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March Madness is upon us, bringing us a few weeks of exciting NCAA college basketball. That makes now the perfect time to shop for cheap TVs for March Madness before the action officially begins with Selection Sunday on March 14. Whether you’re going to be hosting viewing parties at your house or you just need a good excuse to upgrade your current TV, we’ve got you covered with all the best TV deals for March Madness that are on offer right now. Best TV deals for March Madness Insignia 70-Inch 4K Fire TV — $530, was $650 LG 65-Inch NanoCell 81 Series 4K webOS TV — $900, was $1,000 TCL 75-Inch 5-Series 4K QLED Roku TV — $1,000, was $1,200 Sony X800G 75-Inch 4K Smart TV — $1,100, was $1,298 Samsung 75-Inch Q70T 4K QLED Tizen TV — $1,600, was $2,000 Samsung 86-Inch TU9000 4K Crystal Smart TV — $2,000, was $2,200 BEST LED Expires soon 75-inch Sony X800G 4K TV $1,100 $1,298 The Sony X800G is one of the best LED 4K TVs … [Read more...] about Best March Madness TV sales: 4K TVs, smart TVs, OLED TVs, and more

Android & Chill Google is simply doing what it does best — keeping its extras to itself. Jerry Hildenbrand 6 Mar 2021 1 Source: Jerry Hildenbrand / Android Central I've seen something being shared around that looks like terrible news for anyone who loves the way Chrome can render a web page but hates the extra bloat that's baked into Google's browser. According to It's FOSS — a web site dedicated to all things open-source and a site I read regularly — third-party browsers that use Chromium are being locked out of certain features because Google is worried about market share. That would be a devastating loss to you, me, and the internet as a whole if it were the case, but I don't think it has anything to do with the market share of Chrome or that Google really cares about the particular features in play here. It's just Google making sure that only you and it have access to sensitive information stored in your Google account. VPN Deals: … [Read more...] about No, Chromium browsers aren’t going anywhere any time soon

PHUKET: In my humble opinion, the two best ground cover plants are purple leaved spiderwort ( tradescantia spathaceae ) and purple heart or purple queen, now known botanically as setcreasea pallida . Naturally there are many other choices for the tropical gardener. For instance, I use pandanus pygmaeus as an edging plant: grass-like in appearance, it is very tough, grows in clumps and has long narrow leaves bordered with bright yellow. The only problem is that the foliage has saw-like edges – a bit like pampas grass. So it should be handled with care. Another choice might be the similar looking ophiopogon or lillturf, which has prominent white margins. Both prefer sun. Wedelia trilobata , with shiny, evergreen leaves and small daisy-like yellow flowers, is the most vigorous coverer of space. It has a creeping habit and stems that root as they carpet the ground. Especially good-natured, it occupies the spaces in my garden where the Malaysian grass fears to tread: on waste … [Read more...] about Phuket Gardening: Papering Over the Cracks – plants to cover the ground

“About the only thing feasible in this rendering is the blue sky.” Spending 35 billion baht on infrastructure that few will use, is planned on the least useful route and will cause mayhem for a 3-5 year build time is a waste of money. The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) is currently chatting to the private sector and local administrative bodies to support Phuket’s planned light-rail/tram project. Firstly, where will it travel? The tram route plans to run from Tha Noon in Phang Nga province, across Sarasin Bridge onto Phuket, past the airport, through Phuket Town on the east coast and then finishing at Chalong’s main intersection near the Chalong Circle. Phuket’s tourists, who mainly head for the west coast beaches, are being almost completely ignored in the planning. Oh, but the tram will travel from the airport to Phuket Town (where less than 5% of Phuket’s tourists stay). That route is already well connected with Airport and private buses – the least of … [Read more...] about The 35 billion baht white elephant – Phuket’s light rail

Apple's iPhone 12 lineup has only been on virtual shelves for a few months, and already the mobile phone world has turned its attention to the iPhone 13 (or whatever Apple names its next flagship) and the three other variants expected to join the lineup: the iPhone 13 Mini, iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo . The latest rumors include a 120Hz always-on display à la the Apple Watch (and like many Android phones have had for years), a smaller notch, bigger battery, and even a potential foldable iPhone variant . Rumors were circulating about Apple's 2021 phone lineup even before the last Apple event , which unveiled the iPhone 12 . And the leaks are only going to ramp up as we get closer to the next iPhone release date. Read on to find the latest rumors about the iPhone 13's price, design, specs and more. We'll update this story as new information becomes available. Read more: iPhone 13 vs. iPhone 12 … [Read more...] about iPhone 13’s juiciest rumors: Smaller notch, lidar and more leaks

