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Podcasts are commonly described as  on-demand internet radio talks . The word “podcast” is a combination of the words  pod  and  broadcast , Pod  refers to iPod devices and implies that this content is portable so you can listen to it anywhere you go. A broadcast  is inspired by the medium of radio as podcast content can be consumed exactly the same way. These tracks are typically audio recordings of a  conversation between a host and a guest speaker , just like the ones you can listen to on the radio, or a single  monologue of a person sharing his or her thoughts . How to listen to a podcast? Apple Podcasts If you have an iPhone, this app comes built into your phone. It might not have the biggest feature set, but it gets the job done. It lacks the more powerful features found in other players like "voice boost" and the ability to skip silence in a podcast. However, you can stream and download shows, skip ahead or rewind in 15-se...

Instagram just launched a new video service called IGTV, bringing long duration content to the platform. Previously users could only share videos of up to 60 seconds. The new app is designed to change that. This app is available on both  Android and  iOS & it allows users to post videos of up to 1-hour duration. This creates a huge potential for content creators to share longer videos on the platform. If you've installed the IGTV app, then you might want to create your own channel, & start creating some videos. Heres a guide to creating your own channel on IGTV. First, install the IGTV app. For using this app you should have an Instagram account. If you have one then log in using the same on IGTV app. When you are in the app, tap on settings gear icon. This will take you to a menu where you can tap on Create Channel option. Now the app will take you through a couple of basics for the videos. These videos are vertical and specially made for portrait mode watching...

Apple on 4th of June at WWDC 2018 previewed their new operating system for MacBooks. The new OS is named as Mojave and its named after the Mojave desert. MacOS Mojave brings some exciting new desktop-only features. So what's new? In this blog, I've picked out some of the highlights. Here's everything new in MacOS Mojave that you need to know. Redesigned App Store  The Mac App Store has been redesigned just like the iOS App Store was back in iOS 11. The new MacOS store has a similar design to the current iOS store. But upon asking if there is gonna be a merge of the two OS in terms of app stores, Apple said NO. Although Macs will be able to run some apps written for iPhones & iPads. Mac is also gonna get four new Apple-designed apps which are- Home, Stocks, News & Voice memo. As of now,  only Apple has the ability to move iOS apps to MacOS but that's gonna change in 2019 as Apple is gonna help developers to shift their apps to MacOS wi...

Water is a necessity for human beings, but still clean & drinkable water is very hard to get. Almost one-third of the world's population is water stressed and the discovery of the water box is a giant leap in the right direction to reduce that number. Researchers from all over the world are still looking for a method to do this kind of discovery but the ones working in the Berkeley University of California have found a way to build an apparatus which can suck water from dry air of desserts. So in this blog, we are going to take a look at some of the aspects of this box. Scientific working Professor Omar Yaghi is a chemist and he has created a metal-organic framework or MOF which absorbs and emits water on the behavior of the surrounding temperature. MOF is basically a powder made of tiny crystals which absorbs water when the surrounding temperature decreases and releases it when the temperature increases. Practical working A box of about two feet per side siz...

Apple held their annual developer conference i.e WWDC (Worldwide Developer Conference) at the McEnery Convention Center located in San Jose, California. The event took place on the 4th of June.  WWDC is an event where Apple unveils the new versions of operating systems for their entire line of products. And this year was no different. So in this blog post let's take a look at whats new in iOS 12 which is worth your attention.  iOS 12 Last year apple probably announced the worst iOS update ever in the form of iOS 11. iOS 11 was literally unusable when it came out & it took apple 4 major iOS 11 updates to fix it. After this apple announced that iOS 12 will not be a revolutionary update in terms of features & it will focus on the fixing stability issues which were not fixed by iOS 11. So we didn't have any big hopes for iOS 12 in terms of feature but Apple did provide some of the most wanted features. In the keynote, Apple's SVP Craig Federighi...

OnePlus recently launched their flagship device for the next 6 months that's the OnePlus 6. Since 6 is an integral part of its name and its flagship status is only going to last six months before 6T's launch, therefore, we are looking at 6 reasons for this phone. Price  Price has always been an integral selling point of the OnePlus devices since its inception. So this time around they have still managed to keep the price down and managed to get that price which is about 50% less than that of the flagship devices and retaining its tag as "The flagship Killer". Although they had to cut some corners to get that tag & its well thought and implemented. The OnePlus 6 starts at Rs.34,999 (529$). Surely OnePlus has been hiking the prices steadily but still, they have managed to keep it in the affordable range. Performance  The term flagship killer isn't just limited to its pricing as it packs some serious 2018 flagship internals. The tradition which st...