PM Modi Participates in ASEAN-India Breakfast Summit in Singapore

PM Modi also said he was confident that his visit to Singapore would impart fresh momentum to New Delhi's growing partnership with ASEAN and East Asia Summit nations.

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday participated in the ASEAN-India Breakfast Summit in Singapore and underlined the need for maritime cooperation and centrality of trade for the prosperity of the strategic Indo-Pacific region.

Prime Minister Modi began his two-day visit to Singapore on Wednesday by delivering his keynote address at the prestigious Fintech Festival. He also held separate bilateral meetings with the premiers of Singapore, Australia and Thailand and discussed ways to further strengthen ties, including in areas of trade, defence and security.

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"PM Narendra Modi participated at ASEAN-India Breakfast Summit in Singapore. Reaffirmed cooperation in maritime domain and centrality of trade and investment towards prosperity of Indo-Pacific," Ministry of External Affairs spokesman Raveesh Kumar tweeted.

"Had a great interaction with ASEAN leaders at the ASEAN-India Informal Breakfast Summit. We are happy that ties with ASEAN are strong and are contributing to a peaceful and prosperous planet," Modi said in a tweet.

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The Indo-Pacific region also came up during the discussion on Wednesday between Prime Minister Modi and US Vice President Mike Pence.

Modi referred to his June speech in Singapore at IISS Shangrila Dialogue in which he had outlined India's vision on Indo-Pacific.

He conveyed to Pence that his vision of Indo-Pacific was gaining acceptability and that "we should utilise the forthcoming East Asia summit to further build on that".

Pence spoke of a free and open Indo-Pacific. He felt that India's contribution in ensuring this would be important.

He said the recent naval exercises held by the US, India and Japan, were an "evidence of our commitment to ensuring free and open access to the seas all across this region".

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Before leaving for Singapore, Modi said in New Delhi that his participation in the ASEAN-India and East Asia summits symbolised India's "continued commitment" to strengthen its engagement with ASEAN members and with the wider Indo-Pacific region.

Modi also said he was confident that his visit to Singapore would impart fresh momentum to New Delhi's growing partnership with ASEAN and East Asia Summit nations.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional intergovernmental organisation comprising 10 Southeast Asian countries, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, military, educational, and socio-cultural integration among its members and other Asian states.

The ASEAN members are Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, The Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Brunei and Laos.

How to Use Instagram's 'Your Activity' Feature to Curb Your App Usage

Earlier this year I finally fell down the rabbit hole that is Instagram Stories, and now I spend way too much time on Instagram. This week, the app started rolling out a new feature to combat Insta-addiction, a “Your Activity” tracker that shows you how much time you spend in the app, and lets you set limits to help reduce the number of hours you pour into scrolling you feed each day.

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To find the new feature, launch the Instagram app, go to your profile page, and then tap the hamburger icon (the three lines stacked on top of each other) on the top right side of your screen. From there, tap “Your Activity” to launch the feature and tweak your settings.

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If you’re an avid Instagram user, you’ll want to brace yourself. You’ll first see a graph of how much time you’ve spent in the app over the past week, as well as an average for the week:

If that number is too high (it probably is), Instagram offers a few options to help you reduce it. Tap “Notification Settings” to customize which push notifications you want the app to send you, which can help prevent you from getting sucked into the ‘gram when you need to be working on something else. Tap the “Set Daily Reminder” option to get a special notification when you’ve surpassed a daily time limit you’ve set for yourself in the app.

If you don’t see the “Your Activity” tracker on your Instagram app, make sure you’re running its latest version. It’s also possible that it hasn’t rolled out to you yet—I didn’t have it on my Android app, but my Lifehacker colleague had it on his iOS app, for example.

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While you’re waiting, consider exploring the similar tool that Facebook (Instagram’s owner) has deployed within its social networking apps. Pull up your Settings menu in Facebook, scroll down, and you should see a “Your Time on Facebook” option that will give you the same information—and more customization—as Instagram’s activity tracker.

OnePlus 6T Thunder Purple Edition goes on sale today: Price in India, launch offers and features

OnePlus 6T Thunder Purple Edition will be going on sale in India on November 16 and while the price in India for the new OnePlus 6T edition remains the same, it will be available in only one storage version.

OnePlus 6T Thunder Purple Edition, which was recently announced in India, will be going on sale for the first time November 16 and while the OnePlus 6T Thunder Purple Edition has joined the Midnight Black and Mirror Black colour options of the smartphone, the new edition features a gradient back that fades from black to purple under the frosted glass-backed OnePlus 6T, with the evocative ‘S’ curve racing across the back and highlighting the depth of colour.

