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Now, if you are unaware of boAt, it is a homegrown brand that has become quite popular in the country since its launch in 2016. The company initially manufactured affordable audio accessories for smartphones and became the market leader in the TWS earphones sector last year. So, citing the rising COVID cases in the country and the shortage of oxygen supply, boAt has partnered with the non-profit organization SaveLIFE Foundation to deliver high-grade oxygen concentrators and other necessary medical supplies to the hospitals that need them the most....

boAt Launches Audio Products with Netflix boAt has introduced the new streaming edition range, which includes the boAt Nirvana 751ANC headphones, the Airdopes 411ANC TWS, and the Rockers 333 Pro neckband. All three audio products come engraved with the Netflix logo. The new limited-edition streaming range will help you get an immersive audio experience while watching movies, shows, and more on Netflix. For this, boAt has the ‘Made for India to Keep Watching’ campaign too, which features the company’s brand ambassadors, actor Kiara Advani, Indian cricketer Shreyas Iyer, fashion designer Masaba Gupta, and boAt co-founder Aman Gupta....

Microsoft Edge 91 Gets Sleeping Tabs and Startup Boost According to Microsoft, Edge will be the best-performing browser on Windows 10 after the upcoming Edge 91 release. Edge 91 is all set for release later this week. So, let’s get to the features Microsoft has added to make this bold claim. Sleeping Tabs If you are an Edge user, you might be wondering that the Redmond giant had already added sleeping tabs to the browser....

Dubbed as the “Motorrad Definition CE 04”, this unique concept-scooter from BMW looks much different than your average Honda. According to the manufacturers, the Definition CE 04 is designed for the urban lifestyle and will get you from one point to another without polluting the environment. “A scooter is not a ‘fun bike’ which is taken for a ride in the mountains in fine weather, but a practical everyday vehicle for driving from home to the office or meeting friends in the evening – simply a vehicle for every day in the city,” said the chief of the Motorrad division of BMW, Alexander Buckan....

Eight years after the release of the last film of the trilogy, Warner Bros. published the BTS documentary just recently. In fact, the production house has been publishing behind-the-scenes documentaries for viewers to know more about films like Goodfellas and Joker and legendary filmmakers like Stanley Kubrick. The Fire Rises Similarly, “The Fire Rises” is the BTS documentary of the “Dark Knight” trilogy. It is a one-hour-long documentary including interviews of many of the crew members, many senior members of Warner Bros....

The company, if you do not know, has been making its Alp Watch series of mechanical watches that look like Apple’s timepiece since the Cupertino giant released the initial version of the Apple Watch. Now, following the release of the Apple Watch Series 6 and the Apple Watch SE, H. Moser recently released the Alp Watch Final Upgrade which rocks the same squared-off design with the rounded edges as the Apple Watch....

New Disney+ Plan in the Pipeline The new ad-supported Disney+ subscription plan will be first introduced in the US and will then be expanded to other markets by 2023. The plan will come with ads, hence, it means it will be much cheaper than its current plans, starting at $7.99/ month. For those who don’t know, Disney+ costs $8 a month and $80 a year. With Hulu and ESPN+, it is priced at $14....

Twitter DMs to Be End-to-End Encrypted After acquiring Twitter to make it a private organization, Elon Musk recently posted a tweet, which gives us a hint at an important change for direct messages on Twitter. Musk, in his recent tweet, wrote that direct messages on Twitter should be end-to-end encrypted to prevent anyone from reading them. The Tesla CEO also cited Signal, one of the most popular social messaging apps in the market, as an example....

The announcement comes via an official Newsroom post from Fidji Simo, the Head of the Facebook App. The new features are part of Facebook’s new audio products line, which was announced earlier this year. Now, a couple of them are available on the Facebook app for iOS in the US. Live Audio Rooms on Facebook The Live Audio Rooms feature on Facebook enables users to join in dedicated audio rooms and listen to live conversations on various topics....

