realme C35 – A Design Aesthetic That Takes Your Breath Away

The Glowing Silk Design is back! Capturing the minds of people just the way it did at its launch. The realme C35 is restocked with a unique upgrade that extends its memory to 4GB. This means people who were looking for a phone to flaunt with a flair for performance should look no further. realme C35 comes with a flat rim, shiny glass effect rear, round-edged corners and so much more to hype.

 

Modeled after silk, the realme C35 has a premium look and feel to it. The budget handset aims to provide a sense of luxury you might associate with silk woven clothing. Its aesthetic is similar to phones in a higher price bracket, being clean, simple, yet attractive. Silk was regarded as a symbol of wealth and status in ancient Chinese society. With the realme C35 you can look expensive without having to spend luxuriously.

While it is not commonly known, silk is among the strongest textiles on the planet, having unbelievable tensile strength and elasticity. This has inspired the highly durable design of the realme C35. Undergoing rigorous testing by TUV Rheinland, the realme C35 has proven that it can endure falls, scratches, and that its components are reliable, earning it a TUV Rheinland High Reliability Certification. The endurance of silk has also inspired the long-lasting 5000mAh battery found in the realme C35. Like silk, the realme C35 is smooth to the touch and shimmers in the light. The realme C35 is ultra-thin, having a thickness of only 8.1mm, making it thinner than most of its competitors. This is symbolic of silk which is also a thin, smooth material. The silky smooth experience also extends to the smartphone’s display as it features a 16.7cm (6.6”) FHD Fullscreen that can provide a resolution of up to 2408×1080 so you can see richer details.

The realme C35 really helps you stand out from the crowd in the best way possible. Apart from all the eye-catching features already discussed, the realme C35 comes equipped with a powerful 50MP AI Triple Camera so you can capture the best images while you look your best. Silk’s history of being kept away from the world because of its value only to be shared with the world at a later stage also mirrors realme’s efforts with democratizing technology over the years which was first locked into more premium segments. realme believes that luxury shouldn’t be hidden behind a steep price tag and that luxury is a feeling everyone deserves.

WhatsApp for Android, desktop to get new features

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WhatsApp is reportedly adding new features to its Android and desktop apps.

The Android app will get new drawing and pencil tools in a future update while WhatsApp Desktop will receive new chat bubble colours. The desktop app will also be getting a new dark blue colour that will be only visible while using the dark theme mode.

The instant messaging app is also testing a new emoji message reactions information tab and new settings for message reactions notification.

WhatsApp features tracker WABetaInfo said WhatsApp is introducing new drawing tools to its Android app. The instant messaging app is planning new pencils to draw but will be receiving two pencils, including one thinner and one thicker than the existing pencil.

The app is also working on a blur image tool that may be added sometime in the future.

The new features were seen in WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.3.5 update, but are disabled by default. These features are still under development and may be rolled out to WhatsApp beta testers soon.

The WABetaInfo report said the app is also introducing new colour to its Windows and macOS apps with WhatsApp beta for Desktop 2.2201.2.0 update. The new colour scheme will be visible in the dark theme and the chat bubbles seem to be greener compared to the existing colour.

Other elements of the app will also see colour changes with chat bar and background colour now reportedly have a blue tinge.

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Gamers Galaxy: Pakistan’s Biggest Esports Festival Ends on a High Note

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Gamers Galaxy, Pakistan’s biggest esports festival with a grand prize pool of 20,000,000 Pakistani Rupees, presented by Mountain Dew and organized by Galaxy Racer, concluded after two days of activities, tournaments, meet & greets and panels with the country’s most popular content creators, entertainment and much more.

Held at Pak-China Friendship Centre in Islamabad from Saturday, 8th of January, the all-inclusive esports festival was inaugurated by His Highness, Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum of United Arab Emirates (UAE). President Dr. Arif Alvi also virtually graced the occasion with his presence.

The esports festival featured Valorant, HER Galaxy Valorant Spike Rush 2v2, FIFA 22, and Tekken tournaments finals, apart from a spectacular performance by singer Shamoon Ismail.

Organized by Galaxy Racer Pakistan, the festival was supported by Special Technology Zones Authority, as a part of its strategy to drive the development of esports industry in the country.

