Author: Srivatsan Sridhar

Srivatsan Sridhar is a Mobile Technology Enthusiast who is passionate about Mobile phones and Mobile apps. He uses the phones he reviews as his main phone. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram

Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection announced for enterprise

Windows Security Center

Microsoft today announced Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection for enterprise customers to detect, investigate, and respond to advanced attacks on their networks. It will help detect attackers and threats, provide enterprises with information to investigate the breach across endpoints, and offer response recommendations. “This provides a new post-breach layer of protection to the Windows 10 security stack,” said Microsoft. Continue reading “Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection announced for enterprise”

Android N UI surfaces, Google starts selling VR Cardboards and more – FoneArena Daily

Android N UI mockup

Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of today’s technology news. Continue reading “Android N UI surfaces, Google starts selling VR Cardboards and more – FoneArena Daily”

vivo Xplay5 with 5.43-inch Quad HD display, 6GB RAM, Snapdragon 820 announced

vivo Xplay5

vivo has announced Xplay5, the company’s flagship smartphone as it had promised. It comes in two variants, one with 6GB of RAM and Snapdragon 820 SoC, while the other variant has 4GB of RAM and Octa-Core Snapdragon 652 SoC. Other specifications are similar, including a 5.43-inch dual curved edge Quad HD Super AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla glass protection, 16-megapixel rear camera with Phase Detection Auto Focus (PDAF) for focus speed of just 0.1 seconds and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “vivo Xplay5 with 5.43-inch Quad HD display, 6GB RAM, Snapdragon 820 announced”

Sony, Tokyo Tech and others develop 60 GHz 6.1 Gbps wireless transfer system for mobile

60 GHz 6.1 Gbps wireless module and wireless setup

Sony has announced that it has partnered with Tokyo Tech, Japan Radio and KDDI Labs to jointly develop and implement 40 GHz and 60 GHz wave-based high-throughput wireless access network that combines 40 GHz operation for outdoor networks with 60 GHz operation for mobiles to enable large data size content delivery on the gigabyte scale. Continue reading “Sony, Tokyo Tech and others develop 60 GHz 6.1 Gbps wireless transfer system for mobile”

Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus launching in India on March 15

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Lenovo has finally sent out invites for the launch of it’s latest Vibe K5 Plus smartphone in India on March 15th. It was announced at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona last week, packs a 5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 616 processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Lenovo’s own UI on top, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus launching in India on March 15”

BlackBerry Priv Camera gets slow motion, Launcher and Keyboard get several new features

BlackBerry Priv launcher and Keyboard

BlackBerry has updated its Camera, Launcher and Keyboard apps with several new features. The Camera app finally gets slow motion video recording at 120 fps, Keyboard app gets better predictive typing, accuracy, and control and the launcher gets enhanced user experience, including separate view of personal and work apps. Continue reading “BlackBerry Priv Camera gets slow motion, Launcher and Keyboard get several new features”

Microsoft HoloLens Development Edition up for pre-order at $3,000, shipping March 30

Microsoft HoloLens Development Edition

Months after introducing the HoloLens, Microsoft announced back in October last year that the Hololens Developer Kit will be available in Q1 2016 for $3000 (Rs. 20,4135 approx.), as promised it has started taking orders for the HoloLens Development Edition for developers. Continue reading “Microsoft HoloLens Development Edition up for pre-order at $3,000, shipping March 30”

Moto sale on Amazon India: Rs. 1000 off on smartphones, Rs. 2000 off on Moto 360 (2nd Gen)

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Moto has brought its popular devices on Amazon.in. As a part of the inaugural offers, it is offering discounts and cashbacks on most of the Motorola smartphones and Moto 360 (2nd Gen) smartwatch. All these offers are available both on the web and Amazon app. Continue reading “Moto sale on Amazon India: Rs. 1000 off on smartphones, Rs. 2000 off on Moto 360 (2nd Gen)”

Google Maps for iOS gets option to add detours to your route

Google Maps v4.16.0 for iOS

Months after Google Maps for Android got the feature, the iOS app has finally received the option add detours to your route, without having to exit out of navigation. This feature is available in over 100 countries worldwide where Google Maps navigation is available. The latest update also brings several bug fixes. Continue reading “Google Maps for iOS gets option to add detours to your route”

Google Store starts selling View-Master and C1-Glass Cardboard VR Viewers

Mattel View-Master VR

Google has started selling Cardboard VR Viewers on its official US store, apart from its Cardboard viewer. It also has a separate Virtual Reality (Via) page on its store that lists all the cardboard viewers. Continue reading “Google Store starts selling View-Master and C1-Glass Cardboard VR Viewers”

vivo Xplay5 specs surface ahead Mar 1 event – 5.43-inch QHD AMOLED display, 128GB storage

vivo Xplay5

vivo already confirmed that its upcoming flagship Xplay5 smartphone will be powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor and pack whopping 6GB of LPDDR4 RAM. It also confirmed dual curved displays for the smartphone. Now a new leak from China (Via) reveals that it will come with a 5.43-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED display, come with 128GB of internal storage, feature Cirrus Logic CS4398 DAC and a 3600mAh battery.

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Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro with Snapdragon 652, 4GB RAM, 16MP camera surfaces on AnTuTu

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After showing up on Zauba and GFXBench, the Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro has surfaced on AnTuTu, revealing the specifications. This coincides with earlier rumors, but it doesn’t confirm if the upcoming top-end ‘A series’ smartphone will come with 6-inch screen like the A9 or a smaller 5.5-inch screen. It could be the same 6-inch screen since the import listing also shows a 6-inch screen. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro with Snapdragon 652, 4GB RAM, 16MP camera surfaces on AnTuTu”

OPPO R9 camera-focused smartphone teased, expected on March 17th

Oppo R9 teaser

OPPO today teased its upcoming R9 camera-focused smartphone. Even though OPPO did not reveal the announcement date, it just said that the event will be scheduled in the Spring, which starts in March. The teaser hints at a sleek metal body and SIM slot on the right side of the phone. OPPO unveiled the R7 and R7 Plus smartphones back in May last year. It is skipping the R8 and directly moving to the R9. Continue reading “OPPO R9 camera-focused smartphone teased, expected on March 17th”

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 2016 and Galaxy Tab E 7.0 press images surface

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 2016

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 2016 and Galaxy Tab E 7.0 have surfaced in new leak from @evleaks, few weeks after press shots for the Tab A 2016 or E 7.0 surfaced online. The tablet is rumored to launch as Galaxy Tab E 7.0 in the US and as the Galaxy Tab A 2016 in Europe, according to earlier reports.

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