Instagram announced in October last year that it will roll out ads to users in the US. Today, the popular photo sharing app has started an international roll out to the UK, Canada and Australia.
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Oppo unveiled few details about the N1 mini last month ahead of its launch event. Today at an event in Beijing the company unveiled the N1 mini, a compact version of its last year’s flagship Oppo N1. The N1 mini has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display from JDI, powered by a 1.6 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Android based Color OS 1.4. It has a 13-megapixel rotating camera with 1/3.2″ Sony IMX214 stacked sensor, 6-element lens, f/2.0 aperture and LED flash. Continue reading “Oppo N1 mini with 13MP rotating camera announced, specifications detailed”
Facebook has poached PayPal’s president David Marcus to oversee its Messenger unit. Marcus, who was president of PayPal for a little over two years, will join Facebook as vice president of messaging products.
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Amazon is expected to launch its 3D gesture based smartphone on June 18th. Now, several reports are suggesting that Microsoft is eyeing to introduce Kinect like motion tracking technology in next Windows Phones.
The “internet of things” revolution is only getting started, but there are so many fitness bands out there already. Fitbits, Fuelbands, Smartbands and so on have flooded the market so it’s up to the makers to differentiate themselves in unique ways, which the makers of Goqii have exactly done. Goqii is not just a Fitness band, it’s also a service, which provide expert advice and even a personal trainer, if needed. There is also the usual gamification of fitness, but this time using “Karma” you can actually donate money to charities. These additional services and features are the Goqii’s USPs, so if you are a prospective buyer, what do you get in the box? Let our unboxing video answer that for you –
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Oppo has unveiled Oppo R3, the company’s latest smartphone in the R series at an event in Beijing. It has a 5-inch ( 1280 x 720 pixels) display, powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Android with Color OS on top. It is just 6.3mm thick and has magnesium alloy body. Oppo claims that this is the world’s thinnest 4G smartphone. Continue reading “Oppo R3 with 5-inch HD display, 6.3 mm slim body announced”
In a move that should’ve been implemented a long time back, Apple has started banning applications that reward users for incessant sharing on social channels. Applications that unlock in-game/app achievements for watching videos will also suffer the same fate. Several high profile games like Candy Crush are now in violation of Apple’s new rules and might have to undergo significant retooling. Continue reading “Apple drops the ban hammer on apps that reward IAPs for social sharing, video views”
ZTE has announced its plans to expand operations in India by launching six new smartphones this year. The Chinese telecom maker made its debut in India last year in July by launching smartphones and 3G data cards.
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Japanese carrier NTT Docomo has unveiled a new device called Portable SIM that aims to replace SIM cards in smartphones and tablets. This would let you wireless activate any compatible smartphone or a tablet with securely stored subscriber identity information on the device. This portable authentication device is still in prototype stage, so it is not yet compatible with any smartphone or tablet currently on the market. But this could be incorporated in wearable devices in the future says the company. Continue reading “NTT Docomo unveils Portable SIM, wearable tech that could replace SIM cards”
Micromax is considering to enter the growing wearables market, according to the Times of India. The company’s newly appointed Chairman Sanjay Kapoor stated that Micromax could expand its offerings beyond smartphones and tablets and foray into wearable devices and machine-to-machine products.
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Last month reports suggested that Facebook is working on a Snapchat competitor Slingshot. The ephemeral messaging app enables users to send disappearing photo and video messages.Facebook launched Slingshot today on the Apple App store but then took it down after some time.
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Samsung has announced Galaxy Core Lite (SM-G3586V), the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the Galaxy series with LTE support in Taiwan. It has a 4.7-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Core Lite with 4.7-inch display, LTE support announced”
iOS 8 which was announced at the WWDC last weeks packs bunch of new cool features and focuses more on security. Now, another important feature related to protecting user location has been discovered by security expert Frederic Jacobs.
Microsoft has announced that it will soon give Skype for iPhone a major makeover in about a week’s time. The latest 5.0 update will make the Skype app for iPhone five times faster than the current app along with fewer lags.
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Steve Stroughton Smith, the well known iOS developer today confirmed what was already suspected for quite some time. Apple’s beta release of iOS 8 includes code that will allow users to run applications in a split screen configuration. The implementation is expected to allow users to easily move data from one app to the other. Continue reading “iOS 8 includes code for running split screen applications”
