Asus Zenfone Selfie launched in India for Rs. 15999

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Asus has launched Zenfone Selfie, the company’s selfie-focus smartphone in India at the ZenFestival.  It has a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display with Corning Gorilla glass 4 protection, is powered by a Snapdragon 615 Oct-Core processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel front and rear cameras with dual-tone LED flash, laser auto focus for the rear camera for capturing images faster and better even in low-lighting conditions. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone Selfie launched in India for Rs. 15999”

Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe launched in India for Rs. 22999

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Asus has launched Zenfone 2 Deluxe, the company’s latest high-end smartphone at the ZenFestival. The back cover made of the smartphone has a premium polygonal material. Other specifications are similar to the Zenfone 2 that was launched in India earlier this year, including a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display with Corning gorilla glass 3 protection, 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 processor , 13-megapixel rear PixelMaster camera with Real Tone flash, 5-megapixel front-facing camera and Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Zen UI.

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Microsoft rolls out Sway app for Windows 10, also available for PC and Office 365 users

Microsoft is expanding its presentation app Sway to more platforms. The app that was launched for iOS in June this year is now coming to Windows 10.

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Airtel launches pan-India 4G services in 296 towns

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After running 4G trails in several cities for the past few months, Airtel today launched its 4G services in 296 towns across India. Airtel launched its 4G TDD-LTE services in Kolkata back in 2012 and recently expanded its roll out to several cities. Airtel also offers integrated 4G services in some circles like Delhi NCR that uses both 2300MHz TDD-LTE (band 40) and 1800MHz FDD-LTE (band 3). Airtel 4G is available on mobile phones, dongles, 4G hotspots and Wi-Fi dongles in most cities. Continue reading “Airtel launches pan-India 4G services in 296 towns”

Google Slides for Android can now share presentations directly to Hangout video calls

Google has updated Slides app for Android with the ability to share presentations via Hangouts video call. The update will let you start a presentation from your smartphone or tablet instantly.

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New job listing suggests that Apple might be looking forward to expanding its apps and service beyond iOS and into Android territory

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A new listing has popped up on Apple’s website that gives us an insight on the company’s plans to expand to the Android territory as well. The job listing states “looking for engineers to help Apple bring exciting new mobile products to the Android platform.”

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Your fingerprints might be at risk – Hackers can apparently hack and steal them remotely from Android phones

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New research has revealed that hack into Android phones in order steal fingerprints on a large scale so our fingerprints might not be as safe as we think they are.

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Lenovo announces open sale for K3 Note on Aug 10th and 11th after selling over 2.5 lakh units

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Lenovo has announced that the K3 Note smartphone will be available without registrations through open sale on August 10 and 11th exclusively from Flipkart. The company launched the K3 Note smartphone on June 25th. It sold 47,440 units in the first flash sale on July 8th, 49,800 units (30,000 units in black and 19,800 units in white) in the second flash sale, 45,000 units (27,000 units in black and 18,000 units in white) in the third flash sale and 62,000 units in the fourth flash sale yesterday. Continue reading “Lenovo announces open sale for K3 Note on Aug 10th and 11th after selling over 2.5 lakh units”

Samsung to start rolling out monthly security updates for its Android devices

Samsung has announced that it will roll out “Android security update process” that fast tracks known security patches over-the-air (OTA) to devices.

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Google releases LMY48I Factory Images and Stagefright patch for Nexus devices

Google has released Factory Images for build LMY48I in order to fix the Stagefright security bug. The factory images are available for the Nexus 6, Nexus 9 (LTE and WiFi), Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (2013, WiFi), Nexus 10, and Nexus 4.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab E Review

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Samsung launched the Galaxy Tab E (SM-T561) in India for Rs. 16,900, along with the Galaxy Tab A in India that we reviewed recently. It has a large 9.6-inch display, comes with 3G support and also has voice calling capabilities, which is rare to see tables with a large screen. Is the tablet worth the price? Let us find out in the complete review.

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Lenovo Vibe X3 spotted on GFX benchmark

Lenovo was reported to be working on four smartphones –  Vibe X3, Vibe P1, Vibe P1 Pro and Vibe S1 at the beginning of this year. Images and specs of all these phones were leaked in February. Now, one of these phones viz, Vibe X3 has appeared on GFX benchmark.

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Intex Cloud 4G Star with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 13MP camera launched for Rs. 7299

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Intex has launched Cloud 4G Star, the company’s latest 4G smartphone. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735 64-bit processor and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Intex has partnered with Flipkart to sell the smartphone. Continue reading “Intex Cloud 4G Star with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 13MP camera launched for Rs. 7299”