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The Substitute Phone is designed to help smartphone addicts cope in their absence. We’ve all been there: fiddling with your smartphone because it’s there, or reaching for it when you hear a text message notification. Austrian designer Klemens Schillinger created the Substitute Phone as a way to help smartphone addicts cope in its absence. Schillinger tells  Dezeen  that more and more, phones are becoming an addicting object in our lives. Users constantly play with them, even if they’re not looking for a message or expecting a call, and he was inspired to design “a tool that would help stop this 'checking' behaviour." Schillinger designed five facsimile phones, made of black polyoxymethylene plastic with stone beads embedded in the surface, which allows a user to replicate familiar actions, such as scrolling, pinching, or swiping. The goal is that it could be used as a coping mechanism for someone trying to check their phone less. The Substitute Phones d...

You will soon be able to listen to Amazon Music through your Samsung Smart TV Recently, Samsung has been rolling out new features to its lineup of Smart TVs, such support for YouTube TV. Yesterday, the company announced (via  Engadget ) that owners can soon listen to Amazon Music through their Smart TVs, the first third-party device to connect to the service. The company says that users will be able to browse their libraries, playlists and access recommendations and stations through the system. The service will also be accessible through other Samsung audio products, such as soundbars and wireless speakers. While users can listen to streaming services such as Spotify through Samsung’s SmartTVs, this might be appealing alternative to Prime users who own a Samsung TV, but who don’t have an Amazon Echo or Echo Dot in their home. The company didn’t say exactly when users will be able to begin listening, saying only that it will be “available starting...

Google updates Google Earth before Earth Day Google Earth was always about exploration and the new version takes that further. With a feature called Voyager, Google has teamed up with a bunch of organizations to create guided tours where you select a particular tour and then go through all the places and during this the globe spins and zooms to the point mentioned in the tour along with a brief description. Google has also included a I'm Feeling Lucky button, that jumps to a randomly selected point on the globe and tells you about the location. Bringing all this to life is Google's fantastic new 3D map system, which are available for major landmarks across the globe. These high resolution 3D maps provide photo realistic bird's eye view of various locations around the world, whether it's the Eiffel Tower in France or the Himalayas in Nepal. The website is accessible to everyone right now while the app will be rolling out over the coming days on Android. ...

Tesla’s newest product is a mobile battery pack to charge your phone Apparently announcing a   new all-electric Semi truck   and the   fastest production car ever made  all in one week wasn’t enough for Tesla. They also quietly launched a third “product”, and you don’t have to wait two years to buy it! It’s a mobile battery pack   to charge your phone and other devices. Highlights 3350mAh capacity output is 5V/1.5A Price:- $45 Aptly named the PowerBank, the external battery pack is shaped like the Tesla supercharger monument that is outside their main office in California. In terms of function it has built-in USB, micro USB and lightning cable so you don’t have to use a separate cord when charging your device. And the battery? It’s actually (sorta) the same one that powers Tesla cars. The company says the battery pack uses a single 18650 cell – which is the standard lithium-ion cell used in every Tesla made befor...

OnePlus 5 confirmed to be discontinued once stock runs out offers insight on what will happen to the  OnePlus 5  and why the company released the  5T  so soon. "If you look at our previous phone, the  OnePlus 3T  the last batch was sold out during Diwali and now the product will be discontinued. The same goes for the OnePlus 5, which will also be sold out in sometime, and we’ll have only one product - OnePlus 5T - in the market." OnePlus 5T are not significant enough to classify as a whole new product. Instead, the OnePlus 5T is a “variant” that offers a better display for improving the overall experience. He also notes that the premium segment is difficult to compete in since there are so many other phones that compete for the top spot. On top of that, he also confirms the OnePlus 5’s fate to be the same as the OnePlus 3’s: discontinuation. "So as a company which focuses on premium segment, we need to make sure our phon...

OnePlus 3 and 3T Started Receiving Stable Android 8.0 Oreo Based OxygenOS: How to Get Right Now FOLLOW THESE STEPS (OFFICIAL) Step 1:  Download Opera VPN application from Google Play Store and connect it to Germany location. Step 2:  Now head over to updates section under the Settings app and check for the update again. Step 3:  Now, you’ll receive an update of Android Oreo weighing around 1490MB. Disconnect the VPN and download the OTA update, and install the update on your OnePlus 3/3T. Note:  If you did not receive the update with Germany location, then change the location to Canada and try the procedure again.

