Author: Ammar Akhtar

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September is here, and we are all very excited about two things: everyone’s favorite season, fall, and Apple’s annual product launch. September 12, the Apple annual event was held at the newly erected Steve Jobs Auditorium (Steve Jobs Theatre) at the Apple campus in Cupertino, California. The auditorium has a 1000-people capacity, equipped with fancy leather seats that feel like “individual armchairs.” The event was the first one to be held in the new auditorium, whose appearance was kept classified until Tuesday morning. The launch event started at 1 pm with an official welcome from Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook. Cook…

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Samsung seems to have learnt hard after crashing and burning (pun unintended) with the Galaxy Note 7. The Note 8 is big, fast and totally worth the wait. It will be available for sale from September 15 with pre-orders open now. Now let’s see if the Note 8 is really worth the hype (it seems to be!) The Note 8 offers a display big enough to fall into the phablet category but manageable enough that it doesn’t irritate you with its size. With a 6.3 inch display, the Note 8 has a nearly bezel-free Infinity Display. The phone is dust…

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Now your WhatsApp updates can be more colourful and similar to your Facebook image status. According to the latest WhatsApp update, you can now update your status in text and add a colourful background to it, similar to Facebook. While earlier it was seen in beta versions, the update is being slowly rolled out to Android and iOS. iOS users might have to wait a bit as the roll-out of this update has just started. Another interesting feature from this update is you can see these statuses on WhatsApp web as well. But you can’t update your status from WhatsApp…

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Sounds impossible, doesn’t it? As useful as a smartwatch is, it’s nothing without the smartphone. This puts people in an interesting predicament. For starters, they’ll have to charge both their devices. They also have to accept the fact that the watch will use the phone’s battery to get data. And, both the devices have to be connected at all times. But what if we don’t need to take this much effort in the future? According to rumours, Apple is working on a latest edition Apple Watch that can pull data without needing an iPhone. The technology will be a built-in…

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Now there’s one more reason to visit the Dubai Mall, apart from the glitzy shopping malls and of course, the Burj Khalifa. Emaar Entertainment, along with LG, has set up the a record-breaking 820-panel, flexible OLED screen above the Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo. This thin and flexible screen emits light without needing backlighting and provides a wide-screen viewing angle along with bright colours and a marvelous display. Another unique feature of the screen is that it curves, thus mimicking the movement of waves, which complements the Dubai Aquarium perfectly. “Emaar Entertainment continues to push the boundaries and achieve greater…

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Apple joins the latest bandwagon in killing off products that we grew up with and love. The iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle have been quietly and officially discontinued by Apple. You can still ‘search’, ‘learn more’ and ‘buy’ but these lead to empty links. Apple’s move ends the era of iPods that lack internet connectivity. You can still buy these models from other websites till stocks last of course. “Today, we are simplifying our iPod lineup with two models of iPod touch now with double the capacity starting at just $199 and we are discontinuing the iPod shuffle and iPod…

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Whenever someone talks about being rich our thoughts immediately go out to Bill Gates. But the world has a new rich guy now. Move over, Bill Gates – Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, has beat you by a mere $1.4 billion. How did this become possible? Amazon’s shares rose 2.5% today, which led to this surge in riches. Bezos, 53, owns around 17% of Amazon’s shares that exceeds $500 billion in value. Amazon’s first quarter results saw a 23% rise in sales, the value of which is around $35 billion. Bezos hasn’t beat Bill Gates by a huge margin. The value…

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