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WhatsApp is Not Getting a Third Blue Tick Recently, many users started speculating about the third blue tick on WhatsApp. However, WABetaInfo (via a tweet), who is known for leaking WhatsApp-related details, confirmed that this rumor is fake, after all. WhatsApp is NOT developing a third blue check to detect screenshots: it’s fake news.— WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) December 27, 2021 The third tick would have allowed users to know if someone took a screenshot of the chat or any disappearing media they uploaded....

Fire-Boltt Dynamite: Specs and Features The Fire-Boltt Dynamite is a square watch with a 1.81-inch HD display and supports multiple watch faces. The watch gets a mic and a speaker to enable Bluetooth Calling. There’s access to the quick access dial pad, call history, and the ability to sync contacts. The Dynamite comes with 123 sports modes and a suite of health features like real-time heart rate monitoring, a SpO2 monitor, and a sleep tracker....

The Garmin Instinct Solar features a 0.9-inch monochrome display with 128×128 pixel resolution. You get up to 24 days of battery life indoors and the watch could last up to 50 days if there is sufficient exposure to solar energy. You can efficiently manage the battery performance using the company’s Power Manager mode. On the other hand (no pun intended), the Garmin Fenix 6 Pro offers a 1.3-inch display with a 260 x 260 pixel resolution....

Gmail’s New Look Starts Rolling Out Gmail will now feature the Chat, Meet, and Spaces sections in the top left portion for easy switching between these apps. There won’t be a need for separately opening any one of them. The official rollout comes after Google previewed the new design back in January. You will also have the option to choose the apps you want to keep on the newly integrated sidebar via Quick Settings....

Google Apps Violating User Privacy? Google Phone and Messages app are arguably two of the most-used apps on Android as they come pre-installed in most modern Android devices. So, as per an in-depth research paper titled “What Data Do The Google Dialer and Messages Apps on Android Send to Google?,” computer science professor of Trinity College Douglas Leith uncovered that these apps collect and send user data to Google without the necessary permissions....

All three apps respect iOS’ system-wide dark mode settings. Hence, if you’re someone who has already switched to the dark mode from the ‘Display & Brightness’ section in your iPhone’s Settings app, you will see the dark mode variants of Docs, Sheets, and Slides by default. You do, however, have individual controls to toggle dark mode from the app’s Menu -> Settings -> Theme. Just like the implementation on Android, you can preview the document in Light theme using More -> View in light theme....

You Can Now See Estimated Toll Prices on Google Maps Google recently revealed the update via an official post on its Maps forum. As you can imagine, the new Toll Pass Prices feature in Maps shows the estimated toll price in case there are toll booths in your specified route. The prices will appear on the route that you have selected before you start the journey in Google Maps. You can check out the screenshot below to see how it looks....

No More Echo During Video Calls on Meet The Mountain View giant recently announced the feature for Google Meet via an official blog post on its Workspace Updates forum. This feature is designed to notify you about the echo issue during a video call on Google Meet. Google states that Meet already has various intelligent features to cancel out an echo effect during a video call. However, when your system strongly feeds back audio into a call, it might still happen and cause an audio issue for the other participants....

Google Pixel 4a India Launch Date When Google launched the Pixel 4a back in August earlier this year, it confirmed that we will see this mid-range smartphone arrive in India in October. Well, we have been waiting patiently since then and Google finally confirmed the Pixel 4a India launch date today. The company did not announce it during the Pixel 5 launch event or in an official blog post. Instead, the official @madebygoogle Twitter account replied to a user’s question about the Pixel 4a with the October 17 India launch date....

As you can see in the screenshot below, the latest change in the AOSP code lists not only the upcoming Pixel flagship and rumored 5G variant of the Pixel 4a but also the Pixel 5a. First spotted by the folks at 9to5Google, you can see that the Pixel 4a will arrive with Android 10 in tow and there doesn’t seem to be a bigger Pixel 4a XL. The Pixel 5, Pixel 4a 5G, and next year’s mid-range phone – the Pixel 5a will run the latest Android 11 out-of-the-box....

Google Releases Switch to Android App for iPhones The Switch to Android app is primarily a data-migration tool for iOS users to easily transfer their local iPhone data to a new Android device without using any physical cables. This is similar to the “Move to iPhone” app, which Apple launched years ago to make it easier to switch from Android to iOS. The app, as you’d expect, will let you transfer your contacts, messages, calendar events, photos, and videos from your iOS device to your new Android device wirelessly....

