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Gionee Launches 10,000mAh Wireless Power Bank in India, Priced at Rs 1,299 Chinese smartphone company, Gionee, has launched a newGBuddy 10,000mAh wirelesspower bankin India. The device comes with an advertised MRP of Rs. 3,999, but is currently available on Amazon for Rs. 1,299 as part of an introductory offer. It carries a 6-month warranty and is being offered in a Black color option. Gionee claims that the Gbuddy 10,000mAh power bank can charge wirelessly and through the USB port simultaneously....

How to Use Touch Up Appearance to Look Better on Zoom In the backdrop of the COVID-19 outbreak,video-conferencingled by Zoom has become the go-to tool for not only staying connected with friends and loved ones, but also collaborating with colleagues. The Zoom app boasts a range of highlyuser-friendly featuresthat have put it slightly ahead of the curve againsttop rivalslike Microsoft Teams and Hangouts Meet. Among its plethora of features, what has caught my eyes is the “Touch up my appearance” tool which retouches your video with a soft focus....

OnePlus Will No Longer Make McLaren Edition Phones The Internet has been flooded withreportsof the OnePlus and McLaren partnership coming to an end over the past week. An eagle-eyed Redditor found that the Chinese phone maker’s name was not listed on McLaren’s 2020 F1 partner page. Well, if you have been waiting for an official word, McLaren has confirmed that its partnership with OnePlus has indeed come to a close....

Oppo Reportedly Hires MediaTek and Unisoc Engineers for Its Own Chip Oppo is long-rumored to be working on anin-house chipto compete against the likes of Qualcomm, MediaTek, Samsung’s Exynos, and Huawei’s Kirin. Now, theChinese tech giant has reportedly hired several top executives from MediaTek and Unisoc. According toNikkei Asian Review,Oppo has recently hired MediaTek’s former co-chief operating officer Jeffery Ju and a former Xiaomi executive. Another executive working on MediaTek’s 5G chips is said to join Oppo in a couple of months....

Pixel Buds 2 Users Facing Audio Cutout Issues Google launched the long-awaitedPixel Buds 2last month at $179. Within a month’s period, Google’s support threads and a bunch of Reddit posts are getting filled up withrandom audio drop issuesof the company’s latest truly wireless earbuds. According to Pixel Buds 2 users, theearbuds are suffering from audio cutouts while performing basic activities like walking around and jogging– the use-cases companies pitch to get users on board the wireless freedom hype-train....

Redmi Note 8, Redmi 8, and Redmi 8A Dual Get a Price Hike…Again! Xiaomi first increased the prices across its smartphone portfolio when theGST tax rate hikewent into effect at the start of April. It thenhiked the pricesof three of its budget phones, namely the Redmi Note 8 Redmi 8, and Redmi 8A Dual about a fortnight ago. And today, Xiaomi has once again hiked the price of these 3 smartphones by up to Rs....

Samsung Galaxy Book S Launched with Intel’s Hybrid Processor, LTE Samsung launched theGalaxy Book S last yearwith a Snapdragon processor, boasting amazing battery life and LTE connectivity. This year, the company is improving upon that laptop by switching to Intel chipsets instead. The 2020 Galaxy Book S comes with Intel’s Lakefield processor and is the first laptop to use the new chip from Intel. The Lakefield generation of processors use a similar architecture as ARM chipsets....