Twitter has introduced a new go-live Periscope button on its Android and iOS app. This new button lets you start a broadcast directly from the Twitter app, provided you have the Periscope app.
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Earlier this year Facebook rolled out a basketball game inside the Messenger app. Now it has got an addictive football game within the app to celebrate the Euro 2016. Just like the basketball game, you need to send a football emoji in a conversation with a friend to unlock the game. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger gets an addictive hidden football game”
LG just announced four new smartphones – X Power, X Mach, X Style and X Max in its ‘X series’. It introduced X cam and X screen smartphones at the MWC 2016 earlier this year. The X Power and X Style was introduced in Ukraine a few weeks back, so we already know the specifications of both the smartphones, but detailed specs of other two is not known yet. LG said that the X Power with a 4,100mAh battery also comes with a fast charging (PE+) technology that would let you charge at twice the normal speed. Continue reading “LG X Power, X Mach, X Style and X Max smartphones announced”
Pinterest has acquired the team behind third party keyboard Fleksy for an undisclosed sum. The keyboard uses predictive technology to improve typing on mobile devices.
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Moto G4 Plus was launched in India last month starting at Rs. 13,499. We already brought you the review of the smartphone, here we have its battery life test results. The G4 Plus packs a 3000mAh built-in battery, slightly bigger than the 2,470 mAh battery on the Moto G (3rd Gen). It also comes with Turbo charging support, similar to the Moto X Force, Moto G Turbo Edition and few other Moto smartphones.
We have been reading reports about Samsung adding an iris scanner on the Galaxy Note 7 for some time. Now, a new report from Korean Herald states that Korean manufacturer Patron will supply the iris scanners for the upcoming flagship from the company.
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Samsung has agreed to acquire US based public and private cloud provider, Joyent, Inc. The acquisition will allow Samsung allow to grow its cloud-based services for its smartphones and Internet-connected devices. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Google has released developer preview 4 for Android ‘N’ for compatible Nexus devices, ahead of the final release of the update. The update doesn’t add any other new features, but it has final Android N SDK with final APIs (API level 24). The SDK lets you develop with the Android N APIs and build and test on the new platform, for new features such as Multi-window support, direct-reply notifications, and others. Continue reading “Android N Developer Preview 4 with final APIs released”
OnePlus, which started as a flagship killer in 2013, will now focus only on “true flagship” line, and as a result company has decided to discontinue the OnePlus X series. This means OnePlus X will not have a successor smartphone. Continue reading “OnePlus X series discontinued, now focus on “true flagship” line only: CEO”
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Asus today announced ZenFone Pegasus 3, the company’s latest smartphone in the Pegasus series. It has a 5.2-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by a 1.3GHz Quad-Core MediaTek SoC and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with ZenUI 3.0. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Asus ZenFone Pegasus 3 with 3GB RAM, metal body, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE announced”
Portronics has launched Shell portable Bluetooth speaker that come with a speakerphone. The speaker is compact in size and has a rubberized finish.
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Asus today launched A540 and R558, two new notebooks in India. The R558UR is an upgraded variant of the R88UF, comes with USB Type-C and packs NVIDIA GT930MX GPU The Asus A540 has premium looks and comes with a lightweight design. It also has USB type-C support. Both have powerful audio powered by SonicMaster and Bang & Olufsen ICEpower while ASUS Splendid Technology.
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It looks like Apple is taking augmented reality (AR) seriously. The company has been granted patents for a transparent AR device that allows a device to overlay images on to a real setting.
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Xiaomi’s VP just tweeted that “Something BIG is coming to blow you away on 30th June, Indian Mi fans”, along with the video that confirms that the Mi Max will indeed launch in India on June 30th. The phablet with a 6.44-inch 1080p display and a huge 4850mAh battery was announced in China last month.
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