Samsung launches Galaxy Tab A featuring Bixby Home Processor :- 1.4GHz Display Size:-  8 inch  Pixel resolution:- 1280×800   RAM:- 2GB Internal Memory:- 16 GB Cemera:- 8MP rear camera and a 5MP front shooter Battery:- 5,000mAh On the software side, the new Galaxy Tab A features Bixby Home - which is the virtual assistant's card-based contextual interface - as well as Bixby Reminder. Other prominent software-related features include Home Mode (that displays useful info - calendar, weather, and time - while the tablet is being charged). The new Galaxy Tab A is currently available in Samsung's home country of South Korea. It comes in both WiFi and LTE options, with the former costing KRW 264,000 (around $240) and the latter setting you back KRW 308,000 (around $280).

Giant 'Minecraft' graphics upgrade delayed to 2018 The Minecraft team had a bunch of news at their MineCon Earth convention, but the biggest news may be what's not happening. Mojang and Microsoft have delayed the launches of both the Super Duper Graphics Pack and cross-platform Switch multiplayer to sometime in 2018. They're not elaborating on the reasons behind the delay, but in both cases the features simply aren't finished. More information on the graphics delay is coming "soon," according to the creators. Instead, the biggest improvement (beyond the Better Together release) is The Update Acquatic, which refines underwater adventures. There are new water physics (such as buoyancy), dolphins, coral and a water-appropriate weapon (the trident). There's no release date just yet. This certainly isn't going to trigger a crisis for Minecraft players, but it does suggest that the graphics pack an...

Apple iPhone X Face ID: 10-year-old unlocks mother’s iPhone with his face Apple introduced Face ID feature with the iPhone X , and the company claims that the method is far more secure than Touch ID technology. However, according to a report in The Wired, a 10-year-old boy was able to bypass the system by unlocking his mother’s iPhone X. On one occasion, the boy was also able to unlock his father’s phone. This means that family members who bear resemblance might be able to unlock each other’s device. according to a report in The Wired, a 10-year-old boy was able to bypass the system by unlocking his mother’s iPhone X. On one occasion, the boy was also able to unlock his father’s phone. This means that family members who bear resemblance might be able to unlock each other’s device .

OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T Android Oreo Update OnePlus 5 getting Android Oreo beta this month, OnePlus 5T in December OnePlus 5  users will get a taste of  Android 8.0 Oreo open beta starting later this month , while  OnePlus 5T  will get it by December-end. Unlike the final build, the open beta builds of Android 8.0 Oreo will have to be manually flashed on the respective devices. Unfortunately, OnePlus didn't reveal an exact time frame for the final OTA build of Android 8.0 Oreo but you can expect it to arrive in early 2018. Alongside Oreo, the company will also release the latest version of its OxygenOS as well. OnePlus 5T to Get Its Stable Android 8.0 Oreo Update in Early 2018 OnePlus 5T was launched on Thursday at an event in New York and as expected brings upgrade to the original  OnePlus 5  model launched a few months ago. One of the biggest disappointments, however, was that the new OnePlus 5T will ship with Android 7.1.1 Noug...

Tesla’s new second-generation Roadster will be the fastest production car ever made Electric car  By  Andrew J. Hawkins  and  Tamara Warren   Elon Musk promised a surprise during the Tesla semi unveiling event, and boy did he deliver: the return of the Roadster. But it’s no repeat performance. The stunning four-seater roadster boasts jaw-dropping numbers, that if they measure up to Musk’s claims, will make it the world’s fastest production car. In his remarks, Musk described it as a “smackdown” to the fossil fuel-addicted auto industry. WILL LIKELY CAUSE PORSCHE AND FERRARI TO BREAK A SWEAT:- Musk claimed the base model will do 0 to 60 in 1.9 seconds. If true, that would make it the first time a production vehicle cracked the two-second threshold. He also said the new Roadster would climb from 0 to 100 mph in 4.2 seconds, and will clear the quarter mile in 8.9 seconds (in case the  Fast & Furious drag race franchise comes calli...