Nintendo Set to Remaster Most of Its Super Mario Games for 35th Anniversary of Super Mario Bros

Nintendo is planning on celebrating 35 years of Super Mario with many remasters for the Nintendo Switch and a new Paper Mario game.

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Working from home Check out these prepaid plans from Jio, Airtel and Vodafone to last the lockdown

With two more weeks of the 21-day lockdown still left, there is surging demand in internet usage among Indians. This is also the time when a majority of people working from home could be exhausting their daily data limit before the day is over. As such, there is a need for additional data while people are working from home, and telecom companies are stepping up to cater to it.

Majority of internet users in India rely on mobile data and wireless broadband for connectivity at home. The number, according to TRAI is at a whopping 642.90 million while a meagre 19.14 million use wired broadband connections. This means that a lot of professionals are using mobile data to work from home, and as a result, exhausting their data packs quickly.

Telecom operators like Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea anyway offer additional data via top-up plans, but now the operators are raising the data limits in the main prepaid plans as well.

Here we take a look at the most data-heavy and affordable plans to last the lockdown.

Reliance Jio

While most users subscribe to the 1GB or 2GB daily data plan, Jio also has a higher 3GB data per day plan which is quite affordable. It’s priced at Rs 349 for a 28-day validity and also offers 1000 non-Jio minutes along with 100 SMS per day.

There are also top-up data vouchers you can take advantage of. Starting from Rs 21 for 2GB (+200 minutes Non-Jio minutes), going to Rs 51 for 6GB (+500 minutes Non-Jio minutes)  and Rs 101 for 12GB (+1000 minutes Non-Jio minutes).

Vodafone Idea

Vodafone Idea users have the best deal out of all, frankly. The operator has introduced a double data offer that literally does what it says. The base prepaid plan priced at Rs 249 now offers 3GB 4G data instead of 1.5GB data per day for 28 days. Similarly, the Rs 399 and the Rs 599 plans are also offering 3GB 4G data per day but for 56 and 84 days respectively. This also includes unlimited calling and 100 SMS per day, along with access to Vodafone Play and Zee5.

Top up plans starts from Rs 16 for 1GB data for 24 hours, Rs 48 for 3GB data, Rs 98 for 6GB data, both valid for 28 days.

Bharti Airtel

Airtel is not presently offering additional data with its plan but the operator’s prepaid plans are quite affordable. The top tier prepaid plan is priced at Rs 398 for 28 days and offers 3GB data per day along with unlimited calling and 100 SMS a day. You can also extend the validity by going for the Rs 558 plan which offers 56 days validity.

If not, you can stick to a lesser 1.5-2GB per day prepaid plan and top up with a Rs 98 voucher for 6GB of additional data or Rs 48 for 3GB.

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How Has Coronavirus Changed the Way We Play Pokemon Go?

Pokemon Go has introduced a few notable changes to make the game more stay-at-home friendly, and more improvements are in the pipeline as players stay at home to reduce the risk of coronavirus infection.

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YouTube streaming limited to 480p in India by Google

As the world grapples with social distancing, and India goes into what feels like its nth day of lockdown, YouTube has announced that they’re going to be changing the playback quality of the video playback to standard definition (SD) or more commonly known as 480p. The decision comes after Google observed a major uptake in the number of people streaming YouTube videos throughout the day.

The move comes in the wake of the fact that more people are now stuck at home, whether working or not and hence, streaming more content as a means of passing the time. Across Europe, all streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime had reduced the default streaming quality as the infrastructure came under heavy load. Google says that the kind of uptake in traffic they’re seeing on YouTube “won't break the internet,” but the company is limiting the stream quality anyway to reduce the strain on ISP and telcos.

In India, YouTube streaming has been capped at 480p, but only for mobile devices. Even if you’re connected to a home Wi-Fi network, your mobile device will not stream YouTube content in quality higher than 480p. This is strange because you can stream YouTube content in up to 4K (content willing) if you’re on a computer. In fact, if you choose to forego the YouTube app and use the browser on your phone instead, you can get a slightly higher quality stream at 720p.

According to a report by Bloomberg, there’s been a steady rise of 20 percent in online streaming since the Coronavirus outbreak. This has started to put a strain on many countries’ internet infrastructure, which has led to this move by Google.

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Heres how you can play Pokemon GO and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite from home

While all of Niantic’s games on smartphones encourage gamers to go outdoors and explore their world, the lockdown imposed upon various countries because of the coronavirus epidemic has made the game developer take a U-turn and introduce features that allow players to stay at home and play Niantic games.

The game developer is behind two popular AR-based gaming titles — Pokemon GO and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. Both these titles are being adapted to support stay-at-home gaming since it’s no longer safe to venture outside and play these games.

