Gionee Marathon M4 packs a 5000mAH battery – Possible announcement later this month

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You might already be familiar with the Gionee M5, the smartphone that packs dual-batteries that together provides a massive 6000mAH of capacity. Now, we have news about its little brother, the Marathon M4 which also packs a slightly less but nevertheless powerful battery capacity of 5000 mAH.

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Users can now request their Uber cab directly from the Foursquare app

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Foursqare and Uber have now partnered together to bring us a quick and easy way to book a cab to your destination. All you have to do is search for a destination and select the Uber icon that will appear alongside other details regarding the place.

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Ford announces SYNC 3 connectivity system – Will debut on Escape and Fiesta later this year

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Ford has just announced their SYNC 3 communication and entertainment system for their vehicles. The Sync 3 system will first roll out on the 2016 models of Ford Escape and Fiesta that will be launched in the market later this year.

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Huawei Honor 7 variants leaked – One with 4GB RAM and Fingerprint Sensor

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Details of the upcoming Huawei Honor 7 smartphone have just been leaked. The device will apparently come in two versions – one regular and one high end. Both the devices are expected to pack fingerprint sensors on the back.

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Possible Samsung Galaxy S6 Mini with Snapdragon 808 leaked

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The benchmark of a phone under model number SM-G9198 has been leaked on GFXBench. The phone could be the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S6 Mini and apparently packs the Snapdragon 808 processor.

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Google announces new APIs for Google Cast

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Google Cast helps developers to extend their mobile experiences to larger screens using devices such as Chromecast and Android TVs. Google has just announced new tools for developers to bring new app and game experiences onto TVs.

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Samsung Project Valley could be a dual-screen foldable smartphone

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Details about Project Valley or Project V have popped up and it is likely to be a dual-screen foldable smartphone. While it is still in its early stages of development, it will bequite an interesting device if it manages to see the light of day.

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Google announces new VR platform called Jump – GoPro ‘Jumps’ on board with their 360 degree camera array

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Google has just announced its new open source VR platform. They are teaming up with GoPro to bring a 16 camera array that is capable of shooting 360 degree 3D videos.

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Google debuts “Designed for Families” on the Play Store – Will promote ‘Kid-Safe’ apps

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Google announced a new program for developers to certify their apps as being “family-friendly” by submitting their apps to an additional review. The designation will make its way onto the applications page on the Google Play Store.

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Google Now introduces the “Now on tap” feature – Shows you contextual information in one click

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Google has just announced a new feature for Google Now at the I/O conference in San Francisco. The feature is called “Now on tap” and what it basically does is show you contextual information in one single click.

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Motorola launches its Moto Maker service in China

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Despite being the largest cellphone market in the world, the Moto Maker service from Motorola that allows you to customise and buy phones wasn’t available in China until today. Today, at the Lenovo Tech World it was announced that the Moto Maker online digital studio is now available in China.

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Google slashes price of Project Tango Tablet to US$512 – Now available without invitation

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Google had initially sold the Project Tango Tablet Development Kit for US$ 1024 to people who received the invite back in April. But now they have slashed the price in half as it now costs just US$ 512 and is available without an invitation.

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YotaPhone 3 and 2C under development – Might be announced sometime this year

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While the YotaPhone 2 was announced back in February 2014 during MWC, the smartphone was delayed quite a bit and has only recently become available in many markets. In fact the YotaPhone 2 was announced prior to the original YotaPhone was made available worldwide. However it seems that the company is already working on the follow up to the YotaPhone 2 and this time there will be two devices – YotaPhone 3 and YotaPhone 2C.

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Asus ZenFone Selfie with 13 Megapixel front camera set for launch at Computex

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Asus is one of the major brands that is set to make announcements at Computex which is happening in Taiwan from June 2nd to 5th. According to a new rumor, they are apparently set to launch a new smartphone called Asus ZenFone Selfie which is said to pack a 13 Megapixel front facing camera.

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