Your next machine Best gaming PC : the top pre-built machines from the pros Best gaming laptop : perfect notebooks for mobile gaming Asus may have let slip that the RTX 3050 Ti is on the way. An entry was spotted on the Asus TUF Dash F15 laptop spec page (nice find, Videocardz ), under the Graphics section, and that would suggest that the unannounced mobile GPU is arriving soon. Rumours are that the RTX 3050 Ti has a 128-bit bus and a 60W TGP. There's very little in the way of additional information, other than it ships with just 4GB of GDDR6, which isn't a lot even for a low-end offering. Laptop manufacturers do like options though, and budget options at that. There is one takeaway from the name though, and that is it's an RTX GPU, not a GTX. This means you're looking at a budget GPU that offers ray tracing support as standard and hopefully has the necessary Tensor Cores to make DLSS a reality. Nvidia's AI-powered upscaling could be a massive boon for an … [Read more...] about Budget Nvidia RTX 3050 Ti with 4GB GDDR6 surfaces in Asus listing

Art by Will Eisner. Photo: Abrams Books Graphic novels — that is, long-form narratives done in the style of comic books — have rocked the literary world in recent decades. Works like Maus , Persepolis , and Fun Home have garnered Pulitzers, given birth to film and theater adaptations, topped best-seller lists, and elevated comics art from a disdained medium into an acclaimed one. But who, exactly, invented the graphic novel? Debates over its origins have raged ever since the term graphic novel first came into vogue in the late 1970s. But new research is bringing us closer to an answer. The origin of the graphic novel is a bit of a detective story, and a principal suspect is the man profiled in the upcoming book Will Eisner: Champion of the Graphic Novel , written by longtime comics writer, editor, historian, and former president of DC Comics Paul Levitz. Eisner, who died in 2005 at the age of 87, was nothing short of a titan in the world of comics. He was a … [Read more...] about Will Eisner and the Secret History of the Graphic Novel

This should be exciting Google's third-generation Pixel Buds will apparently arrive next month. Babu Mohan 5 Mar 2021 7 Source: Hayato Huseman / Android Central What you need to know A new leak claims the Google Pixel 5a will be announced on June 11. Google is also tipped to launch new Pixel Buds in mid-April. The Pixel 5a is rumored to be very similar to last year's Pixel 4a 5G in several areas. Leaker Jon Prosser, who is renowned for his accurate Apple leaks, has claimed in a new tweet that Google will announce a "new Pixel" on June 11. Since the Pixel 6 and the foldable Pixel are rumored to be unveiled at the Made by Google event sometime in late September or early October, it is likely the Pixel 5a that is going to be unveiled at the upcoming event. Google stuff: pic.twitter.com/vjOzT4M7nx — Jon Prosser (@jon_prosser) March 5, 2021 Leaked renders of the Pixel 5a, which surfaced online last month, suggest the … [Read more...] about Google Pixel 5a launch date just leaked — here’s when it might arrive

'... That they should emerge as role-models to be emulated by the fellow countrymen; and that the middle classes should not stick only to hate-filled and scornful criticism and condemnation against the state of affairs,' remembers Mohammad Sajjad. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/ Rediff.com In our academic and popular domains, discussions about the Muslim component of India's evolving nationhood in the late 19th and early 20th century, suffers from serious misconceptions. Owing to such misconceptions, majoritarian accusations against the Muslims in the making of the Indian nation attempt at acquiring certain degree of credence. This still continues to have serious implications in our lives. Through interventions in academic as well as popular domains such misconceptions, therefore, need to be rectified. Religious particularism was the phenomenon unmistakably associated with all the reformers of the 19th century. But only the Muslim reformers, writers and public … [Read more...] about He told the middle class not only to become talkers, but doers

Image Courtesy: Google The first official cricket Test match in history began on this day in 1877 between an established English team and a newly-formed Australian squad at the Melbourne Cricket ground. Interestingly, minnows Australia defeated England by 45-runs in the historic match. The hosts batted first and the first ball was bowled by Alfred Shaw to Charles Bannerman, who went on to become the first centurion in Test by scoring 165 when he retired hurt with a right hand index finger injury. England, however, squared the two-Test series by winning the next game at the same venue by four wickets. "Today's Doodle hits the deck with a light-hearted rendering that captures the spirit of sportsmanship and the inaugural Test match," Google said. "Mustachioed and muscle-bound, the batsmen, bowlers and opposition fielders spring into action, never losing sight of the red ball," it said. OneIndia News (With inputs from agencies) More CRICKET News … [Read more...] about Google celebrates 140th anniversary of first official Test cricket match with a Doodle