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The OnePlus 6T Thunder Purple Edition will be available with the 8GB RAM/128GB storage version will go on sale via Amazon.in, oneplus.in, Reliance Digital and Croma stores and all OnePlus exclusive offline channels from November 16. There will be no changes in prices of the device and it can still be bought for Rs. 41,999. Moreover, there are no changes in 

OnePlus 6T Thunder Purple Edition offer

1. Rs. 1,500 cashback on all HDFC Bank Credit and Debit Cards
2. Reliance Jio and OnePlus have come together to offer OnePlus 6T Unlock 
3. The Speed Offer that gives users an instant cashback of Rs. 5,400 in
4.  vouchers on the first prepaid recharge of Rs. 299 on www.jio.com,
5.  Reliance Digital stores, MyJio Stores, Jio retailers, and the MyJio app.
6. Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) comes to India on November 20
7.  The plan will entitle them to 3GB 4G data per day with unlimited voice calls,
8.  SMS and access to Jio’s premium applications. Effectively, the offer will
9.  bring a total of 3TB of 4G data to the users over 36 recharges
10. 3 months of no-cost EMI on Amazon.in and OnePlus exclusive offline stores
11. Free damage protection for 12 months from Kotak Servify
12. Discounts up to Rs. 500 on Amazon Kindle on Amazon.in

OnePlus 6T Thunder Purple Edition specifications

The OnePlus 6T sports a 6.41-inch Full HD+ Optic AMOLED display with 1080 × 2340 pixels resolution, 19.5:9 aspect ratio and Corning Gorilla Glass 6 protection. The device is powered by Qualcomm’s Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor which is clocked at 2.8GHz paired with Adreno 630 GPU. While OnePlus 6T runs Android 9.0 Pie with OxygenOS 9.0 on top, the whole package is backed by a 3700mAh battery coupled with Dash Charge (5V – 4A) support.

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Other features include an in-display fingerprint sensor, water and dust resistance, USB Type-C audio, Dirac HD Sound, Bottom-facing speaker. For optics, there are dual rear cameras with 16-megapixel + 20-megapixel sensors while at the front, there is a 16-megapixel sensor.

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Driven by a good response to the OnePlus 6, Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus has managed to top the Indian smartphone market in Q3 2018. According to the data shared by IDC, OnePlus leads the premium smartphone segment with 37 percent market share, followed by Apple with 30 percent share, and Samsung with 26 percent share.

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“OnePlus climbed to the leadership position at the back of OnePlus 6, surpassing Samsung and Apple. With its dedicated community building activities and high decibel promotional activities on social media platforms, the vendor has been gradually scaling up in volumes,” Upasana Joshi, Associate Research Manager, IDC India said in a press release.

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OnePlus has clocked in higher ever shipments during the quarter, with average-selling-price (APS) of $166, up from $156 during the same quarter last year. Last month, OnePlus also launched the OnePlus 6T model with in-display fingerprint scanner, a smaller notch and other improvements. With prices starting at Rs 37,999 for 6GB RAM with 128GB storage, the top end model with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage is priced at Rs 45,999.

The company also launched a new Thunder Purple color variant in India priced at Rs 41,999. The smartphones are available online via Amazon India, and offline via Reliance Digital and Croma Retail outlets.

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IDC’s data also reveals that Indian smartphone market shipment has reached an all-time high of 42.6 million units in Q3, which is a growth of 9.1 percent year-on-year. Talking about overall smartphone shipments, Xiaomi still stays on top with 11.7 million units and 27.3 percent market share, whereas Samsung takes the second spot with an annual growth of 4.8 percent.

Google Camera’s Night Sight mode is out for Pixel phones: Here’s what it does

Night Sight is now officially rolled out to Pixel, Pixel 2 and Pixel 3 phones, and will roll out to these devices over the next couple of days.

When Google released the Pixel 3 phones back in October, it had showcased a new camera mode called ‘Night Sight’, which promised to drastically improve low-light performance. Night Sight is now officially rolling out to Pixel, Pixel 2 and Pixel 3 phones, and will be made available on these devices over the next couple of days.

At the launch event, Google showcased two pictures side-by-side, one taken by the iPhone XS and the other with Pixel 3’s Night Sight mode. The difference in the two shots was striking; the one with the iPhone XS was dark, unclear, a typical smartphone camera shot in low-light,  while the Pixel 3 had managed to convert the shot into a bright, well-lit one with the subjects clearly visible.

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Google itself says that Night Sight works best on the latest Pixel 3. On the original Pixel, Google’s Night Sight will rely on shorter exposures compared to the other two, because the first phone did not come with optical image stabilization (OIS). Pixel users might not immediately see the update on their phones. The Google Camera app will get an official update on the Play Store, which will include the new Night Sight Mode.

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The Night Sight Mode is coming to both the front and rear camera of all Pixel phones. It gives detailed low-light results without the need for a flash or tripod. When a smartphone camera is taking pictures in the dark or poor lighting conditions, often the end result has a lot of noise or the picture is grainy. This is despite smartphone cameras touting big sensors, improved aperture.

To take well-lit photos at night, similar to say how a DSLR would perform, one would require some help on the hardware side. Also, a tripod can help because in low-light the exposure time is longer, and the camera needs to remain still for that duration. But it is not always possible on smartphones, and the average user certainly does not want to lug a tripod along. Then, there’s the use of flash though that does not often result in flattering results, in low-light.

