Shazam is moving beyond music. The popular music recognition app has launched a new image recognition feature that allows users to scan images.
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HTC One M9 Benchmarks
HTC announced the One M9 smartphone at the MWC earlier this year. HTC did not release the smartphone in India, instead, it launched the One M9+ smartphone. The HTC One M9 is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 64-bit 28nm processor that has four bigger ARM Cortex A57 cores clocked at 2.0GHz per core and four smaller ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.6GHz per core with 650 MHz Adreno 430 GPU. It has 3GB RAM. It has a 5-inch 1080p display and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Sense 7.0 UI on top. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores.
Google exec seals the deal on “buy” button in mobile search
It official, Google search ads will soon feature a “buy” button. Omid Kordestani, SVP and Chief Business Officer, Google has confirmed that the “Buy” button will be soon integrated on mobile search results.
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Google Search on mobile to now surface iOS app content
Google has announced that it will now begin indexing content from iOS apps in mobile search results. The move comes from the company a month after it started suggesting users install Android apps right from its search results.
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YU YUPHORIA Battery Life Test
Micromax’s YU launched the YU YUPHORIA smartphone, successor of the YU YUREKA earlier this month, which went on sale in the first flash sale today. We already reviewed the smartphone, here we have the battery life test results of the smartphone. It packs a 2230mAh Lithium-Polymer removable battery, smaller than the Yu Yureka’s 2500mAh battery. It also has Quick Charging capabilities that charges the smartphone from 0 to 50% in 45 minutes. It has a 5-inch HD screen and is powered by a Snapdragon 410 SoC. We tested the phone in balanced battery mode, which is the default mode. Let us check out the test results. Continue reading “YU YUPHORIA Battery Life Test”
Coolpad Dazen 1 with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 6999
Coolpad Dazen has launched the Dazen 1, a budget smartphone in India along with the Dazen X7. It has a 5.0-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display, is powered by a Quad-Core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Cool UI 6. It features a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Coolpad Dazen 1 with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 6999”
Microsoft Office Lens app for Android hits Google Play Store
Microsoft has officially launched its Office Lens app for Android. The document scanning app was available in preview but has now landed in Google Play Store.
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Coolpad Dazen X7 with 5.2-inch 1080 display, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 17999
Coolpad has entered India with the launch of Dazen X7, the company’s flagship smartphone for India in the Dazen Brand. It has a 5.2-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, is powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat) with Cool UI 6. It has a 13-megapixel auto-focus rear camera with dual LED Flash and a 8-megapixel wide-angle front-facing camera. Continue reading “Coolpad Dazen X7 with 5.2-inch 1080 display, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 17999”
Google and Apple said to give its mobile payment services an overhaul
Google is said to announce a new mobile payment service at the I/O conference scheduled on 28 an 29 May. Now a new report from New York Times states that the search giant will launch Android Pay and revamp Google Wallet with different featuers.
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Google slashes price of Project Tango Tablet to US$512 – Now available without invitation
Google had initially sold the Project Tango Tablet Development Kit for US$ 1024 to people who received the invite back in April. But now they have slashed the price in half as it now costs just US$ 512 and is available without an invitation.
Apple working on Google Now rival “Proactive” for iOS 9
Apple is said to be working on a new feature that is code-named “Proactive”. The new tool will take the iPhone beyond its intellectual digital assistant Siri and enhance the user experience on iOS 9, according to 9to5Mac.
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Lenovo Smart Cast laser projector smartphone concept turns any surface into a virtual touch screen
Lenovo showcased Lenovo Smart Cast, a concept projector smartphone with a built-in laser projector at the Tech World. Compared to pico-projector seen on most of the smartphones, this has laser projector, infrared motion detector and high-performance algorithms to offer a virtual projection. It is the first ever technology combination opens a new world of interaction, said the company.
YotaPhone 3 and 2C under development – Might be announced sometime this year
While the YotaPhone 2 was announced back in February 2014 during MWC, the smartphone was delayed quite a bit and has only recently become available in many markets. In fact the YotaPhone 2 was announced prior to the original YotaPhone was made available worldwide. However it seems that the company is already working on the follow up to the YotaPhone 2 and this time there will be two devices – YotaPhone 3 and YotaPhone 2C.
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Asus ZenFone Selfie with 13 Megapixel front camera set for launch at Computex
Asus is one of the major brands that is set to make announcements at Computex which is happening in Taiwan from June 2nd to 5th. According to a new rumor, they are apparently set to launch a new smartphone called Asus ZenFone Selfie which is said to pack a 13 Megapixel front facing camera.
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GoPro set to release their first quadcopter during the first half of 2016
GoPro is by a far margin the market leader when it comes to action cameras. While there are several competitors, none of them offer a package as complete and reliable as GoPro does. But there is one department where it is yet to enter and that is the drone market. But it seems that wont be the case for much longer as GoPro is apparently planning to release their first quadcopter during the first half of 2016.
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