inside and is coupled with Hyperboost 3.0 technology. Realme states that to offer enhanced gaming experience, the phone will allocate all chipset, memory, and battery resources accordingly.
In addition to a 6.44-inch Full-HD+ AMOLED display with a 90Hz refresh rate and a 4,200mAh battery pack, Realme provides 65W SuperDart fast-charging support and 5G connectivity.
Price and Availability
The 6GB+128GB variant of Realme X50 Pro Player Edition is priced at 2999 Yuan (approx. ₹ 31,999). The other 8GB+128GB and 12GB+128GB would cost you 3,299 Yuan (approx. ₹ 34,999) and 3,599 Yuan (approx. ₹ 38,299) respectively.
The smartphone sales will start in China from June 1 for two colors, viz. Silver Light and Phantom Black.
Having more than 2 million monthly broadcasters and over 15 million active daily users, Twitch is currently the largest live streaming platform for gamers on the Internet. If you missed a live-stream on Twitch or just want to download some interesting clip or video, then this article is for you. Twitch platform doesn’t have any download option to download a video or a clip of someone. In this how-to guide, you will learn how to download Twitch clips and videos in a very easy way. Follow the below-mentioned steps to download any Twitch clip or video.
Go to the Twitch website at https://www.twitch.tv or click here. Choose the category/channel of which you want to download video/clip. You may also search for the category like “Counter-Strike” in the search box.
Step 2.
Select the “Clips” tab and then click the clip to play. Copy the URL from the address bar. You can also copy the clip URL by right-clicking the clip thumbnail and then select the “Copy link address.”
Step 3.
Go to untwitch.com or click here. Paste the copied clip link in the text box and hit enter. Now you’ll see the download page for the clip. Choose the clip quality for download.
This way you can download any Twitch clip without installing any software on your PC.
Download Videos
To download the videos from Twitch, follow the same steps.
Step 1.
Go to twitch.tv and find the video you want to download. Alternatively, click here to visit the Twitch website. Now search for the category or channel.
Stel 2.
Now select the “Videos” tab and choose the video that you want to download on your PC. Copy the link of the video from the address bar to your clipboard.
Step 3.
Now go to untwitch.com and paste the copied video link in the search box. Alternatively, click here to go to the Untwitch website. Click “Submit” and download the video from the next page.
In this frenzied world, where people are mostly career-driven and don’t bother about anything more than work, it’s nearly impossible for us to keep track of our health. Irrespective of which category you fall in, it’s quite important for us to have a track on our calorie intake. And that’s why we have listed the best calorie counting apps for Android and iOS for you to make use of it!
Today, when we look around our vicinity, we get to know how deeply we are encompassed with technology. So, why not to use it in our favor. When it comes to our health, there are plenty on calorie counting apps that can help you keep a check on your calories plus will even provide you with some routine plans to achieve your daily goals of burning calories. Mostly, these days people find it more convenient to use these kinds of apps in their smartwatches. As it provides better assistance. But don’t worry, the list of app suggestions below also provides great results on phones whether it be an Android or an iPhone.
The 6 Best Calorie Counting Apps
1. MyFitnessPal
Price: $9.99 monthly membership
OS: Android, iOS
Popularity: 40 million users
Source: Fusion Informatics
MyFitnessPal is one of the most popular calorie-tracking apps. The moment you download and open the app, you are asked a couple of questions regarding your goals that you wish to achieve, your activity level, and some other questions like your age, height, and weight. Once you are done filling in all the details you are asked for your email address and to create a unique password for yourself. Then click on sign-up, no need to worry if you have entered some wrong information as it can be easily edited. The best part about this app is that, based on all the information that you feed, it tells you the number of calories that need to intake to achieve your daily target. You even get regular reminders from the app about your calorie intake. You can get a better response from the app if you update it with information like the food you had, the exercise you did. They even get the option that shows you your weight progress and water consumption status. Great app to keep track of your health.
