50% of comments on Instagram are emojis: Study

We all know that emojis have become the new language of this digital world. A new study by Thomas Dimson, a software engineer behind Instagram’s Hyperlapse app has revealed that nearly half of the text on Instagram contain emojis.

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HTC One Mini and One Mini 2 will not receive Android 5.0 Lollipop update

Bad news for HTC One Mini and One Mini 2 users. HTC has announced that One Mini and One Mini 2 will not be receiving Android 5.0 Lollipop update.

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Facebook testing new ways to customize News Feed on mobile

It looks like Facebook wants its users to have more control over their News Feed. The social network is testing a new feature on mobile Facebook users to pick particular friends and Pages that they’d like to give priority to in their feeds.

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Apple’s 12.9 inch iPad may have Bluetooth stylus, NFC, Force touch and more

Rumors about the next iPad or the “iPad Pro” from Apple has been swirling the online world for some time now. Today, a fresh report is suggesting that the upcoming 12.9 inch iPad will support several new features like Bluetooth stylus, NFC, Force touch and more. ipad-air-photo-gallery-6 Continue reading “Apple’s 12.9 inch iPad may have Bluetooth stylus, NFC, Force touch and more”

Samsung Tizen App Store goes global

Samsung is bringing its Tizen App store to more countries across the globe, as per a latest report from the Wall Street Journal. Currently, Tizen OS based smartphones are only available in India and Banglasdesh but the app store is now expanding to 182 including the US, the UK and China.

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Google to deliver hands free music with Shazam

Google already lets you do lots of day to day tasks with simple “OK Google” voice command. Today, the company has teamed up with third party apps including Shazam in order to launch them directly from Search app.

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Microsoft Band SDK available for developers

Microsoft has released full version of Software Development Kit (SDK) for the Microsoft Band for all platforms. The SDK will allow Windows, Windows Phone, iOS, and Android app developers to start making full-featured third-party apps for the fitness wearable.

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Motorola planning to manufacture phones in India

The latest company that plans to make smartphones in India is Lenovo owned Motorola. As per a report from the Economic Times, Motorola is thinking about this move to make India one of the largest markets globally.

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Apple Watch IHS teardown reveals components cost at $83.70

The Apple Watch has been the latest device that has been teardown by IHS Technology’s analysis. The research firm which tears down devices to estimate component costs is revealing the same for Apple Watch Sport at $84.

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SwiftKey Keyboard for Android beta gets adaptive keyboard layout and support for 9 Indian languages

SwiftKey Keyboard has updated Android beta app with a couple of additions and improvements. The popular third party keyboard version 5.3 now brings adaptive new keyboard layouts to our Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati and Marathi languages.

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Microsoft’s Cortana can integrate universal Windows apps

Microsoft announced at its Build conference, that Universal Windows apps can integrate with Cortana. The virtual digital assistant will be able to launch apps with natural language.

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Indian smartphone market records 21% YoY increase, Samsung leads with 27.8% share: Report

The Indian smartphone market has registered an year over year increase of 21% however, quarter over quarter decline of 8%, as per latest report from Counterpoint Research.

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ZTE Nubia Z9 with 3.5GHz octa-core CPU and 8GB of RAM gets TENAA certification

ZTE’s Nubia Z9 flagship phone has received TENAA certification that is the Chinese version of FCC. The certification has revealed some specs of the Nubia Z9.

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Google rolls out Password Alert Chrome Extension

Google has launched Password Alert Chrome Extension that will warn you against phishing attacks. Password Alert will alarm you if a website that you type your sign-in information into is not a legitimate Google sign-in page.

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