Pixel’s Night Mode makes sure you do not need any extra hardware help to capture a great low-light shot. It relies on software to improve your photos.

In Night Sight, the Pixel camera captures 15 frames of 1/15 second (or less) each.  Night Sight captures an equal amount of light over a burst of many photos that are dark but sharp, according to the company. This is also why the user needs to be very still when shooting in Night Sight because it takes two or three seconds for the camera to take the number of shots needed for the perfect image.

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The camera software then merges this burst, and also tries to prevent motion blur to give a bright, sharp image as the final result. Still Night Sight works best when you are completely still or prop the camera against something to keep it very still

When a user shoots in Night Sight, the Pixel does try to eliminate for noise, movement, according to Google. The camera measures a user’s natural hand shake, as well as how much motion is in the scene. It is relying more on software to compensate for the movement that is often a part of smartphone pictures.

“If Pixel is stable and the scene is still, Night Sight will spend more time capturing light to minimise noise; if Pixel is moving or there’s significant scene motion, Night Sight will use shorter exposures, capturing less light to minimize motion blur,” according to Google’s blog.

Google is also using machine learning to help balance the colour of photos taken in Night Sight in order to make sure object appear natural.

Further, in this mode, Google brightens the viewfinder to help users frame shots in low light. Keep in mind that viewfinder might show that the shot is noisy, but this is not the correct indication of the final photograph. The final pictures merges a number of shots taken together.

How to use Night Sight on Google Pixel, Pixel 2 or Pixel 3? 

Google’s Pixel will suggest using Night Sight if you are taking a photo in low-light. The Night Sight Mode is part of the More options on the Google Camera app.

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Make sure you have updated your app to the latest version in order to use the Night Sight Mode.

Once you are in Night Sight Mode, just press the shutter button, and try to remain very still until Night Sight finishes capturing the photo. Remember, since the picture is taken in low-light with a longer exposure time, this mode does take a few extra seconds.

If you are taking a photo of someone, ask them to hold still for a few seconds before and after you press the shutter button. Do keep in mind that Night Sight does not work in complete darkness, so the scene needs some light falling on it at the very least.

Facebook Messenger now lets you unsend messages

Back in April, we reported that Facebook was planning to implement a feature in Messenger to let you unsend messages. After multiple trials, the feature has now been rolled out to users in a few countries.

The ‘unsend’ feature for Messenger was promised seven months ago when Facebook secretly removed some private messages sent by CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In the past few weeks, screenshots of the new feature surfaced along with an updated preview that was released last week.

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At the moment, the new feature is available only for users in Colombia, Poland, Bolivia, and Lithuania; it’s expected to be rolled out to other parts of the world soon.

You can use the new feature to remove a message from recipients’ inboxes within 10 minutes of sending it. After that time limit, you can still delete the message from your window, but it will remain in the recipients’ inboxes.

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But even after deleting a message, Facebook will retain it a little longer to check if it has been marked for abuse.

Facebook is also reportedly working on related features, such as the ability to set messages or chat logs to expire after a marked period of time. While these might indeed come in handy for maintaining your privacy, Facebook must also ensure that the feature doesn’t empower bullying.

As Facebook’s head of Messenger Stan Chudnowsky noted in his interview with TechCrunch:

We need to make sure we don’t open up any new venues for bullying. We need to make sure people aren’t sending you bad messages and then removing them because if you report them and the messages aren’t there we can’t do anything

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However, the new feature is different from the one used to delete Zuckerberg’s old messages seven months ago. Then, the messages deleted were not restricted by a time limit of 10 minutes, and a “tombstone”- a note indicating that a message was deleted – was also not left behind. So that still remains a showcase of privilege that the masses can’t enjoy.

What causes you to use or wish for an unsend button in messaging apps most often? Let us know in the comments.

Entry-level Galaxy S10 to have Infinity-O screen, side-placed fingerprint scanner

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Dubbed the budget Galaxy S10 with model number SM-G970F, the most basic device in the lineup will have a flat Infinity-O display, a fingerprint scanner on the side (not an in-display one), a dual camera and come with either 4GB or 6GB of RAM coupled to 64GB or 128GB of storage.

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According to Geskin the budget Galaxy S10 may even carry a 2018 Snapdragon 845 chipset. Samsung could ask as little as $650 for the phone, which would put it in direct contention with devices like the OnePlus 6T.

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If these rumors pan out, then we could be looking at a large disparity between the budget Galaxy S10 and its more expensive counterparts. They are rumored to offer curved Infinity-O displays, in-display ultrasonic fingerprint scanners, three cameras (one standard, one ultra wide and a telephoto one) and likely much higher starting prices.

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1.	Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018)	46,233
2.	Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro	39,022
3.	Huawei Mate 20 Pro	34,566
4.	Xiaomi Pocophone F1	30,392
5.	Huawei Honor 8X	29,922
6.	OnePlus 6T	28,800
7.	Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018)	27,398
8.	Samsung Galaxy S8	25,217
9.	Nokia 9	24,823
10.	Xiaomi Mi Mix 3	24,140