Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Grows 50 Percent, Xbox Sales Sees Boost During Pandemic

Microsoft reported its Azure cloud computing services grew 50 percent, the second quarter of acceleration in a business that had begun to slow as the global pandemic benefited the software maker's investment on working and learning from home.

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FAU-G Gives Indians a Game Based on Indian Stories, nCore Games Co-Founder Vishal Gondal Says

FAU-G has finally launched and is now available to download on Google Play. Developed by nCore Games, the action mobile game comes as a home-grown alternative to PUBG Mobile, that was banned along with other Chinese apps by the government in September last year. In an interview with NDTV, nCore Games co-founder Vishal Gondal talks about further details of the game, it...

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Garena Free Fire celebrates Indias Republic Day by offering character trial cards, legendary gun skins and more

Garena Free Fire has announced that it will be hosting a range of activities for its Indian fans in celebration of India’s 72nd Republic Day. This would include in-game activities and rewards that would include character trial cards, free legendary skins and more. The events will be live till January 31.

The two character trial cards that will be available for players to earn will be Chrono, which is based on professional footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Jai, which is based on bollywood actor, Hritik Roshan. Both these characters usually require players to spend in-game Diamonds, but through this event, they will be able to try out the characters and use them for a few games. Further, if players manage to check in for nine consecutive days, during this period, they will get to claim five legendary gun boxes and three weapon royale vouchers. As an added bonus, players will now be able to collect fireworks tokens as they play. These can then be used to redeem a new gun skin called the P90 Midnight Mafia. 

On January 26 itself, players will get to earn two Diamond royale vouchers, six Justice Fighter Gun boxes and one incubator voucher. 

  In related news, registrations for Garena’s Free FIre India Championship (FFIC) 2021 Spring tournament are scheduled to kick off from January 27, and go on till January 29. Free Fire players from India and Nepal can sign up in-game via the Free Fire Cup (FFC) mode. The tournament offers a total prize pool of Rs 75 lakh. Further, the top-performing teams from FFIC 2021 Spring tournament will get the opportunity to represent their region in the next Free Fire international tournament. On top of this, they will directly qualify for the Free Fire Pro League Summer.

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MediaTek to introduce mid-tier 5G chipsets in first half of 2021: Report

A week ago, MediaTek unveiled its new Dimensity chips for flagship smartphones. But if information circulating the rumour mills is to be believed, the company is not yet done. MediaTek is all set to release not one but two new 5G chipsets in the first half of 2021.

The new chips will be less powerful than Dimensity 1100 and 1200 SoC, as the new chips are targeted at mid-tier smartphones. According to Digitimes the upgraded version of MediaTek 800 and 700 chipsets will be announced in Q2 of 2021. The upgraded Dimensity 700 is expected to be introduced in early Q2 2021, while the Dimensity 800 is expected to be announced at the MWC 2021.

The new chips are going to support sub-6GHz 5G, and not the mmWave 5G. While the sub-6Ghz 5G is faster than 4G networks it is not as fast as the mmWave. the sub-6Ghz supports enhanced multimedia capabilities and improved gaming performance than the previous generation. The other benefit being that the sub-6Ghz 5G can penetrate objects and offers a longer range making it easier for the carriers to implement this variant of the 5G network.

The new chips are to be developed using matured 10/12nm technology process at TSMC, as reported by sources.

MWC 2021 is no longer going to take place in the first quarter of this year and now has been moved to the end of June (28 June - 1 July), but the dates are not yet confirmed and are tentative as of now.

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Indian government questions WhatsApp on disparity in treatment between Indians and Europeans over new privacy policy

The Indian government, on Monday, informed Delhi High Court that WhatsApp's treatment in regards to opting out of its new privacy policy is different for Indians when compared to Europeans and this is concerning.

The central government told the court that it is looking into the issue as the disparity in treatment is a serious matter of concern. It said that the users in India were being "unilaterally" subjected to the change in the privacy policy by WhatsApp, whereas it's not the same for Europeans.

As per PTI report, the submissions were made before Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva by Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Chetan Sharma during the hearing of a petition by a lawyer against WhatsApp's new privacy policy. The new policy has been receiving a strong backlash in India soon after its rollout.

Under the new policy, users can either accept it or leave the app, but they cannot opt not to share their data with other Facebook-owned or third-party apps.

What happened at the hearing?

