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Friday, August 31, 2018

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BlackBerry KEY2 LE With the Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 And Android 8.1 Oreo Launched at IFA 2018

The BlackBerry KEY2 LE price has been set at $399 (roughly Rs. 28,300) for the 4GB RAM/ 32GB storage variant in the US.

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Android Phones to Have 85% Global Market Share in 2018: IDC

According to IDC's "Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker 2018", a more interesting trend happening with Android shipments is that the average selling prices (ASPs) are growing at a double-digit pace.

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How to watch the Italian Grand Prix 2018: stream F1 live from anywhere

Trying to predict the 2018 Formula One season has become practically pointless. Just when you think Lewis Hamilton has the edge, Sebastian Vettel strikes back with a big GP win. That means every race - including the Italian Grand Prix - is now essential viewing, and you can stream F1 live from absolutely anywhere with our advice in this guide.

So who's going to get the win in Italy? The form book says Lewis Hamilton, as he's taken four of the last six victories at Monza. He clearly feels at home at this course, and there's nothing Hamilton would love more than to bloody Ferrari's nose on the constructor's own turf.

But Vettel has history here, too, and the first of his three wins came ten years ago. While Ferrari hasn't had a victory in its home land of Italy since Fernando Alonso headed to the top of the podium way back in 2010. A victory at the Italian Grand Prix would continue Vettel's momentum as he makes a surge for the Formula 1 Drivers' World Championship.

Hamilton or Vettel? Vettel or Hamilton? We just don't know which way the chicaning 2018 Formula 1 championship is going to turn next at the Italian Grand Prix. But what we do know are the ways in which you can stream F1 live to find out - and it doesn't even matter where in the world you live. You can even do so for free in certain regions!

Live stream F1 from absolutely anywhere with a VPN

How to live stream F1 action from Italy: UK stream

How to watch the Italian Grand Prix: US live stream

How to watch the Italian Grand Prix in Canada

How to stream the Italian Grand Prix in Australia

Images courtesy of Formula1.com

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Nanobots can now swarm like fish to perform complex medical tasks - CNET

Researchers have developed a new method to control nanobots -- inside the human body.

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Tamron SP 15-30mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 confirmed

Four years after the release of its popular SP 15-30mm F/2.8 Di VC USD optic, Tamron has given wide-angle aficionados a new object of desire in a Mark II update.

The SP 15-30mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 (Model A041) becomes the latest optic to be bestowed with the G2 suffix, following the SP 24-70mm F2.8 Di VC USD G2 and SP 70-200mm F2.8 Di VC USD G2 that surfaced last year.

This second-generation lens sticks to the same basic idea as the original, even repeating its 18 element, 13 group optical configuration. As a 'Di' lens, it's been designed for users of full-frame Nikon and Canon DSLR cameras, with the main draw being its combination of wide angle of view and fast (and constant) maximum aperture.

The additional sweetener of Vibration Compensation has also been improved from the technology inside the first version, and it now claims to offer up to 4.5 stops of compensation.

Canon users also benefit from a rear-mounted filter holder, which negates the use of massive (and costly) filters in front of the bulbous front element, while users of both Canon and Nikon versions benefit from nine rounded diaphragm blades to help produce more attractive bokeh.

Three separate coatings

Wide-angle lenses are particularly susceptible to specific aberrations, but ghosting and flare should be minimised thanks to the application of a newly developed AX (Anti-reflection eXpand) coating. This aims to keep the reflection factor for peripheral areas of the lens the same as he central portion, and it joins the eBand (Extended Bandwidth & Angular-Dependency) and BBAR (Broad-Band Anti-Reflection) Coatings used in the Mark 1 version to form a three-pronged assault on anything that might mar image quality.

Tamron SP 15-30mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2

The lens also promises to deliver "simply outstanding" optical performance courtesy of an XGM (eXpanded Glass Molded Aspherical) lens, together with multiple LD (Low Dispersion) lens elements to combat distortion and lateral chromatic aberration respectively.

Weather-resistant design

Tamron has specifically crafted the lens to have the same "feel of high quality and operability" as the aforementioned G2 lenses, with a weather-resistant design to prevent dust and moisture from creeping in.

Its front element has also been primed with a fluorine coating on the front element, which is not only said to help repel dirt, dust and moisture, but promises to do so more effectively than the coating on the previous version.

Tamron reckons the built-in Dual MPU (Micro-Processing Unit) enables "vastly improved AF speed and precision," although whether this is relative to other lenses or the previous version (which employed the same unit) is unclear. Either way, this is once again partnered with a separate processor to handle Vibration Compensation.

The lens arrives just weeks after the company announced the 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di OSD, a lens that's also been designed for full-frame DSLR users.

While Tamron hasn't disclosed an asking price for the new lens, Nikon users will be able to get their hands on one on 21 September, a few weeks ahead of the Canon version that will arrive on 12 October. We'll update this page with pricing information as soon as we have it.

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Qualcomm's readying your smartphone for a world without a headphone jack

Qualcomm has announced a new version of its aptX audio platform at IFA 2018, which aims to deliver the same performance and quality of a wired audio connection.

The headphone jack is dying as the rise of wireless continues its march across our devices - Qualcomm says the wired connection is going away - but there’s potentially good news for audiophiles worried about a poorer, wireless audio experience.

AptX Adaptive is the latest version of the firm's wireless sound technology, and Qualcomm claims it provides a robust, hi-res and virtually glitch-free listening experience.

It's not just focused on music playback though, as aptX Adaptive has been tuned to improve audio response for gaming and movies.

Current Bluetooth doesn't address latency issues - which proves problematic when gaming or watching video - and it's an issue you don't get with a wired connection.

What the Adaptive upgrade provides is a wire-like low latency experience which Qualcomm hopes will encourage more users to ditch the wire and adopt wireless headphones.

Dynamically adapts

AptX Adaptive will dynamically adjust wireless audio performance depending on content you are consuming - be it music, video or a game - which takes the hassle of manual adjustment out of the equation.

Qualcomm tells us that aptX Adaptive will be available "on a Snapdragon chip to be named in the future", which we expect to be the Snapdragon 855 which is tipped to launch at the start of December.

That means the first smartphones to boast this new Bluetooth audio technology likely won't arrive until the middle of 2019.

Could new iPhones really drop the 3.5mm headphone jack adapter?

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