WhatsApp, a few months ago, introduced a feature called Read Receipts. The new feature allowed users to know whether the messages have been read or not. However, the feature was not received with much love. Since then there have been many queries by users whether they can read messages without the other person knowing or not.
Here are two simple ways to read messages without the other person knowing about it
Voila! Now the blue ticks are gone. However, there are a few limitations when you turn off Read Receipts. After turning off Read Receipts, you will not get blue ticks even on your sent messages. So, here is another simple trick for which you will not need to turn off Read Receipts.
Turn off Wi-Fi/Mobile Data
WhatsApp needs an active internet connection in order to send or receive the read receipts. So, you can simply head over to your smartphone setting and turn off Wi-Fi and Mobile Data. Once done, you can fire up the WhatsApp application and read the messages you wanted to read.
Turning off Wi-Fi or Mobile Data might not be the perfect solution for everyone. However, currently, these are the only two safe ways to get rid of the Read receipts. There are a number of apps available that promise to solve your problem, but rather they bring a lot of problems with them like unwanted ads and much more.
EaseUS offers many of the important utility services you might need for your computer. These services are offered for both Microsoft Windows and Apple’s MacOS. One of these services is a data recovery software. EaseUS’s data recovery software as the name suggests helps you to recover your deleted data. The company says it can recover data deleted due to anything. Let is be formatting, hard drive damage, accidental deletion, virus, and more. Also, EaseUS data recovery software has a free version. The free version for Mac satisfies the need for many of the people. However, is it the best in the market?
EaseUS Data Recovery
EaseUS data recovery recovers files deleted due to the accident, or a virus. However, what about data deleted due to other reasons. As claimed by the company, it can also recover data partition loss and hard disk failure. Also, all of this is available may it be the free version or the paid one. A lot of other software recovery software, especially free ones aren’t good enough. Also, if the company's claims of recovering the data from the crashed partition are true. This will be one of the best free software for this purpose.
Also, adding to the experience, the software is designed to be very intuitive and easy to use. That's a really good addition to the experience.
EaseUS Data Recovery suite’s effectiveness
For the sake of testing, we will recover data with different deletion scenario’s. The normal deletion can be recovered using recycle bin, so we will ignore that. Even if the data is deleted from the recycle bin, the software has no issue in recovering that.
We also recovered data from a formatted flash drive. The software had no issue even with doing that. We tested data deletion from a virus too. However, the virus had encrypted files before deletion. So the recovered data was encrypted. The software is for data recovery, not everything. However, we were surprised how good the software can perform.
How to use EaseUS Data Recovery?
Step 1: Download and Install
The first is to download the EaseUS Data Recovery software. After that, you need to follow the on-screen instructions to install the software. You can ignore the instructions. However, While installing it warns you not to install in the directory, you would like to recover the data if you lost data before the software installation. That's an instruction you don't want to ignore.
Step 2: Select the Partition and Scan
Once, the software has been installed, you can proceed to recover the data. From the main screen, that opens when you open the software, you need to select the partition and that's it. The scans happen automatically and all the deleted files come as a list.
Step 3: Recover the File
Once you have completed the scan, you need to find and select the files you want back. Once, you have figured that out, you need to locate recover button at the bottom right corner. The last step is to press that button. After that, you need to select the recovery directory, and you are good to go.
Conclusion
The EaseUS data recovery software works as well as the company advertises it. Also, its free for most of the home users work. So that's that. The only issue is the 500mb recovery cap. It can be extended to 2GB by sharing. Still, the 2GB cap is too low. We guess, they also need to make money right.
People are getting even more concerned about their privacy since the whole Cambridge Analytica and the Facebook thing happened. For those who don't know, Instagram is another social-media platform owned by Facebook. So if you decided to leave Facebook, you might also have thoughts of deleting your Instagram account. So here's how you can simply disable your Instagram account temporarily or permanently.
Unfortunately, you cannot disable or delete your Instagram account from your Android or iOS application. You will need to open up Instagram in a browser for that.
