Twitter rebrands favorites as likes, replaces stars with hearts for web and mobile apps

Twitter Hearts

Twitter has changed star icon for favorites to a heart, which is now called likes. Twitter’s Periscope uses hearts since the launch, so it is now bringing it to Twitter and Vine. Continue reading “Twitter rebrands favorites as likes, replaces stars with hearts for web and mobile apps”

Micromax Canvas Mega E353 now available for Rs. 8099, Canvas Amaze Q395 coming soon

Micromax Canvas Mega E353

Micromax is all set to launch Canvas Mega E353 and Canvas Amaze Q395, two new Android smartphones in the Canvas series. The Canvas Mega E353 is already available from online retailers such as eBay. As the name of the phone indicates, the Canvas Mega has a huge 5.5-inch HD screen. It packs an Oct-Core MediaTek processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) and has a leather-like back cover. The Canvas Amazon Q395 has a slightly smaller 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6580 processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Mega E353 now available for Rs. 8099, Canvas Amaze Q395 coming soon”

Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Tirunelveli

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Airtel has launched its 4G LTE services in Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu, after it launched it in Chennai, Pondicherry, Vellore, Trichy, Madurai, Coimbatore & Tirupur. Airtel launched 4G services in 296 towns across India in August. Airtel 4G is available to customers across mobile phones, dongles, 4G hotspots and Wi-Fi dongles in the city. Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Tirunelveli”

Micromax Canvas 5 with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 11999

Micromax Canvas 5

Micromax just launched Canvas 5, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the Canvas series, as it promised. It has a 5.2-inch 1080p 2.5D curved screen with slim bezels, is powered by a 1.3GHz 64-bit Octa-Core MediaTek MT6753 processor with Mali-T720 GPU and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), which is upgradable to Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) in future. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) to focus in 0.2 seconds and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with selfie flash for capturing better images in poor lighting conditions. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas 5 with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 11999”

LG V10 Unboxing

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LG introduced the company’s new flagship V10 smartphone in the V series last month. It went on sale in Korea early October and started rolling out globally from the United States, China and Hong Kong last week. The international version of the V10 was not on sale in Hong Kong, but we managed to pick a Korean version of the V10 (LG-F600L) for LG U+ for about HK$ 4100, which coverts to about Rs. 35,000. Check out the unboxing video.

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Microsoft kills Unlimited OneDrive storage, downgrades free storage from 15GB to 5GB for all

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Last October Microsoft upgraded OneDrive storage to unlimited for all Office 365 subscribers from 1TB of free storage introduced last June that was increased from 20GB. Now the company has announced that it will no longer be offering unlimited storage to Office 365 Home, Personal, or University subscribers. All these will roll back to 1 TB. Microsoft says that some Office 365 subscribers had backed up numerous PCs and stored entire movie collections and DVR recordings that exceeded 75 TB per user, which is the main reason for killing unlimited storage. Continue reading “Microsoft kills Unlimited OneDrive storage, downgrades free storage from 15GB to 5GB for all”

iQor announces $200 million investment and 20,000 new jobs for India

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iQor, a globally known aftermarket service provider, has announced its plan to invest $200 million for building pan-India service network. Continue reading “iQor announces $200 million investment and 20,000 new jobs for India”

Firefox 42 for Android brings Tracking Protection for Private Browsing

Firefox 42 for Android Private Browsing with Tracking Protection

Firefox has updated its Android app to version 42 that brings several new features, including Tracking Protection for Private Browsing. This feature is also available for Firefox for Windows, Mac and Linux that actively blocks content like ads, analytics trackers and social share buttons that may record your behavior without your knowledge across sites. It won’t remember any history, but downloaded files and new bookmarks will be saved in your device. Continue reading “Firefox 42 for Android brings Tracking Protection for Private Browsing”

Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 8.1 PCs to get discontinued from November 2016

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Microsoft has quietly updated the sales deadline of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 pre-installed PCs. Now the manufacturers won’t be allowed to sell these machines after 31st October, 2016. Continue reading “Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 8.1 PCs to get discontinued from November 2016”

Swipe Elite 2 Photo Gallery

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Swipe launched the company’s latest Elite 2 budget 4G smartphone that is now exclusively available for Uber riders till November 7th. We managed to get our hands on the smartphone at the launch event in Bangalore earlier today, here is the photo gallery. Continue reading “Swipe Elite 2 Photo Gallery”

Samsung Galaxy J2 Battery Life Test

Samsung Galaxy J2 FA One Charge Rating

Samsung launched the Galaxy J2, it’s entry-level 4G smartphone in India for Rs. 8,490 recently. We brought you the review of the smartphone recently, here we have its battery test results. It packs a 2000mAh Lithium Ion battery, has a 4.7-inch qHD Super AMOLED display, is powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core Exynos 3475 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) OS, check out the battery test results. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J2 Battery Life Test”

Xiaomi set to launch their smartphones in Africa this month

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Xiaomi, which is now the world’s third largest smartphone manufacturer has announced plans to enter the African market this month. Their smartphones will go on sale in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya during the middle of November.

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Rufus Cuff now available for pre-order – Smartwatch with a 3.2 inch display

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Well, it seems that phones aren’t the only thing whose screen size gets bigger with each passing day. The Rufus Cuff is a smartwatch with a 3.2 inch display and it is now available for pre-order.

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