Thanh Nguyen

“Retro” is a catch-all term widely used in various art areas, from graphics and photography to furniture design and fashion. Retro photos can instil a sense of memory, romance or reminiscence in your social media posts and pages. To give your photos a retro look with only your Android handheld, you should first have a grasp of… The differences between retro and vintage Vintage/Retro illustration photos, with and without grain (PREQUEL filters) Grain, dust or scratches are signature imperfections of  a vintage-style photo  due to the environment’s effects on the image over time and how old camera setups operate: they have a fixed ISO level loaded inside before taking any picture. Overexposure, low contrast and saturation loss are also usually seen.  A retro-style photo , by contrast, aims to harmonize the age-old elements with modern ones. Photographers often intentionally tell the viewers that they are imitating trends/ styles of the past, and they leverage the objects’ colours, shape

Since its release in 2016, TikTok has won considerable achievements in numbers. It took TikTok only two years to reach 1 billion users, while this milestone cost Instagram and Whatsapp 8 and 5 years, respectively. Is there any success formula behind its massive coverage and popularity? A grasp of human psychology Many people attribute the prosperity of TikTok to its clever marketing campaigns, algorithm or one-of-a-kind way of conveying information to the audiences. Its unique strategy actually revolves around how TikTok actually grasps user psychology. There might be opposing viewpoints regarding content on TikTok to be piffling, as TikTok at its dawn was a platform fraught with lip sync, singing and dancing short videos. However, the videos produce dopamine and endorphins, generating positive energy and prompting our satisfaction and happiness. Each time going through TikTok videos, the users feel they are watching something fun, entertaining, fulfilling, or skill-enhancing. When we

Q1 2021 was the quarter that marked the boom in every figure of the PC market. But does this imply a bleak, pessimistic course in the foreseeable future? Q1 2021 was the best Q1 in terms of PC shipments since 2015. Individuals, companies and organizations continually find themselves in need of new computers for study, work and operation, expanding the market prosperity, which began in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of PCs distributed to retailers rose by 32% compared to the same period last year, with 70 million desktops and laptops reaching the end users, and this was the most significant market growth rate in the last 20 years. And the statistics didn't include the figures for Chromebooks. Adding the Chromebooks' numbers to the calculation, the PC market's volume actually increased by 47%. According to CNBC, though organizations were inclined to have their employees back at work and schools were open again, the market explosion showed hardly any sign of a hal

Figuring out that 7nm or 10nm CPUs or recent GPUs can serve their long-term demands, many PC enthusiasts suddenly care less about future hardware… The global chip shortage has unexpectedly driven many PC lovers to be more content with their current setups or hardware they are lucky enough to buy. Becoming less demanding, many have managed to squeeze every fps from the hardware to enjoy whatever is in their hands. This situation seems familiar, especially when the roughly 6.5-inch rectangle-shaped smartphones reached their limit in many aspects around four years ago. After ongoing renovations in design, camera, battery life and ergonomics, smartphones seem to have reached their saturation point when mostly everyone was satisfied with what they’d got for their daily use. Later updates would ensure enhancements, but leaks, renders and improvements that barely affect real-life use lessen the mass enthusiasm towards a smartphone release event. But, PC may be on another route… The computer m