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Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant trying to become familiar with Indian Languages

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Amazon and Google have both been trying their best to expand their market share in India but the task is not as simple as it seems. It was difficult enough for their AI powered Google assistant Amazon Alexa to understand Indian English but the main challenge in front of the tech giants is to make assistant able to decipher the many local languages as well as the combination of Indian English and those local slangs. According to the statement made by the head scientist of Alexa AI, amazon, Mr. Rohit Prasad India is said to be the most technically challenging countries among all the countries Alexa was launched in. according to him the main problem is that Indian user tends to interact with Alexa in mashup of languages in the same sentence. So, to make Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa more efficient in Indian market they need to be able to decode sentences like “Ok Google, Aj Kaa Weather Kaisa Hai?” or something like “Is week ka top song play karo.”. To reach this goal Am...

OnePlus 6T: A Whole New UI and Advanced Do Not Disturb Mode

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One Plus 6T which is going to be released globally on 30 th of October is about to get a refresh in its UI design. As the smartphone is just a minor update to the previous versions there won’t be any notable difference and major feature release. The noteworthy update in the smartphone is its in display optical fingerprint scanner and its waterdrop notch style. As confirmed by the executives of OnePlus the device is going to get an overhaul in the UI section an advanced Do not Disturb Mode and may be redesigned Navigation gestures. The device may also feature some major camera improvements over the previous ones. According to the statement made by OnePlus in one of their forums they said that their main focus has always have been providing their users with a quick and responsive experience. The post made it clear that end users will be getting something new in the UI section to explore and the post also stated about some substantial improvements in the camera performance of ...

Apple to Ditch Intel for its Radio Chips in the Year 2020

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According to the reports from various sources there are some news floating around about Apple to ditch for its mobile radio chips in its 2020 iPhones. According to the internal communications Apple was described by Intel as their key customer for mobile Wi-Fi Chips, Bluetooth and 5G technology chips. Although both the parties refuse to give any type of comments on the matter. Apple has history with Qualcomm, the iPhone used to have Qualcomm chips in them but after the dispute between both the companies for patent infringements, Apple was forced to look for the alternatives.  It may most probably be possible that Apple is planning to make its own chips, that way they wouldn’t have to buy them from Qualcomm. But making it in the house will result in Apple paying a fee to the other company which depends completely on the outcome of the legal fight between both the companies. Some other reports also suggest that Apple may reach chip supplier, MediaTek for its Future iPh...

Making Your Android Device More Secure and Privacy Conscious.

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With all this new technology there comes a question how much secure It really is? With seeing so much advertisements about security in devices we completely overlook the fact that these things only work when user uses them and some of them are so complicated that normal user generally don’t use them. Being worried about the security of your device is normal because it may be containing sensitive data regarding your work or personal life. Even though the devices now days are very secured and safe for private data, there are still some things one can do to make it more secure for peace of mind. Find My Device (Formerly Known as Android Device Manager) This is best app for you if you are worried about the safety of your device, this is also the most ignored app and most of the time people don’t even know about its usefulness. It is a service provided by google for every android device and its completely free and available on Playstore . What this app does is it sets up your ...

Google’s Keyboard App Gboard Became Much Smarter.

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Google’s Gboard was already at its best because of the direct link to Google Search all the company’s artificial intelligence-powered predictive and natural language capabilities. But with the current update rolling out to the users it became much smarter than before. Google’s Gboard now recognizes hand drawn emoticons and is now able to predict full phrase instead of just next word. These advanced features, improvement in image recognition department and Gboard’s Natural Language Understanding are the result of Google’s ongoing Artificial Intelligence Research, and the tool like “Quick, Draw!” which is a web game which guessed what you doodled on the screen even if it was very terribly drawn. The new google Gboard app can now suggest the complete phrase like when you type “be there” it will first try to understand the context and then try to suggest you with possible suggestion like “on time”, “as soon as possible”. Previous versions were only able to suggest up to next words usin...

Microsoft's “Modern Keyboard” with Fingerprint ID

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Microsoft has very quietly slipped a new keyboard named as “Modern Keyboard” that is said to have integrated Fingerprint ID under the hood. We can expect it to be successor of the present Surface Keyboard and comes with similar looks. One more thing that will come with the new “Modern Keyboard” is the ability to use cable connection instead of wireless. From the video released by Microsoft we can see that the fingerprint is integrated in the second widows key on the keyboard in the right-hand side. This will give users the ability to use windows hello and login to windows and websites with the help of it. The “Modern Keyboard” will be supporting Windows Devices, MacOS, and latest Android Devices. The device is not yet available in the market but will be available shortly with the price tag of around $129.99. One can say that Microsoft is in a hurry to launch the “Modern Keyboard” after they have just released surface keyboard for $99. The “Modern Keyboard” will be on...

OneDrive Files On-Demand is Available to Try for Testers

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Last month Microsoft introduced a new feature for OneDrive users called Files On-Demand or rather reintroduced an old feature. The Feature is finally available to try out for insider preview users running Windows 10 Build 16215. For the feature to be available they have to be on the latest build i.e. 16215 and then they have to install an update for the one drive software which will enable the feature. What this feature does is it download the files from one drive when you use them instead of downloading the whole folder and hence wasting the precious space. This feature is based on the Placeholders feature that Windows 8.1 used to have before it was cut from Windows 10. This feature is new and improved version of the placeholders feature with enhanced symbols which shows the files that are available to be used offline in Windows Explorer. The empty cloud means that the file is in the cloud but not on the device, the green check mark denotes that the file is sync...