LG Watch Urbane LTE with VoLTE calling and NFC payments announced

LG Watch Urbane LTE

LG has announced LG Watch Urbane LTE, few days after it introduced its LG Watch Urbane Android Wear smartwatch with metal build. This has the same 1.3-inch (320 x 320 pixels) P-OLED Display and has metal build, but it runs on LG’s own wearable platform with new UX and not Android Wear. It comes with voLTE voice calling support since it has a speaker and a microphone and also comes with NFC support for easy payments. Continue reading “LG Watch Urbane LTE with VoLTE calling and NFC payments announced”

Google updates Calendar for Android with 7 day view, drive integration and more

Google has updated Calendar app for Android with a number of new features and improvements. Most of the features have been added thanks to feedback from Google Calendar users.

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Google rolls out new tools for Android for Work

With an aim to boost use of Android in enterprise market, Google has launched “Android for Work”. Google first announced Android for Work back at its I/O conference in June 2014, but is officially launching its products now.

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Samsung begins mass production of 128GB UFS 2.0 flash memory for next-gen flagship smartphones

Samsung 128GB UFS 2.0 memory

Samsung today announced that they have started producing world’s first 128GB ultra-fast embedded flash memory based on Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 2.0 standard for next-generation flagship smartphones. The company already has 128GB eMMC Pro that uses eMMC 4.5 standard, this one uses UFS 2.0 standard, which promises better sequential read and write performance, closer to SSD and 50 percent decrease in energy consumption. Continue reading “Samsung begins mass production of 128GB UFS 2.0 flash memory for next-gen flagship smartphones”

Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) with 4.5-inch qHD display, Android 5.0 announced

Moto E 2nd Gen

Motorola has announced Moto E (2nd Gen), successor of the first generation Moto E that was introduced last year. The new Moto E has a slightly larger 4.5-inch display, but has the same qHD resolution. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 SoC, comes with 4G LTE connectivity and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera without flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It also comes with 3G variant (XT1505) that has a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 SoC. Continue reading “Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) with 4.5-inch qHD display, Android 5.0 announced”

Kingston 64GB microSDXC UHS-I U3 memory card Review

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Kingston introduced its 64GB Class 10 UHS-I Speed Class 3 (U3) microSD for smartphones and tablets last month. It is not available in India yet, but we manged to get one for review before it launches here. Since it is a UHS-1 U3 (Ultra High-Speed Bus, Speed Class 3) card, it is rated for a minimum 30MB/s read/write speed as recommended by the SD Association, but Kingston promises 90MB/s read and 80MB/s write speed. We reviewed Kingston’s 128GB UHS-1 Class 10 microSD card recently, which offered great speed than we expected, let us find out how the 64GB card performs. Continue reading “Kingston 64GB microSDXC UHS-I U3 memory card Review”

Pan-India Mobile Number Portability will be available from May 3

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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had released recommendations for Pan-India Mobile Number Portability (MNP) back in September 2013. At that time it said that it would recommend 6 months for the operators to roll out full MNP across the country. Later on 3rd November it had issued amendment to implement Full MNP in the country in 6 months from the date of amendment, i.e 3rd May. Today it has made some changes to it and issued a 6th amendment to the Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability Regulations, 2009. Continue reading “Pan-India Mobile Number Portability will be available from May 3”

Microsoft to discontinue support for Google and Facebook Chat on Outlook.com

Microsoft will discontinue support for Facebook Chat and Google Chat in Outlook.com. In an email to Outlook.com customers, Microsoft said it is removing Google Talk integration “due to Google’s decision to discontinue the chat protocol used by the Google Talk platform.”.

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Apple ordered by Jury to pay $532.9 million in patent trial

Apple has been ordered by the Jury to pay $533 million for infringing patents with iTunes, as per a report from Bloomberg. The company was asked to pay for infringing three patents owned by Smartflash, a Texas-based patent licensing company.

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Microsoft Band updated with new features, keyboard and more

Microsoft has released a major update to its health and fitness band. Launched in October last year, the Microsoft Band is getting more fitness and productivity features and greater integration with other applications and services to better achieve their goals.

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Xiaomi Mi 4 Battery Life Test

Xiaomi Mi 4 One Charge Rating

Xiaomi launched the Mi 4, the company’s flagship smartphone in India few weeks back for Rs. 19,999 and the 64GB variant went on sale earlier this week for Rs. 23,999. We already brought you the complete review of the Mi 4, here we have the battery life test results of the smartphone. Check out our battery test procedure before checking out the test results.

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Opera Max App Pass lets you access Android apps for free

Opera launched the Opera Max last year for Android and rolled out to several countries across Europe and Asia. The data-saving Android app has added a new feature that allows mobile operators to offer users free access to select apps for a set period of time.

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