Price: Free or $39.99/year (to upgrade to MyNetDiary Maximum)
OS: Android, iOS
Popularity: 10 million users
Source: Android Authority
MyNetDiary is quite similar to MyFitnessPal in terms of its functioning, as it asks you to feed your personal information like your age, gender, height, current weight, and targeted weight. It even asks to provide input regarding the food you are eating to keep track of your calories. It gives you information about the calorie intake that you need to have to reach your desired target. The factor that draws a line of dichotomy is its nice animation and design, giving it a more aesthetic look. It also allows you to provide information about your exercise routine to give you a better calorie analysis and weight chart. You can even upload your pictures on the app to have a track on your journey of transformation. Although, the app is free, you can have access to more features like detailed nutrient analysis, detailed body, and health charts, etc. by paying $39.99/year which upgrades you to MyNetDiary Maximum.
Like the other two apps FatSecret also asks you to enter your personal information like your age, gender, height, current weight, and targeted weight. Then you will be taken to a diary. Where you can have a look at your calorie intake for the whole day and how much calories you need to intake for you to reach your desired target. You can even add the details about the food items that you eat throughout the day. Which will allow the app to automatically count more accurately the number of calorie intake you had and how much more you need to have. The report option of the app enables you to have a complete chart of the calories you have consumed. This report provides detailed information about the macro and micronutrients in it. You can link your app with Google Fit or Fitbit to give the app the complete track of the calories burned and steps taken throughout the day. Adding further, you can even share these details to professionals like your dietitian, trainer, or doctor without any charges from the app.
Like most of these apps, Cronometer asks you to sign up to the app with your details, like your age, gender, height, current weight, and targeted weight, and then you’ll be taken to a diary. Where you can enter details about your everyday exercise and food intake to keep a precise track on your calories. Through all these inputs provided, this calorie counting app estimates the net calories gained or lost accordingly. This helps you to have an idea about the no. of calories that you need to take to achieve the set target on the app. The app also gives you a report about the macros that you’ve consumed. As you keep using this app for a while, the app will provide you with an analysis of your entire tracked data in the form of calorie charts and nutritional reports.
The moment you open this LoseIt!, it asks you to provide some personal information like age, height, and weight. After which you can get inside the app, where you have to set some goals for yourself. The goals include setting a weight that you want to achieve plus the pace in which you want this transformation to happen. There is a ‘Calorie Budget’ which shows you the number of calories you must consume to reach your everyday target. Similarly, there is this other feature called the ‘Food Diaries’ where you can enter details about the food items you eat and the exercise you do throughout the day so that the app can provide you details accordingly. It also gives you a calorie breakdown on every meal that you feed in. Based on which it suggests you how many more calories you need to consume to achieve the target. The premium version of the app gives you some additional feature like creating custom goal settings.
Lifesum asks you some important personal details to feed in like age, height, current weight, and target weight, which will act as the basis for daily tasks and activities provided by the app. You can set the time frame within which you want to achieve this goal. You have a diary in this calorie counting app where you can keep track of the calories. There’s also an option for you to add food items that you eat, the amount of water you consume, and the exercise you do. You can even scan the food items barcode to feed its calorie content. After you’re done with feeding the entire day’s information, you are presented with a macro breakdown on your screens. If you have the membership, you can get access to specially designed diet plans for specific goals. With a membership that starts at $34.99/year, you can even have access to special recipes for a variety of dishes under the “Recipes” tab.
Smartphone maker company OnePlus recently provided the OxygenOS Open Beta 3 update to its OnePlus 7T smartphone. In this update, OnePlus 7T users received a ‘secret’ 960fps slow-motion video recording option. According to XDA-developers, the feature is based on a “software-based frame interpolation technique”. You can enable this feature to older OnePlus phones also, that sport similar camera sensors and internal hardware.
XDA claims to have successfully enabled 960fps slow-motion support on the OnePlus 7 Pro. Not only the 960fps slow-motion support, it is also possible to unlock the macro mode in the 7 Pro smartphone. It is capable of utilizing both these features but these features are disabled on it by default.
Enabling 960fps Slow Motion in OnePlus 7 Pro
Image: Amazon
In a mod by a senior member of XDA-developers, he showed that it was possible to enable the new OnePlus 7T camera features on OnePlus 7 Pro also. You can enable 960fps slow-motion recording in the OnePlus 7 Pro by modifying the CameraInfo_0.xml and the CameraInfo_5.xml preference files of the stock camera app. You are required to add a new string called Video960FpsSizes with the value 1280×720. After saving the XML files, re-launch the camera. You will find another 960fps option on slow-motion mode, as on the OnePlus 7T.
