Coronavirus lockdown: Airtel Xstream just made its entire kids content library free for all Airtel Thanks customers

With schools shut, the ongoing lockdown is especially hard on kids. To keep your kids engaged at home, Airtel Xstream has made a lot of content free to watch. The entire kid’s content library is free to all Airtel Thanks customers.

Some of the popular offerings include Bal Ganesh, Leapfrog, Amazing Amusement Alphabet Park, Toonpur ka Superhero, Aladdin, Tales of Akbar-Birbal, The Lego Batman Movie and more.

The Airtel Xstream is an OTT service from Airtel that can be watched on smartphones, laptops and on TVs using set-top boxes. The service airs digital content and offers a wide range of content for education and entertainment for kids that includes movies, cartoons, documentaries, nursery rhymes, movies and more.

If you have an Airtel Thanks postpaid connection (any of the unlimited voice calling plans), you automatically get access to Airtel Xstream content via the app available on Google Play Store. Otherwise, you need to get an Airtel Xstream Hybrid STB or watch it on PC via www.airtelxstream.in.

Airtel Digital TV is also offering a bunch of free content for everyone to watch staying home. Airtel has made four services free - Aap ki Rasoi, CuriosityStream, Senior TV and Let’s Dance. These are targeted at a different set of age groups.

Meanwhile, Dish TV is also offering four channels for free to its users. That includes a virtual fitness channel, and a few more dedicated to kids.

Lastly, Tata Sky is also offering ten service channels for free to its subscribers. That includes Dance Studio, Fun Learn, Cooking, Fitness and more.

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Gamers Check Back in to Habbo Hotel as Coronavirus Refuge

Habbo Hotel, a hit online networking game more than a decade ago, is drawing back hundreds of thousand of players as locked-down millennials look to rediscover a childhood favourite, its Finnish maker said.

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This AI app can tell if you have COVID-19 by listening to your voice

While the lockdown imposed in multiple countries is aiming to flatten the curve in the spread of the coronavirus, rapid testing remains the only way to detect and quarantine COVID-19 cases and stop the Novel coronavirus from spreading further. For now, test kits are still not available in adequate quantities around the world. But to help with early detection, AI has come to the doctor’s aid.

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have developed an AI-based experimental app that screens a human’s cough to detect if he or she may have COVID-19. The app is called COVID Voice Detector and is being distributed for free. The researchers claim it’s a collaboration between CMU researchers and voice scientists and researchers who work on “voice forensic technologies” from telling.ai, hat-ai.com and voca.ai.

Here’s how the app works - When you log in, there’s a tutorial for vocal prompts that includes coughing three times, reciting the alphabet and holding out vowels for as long as you can to check your lung capacity. It takes around five minutes and in the end, you see a score within 1 to 10 telling how likely your “voice carries signatures of COVID-19”.

The researchers basically match voice samples against those of known COVID-19 patients. There are options to state your demography like your age, sex, height and weight as well as if you have been diagnosed with COVID-19 or if you have any of the symptoms.

While it certainly helps a layperson get wind of a possible infection, this isn’t a replacement for a medically approved test kit. The site itself puts out this disclaimer and the fact that it is still under active development. It’s also not comparable to a COVID-19 test that’s administered by a doctor.

So while a high rating in the app may be a prompt to go get tested, that itself isn’t confirmation of COVID-19 infection since it’s based on small sample sizes. The researchers do intend to improve the app as more people, both healthy and infected, take the voice-based test.

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Oppo AirVOOC 40W wireless charging pad spotted on certification website

The Oppo AirVOOC 40W wireless charging pad was recently certified by the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) hinting at an imminent launch. This comes in just in time for Oppo’s launch event for the Reno Ace 2 on April 13. While the company’s latest flagship phones in the Find X2 series don’t support wireless charging, the upcoming Ace 2 is expected to be compatible with the AirVOOC wireless charging solution.

The listing on WPC’s website reveals the design and some key details about the AirVOOC wireless charging pad. While the maximum power output is rated at 65W, the wireless charging only supports peak output of 40W. The charger also supports 18W and 30W power inputs and is also expected to be Qi certified.

The AirVOOC wireless charging pad has an oval form-factor with white and grey highlights. There’s a recessed cutout on the top with the marking “AirVOOC” in the center. This is where you would potentially keep the phone for it to charge wirelessly. There’s a big silver button on the left side and an LED indicator below that. 

At the bottom, there are a lot of vents to account for heat dissipation and what looks like a USB Type-C input. A silicone grip is also attached to the base of the charging pad to ensure that it doesn’t slip when kept on a smooth surface.

