Most people’s first purchases for their homes are smart speakers or other Internet of Things (IoT) products. In an effort to make their lives a little bit easier, smart speakers are now a fairly common product chosen by many tech-savvy users. There are many products available on the market from companies like Google, Amazon, Lenovo, and others, giving consumers many choices. Finding a product within a specific price range, however, can be challenging. That’s why we’re here, and we’ve compiled a list of some of the top smart speakers in India that cost less than Rs. 5,000 today.
AMAZON ECHO DOT (4TH GEN)
It is impossible to discuss smart speakers without mentioning the Echo line of smart speakers from Amazon. The 4th Generation Amazon Echo Dot costs Rs 3,999 and is offered for sale on Amazon. The Amazon Echo Dot is the entry-level smart speaker from the Amazon Echo brand. The smart speaker supports Alexa as the main virtual assistant, and stereo sound can be obtained by connecting additional speakers or headphones.
GOOGLE NEST MINI
The Google Nest Mini is the company’s more affordable smart speaker and costs Rs 3,499 in India. The Google Nest Mini can be bought from a variety of merchants, including Flipkart, Reliance Digital, Croma, and more. A quad-core processor powers the smart speaker, which includes Google Assistant. A 40mm driver included with the smart speaker helps it deliver 360-degree audio.
MI SMART SPEAKER
Priced at Rs 3,999, Xiaomi’s Mi Smart Speaker with Google Assistant is sold on Amazon and the company’s official website. The Google Assistant-equipped smart speaker has a 63.5mm sound driver and a 12W sound output.
LENOVO SMART CLOCK
Flipkart customers can purchase the Lenovo Smart Clock with Google Assistant for Rs 2,999. The smart speaker has a 4-inch touch screen display, a 3-watt speaker with two passive radiators, and other features. A MediaTek processor and Bluetooth 5.0 are both used to power the smart speaker.
MARQ BY FLIPKART SMART HOME SPEAKER
Flipkart’s own product, the MarQ By Flipkart Smart Home speaker, retails for Rs 3,499 on the online store. The Google Assistant is supported by the smart speaker, which runs on a MediaTek processor.
AMAZON ECHO INPUT
The company’s portable smart speaker is called the Echo Input by Amazon, and it costs Rs 3,999. The fabric-covered smart speaker features 360-degree sound and a fabric design. The battery powering this Amazon Echo smart speaker is rated to last up to 10 hours on a single charge.
AMAZON ECHO DOT (3RD GEN)
An excellent option under Rs 5,000 is still the Amazon Echo Dot from the third generation, which is the older model and it costs Rs 2,999 on Amazon. The cost of the smart speaker with a Philips smart bulb is Rs 3,099. The Amazon Echo Dot 4th generation shares the same 1.6-inch speaker as its predecessor.
Everyone has been waiting with bated breath for the release of the iPhone 14 Series and regularly following up with Apple on all of their official social media platforms in the hopes of receiving more information or update.
It looks like Apple is going to oblige its loyal fanbase and is speculated to release the iPhone 14 Series of smartphones on September 7, 2022 where you can expect the likes of iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Max, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max.
However, the company has refused to divulge further details regarding any of the smartphones thereby keeping the air of suspense high, which could be because Apple wants to make sure that viewers are left guessing as to what all they can expect without getting any info from the horses’ mouth.
As the old saying goes, even the best laid plans of mice and men can go wrong and even a massive tech giant like Apple Inc. is no exception in this regard as information regarding price, details, and specifications have been leaked and have set rumour mills buzzing.
Features & Specifications
The starting price of the iPhone 14 Series is speculated to be Rs.64,000 while iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max could get an Rs.8,000 price hike when compared to the iPhone 13 series models that were launched in 2021.
14 Pro and 14 Pro Max are speculated to have the new Apple A16 Bionic chip while iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max might feature the Apple A15 Bionic chip, which was also used to power the iPhone13 series.
14 Pro and 14 Pro Max are most likely to feature 6GB of LPDDR5 RAM while iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max will be slower in comparison at 6GB of LPDDR4X RAM although we’ll have to wait for official reports for further information.
iPhone 14 might feature a 6.1 inch display screen while iPhone 14 Max might have a 6.7 inch display screen and both Pro models will come with an Always on Display or AOD Feature.
