3-year limited warranty24/7 customer supportAdmin console (web-based) for managing users, apps and devicesNo long term commitment with the ability to cancel anytime without penalties Sounds like a groovy idea. But is it worth your money? Let’s take a closer look. Google Chromebooks – Rent vs. Buy: What Do You Get? Before deciding whether it’s cost-effective to rent a Google Chromebook (or the Mac Mini-like Google Chromebox), it makes sense to determine if Google Chromebooks are a good fit for your business in the first place....

An article from the Information today covers a breakdown of the lengths that factory workers have gone to get parts of unreleased iPhones out into the black market, and Apple’s countermeasures to tackle the issue and maintain high levels of product secrecy. Most interestingly, the report says that Apple is actually reducing the number of staff it has assigned to catching leaks of factory parts and is instead focusing on cracking down on the leaking of CAD drawings and schematics, just like the schematics that we’ve seen this year showing the iPhone 11’s design....

Apple doesn’t break out its Apple Watch numbers when it reports device sales and revenue each quarter, but it did say during the fiscal Q1 earnings call the wearable hit record numbers for both units and revenue during the important holiday period. The latest report from research firm Canalys today puts estimates of Apple Watch sales at around 6 million units and $2.6 billion in revenue. This would mean the company took almost 80% of total revenue for the smartwatch market last quarter, according to the report’s estimates....

Following Apple’s filling earlier today in which it formally responded to the FBI’s court request to access date on a locked iPhone, the Wall Street Journal now reports that Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter all plan to file court motions supporting Apple’s stance. Since this news broke last week, both Google and Facebook have publicly offered their support to Tim Cook and Apple. Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai shared his opinions in a series of tweets, explaining that Apple’s case with the FBI could set a troubling precedent....

Reuters interviewed the U.S. judge today who dismissed Apple’s patent court case against Motorola, and the details behind the jurist’s reasoning for tossing the lawsuit are as interesting as they are controversial. Richard Posner sits on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago and disputes whether software and related tech industries should even have patents for their products. “It’s not clear that we really need patents in most industries,” said Posner, referring to the slew of features in smartphones that are legally protected....

With a multi-movie franchise comes many, many promotional posters. Star Wars is no exception. Staking its territory as a cultural phenomenon in the summer of 1977, Star Wars helped kick off the age of the summer blockbuster and adapted high fantasy, rife with the accompanying tropes, for sci-fi. So with over 40 years worth of posters to sift through, we’re not including any character posters in the ranking. Oh, and no TV series....

So, after the massive success of Realme 1, the company has already shared its plan to launch more phones. In fact, the brand will be launching Realme 2 on August 28. Rumors claim that the upcoming smartphone from Realme will offer some high-end specification at the minimum price. The price tag has always been on the confusing part with Realme 2. Since Realme 1 is available under Rs. 10,000 and it offers powerful specifications, users are expecting more and more with the newly launched company....

These sound like flagship-class specifications in a handset that costs £599. Let’s see if they stand up to scrutiny. [Note: Realme, originally a sub-brand of Oppo, says it is in “61 markets worldwide, including Asia, Europe, Oceania, Middle and East Africa, etc”. The firm’s phones are not officially available in the US, although you’ll find some unlocked models online.] Realme says its GT Neo line has a backplate designed to pay homage to motorsports....

The build is impressive. Made from aluminium, the Realme Pad feels solid and capable of withstanding a few knocks, while the slate-grey back and sides of my review unit has a premium look. All this adds up to a tablet that feels in the hand like an expensive, high-quality device, and rather more high-end than is suggested by the price. It measures 155.9mm wide by 246.1mm deep by 6.9mm thick and weighs 440g (9....

As per an EU document obtained by Reuters, the EU antitrust regulators plan on ordering Google to stop offering any financial compensation to smartphone makers to keep Google Search pre-installed exclusively on their devices. The document also suggests Google could be fined heavily by the antitrust body for its monopolistic policies. The 150-page document was sent by the EU to all complainants asking for their feedback. Google was also sent a copy in April this year....

Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Avengers: Endgame. The women of the Marvel Cinematic Universe gathered around for lunch in a brand new Avengers: Endgame behind-the-scenes image shared by Robert Downey Jr. One of the best moments in the latest superhero blockbuster comes at the height of the final battle against Thanos where all female heroes of the universe team up to protect the new Infinity Gauntlet - a bit which apparently was almost cut....

Though, email marketing should be more than merely a convenient channel for pushing sales. It’s about educating your audience about your brand and keeping them engaged. In other words, not every email that you send has to be about a sale, discount, or new product. Enter email newsletters. From how-to guides to gift guides to occasional notes from the CEO, there are numerous ideas for email newsletters that you can use to nurture your leads....

Reddit NFT Crash Course: What Is Reddit? Founded in 2005, Reddit is a networking site where users share, discuss, and vote on content. Users can give upvotes or downvotes on posts, which affect the post’s popularity and search ranking within the site. There are over 430 million active users on Reddit. Reddit users, popularly nicknamed ‘Redditors’, go on Reddit for entertainment (Reddit is known for popularizing memes widely used across the Internet), news and updates, and marketing on just about any topic of interest....

Do you have Xiaomi Redmi 9 Prime in your hands and want to flash Stock ROM? Well here is the stock firmware collection for Xiaomi Redmi 9 Prime (lancelot) users for every region. In this article, we will share the complete list of the Xiaomi Redmi 9 Prime Stock ROM flash files and follow the guide to install the firmware using the Mi Flash tool. The Xiaomi Redmi 9 Prime is the little brother of the popular Redmi Note 9 and Note 9 Pro and it cuts corners in all the right areas to bring the price down to just Rs....

This dnesday was no different. The search giant launched two giant updates to both its ay Games app Text-to-Speech. t’s do a quick run-through of what’s changed. ay Games updated its ay Games app from version 1.1 to a whopping version 1.5 with a flurry of new features that help encourage multiplayer gaming. Not only can you now join games quickly from within the app, you can also sift through invites from your friends check out the games they’re currently playing to join in....

While some companies have seen employees trickling through their doors again, others continue to spend the week logged in to work from whatever corner of the house offers the most comfort. Meanwhile, the idea of remote, flexible or ‘hybrid’ working becoming the norm continues to divide opinion. One thing that’s clear as we head towards 2022 is that nobody has all this figured out yet. Yes, many companies have started putting together plans for how and where employees commit their time to them in future, with more flexibility around remote working set to be an enduring theme....

Update: Quibi sets Reno 911! season 7 to premiere Monday, May 4th. Reno 911! is returning after 10 years, though it might not be in the exact form that fans expected. A parody of Cops in the style of a mockumentary, Reno 911! aired from 2003 to 2009 on Comedy Central. The series followed the exceptionally incompetent workers in the fictional Reno Sheriff’s Department. The cast included Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Cedric Yarbrough, Niecy Nash, and Mary Birdsong....

A leaked video posted, later disappearing from, French site Clubic (you can still find it on Xperia Blog) features a Sony marketing director describing a 5.5-inch Z5 emium, with a 4K screen that crams in 800 pixels per inch with a 3840×2160 resolution. Sony’s also packing in a 23-megapixel camera with a .03 second autofocus 5X digital zoom. The phone also continues Sony’s dive into water resistance, with a claim the micro-B connection will also be waterproof....

Apple has been fighting the Indian government over approving an iOS app to block spam calls and texts in the region for some time now. A new report from Reuters suggests that Apple has changed its tune slightly, agreeing to provide assistance to help make such an app, but with ‘limited capabilities’. Apple does not want to give a third-party app access to iPhone call logs on privacy grounds, but it’s not clear what compromise has been reached....

The Chinese authorities have told Foxconn that it cannot open its iPhone production factories on February 10, as reported by Nikkei. Reuters previously said that any additional delays would have a significant impact on Apple’s iPhone sales. The company depends on Foxconn factories to assemble iPhones in the quantities it requires; if the company can’t make them, Apple can’t sell them. Local governments are reportedly concerned about the proximity of employees in factories like Foxconn, expecting a high risk of contagion....