Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 Photo Gallery

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Samsung announced the Galaxy Mega 2, its latest Galaxy Mega series smartphone in September. The 6-inch phablet then went on sale in India last month for Rs 20,900. We have already seen the unboxing of the Mega 2, now lets take a detailed look at the hardware of the smartphone. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 Photo Gallery”

Samsung Gear S pre-booking starts in India

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Samsung launched its Gear S Smartwatch with built-in SIM card slot in India last month for Rs. 28,900. Now Samsung has started taking pre-orders for the smartwatch in India on their official eStore. The Gear S has a 2-inch (360 x 480 pixels) curved Super AMOLED display, comes with a 1GHz dual-core processor and enables you to interdependently make and receive calls, without connecting to a device and also offers 3G support.  Continue reading “Samsung Gear S pre-booking starts in India”

Motorola Moto Maxx live images surface ahead of Nov 5 announcement

Motorola Moto Maxx leak

Last week Motorola scheduled an event on November 5th in Brazil to launch the Moto Maxx, which is expected to be the global variant of the Motorola Droid Turbo that was announced exclusively for Verizon in the U.S. last week.  Few hours back live images of the smartphone surfaced on Google+, but it was removed afterwards. Android Police has got hold of the images, which shows the smartphone in black color. Continue reading “Motorola Moto Maxx live images surface ahead of Nov 5 announcement”

LG G3 Beat Benchmarks

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LG launched the G3 Beat smartphone in India back in September. We brought you the unboxing of the smartphone recently, here we have the benchmarks of the G3 Beat. The phone is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 400 (MSM8928) processor with ARM Cortex-A7 cores clocked at 1.19 GHz per core. It  has Adreno 305 GPU. It has a 5-inch (1280 × 720 pixels) HD IPS display, runs on Android 4.4.2 (KitKat) and has 1GB of RAM. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores. Continue reading “LG G3 Beat Benchmarks”

Google Calendar app gets smarter with new look and features

Google is continuing the updating process of its core apps with a fresh look thanks to Material Design. Earlier today, it gave Gmail a revamp and now the company is adding a slew of features to its Calendar app.

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Gionee Marathon M3 with 5000mAh battery, 5-inch HD display now available in India for Rs. 13999

Gionee Marathon M3

Gionee Marathon M3, the company’s latest smartphone in the M series and the successor of Gionee M2 is now available from eBay in India. This packs a huge 5000mAh battery, compared to the 4200 mAh battery in the Gionee M2. It has a 5-inch HD display, powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to its predecessor. Continue reading “Gionee Marathon M3 with 5000mAh battery, 5-inch HD display now available in India for Rs. 13999”

Google takes submissions for Android TV apps on Play Store

Developers can now publish apps for Android TV on the Google Play Store. Google has published some guidelines for developing apps for Android TV, which can be found on the Android Developer Blog.

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Google pushes Android 5.0 Lollipop source code to AOSP

Android 5.0 Lollipop source code is being uploaded to Android Open Source Project (AOSP). The release comes at the same time when Nexus 9 tablet is available online from Google Play Store.

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Gmail for Android gets Material Design, support for other email platforms and more

Gmail for Android has been updated with Material Design and a bunch of new features. The version 5.0 gets a modern design along with more cleaner and colorful UI.

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HTC One M8 and M7 to receive Android 5.0 Lollipop update in 90 days

HTC had first announced last month that One M8 and M7 will receive Android 5.0 update “within 90 days of receiving final software from Google.” Today, the company has revealed that it has received the source code for Lollipop.

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WiFi now available across 150 London Underground stations

It was only a couple of years ago that we had no way of staying in contact when travelling beneath the streets of London but one lasting legacy of the 2012 Olympics Games has been Tube WiFi. Provided by Virgin Media, the service began shortly before the launch of the 2012 Games with a handful of stations but is now available in 150 in total.

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To mark the occasion, the folks over at Virgin Media have created a rather stylish infographic showing some pretty impressive statistics for WiFi-usage on the Underground. One such stat is that there are now 2.5 million devices registered and there is more than 3 terabytes (1,000 GB) worth of data consumed on the network each day.

The top 10 busiest stations are: Euston, Warren Street, Oxford Circus, Green Park, Bank, Victoria, London Bridge, Waterloo, Canada Water and King’s Cross St. Pancras (which is the busiest station with an average of 50GB data downloaded per day). Unsurprisingly these are all underground where there is no cellular signal.

The six recently added stations include Wimbledon, Morden, Richmond, Barking, Upminster and East Ham. London Underground Wi-Fi is available without charge to Virgin Media broadband and mobile subscribers and EE, Vodafone, O2 and Three customers. Joe Lathan, Director of Broadband at Virgin Media, said:

This is a milestone moment for Virgin Media with 150 Tube stations and more than two and a half million devices now connected to WiFi on London Underground. Tube passengers have loved the WiFi service ever since we launched in time for London 2012. Now they can benefit from live travel information, news and social media in Tube stations across the capital.

Gareth Powell, London Underground’s Director of Strategy and Service Development, said:

WiFi on the Tube is one of many ways we’re improving our customers’ journeys and the service has moved from strength to strength since it launched in time for the London 2012 Olympic Games. We’re delighted that 150 stations on the Tube now have WiFi which will help our customers benefit from live travel information, news and social media while they are on the move across the capital.

Check out the full infographic below.

Samsung adds Stamp Cards to company’s digital Wallet

Samsung has added Stamp Cards service to Samsung Wallet that was launched last year. Stamp Cards are loyalty cards that allows a customer either discounts on a current purchase or allots points for future purchases.

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