The iPhone 14 could come with six colour options- Black, Blue, Red, Green, Purple, and White while iPhone 14 Pro may come with five colour options- Silver, Gold, Green, Purple, and Graphite.
Coming to battery power, iPhone 14 series will see an upsurge in capacity where iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max might have a 3,279mAh and a 4,325mAh battery, respectively. In the same way, iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max might have a 3,200mAh and 4,323mAh battery power, respectively.
Conclusion
The aforementioned information is more than enough to leave users on tenterhooks as to what all they can expect from iPhone 14 series of smartphones but all speculations will be put to rest on September 7, 2022 when the smartphone series will be launched.
TAGG is one of India’s fastest-growing lifestyle electronic brands and therefore needs no introduction and is now offering a premium range of audio-wear and smartwatches. It has very recently announced its very first Hitman Edition model, which is great news for users that are looking for smartwatches to keep their health and fitness in check.
TAGG Verve Neo is the first smartwatch in the special edition TAGGXRohitSharma collection. The smartwatch offers a number of excellent features as it comes with A-grade sensors to measure your heartrate and blood oxygen levels anywhere they feel like, at just the cost of Rs.2,199.
Brief Summary
Users can avail specifications like high functionality, a premium design, and smart wearables that are quite rich when it comes to features. But the fact that it is made in Collaboration with Rohit Sharma has made the latter’s fans very excited at the prospects and they are bound to try it out.
It is a much for fitness enthusiasts as the smart model comes with an in-built pedometer, which helps the wearer in accomplishing fitness goals at a quicker pace. It also comes with Cricket along with sports modes to ensure precise tracking regardless of the time and place of workout.
Elaborating more on the association, Rohit Sharma said, “I am very passionate about watches and cherish my curated collection. As technology has now evolved to make a smartwatch part of one’s daily routine, Team TAGG and I have worked together on the Hitman Edition keeping in mind functionality and design. We all need to more mindful of our health and I hope this watch helps people get fitter and healthier.”
According to Rohit Dhingra, Co-Founder of TAGG, “Working with Rohit as our Brand Ambassador we realized the passion he has, not just for cricket but for inspiring young Indians. That is where the idea for this collaboration took birth and we’re extremely proud to be the first brand to present the collection. The Hitman Edition smartwatches are for the ones who dare to dream, the ones who believe in persevering, both young and mature alike. The ones who know that no matter the circumstances, no matter the odds, if you can imagine it, it can become a reality. Every fan who loves calls Rohit ‘Hitman’ sees and understands what Rohit stands for, hard work and dedication and a true sportsman spirit. These special edition smartwatches have been designed keeping that very spirit in mind.”
This model has an IP68 dust, sweat, and splash resistance rating thereby making it one of India’s highest rated smartwatches that are waterproof, which is saying something amd is perfectly suitable for both Android and iOS users as they can avail additional functionality and features via TAGG Neo App.
You can get it in two colour options viz. black and blue although some speculated that there will be more. But these smartwatches are not only perfect health and fitness companion but can give other designer watches a run for their money in terms of style statement.
Also you can get notification alerts, sleep monitoring, female health tracking, and many more in this sleek design of a smartwatch that has a battery life of up to 10 days on a single charge.
Aside from Elon Musk’s bot-baiting, Twitter has received numerous requests for changes to how it recognises accounts and what can be done to highlight which ones are more authentic than others. Engineer Jane Manchun Wong has developed a Twitter label that would let users know which accounts have verified phone numbers. She added that some users already have access to a test feature that displays view counts tweets for their own tweets under the heading “analytics.” She added that it’s not clear if this would only be visible to the author or everyone.
Linking an account to a number can demonstrate that it was created with greater care than the simplest macro. This number can also filter out which tweets appear most prominently or pass through the various levels of quality filters. The same phone number can be linked to up to ten different Twitter accounts, and programmers can tag automated accounts to indicate that not everything being posted is being done by a real person.
For “blue check” verification, accounts with a verified phone number or email address are already required. Then-CEO Jack Dorsey mentioned having users verify information about themselves when talking about plans to allow verification for everyone, which may have been similar to how services like Tinder and Airbnb use phone numbers as part of their account verification procedures.
When users are encouraged to link their phone numbers to their accounts and display the status, security of that information becomes a concern. On August 5th, Twitter provided details about an incident that gave an attacker access to 5.4 million account names associated with particular phone numbers and email addresses. The company claims that the privacy flaw was introduced in a June 2021 update but was not found by Twitter until January and was only discovered by Twitter after rumours about someone trying to sell the database began to spread in the media in July.
