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31 August 2016 HIGHLIGHTS It's powered by a Snapdragon Wear 2100 SoC Like previous ZenWatch models, it runs on Android Wear Asus is promising a battery life up to two days As expected, Asus ahead of IFA 2016 on Wednesday unveiled its latest wearable - the ZenWatch 3 - at its Zenvolution event. The biggest change compared to the ZenWatch 2  is that it sports a round display instead of a square one - it also comes in only one size variant. The ZenWatch 3 has been priced at EUR 229 (roughly Rs. 17,000), which is significantly more expensive than the larger ZenWatch 2 model, which was priced at EUR 169 (roughly Rs. 12,600) when it was launched at IFA 2015. The Verge  reports  that the ZenWatch 3 will be available in the US and Germany from October. The Android Wear-powered Asus ZenWatch 3 features a 1.39-inch Amoled display with a 400x400 pixel resolution, translating to a pixel density of 287ppi. The co...

  31 August 2016 HIGHLIGHTS The Predator 21 X will be made available in 2017 The Acer Chromebook R13 bears a 13-inch full-HD display The Pawbo+ pet accessory was also unveiled Acer has unveiled several PCs, laptops, monitors, mini computers and pet accessories at its event in Berlin. These include many ultra-thin laptops in its new Swift and Spin series, a first-of-its-kind Predator gaming laptop with a curved display, and a miniature desktop powered by a Core i7 processor. The most notable among these is the Swift 7 laptop touted to be the thinnest in the world measuring under a centimetre, and the new beast Predator 21 X gaming laptop - the world's first laptop to sport a curved screen. Swift series Acer flagged-off its new Swift series, and introduced four new ultra-thin laptops. Amongst the lot, the Swift 7 is the thinnest, and is said to be first laptop thinner than 1 centimetre - 9.98mm to be exact - which also happens to make it world's th...

30 August 2016 HIGHLIGHTS Google may be discontinuing the Chromebook Pixel 2 soon The Google Store in US shows no purchase option for the laptop Interestingly, the Chromebook Pixel 2 is still up for orders in UK Google had launched its second Chrome OS powered laptop - the Chromebook Pixel 2 - in March last year. It now seems that Google might be discontinuing its second-generation Chromebook Pixel, with its disappearance from the Google Store in the US being noted. As per a report  by Venture Beat, the laptop listing on the Google Store shows an 'out of stock' message, which may be an indication that Google doesn't want to go ahead with its Chromebook Pixel 2. The Chromebook Pixel 2 was the successor to Mountain View-based company's Chromebook Pixel that was discontinued in April this year. "We're committed to the Pixel program but we don't have plans to restock the Pixel 2," the report quoted a Google spokesperson to sa...

30 August 2016 HIGHLIGHTS Forza Horizon 3 has gone gold Microsoft has announced what kind of PC you'll need to play it Forza Horizon 3 is available from September 23 One of the standout games of E3 2016 was Forza Horizon 3. Along with hitting the Xbox One, the game will be coming to Windows 10 PCs. Microsoft announced what kind of PC you'll need to get the best out of it. Unlike Halo 5: Forge which saw minimum, recommended, and ultra PC requirements listed, all we have for Forza Horizon 3 are its recommended requirements. This will allow you to play the game at 1920x1080 although there's no mention of what graphical preset or frame rate you'd be able to achieve. The recommended specifications are as follows: CPU:  i7 3820 @ 3.6GHz GPU:  NVIDIA GTX 970 or NVIDIA GTX 1060/AMD R9 290X or AMD RX 480 VRAM:  4GB RAM:  12GB Available Space:  55 GB OS:  Windows 10 Anniversary Edition 64-bit 14393.101 x And ...

Archos 50 Saphir With IP68 Certification, 5000mAh  ,  30 August 2016 HIGHLIGHTS The Archos 50 Saphir is priced at roughly Rs. 7,500 The smartphone is IP68 certified The company claims that it can survive a fall from one meter Just a day after unveiling a slew of Helium smartphonesahead of IFA 2016, Archos has now launched another smartphone called 50 Saphir. The smartphone will also be showcased at IFA, and will be made available in Europe starting October for EUR 99 (roughly Rs. 7,500). The highlight of the Archos 50 Saphir smartphone is that it is highly water-resistant. The smartphone is IP68-certified which means it can survive immersion in up to one metre of water for up to 30 minutes. Archos further claims that it can withstand falls from one metre. As for specifications, the Archos 50 Saphir runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow and supports dual-SIM (Micro) slots. It features a 5-inch (720x1280 pixels) IPS disp...

  30 August 2016 Sri Lanka's police Monday arrested a 17-year-old teenager for hacking into President Maithripala Sirisena's official website and posting a message calling for the postponement of A-level examinations. The unnamed boy was taken into custody under the Computer Crimes Act and on conviction faces a fine of LKR 300,000 ($2,000) and up to three years in jail. "We traced the hack to his home in Kadugannawa," a police official said referring to a town about 100 kilometres (62 miles) east of the capital Colombo. "The website was crippled over the weekend after the attack." On Monday, the president's official site was up and running again. The attacker had removed the home page of the website and replaced it with a demand that the President postpone the ongoing GCE Advanced Level examinations or step down. Sri Lankan websites had been hacked in the past, but this was the first time that a teenager had been arrested under th...

28 August 2016 Umesh Upadhyay (@upadhyayumesh) HIGHLIGHTS Thousands for queuing up to get a Reliance Jio SIM SIM comes with 3 months of free usage This includes unlimited mobile data There was been a lot of demand for the Reliance Jio SIM in the virtual world, as has been evident by the number of queries we've got on the subject in the last few weeks. This week saw the demand make its presence felt in the real world, with people queuing up in droves at Reliance Digital, Digital Xpress, Digital Xpress Mini stores, and other select retail outlets in the hope of getting their hands on a Reliance Jio SIM. While calling tariffs in India are among the lowest in the world, mobile data continues to cost a premium, with just 1GB of 3G/ 4G data per month costing over Rs. 250 in most circles on popular operators like Airtel and Vodafone. This makes the demand for a Reliance Jio SIM - which is now available for all 4G phones at select outlets, bu...