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Year End Special: Best Camera Smartphone of 2019

From versatile multiple-camera modules to optical zoom and macro lens, smartphone makers explored and experimented with a lot of new things to complement the imaging competence of their products in 2019.

Listing the best five camera-centric smartphones of the year 2019 based on their imaging capabilities:

1. Apple iPhone 11 Pro

With every iteration, the iPhone has got better in its photography and videography capabilities. This phone brought a versatile 12-megapixel triple-camera set-up of a wide-angle sensor, an ultra-wide sensor, and a telephoto lens. Apple added some new features, modes, and settings that made the iPhone 11 Pro stand out with regard to imaging capabilities. (Price & Specs)

2. Huawei P30 Pro

The company’s 2019 P-series flagship, the Huawei P30 Pro, was an imaging powerhouse that cut no corners in providing the best photography and videography experience. It was this phone that also introduced 5x optical, 10x hybrid lossless and 50x zoom (digital) capabilities to smartphones. (Price & Specs)

3. Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus

This phone was the first in Samsung’s Galaxy S-series to boast a triple-camera module on the back, and a dual camera set-up on the front. Also, the rear camera had a dedicated telephoto lens for 2x optical zoom and an ultra-wide lens for landscape photography. What’s more, the phone was an industry-first product that could record videos in the HDR10+ format, which optimises contrast and color of each scene for dynamic HDR meta detailing. (Price & Specs)

4. Google Pixel 3a

This phone did not have a multiple-sensor camera module, but its single-sensor camera was powered by Google’s imaging algorithms, which made photography convenient and fun. This was one of the camera phones that could take perfect portraits with enhanced bokeh effect (background blur) for a clear distinction between background and the object. (Price & Specs)

5. Oppo Reno 10x Zoom

This was the only smartphone other than the Huawei P30 Pro to bring a periscope telephoto lens capable of 5x optical zoom, 10x lossless zoom and 50x digital zoom. Besides, its triple-camera set-up on the back featured a high-resolution primary sensor with quad Bayer technology and optically stabilised lenses, besides an ultra-wide-angle lens for landscape photography. Other than that, the phone also had a shark-fin-inspired front camera module (featuring a 16MP sensor of f/2.0 aperture) which came out from the top. (Price & Specs)

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How Cambridge Analytica profiled voters and what it means for India

Voter psychological profiles were built to determine political enthusiasm, political orientation, frequency in voting and consistency in voting for the same political party

Technology news: A recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) order holding US based Cambridge Analytica guilty of “deceptive practices to harvest personal information from tens of millions of Facebook users for voter profiling and targeting” has shed new light on the business of psychological profiling aimed at predicting voter behaviour. The Commission’s order spells in great detail the technicalities, business and potential impact of voter profiling on election results.

How did the Cambridge Analytica model work?

The now bankrupt firm’s chief Alexander Nix primarily relied on new research that was done in University of Cambridge that used Facebook profile information to predict an individual’s personality according to the OCEAN scale. The OCEAN scale also known as the five big personality traits measures an individual’s personality on five counts – openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. Researchers had developed an algorithm that used an individual’s Facebook likes to predict their personality traits – the more the likes a…read more

Google releases ‘Realtime Content Insights’ tool for news publishers

RCI is a free tool for newsmakers to identify which articles are the most popular among its readers

Google is revealing another device for news distributers to help improve content with the utilization of constant information.

The new element called drifting themes sits inside the Realtime Content Insights (RCI) device. It gives distributers will all the more continuous information from Google Trends, the official blog notes.

RCI is a free device for newsmakers to recognize which articles are the most prominent among its perusers. With Trending Topics, the point is to all the more likely comprehend perusers’ inclinations and make content as news unfurls.

Spotify’s ‘year in review’: Check your song history for the year and decade

Users can also see their own summary of 2019 and the last decade by heading to the Spotify Wrapped website or through the main app

Spotify has discharged its year-ender rundown of the most played substance on its sound stage in 2019 and the most recent decade, called Spotify Wrapped.

The most gushed craftsman on Spotify was in 2019 is Post Malone with over 6.5 billion streams far and wide. The second-most-spilled craftsman is 17-year-old Grammy chosen one Billie Eilish. At number three is Ariana Grande, who is likewise the most-gushed female craftsman of the decade.

Spotify likewise watched an extraordinary year for digital broadcast development. The administration presently has more than 500,000 digital broadcast titles accessible. Web recording crowd additionally saw an uptick by more than 50 percent since the beginning of the year.

Clients can likewise observe their very own rundown of 2019 and the most recent decade by going to the Spotify Wrapped site or through the primary application.