During the 2020 hack, attackers employed social engineering to gain access to Twitter’s internal tools, enabling them to tweet about Bitcoin from Jack Dorsey and Joe Biden’s accounts. An ex-employee who allegedly used his position to “access the email addresses, phone numbers and birth dates of users who were critical of the Saudi government” was found guilty of spying earlier this month. According to a different Bloomberg report, some contractors had spied on celebrity accounts using Twitter’s tools.
When Twitter agreed to a $150 million settlement in May for improperly using phone numbers and email addresses obtained for two-factor authentication in its ad targeting, the potential for data leakage was made clear.
It was clear that there was a risk of data leakage by improperly using email addresses and phone numbers obtained for two-factor authentication in its ad targeting. It’s unclear whether or when Twitter will widely implement the phone number tag, but it might be used to assess an account’s legitimacy.
Facebook has been around for nearly two decades whose founder Mark Zuckerberg wouldn’t have envisioned that his new platform would become what it is today and a big reason for that is that it has allowed people to come closer through the virtual world of social media.
It is owned by Meta and comes out with new updates at regular intervals with the latest one regarding horizon worlds along with the upgrading of avatar graphics, which, a reliable source claimed, will happen very soon.
Brief Up
The horizon worlds were launched in Spain and France on August 16, 2022 with Zuckerberg himself claiming via his official Facebook account that major updates are in the pipeline to Horizon Worlds.
The speculations are ripe that horizon worlds are in a changing phase and improving on a consistent basis with Zuckerberg, again, sharing his own avatar image on Facebook and other social media platforms to show the efficacy of horizon worlds along with the avatar graphics.
Zuckerberg’s avatar version was seen next an Eiffel Tower model in this image, which quickly became viral and began circulating everywhere with many viewers expressing their amazement at what they saw, which goes on to show that they are highly impressed with the new updates.
The credit goes to Mark Zuckerberg for keeping his hand on the pulse of his audience and giving them something new at regular intervals as viewers will try this update out themselves and see its adeptness.
YouTube is one of the most popular social media platforms we have today with billions of subscribers worldwide. However, while it has become a useful venture that youngsters can utilize to hone their talents and turn it into a source of income, there are many unscrupulous elements that use it to spread malice and indulge in bad practices.
There are many so called YouTubers that consider themselves as intellectuals with the intend of educating and making people aware of the situation in the country when, in reality, they’re nothing more than propagandists that have taken huge funding from nefarious sources to spread fake news and brainwash the gullible India population.
Brief Up
Right from nuclear explosion in India to North Korea sending troops to sort out the Ayodhya Ram Mandir issue, there have been more than 100 such YouTube channels that have been banned by the Indian government that spread fake news about India and that too by monetizing fake news content.
The government had no choice but leap into action to put a stop to this online menace by banning not just YouTube channels but also social media websites and accounts that were using logos and templates of popular news channels in order to mislead gullible viewers into believing that they were getting info from authentic sources.
Due to monetizing fake news, these devious agenda-driven channels were earning massive revenue via advertisements as they had millions of subscribers that were clicking on their video to watch it, including the advertisements thereby generating the necessary revenue.
This has been going on since the past few years with the latest one coming in the first week of August when the Information & Broadcasting Ministry (I&B) banned around ten YouTube channels, including three based in Pakistan that were propagating things like ‘ban on Bakra-eid celebrations in India’, purported attacks on mosques and Rohingya colonies, and many others.
‘Cover Point’, another YouTube channel claimed that India has lost a nuclear war to Pakistan, which has sealed the victory for Pakistan and ISI, which is the intelligence agency of Pakistan, Inter-Services Intelligence.
In December 2021, around 20 YouTube channels faced suspension for trying to incite Muslims into violence against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) by claiming that Muslims are being imprisoned in detention camps and will be deported out of India upon revoking their citizenship.
Smartphones have become an essential part of our life in more ways than one. In fact, life is virtually impossible to imagine without electronic gadgets and devices where losing them is akin to losing a body part.
When you have so many devices to marvel at, some of them are left out despite their perennial significance like the smartwatch, which are very important to keep track on your health updates.