Select a reason and re-enter your password to confirm
Hit 'Permanently delete my account'
Congratulations! Now you are finally out of the social media platform Instagram and your data is safe. However, if you wish to come back, you can always create a new account.
Xiaomi recently hosted a launch event in China where they unveiled a whole bunch of new products. While the main attention was grabbed by the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S, gamers out there were stunned by looking at Xiaomi's first Gaming laptop. Xiaomi has been on the laptop game for a while now, but the Mi Gaming Laptop is the most powerful laptop by Xiaomi. However, these laptops are not perfect and here's why you should not get the Xiaomi Mi Gaming Laptop.
Availability
Xiaomi Mi Gaming Laptop is currently available in China. In case you are excited, we just want to clarify that the laptop might never make it to your country. Seeing Xiaomi's track record, most products don't even make their way to the other markets except China. So, you will probably have to import one which can be a bit of a hassle. This also brings us to our next point.
Services
As you will have to import the laptop from China, you might face issues when in need of any kind of official services. The fixes you need on your laptop under warranty might just not be possible at all. Also, the company does not have a very good track record when it comes to service.
The Brand
Xiaomi is surely a renowned brand when it comes to a budget smartphone. However, when we talk about laptops, the first few brands that come to our mind are Dell, HP, Lenovo, Acer or Asus. For a few people, it might be hard to trust a brand that is new to producing laptops.
The Price
The Mi Gaming Laptop being a Xiaomi product was expected to be cheap. Though the new laptop is not overpriced, it is not cheap either. The price of the Mi Gaming Laptop is almost as close as its competitors. The lowest model starts at CNY 5999 while the top-end variant is as priced as high as CNY 8,999. As it is, the prices might not sound high but when you think of importing you need to think of the import charges as well.
OnePlus 6 is just around the corner and just like most smartphones, we have leaks and rumours to tell us how the smartphone will look like. As per the leaks and rumours, the OnePlus 6 is expected to sport a notch up front. The Verge confirmed this in a recent report where they shared an image of the upcoming smartphone.
The Verge interacted with Carl Pei, Co-Founder of OnePlus who said “It’s a very clear decision: more real estate for the user. Learn to love the notch,” when he was asked why is the notch important. So, this means that the company is deciding to stick with the notch up front. Also, OnePlus shared an exclusive picture with The Verge where the showed off the notch of the upcoming OnePlus 6.
Credits: The Verge
The smartphone looks a lot similar to the recently launched Vivo V9 and the Oppo R15. However, it is expected that the smartphone will not look as similar from the back.
As far as the specifications are concerned, the OnePlus 6 will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC. The smartphone will feature a 6.28-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 1080x2280 pixels and a 19:9 aspect ratio. The device will pack in up to 8GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage. The smartphone will run on OxygenOS based on Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box. Under the hood, there will be a 3,450mAh battery powering up the internals.
On the optics front, the OnePlus 6 will sport a 16MP+20MP dual-camera setup at the back with dual-LED flash. Up front, there will be a 16-megapixel selfie shooter.
HMD Global is gearing up to launch some new Nokia smartphones in India. The Finish company has already rolled out the media invites for the launch event. The company is expected to launch the Nokia 8 Sirocco, Nokia 7 Plus and the Nokia 6 (2018) in the country. Nokia might also bring the Nokia 8110 4G ‘Banana Phone’ to India. All these smartphones were unveiled at the MWC 2018 event.
HMD Global's media invites read “We welcome you to Explore. Express. Create. Reimagine”. “We welcome you to discover the N-powered city of tomorrow,” it further says. As per the invite, the event is set for Wednesday, April 4 and will be held in New Delhi.
Nokia recently launched the Nokia 1 Android Oreo (Go Edition) smartphone in India. The smartphone is priced at Rs. 5,499. Now its time for the flagship Nokia 8 Sirocco to enter India alongside a few other phones.