OnePlus had already introduced the macro mode briefly on the OnePlus 7 Pro during the Android Q beta testing phase. However the feature didn’t make it to the stable version. You can enable this feature also by doing some minor changes in the XML file of the stock camera app. You can unlock it by changing the value of the IsUWMacroSupported variable inside the CameraInfo_3.xml file from false to true. This experiment was also carried out by an XDA team member. You should keep in mind that, like OnePlus 7T Pro, 7 Pro also uses the ultra-wide-angle camera to take macro photos. However 7 Pro lacks the added macro motor that the OnePlus 7T Pro has. So your improvements may vary on how well this mod works.
Note that, to unlock these features, you need to install the latest beta version of OnePlus Camera (v3.10.17 or higher) on your OnePlus 7 Pro. Besides, root access is also a mandatory prerequisite. You can use apps like Preferences Manager to perform these changes.
The smartphone maker company, OnePlus is working on its first truly wireless (TWS) earbuds product. It is planning to launch its OnePlus TWS earbuds in July alongside its rumored mid-segment smartphone, the OnePlus Z. Some reports in the past have indicated that the upcoming earbuds will feature Apple AirPods-like design. But in a new leak, it’s also revealed the official name of the upcoming product. As per the report, the company is said to call the upcoming TWS earbuds, “OnePlus Buds”. The report also goes on to share a new teaser image along with the design, and the name of the product.
OnePlus Buds Leaked Details
According to IndiaToday, leaker Max J tweeted a photo of the OnePlus Buds through a Twitter handle, @MaxJmb. This image comes with an illustration of the upcoming TWS earbuds with a written text “Buds.”
The new teaser image shows off truly wireless earbuds with Apple AirPods-like design. The design has been copied by several phone makers in the past few months including Realme, Vivo, and Oppo.
The image shared by Max J shows the buds are housed inside a case with a green LED in front. It is unclear whether the LED is to indicate charging and battery level or for showcasing the connectivity status. It is likely that the LED indicator will showcase both the connectivity status and charging level. Also, the earbuds will come with “L” and “R” marked on them to indicate which ear does it belong to. We do not have any other detail about the OnePlus Buds yet, but we expect the earbuds will come with modern features such as Google Assistant, fast-pairing with OnePlus devices, and support for touch controls.
The OnePlus Buds will add as one more audio product from the company to its existing audio products. The company had recently launched its latest wireless earphones, Bullets Wireless Z. Bullets Wireless Z came with some visual improvements over its predecessor.
Because of the COVID19 pandemic, wearing a face mask has become a must thing to do in our life. It looks like it is going to be a routine part of our lives well into 2021. Wearing a face mask for an extended period indeed gets slightly uncomfortable. But to prevent bacteria and particles from coming into us, it becomes necessary to wear a mask all the time. This sometimes causes some people to feel like suffocating.
What if you feel thirsty and need to drink some water when people are around? Removing the mask in such situations may pose a high risk to your life. In such an attempt to make masks more comfortable, a YouTuber has uploaded a video where he demonstrates a robotic face mask that can automatically open to let fresh air in when no one’s around.
What Robotic Face Mask Does
Image: YouTube
According to UberGizmo, a YouTuber called DesignMaker has created a robotic mask that comes with a dozen of electronic components, sensors, and LEDs. One of its main abilities is that it can automatically open when no one’s around and close when someone comes nearby. It is equipped with LEDs that indicate when it’s safe, and which side someone is coming. The sensors detect infrared emissions and motion around which close the lid of the mask with the help of a computer program. When there is no one around and safe, it will open up to allow for better airflow.
The practicality of such a mask may be questionable as it requires quite a lot of electronic components. Also, this type of mask will be quite heavier compared to regular surgical/N95 face masks. The unique thing about this is that it takes care of the need for us to take our masks on and off when we need to take a drink or to eat.
As we said, it doesn’t seem very practical for everyday use, but there is room for innovation always.
