Chrome OS May Finally Get a Dedicated Media Player Chrome OS developers are apparently working on a dedicated media app that might soon replace the Files app as the platform’s default media player. That’saccording to ChromeStory, which says aSystem Web App (SWA) called ‘Media App’has shown up in the latest build ofChrome OSCanary channel that was rolled out recently. It is, however, still in the very early stages of development with a rudimentary UI and basic playback options for audio and video files....

Garmin Working on Solar-Powered ‘Instinct 2’ Smartwatch Garmin is apparently doubling down on green energy, with latest reports suggesting that the company may be working on yet another solar-powered smartwatch that would be the second such offering from the company after theFenix 6X Pro. Believed to have been firstreported by TizenHelp, the upcoming smartwatch was originally mentioned in a leaked firmware update, which revealed that the device will be called theGarmin Instinct 2 Solar....

Google Translate May Soon Get ‘Continuous Translation’ For Voice Inputs Google Assistant’s ‘Interpreter Mode’, which allows the software to translate conversations in real-time,finally started rolling outto smartphones and tablets after being rolled out onGoogle Homesmart speakers and displays earlier this year. However, the tech giant is now also believed to be working on a similar functionality for its Google Translate app, enabling users to interact with folks who don’t speak their language....

Here’s a First Look at Realme’s Own Customised UI Based on ColorOS 7 At itsRealme X2 launch eventin New Delhi, the company gave us a first look at its own custom “Realme UI” that’s closer to stock Android but is still based on Oppo’sColorOS 7software experience. We have been referring to this update asRealmeOSfor some time now but I will now refer to it as Realme UI going forward. Realme first revealed that it’s working on a custom UI, which will be closer to the stock Android experience, back in July earlier this year....

How to Improve Privacy on Windows 10 Using ShutUp10 Of late, Microsoft has been very aggressive about its push to replace the local account on Windows 10 with an online account. In fact,recent reportssuggest that the local account option is no longer available on the Windows 10 setup screen. All this points to one thing that Microsoft needs more user data and there can’t be a better product than Windows 10 to monetize it....

India to Bring Broadband Access to All Villages by 2022; to Invest ₹7 Lakh Crores India has been making strides to become a digital economy over the past few years. We have seen mobile subscribers grow to 117 crores, with around 10GB Internet data being consumed on average today. Now, the central government aims to further digitization in India andbring ‘affordable and universal’ Internet accessto every corner with the launch of the National Broadband Mission....

Netflix Earned $1Bn in Revenues From Asia Pacific in First 3 Quarters of 2019 With the US market getting more saturated with every passing year, Netflix is looking abroad for growth, and so far at least, the strategyseems to be paying rich dividends.According to the company’s filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Asia Pacific (APAC) region was the fastest growing region for the company, accounting for $1 billion in total revenues during the first three quarters of this year....