Microsoft has partnered with Canonical to bring support for native Bash with access to the Windows file system and open source command line tools in an aim to bring Linux users to the Windows platform. You won’t need third-party tools like Cygwin anymore to run Bash commands. This was announced at the //build 2016 event by Microsoft’s Kevin Gallo. Continue reading “Microsoft partners with Canonical to bring Linux command line to Windows 10”
Few hours back at the //Build 2016 in San Francisco, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 is now running on more than 270 million active devices worldwide after 8 months of its launch. Earlier this year Microsoft announced that it was running on more than 200 million active devices worldwide. Windows 10 is the fastest growth on any Windows ever, outpacing Windows 7 in the same timeframe by 145%. Continue reading “Windows 10 now running on more than 270 million devices, fastest Windows growth ever”
OnePlus has finally released OxygenOS 3.0 Beta based on Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) for the OnePlus 2 smartphone, after the soak test. The update also brings new OnePlus Camera UI, new wallpaper picker, performance improvements, fingerprint performance improvement and several new features and improvements. It also includes Android security patch for March. Continue reading “OnePlus 2 OxygenOS 3.0 Beta based on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow released”
Acer has released Chromebook 14, its first Chromebook with all-aluminum chassis and it also promises up to 14 hours of battery life. It comes in 14-inch full HD (1920 x 1080) or HD (1366×768) resolutions with wide viewing angles up to 170 degrees, is powered by an Intel Celeron quad-core or dual-core N3060 processor and comes with 4GB or 2GB dual channel LPDDR3 SDRAM with 32GB and 16GB storage, respectively. Continue reading “Acer Chromebook 14 with full metal body, 14h battery life released”
Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of today’s technology news. Continue reading “Reliance Jio 4G roll out to begin soon, Vodafone to buy YOU Broadband and more – FoneArena Daily”
After a delay of a month, Foxconn has finally agreed to buy Sharp at a price lower, as expected. The Taiwanese contract maker confirmed that it is paying close to 389 billion yen ( $3.5 billion approx.) for a majority 66 percent stake in Sharp. Continue reading “Foxconn agrees to acquire Sharp for $3.5 billion”
Ringing Bells Pvt. Ltd, the maker of Freedom 251 smartphone has received an interim relief from Allahabad High Court. Continue reading “Ringing Bells gets interim relief from Allahabad High Court”
Xiaomi has released MIUI global beta ROM 6.3.17 for Mi 3, Mi 4 and Mi Note smartphone. This is based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) and also brings several new features, fixes and optimizations. Xiaomi released MIUI 7.2 update for some of its devices in China earlier this month. Continue reading “Xiaomi MIUI global beta ROM 6.3.17 based on Android 6.0 for Mi 3, Mi 4 and Mi Note released”
Viacom18 has launched its digital video on demand platform VOOT on iOS, Android and web. Continue reading “Viaocom 18 launches digital VOD platform VOOT”
Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy A9 Pro (SM-A9100), the company’s latest top-end smartphone in the ‘Galaxy A’ series in China, after it surfaced last month. It packs a 6-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display with 2.5D curved glass, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 652 (Previously 620) processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the A9, but this a 16-megapixel rear camera with optical image stabilization (OIS), 4GB of RAM and a 5000mAh battery. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro with 6-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 652, 4GB RAM announced”
Apple had introduced a new Smart Connector with the iPad Pro and it looks like it could get an update to support multiple connections at once. Continue reading “Apple receives patents for stackable magnetic connector”
Lenovo launched the Vibe K5 Plus smartphone in India earlier this month for Rs. 8499. We already brought you the photo gallery of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks. It is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 64-bit processor (Even though CPU-Z shows it has Snapdragon 615) that has four ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.50 GHz per core and other four Cortex A53 cores are clocked at 1.21 GHz per core. It has Adreno 405 GPU clocked at 550 MHz, 2GB RAM, 5-inch 1080p screen and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Vibe UI. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus Benchmarks”
Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani has offered some fresh insights regarding company’s Jio 4G service.
Micromax has officially launched the Canvas Spark 3 Q385, it’s new budget smartphone and the successor of last year’s Canvas Spark 2, after it surfaced on the official website. It packs a 5.5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Spark 3 Q385 with 5.5-inch HD display, 1GB RAM launched for Rs. 4999”
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that it will launch new 4K digital service next month. Dubbed as ‘Ultra’, the 4K streaming service will be unveiled on April 4 on new Sony 4K television models in the United States.
Continue reading “Sony ‘Ultra’ 4K streaming service launching on April 4”
