Google has file couple of patents at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The first patent is for an interactive book with motion and pressure sensors embedded within its pages. Another patent is for a media enhanced pop-up book that uses a phone or tablet to add to the reading experience. Continue reading “Google files patent for AR-based pop-up book”
BlackBerry launched its flagship Priv smartphone running Android earlier this year for Rs. 62,990. We already brought you the photo gallery of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks. It is powered by a Hexa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 64-bit 20nm processor that has two bigger ARM Cortex A57 cores clocked at 1.82GHz per core and four smaller ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.44GHz per core with 600 MHz Adreno 418 GPU. It has 3GB of RAM, 5.43-inch Quad HD AMOLED display and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores.
Samsung launched the Galaxy A5 (2016), after more than a year of launching its first Galaxy A5 smartphone in its ‘A series’ in India. On paper, specifications of the new A5 smartphone are way better than its predecessor. Even the new A5 is priced at Rs. 29,400, more than launch price of the first A5. Is the Galaxy A5 (2016) worth the price? Let us find out in the complete review
BlackBerry announced the Priv Android Slider in October last year following which the phone was launched in India in January this year for Rs. 62,990. Let’s take a detailed look at the hardware and specifications of the first Android phone from BlackBerry in this photo gallery. Continue reading “BlackBerry Priv Photo Gallery”
Earlier on Thursday, Uber and Ola rolled out uberMoto and Ola Bike motorbike ride hailing services in India. However, the service which piloted in Bangalore is being called as illegal by the Karnataka State Transport Department.
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Microsoft said in December last year that the Windows 10 update for the Lumia devices has delayed till early 2016 following which it said that the roll out is further delayed till February. Now, it is reported that the update will hit the Lumia phones as early as next week.
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This week, popular Chinese company Xiaomi finally launched its Redmi Note 3 smartphone in India. The firm also announced its Mi Bluetooth speaker and the 20000mAh power bank. The Xiaomi Mi 5 will be launched next month. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, Mi Bluetooth speaker, Raspberry Pi 3 and more”
Meerkat, the live streaming app that made its debut in February last year on iPhone and later on Android is bowing out from live broadcasts. The company is instead pivoting to a live video social network.
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NVIDIA introduced its SHIELD Android TV at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) last year. We finally managed to the 16GB version from France for 199.99 Euros that also comes with bundled remote worth 54.99 Euros as a limited period offer. Check out the unboxing below. Continue reading “NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV Unboxing”
Opera has updated its beta app for Android to version 36 that brings several new features, including a new tab switcher with a modern look and a better underlying structure to allow optimized resource management. Opera says it is still working on perfecting it, but it it asking beta testers for their feedback. The update also lets you make progressive web apps easier to find on the web. It will automatically allow compatible web apps like the Flipkart Lite to be added to the home screen.
Jays, a Sweden based company has launched U-Jays on ear headphones in India. The company claims that the headphones offer acoustics, comfort and quality.
Press image of the HTC 10, the company’s upcoming flagship smartphone has surfaced for the first time, thanks to @evleaks. It shows its unibody metal build, similar design as the HTC One A9 on the front, fingerprint sensor embedded into the home button along with the capacitive touch buttons on either sides and a large front camera sensor. It is missing the usual dual front-facing boomsound speakers.
Has Xiaomi lost its mojo? Is India no longer as big a priority for the messiah of the affordably priced quality smartphones? We’ve personally had quite a positive outlook towards the upstart but we’d be remiss not to mention that the public sentiment has been ebbing to a degree thanks to the proliferation of competitors from the land of the Red Dragon. Clearly these sentiments weren’t lost on Xiaomi as was evidenced by the rather emotional monologue by Hugo Barra, face of Xiaomi India, at a recent event in Delhi. The man who has rapidly become a bit of an icon in the technology world in India led an emphatic if not a rather circuitous presentation answering these concerns and more by announcing the launch of the Redmi Note 3, more specifically the version that is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipset. While the audience cheered, our thoughts veered more towards the handset itself and its role in an ecosystem that is much larger than from two years ago when the Redmi 2 was a trendsetter. We’ve had access to the device for a couple of days now and with the pricing revealed, are now in a position to give a more nuanced opinion on the Redmi Note 3. Read on for our review of Xiaomi’s latest. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Pro) Review”
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OnePlus has started rolling out Oxygen OS v2.2.1 OTA update for the OnePlus 2 smartphone. This update brings RAW support in its own OnePlus camera app. You can enable option to save RAW image from the camera settings. Few months back Oxygen OS 2.1.0 brought RAW image support for 3rd party camera apps. The update also improves Bluetooth and Ultra SIM compatibility, fixes occasional image corruption issue in OnePlus Camera and more. Continue reading “OnePlus 2 Oxygen OS 2.2.1 OTA update brings RAW support in OnePlus Camera”
