LG has announced that it will start rolling out Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update for the G Pad (7.0/8.0/8.3/10.1) smartphones in Korea starting this month. It rolled out Lollipop update for the LG G3 smartphone last year and the GPad 8.3 Google Play Edition got the Lollipop update in December last year. Continue reading “LG to roll out Android 5.0 Lollipop update for the G Pads series starting this March”
Twitter has started experimenting with auto-play video feature on iPhone and iPad. The autoplay feature is just a test for a small percentage of Twitter’s user base in the U.S.
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Aircel has launched My First Internet service that would let you choose the best internet plan. This can be accessed using the USSD code *121*0#. This lets you identify a host of other things one can do or access using Aircel internet, including high-rated free applications for smartphones and also helps customers save internet settings. Continue reading “Aircel launches My First Internet service”
Google’s Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt has dismissed rumors about killing the Google Glass. He told The Wall Street Journal Google Glass is not dead, in fact it has started.
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Xiaomi has introduced a new 40-inch Mi TV 2, a year after introducing the first Mi TV 2 with a 49-inch 4K display. The new Mi TV 2 has a 40-inch (1920 x 1080) Full HD display from Sharp with 176-degree viewing angle. It is powered by a 1.45GHz quad-core MStar 6A908 Cortex-A9 processor, has 1.5GB RAM and supports a range of apps from the Mi Store. It lacks a microSD slot that was present on the 49-inch Mi TV 2 4K TV. Continue reading “Xiaomi introduces Mi TV 2 40-inch 1080p Smart TV for $322”
Honor, the global brand under Huawei has launched the Honor 4X smartphone in India. It was announced back in October last year, packs a 5.5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor with Adreno 306 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Emotion UI 3.0 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 4G LTE connectivity on both the SIM cards, including support for 4G LTE bands (TDD B40 2300MHz and FDD B3 1800MHz) for India. Continue reading “Honor 4X 4G smartphone launched in India for Rs. 10499”
Honor, the global brand under Huawei has launched the Honor 6 Plus smartphone in India, as it promised. The Honor 6 Plus was announced back in December last year. The main highlight of the smartphone is its unique dual 8-megapixel cameras on the back with dual LED flashes for effective pixel size to 1.98 microns resulting in sharper images. It also has an adjustable aperture that can be set between f/0.95 and f/16. Continue reading “Honor 6 Plus launched in India for Rs. 26499”
Cyanogen has received $80 million in latest round of funding from Premji Invest. This funding comes just a week after it was reported that the company raised $110 million.
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Zebronics has launched Zebpad 7t500 3G, the company’s latest tablet. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It comes with a 5-megapixel interpolated rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has 3G connectivity, dual SIM support, voice calling and FM Radio. Continue reading “Zebronics Zebpad 7t500 3G with 7-inch display, voice calling launched for Rs. 7490”
It looks like LG is giving a miss to the metal casing on its next flagship phone the G4. LG may not feature metal in the G4, according to a report from Zdnet Korea.
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Samsung and Microsoft has collaborated to expand later’s service on Android devices. Under the partnership, the Office apps will be pre-installed on some Samsung tablets running Android.
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Twitter has teamed up with Foursquare to provide tweets more precise locations, the micro logging site announced via a tweet. With the latest partnership users can tag specific locations to Tweets via official apps and the web.
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Although Instagram is a great photo sharing app it lacks one of the important feature of making photo collages. But this is about to change as the app has finally responded to every users constant request and launched a collage app. Dubbed as Layout, the app lets iPhone users combine up to nine photos in a single shot.
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With an aim to bolster its Appstore installs, Amazon is said to be launching a new “Unlocked” program, as per Tech Crunch. This service will offer paid apps and games absolutely free.
The report describes Unlocked as “Amazon Prime for apps,” and it would offer paid apps for free, and even unlock all in-app purchases for “free-to-play” games. Developers can leave Unlocked, and when they do, users will have to begin paying for in-app purchases again. Continue reading “Amazon planning to offer paid apps for free via “Unlocked” program”
In a bid to put more focus on digital privacy, BlackBerry has announced BBM Protected support for Android and iOS. This will allow those smartphone owners to access a more secure enterprise-based version of its BBM messaging service.
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