Oppo is gearing up to announce the Reno Ace 2 on April 13. The specifications of the phone were leaked just days back. The Ace 2 is rumoured to features a 6.5-inch Full HD+ AMOLED screen with an in-display fingerprint sensor and a punch-hole cutout for the selfie camera. On the back, there’s a 48MP quad-camera setup and the phone is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chip with upto 12GB RAM and 128GB/256GB storage options. It also supports 65W fast charging and 40W fast wireless charging.

Just this week, Oppo’s distant sibling OnePlus also revealed its first wireless charger for the upcoming OnePlus 8 series of phones. It’s called Warp Charge 30 wireless charging dock and is capable of a peak output of 30W.

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BSNL Extends Availability of the promotional Rs 499 Bharat Fibre Broadband Plan

BSNL’s has a bunch of plans under its Bharat Fiber Plans and occasionally launches promotional plans as well. One such plan was the Rs 499 Bharat Fibre Broadband Plan. It was introduced in February 2020 and was available until March 31, 2020. However, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the availability of the Rs 499 Bharat Fibre Broadband Plan has been extended till June 29, 2020. Speaking of the details of the plan, it comes with 100GB data with speeds up to 20 Mbps. After the FUP has been reached, the speed drops to 2Mbps. In addition to data, the plan also offers unlimited voice calling to the subscribers. The Rs 499 promotional plan is available in all circles where the service is available except Andaman & Nicobar. 

Unlike other BSNL broadband plans, the Rs 499 promotional plan cannot be availed on an annual basis. If a BSNL subscriber chooses a plan priced at Rs 399 or higher for one year, he/she gets an Amazon Prime subscription worth Rs 999. This Amazon Prime benefit is not available with the Rs 499 promotional plan. 

BSNL Bharat Fiber has a number of plans available with speeds of 50 to 100Mbps. The Superstar 300 plan priced at Rs 749 has 50Mbps for 300GB per month. After the FUP, the speed drops to 2Mbps. The 600GB CUL plan priced at Rs 849 has 50Mbps for 600GB per month. After the FUP, the speed drops to 2Mbps. The 750GB plan priced at Rs 1277 has 100Mbps for 7500GB per month. After the FUP, the speed drops to 2Mbps. There are many more plans with prices starting at Rs 749 going all the way to Rs 16,999 with plans ranging from 300GB/month to 170GB/day respectively. You can check out more about the plans here.  

When it comes to prepaid plans, BSNL has launched the Rs 693 and Rs 1,212 prepaid plans with up to 500gb data and 365 days validity. The Rs 693 plan brings 300GB of data while the Rs 1,212 plan brings 500GB of data, both with a 365 days validity. You can read more about the plans here. BSNL is also providing free 5GB daily data under the 'work@home' broadband plan. You can read more about that here. Lastly, combatting Reliance JioTV and Airtel XStream, BSNL is giving prepaid users access to BSNL TV subscription. You can learn more about that here.

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Forza Street racing game to be available on iOS, Android from May 5

Microsoft’s has announced that its upcoming mobile racing game, Forza Street, will be available for iOS and Android devices from May 5. The game is already available on Windows 10 and this will be the game’s first foray into the mobile space. As the name would suggest, Forza Street is based on the critically acclaimed Forza Motorsport and Forza Horizon series of racing games that were first introduced on the Xbox console but was later made available on the PC. It should be noted that Turn 10 Studios, the same studio that develops the Forza games for console and PC has developed Forza Street. 

As a welcome bonus, those who play Forza Street between May 5 and June 5 will get the Founder’s Pack. This pack will include a rare vehicle in the form of the 2017 Ford GT as well as some in-game credits and gold that can be availed from the message centre. Those who wish to get a head start can download the game on their Windows 10 PC and sign in using their Xbox Live ID. They can then continue their progress on mobile. 

The game is already available for pre-registration on Android via Google Play and the Samsung Galaxy Store. Those on iOS will just have to wait till May 5 to download and play the game.

To recall, Forza Street was unveiled almost a year ago. However, the game has only been available for PC. It is free-to-play and we’ll have to wait and see if it will be able to match up to the established trio of Asphalt 9, Need for Speed Underground and Real Racing. 

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E3 2020 Won't Get an Online Replacement Event in June

Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2020, one of the biggest events for the gaming industry, was officially cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak. The organising body, Entertainment Software Association (ESA), initially explored the idea of holding an online event instead. Now, according to a new report, ESA has decided against hosting an online eve...

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