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How technology is changing rural China

December 1, 2018 Loknath Daschanging, China, How, Is, Rural, Technology'

Alex Wong | Staff | Getty Images An Alibaba employee demonstrates ‘Smile to Pay’, an automatic payment system that authorize payment via facial recognition In a nation of nearly 1.4 billion, ensuring there’s efficient health care and education is a tall order for China. Especially in some of the more remoter parts of the country. At the East Tech West conference in Nansha, Guangzhou, this week, business leaders, investors and experts contemplated how the country can effectively “equalize” these services for the whole nation. Indeed, the number of internet users…

Unravel 2 Not Coming to Nintendo Switch, May Have Co-Op Mode Hints ESRB Rating

June 13, 2018 Loknath Das2, Co-Op, coming!, ESRB, Have, Hints, May, Mode, Nintendo, Not, Rating, Switch, to, Unravel

Quirky platformer Unravel was revealed at E3 2015 and released in 2016. Barely two years since its debut, Unravel 2 is on the way. While EA had confirmed it was working with Unravel developer Coldwood, little has been said since. Now, thanks to an ESRB rating for Unravel 2 spotted by those on popular gaming forum ResetEra, we know what to expect. Namely, no Unravel 2 for Nintendo Switch (as the console isn’t listed as one of the platforms for launch) and possible cooperative play thanks to the game’s description. Expect Unravel 2 to make an…

ZTE Axon M Dual Screen Smartphone First Impressions

March 5, 2018March 5, 2018 Loknath Das'First, Axon, Dual, Impressions, M, screen, Smartphone, ZTE

When both displays are open, ZTE Axon M has a large square-shaped display HIGHLIGHTS ZTE Axon M has two 5.2-inch displays and only one camera When the display is folded, the secondary display becomes inactive The dual-display design can be useful for multitasking If you’re bored with your standard candybar smartphone and miss the days when phones came in all shapes and sizes, the new ZTE Axon M might appeal to you. It’s basically a clamshell smartphone, but instead of a keyboard, ZTE Axon M has a second screen that…

Nokia 8110 (2018) First Impressions

March 5, 2018 Loknath Das'First, 2018, 8110, Impressions, Nokia

HIGHLIGHTS Nokia 8110 (2018) has little in common with the original model It will come in black and yellow colours The phone runs on Smart Feature OS Last year at MWC, HMD Global launched the newly resurrected Nokia on a global scale, and made it memorable by unveiling the new Nokia 3310 (2017). This was a brilliantly calculated move; delighting and amusing Nokia fans, playing on nostalgia, and bringing something much more interesting than a line of formulaic Androidslabs to the market. It wasn’t a game-changing phone by any means, but it led to an incredible outpouring…

3D-Printed Clip-On Turns Smartphones Into Microscopes

February 22, 2018 Loknath Das3D-Printed, Clip-On, Into, Microscopes, Smartphones, Turns

Australian researchers have developed a 3D-printed “clip-on” that can turn a smartphone into a fully-functional microscope to visualise specimens as tiny as 1/200th of a millimetre. The “clip-on” microscope, developed by researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics at the University of Adelaide requires no external power or light source to function. Described in the journal Scientific Reports, the device is powerful enough to visualise specimens, including microscopic organisms, animal and plant cells, blood cells and cell nuclei. Photo Credit: CNBP The “clip-on” has “internal illumination tunnels” that use light…

Nokia 1 Variant Reportedly Spotted on US FCC Site

February 22, 2018 Loknath Das1, FCC, Nokia, On, Reportedly, Site, Spotted, US, Variant

HIGHLIGHTS Nokia TA-1071 has been spotted on the FCC site The smartphone is listed with 134mm of height and 50mm of width It is likely to be a Nokia 1 variant and could be unveiled at MWC 2018 While Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 is just around the corner, a secret Nokia handset with model number TA-1071 has been spotted on the US FCC website. The new Nokia phone appears to be a variant of the Nokia 1 that is already in the buzz world as one of the first Android Go devices. HMD Global is hosting a press conference on…