Mountain Dew Gamers Galaxy Finals commenced on the second day and excited fans gathered to catch Pakistan’s best esports action. Team Exploit Storm took the title of Mountain Dew’s Valorant champion with 2,500,000 Pakistani Rupees, while Salman Haider Syed and Arslan Ash were crowned FIFA 22 and Tekken champions. The former won a cash prize of 500,000 Pakistani Rupees while the later walked away with 600,000 Pakistani Rupees.

16 teams of PUBG Mobile Gamers Galaxy were awarded with 200,000 Pakistani Rupees each for their participation. The finals will be announced next week where the winning team will walk away with a cash prize of 5,000,000 Pakistani Rupees.

Thrilling esports action was on display in the HER Galaxy Valorant Spike Rush 2v2 tournament. Team Joon-He took home Pakistan’s first-ever female esports tournament champion title with a cash prize of 250,000 Pakistani Rupees.

Mountain Dew Gamers Galaxy also welcomed an incredible line-up of popular influencers such as Taimoor “Mooroo” Salauddin, Khaqan Shanawaz, Junaid Akram “Ganjiswag” and gaming star Brownlad who discussed the Path of Content Creation during a panel discussion moderated by Haroon Tahir. While industry experts including Abdul Haseeb Khan aka HSB (Professional Esports Athlete), Khawar Naeem (Country Head Pakistan for Tencent Games), Walid Singer (Chief of Staff for Galaxy Racer) and Hina Nasir (Head of Marketing and PR for Special Technology Zones Authority) discussed the Evolution of Esports. The panel discussions attracted considerable interest from the visitors eager to learn about the future of content creation and esports in Pakistan.

On top of a wide array of activities and open tournaments, the world-renowned toy manufacturer L.O.L. Surprise! was at the festival for its first-ever appearance in Pakistan. Mountain Dew Gamers Galaxy’s closing day was topped off by a spectacular headline performance by singer Shamoon Ismail.

Following the conclusion of Mountain Dew Gamers Galaxy,  Fakhr-e-Alam, Galaxy Racer’s Country CEO and Partner, said: “I am speechless about the huge turnout. I have never witnessed a gaming tournament of this level in Pakistan. The passion of the gamers was exceptional and we wish to continue hosting such events in the future.”

Following the success of Mountain Dew Gamers Galaxy, Galaxy Racer is launching Pakistan’s first professional esports league titled ‘Supreme Galactic League’ which will comprise of 8 teams out of which two were already committed, as announced by Fakhr-e-Alam. He also announced a nationwide inter school and collegiate esports championship titled ‘ Scholars Galaxy’. 

The event was televised in partnership with Ten Sports for the first time in the country’s history and live streamed on https://www.youtube.com/c/GalaxyRacer.

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Farewell, BlackBerry smartphone!

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BlackBerry is pulling the plug on service for its once ubiquitous business smartphones, which were toted by executives, politicians and legions of fans in the early 2000s.

The move marks the end of an era as the phones, which sported a tiny QWERTY physical keyboard, pioneered push email and the BBM instant messaging service.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama, one of its most celebrated users, made headlines in 2016 when he was asked to give up his BlackBerry and replace it with an unnamed smartphone.

Blackberry lost favor with users with the advent of Apple’s touchscreen iPhones and rival Android devices. In recent years, the company pivoted to making cybersecurity software and embedded operating systems for cars.

Social media was alight with tributes. One Twitter user reminisced it was a “fabulous machine” and hoped the company’s phones would be resurrected.

In a document published in 2020, the company said it would take steps to decommission legacy services for BlackBerry 10 and BlackBerry OS operating systems and added devices running on them would no longer be supported and may not be able to receive or send data, make phone calls or send messages reliably.

A U.S. judge on Monday rejected the company’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it defrauded shareholders by inflating the success and profitability of smartphones using BlackBerry 10 OS, and said the class-action case could go to trial this fall.

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PUBG: New map, freebies and more in 2022

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PUBG fans should get excited, as the outlet is all set to drop some major treats in 2022, including a new map, some anticipated updates, and free goodies for avid users of the battle royale game.

First things first, Krafton revealed in its New Year message that New State will get an all-new map this year. The publisher also dropped a few glimpses of the new map ahead of its official debut to hype eager fans.