As far as the specifications are concerned, the Nokia 8 Sirocco is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC. The smartphone features a 5.5-inch P-OLED display with a resolution of 1440x2560 pixels. The device packs in 6GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage which is further expandable up to 256GB using a microSD card. The smartphone runs on Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box. The Nokia 8 Sirocco is backed by a 3,260mAh battery which also supports Qualcomm Quick Charge 4.0.
On the optics front, the Nokia 8 Sirocco features a dual camera setup at the back. The dual-camera setup includes a 12-megapixel sensor with f/1.75 aperture and another 12-megapixel sensor with f/2.6 aperture. Up front, there is a 5-megapixel selfie shooter with f/2.0 aperture.
Apple decided to host its annual spring event at an unusual place. The company moved the place of its annual spring event to all the way in Chicago. What's more interesting is, it moved it to a High School in Chicago. As this event was aimed at increasing company's presence in the educational market. This company was on point with the location. Apple is trying to take over the educational market currently dominated by Microsoft and Google. Here is the biggest news from the event.
For most of the people, the most important announcement of the event was the new iPad. The company calls it is the Educational iPad. It is the most affordable one yet. Also, it comes with Apple Pencil support. However, the affordable part is debatable. It costs $299 for schools and $329 for normal people. $329 is the price of its 9.7-inch iPad the company announced last year. However, it packs few updates. Most notable one is that it works with the Apple Pencil. This support was only available to iPad Pro's earlier. The Pencil costs $99 and schools/teachers can get $10 off.
The new education iPad Comes with Touch ID, an HD FaceTime camera, an 8-megapixel rear camera. It also sports the last generation Apple’s A10 Fusion chip. The company claims 10 hours of battery life. Both the non-LTE and LTE versions will be available.
2. Logitech Crayon Stylus
Since the new iPad works with Apple Pencil and it is not cheap. Apple has announced a cheap third party compatible Pencil alternative. The new Logitech crayon looks more playful with its name and design. It sports orange bands to make it look a little less boring. Also, it packs a price tag of only $49.
The company also says, that there will be a $99 Logitech keyboard case in the future. It will be rugged design, made to make your iPad more durable. This is because schools can be rough.
3. Updates to the iWork
The company announced the new version of iWork. Most of the updates are software based. The most important change is the support for Apple Pencil. For example, Pages include a Digital Book Creation tool that lets teachers and students build books. Apps like Numbers can be used to create lab reports. Such kind of updates is packed into the whole slew of Apple iWork Apps.
Chinese smartphone manufacturer, Huawei finally took covers of the much awaited Huawei P20 and the P20 Pro. After many rumours and waiting, we have the smartphones here. The Huawei P20 and P20 Pro are the companies latest flagship smartphones. What's interesting is that the Pro variant comes with not double, not a Triple camera setup at the back. Also, both of the P20 devices come with a notch and a front facing fingerprint sensor.
Huawei P20 and P20 Pro Specifications
Huawei P20 sports a 5.8-inch FullView display with 2440x1080 display resolution. While the Pro variant sports a 6.1-inch OLED display and 2440x1080 display resolution. Both of the devices are powered by Huawei's in-house developed Kirin 970 processor. The new Kirin processor has inbuilt support for the AI and neural networks. The smaller variant comes with 4GB RAM and 128GB storage. While the bigger pro variant bumps up the RAM to 6GB.
Both of the devices sport a Notch and a front facing fingerprint sensor. Also, both the smartphones ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack. However, these devices have IP certification. The smaller variant comes with an IP 58 certification and the bigger pro variant comes with IP67 certification. The smaller variant is backed up by a 3,500mAH battery and the bigger variant is backed up by a 4,000mAh battery.
The most important aspect of these smartphones is its cameras. For the selfie, both of the devices sport a 24-megapixel f/2.0 aperture camera sensor. That's the biggest selfie shooter in terms of megapixels. The smaller variant comes with dual rear cameras with 0-megapixel f/1.6 and f/1.8 aperture sensors. The bigger pro variant sports a triple camera setup. That's something unheard of on production smartphones. It consists of a 40-megapixel RGB sensor with f/1.8 aperture. Along with that, we get a 20-megapixel monochrome sensor with f/1.6 aperture and an 8-megapixel telephoto sensor with a f/2.4 aperture.