NoiseFit Core 2 Smartwatch has been launched on August 21, 2022 where users can keep track on their outdoor and fitness activities with many interesting features and specifications, a necessary prerequisite for any device, especially when it is from a brand of repute.
It is a unisex model that is easily compatible with Android and iOS devices and it deserves to be known better than it is, which is why it has received a great deal of appreciation from tech experts who are quit hopeful that users will easily relate to it and start using it immediately upon purchase.
Features & Specifications
The starting price of NoiseFit Core 2 is Rs.3,999, which users can purchase via Flipkart once it goes on sale within a few days’ and that too for a reduced launch price in four colour options- Black, Blue, Grey, Green, and Pink.
It comes with a 1.28 inch touchscreen that is scratch-resistant and you also get a 240×240 pixel resolution while the device itself comes with a 100 cloud based watch faces and a 22m silicone strap.
Other features include a 230mAh battery power that has a life of up to 7 days and up to a 30-day standby time that comes with a magnetic charger along with a heartrate measurement mechanism, one for tracking blood oxygen, calorie and step count, etc.
The smartwatch is waterproof as it comes with an IP68 design, which means that it is resistant to water and you also get a Bluetooth range of up to 10m. All in all, a smartwatch that everyone should own, especially those grappling with health issues.
Sony India has launched the HT-S400 soundbar of 2.1ch that has a powerful that has many interesting features to its name and any user would want to try this one out at the earliest.
The model is available at a starting price of Rs.21,990 and will be available for purchase from August 22, 2022 onwards on many ecommerce portals where you can receive further details on the matter
This soundbar promises a strong audio experience via its S-Force PRO Front Surround technology along with clear dialogue and powerful 330W total power output that gives a learning experience.
It will allow users to avail entertainment conveniences like watching the latest movie, stream web series and television shows or listen to soothing music within the four walls of their house.
Features
All users can avail 2.1ch front surround sound and clear dialogues with the help of the X-Balanced speaker unit along with the wireless subwoofer that promises richer and deeper bass sound.
Then you have the S-Force PRO Front Surround and Dolby Digital that create cinematic surround sound through which users can enliven it throughout the whole room and get some surreal experience.
The content can be brought to life through the strong 330W of total power output with such force that one can easily believe what they’re watching onscreen is actually happening in their midst.
You can also get a compact remote along with a convenient OLED display window through which you can manage simple operations for which you need to first look at the manual and learn to operate the compact remote.
The 13th Gen Raptor Lake desktop CPUs from Intel are expected to be released soon, and we already know some information about them before it becomes official. According to the most recent leak, the new CPUs will have significant functional upgrades. c
Leaked Specifications for Intel’s 13th Generation CPUs
The 13th Gen S and K-collection processors from Intel will support 65W and 125W TDP, respectively, according to each impression posted on the Chinese social media platform BiliBili. Additionally, they will have a higher cache than Intel 12th Gen CPUs, up to 36MB.
Versions with the Core i3, Core i5, and Main i7 and Core i9 processors will be available. There won’t be many changes to the base Core i3 lineup, but there will be enhancements to the other lineups.
For instance, the 13th generation Intel Core i9 processors are expected to support 24 cores (8 performance and 16 performance cores), while the Core i7 processors may get 16 cores (8P+8E) and the Core i5 CPUs are expected to have 14 cores (6P+8E).
The 13th generation Intel processor names are also disclosed in the leaked table. The i9-13900, i9-13900F, i9-13900K, and i9-13900KF will all be included in the Core i9 family. The main i7 line-up might include the i7-13700, i7-13700F, i7-13700K, and i7-13700KF. The Core i3 is anticipated to include processors like the i3-13100, while the Main i5 collection may include the i5-13600K, i5-13600KF, i5-13600, and i5-13500.
Price estimation of Intel Raptor Lake (13th generation)
Although the price of the current-generation Rocket Lake gives us an idea of what to expect to pay for desktop chips, it is unclear how much Raptor Lake desktop CPUs will cost.
If Intel releases Raptor Lake chips for laptops as well, they will be built into the laptops and not be available for purchase separately. In that case, the manufacturer, as well as the design and other specifications, will affect the price you pay. Although it is impossible to estimate their price, the widespread distribution of Alder Lake chips suggests there will be a wide range of options.
Other information, however, is still lacking, in addition to the increased clock speeds. We must wait for official information to obtain a better strategy because the aforementioned is a leak. The 13th Gen CPUs from Intel are expected to be announced soon, possibly in October. We’ll keep you informed if anything happens. So, keep an eye out.
