Prisma - The photo app taking the internet by storm
Over the past few days, it is highly likely that you might have come across some interesting photos which seem like artwork appear on social networks.These photos are created using the Prima app which lets you turn any photo taken on your phone camera into a piece of art. The app is fairly simple to use and lets you capture a new photo using your phone's camera or use an existing image from your gallery. From there, you can pick one of the numerous filters each with its unique touch.
The output image is quite remarkable for most photos and hence has become an internet craze. You can chose to share the image on your social networks or to your photo gallery. The app claims to use the painting styles famous artists such as Van Gogh and Picasso. It employs a combination of neural networks and artificial intelligence to make your photo look like a work of art.The app is available for free on both iOS and Android and is free to download.
Xiaomi now makes laptops too, takes on the MacBook Air
Xiaomi has announced the Mi Notebook Air which is a 13.3 inch Windows laptop with great hardware design on the outside with powerful internals such as a dedicated NVIDIA GeForce 940MX graphics card on the inside. It is powered by an Intel i5 processor and features a high speed solid-state drive and promises 9.5 hours of usage on a single charge. The Notebook Air weighs 1.28kg and is priced at the Rs.50000 mark in China and is expected to hit India soon.
YokyTag lets you track your valuables for those who misplace items
We often misplace our keys, bags or other important items either at home or at work. Yoky Tag aims to solve this problem with its Bluetooth connected tag. You can attach the tag to your bag, car keys, luggage or any valuable which you generally misplace and the app will send you an alert when you leave the item behind. How the device does this is by constantly maintaining a bluetooth connection between the tags and your phone and the moment the connection is broken, an alert is sounded on both the phone and the tag.
The tags have a maximum range of 150 feet and feature a 500mAh replaceable battery which can last up to a year and does not require charging. You can monitor the location of your items using the free Yoky Tag app and up to 8 tags can
be connected at a time.The only catch is that you need to have bluetooth activated on your phone which might impact your smartphone's battery life but the company claims to have addressed the issue. The device is compatible with most smartphones with Bluetooth 4 and above running.
Android 4.3+or iOS 8+ andretails for Rs.999 including taxes and shipping and is currently available on www.yoky.io