Price and Availability
The Huawei P20 costs €649(~ Rs 52,000) and is available starting now. The Pro variant is available for €899(~ Rs 72,000) starting April 6th. Both the devices are available in Midnight Blue, Graphite Black, Pink Gold colours.
Spotify is a popular music-streaming service that is restricted to a few countries currently. The service is currently not available in India officially even though it has some Hindi songs. If you have heard people appreciate Spotify and wanna check it out in India or any other country where it is restricted, here's how you can download and install the application.
Windows PC
To download and install the Spotify application on your Windows PC, you will need to follow these steps.
Once the file is downloaded, run it to start the installation process.Congratulations! Now you have the Spotify application on your PC. Wait? Was it that simple? No. Here comes the main trick.
Close Spotify, if it is already running.
Now you will need to download a VPN service. We would recommend either TunnelBear or Hotspot Shield.
Once the application is downloaded, open it and hit connect.
After it connects, you can simply fire up the Spotify application and Login or SignUp
Once you have created an account or logged in to the existing one, you can just turn off the VPN service and enjoy some songs on Spotify.
In case, you notice that you have been logged out of Spotify, just fire up the VPN service, log in and turn it off again.
Android
Earlier there was a way, where you could install the Spotify application on your Android smartphone just by using VPN. However, recently that stopped working. So, we figured out another workaround and here's how you can get Spotify on your Android smartphone.
Chinese Electronics Manufacturer, Xiaomi finally unveiled the Mi Mix 2s. The official launch comes after the slew of rumours revealed almost everything. It sports a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845, upgrades to Mi Mix 2 and dual rear camera's. Appart from that, the smartphone is almost similar to the Mi Mix 2. Thus the name Mi Mix 2s, implying an update to the Mi Mix 2.
In terms of design, the new Mi Mix 2s shaves few millimetres off its all sides. However, that's a difference you won't even notice. Still, the Mi Mix 2s carries that gorgeous design of the Mi Mix series. Also great, No notch in the Mi Mix 2s.
The display of the Mi Mix series is its main standpoint. The Mi Mix 2s sports a 5.99-inch 18:9 FullHD+ IPS panel. With almost no bezels and a 2.5D curved glass, the device looks spectacular. Below it is a 5MP selfie shooter. The earpiece is tucked away in the tiniest of bezel at the top. However, this is all similar to the Mi Mix 2.
The Mi Mix 2s comes with a dual rear camera setup. One is a regular snapper with a f/1.8 aperture. The second lens is a telephoto sensor with f/2.4 aperture. Both of these lens sports OIS. Also, the dual pixel technology aims at taking multiple photos and reducing noise.
However, that's all from the outside. The Mi Mix 2s packs a lot of changes inside too.Qualcomm's current top-tier offer. The Mi Mix 2s sports an upgraded Snapdragon 845. It is almost 30-percent faster than the older Snapdragon 835.
The company has also refreshed the software. The device now comes with Android 8.0 Oreo with MiUi 9.5 out of the box. The device also packs a couple of Ai features. Mi Mix 2s also has its own assistant. It is called the XiaoAI. However, it is not sure whether it is only for Chinese users or for the world.
However, there is still no Ip protection rating. Also, there is no return of the 3.5mm headphone jack. What these is, is Qi wireless charging. It is the worlds first ceramic backed phone to have that feature. the Mi Mix 2s also has a massive 3,400mAH battery. For the RAM and Storage, these device comes in a variety of options. You can get all the way up to 8GB RAM and 256GB storage, starting from 6GB RAM and 64GB Storage.
Pricing
The Xiaomi Mi Mix 2s costs CNY3,299 ($530) for the base model. The upgraded model with 128GB storage costs CNY3,599 ($575). However, the top of the line 8GB RAM + 256GB storage model will cost CNY3,999 ($640). This will include a free wireless charger in the box. The sale starts on 1st April. It is available to buy from Mi.com and Mi home stores.
