Oppo A77 5G announced with Dimensity 810 SoC and 48MP camera

Oppo launched the A77 in May 2017 with 4G connectivity, and as expected, the company has announced its 5G version now with a more modern design and better specs. The Oppo A77 5G is built around a 6.56" HD+ LCD with a 90Hz refresh rate and 600 nits peak brightness. The screen covers 100% of the DCI-P3 color gamut and has a notch for the 8MP selfie camera, which is a downgrade from the 4G variant's 16MP unit in terms of resolution. Around the back, we get a rectangular camera island housing two LED flash modules joined by a couple of cameras - 48MP primary and 2MP depth. The former can...

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Microsoft announces Surface Laptop Go 2 starting at $599

Microsoft has launched its Surface Laptop Go 2, a compact and lightweight Surface laptop that starts at $599. Microsoft’s “Go” models signifies a more economic option for students or remote workers who want the Surface computer experience while saving some cash. The Surface Laptop Go 2 has a compact 12.4-inch PixelSense Display with a 3:2 aspect ratio and 1536 x 1024 px resolution and a maximum brightness of 330 nits. This laptop is powered by an 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 processor and there are three tiers to choose from. The base model comes with 4GB RAM + 128GB SSD...

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Instagram begins to roll out AMBER alerts across 25 countries

This Wednesday, Meta announced that it is going to begin rolling out AMBER alerts (notifications of missing children in the area) to Instagram across 25 countries. Meta says it has helped authorities find hundreds of missing children since it introduced AMBER alerts to Facebook back in 2015. AMBER alerts for Instagram was developed with various organizations including: the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) in the US, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children, the National Crime Agency in the US, the Attorney General’s Office in Mexico, and the...

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YouTube TV app now magically connects to the YouTube app on your phone

YouTube is announcing an exciting new feature today, which may prove very useful for those who have a YouTube app on their TV. Before, in order to use your phone to control that app, you'd have to go down the Cast route, and it was clunky. Also, while this worked when you found a video on your phone and wanted to see it on the TV, you couldn't get details about the currently playing video on the TV automatically on your phone, unless you were casting it. That's what changes. Rolling out from today, the new feature lets you effortlessly connect your TV's YouTube app to your iPhone or...

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Google announces it's merging Meet and Duo

It's been quite a while since Google last revamped its messaging apps, and we almost thought the search giant was finally over constantly tinkering with its messaging apps and services. Well, not so. Today the company announced that it's merging Meet with Duo. So far the former was aimed at business users primarily, while the latter was intended as everyone's video messaging app to rival Apple's FaceTime. Starting "in the coming weeks", Google will add all of the Meet features into the Duo app. Then, "later this year", the Duo app will be renamed to Google Meet, at which point Meet will...

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