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For full disclosure, I’ve been using the phone for about a day before writing this article. I have to be honest, I always expect quality when it comes to Huawei, but this phone managed to surprise me. Its design and camera performance were the two main surprise aspects for me, even though I had high hopes to begin with. Truth be said, these are only initial impressions, I have plenty of testing to do, and quite frankly nothing I say here is final, basically....

I’m A Puzzle, from Unwind Media, gives you that in great spoonfuls, serving up a never-ending feast of timelessly engrossing jigsaw puzzles to solve. There are tons of categories to browse on the I’m A Puzzle website, including Animals, Art, Food, People, Sport, Nature, and more. Plus, there’s an Other category, which means pretty much everything else in the universe is potentially included. Plus, categories are nested, so if you click on Animals, say, you’ll have the choice of Cats, Dogs, Horses, Insects, and many others....

All social media platforms have a text element to them, but when it comes to Instagram, there needs to be a picture or video attached. That’s not an issue, as Instagram is the picture and video platform. However, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t any Instagram users who just want to share a quick update with their followers. There is a way that they can do this, and that’s by posting stories....

The update brings firmware version F926BXXU1BVA9 and is around 1.1GB in size. The changelog accessed by SamMobile doesn’t say what’s new, though it mentions the usual suite of security and stability improvements. This update likely fixes the bugs first introduced with the One UI 4 update last month. As with most Samsung security updates, a few Samsung apps are also getting updated. These include SmartThings, Samsung Health, Samsung Internet, PENUP, and others....

Samsung is the undisputed king when it comes to rolling out updates, especially security patches for its devices. Despite having a huge portfolio of devices, Samsung maintains a steady pace and rolls out the latest updates quickly for its devices. Already a bunch of Samsung smartphones are either running the Android 12 One UI 4.0. Talking about the latest January 2022 security update released for the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G, it is purely incremental in nature....

The JBL Quantum Stream is the company’s first microphone for gaming Sometimes, gamers and streamers can’t use just any old microphone. JBL has introduced the Quantum Stream, its first microphone that’s targeted at streamers and podcasters. It’s the first microphone in the Quantum lineup of gamer products, and it has a pretty sleek design. The JBL Quantum Stream is a condenser microphone with a basic gain dial on the front. There are two distinct pickup modes you can set the microphone depending on what you’re using it for....

The Galaxy A54 may get a redesign from its predecessor The Galaxy A54 renders shared by Steve show quite a few design changes from the Galaxy A53. Just a glance at the images was enough to tell that the new phone is shorter and wider. This is something the source confirmed by revealing the exact dimensions. The upcoming device will reportedly measure 158.3 x 76.7 x 8.2mm in dimension. In comparison, the Galaxy A53 measures 159....

This retractable camera will help the Oppo phone with zoom photography For the past couple of years, smartphone manufacturers have been using telephoto lenses in their cameras with varying results. One thing that’s been holding them back is the lack of physical space within the phones. This mystery phone with a retractable camera aims to solve this issue. From the video, we see the triple camera package on a rectangular island with two cameras isolated....

In 2018, Lensa was a simple photo editing tool like many similar apps in stores. The app, however, launched a new “Magic Avatars” feature last month that exploded in popularity. Lensa only offers a 7-day free trial, and you have to pay for the subscription. The yearly unlimited access ranges from $14.99 to $49.99. Of course, you should pay $3.99 for 50 images to use the “Magic Avatars” feature....

New LG soundbars connect wirelessly to its TVs LG’s 2023 soundbar lineup brings seamless integration with the company’s TVs. The WOWCAST feature will enable you to connect the audio products wirelessly to a compatible LG TV. The Korean firm also plans to update the Home Dashboard interface from where you can manage the soundbar’s settings and share sound modes with the TV. The SC9 and SE6 LG soundbars will also boast a new feature called WOW Orchestra....

