Category: Technology

  • Custom wallpapers, shareable folders, and more added to Telegram

    Custom wallpapers, shareable folders, and more added to Telegram

    Folks, the Telegram just received a major upgrade. I count at least six noteworthy improvements, if not more. And because this is Telegram, we all receive the update simultaneously (today) as opposed to waiting for it to arrive on the annoyingly sluggish rollout schedule from other more well-known players in the app development industry.

    Custom wallpaper comes first! The most recent version of Telegram allows you to customize the background image for each chat. In a chat, all you have to do is press the 3-dot button, followed by “Set Wallpaper.” The UI will provide a “Choose wallpaper from gallery” button or allow you select from pre-installed themes. This option accesses your device’s gallery so you can choose from photographs there.

    After selecting an image, you can edit it by changing various settings (such as exposure and contrast), cropping it, adding marks, and then blurring, dimming, or adding motion. If you want to liven up a conversation with someone, it’s really simple to execute and extremely sophisticated.

    Next, shareable conversation folders have been added to Telegram. Although the term is a little confusing, you can basically create a folder containing invite links to various channels or chats and send out invitations to everyone in it. Your friend can easily join with only a tap. This might be useful for those of you who frequently participate in several Telegram public channels or groups.

  • A Second Look at the Color Options for Pixel 7a

    A Second Look at the Color Options for Pixel 7a

    More pictures of Google’s Pixel 7a in all three color variants are emerging as the launch date draws nearer. These colors were really there earlier this month, however this time there aren’t any bothersome watermarks to get in the way. In addition, there may be a previously undiscovered color choice available only through the Google Store.

    We are certain that Google will introduce the three colors Carbon Grey, Cotton White, and Arctic Blue. We don’t know what color the Google Store’s special color will be, but we can only hope that it will be either red or green.
    What we do know about the Pixel 7a is more than we don’t.

    We’re quite sure it will launch with a price of $499, feature wireless charging, come with a 6.1-inch display with a refresh rate of 90Hz, feature a Tensor G2 chipset, and be announced at this year’s Google I/O with a launch likely set for June.

    In summary, this is a good looking phone and that 6.1-inch display size is very tempting. This phone will likely feel very nice in hand, so sign me up as someone excited to check it out soon. Who else is ready for a fresh A-series Pixel phone?

  • Game Super Resolution on Snapdragon Could Revolutionize Mobile Gaming

    Game Super Resolution on Snapdragon Could Revolutionize Mobile Gaming

    Game Super Resolution (Snapdragon GSR), a component of Snapdragon’s Elite Gaming portfolio of technologies, was unveiled by Qualcomm today. It is expected to boost the performance and battery life of mobile games like Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile, Jade Dynasty: New Fantasy, Farming Simulator 23 Mobile, and others.

    GSR for Snapdragon is what it stands for.
    The press announcement from Qualcomm, which at times reads like a foreign tongue, describes GSR as a “single pass spatial aware super resolution technique” created to offer super scaling quality with the best efficiency. As previously said, there are a variety of upscaling procedures, each of which comes with a drawback in exchange for the higher resolution. Fast performance and high output quality in a single pass are the objectives of GSR.

    When this is made available on mobile games, users like me and you should be able to notice four things: higher resolution while maintaining high visual quality of graphics, higher frame rates for slicker gameplay, better battery life due to lower power consumption, and higher visual fidelity while maintaining high frame rates.

    Simply put, 30 fps (frames per second) games can become 60+ fps games and 1080p games can become 4K games without hurting your battery life. So let’s go.

    Later this year, it’s anticipated that mobile games and XR items supporting GSR will go on sale. We’ll be monitoring this closely.