Google Hangouts 4.0 for Android brings material design UI, new features and improvements

Google Hangouts 4.0 for Android

Google has finally started rolling out Hangouts 4.0 for Android after it was leaked in June. It brings material design UI, improved message delivery speed and new features such as option to use Hangouts on Android Wear to send a Hangouts message using your smartwatch, outbound caller ID that lets you use your verified number as Caller ID so your friends know who is calling and more. It also brings back custom status messages. Continue reading “Google Hangouts 4.0 for Android brings material design UI, new features and improvements”

Sundar Pichai gets promoted to CEO of Google as company gets restructured under Alphabet

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Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are starting a new company called Alphabet. While there’s nothing very remarkable in that, the real bombshell is that Google will now be rolled under Alphabet alongside other more ‘risky’ ventures. Under Alphabet, Google is expected to be a leaner entity with a focus on the core products that the company is famous for.  Continue reading “Sundar Pichai gets promoted to CEO of Google as company gets restructured under Alphabet”

Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen) Battery Life Test

Motorola Moto G 3rd Gen FA One Charge Rating

We brought the review of Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen) recently, here we have the battery test results of the smartphone. The latest Moto G smartphone packs a 2470 mAh built-in battery, slightly larger than the 2070 mAh battery on the first two Moto G smartphones. Check out the results.

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Intex Cloud M6 16GB with 2GB RAM launched for Rs. 5999

Intex Cloud M6

Intex technologies has launched Cloud M6 16GB, a variant of the Cloud M6 with 2GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage exclusively on Snapdeal. Intex launched the Cloud M6 with 1GB RAM and 8GB of internal storage back in May. Other specifications are similar, including a 5-inch FWVGA display, 1.2 GHz quad-core Spreadtrum SC7731 processor, Android 4.4 (KitKat), 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity Continue reading “Intex Cloud M6 16GB with 2GB RAM launched for Rs. 5999”

Micromax announces investment in cloud storage startup MiMedia

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Micromax on Monday announced that it has made some investment in a cloud storage startup company MiMedia Inc. The strategic investment in MiMedia represents Micromax’s first outside of India, but the deal terms have not been disclosed. Continue reading “Micromax announces investment in cloud storage startup MiMedia”

Elephone P8000 Benchmarks

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Elephone introduced the Elephone P8000 smartphone back in May, which will launch in India soon. We already brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartphone, here we have its benchmarks. It is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6753 64-bit processor that has eight ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.30 GHz per core and 450MHz Mali-T720 MP2 GPU. It has 3GB RAM, 5.5-inch 1080p display and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores. Continue reading “Elephone P8000 Benchmarks”

Samsung may offer a 60 Euro worth physical keyboard cover with upcoming Galaxy S6 Edge+

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We have been hearing a lot of rumours about Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Edge successor over the past few weeks. Fresh in line is a physical keyboard accessory for the alleged S6 Edge+ that will retail for around 60 Euros. Continue reading “Samsung may offer a 60 Euro worth physical keyboard cover with upcoming Galaxy S6 Edge+”

Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Pondicherry

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Airtel has launched its 4G LTE services in Pondicherry. It launched 4G services in 296 towns across India last week, after running 4G LTE trails in the country. Airtel said that it had received great response in Chennai, Vellore, Trichy, Madurai and Coimbatore. Airtel 4G is available to customers across mobile phones, dongles, 4G hotspots and Wi-Fi dongles in the city. For existing Airtel customers, the company is offering a complimentary upgrade to Airtel 4G at same price as 3G. Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Pondicherry”

Huawei Honor 7i to be announced on August 20, could feature sliding camera

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Huawei was expected to introduce a new Honor smartphone in China today, but it actually announced date for the announcement of its new Honor series smartphone. It will unveil the Honor 7i smartphone on August 20th. The invite translates to you change the vision together. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 7i to be announced on August 20, could feature sliding camera”

Oppo Mirror 5 with 5-inch qHD display, 5MP front camera, Android 5.1 launched in India for Rs. 15990

Oppo Mirror 5

Oppo has launched Mirror 5 smartphone, the company’s latest smartphone in India. It was announced last month and packs a 5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) qHD display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 64-bit SoC, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Color OS 2.1 ROM, has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.  Continue reading “Oppo Mirror 5 with 5-inch qHD display, 5MP front camera, Android 5.1 launched in India for Rs. 15990”

Xiaomi schedules MIUI 7 India launch Premiere on August 19

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Xiaomi already announced that it will introduce the MIUI 7 at an event in Beijing, China on August 13th. Today the company has announced the MIUI 7 launch premier in New Delhi where Xiaomi’s Vice President Hugo Barra will demo new features of the MIUI 7. He will also be showing off new features of MIUI 7 global ROM specifically for global MIUI fans at the event. Continue reading “Xiaomi schedules MIUI 7 India launch Premiere on August 19”

Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 with MediaTek Helio X10 SoC leaked in live images

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Xiaomi’s much-anticipated Redmi Note 2 has been leaked online in purported images of the handset and the retail box. Company is expected to announce the smartphone this week on Thursday on August 13th, alongside the new MIUI 7. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 with MediaTek Helio X10 SoC leaked in live images”

Opera acquires Bemobi to expand app discovery and monetization services

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Opera Software has acquired Bemobi, one of the popular subscription-based mobile-app-discovery services in Latin America. Bemobi offers Netflix-like subscription service for premium Android apps. Its proprietary app-wrapping technology allows smartphone owners access to unlimited use of premium mobile apps for a small weekly fee. Continue reading “Opera acquires Bemobi to expand app discovery and monetization services”

Updated start menu and lock screen coming to Windows RT as part of final update

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Windows RT is dead. That much has been made clear by Microsoft time and time again. The operating system that was expected to become the darling of tablet users seeking productivity found almost no takers. That said, Microsoft has always maintained that it will give the operating system one final update that will bring it closer to Windows 10 in terms of experience. Continue reading “Updated start menu and lock screen coming to Windows RT as part of final update”

Google aims at launching Android One smartphones priced below Rs. 3000 in India (Updated)

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Android One didn’t make much of a difference in the Indian market. Devices were decidedly low spec and the competition blew them out of the park in terms of quality, hardware offering just not the stock Android experience. Now, Google is all set to reboot the project. Continue reading “Google aims at launching Android One smartphones priced below Rs. 3000 in India (Updated)”