The Dimensity 8000 combines four Arm Cortex-A78 cores running at 2.75GHz, whereas the Dimensity 8100 can run at 2.85GHz. Both SoCs additionally offer four Arm Cortex-A55 cores running at 2.0GHz. These octa-core chipsets leverage TSMC’s 5nm manufacturing process. “You could say the MediaTek Dimensity 8000 series is the little brother to our flagship Dimensity 9000 chip. Meaning it brings flagship grade features and next level energy efficiency to the premium smartphone market,” Deputy General Manager of MediaTek’s Wireless Communications Business Unit, CH Chen, said in a press release....

Creator Marketplace is a new feature on Instagram where creators can get discovered and paid for their content. The designated marketplace will open new partnership opportunities for both creators and brands. The company is currently testing this feature. Meta is also testing an expansion of Digital Collectibles on its photo-sharing app. This will allow more creators to display their NFTs on the platform. The company plans to bring this feature to Facebook in the future, enabling cross-posting of Digital Collectibles too....

According to the regulator’s press release, Facebook had notified it of 12 data breaches in the six months between 7 June 2018 and 4 December 2018, when the company hadn’t changed its name to Meta. The DPC expectedly launched an investigation to determine whether the social media biggie complied with the requirements of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into application in May 2018. The investigation found that Meta violated two articles of GDPR — Article 5(2) and Article 24(1)....

Microsoft Authenticator finally gets a password generator In April 2021, Microsoft rolled out an Autofill feature to the Authenticator app. It lets you sync and save your passwords across all of your compatible devices signed in with the same Microsoft account. Whenever you try to log in to an online account, Autofill would automatically fill in the credentials for that account. On mobile apps, it lets you import passwords from other popular password managers as well....

Microsoft cancels the HoloLens due to lack of direction Companies are working to make Augmented Reality just a plain reality. Microsoft was one of those companies that wanted to do this. It brought some interesting and high-end devices to the market under its HoloLens brand. It made two AR headsets that projected images onto the real world. Unfortunately, according to Business Insider, that road ends here. A person within Microsoft told Business Insider that the company is canceling the HoloLens 3 headset....

In addition, a small number of current Wear OS watches are bound for an update to Wear OS 3.0 at some point this year. That list is small though. So the announcement of more Wear OS watches from Google’s partners is a big deal. As these will probably be the first watches outside of the Galaxy Watch 4 to support the new software version out of the box. Which means access to all those shiny new features, as well as improved battery life and performance....

The Moto E40 is a budget smartphone and the front look of the device clearly tells that. The handset features a rather huge display bezel at the bottom that you don’t see on more premium devices. Motorola has tucked the earpiece grille onto the frame. A sizeable punch-hole cutout sits centered at the top of the display. On the back, we have three cameras and an LED flash sitting inside a rounded rectangular housing....

The Motorola Edge 30 Ultra is the rebadged global version of the Moto X30 Pro flagship that launched in China last month. It is the world’s first smartphone with a 200MP primary rear camera. The Lenovo-owned company will offer the phone in black and white colors in international markets and we can see them both today. As you can see in the images below, the camera bump has “200MP” imprinted....

Moto Tab 8: specifications The upcoming Motorola Moto Tab 8 is reportedly a rebranded Lenovo Tab M8 FHD launched back in October 2019. The only notable difference between the two tablets will be in the software department. The former will run stock Android UI while the latter featured customizations from Lenovo. Otherwise, it’s the same hardware, the report suggests. Meaning the Moto Tab 8 will feature an 8-inch IPS LCD screen with Full HD resolution (1,200 x 1,920 pixels)....

He said that the company is developing its first rollable, though, so don’t expect it to launch that soon. This information follows the real-life images of the next-gen Motorola Razr that surfaced recently, from the same source. Motorola is planning to deliver a rollable smartphone codenamed ‘Felix’ Now, this rollable smartphone is codenamed ‘Felix’. It was also mentioned that the Motorola Razr for next year is also in the early stages of development, and that it’s codenamed ‘Juno’....