Apple released iOS 9.1 update for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch earlier this week that added over 184 new emoji characters with full support for Unicode 7.0 and 8.0 emojis. iOS also became the first operating system to include every single emoji in the Unicode Standard. Google didn’t include new emojis in the latest Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update. Continue reading “New emojis are coming to Android soon”
HTC announced Grip, its GPS enabled wearable fitness tracker at the MWC 2015 in partnership with Under Armour. Earlier this year HTC said that it will launch the fitness tracker later this year. Recent reports said that HTC has scrapped the Grip, now the company has confirmed that it will launch early next year. Continue reading “HTC Grip wearable fitness tracker delayed till Q1 2016”
This week Sony launched its flagship Xperia Z5 Dual and Xperia Z5 Premium Dual smartphones in India. Both smartphones were announced at the IFA last month in Berlin last month. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Sony Xperia Z5, Z5 Premium, Lenovo P1, P1m, Apple iPad mini 4, HTC One A9 and more”
Panache brand by Vardhaman Technology has launched Air PC, a compact PC-on-stick similar to the Intel Compute Stick, running full Windows 10 earlier this month. How different is the Air PC from the Intel Compute Stick, let us find out in the review.
Lenovo on Wednesday launched its big battery smartphones in India – the Lenovo Vibe P1 and the Vibe P1m, priced at Rs. 15,999 and Rs. 7,999 respectively. Apart from carrying a huge battery inside, the two Lenovo smartphones are very different in every other aspect. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe P1 vs Vibe P1m – What’s Different?”
BlackBerry Priv, the company’s first Android smartphone with a slide-out Keyboard is now available for pre-order in the US, Canada and UK, as expected. It packs a 5.4-inch Quad HD AMOLED display, is powered by an Hexa-core Snapdragon 808 processor and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) with BlackBerry’s own features and apps, including DTEK by BlackBerry for Android that lets you know when your privacy could be at risk so you can take action to improve it. It has an 18-megapixel rear camera with dual tone LED flash, OIS, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “BlackBerry Priv Android Slider now available for pre-order in the US at $699 and UK at £559”
Creative has launched Sound Blaster FRee, it’s latest portable Bluetooth speaker in India. The main highlight of the speaker is that it has IPX4-certified splash proof design. When placed the speaker upright, it offers 360-degree sound, even though it is compact. It uses Bluetooth 4.0 to connect to devices, has Multi-point Bluetooth that allows up to two connections at once.
Google Chrome has updated its iOS app with new iOS 9 multi tasking feature. The latest update that bumps the app to version 46.0 brings Split View multitasking feature to iPad Air 2 or mini 4.
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Samsung Galaxy On5 (SM-G550F) briefly appeared on the Samsung India website earlier this week. Now the Galaxy On7 (SM-G600) has been listed on Samsung China website (Via) that also confirms the Galaxy On5. The Galaxy On5 and Galaxy On7 smartphones have 5-inch and 5.5-inch HD displays, respectively. The Galaxy On5 is powered by a quad-core Exynos 3475 processor and has a 8-megapixel rear camera, but the Galaxy On7’s quad-core processor is clocked at 1.2GHz (could be Snapdragon 410) and it has a 13-megapixel rear camera.
Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy On5 and Galaxy On7 4G smartphones go official in China”
Samsung is said to reduce its workforce by 5% in India over the next few months according to the latest report. The lay offs will mainly affect the managerial-level executives and factory and blue-collar workers.
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SwiftKey has released a new version 6.0 update for its Beta version that brings a lot of new features. New Double-Word Prediction feature will now predict the next two words you’re likely to type at the same time. It just shows two words in your usual prediction bar, instead on one and will offer 2x better input performance, says the company. Continue reading “SwiftKey 6.0 Beta for Android brings double-word prediction, new emoji panel and more”
Xolo has sent out invite for the launch its new BLACK series smartphone that will called the BLACK 1X. The invite doesn’t reveal any details about the new BLACK series smartphone. The company will unveil the smartphone on Twitter (@MyXOLO) on October 28th from 12PM to 1PM, similar to what it did for the Omega series smartphones back in December last year. Continue reading “Xolo BLACK 1X launching on October 28”
Sony has announced its plans to open a new smartphone factory in Pathum Thani Province in Thailand. This will be the first smartphone manufacturing plant in 20 years from the struggling smartphone maker.
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There were reports of Apple launching the Apple Watch in India in September, but it didn’t happen. Apple launched its flagship iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus smartphones in India last week. Today Apple Watch page on Apple India website has been updated from “coming soon” tag to “Available 6/11”, which is November 6th. Continue reading “Apple Watch launching in India on November 6”
iPhone users were facing battery drain issues due to Facebook’s iOS app. Ari Grant, Engineer Manager at Facebook has admitted to the issue and released an update to fix it.
Continue reading “Facebook iOS app updated to fix battery drain issue”
