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Mobvoi is still a little-known player in the technology arena, despite their TicWatch managing to secure the most smartwatch sales, second only to the Apple Watch. The TicWatch E is a successor of sorts to the TicWatch and TicWatch 2. The primary differences between the TicWatch E and its predecessors are its inclusion of a more stock […]
How is your quest for finding the best VPN service going on? Well, you might have read our reviews of the VPN services like Private Internet Access, ExpressVPN, and NordVPN. In this post, I would like to tell you about another well-known VPN service called TorGuard. But before moving ahead, let’s us recall the basics of […]
Media casting products like AirPlay, Chromecast, and Miracast have dominated markets and are now present in most tech-savvy households. But what about businesses and enterprise environments? The ‘cast’ action does away with so many cables and much confusion, but a lack of enterprise-minded features and support have left a staggering whole of an all but untouched […]
Mobvoi really made waves with the TicWatch and then again with the TicWatch2 which is currently only outsold by the Apple Watch. Did Mobvoi just get lucky with the TicWatch products? We’ll take a look at how this great product might be able to compete with Google’s own Assistant devices. Mobvoi really made a name […]
The world of VPNs is not limited to one or two services, there are many. And these VPN services have their own set of pros and cons that one needs to consider before buying one. Earlier, I posted a review of NordVPN — the one with a good interface and over 1300 VPN servers located across […]
In the past, you might have read the in-depth review of NordVPN on Fossbytes. But one needs to consider more than one or two names before choosing a VPN service and investing their money. In this article, I’d like to post a review of the VPN service called ExpressVPN. It stands in third place in […]
What are the different ways to protect yourself digitally? As the most basic level, you should have some security software to safeguard your computer. But what about your online security? How do you prevent someone from tracking you on the web? One free option is to use Tor. It could be called secure, but the […]
A while back, there were articles circulating about the “World’s Cheapest Laptop,” but they really weren’t accurate. The PINEBOOK weighs in at $89USD for the 11″ model and $99USD for the 14″ model. But, can a sub-$100 laptop, new or used, really be worth it? It would almost be unanymously be argued not, but the PINEBOOK makes […]
VPN services are being widely adopted nowadays, except for countries like China where the government either wants to control or wipe unmonitored VPNs from their existence. There aren’t many times that I have found myself in an urgent need to subscribe to a VPN service. Except for some occasions in the past when I had […]
It was a sad day when Google axed the Nexus line, despite their announcement of the Pixel branding moving into phones. The Pixel is an expensive beast of a phone, and we no longer have the affordable Nexus sporting all of the latest Android features, but is it such a loss. I remember when the […]
Short Bytes: Stellar Mac Data Recovery software is a well-known name in the field of data recovery. It claims to perform various Mac recovery tasks and help you get your lost data. In our tests, Stellar Mac Data Recovery was able to perform the data recovery tasks with high efficiency. Managing lots of data is a hard […]
Short Bytes: Wondershare MobileTrans is a useful utility for Windows and Mac systems that can be used to transfer data from one smartphone to other. It supports a broad range of mobile brands and models. Apart from a few little shortcomings, it manages to perform satisfactorily. MobileTrans also has a handy option of creating and […]
Short Bytes: BitPort is a service that allows you to download and stream torrents online. You can download torrents on BitPort’s cloud storage and view them whenever you like. It also includes features like file manager, FTP server access, etc. Video or movie torrents can also be streamed to various devices including Android, iOS, Chromecast, […]
Short Bytes: Wondershare Filmora is a video editing production software that makes it easy for beginners to get started. The overall process of creating a video using Filmora consists of three steps–importing media files, editing and applying effects, and exporting/sharing the videos. While Filmora has its loopholes, overall, it’s an impressive and fast way to create videos. […]
Short Bytes: It’s not often that a technology company in China turns heads with a budget device, but clearly Mobvoi didn’t care to stick to the status quo with their Ticwatch, thanks to Ticwatch, its one of the best-selling smart watches in the world. Mobvoi was kind enough to send us one of their Kickstarter Ticwatch 2 Global editions […]
Short Bytes: Asus has made an impressive entry in the premium smartphone market with ZenFone 3. Thanks to the 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass, the phone comes with an attractive design. Easy to focus and user-friendly camera snaps great pictures and Snapdragon 635 chip delivers powerful performance. Despite unintuitive ZenUI and useless bloatware, Asus ZenFone 3 is a […]
Short Bytes: Redmi Pro is Xiaomi’s new offering in the Chinese smartphone market. It tries to bring premium features like an OLED screen and dual-camera to the affordable Redmi segment. The phone struggles in few areas but its big battery, great screen, and swift performance is worth noting. Xiaomi started as a company that promised to deliver the best features […]
Short Bytes: Budget smartphones are a very interesting smartphone segment where a customer looks for tons of features for a not-so-high price. As the competition in this segment is increasing, thanks to newer markets, we are witnessing a flood of such devices from different smartphone makers. Honk Kong-based Elephone has a strong lineup of budget smartphones […]
Short Bytes: Hooks is an award winning alert and notification app available for Android and iOS which can send you a notification for anything that’s important to you. Ever thought of getting a notification in your mobile when some new episode of Game Of Thrones is released? Or a new movie crosses a rating of 7 on […]
We have been writing about various types of drones from a long time on fossBytes and in the continuously expanding drone universe, each day we witness new products with different functionalities and sizes. Drones aren’t just being used by FBI for surveillance(and getting tracked) or being tested by Amazon to deliver products- they are becoming […]
Xiaomi is a very versatile company. We know of it as primarily a phone maker, but it does a lot of other things and does them well too. It makes power banks, earphones, fitness bands, tablets… hell! it even makes televisions. Xiaoyi is a subsidiary of Xiaomi that makes cameras. Its two products that are […]