You’ve got to hand it to WhatsApp for completing more than a decade of existence and still continue to be the most preferred messaging app despite receiving several competition from several others that came up like Telegram and Signal.
It has come out with several interesting features over the years as Meta, its owner, wants to leave no stone unturned to keep its supremacy intact because it isn’t easy for one particular application to sustain for a longer period unless it continuously upgrades itself on a regular basis.
In Brief
The latest feature that WhatsApp has come up with is one that will allow users to watch Status from WhatsApp’s chat list directly for iOS users, which is now possible due to the beta version 22.18.0.70.
This version is now in its testing phase and therefore, isn’t available to all users and once all the tests are complete, all WhatsApp users will be able to avail it, which is similar to Stories, and now videos and images can be published and vanish in the next 24 hours.
This isn’t the only feature that users can look forward to as there are several others in the pipeline like screenshot blocking and three new ones regarding privacy that are currently under testing process.
Amazon is many things to many people and has been a massive ecommerce portal since many decades and there is a reason for that. However, one thing that isn’t discussed as prominently is the Amazon App Quiz, which is an extremely useful feature for youngsters.
By taking this quiz every day, people can improve their general knowledge by answering five questions related to current affairs and GK. However, this feature is only available on the Amazon’s mobile app so if you want to try it out, you need to download and install it in your smartphone.
The quiz goes live where players get a chance to win Rs.5,000 as Amazon Pay Balance by answering all five questions correctly by choosing one out of four options, which needs to be the correct answer.
If all answers turn out to be correct, the participants will enter a lucky draw from which the quiz winners will be selected. Therefore, if you want to try it out, it can be done through the following steps.
Steps
The app is available under Fun Zone on the mobile app only. Once you download it, open the Amazon App and login into your account via email ID or your mobile number following which you scroll down to the bottom and tap on the Amazon quiz.
There is a search bar at the top where you can search for Amazon quiz and tap on it once it appears. You will find all the questions mentioned that you can answer one by one and submit them in order to enter into the lucky draw where the winners will receive a mail from Amazon.
The questions for August 22, 2022 are as follows:
Question 1 – Who among these claimed 3 gold medals at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games?
Answer – Achanta Sharath Kamal
Question 2 – Advait Chandan is in the news for recently directing a Hindi remake of which famous Hollywood movie?
Answer – Forrest Gump
Question 3 – This year’s third and final supermoon was visible between August 11 and 12, it was also called what?
Answer – Sturgeon Moon
Question 4 – What is this shape of Christmas ornament called?
Answer – Baubles
Question 5 – This monument, called Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, in Spain is a what?
Wordle is an excellent word game that everyone should play in order to improve their focus and concentration skills. In this game, you need to guess the word that will be in the form of a riddle where you will get subtle hints and clues about it.
Although a newbie would find it difficult to crack it in the beginning, once he gets used to it, it will become easy to manage and soon it will be child’s play to guess words with the given clues.
A web-based game that is quite simple to play although for beginners it would look like rocket science when in fact it is anything but. It has achieved immense popularity over the years with millions of followers across the globe.
Every day you get a riddle that you need to crack with the help of hints and clues. Wordle 429 for August 22, 2022 too has a riddle that readers have to guess and today it is both noun and verb with two vowels that begins with a consonant and ends with it.
As a noun, the word refers to something that is good and worthy, especially so as to deserve praise and accolades. It points to a person or thing that is worthy of reward and has the requisite skills to take up the mantle and successfully implement the task at hand.
The Wordle for August 22 is MERIT.
Garena Free Fire Max Codes for August 22, 2022
Garena Free Fire Max has become arguable the most successful battle royale action adventure in the past 5 years of its launch with little competition from others. It has organized a massive celebration for the occasion where players will be invited to try their skills out with the game.
What sets this game apart from its counterparts is that not only are the levels tough but you get enough rewards in order to proceed to other levels. Once players are introduced to this game, they’re hooked immediately and would like to know more about it.
However, once you cross the initial stages, the going becomes harder and harder as it is difficult to crack the levels without the help of redeem codes to back you up following which the game is easy to manage.
Redeem codes help you not only to easily crack all the levels but also receive massive rewards in return like costumes, weapons, arms, gold, silver, and many other precious stones.