Krafton has teased gamers with three pictures of the new map that will be officially released sometime in the middle of this year. The map will have a mix of hills and plains as well as modern buildings and a central city tower.

Apart from a fresh map, New State is confirmed to get its first batch of major updates in the first two months of 2022, as announced by the company that “making updates and improvements” for the users will be the top priority this year.

Krafton mentioned in its statement that they want to assure the best service and gaming experience for all users “regardless of location or device”.

“We will strive to actively seek to open and transparent communication with all our survivors and listen to the community to build better Battlegrounds together”, Krafton said.

Currently, Krafton is offering six chicken medals and three royale chest crate tickets to players, as a part of their new year’s celebration, and can be availed till January 10 with a coupon code ‘HAPPYNEWSTATE’.

PUBG: New State was launched globally on November 11 last year as the latest battle royale.

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What are the most downloaded apps of 2021?

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Social media continued to have a larger-than-life influence over people’s app use patterns this year so it’s no surprise that the most downloaded apps in 2021 largely comprised social media apps.

According to statistics shared by Appfigures, TikTok came in at number 1, with more than 586 million new subscribers downloading the app this year.

Instagram was not far behind with 566 million downloads.

Meta apps Facebook and WhatsApp came in at number 3 and 4, with 474 million and 444 million downloads, respectively.

Telegram added 365 million new users to its subscriber base, fueled in part by controversy surrounding WhatsApp’s privacy.

Snapchat, Messenger, Zoom, Capcut and Google Meet finished the top 10 downloads list.

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Galaxy Racer announces ‘HER Galaxy’, Pak’s first-ever female esports tournament with a grand prize pool of 500,000 Pakistani Rupees

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  • The Valorant Spike Rush 2v2 tournament will be a part of Gamers Galaxy to be held in Islamabad on 8th and 9th of January
  • Registrations are open at: https://gamersgalaxy.com.pk
  • The top 2 finalists will fly to Islamabad to play on the main stage at Gamers Galaxy.Galaxy Racer is bringing Pakistan’s first-ever female esports tournament, HER Galaxy, to the capital with a grand prize pool of 500,000 Pakistani Rupees. Taking place on 8th and 9th of January at Pak-China Friendship Centre in Islamabad, HER Galaxy will be a part of Gamers Galaxy, the largest esports event to take place in the history of Pakistan.

    Female gamers from across the country will get a chance to take their competitive gaming experience to the next level by participating in the Valorant Spike Rush 2v2 tournament. The game mode supports teams of two going against each other to come out victorious.

    The tournament will take place in a dedicated area to maximize participants’ safety and comfort and will be live streamed on www.twitch.tv/galaxyracerdxb.

    With HER Galaxy, Galaxy Racer aims to celebrate and promote Pakistani women’s competitiveness in esports. As a part of this initiative, one of the fastest-growing esports, gaming and lifestyle organizations in the world signed the first Pakistani female gamer Madiha Naz in 2020, to enter the realm of esports professionally.

    Fakhar-e-Alam, CEO of Galaxy Racer Pakistan, said: “Our initiative of HER Galaxy is to give opportunity encourage and nurture Pakistani girls to explore possibilities in the esports universe and compete with the best around the world.”

    The two-day festival will be free of entry to the public as Galaxy Racer aims to build an ecosystem and pave the way for change in Pakistan. Register now at: https://gamersgalaxy.com.pk.

    The event will also be televised in partnership with Ten Sports for the first time in the country’s history.

    Follow us on Instagram and Twitter to know more.

  • About Galaxy Racer:

    Galaxy Racer (GXR) was founded in 2019 and is one of the fastest-growing global esports, gaming and lifestyle organizations in the world, with an impressive roster of twelve esports teams under Nigma Galaxy, the competitive esports team division of Galaxy Racer; in esports titles such as Dota 2, League of Legends, CS:GO, Fortnite, Valorant, PUBG Mobile, BGMI and Free Fire.

    GXR values diversity and equal representation in esports, with over 60 male and female esports athletes from over 20 countries, with over 100 content creators across Middle East North Africa (MENA) and Southeast Asia (SEA), amassing over 370 million followers and generating over 2 billion monthly views.

    GXR has formed a global partnership with Waverider, an IP content creation and management company centred around pop culture and entertainment.