Flipkart launches Nokia 55-inch 4K Smart TV with JBL audio: Price, specs

Priced at Rs 41,999, the smart television will be available on Flipkart from December 10

Web based business stage Flipkart, in organization with Finnish innovation organization Nokia, on Thursday propelled a 55-inch keen TV. Named Nokia Smart TV, it is a Nokia-marked TV that will be made and overhauled by Flipkart and its subsidiary gatherings.

Estimated at Rs 41,999, the brilliant TV will be accessible on Flipkart from December 10. With respect to the dispatch offers, the organization is offering level 10 percent rebate on prepaid exchanges. In addition, it is additionally offering its total assurance plan – three years guarantee against assembling deformities and incidental harm – at a sponsored cost of Rs 999.

Nokia Smart TV particulars:

The Nokia Smart TV has a 55-inch screen, which the organization professes to utilize a progressed in-plane switch (IPS) board. The screen has 4K goals and supports Dolby Vision. It has a pinnacle splendor of 400 nits, as per the…read more

Facebook sues Chinese company over alleged deceptive advertisement fraud

Facebook blamed ILikeAd Media International Company Ltd. and two individuals associated with the company — Chen Xiao Cong and Huang Tao – for the fraud.

Facebook has sued a Chinese organization for supposedly fooling individuals into introducing a malware, trading off people groups records and afterward utilizing them to run misleading advertisements.

Facebook accused ILikeAd Media International Company Ltd. furthermore, two people related with the organization – Chen Xiao Cong and Huang Tao – for the misrepresentation.

The respondents tricked individuals into introducing malware accessible on the Internet. This ma lware then empowered the litigants to bargain individuals’ Facebook records and run beguiling advertisements advancing things, for example, fake merchandise and diet pills, the web based life goliath said in a…read more

HMD Global launches Nokia 2.3, with two-day battery life, at Rs 8600

The device is Android 10 ready and will receive guaranteed monthly security updates for three years and OS updates for two years

HMD Global, the licensee of Nokia marked telephones, on Friday propelled the Nokia 2.3 with 6.2-inch HD+ screen and two-day battery life. The cell phone will be accessible in December at a beginning cost of 109 eur os (about 8,600).

The gadget is Android 10 prepared and will get ensured month to month security refreshes for a long time and OS refreshes for a long time.

“Customers world over have truly valued the Nokia 2 group of items. The Nokia 2.3 is a stage forward in our guarantee of offering you an encounter that stays crisp longer – giving buyers access to two years of…read more

Future Apple iPhones will ditch all ports for wireless charging: Analyst

Kuo also predicted that Apple will also launch a possible ‘iPhone SE 2 Plus’ with a full-screen design, no Face ID, small notch, and Touch ID enabled power button

Technology news: Apple’s future iPhone would dump all ports for remote charging or sound, investigator Ming-Chi Kuo has anticipated.

As per the investigator, the indicated iPhone will be propelled in the second 50% of 2021 and offers a totally remote encounter, with no USB-C port either. The remote form is probably going to be the best quality model, MacRumours reports.

Kuo likewise anticipated that Apple will likewise dispatch a potential ‘iPhone SE 2 Plus’ with a full-screen configuration, no Face ID, little score, and Touch ID empowered power button.

Motorola One Hyper phone with 32-MP pop-up front camera launched at $400

It further features a 64-megapixel rear camera with Night Vision mode and Quad Pixel tech

Tech new: Lenovo-claimed Motorola presented another mid-run cell phone, the One Hyper, with a 6.5-inch close to bezel-less show and 32-megapixel spring up selfie camera.

It further highlights a 64-megapixel back camera with Night Vision mode and Quad Pixel tech and a 118-degree ultra-wide-point focal point with a laser framework for upgraded pictures even in dim condition, Engadget reports.

Different highlights incorporate Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 SoC, 4GB RAM, 128GB expandable interior stockpiling, and sans bloatware form of Android 10. Motorola One Hyper is accessible in Deepsea Blue, Dark Amber, and Fresh Orchid shading decisions, with a cost of…read more

Instagram launches 13+ age verification for users to curb underage use

The move aims to help Instagram comply with a US law and its own policies

Technology news: Instagram has said that it would require new clients to confirm they are at any rate 13 when they join the outwardly engaged, Facebook-claimed informal community.

The move plans to help Instagram follow a US law and its very own approaches that require any client to be in any event 13.

“Requesting this data will help keep underage individuals from joining Instagram, assist us with keeping youngsters more secure and empower more age-proper encounters in general,” an Instagram blog said.

The organization said the age data would not be obvious to other people however would help in making “age-fitting and more secure encounters” on the interpersonal organization with more than a…read more