LG NUCLUN Octa-Core processor announced, debuts in G3 Screen smartphone

LG NUCLUN

LG just announced NUCLUN (pronounced NOO-klun), the company’s first SoC targeted at high-end smartphone. It is an Octa-Core processor with four 1.5GHz cores ARM Cortex-A15 cores and four 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A7 cores. It is based on ARM big.LITTLE technology for better multitasking capabilities and even has  LTE-A Cat.6 support  for maximum download speeds of up to 225Mbps. Continue reading “LG NUCLUN Octa-Core processor announced, debuts in G3 Screen smartphone”

Facebook Rooms anonymous app released for iPhone

Facebook Rooms

After PaperSlingshot and Mention, Facebook has released Room, an anonymous chat app for iPhone developed by Facebook Creative Labs team. As the name suggests, it’s a chat room app that was popular a decade back. It lets you create rooms for the things you’re into, and invite others. You can add text, photos, videos and more. Continue reading “Facebook Rooms anonymous app released for iPhone”

Xolo Q2100 Camera Samples

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Xolo launched Q2100, the company’s first Android smartphone with a fingerprint sensor earlier this month. We brought you the unboxing and benchmarks of the smartphone recently, here we have the camera samples. The Q2100 has a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with Exmor R sensor, f/2.0 aperture and dual LED flash. Continue reading “Xolo Q2100 Camera Samples”

New Dell Venue 7 and Venue 8 tablets now available in India, starts from Rs. 11999

New Dell Venue 7 and 8

Dell introduced new Dell Venue 7 and Venue 8 tablets running Android 4.4 (KitKat) back in June. Now these tablets are available in India from official Dell website. The Venue 7 has a 7-inch HD (1280×800) display, powered by a dual-core Intel Atom (Z3460) processor, while the Venue 8 comes with a 8 inch full-HD (1920×1200) display and a dual-core Intel Atom (Z3480). Both the tablets have 1 GB RAM with 16GB inbuilt storage that can be expanded upto 64GB via microSD slot. Continue reading “New Dell Venue 7 and Venue 8 tablets now available in India, starts from Rs. 11999”

Veedeo 2.0 for iPhone brings new filters, films, smart file sharing and more

Veedeo, the app that allows users to create video clips with custom text is getting a major update. The 2.0 version has been optimized to work on the recently launched iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 6.

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Nokia Lumia 930 Unboxing

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Nokia launched the Lumia 930 smartphone in India earlier this month at a price tag of Rs. 38,649. The Lumia 930 comes to India months after the launch in several countries. It has a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) full HD ClearBlack AMOLED display with Gorilla Glass 3 protection, powered by a 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and runs on Windows Phone 8.1 OS. We got to check out the smartphone, here is the unboxing. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 930 Unboxing”

Google Earth for Android gets improved 3D experience, faster map updates and more

Google has released a major update to Google Earth on Android by enhancing the 3D rendering technology. This is the biggest feature of the latest update that further highlights mountains, cities, rivers in the map.

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Microsoft Garage goes cross platform, unveils apps for Android and Android Wear

Microsoft has announced the release of two Android apps and one experimental Bing app for Android Wear devices. These apps have been designed by Microsoft employees under the Garage program.

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Samsung Galaxy Alpha Review

Samsung pursued with its polycarbonate design language for a very long time and was criticised for being rigid on its stance. However, the company has finally produced a device with refined looks and premium build.

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With Galaxy Alpha, Samsung will be competing against the likes of Apple iPhone 6 and with its size – the device will also take on the compact portfolio. Has the South Korean manufacturer found the right design and the hardware mix to attract the masses? Well, we take a deep look to find out if it’s worth shelling out a premium on the Galaxy Alpha. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Alpha Review”

Uber slashes fares in Mumbai by 25% and uberX rates in Bangalore by 45% for a limited period

Uber Delhi price cut

After the 25% price cut for both Uber Black and uberX in Delhi, Uber has slashed rates for both these in Mumbai too by 25%. When Uber expanded to Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh and Kolkata, it slashed prices on both UberBLACK and uberX by 25% in Bangalore for a limited period. Today Uber has reduced uberX price by an additional 20%, so totally now users in Bangalore get 45% off on uberX fares. Continue reading “Uber slashes fares in Mumbai by 25% and uberX rates in Bangalore by 45% for a limited period”

Yahoo Mail app for iPhone and Android updated with Travel and Event notifications

Yahoo has updated Mail app in order to bring travel and event notifications to your mobile. Updated for iPhone and Android, the app provides users with important travel information related to flight details.

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Rovio’s RETRY game released for Android and global iOS users

Rovio RETRY

Angry Birds creator Rovio released a new game called RETRY, an 8-bit game similar to the Flappy Bird back in May for limited iOS users. Now the game is available for iOS users globally and is also available for Android users. In this game you fly through treacherous obstacles, and earn stars to unlock new levels. This is the first game to be released by Rovio Entertainment’s experimental publishing arm, Rovio LVL11. Continue reading “Rovio’s RETRY game released for Android and global iOS users”

Google rolls out new standalone email app “Inbox”

Google has introduced Inbox, a new email app that is touted as an alternative and not a replacement to Gmail. Available on Android, iOS and the Web, main aim of the app is to sort and organize emails.

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Xiaomi migrating user data from China to international servers

In a bid to boost global expansion, Xiaomi is migrating international user data outside of China. Data belonging to the privately owned company’s non-Chinese users will be moved in several phases to Amazon Inc servers in the United States and data centres in Singapore.

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