    GXR has joined forces with Waverider, to organise the inaugural edition of POPC Live! in Dubai in March 2022, the Middle East’s biggest esports, comics and YouTubers’ pop culture festival, with the support of Brand Dubai, the creative arm of the Government of Dubai Media Office (GDMO).

    Additionally, GXR is the organizer in Dubai for the Girl Gamer Festival – the first and only ‘Esports Festival’ to celebrate women’s competitiveness in video games.

    GXR recently organized Australia’s largest independent Fortnite tournament for the esports community and Fortnite tournaments in India and Pakistan, each tournament with a US$10,000 prize pool.

    GXR joined forces together with Arsenal superstar English Premier League footballer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and his brother William-Fils “Willy” Aubameyang, by hosting the first-ever Fortnite esports tournament between Europe and the Middle East with a EURO 10,000 prize pool.

    GXR has formed a partnership with eLaliga, the top professional football division of the Spanish league system. This partnership is the first time a Dubai-based esports organisation will team up with a significant worldwide FIFA event.

    GXR has announced a three-year partnership with Spanish football league LaLiga. The partnership will see both entities collaborate to create an original content series that will feature players from LaLiga, as well as GXR’s influencers.

    GXR provides live streaming and gaming talents with brand endorsement deals, streaming contracts, creator collaborations, digital rights management, monetization, offline event opportunities, managing their social media channels and content programming.

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Gamers Galaxy announces prize pool for PUBG Mobile Gamers Galaxy Pakistan and Valorant, Registrations Open for esports Festival

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Gamers Galaxy announces prize pool for PUBG Mobile Gamers Galaxy Pakistan and Valorant, Registrations Open for esports Festival.

 

  • 14,000,000 Crore Pakistani Rupees will be allocated to the PUBG Mobile Gamers Galaxy Pakistan and Valorant tournament from the Grand prize pool of 20,000,000 Crore
  • The online qualifiers will be streamed from the 25th to 28th on twitch.tv/galaxyracerdxb
  • Gamers Galaxy will host the top 16 teams from PUBG Mobile Gamers Galaxy Pakistan and the top 4 teams from Valorant at the LAN event in Islamabad.
  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Gamers Galaxy has announced the prize pools for PUBG Mobile Gamers Galaxy Pakistan, the original battle royale mobile game, and Valorant, a free-to-play first-person hero shooter game for PC. The two tournaments, running from 18th December, will be a part of the largest eSports event to take place in the history of Pakistan on 8th and 9th of January at Pak-China Friendship Centre in Islamabad.

    The Valorant and PUBG Mobile Gamers Galaxy Pakistan’s online qualifiers will also be streamed live on www.twitch.tv/galaxyracerdxb from the 25th to 28th of December.

    The first week of registrations has seen a huge success with over 700+ PUBG Mobile Gamers Galaxy Pakistan teams and 30+ Valorant teams.

    The two remaining game titles that will have dedicated tournaments, Tekken 7 and Fifa 22, will be live for registrations soon.

    Earlier this month, it was announced that a musical component will perform as a closing act for Gamers Galaxy. The gaming festival will also feature meet and greets and panels with the country’s most popular content creators, action-packed live entertainment, alongside global toy giants who will hold fun-filled activations and unveil their brand-new line of toys.

    The two-day festival will be free of entry to the public as Galaxy Racer aims to build an ecosystem and pave the way for change in Pakistan. Register now at: https://gamersgalaxy.com.pk.

    Fakhar-e-Alam, CEO of Galaxy Racer Pakistan, said: “Our whole vision with Gamers Galaxy is to ensure that the community in Pakistan gets presented a platform to compete and encourage individuals and teams with amazing talent to aim for the sky and nothing less. Hence why we have made it a free of entry and registration event, our sole purpose is to nurture the talent in Pakistan and create an entire ecosystem and our initiative of HER Galaxy is to give opportunity encourage and nurture Pakistani girls to explore possibilities in the esports universe and compete with the best around the world.”

    The event will also be televised in partnership with Ten Sports for the first time in the country’s history.

    Follow us on Instagram and Twitter to know more.

