Micromax Canvas 5 Unboxing

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Micromax launched the Canvas 5 smartphone, the company’s latest top-end smartphone in Canvas series earlier this month for Rs. 11,999. We already brought you the hands-on impressions of the smartphone from the launch event. We unboxed it recently, here is the unboxing video.

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Facebook Messenger testing Snapchat-like disappearing messages

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Back in 2012 there were rumors about Facebook working on Snapchat-like app for sending self-destructible timed messages, but it didn’t happen. Last year BlackBerry launched Timed messages feature for BBM that lets users set the time the message should be displayed to other users before it disappears. According to Buzzfeed, Facebook is testing a similar feature for the Facebook Messenger to give an option for the users to have their messages disappear one hour after sending them. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger testing Snapchat-like disappearing messages”

Apple to shut down Beats Music on November 30, asks users to move to Apple Music

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Beats Music, a subscription-based online music streaming service from Beats Electronics was launched in the US back in January 2014. Apple acquired Beats Music and Beats Electronics for $3 billion in May last year. It launched Apple Music service in June, which went live on iOS, Mac and PC on June 30th in over 100 countries, including India.. The Android app went live earlier this week. Continue reading “Apple to shut down Beats Music on November 30, asks users to move to Apple Music”

TaoTronics TT-SKO6 Bluetooth Speaker Review

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An array of wireless Bluetooth speakers are hitting the markets lately as users are seeking high quality audio which most smartphones fail to deliver. TaoTronics is an US based company that deals in consumer electronic devices and accessories. It had earlier launched a small TT-SK02 Wireless Bluetooth Speaker and the company recently launched a powerful TT-SKO6 Bluetooth Speaker. We have got our hands on the TT-SKO6 Bluetooth Speaker that is available on Amazon.com for about $60 (reduced from the original price of $130). Let’s see if the speaker is worth the price tag in this review.

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Fossil acquires fitness wearable maker Misfit for $260 million

Fossil Group has acquired fitness wearables maker Misfit for $260M. The acquisition will enable Fossil Group to offer consumers both traditional timepieces and fashionable connected accessories.

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Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 with Intel chipset and 2GB RAM spotted on Geekbench

Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 has surfaced on Geekbench and some of the information about the specs of the successor of the Mi Pad from the company have been revealed.

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Xiaomi Gemini with Snapdragon 820 leaks on Geekbench, could be the Mi5

Rumors about Mi5, the next flagship from Xiaomi has been surfacing the online world for quite sometime now. Today, a device codenamed Xiaomi Gemini has been spotted on Geekbench and it is stated that this could be the Mi5.

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Motorola Moto X Style starts receiving Android 6.0 Marshmallow update in India

Motorola had launched the Moto X Style with Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) in India last month and today the company has started rolling out Android 6.0 Marshmallow update to the phone in India and Brazil.

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Microsoft’s optimized Office apps for iPad Pro now available

Microsoft had previewed Office apps update for iPad Pro in September and now the company is making these apps available for download. The Office apps include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote.

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Google Nexus 6P Unboxing

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Google announced the Huawei-made Nexus 6P smartphone in September, and it was launched in India in October, priced at Rs. 39,999 for 32GB and Rs. 42,999 for the 64GB variant. It went on pre-order across India through retail stores and Flipkart from October 14th and it was shipped to customers starting from last week. It is the successor of the Motorola-made Nexus 6 that was introduced last year. We already brought you the photo gallery and hands-on impressions of the Nexus 6P, here we have its unboxing.

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Acer Predator 8 gaming tablet now available for pre-order for $299.99

Acer had announced the Predator 8 GT-810 Android gaming tablet at IFA 2015 in September and now the tablet is available for pre-order.

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Bluetooth technology 2016 roadmap revealed: Up to 4x range, 100% speed boost and more

Bluetooth is about to get better and faster in 2016 as per the new roadmap revealed by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG). The overall range of Bluetooth will expand upto 4 times while the speed will boost to a 100%.

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