Snapdragon 855 Plus vs Snapdragon 855: What’s Different? If you’ve been keeping up with the latest in the technology world, you would know that Qualcomm surprised us with a mid-cycle refresh of its flagship chipset – the Snapdragon 855. The upgraded chipset is known as Snapdragon 855 Plus and it brings in tow some changes that make it stand out from the chip maker’s existing flagship processor. We already have the first smartphone powered by Snapdragon 855 Plus among us,the ROG Phone 2, so let’s check out how the Snapdragon 855 and Snapdragon 855 Plus differ from each other:...

Sony SRS-XB32 Bluetooth Speaker Review: The Perfect Party Speaker Every time Sony launches a Bluetooth speaker, I’m just generally more excited than most people here. That’s partly because I absolutely love listening to music on speakers, and mostly because I’ve found Sony’s Bluetooth speakers to offer better sound quality when compared to what other brands have in the market. So naturally, when the nice people over at Sony sent us the SRS-XB32 for a review, I was hyped....

Tencent Has Partnered with The Pokemon Company to Create Games Chinese entertainment giant, Tencent, has announced that it is partnering with The Pokemon Company and will be developing games in collaboration with them. This could hint at Tencent’s endeavours towards expanding outside of the Chinese and Asian market, and a partnership with The Pokemon Company is a pretty big boost in that regard. Tencent did not mention what platforms the company will develop games for, in partnership with The Pokemon Company, or even what games the two companies are planning to develop....

This Facebook VR Wristband Lets You ‘Touch’ Virtual Objects At the World Haptics Conference in Tokyo last week, Facebook demoed a prototype sensory wristband called‘Tasbi’that’s designed to provide‘haptic feedback’to users to make them feel like they’re touching something with their hands even when they are not. Meant to be worn on both wrists, the device is supposed to accomplish the feat through vibrations and squeezes.Image Courtesy: Facebook (Via: UploadVR) TheTasbiwas devised by Facebook Reality Labs, the experimental AR/VR research unit of the social media giant....

TikTok User Spend Crossed $10 Million Last Month If you thought the TikTok craze was dying out, here’s a reality-check for you. The short video sharing app that has been at the center of a huge number of controversies, is going strong and is growing at an immensely fast rate. According to a report from Sensor Tower, user spending inside the TikTok app reached $10 million last month, as compared to $1....

Xiaomi May Ditch ‘Poco’ Brand Following Redmi K20 Launch, Says Analyst Adding more fuel to persistent speculations about the fate of the‘Poco’brand from Xiaomi, an IDC analyst has now claimed that the company may be planning to scrap the value brand for good. The assertion from IDC research director, Navkendar Singh, comes just days after POCO general manager,Jai Mani, called it quitsfollowing thelaunch of the Redmi K20 and K20 Proin India last week....

Xiaomi Starts Crowdfunding the Mi Water TDS Tester in India for Rs. 349 Among the manymanythings that Xiaomi makes, a lot are simply unavailable in India. However, Xiaomi knows that people in India want access to these products, which is why the company launched its Share Save app; and it also keeps crowdfunding new products to gauge user-interest in them, and then brings them to market. After successfully crowdfunding a bunch of products in the past, including theMi SunglassesandLED Lamps, the company has today started crowdfunding its Mi Water TDS Tester in India....