It’s trickier than you might think, but it’s worth the time. Some games can even change the way you focus. It all comes down to discipline: If you take the time to focus on a task, it can benefit you in other areas of your life. Best of all, you don’t have to spend a ton of time on brain teasers. If you’re sharp-eyed, you can even beat some optical illusions in less than a minute....

We have rock n rolled onto the tenth day of the TechPP Christmas Giveaway and most of the softwares we reviewed and gave away were something popular for daily use. And today, we present a professional video editing software, Cyberlink’s PowerDirector 8. PowerDirector 8 is a powerful video editing solution with numerous features to satisfy both amateurs and professionals alike. It has been rated Very Good by PC World and many others....

Labor Day falls on September 5 this year, and we are seeing hefty discounts on everything from premium TVs and computers to home appliances, gardening tools, smartphones, game consoles, and more. Sales events including Prime Day, Black Friday, and Labor Day are opportunities to get your hands on everything from necessary items to luxury gadgets for a substantial discount. We’ve rounded up the best deals on gadgets and technology available online for under $100....

While there are limited-time deals, to get the best price on a VPN subscription, in reality, you’ll need to opt for the long-term plan. You’ll have to pay more upfront, but the average monthly cost will be less. One thing to keep in mind as you review these deals is that taxes will apply – and for the cheapest long-term plans, the cost usually increases when you renew. You may be able to find offers for a free trial (usually when subscribing through mobile), but you’ll typically only get seven days free....

They are also trying to make it better in the smartwatch industry. That’s why Samsung is introducing new smartwatches with additional features. Last year, Samsung launched its first Wear OS-powered smartwatch Galaxy Watch 4. The company is now working on its successor — Galaxy Watch 5. A new online report suggests the upcoming flagship smartwatch from Samsung may come with a thermometer. Samsung’s New Smartwatch May include In-built Thermometer Year after year, Samsung keeps upgrading its smartwatch with some exciting features like OS support, heart rate monitoring, blood oxygen measurements, body composition measurement, and more....

Last year around this time, Samsung officially announced the Gear VR Innovator Edition, which was meant primarily for virtual reality enthusiasts and developers. While that device had a very small outlook on who to sell to, the content that Samsung wanted on the headset wasn’t so limited, and that trend continues with the announcement that a consumer-ready version of the device is gearing up to launch this year. At the Oculus Connect event, the company announced that the finalized version of the Gear VR will begin shipping in November of this year, and that it will retail for $99....

You’ll find four buttons lining the speaker’s top. The volume up, down, play/stop, and a talk button for answering and ending calls. A square on the right side allows NFC-enabled phones to quickly establish Bluetooth connections. Still, phones without NFC can as promptly press the pairing button on the back. If you don’t want to use Bluetooth at all, you can connect an auxiliary cord included to your phone....

Samsung today announced that it has started the mass production of 12-gigabit (Gb) LPDDR4 DRAM, based on its 20nm fabrication process. This makes Samsung the first company to start the production of 12-gigabit RAM chips. The new chips will be 30 percent faster and consume 20 percent less power compared to the 8Gb LPDDR4 chips from Samsung. They will also be twice as fast as DDR4 RAM chips for PCs....

Mobile-to-mobile payments are already part of everyday life in some developing countries, but they’re just coming into their own in the U.S. The latest crop of personal payment apps are pretty impressive, however. You can repay friends request cash with nothing but your phone, usually with neither person paying any kind of fee. Here are a few apps that are, dare I say it, better than cash. Square Cash This is currently the killer app when it comes to paying back friends, buying small favors, or requesting the cash that’s owed you....

But is this actually the case? BARC-Nielsen has come out with a report (“COVID-19 IMPACT, WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE TV & SMARTPHONE LANDSCAPE”) on how the Covid-19 virus has affected the smartphone usage and television consumption in the country. We are taking a closer look at the smartphone section of the report. The research covers smartphone usage in India from 16 – 22 March and compares it with 13 January – 2 February 2020, which it takes as the pre-Covid-19 period....

