Instagram enhances search and explore tools to focus on trends

Instagram has updated its mobile apps with revamped search and explore tools.  The enhanced tools will allow users to find places, people and tags in real time.

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UC Cleaner Giveaway: Lenovo A6000 Plus and 5 Flipkart Gift Vouchers

Lenovo A6000 Plus and Flipkart Vouchers Giveaway

Hello our loyal readers! Thanks for your support for all our giveaways. The response had been amazing for all our giveaways. We are back with another giveaway just for you. This time we are teaming up with UCWeb India to giveaway one Lenovo A6000 Plus smartphone and 5 Flipkart e-Gift Vouchers worth Rs. 1000 each. Continue reading “UC Cleaner Giveaway: Lenovo A6000 Plus and 5 Flipkart Gift Vouchers”

Google adds ability to manage Android Wear music syncing in Play Music v6.0

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Apart from the changes to your smartphone and tablet, the latest v6.0 update for Play Music does bring in other improvements as well. It comes bundled with Android Wear companion app v2.0 that comes with a download manager for music that is synced to your smartwatch.

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Insensi launches Ily – A smartphone for your home for US$199

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Ily is a new device that is meant to allow users to stay connected to their friends and family while they are at home. It is aimed at replacing your conventional outdated home telephones with something more technologically advanced and useful. Although it functions very similar to a smartphone, it in fact is more similar to a tablet especially in terms of size.

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Google Calendar for iPhone gets 7-day week view, Drive integration and more

Google has updated Calendar app for iPhone with a number of new features and improvements. The latest update bumps the Calendar app that was launched in March this year to version 1.1.

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Amazon Echo now available without an invite for US$179.99

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Amazon Echo is a smart speaker that doubles up as a virtual assistant. It was announced by Amazon late last year in November. It was a pretty neat piece of tech but the issue is that hardly anyone had access to it since it was based on an invite only system of purchase. Now happily that invite system has been removed and everyone can get their hands on the device.

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WhatsApp voice calling now available on Windows Phone

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Back in March, WhatApp started rolling out voice calling functionality to Android users. The company updated their iOS application next to bring the much awaited feature to the vast number of users of Apple’s hardware. Today, the company is finally bringing voice calling to WhatsApp users on Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform.  Continue reading “WhatsApp voice calling now available on Windows Phone”

Foxconn to manufacture Xiaomi phones in Andhra Pradesh

Another day another foreign company has announced its plans to kick start smartphone manufacturing in India. This time it is the Taiwanese contract manufacturer, Foxconn who will make Xiaomi phones in the country.

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Google Play Music update brings free ad-supported streaming for all

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Still holding out on the music streaming bandwagon? With the impending launch of Apple Music, Google wants to try to get you onboard first and on that note, the company today announced a new free tier to their music streaming service. Continue reading “Google Play Music update brings free ad-supported streaming for all”

Google develops medical grade health tracking wearable to be used in clinical trials

 

Google X Health Wearable

Google X, the not-so-secret lab behind the company’s esoteric technological experiments, has developed a brand new fitness wearable. News has emerged that the life sciences division at Google is developing a highly advanced medical grade fitness tracker that will be intended for use in clinical trials and for medical patients. Continue reading “Google develops medical grade health tracking wearable to be used in clinical trials”

iOS 9 can temporarily delete apps to make space for system update

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iOS has been notorious for requiring massive amounts of free space available on a handset before proceeding with a software update. This has traditionally proven to be a hindrance for users of iOS devices with low internal storage. Devices like the 16GB iPhone and iPad remain amongst the highest selling devices for Apple and with the limited amount of storage on offer, the devices invariably lack enough free storage onboard to facilitate the update. With iOS 9, Apple is rolling out changes that will make it foolproof for users to get said update.  Continue reading “iOS 9 can temporarily delete apps to make space for system update”

LG Band Play with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 13MP camera announced

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LG has announced Band Play, the company’s latest smartphone in Korea. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, Laser Auto Focus and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “LG Band Play with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 13MP camera announced”

Lenovo ideacentre Stick 300, a compact PC running Windows announced

Lenovo ideacentre Stick 300

Lenovo has introduced ideacentre Stick 300, a compact PC stick running full Windows 8.1 with free upgrade to Windows 10. This is similar to the Intel Compute Stick that will let you transform your TV or monitor with a HDMI port to a full-fledged PC. This will be more useful for travelers since it’s portable. Continue reading “Lenovo ideacentre Stick 300, a compact PC running Windows announced”

Google Android One expands to Myanmar

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Google has expanded its Android One program to Myanmar, which becomes the eighth country to get Android One smartphones officially after India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines and Turkey. Google has partnered with Cherry Mobile to launch the Cherry Mobile One smartphone in the country.

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