Amazon Echo now available without an invite for US$179.99

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Amazon Echo is a smart speaker that doubles up as a virtual assistant. It was announced by Amazon late last year in November. It was a pretty neat piece of tech but the issue is that hardly anyone had access to it since it was based on an invite only system of purchase. Now happily that invite system has been removed and everyone can get their hands on the device.

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LG G4 sets a new record for world’s longest selfie relay chain

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LG has just set a new record with their flagship G4 smartphone. They have just set a record for most consecutive selfies taken thanks to 2500 people.

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T-Mobile is now offering free memory upgrades for the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge

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T-Mobile had a promotion a few weeks that allowed customers to purchase 64GB Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge for the same price as the 32GB variant. However this time, the promotion will be valid only for a short duration so customers need to hurry to avail the offer.

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Samsung might not launch an Edge variant with the Galaxy Note 5 this year

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Samsung normally unveil the latest Galaxy Note smartphone every year at IFA in Berlin and last year along with the Note 4, they also launched the Note Edge. The Edge formula has been a success for Samsung which they even followed up with the S6 and S6 Edge. However new reports state that Samsung won’t be announcing an Edge variant of the Note 5 when it launches this year.

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Sony imports four smartphones into India for testing – Could be the XPERIA Z3+

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Sony has apparently shipped four new smartphone prototypes into India for the purpose of testing and debugging. The shipment was brought into India last Friday from China into Bangalore.

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Dropbox v3.0 brings along Material Design for Android app

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Dropbox has been adapting Google’s Material Design UI elements into its application over the last few releases. The beta releases since v2.6 have progressively introduced the design language. Today, the company has bumped up the application to version 3.0 and is rolling out the updated design to all users. Continue reading “Dropbox v3.0 brings along Material Design for Android app”

Sony releases Android M Developer Preview images for 12 Xperia devices

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Sony on its developer page has already released the preview images of the next version of Android – codenamed Android M – for the list of Xperia devices under its Open Device program. Continue reading “Sony releases Android M Developer Preview images for 12 Xperia devices”

Samsung Galaxy S5 on T-Mobile now receiving update to Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

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Users of T-Mobile handsets have a lot to cheer about lately. After being the first to roll out the Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update for the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, now T-Mobile has begun rolling out the update for the Galaxy S5 as well.

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Top 10 Android Smartphones under Rs. 5,000

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In India, consumers do have a lot of choices for Android smartphones under Rs. 5,000. In fact the segment is flooded with devices from various Indian and Chinese manufacturers. Continue reading “Top 10 Android Smartphones under Rs. 5,000”

Meizu MX5 sporting ‘Full Metal Jacket’ coming on June 30

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Meizu is ready to launch a new product on June 30th. The Chinese firm on Twitter has posted a teaser of what we expect to be the launch announcement day of Meizu MX5. Continue reading “Meizu MX5 sporting ‘Full Metal Jacket’ coming on June 30”

Samsung releases Quick Panel Restore app to fix reported bug on Galaxy S6 and S6 edge

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Samsung has released an app to fix the reportedly missing quick settings toggles issue on their flagship devices – Galaxy S6 and S6 edge. Continue reading “Samsung releases Quick Panel Restore app to fix reported bug on Galaxy S6 and S6 edge”

BlackBerry Prague to be a low cost Android running handset, expected in August

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Rumors have been heating up that BlackBerry is all set to introduce smartphones that run on the Android operating system instead of the company’s BlackBerry 10 OS. Latest updates suggest that the BlackBerry Prague might be the first of such handsets.  Continue reading “BlackBerry Prague to be a low cost Android running handset, expected in August”

Motorola Moto 360 gets Android Wear 5.1.1 update

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Earlier this month, we had told you that the Motorola Moto 360’s Android Wear 5.1.1 update was being delayed due to performance issues. Now it seems that the update has been fixed as they’re now rolling out the update to the devices.

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Popcorn, Cricket and Robot Emoji headed to your phone as part of Unicode 8

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The emoji icons spotted on your phone’s keyboard are all part of an international standard that ensures that the icons are visible across devices and platforms. As part of Unicode 8, the Consortium has added 41 new emoji which cover a wide range of uses and emotions including a face with rolling eyes, a hugging face, taco, cheese and even a unicorn. Continue reading “Popcorn, Cricket and Robot Emoji headed to your phone as part of Unicode 8”