Some of the new features introduced to ensure you stay at home while playing includes the following —

- Niantic’s Adventure Sync function will now track indoor steps like running on a treadmill, cleaning the house or making other indoor movements. - Niantic games will encourage in-game virtual meetups and let players stay in touch without having to meet in real life. - You can soon be able to team up with friends and take on raid battles in Pokemon GO from your home. - Apart from that, Niantic is also reimagining live events (remember the Pokemon GO Fest which ended in a disaster?) to let players feel the excitement from their homes. More details will be revealed about this in the coming weeks. - Lastly, Niantic is encouraging people to virtually visit and share their memories of their favourite real-world places until they can go and visit them in person.

What's new in Pokemon GO?

That’s not all. Pokemon GO has received a bunch of new features that shouldn’t encourage you to head outdoors. That includes a new form of gameplay called Go Battle which can be played from anywhere in the world without having to go outdoors. Walking requirements have been reduced from 3KM to zero. There are deeply discounted incense and Poke Balls to let people catch more of them without travelling too far. Niantic has also increased storage to let people send and receive more gifts.

What's new in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite?

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite has not been left alone either. You will now see more content around you on the map. So expect more Spell Energy, rare potions ingredients and other iconic Harry Potter content near you to help you make progress. Potion tuning has also been adjusted to have Foundables spawn directly at their house. Gifts will offer more helpful resources and you can open more gifts each day.

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Leaked images show the Oppo Reno Ace 2 sporting a quad rear camera setup

A leaked image has appeared online which shows the Oppo Reno Ace 2 sporting a quad-camera setup at the back. The rear cameras are aligned in a square (two on top and two below) but they are housed in a circular unit. If information circulating the internet is to be believed, then the smartphone will have a 48MP + 8MP + 2MP + 2MP rear camera setup. For the selfie camera, it will have a punch-hole camera with a 16MP sensor. 

Coming to the specifications of the Oppo Reno Ace 2, the smartphone is speculated to have a 6.5-inch AMOLED display with an FHD+ resolution and 20:9 aspect ratio. Under the hood, the smartphone is speculated to have a Snapdragon 865 SoC coupled with up to 12GB RAM and 256GB storage. 

The smartphone is speculated to have a 4000mAh battery and it seems the device will come with support for 40W wireless fast-charging and 65W fast charging when connected to the charger via a cable. The smartphone is expected to come in three colour options - Black, Blue, and Purple.

In other Oppo news, the Oppo Reno3 Pro recently went on sale in India. The smartphone features a reflective glass-finish on the back with Gorilla Glass 5 protection. On the front, it has a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED display with a 20:9 aspect ratio. It also sports an in-display fingerprint scanner. Oppo claims that the Reno3’s display has a maximum brightness of 800 nits and a peak brightness of 1200 nits. Under the hood, the Reno3 is powered by a MediaTek P95 SoC coupled with 8GB RAM. It is available in two storage options - 128GB and 256GB.

Moving to the camera, the Oppo Reno3 Pro has a quad-camera setup at the back.It has a 64MP primary camera + an 8MP ultra-wide-angle lens + a 13MP telephoto sensor + a 2MP monochrome sensor. On the front, it has dual selfie shooters - 44MP + 2MP.

The smartphone is available in Aurora Blue, Midnight Black, and Sky White colour options and packs a 4025mAh battery with support for 30W fast charging.

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Honor 30S launched with the new Kirin 820 SoC: Specs, price and more

After the launch of Huawei’s P40 series, it is the company’s sub-brand Honor’s turn to announce its upper mid-range device. Honor has announced the launch of the Honor 30S in China. The device is the first smartphone to use Huawei’s Kirin 820 chipset. The SoC out-performed the Snapdragon 855 in single-core tests on Geekbench 4. It also beats the Kirin 980 in both single-thread and multi-thread performance.

Honor 30S features a  6.5-inch LCD display that supports 2400 x 1080 pixel resolution at 405 PPI. It offers an oleophobic layer on top of the screen. There’s no high refresh rate on this one though. It is powered by the newly-announced Huawei Kirin 820 5G chipset, paired with ARM Mali-G57MP6 GPU, 1 x NPU (Neural-network Processing Unit). The Kirin 820 5G has also visited the AnTuTu benchmark listing. It scored  375270 points. 

On the optics front, the smartphone sports a quad rear camera setup: a 64MP camera with f/1.8 aperture + an 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera with an f/2.4 aperture and 120-degree field of view + an 8MP telephoto camera with f/2.4 aperture and 3x optical zoom + a 2MP 4cm macro camera with f/2.4 aperture. On the front lies a 16MP selfie shooter. 

It comes with 8GB LPDDR4x RAM and 128GB / 256GB of UFS 2.1 internal storage. Further, it runs Android 10 with Magic UI 3.1.1 and packs a 4000mAh battery that supports 40W fast charging. It measures 162.31 x 75.0 x 8.58mm and weighs 190 grams. The phone also sports a 3.5mm audio jack and a side-mounted fingerprint scanner.

The Honor 30S comes in four colours: Black, Blue, Green, and a new Feather Red gradient model. The 8GB RAM + 128GB storage model costs 2399 yuan (~$338).

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