Phil Spencer will head Xbox, promises increased gaming focus on all Microsoft platforms

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The Xbox division at Microsoft was caught in a flux after Don Mattrick, the previous head, left the company for Zynga. Julie-Larson Greene then took over along with other hardware divisions like Surface until she was reassigned to user experience recently. And then Marc Whitten, who was all set to become the head of Xbox, left the company for Sonos, so now, the baton has been passed on to the head of Microsoft Studios, Phil Spencer. Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO, announced this and other changes over a company-wide email, welcoming all the new heads into the senior leadership team. Phil Spencer will be leading the Xbox team responsible for Xbox – the console, Xbox Music & Video and Microsoft Studios.

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Apple to increase iOS App Store prices in India, Australia and more countries

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Apple had already altered international App Store pricing to bring them in line with current exchange rates. This time Apple has decided to increase the price of apps in the App Store in order to compensate for changes in foreign exchange rates, reports TechCrunch. Apple would make changes to retail rates for Australian dollar, Indian rupee, Indonesian rupiah, Turkish lira, and South African rand. Apple current charges Rs. 55 for $0.99 as exchange rate in the Indian App Store. Continue reading “Apple to increase iOS App Store prices in India, Australia and more countries”

Samsung launches Buy Back and EMI offers for its Galaxy Tab 3 range

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Samsung has launched new buy back and EMI plans for their Galaxy Tab 3 series, including their latest Galaxy Tab 3 Neo tablet. Back in December Samsung launched Stay New ownership plan for its flagship Galaxy devices that lets users buy flagship Galaxy devices at low EMIs and Easy Buyback offers. Continue reading “Samsung launches Buy Back and EMI offers for its Galaxy Tab 3 range”

Apple launches iPad Air and iPad mini with TD-LTE for China

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Apple has launched TD-LTE variants of the iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display in China. This would brings both TD-SCDMA and TD-LTE support along with standard GSM and WiFi capabilities. Apple already sells WiFi + Cellular variant of the iPad Air and iPad mini in China with support for GSM and CDMA. The LTE model is also priced similar to the CDMA variant. Continue reading “Apple launches iPad Air and iPad mini with TD-LTE for China”

Lenovo Vibe Z camera tips and tricks

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We had earlier taken a look at the photo gallery and hardware walkthrough of the Vibe Z and even saw how the camera on the latest Lenovo flagship worked, in our camera review. But, as with any camera, there is always a bit of a learning curve, and over the course of traversing that path, some options become more apparent and useful. On the same note, we did find some really useful tips and tricks, involving workarounds for minor issues and overall knowledgeable execution of the camera, so here they are, the top 5 tips and tricks for the Lenovo Vibe Z’s camera.

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Gionee Elife S5.5 vs Elife E7 Comparison

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At the launch of the Gionee Elife S5.5, Gionee President, William Lu and Head of Operations, Arvind Vohra, were quick to point out that the company wants to create two distinct lines of flagship level devices. While the earlier launched E series is for the camera centric, performance focussed devices. The S series is aimed at the fashion conscious and imbibes smart capabilities with stylish sensibilities. This is very evident from the outset and here we list out some of the differentiating criteria between the two devices. Continue reading “Gionee Elife S5.5 vs Elife E7 Comparison”

Gionee Elife S5.5 Photo Gallery

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Gionee had introduced the world’s slimmest Smartphone, the Elife S5.5, to India, at a huge event in Goa today. Powered by a MediaTek Octa Core processor, the Elife S5.5 will sell for a price of Rs. 22,999, but that tiny detail aside, the device is all about design and engineering. The svelte frame, machined at a stunningly thin 5.55 mm of thickness makes the device look really appealing to see as well as touch. Sporting a 5 inch 1080p screen, the device looks like a sleek slab from the front as well as the sides. It’s styled well, with a minimalistic approach to design, and evidences of it being too thin show up, especially with the camera module. The frame itself is an engineering marvel, as we had seen when we went hands on with the phone at the Mobile World Congress event, where it was introduced to the world. Today, we had our chance to have a look at it again, but this time, without the intrusive cables. Skip past the break for some photos of this gorgeous device.