           

    About Galaxy Racer:

    Galaxy Racer (GXR) was founded in 2019 and is one of the fastest-growing global esports, gaming and lifestyle organizations in the world, with an impressive roster of twelve esports teams under Nigma Galaxy, the competitive esports team division of Galaxy Racer; in esports titles such as Dota 2, League of Legends, CS:GO, Fortnite, Valorant, PUBG Mobile, BGMI and Free Fire.

    GXR values diversity and equal representation in esports, with over 60 male and female esports athletes from over 20 countries, with over 100 content creators across Middle East North Africa (MENA) and Southeast Asia (SEA), amassing over 370 million followers and generating over 2 billion monthly views.

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Pakistani Mobile manufacturers eyeing the innovation strategies.

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In recent years, mobile technology has been utilized in an increasingly wide range of business scenarios, from enabling employees to perform office work on-the-go, to enhancing sales activities and improving productivity in the workplace. Each day, new projects launch that engage mobile devices in fields that, until now, have not fully utilized mobile — such as transportation, construction, healthcare, and agriculture.

As mobile phone industry booms across the globe, the expectations of local customers are evolving as well with the younger generation demanding state-of-the-art technology. This has encouraged mobile phone companies to equip their devices with faster and more capable processors to meet the growing demand of multi-tasking, work from home and smooth communication.

“Users now look for smarter phones that can play audio while looking at pictures and answering the text at same time,” OPPO South-Asia Marketing Director Kevin Hu said on the sidelines of Annual INNO Day 2021.

Talking to Press, Tecno Pack Electronics CEO Aamir Allawala highlighted that Pakistan’s smartphone market was expanding, although it was dominated by phones having basic features.

Giving details about the market share, he said that the feature phones – ranging from $6 to $20 per unit – made up around 53% of the market while smartphones’ share stood at 47%.

“Among smartphones, 70% are priced below $100 per unit,” he added.

He projected that around 90% of all mobile phones sold in the country would be made locally by January 2022.

Regarding localisation, he said that “the first step of any industry is assembly of the final product and that has been done.”

All major global brands including Samsung, Nokia, Tecno, Infinix, Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, Itel would be assembled locally, Allawala said.

“A total of 50,000 new jobs have been created already,” he underlined, adding that the next step was the localisation of mobile components as defined under the Mobile Device Manufacturing Policy.

Eventually, Pakistan is moving towards export of mobile phones on the back of cheap labour compared to other regional countries, he said.

“After Device Identification Registration Blocking System (DIRBS), all businesses came into the ambit of the official economy,” Allawala said, adding that this encouraged global brands to set up their assembly plants locally.

Echoing his views, ICT expert Parvez Iftikhar underlined that DIRBS played a critical role in creating the local industry. The system effectively curbed smuggling of completely built up (CBU) mobile phones which aided the local assemblers, he highlighted.

SI Global CEO Noman Ahmed Said was of the view that global smartphone brands had a huge potential in Pakistan.

“Mobile Device Manufacturing Authorisation has also been granted to 19 foreign and local companies for the production of mobile devices locally,” he revealed.

“The cost of manufacturing in Pakistan is still high, but the plan can be viable if the government gives tax rebate, supports manufacturing and ensures policies to attract foreign direct investments,” he remarked.

The mobile phone subscriber base in Pakistan crossed 140 million recently, he said, adding that with the introduction of 3G/ 4G services in the country, the number of smartphone users was also skyrocketing.

With such favourable conditions, Chinese brands are also trying to gain a foothold in the Pakistani market, he underlined. In recent years, many international smartphone players have entered the market including Oppo, Huawei, Lenovo etc, he said.

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WhatsApp rolls out new feature for voice notes

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Meta-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp on Tuesday revealed that the users can now preview their voice messages before sending them.

“They’re not mistakes, they’re rehearsals,” Whatsapp shared on Twitter. “Now you can preview your voice messages before you hit send.”

Sharing a 27-second video clip providing details of the new feature, the instant messaging app said users can now “express themselves with voice messages they can preview.”

Meanwhile, WhatsApp on Monday announced that it would roll out the “Disappearing Messages” feature within the next week.

According to a status shared by the messaging company on Twitter, the feature will allow users to choose how long their messages stay around.

“With Disappearing Messages, you choose how long your messages stay around. Set to default on all new chats, choose the duration, and get more control of your conversations. Not every message needs to stick around forever. Rolling out over the next few weeks,” WhatsApp wrote.

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