At the beginning of the hearing, the court reiterated its previous statement that WhatsApp is not a mandatory-to-download app, it's people's personal choice to download it or not. The court also noted that the Personal Data Protection Bill is being considered by the Parliament and government is already looking into the issues highlighted in the plea. 

ASG Sharma told the court that by not giving an option to opt-out of the policy appears to be treating users with an "all or nothing approach". He said, "insofar the government is concerned, while the privacy policy offered by WhatsApp to its European users specifically prohibits the use of any information shared with other Facebook companies." However, this clause was not found in the privacy policy terms shown to the Indian users. 

"This differential treatment is certainly a cause of concern for the government. It is also a matter of concern for the government that Indian users are being unilaterally subjected to the changes in the privacy policy," the ASG told the court.

"This leverages the social significance of WhatsApp to force users into a bargain which may infringe on their interests in information privacy and information security," he added.

Sharma also said the government was already looking into the issue and has sent a communication to WhatsApp about the same. Kapil Sibbal, senior advocate appearing for WhatsApp told the court that the communication has been received and the company will have a response soon. 

The court, thereafter, scheduled the matter for hearing on March 1.

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Razer Naga X Gaming Mouse With 16 Programmable Buttons Launched, Aimed at MMO Gamers

Razer’s latest gaming mouse has 16 programmable buttons and a right-handed ergonomic design. The Razer Naga X gaming mouse is designed for massively multiplayer online (MMO) gamers. It is priced at $79.99 (roughly Rs. 5,800) and is available for purchase from Razer’s website. The gaming mouse features the Razer Chroma RGB lighting.

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Realme X7 series teased to be available on Flipkart ahead of launch in India

Realme X7 series is rumoured to launch in India from quite some time. Now, Flipkart has started teasing the launch of a new Realme phone under the X-series. While the teaser page does not explicitly mention Realme X7 or X7 Pro, it does ask visitors to guess the name of the upcoming phone. Realme X7 series was launched in September 2020 in China with MediaTek Dimensity processors.

Flipkart has started teasing the launch of the next Realme X-series smartphone in India and it is asking users to check back for more details on January 27. Realme could be announcing the launch date of their upcoming smartphones on January 27. According to a previous report, the Realme X7 series could launch in India on February 5 but it has not been confirmed by the company yet.

The X7 series by Realme was earlier rumoured to launch in December 2020 but that didn’t happen. However, this time, Realme has begun teasing the imminent launch of the new phones under the X-series. Unless Realme decides to change the name, the launch of the X7 series is set to happen sometime in the next few weeks.

With the Realme X7 series already launched in China, its key specifications and features are out in the open. Here’s a look at the specs of the Realme X7 and Realme X7 Pro.

Realme X7 and X7 Pro specifications

Realme X7 Pro features a 6.55-inch Full HD+ (2400 x 1080 pixels) resolution AMOLED screen with a punch-hole cut out for the selfie camera. The display supports 120Hz high refresh rate, is topped with a layer of Gorilla Glass 5 and is also home to a fingerprint reader under the screen. It measures 8.5 millimetres in thickness and weighs 184 grams. 

Meanwhile, the Realme X7 features a 6.4-inch Full HD+ (2400 x 1080 pixels) resolution display that uses an AMOLED panel with a punch-hole cut out for the selfie camera. The screen is topped with a layer of Gorilla Glass for additional protection and there is a fingerprint reader underneath. It measures 8.1 millimetres in thickness and weighs 175 grams.

The Realme X7 is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 800U processor with an octa-core CPU and Mali0G57 GPU. It runs on Android 10-based Realme UI out-of-the-box. This is paired with up to 8GB of RAM and 128GB storage options to choose from.

As for the X7 Pro, it is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ processor with an octa-core CPU and Mali-G77 GPU. This is paired with up to 8GB RAM and 256GB storage options to choose from.

Realme X7 and Realme X7 Pro both have quad-camera setup on the back that consists of a primary 64MP camera with an f/1.8 aperture, an 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera with 119-degree field-of-view, a 2MP macro camera and a 2MP depth sensor. On the front, there is a 32MP selfie camera housed within the punch-hole cutout. The rear cameras can record in up to 4K UHD at 60FPS with support for EIS.

The Realme X7 has a 4,300mAh battery that also supports 65W fast charging. Realme claims that the phone can be fully charged in 33 minutes. The X7 Pro, on the other hand, is equipped with a 4,500mAh battery with support for 65W fast charging out-of-the-box. It can go from 0-100% in 35 minutes, as per Realme.

 

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