April, 2020

• 28 April

  Five Of Eight Northeast States Have Been Declared Coronavirus-Free, Offer Hope In COVID Fight

  

  Five of the eight northeast states – Sikkim, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Tripura – have been declared coronavirus-free by the central government. Don’t Miss: Contribute To Indiatimes Fundraiser To Help India Fight COVID-19   Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram had 8, 11 and 1 Covid-19 cases respectively, and were waiting for them to test negative, Minister …

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• 28 April

  India Stares At Extension Of Lockdown After Total Number Of Coronavirus Cases Cross 29,000

  

  India is looking straight at Lockdown 3.0, as many would call it, after witnessing a spike in coronavirus positive cases and deaths. In a meeting with state chief ministers yesterday, prime minister Narendra Modi asked states to try to convert the Covid-19 challenge into opportunities through administrative reforms, and form their own policies on relaxing the lockdown based on ground …

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• 27 April

  New iPhone SE 2020: How to buy Apple’s $399 iPhone right now, and for less

  

  The reviews are in, and Apple’s new iPhone SE is everything we hoped it would be. The second-gen iPhone SE’s camera can compete with the iPhone 11, battery life is exceptional and performance is speedy. CNET’s reviewer Patrick Holland called it “the most value for your dollar of any phone Apple sells.” Apple, along with its retail and carrier partners are …

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• 27 April

  The Samsung Galaxy Watch Active hits an all

  

  I’m not sure why, but smartwatch deals are coming fast and furious right now. Fossil’s Wear OS-powered Gen 4 Explorist was down to $99 a couple weeks ago (it’s still available for $119), and Apple’s Watch Series 5 was briefly $100 off. Now we have this: For a limited time, and while supplies last, the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active is …

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• 27 April

  Working (or gaming) from home? Save on gear from Lenovo

  

  Lenovo‘s spring sale continues this week, offering steep discounts on laptops and PCs and gear you need to work from home. It’s not, however, all work and no play — Lenovo’s gaming laptops are also included in the sale. Lenovo offers instant savings on many of the laptops and PCs on its site, and you can save more with with …

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• 27 April

  iPhone SE iFixit teardown reveals familiar camera sensor

  

  Apple’s new iPhone SE packs a lot of punch for $399. Its powerful A13 chip outperforms all current Android phones, and its impressive camera performance shows how a powerful processor can improve an older sensor.  Expert repair site iFixit published its iPhone SE teardown on Monday, revealing that the iPhone 8 camera sensor has apparently been repurposed for Apple’s newest phone. …

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• 27 April

  Facebook Portal is finally a hit, thanks to a pandemic and your grandparents

  

  For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. James McConnell didn’t know much about Facebook’s Portal until Nan Owen, his 91-year-old neighbor, needed help setting up her video chat device last month as the UK locked down to combat the coronavirus. Owen’s active social life — friends and family would stop …

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• 27 April

  Amazon offers a free year of its Food Network Kitchen app

  

  Many people are flexing their cooking skills while stuck inside during the coronavirus pandemic. If you own a Fire TV or tablet (or are looking for a reason to invest in one), Amazon is giving away free one-year subscriptions to its Food Network Kitchen app and service. The app includes dozens of live, step-by-step and on-demand cooking classes.  Users will get …

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• 27 April

  Apple Watch uncovered my toxic stress level, and helped me fix it

  

  When I started using the SleepWatch app on the Apple Watch a year ago, I intended to mostly compare it to other sleep tracking products I had tried. But it led to a series of events that helped me not only quantify my sleep better than other sleep tech, but also identified a bigger issue: my unhealthy level of stress. Combined …

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• 27 April

  Popular Google Doodle games are making a coronavirus comeback

  

  Need something new to play while bored and stuck at home? Google’s bringing back some of its most popular Google Doodle games to help.  For the next two weeks, the search giant will be featuring some of the most popular logo games on its eponymous homepage. Monday’s kickoff Doodle is 2017’s Coding for Carrots game, in which you complete steps to guide …

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