Flipkart “Sell Back Programme” Announced in India Flipkart, via an official press release, reveals that the program allows people to sell their smartphones, be it an Apple device or a Lava device, on Flipkart and get Flipkart Electric Gift Vouchers in return. The gift vouchers can then be used to purchase any product on the e-commerce platform or deduct the voucher amount from the price of a particular product. Flipkart says that the Sell Back Programme is valid for any smartphone model, whether it was purchased from Flipkart or not....

Gamin Venu Sq 2: Specs and Features The Garmin Venu Sq 2 gets a 1.4-inch AMOLED display, which is considered 17% bigger than its predecessor. It comes with a 24×7 heart rate tracking and even provides alerts when the heart rate goes abnormal. There’s the ability to track sleep, body energy levels, Pulse Ox, the stress levels, calories, and more. Using the Garmin Connect, women can track their menstural cycle and pregnancy too....

3 Months of Free Spotify Premium for Visa Card Holders As is the case with most promotional Spotify offers, it’s worth mentioning that the offer is applicable only to users who have not used Spotify Premium in the past. However, you don’t need a new Spotify account for this. You can claim this offer with your existing Spotify account as long as you have never been a Spotify Premium member or claimed a Spotify Premium trial....

“The recovery is proceeding faster than we expected, clearly demonstrating a healthy appetite for smartphones globally. But amidst this phenomenal growth, we must remember that we are comparing against one of the worst quarters in smartphone history,1Q20, the start of the pandemic when the bulk of the supply chain was at a halt and China was in full lockdown,” stated Nabila Popal, the Research Director at IDC’s Worldwide Mobile Device Trackers....

In a statement released earlier today, Purnima Kochikar, Director of Business Development of Games & Applications at Google Play, said: “(We’re) extending the time for developers in India to integrate with the Play billing system, to ensure they have enough time to implement UPI for (the) subscription payment option that will be made available on Google Play — for all apps that currently use an alternative payment system we set a timeline of 31st March 2022”....

Google announced the feature via an official post on its Workspace forum recently. The feature is essentially an extension of the existing live captions feature on the platform that adds captions to videos in real-time. However, instead of showing the captions in English only, the new feature translates them to show the captions in different languages. So, if any user connects with a person who does not speak English, they can use the live translation captions feature to eliminate the language barrier and communicate with ease....

Google’s new approach to handle OTPs might be more convenient than it seems. Typically, OTPs are useless once it expires and there is no key reason to hold on to them. By switching the OTP auto-delete toggle, you should, at least in theory, get a better and decluttered SMS Inbox. The changes were spotted in Google Messages v6.7.067 app’s code. The feature is not live as of this writing. Going by the report, there will be an option titled ‘Auto-delete OTPs after 24hrs’ in the app’s settings....

The feature, which comes as a boon for iPhone users, will enable Google Assistant-powered Nest smart speakers and displays to find users’ iPhones. So, following the update, iPhone users possessing a Nest smart speaker can simply ask the Assistant to find their devices. Now, if you did not know, the find-my-phone feature on Google smart speakers and displays work even when an Android device is in silent mode or Do Not Disturb mode....

Do note that the Resurrection Remix ROM for the Pixel 4a comes with the HolyDragon kernel built-in, so in case you want to use this particular ROM, there’s no need to download the kernel separately. The return of Resurrection Remix to the custom ROM scene is a welcome change after the project seemed all but abandoned last year following an ugly spat between two of the lead developers. True to its name, the project has now been resurrected following the acrimonious departure of one of them....

Pixel 6a Confirmed to Launch to India Following a myriad of leaks and rumors, Google finally unveiled its budget-focused Pixel 6a along with the Pixel Buds Pro and a sneak peek at the Pixel tablet yesterday. The company not only revealed the launch date of the device, which is July 28, but also provided a long list of countries where the Pixel 6a would be available upon launch. In the official documentation, Google mentioned several countries, including the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, and more, but not India....

In case you’re wondering, the APVI is different from the existing monthly Android Security Bulletins (ASB). ASBs are directly based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) code. On the other hand, APVI aims to solve issues impacting device code that Google doesn’t maintain. “We didn’t have a clear way to process Google-discovered security issues outside of AOSP code that are unique to a much smaller set of specific Android OEMs....