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If you’re on the lookout for a premium quality Bluetooth-based wireless Headphones that produce awesome sound and provide great noise cancellation, then look no further than the Sony WH1000XM3 Bluetoo...

A couple of weeks back we reported that Google is working on Global Media controls for Chrome which will allow users to control media from a single place. Unfortunately, the Global Media controls supp...

After losing a battle in China, Apple has now lost in another court in its ongoing feud with Qualcomm. The firm has now been found to be infringing on Qualcomm’s power-saving patents in a court in Mu...

Samsung today aounced the updated Notebook 9 Pen 2-in-1 PC with improved S Pen, latest Intel processors and much better battery life.The Notebook 9 Pen comes with an edge-to-edge diamond cut metal...

Microsoft has releasedKB4469342 for Windows 10 October 2018 Update. The cumulative update was released to Windows Insiders onRelease Preview Ring earlier and is now rolling it out to all the users....

TechCrunchhas managed to break Qualcomm’s embargo and leak details of Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 855 processor a few hours early. Qualcomm said the 855 processor is “the world’s first commercial mobi...

Today, Microsoft is releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17723 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring and Build 18204 (19H1) to Windows Insiders who have opted in to Skip Ahead.Going forward...

If you don’t want to mess around with Canary builds but still want to try out Chrome’s new Material Design UI you can now activate it in the stable version of Chrome by just selecting a drop-down in t...

Today’s the big day! Xbox’s E3 2018 press conference is finally upon us, and here’s everything you’ll need to know going into the event.You can watch the press conference through Xbox’s official chaels on Mixer (above), YouTube, or Twitch. If you already own an Xbox you’ll probably want to watch through Mixer as that will grant you some MixPot goodies cons...

While the Windows 10 April 2018 update was part of a massive beta test using the Windows 10 Insider programme, it seems some serious issues still slipped through.The latest one to come to our attention is pretty serious and involves Explorer.exe crashing every 3-5 seconds, rendering a user’s machine more or less unusable.The issue appears related to the new ...

With the latest April 2018 Update, Microsoft has added the ability to download and install Fonts directly from the Microsoft Store. Currently, users can download fonts from third party websites and install using Control Panel.However, with April 2018 Update, this will change as Microsoft will make fonts available directly in the Microsoft Store. This will ha...

We are a mere 2 weeks away from Microsoft’s biggest developer show, Build, which will be ruing from the 7th to 9th May 2018 in Seattle.Attendees can now use the Schedule Builder to plan and prioritise their visit from the 434 sessions that will be available.There are nearly 100 Windows-basedsessions, but the majority of the effort is expected to be around cloud infrastructure, Microsoft’s very successful direction over the last 4 years.Microsoft will be streaming many sessions live, and all the sessions should be available within 24 hours to view remotely for those who can not attend.See the schedule here.Via Neowin.net...

Microsoft is updating the AndroidMicrosoft Launcher beta app to version4.8.This is a minor troubleshooting, code cleanup, crash fix, and performance tuning update readying the newest features for public release.Besides the bug fixes, the changelog remains the same as version 4.7.6 beta, including:First installation experience – New first installation exper...

You can now save $200 on Surface Pro Intel Core i5/128GB SSD model, finally it is available for just $799. You can also save more when you buy it along with Surface Pro Type Cover, sleeve, 2-year warranty, and 1 year of Office 365.The new Surface Pro delivers even more speed and performance thanks to the 7th Gen Intel Core processor and it offer 50% more bat...

Steam’s Hardware Survey numbers are out for February, and while they are useless for PCs at present, they do give us a look into the market share of the various VR headsets, due to Steam’s cross-platform support and attractive library of VR games and other applications.This month’s numbers, for February 2018, show slow growth for Windows Mixed Reality device...

Facebook is plaing to enter the smart speaker business this year by launching two speakers in July 2018. CodenamedAloha and Fiona, both the speaker...

Microsoft introduced support for HDR calibration with Windows 10’s Fall Creator Update, but this was limited to select PCs with out of the box HDR support.With the uamed Windows 10 Spring 2018 Update (RS4), Microsoft is adding support for more screens. While the HDR calibration update came earlier, Microsoft aounced the change to Windows with Windows 10 Build 17093.With this update, users on the Windows 10 Spring 2018 Update, will be able to use their SDR( Standard Dynamic Range, or Regular) optimised screens to view HDR videos.How to run HDR Video on SDR screensOpen the Settings App and Navigate to Settings > Apps > Video PlaybackTu on “Stream HDR Video”. If your PC is ruing the Fall Creato...

After much delay and anticipation, Samsung has finally rolled out Oreo update for the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. With the release of this update, Samsung gets itself added to the list of OEMs to rollout Oreo update for their devices.The update just went live but there’s a high chance that you might not get it right away. The updates usually roll out on an incremental basis so it will take some time for the update to be available for everyone. For now, SamMobile has only been able to confirm the availability of a manual download for beta testers in Germany but we believe the update will roll out to everyone soon.According to SamMoile, you will need 500 MBof free inteal storage space if you partic...

HP today aounced the updated best-selling HP EliteBook 800 series. First of all, HP is bringing its premium design language previously available on the HP EliteBook 1000 series to EliteBook 800 series. These laptops come with chiseled linear wedge profiles and anodized aluminum covers for sleek and strong build quality. One unique feature which is as part of EliteBook 800 series is the new ultra-bright display that automatically adapts to changing light conditions.The EliteBook 800 series is the world’s first notebooks with a world-facing, noise-cancelling microphone. The new microphone removes unwanted sounds when in individual mode or enhances for 360-degree voice pick-up when in conferenc...

Microsoft today released Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 17083 to developers. This SDK can be used with Windows 10 Insider Build 17083 or later.And this release includes bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. There’s new TreeView control, new printing APIs, HDR, screen capture APIs and more. The SDK is supported byVisual Studio 2017 and can work side-by-side with older SDKs.As you might have noticed in the recent SDK preview releases, this release also includes the C++/WinRT headers and cppwinrt compiler (cppwinrt.exe). This compiler comes in handy if you need to consume a third-party WinRT component or if you need to author your own WinRT components with C++/WinRT.The...