Microsoft announced last month that it is bringing Cortana to Android and iOS this year. Today, the company has announced that it will bring the digital assistant to Android beta in July and Xbox One this fall.
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DxO, the company behind the famous camera benchmarking site dxomark is set to announce a new lens style camera that can be attached to your smartphone. It has a 1 inch sensor and is a product that is very similar to the Sony QX10 and QX100 products from Sony.
Meizu introduced the m2 note, successor of the m1 note earlier this month. We already brought you the unboxing 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 2GB DDR3 RAM, 5.5-inch 1080p display and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Flyme OS on top. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores.
LG is said to be working on a new Nexus smartphone, as per a news report from South Korea based publication iNews24. The next generation Nexus phone will sport a 3D camera, said the report.
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The Chinese invasion of the Indian smartphone market was helmed early on by the likes of Gionee. Somewhere between the price wars and the somewhat lackluster high end products, the brand never managed to gain the favor of high end smartphone buyers. Sure, the company has done exceedingly well in the mid to low end segment with record breaking turnovers that the enigmatic head of Gionee’s Indian business is proud to trumpet but the higher end has remained elusive. While the company has regularly produced ultra slim devices, with the Elife S7, Gionee hasn’t broken any world records and this very well might be for good reason. All said and done, we went over the handset with a fine toothed comb to ascertain whether the company has learnt from its mistakes and has finally created a high end product that can be wholeheartedly recommended. Did it succeed? Read on to find out. Continue reading “Gionee Elife S7 Review”
Square Enix has announced Lara Croft GO, a turn-based puzzle game for Android, iPhone and iPad at the E3 2015. This game is developed by Square Enix Montréal, the team behind the Hitman GO, which is also a turn-based puzzle game that was released last year. The team have been working closely with Crystal Dynamics, the studio behind the Tomb Raider franchise, to stay true to such a unique and iconic character in video games. Continue reading “Lara Croft GO turn-based puzzle game for Android, iPhone and iPad releasing this year”
The developers at doubletwist have come up with a new app called CloudPlay that lets you stream music from your Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive accounts. It is aimed at freeing users from the various limitations that come with other cloud based music players.
Twitter is following the footsteps of Facebook and Instagram by bringing autoplay videos and GIF to your timeline. Autoplay videos will first go live on iOS and will soon come to web and Android.
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Snapeal is about to secure a major round of funding. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Foxconn Technology Group are in advanced talks to jointly invest about $500 million in Snapdeal.com, according to Wall Street Journal report.
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Locating a USB cable every time you need to transfer a file to your smartphone can become quite irritating. The developers behind Pushbullet, the app that easily lets you send across links, SMS messages and notifications across your computer and phone, have seemingly launched a new app to solve that very problem. Continue reading “Pushbullet Portal allows easy file transfers between PC and Android devices”
If you thought that the Z4 and Z3+ names were confusing, then now things just got even more confusing thanks to the latest product announcement from Sony. The Z4v is essentially a Z3+/Z4 but that is built exclusively for Verizon and also has a QHD screen that sets it apart from the former two models.
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HTC has one of the better custom interfaces out there when it comes to Android skins. Ever since Sense UI 5, the company has introduced a special feature called BlinkFeed that can essentially be considered an endless feed of your social life, content based on your interests and if the Taiwanese company’s trial succeeds, then promotional adverts as well. Continue reading “HTC begins test pilot of promotions in BlinkFeed app”
Modular phones and the use of ecologically friendly materials has increasingly been in focus with Project Ara being one of the first serious attempts at making modular phones a reality. But if Dutch company, Fairphone, has its way, they might just beat Google’s project to the market. With the Fairphone 2, the company has a product that not only uses ethically sourced materials but is also easily repairable due to the modular nature of the construction. Continue reading “Fairphone 2 uses ethically sourced materials, brings easy repairs via modular design”
Every time a Japan exclusive phone releases, it makes our heart flutter with joy and despair as it is always something really interesting and unique but we know that we will never see it elsewhere in the world. The latest smartphone from Fujitsu is no exception either as the Arrows F-04G is the first smartphone to pack an iris recognition authentication.
Eyefi has long been the go-to solution for users wanting to add wireless capabilities to their cameras but it has required users to purchase one of their own WiFi enabled SD cards. With more and more cameras shipping with WiFi built into them, Eyefi has announced that you’ll now be able to interface with GoPro and Olympus cameras to transfer images from them via the Eyefi application. Continue reading “Eyefi adds wireless transfer support for GoPro and Olympus cameras”
