Facebook testing away message feature for Messenger app

Facebook is testing a new feature for its Messenger app that brings back the ‘away’ status option. The sidebar feature would allow users to show their current status and in turn see if their friends are online or away.

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Xiaomi Mi 4 16GB and 64GB price drops to Rs. 17999 and Rs. 21999 in India

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Xiaomi recently announced a temporary price cut of Rs. 2,000 for Mi 4 variant during Mi Fan Festival on April 8th. Today the company has implemented permanent price cut for both the variants of the Mi 4. The 16GB variant is now available for Rs. 17,999, down from the launch price of Rs. 19,999 and the 64GB variant is available for Rs. 21,999, down from the launch price of Rs. 23,999. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4 16GB and 64GB price drops to Rs. 17999 and Rs. 21999 in India”

Google rolls out Handwriting Input Keyboard app with support for 82 languages

Google has launched Handwriting Input Keyboard app that supports 82 languages and 20 distinct scripts. As the name suggests, the app lets you handwrite text on your Android phone or tablet without the use of a stylus.

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Ola raises $400 million in latest round of funding from DST Global and others

Ola has secured $400 million in latest round of funding from DST Global with participation from GIC, Falcon Edge Capital and existing investors SoftBank Group, Tiger Global Management, Steadview Capital and Accel Partners US.

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 code named Xiaomi H3Y, may sport 1080p display

A latest rumor has suggested that Xiaomi is expected to launch a new phone at the event. Specs of a Xiaomi H3Y have been leaked which is said to be the Redmi Note 2.

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Huawei P8max with 6.8-inch 1080p display, Octa-Core 64-bit processor announced

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Huawei also announced P8max, a new smartphone in the P series along with the P8. It has a 6.8-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) JDI IPS-Neo full HD display with 83% screen-to-body ratio and Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection, is powered by Huawei’s own Octa-Core Hisilicon Kirin 930/935 processor with Mali-T628 MP4 GPU and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Huawei own Emotion UI 3.1 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with OIS, dual-tone flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Huawei P8max with 6.8-inch 1080p display, Octa-Core 64-bit processor announced”

Huawei P8 with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 6.4mm slim metallic body announced

Huawei P8

Huawei has announced P8, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the P series. It has a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) full HD IPS display with 78.3% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Huawei’s own octa-core Hisilicon Kirin 930/935 processor with Mali-T628 MP4 GPU and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Huawei own Emotion UI 3.1 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with OIS, dual-tone flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has spill-resistant nano coating. Continue reading “Huawei P8 with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 6.4mm slim metallic body announced”

Infocus M2 Benchmarks

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Infocus launched its Infocus M2 smartphone in India last month for Rs. 4999. We already brought you the unboxing and photo gallery of the smartphone. Here we have the benchmarks.  It is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor with four ARM Cortex A7 cores and Mali 400 GPU, similar to most other budget smartphones.It has 4.2 Inch (1280 × 768 pixels) display, 1GB RAM and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with InLife UI. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.

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Motorola Moto Turbo Battery Life Test

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Motorola launched the Moto Turbo in India last month for Rs. 41,999. We already brought you the complete review of the smartphone, here we have the battery life test results of the smartphone. The Moto Turbo packs a 3900mAh built-in battery. It has a 5.2-inch (1440×2560 pixels) AMOLED display, has a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop).

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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Photo Gallery

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Samsung announced the Galaxy S6 Edge at MWC last month and was launched in India starting Rs 58,900. We already went hands on with the phone at MWC event and have seen the unboxing and benchmarks of the phone recently. Now let’s take a look at the hardware of the phone in the form of photo gallery.

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Angry Birds Fight! for Android, iPhone and iPad launching globally this Spring

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Rovio has officially announced Angry Birds Fight!, the first cultural mash-up game from the company after it was soft launched in Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. It is a match-3 frenzy where you take on other players in real-time battles of strategic, bird swapping agility.You need to race against the clock to match as many panels as possible to power up your bird for the fight. Continue reading “Angry Birds Fight! for Android, iPhone and iPad launching globally this Spring”