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ZIGBEE Radios Landed on Mars

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  Recently one of the biggest achievements this year is achieved through Zigbee . Today, we got to know the  Ingenuity drone Helicopter  whirling about on Mars. Ingenuity interacts with the Perseverance rover by using 900MHz Zigbee radios. It doesn’t use GSM, Wi-Fi, or something peregrines such as fission-powered lasers or space algae. It uses the same technology you utilize to put on a Philips Hue lightbulb. We get this news via an unbelievable tweet from  Ben Bromley . And Bromley found it on the  Linux Unplugged podcast  with guest Tobin Richardson, CEO of the Zigbee Alliance. As per the tweet, Zigbee is the ideal protocol (wireless) to send telemetry data between the Perseverance rover of NASA. And also to the semi-autonomous flying drone.  Richardson  said, “Looking at extreme environments, like Mars, it’s nice to have a very slushy purpose-built standard.” “and it’s necessary to get the fundamental information across and makes it possib...

YouTube Shorts Fund: How It Works & What Video Creators Need to Know

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  YouTube will begin offering short- video creators monetary help for their efforts. Here’s how the recent YouTube Shorts Fund works and who is eligible. YouTube has introduced a new fund for content makers using the latest Shorts video format. YouTube Shorts enables creators to film quick videos, which can be up to sixty seconds long. YouTube first discussed strategies for the feature in April of 2020 prior officially launching in a beta version in the U.S. this past March and then opening up to all YouTube creators past week. YouTube Shorts opened the channels to compete with the facility that has watched exponential growth since its launch in 2016, TikTok. Whether YouTube Shorts can offer TikTok a run for its money, it does have the benefit of the significant figure of people who already on the YouTube app. Even if a small figure of the 2.3 billion YouTube users takes advantage of the short-videos feature, that’s still a large user base. In a blog post, YouTube the new Shorts Fu...

Our Readers Use These Devices To Read Our Blogs (2021)

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  Have you ever thought about what your fellow awesome our readers are like and what devices they use? Well, today you can get a chance to know a little more about each other. We have gone through some anonymous usage insights in order to give an idea about where users are from and what devices they are using the most. We have had a look on several times at this data statics. All of the anonymous usage statics in this article are based on our visitor demographics from March-April 2021. Before taking you to the fun stuff, let’s begin with where you are all from. You are probably reading this article either from the U.S.Aor India, which holds 30% and 20% of our readership, respectively. The Rest 10% of users are from the U.K, 10% from Canada, 8% from the Philippines to round out our top 5 countries. Some of you fantastic users from Malaysia, Australia, Germany, Singapore, and Pakistan count on the rest of our top ten countries. But what mobile devices are you using, what browsers for...

HomePod & HomePod Mini: How to Play Music & Connect Your Deezer

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  Integration of Deezer with HomePod mini and HomePod means you can ask Siri to choose and play your favorite music, making it a good alternative for Apple Music. Now, HomePod mini and HomePod owners can play their favorite music using their Deezer subscription. The service has over 73 million songs in its catalog. You can listen to your favorite music from this vast selection by asking smart voice assistant Siri. Above all, you can connect other music streaming services such as Spotify to your Apple HomePod through AirPlay. However, Deezer has introduced direct integration with various popular smart speakers. HomePod and HomePod mini are the pair of  Apple’s intelligent speakers that utilize smart voice assistant Siri to allow users to control smart home devices, play songs with hands-free commands, and set reminders. When talking about HomePod, it is worth noting that the tech giant will soon discontinue its original full-sized smart speaker, HomePod. However, when shopping ...

Google & Samsung's Wear OS Partnership: What Does It Mean For Apple Watch & Users

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  With the beginning of 2021, Google is focused and serious about developing Wear OS like never before. The wearable platform is getting a partnership with Samsung, faster performance, and many more. Google has decided to make the year 2021 the year of Wear OS. The search giant announced many new updates during its I/O Keynote on May 18. The new updates include introducing new ways to navigate the operating system, a partnership with Samsung, and many such things. While looking at the new updates, it can be said that Google has played well this time at besting the Apple smartwatch. Since the launch of its first smartwatch in 2015, the iPhone maker has dominated the smartwatch, and that too by a considerable margin. Google tried to develop its Wear OS to challenge the Apple smartwatches, and Samsung has also done a decent job developing Tizen operating system. Besides, Fitbit also made valiant attempts to develop Fitbit OS. Unfortunately,  all these attempts could not make a wa...

Foldable iPhone May Be Launched in 2023, Says Analyst

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  Reportedly, Apple will launch a foldable iPhone with a display of 8-inches in 2023 with the technology that will help the tech giant to develop more multi-folded devices. According to a respected and reliable analyst, Apple is preparing to release a foldable iPhone with a display of 8 -inches in 2023. There have been rumors for years that the tech giant is busy developing a foldable iPhone. But, the latest indication has made it more concrete. According to the latest indications, the tech giant will ship 15 and 20 million foldable phones in its first release. The talks and anticipations began about the foldable iPhone within a few years of the first model launch. By the year 2014, the tech giant has already a patent on a folding phone design. So, the news regarding the development of a folding iPhone is not new.  The first few failed attempts prevented the tech giant from releasing the folded iPhone. The technology was not improved and matured enough to enjoy the reliability...

Google's First Physical Store in New York

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 Technology titan Google has announced its first-ever physical retail store will be coming this summer in the Chelsea area of New York City. The brand-new Google Store in Chelsea will be a “space where customers can experience our hardware and services in a helpful way.” This news is a big relief for those who need it the most, as Google is offering a bunch of services and devices, and a physical store makes the brand presence and brand advertising on the next level. At the Google Store, shoppers can browse and buy a much wider selection of products made by Google, varying from Pixel phones to Nest products, Fitbit devices to Pixel books, and more. The option to shop online at GoogleStore.com and pick up their orders in store will be the best part of this new physical store. This mechanism will help in this pandemic situation and let the store remain less crowded while the selling remains the same; the new normal is bringing a hybrid store culture more consistent as earlier either ...