Google unveils ‘affordable’ Pixel 4a with punch-hole display & 12MP rear camera; will go on sale in India in October
The phone comes with a 3,140mAh battery, and supports 18W fast charging.
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The Google Pixel 4a has 128GB of onboard storage that isn't expandable via microSD card.
The Covid-19 pandemic may have thrown a wrench into things and put major world events on hold, but it hasn’t managed to dampen the spirits of tech enthusiasts. Google on Monday unveiled the much-awaited Pixel 4a, which will launch in India in October.
The all new affordable Pixel 4a, priced at $349 (roughly Rs. 26,300), is packing a bunch of high-end features. For starters, Pixel 4a comes in Just Black with a 5.8-inch OLED display and has a matte finish that feels secure and comfortable in your hand. It includes Pixel’s signature color pop power button in mint.
As far as the specifications are concerned, the phone is powered by octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G SoC, paired with 6GB LPDDR4x RAM. It has a 12MP rear camera and a 8MP front camera sensor. The rear camera supports HDR+ with dual exposure controls, Portrait Mode, Top Shot, Night Sight with astrophotography capabilities, and fused video stabilisation.
The Google Pixel 4a has 128GB of onboard storage that isn't expandable via microSD card. It comes with a 3,140mAh battery that supports 18W fast charging. There are also stereo speakers and two microphones, along with noise suppression support.
Pixel 4a is available in a single Jet Black colour option. The phone is initially only available for pre-order in the US via the Google Store and on Google Fi. The phone is set to go on sale in India on Flipkart in October. Its price in India is expected to be announced closer to its availability.
There is also a Google Pixel 4a (5G) variant with a larger display size and a Pixel 5. The company will, however, not bring its new 5G-enabled Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a (5G) to India and Singapore markets. In October last year, Google had skipped the launch of Pixel 4 and 4XL in India.
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"Last year, Pixel 3a gave people a chance to get the helpful features of Pixel at a more affordable price. This year, Pixel 4a, which launches in India in October, will continue to bring features like the incredible camera and feature drops that make your phone better over time," Google said in a blogpost.
Safety Nets, Cookie Control & Secure DNS: Follow These Simple Google Chrome Hacks To Keep Data Safe
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Google Chrome, in all probability, might be the most commonly-used browser, but it has been at the centre of criticism due to controversial changes, security problems and data concerns.
From Chrome 79 accidentally deleting data for Android users in December 2019, Chrome 80’s ‘high level vulnerabilities’ that put data at risk to the controversial deep linking upgrade in February 2020 that allegedly compromised on privacy, Chrome has often left its users worried about their safety and security.
However, Chrome has now put all the privacy and security concerns to rest with its new upgrade. A blog post on Google’s website titled, ‘More intuitive privacy and security controls in Chrome’, breaks down the security updates in detail. Here are some of them:
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Most of us use the incognito mode in Google Chrome for private browsing. The USP of Google’s incognito mode is that it does not save history, information entered by the user in forms or browser cookies. The good folks at Google have now decided to take security and privacy in incognito mode a notch higher.
You can now control whether you wish to allow third-party cookies in incognito mode. Chrome will now block third-party cookies by default in incognito mode. If you wish to allow third-party cookies for specific sites, you can click the ‘eye’ sign on the address bar.
The feature, as per Google’s blog, will be gradually rolled out. For the uninitiated, third-party cookies allow websites to track a user across the web. With Chrome’s new update, you can keep your information secure by blocking these cookies.
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Security attacks such as phishing and malware have become quite common on the internet. To combat the menace, Google Chrome now has a security update that users can opt for. Called ‘Enhanced Safe Browsing’, this security upgrade will allow Chrome to proactively detect phishing attacks, malware and other web based threats.
Chrome will do this by proactively checking if pages and downloads are dangerous by sending information about them to Google Safe Browsing.
Going forward, Google will also add more protections to this upgrade such as tailored warnings for phishing sites, file downloads, cross product alerts and more.
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Another security upgrade that Chrome has come up to protect your privacy is ‘Secure DNS’.
When we enter a website in the address bar of the browser, it first needs to determine which server is hosting the website. This step is called DNS (Domain Name System) lookup.
Google Chrome’s Secure DNS feature will encrypt this step using ‘DNS-over-HTTPS’. This will not allow the attackers to find out which website you want to visit and they won’t be able to send you phishing webpages.
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Apart from introducing strong security measures to keep attackers at bay, Google has also developed a safety net for its users. With the help of a safety check in Chrome, you can make sure that your data is safe.
For starters, Chrome has come up with a new tool that will tell you if the passwords that you have asked Chrome to remember have been compromised and if so, how to fix it.
Secondly, Chrome will raise a red flag if ‘Safe Browsing’, Google’s technology to warn you when you are about to access a dangerous website, has been turned off.
The safety check tool will also help you determine if you are using the latest version of Google Chrome. It will also let you know if malicious extensions have been installed and how to remove them.
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