The technology around us is improving at amazing rate and that has its share of downsides as well. Our gadgets now become obsolete in less than an year. Thus, electronic waste is a huge problem in India. It causes harm to not only human health but also to plants, animals and environment. Delhi and Belgaluru generates 9000 and 8300 metric tonnes of waste respectively every day.
Asus has churned out pair of its powerful gaming laptops in India. This includes GL503 and GX501, both of which come with latest Intel Core series 8th generation processor and Nvidia Pascal graphics card. The ROG GX501 is the shop stopper here packing the top end i7 processor and Nvidia’s best GTX 1080 graphics card for best in class gaming performance. Asus GX501 specifications include 15.6 inch full HD IPS panel with 144Hz refresh rate and 3ms GTG response time to ensure there is minimal ghosting and motion blur. It is priced at 3 lakh rupees in India.
A lot of the new devices come with the USB-C port and this includes latest smartphones and laptops. At the same time, there are myriad devices that use the good old USB port which is now referred to as USB-A. With the new Belkin USB-C and USB-A Home Charger (model# F7U011dqSLV), you will be able to charge both of at the same time. It has two independent powered ports that guarantee 15 Watts of power to your USB-C device and 12 Watts to your standard USB-A device. So, in total, the Belkin USB-C and USB-A Home Charger can give you 27 Watt output.
We have learned that Nvidia has begun selling new versions of its popular Nvidia MX150 graphics card , a model that is often included in many notebook configurations. However, Nvidia has not publicized the release of these new versions and, what is more important, they yield significantly less than the models that are already available. It is quite rare that a manufacturer decides to put a new product on the market to keep quiet, when they are often given a lot of publicity to these new products. This leads us to wonder why Nvidia has decided not to give some publicity to this new model of its quite popular Nvidia MX150 graphics card . And it is that, when a manufacturer tries to hide a new product from the eyes of the press, it is because he knows that he will not be especially well received by it, in principle.
Many new android phones were unveiled at the Mobile World Congress 2018 event that happened in Barcelona, Spain. Belkin offers many high quality accessories that work well with these phones. Out of many, there were two that caught our eye – Boost Up Qi wireless charging pad and Mixit Duratek USB-C cable with DuPont Kevlar. Wireless charging is becoming a norm in smartphone these days. With Belkin Boost Up Qi wireless charging pad (link), you will be able to charge your phone at nearly the same speed as wired charger.
Bitcoin is the most popular cryptocurrency and over the past couple of years, we have seen myriad versions of bitcoin. The BTC Lite is the newest kid on the block and is quite different from rest of the bitcoin clones we have seen so far. The bitcoin lite, or BTC Lite, as they like to call it is an ERC20 version of Bitcoin. So what does this mean?
ICICI Bank has issued a warning to the credit card users and account holders about bitcoin and forex trading in overseas market. This is what they are saying in the email, “Under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999, a resident Indian is permitted to make only those foreign exchange transactions on ICICI Bank Cards or Account that are permissible and remittance in any form towards overseas exchange trading through internet/ electronic trading portals is not permitted. Indian residents are therefore prohibited from trading in foreign exchange in domestic and overseas market, including binary option trading with commodities, stocks, indices, bitcoin index and forex etc. “
Which are the best crypto currencies to invest in 2018? We got into talk with the some of the best crypto coin experts of the world and they came with this list. The crypto currencies given here are in no particular order though. Again, do your research before putting your money into any of the crypto currencies given in the list. We have tried our best to come up with a list but even the top crypto currency experts can be wrong.
Banks have been asked by Reserve Bank of India in an informal communication to stay away from dealing with bitcoin / cryptocurrency exchanges in India. All Indian banks are no longer allowing the users to deposit or withdraw money to their banks. All the cryptocurrency exchanges in India were raided by tax department last month where they took data of all users for hiding the wealth from the government and not paying taxes on the capital gains.
Belkin has launched a series of new products at the CES 2018 technology show. This includes Boost Up Bold Wireless Charging Pad, Wireless Charging Stand, Charging Car Mount, Dual Wireless Charging Pad and wireless charging system. A new power bank was also launched along with a fast charging wall charger. All of these new mobile accessories will be available for sale by Summer 2018.