Sony is going to hold a press conference in Berlin on September 4th, mere hours before Samsung. It’s widely accepted as fact that the company is going to announce a new flagship phone there, which the internet has been referring to as “Honami”. Apparently the actual name of the device will be Z1. That name comes courtesy of @DooMLoRD. Apparently he’s some sort of Android hacker extraordinaire who lives on XDA....

At a press conference in IFA today, Sony unveiled a trio of flagship handsets in different shapes and sizes: the Xperia Z5 Compact, Xperia Z5, and the Xperia Z5 Premium. Building on its previous flagship handset, the Xperia Z3+/Z4, the Z5 series comes with improvements in some key areas. All the three phones are almost the same, except for their displays and thinness. While the 8.3mm thick Z5 Compact comes with a 4....

You’ll have to register for the beta program if you want in. First, head to Spotify’s Android beta application fill out the required online form. Among the requirements is joining the official Spotify Community. Creating a beta app is a wise move, as Spotify will soon be battling Apple Music on Android. A bunch of new features like a new running aide recently went live on the iOS version, so hopefully they’ll be making their way over to Android soon....

Hulu With Live TV — We present its basic channel lineup. It has two additional packages — Entertainment Add-on and Espanol Add-on — that offer even more channels. To view, go to hulu.com and select “Channels,” then “Customize with add-ons” and select “Network Add-ons.” YouTube TV — YouTube may have the simplest channel lineup of the lot. It has one channel lineup plus a menu of a-la-carte individual channels like EPIX and Showtime that you can add for additional fees....

Data Stories was one of several new features announced Tuesday by Tableau, the Salesforce-owned data visualization platform. The company also introduced Tableau Cloud, the latest iteration of Tableau online – the cloud-based version of its software designed for enterprise customers. While Tableau still offers self-managed services, its focus on Tableau Cloud shows how the enterprise has moved largely to SaaS products. The company said that three-quarters of new Tableau customers choose its cloud product over an on-premise or hybrid solution....

Samsung’s German subsidiary has released a video that confirms the launch date of the Galaxy S7 edge Olympics Edition to be on the 7th of July. This device, would represent Samsung’s third collaborative effort with the international sporting competition. Samsung’s tradition with devices to commemorate the Olympic Games, begins with the Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note limited editions launching for the 2012 Olympics. Their last endeavour was launching a special version of the Galaxy Note 3 during the Winter Olympics of 2014....

Samsung is now officially recalling Galaxy Note 7 units sold worldwide due to fears of its battery exploding. The company has halted the sales of the phone globally, and it plans on offering replacement units to all affected customers. The replacement procedure can take up to 2 weeks depending on the part of the world you live in. The reason behind the recall is multiple Note 7 units exploding over the last week or so in various parts of the world....

Samsung has been working hard on restoring consumer confidence into its brand since the Galaxy Note 7 battery fires last year. The company even published detailed results of its investigation into the battery fires and announced an eight-point safety check for all its devices going forward. Now, the Korean company has released a 1-minute video highlighting its Quality Assurance process and the extensive tests it runs on its devices. The video highlights tests, re-tests, and tests its phone again and again by dropping them continuously, exposing them to extreme temperatures, dropping them in water, putting extreme physical pressure on them, and more....

Not coincidentally, it’s doing so at the same time as a certain Cupertino company launches its own smartwatch. (Our sister site Macworld will live blog the Apple tch unveiling Monday.) In the interview with the ll Street urnal, Samsung vice president Young-hee said the company had new watches in the works, but was trying to reach the level of “perfection.” The approach sounds similar to what Samsung is trying with its smartphones, scaling back its avalanche of new devices in favor of fewer with more polish....

The Muse S retails typically for $399. With the sale, you can get the Muse S for $340, saving you $59 on the device. It provides users a host of great features, including the ability to track your breathing to help manage stressors during meditation. You can even wear it to bed at night with its ability to provide “digital sleeping pills.” Using the brain waves that the headband tracks, it can signal to your brain that it’s time to go to sleep and stay asleep....