Prime minister, Narendra Damodardas Modi, if you are unaware, established the Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog with an aim to conserve, protect, and develop the cows of the country. Now, the organization’s chairman, Vallabbhai Kathiria, recently boasted about cow-dung, hailing it as “anti-radiation” and showed off a chip made of the same, which he claims can be used in modern mobile devices to reduce radiation. “Cow dung will protect everyone, it is anti-radiation… It is scientifically proven… This is a radiation chip that can be used in mobile phones to reduce radiation....

So, let’s take a look at some of the key features that the Intel Arc GPUs will offer. Intel Arc – High-Performance Gaming GPUs So, the Intel Arc GPUs will be dedicated graphics processors that will cater to high-end gaming PCs and thin-and-light gaming laptops. The first GPU under the Intel Arc branding is codenamed “Alchemist” and will arrive in the first quarter of 2022. Other than this, Intel has also revealed the codenames of the later generations of Arc GPUs and they are Batllemage, Celestial, and Druid....

Apparently, if you’re using two SIMs on your dual SIM iPhone 12, you won’t get 5G networks on either one of them. That’s according to a leaked Apple training document that has been doing the rounds on Reddit. As per that document, Apple has this to say: That feels really silly, especially on a flagship phone costing upwards of $699 to start. According to MacRumors, Apple is planning on fixing the issue with a software update in the future, but the Cupertino giant has so far refused to comment on either the training document, the 5G dual SIM situation, or any plans for a software fix somewhere down the line....

According to a TENAA listing for the new iPhone 12 Pro Max, it seems the Cupertino giant has actually reduced the size of the battery inside the phone as compared to the iPhone 11 Pro Max from last year. The listing states the iPhone 12 Pro Max as having a 3,687mAh battery as compared to the 3,969mAh battery pack inside the iPhone 11 Pro Max. The smaller battery is even more surprising considering the iPhone 12 Pro Max is a considerably bigger phone than its predecessor....

New Jio Cricket Plans Detailed The Rs 151 is a data add-on pack, which offers 8GB of data and doesn’t have a validity of its own. That means it depends on the validity of an existing unlimited plan. The Rs 333 prepaid plan includes 1.5GB of data a day, 100 SMS a day, and unlimited calls. The plan has a validity of 28 days. Users will get access to Disney+ Hotstar’s mobile subscription, which other costs Rs 49 a month....

Lenovo Tab P11 Pro (2nd Gen): Specs and Features The Lenovo Tab P11 Pro (2nd Gen) has an 11.2-inch 2.5K OLED display with support for a 120Hz refresh rate (which the predecessor didn’t have), a 360Hz touch sampling rate, 600 nits of peak brightness, 100% DCI-P3, HDR10+, and Dolby Vision. Unlike the Snapdragon 730G chipset, the new Tab P11 Pro gets a MediaTek Kompanio 1300T SoC with Arm Mali-G77 MC9 GPU....

Micromax IN Note 2 Launch Confirmed Micromax recently took to Twitter to announce the launch date of the IN Note 2, which would be the successor to the company’s IN Note 1 that launched back in 2020. Following the announcement, a microsite for the device went live on Flipkart, revealing some key details about the upcoming smartphone. Revealing the best way to #LevelUp Your Style.Presenting #MicromaxINNote2 with Dazzling Glass finish, launching on 25....

Microsoft Cloud PC: Desktop-as-a-Service Rumored Launch Timeline For the uninitiated, the Microsoft Cloud PC (codenamed “Project Deschutes”) service is expected to enable customers to access a remote Windows desktop and use software like Microsoft Office remotely using their devices as, what is called, thin clients. This way, users will be able to access and work on a Windows desktop without ever owning a desktop setup. Now, although the service was to launch sometime in early 2021, there were no additional details about it until now....

Full-Screen Widgets Page, File Explorer Sidebar in Windows 11 Widgets are not a new thing in Windows, but with Windows 11, Microsoft added a dedicated panel for them that slid out from the left side of the screen. Currently, if you use the Windows 11 keyboard shortcut “Windows + W” or click on the weather button at the bottom left of your screen, the widgets panel slides out from the left....