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OnePlus One CyanogenMod OS 11S shows up in leaked images

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OnePlus, a new company from China has been teasing its first phone for the past few months.  It already revealed the complete specifications of the smartphone, but it did no reveal how the phone or the software would look. It has also tied up with CyanogenMod Inc. to provide for OS. Engadget has got hold of first screenshots of the Android KitKat based OS that would be called CyanogenMod 11S. Continue reading “OnePlus One CyanogenMod OS 11S shows up in leaked images”

Dell Venue 8 Photo Gallery

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Dell Venue 8 was launched as the company’s first 7-inch Android tablet powered by a Intel Atom processor. It is priced at Rs. 17,499. We already brought you the unboxing and the benchmarks of the tablet, here we have the photo gallery of the tablet to view it from all the angles. It is powered by a 2 GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2580 processor with PowerVR SGX 544 MP2 GPU. Continue reading “Dell Venue 8 Photo Gallery”

Reliance launches new international roaming packs

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Reliance Communications (RCom) has launched two new International Roaming Pack – Unique UK and Fabulous Five for its post-paid GSM customers. The Unique UK would offer up to 96% dicount on data usage and up to 82% on outgoing voice calls to India while roaming in the U.K. The pack costs Rs. 849 for one month. You pay Rs. 25 local outgoing calls/min, call back to India and for 1 MB of data usage while roaming in the UK. Incoming calls are charged at Rs. 15/min and outgoing SMS charges cost Rs. 10 each. Continue reading “Reliance launches new international roaming packs”

Reliance Jio to offer voice services along with data using 4G

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Reliance Jio Infocomm, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) would launch voice services along with high-speed data services on 4G, reports The Economic Times. Since the company own both 2300 MHz and 1800 MHz spectrums, it would mix airwaves to offer both high-speed data and voice services. Continue reading “Reliance Jio to offer voice services along with data using 4G”

Google reportedly makes ‘Powered By Android’ boot logo mandatory

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Samsung Galaxy S5 and the HTC One M8 had “Powered By Android” logo at the bottom of the boot screen. Google has made it mandatory for all the Android devices as a part of Google Mobile Services agreement, according to a report from Geek.com. All the devices that are part of GMS has Google Play Store, Mail etc. Logo placement also has its own separate set of guidelines from Google. Continue reading “Google reportedly makes ‘Powered By Android’ boot logo mandatory”

Cut the Rope 2 finally arrives for Android

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ZeptoLab, the creators of popular Cut the Rope games has released Cut the Rope 2 for Android finally. It was released for iPhone and iPad back in December last year, and the company promised to release the game for Android in early 2014. In this new game, Om Nom breaks out of his box and travels through lush forests, busy cities, junkyards and underground tunnels for Candy. The game also features little green monsters, Roto, Lick, Blue, Toss and Boo, that acts as candy collecting helpers. Continue reading “Cut the Rope 2 finally arrives for Android”

BBM for Windows Phone coming in Q2 2014

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BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) for iPhone and Android arrived last October. Both these apps got 10 million downloads in just 24 hours after resumed the launch of BBM for Android and iPhone in October last year after some issues. BlackBerry announced that it added 20 million new users a week after its roll out. At that time BlackBerry said it had 80 million monthly active users.

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RAVPower Wireless Charger Review

Wireless charging still hasn’t become main stream, yet there are number of devices that support Wireless charging mainly through Qi inductive wireless charging. Some of the top phones that support wireless charging are Google Nexus 4, Google Nexus 5, Nokia Lumia 920 and a few others. Other phones have an option of getting a wireless charging case. Though the phones are less in number, the number of wireless charger options are quite a few and today, we have one among them – RAVPower Wireless Charger.

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