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VR Exploration Game Lets You Roam Around Iceland and Click Pictures Since the Coronavirus took over the world earlier this year, inter-country travel has become a dream. People cannot even go to the grocery store near their houses. So, this is making backpackers, solo travellers and any travel enthusiast quite frustrated, I am sure. However, we saw efforts from companies likeGoogleandAirbnblending technology to give us virtual tours of places. Now, Mýrdalssandur, Iceland, a simple travel-focused game can take travellers to the beautiful southern coast of the Nordic island nation, Iceland....

Xiaomi Might Finally Launch the RedmiBook 14 in India in June Ever since Xiaomi first launched itsRedmiBook laptopsin China, we have been hoping that the company brings its competitively priced, good looking laptops to India as well. Recently, those hopes were raised higher as reports came out that the company hadtrademarked the RedmiBook brand namein India, and Xiaomi’s India head, Manu Kumar Jain also said that thecompany might launch its laptopsin the country soon....

Facebook Acquires GIF Sharing Platform Giphy for Around $400 Million Social media giant Facebook has today acquired one of the most popular GIF creation and sharing websites – Giphy, which will now be apart of the Instagram team. The news was first reported byAxiosand got subsequently confirmed by Facebook in an official blog post. While Facebook did not disclose the financial terms of the deal,Axios‘ report suggests that the company had avaluation of around $400 million....

Fitbit Planning to Build Ventilators for COVID-19 Patients Fitbit is reportedlyworking on manufacturing emergency ventilatorsin the wake of coronavirus pandemic. The company’s proposal will be submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the coming days. “There was a lot of concern about the shortage of ventilators and we realized we had expertise already around the supply chain,”Fitbit CEO James Park toldCNBC. To accelerate the process, Fitbit would submit its plans under FDA’s emergency use authorization....

GOQii Vital 3.0 Smart Band That Can Measure Body Temperature Launched in India Smart wearables brand GOQii has today launched a fitness band named Vital 3.0 that can measure body temperature. Sounds like a much-needed accessory for the ongoing situation, right? The company claims it is theworld’s first smart wrist band with sensors to detect body temperature. The company pitches the product as an efficient tool to detect temperature, which happens to be one of the early symptoms of COVID-19....

Here’s How You Can Enable Dark Theme on WhatsApp Web Right Away Love dark theme over the light one? Well, most of us do and we were thankful to see WhatsAppintroduce dark modeon its mobile app earlier this year. The company has reported to be working on dark mode for its web app over the past couple of months. Though the company isyet to officially roll outthe dark theme for WhatsApp Web, a workaround for enabling the same has surfaced online....

India Watchdog Investigating WhatsApp For Possible Antitrust Violations The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is reportedly investigating allegations of monopolistic trade practices against WhatsApp for trying to bundle itsproposed payments servicewith its popular instant messaging app. According toReuters, at least two sources have confirmed that the person who filed the complaint with CCI was a lawyer, but neither divulged the identity of the complainant. While both WhatsApp and its parent company, Facebook, has been named in the complaint, the former seems to be the object of CCI’s investigation....