HTC renames BlinkFeed as Sense Home, adds new features, themes and more

HTC has updated its BlinkFeed app with a bunch of features and renamed it as Sense Home. The update now includes HTC Themes and the Sense Home widget.

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Google starts rolling out Android 5.1 Lollipop OTA update for Nexus 5 in India

Google Nexus 5 has started receiving Android 5.1 Lollipop OTA update in India. The company had released Android 5.1 factory images for Nexus 5, Nexus 10 and Nexus 7 (WiFi) last month.

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Xiaomi partners Alibaba’s finance arm for wearable payment service

Xiaomi Mi Band is about to offer something more than fitness health details.The smart wearable is all set to support mobile payment thanks to a new partnership with Alibaba’s payment service Alipay, as per a Reuters report.

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LinkedIn acquires Refresh iOS app that helps you prepare for professional meetings

LinkedIn has acquired Refresh, a startup that provides predictive insights before professional meetings with its iOS app. The financial terms of the deal has not been disclosed.

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SwiftKey for iPhone gets support for new languages, Tap Map feature and usage statistics

SwiftKey has updated its iPhone app with support for three new languages along with an addition of a new feature called Tap Map and usage statistics.

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Skype adds animated emoticons to Android and additional language support for iPhone

Skype has updated its Android and iOS apps with a handful of features. The Android app is being bumped up to version 5.3 and brings refreshed UI, animated emoticons and more.

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First Generation Moto X, Moto E , Moto G LTE to get Android 5.1 directly

Motorola has announced a good news for Motorola device owners. First generation Moto X, Moto E and Moto G LTE  are getting Android 5.0 Lollipop update.

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LG Display announces 5.5-inch Quad HD display, to be used in LG G4

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LG Display  has introduced a 5.5-inch QHD (Quad High Definition) IPS display panel for mobile devices. LG display has confirmed that the new Quad HD LCD panel will be unveiled with the forthcoming LG’s flagship smartphone to be launched at the end of the month. It is clear that the LG G4 scheduled to be unveiled on April 28th will use this display. Even the LG G3 used a 5.5-inch Quad HD display, but this will offer richer and more accurate colors with a 120 percent color gamut, compared to the 100 percent gamut that was present in the LG G3’s display , says LG Display. Continue reading “LG Display announces 5.5-inch Quad HD display, to be used in LG G4”

Microsoft Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 XL launching in India on April 7

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Microsoft has sent out invites for the launch of its new Lumia smartphone. The invite Lumia 640 with a tag line Inspiration doesn’t only work 9 to 5! Lumia 640 Dual SIM, Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM and Lumia 640 XL LTE Dual SIM are listed on the official Microsoft India website, so we can expect all these smartphones to launch next week. These smartphones were announced at the MWC last month.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Android 5.0 Lollipop update starts rolling out in India

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Samsung has started rolling out Android 5.0.1 (Lollipop) update for the Galaxy Note 4 in India. The Galaxy Note 4 smartphone was launched in India running on Android 4.4 (KitKat) back in October last year. The Samsung Galaxy Note Edge and the Galaxy S5 got the Android 5.0 Lollipop update in India last month. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Android 5.0 Lollipop update starts rolling out in India”

Micromax Unite 2 Android 5.0 Lollipop update to roll out starting April 7

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Micromax has announced that it will start rolling out Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update for its Unite 2 A106 smartphone starting from April 7th. It is one of the most successful smartphone from the company, which sol sold over 1.5 million units its since its launch last May. Micromax rolled out Lollipop update for its Canvas Xpress smartphone earlier this year, at that time it promised that it will roll out Lollipop update for Canvas series soon. Continue reading “Micromax Unite 2 Android 5.0 Lollipop update to roll out starting April 7”

HTC Desire 826 coming to India soon for Rs. 26200

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HTC unveiled the Desire 826 smartphone at the CES earlier this year. It is launching in India soon, according to Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom. It has a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display, is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor ( four Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.7 GHz per core and four clocked at 1.0 GHz) with Adreno 405 GPU and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop with HTC Sense UI on top.  Continue reading “HTC Desire 826 coming to India soon for Rs. 26200”

Periscope for iOS receives first update with new features and improvements

Twitter launched its live streaming app Periscope for iPhone last week and the micro blogging site is now rolling out first update to the app with new features and improvements.

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