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   OnePlus  to launch its first-gen smartwatch along with new flagship 9 series smartphones on March 23 and the company CEO Pete Lau has revealed that the watch has more than 110 work-out modes. "One watch, more than 110 work-out modes. #OnePlusWatch," Lau said in a tweet. The tweet also includes a short animated video that shows some of the work-out modes such as walking, swimming, cycling, running, cricket, badminton, weightlifting, ballet, free training, and shooting. The smartwatch is expected to feature a Snapdragon Wear system-on-chip, potentially the recently-launched Snapdragon Wear 4100. It will also be able to answer phone calls, display notifications, control media playback, and work as a remote for  OnePlus  TVs. OnePlus  Watch may also include an OLED display to save battery and a host of fitness and health features like a heart rate sensor, blood oxygen monitor and software-based features such as sleep pattern analysis, goals-oriented exercise...

   OPPO  has traditionally been known for its camera-centric  smartphones.  While most of its  smartphones  are centered on all-round capabilities, it is the company’s F-series that has consistently been developed around camera-centric innovations above anything else. Fresh in the series is the  OPPO  F19 Pro Plus, a midrange smartphone loaded with OPPO’s exclusive camera features for distinct imaging experience. Powered by MediaTek Dimensity 800U system-on-chip, the smartphone boasts a thin-and-lightweight design, punch-hole AMOLED screen, in-display fingerprint sensor, quad-camera array on the rear, and fast-charge support. Priced at Rs 25,990, the  OPPO  F19 Pro Plus seems to have a balanced specifications-price ratio. But is it as good as it seems on paper? Let’s find out: Design OPPO continues to add finesse to its minimal design language by improving ergonomics. Though the OPPO F19 Pro Plus carries over the plastic constructio...

   TISSNET result 2021 : Tata Institute of Social Science will declare TISSNET (National Eligibility Test) 2021 result today on its official website  tiss.edu . The entrance exam to MA course was earlier held on February 20. TISSNET 2021 result: Steps to check result Step 1:  Visit the official website,  admissions.tiss.edu Step 2:  On the homepage, click on ‘result link’ in latest announcements Step 3 : You will be redirected to a new page Step 4:  Log-in using credentials Step 5:  Result will be available. Download and take a print out for further reference. The selection process consists of passing the TISS national entrance test (TISS-NET) exam followed by the programme aptitude test (TISS-PAT) along with online personal interview (OPI). About TISSNET The entrance exam is being conducted for admission in MA, MSc, MHA and MPH courses. TISS campuses The qualified candidates will be eligible for admission to TISS campuses including Tuljapur (Maha...

   Facebook  has announced new measures to prevent its interest-based forums called Groups from spreading harmful content, like hate speech and misinformation. The measures come after the social networking platform faced criticism for its groups being linked to protests that led up to the Capitol riot in the US earlier this year. "We know we have a greater responsibility when we are amplifying or recommending content," Tom Alison, Vice President of Engineering at Facebook, wrote in a blog post on Wednesday. These new changes will roll out globally over the coming months,  Facebook  said. The social networking giant said that when a group starts to violate its rules, it will now start showing them lower in recommendations, which means it is less likely that people will discover them. This is similar to its approach in News Feed, where the platform shows lower quality posts further down, so fewer people see them. "We believe that groups and members that violate ou...

   Pixxel, India’s first private earth imaging company, said it has closed its $7.3 million seed round with new capital from Omnivore and Techstars joining alongside previous investors Lightspeed Ventures, Blume Ventures, growX and Ryan Johnson, ex-President at Planet Labs. Also, for the first time on Thursday,  Pixxel  lifted the veil of secrecy and publicly discussed its mission to build the world’s highest resolution hyperspectral satellite constellation. The company’s first hyperspectral satellite will launch within the next few months. “We are very excited to finally speak about what we are building at  Pixxel.  Our new funding enables us to build a health monitor for the planet through the world’s most advanced hyperspectral small-satellites. This enables us to capture some of the richest imagery that’s ever been beamed down to earth,” said Awais Ahmed, CEO,  Pixxel.  “Our hyperspectral satellites will allow society to tackle many of humanit...

   India has become the top country in the world in the use of mobile applications and the government is encouraging and promoting Indian innovators to create apps, IT Minister  Ravi Shankar Prasad  informed the  Rajya Sabha  on Thursday. Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour, he said the Digital India programme coupled with encouragement being given by the government to promote Indian innovators to create apps has of late become a big movement. "You will be happy to know that India has become the top country in the use of mobile applications. But we have to expand further and I'm quite sure in the coming years, Indian mobile app platforms on hosting of  mobile apps  will surely give a tough competition to the international platforms," he said. The minister said that the government has started allowing Mobile Seva App Store to also host apps free of cost. "In our mobile government app, all have come on board and its total download i...

   US-based action camera manufacturer  GoPro  on Wednesday launched a new mobile app named "Quik" that will replace the  GoPro  app in App Store and Google Play Store. The app lets users import photos and videos from any phone or camera, including GoPros and DSLRs. It features a suite of editing tools to edit photos and videos by users. "Quik makes it simple and fun to finally make sense of the vast number of photos and videos we all have on our phones," Nicholas Woodman, Founder and CEO, GoPro, said in a statement. "You don't even have to open the Quik app to organize your images, simply share your favorite shots directly to Quik from your camera roll, text threads or wherever your best shots may be. We named it Quik because that's what it is!" Woodman added. Through the app, users can back up photos and videos on cloud at its original quality. Users can also create impressive music-synced videos by simply selecting the photos and videos they wan...