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Snapdragon 690 released with 5G sub 6GHz bands

Qualcomm has been launching midrange, upper midrange and high end chips the past few years. Now they have launched their budget 5G chip called the Snapdragon 690. It’s the first snapdragon 6xx series to feature the latest generation network. But this one gets a step down, and won’t feature the higher bands(mmWave, or bands in 26GHz and above), but the slower ones(bands in the frequency range of 6GHz and below) instead. Snapdragon 690 Features Qualcomm had said that the new chip offers a variety of improvements over it’s predecessors which includes 20% better CPU performance, and 60% better graphics performance…

120Hz displays finally coming to iPhones, starts with iPhone 12 Pro

There are lots of leaks pouring in as the Apple iPhone 12 launch nears. The latest is the new 120Hz display. Ross Young, the founder and CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants posted on twitter listing all the phones with displays having a refresh rate of 120 hertz and above. In the list you can see that even the Note 20 and note 20 plus/ultra are listed. There’s the Huawei mate 40 which is upcoming too. The list shows that out of the four upcoming iPhones, just the iPhone 12 pro and iPhone 12 pro Max will feature the 120Hz…

The Future of Business in the Age of Information

The whole world lives in the digital age. That means that business, like other industries, is also subscribing and adapting to the changes in technology and communications. And this trend is not likely to change for the foreseeable future. But what is on the horizon for technology? What are the directions innovations are taking now that will have massive impacts on how the world works in five, ten, thirty years down the road? These are important questions that need to be answered, especially for businesses that want to stay ahead of the curb. Stronger Online Presence It’s no secret, nor…

AMD announces a Radeon Pro 5600M with 5700XT like specs and HBM2 memory for Apple’s MacBook Pro

Apple recently announced a refresh for the new MacBook pro 16 inch, and claims that the new graphics card will provide a 75% performance boost over it’s predecessors, the Radeon Pro 5500M and Radeon Pro 5300M. The new GPU will be an Apple exclusive, and will be coming by default on the MacBook pro 16 inch this year. The Radeon Pro 5600M is a huge upgrade compared to it’s younger siblings. Specs It’s based on the 7nm architecture, features 40 compute units, along with a total of 2560 stream processors, just like the Radeon RX 5700XT. But there are a…

Xiaomi launches a high capacity 30000mAh powerbank

Xiaomi is well known for making large capacity powerbanks, and they are here with their latest 30Ah or 30,000mAh one. If you are fond of travelling, and need to juice up your laptops and phones, this is the go to for long distance travellers. Previous Xiaomi powerbank Last year, Xiaomi released the same powerbank at 20000mAh but with 50w charging. It was also called the Mi Powerbank 3. This year, they beefed up the capacity, while offering a lower charging speed. It’s now available for 169 yuan(~$24). It will go on sale on 18th June. The higher battery capacity means…