Google’s own photo editing app Snapseed has received a new update that brings support for editing RAW photos. The update bumps the app to version 2.1.
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Google is planning to merge Chrome OS into Android
Google is looking forward to merge Chrome OS into Android, as per a latest report from the Wall Street Journal. The company is planning to fold its Chrome OS that is used in personal computers into the popular Android mobile OS by 2017.
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The Nexus 6P is hard to repair – iFixit gives it a 2 out of 10 rating
One of the most worrying things these days is damaging your smartphone and the cost of having to fix it after that. Some people prefer to take things into their hands to cut the service costs and replace the parts themselves while others may choose to hand over their device to someone more experienced. In both cases, it helps if the device in question is easy to repair. The Nexus 6P unfortunately doesn’t seem like such a device.
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Fastest Fingerprint Sensor – Nexus 5X vs OnePlus 2 vs iPhone 6s vs Samsung Galaxy Note 5
Fingerprint scanners have become a sort of defacto feature of most high-end and a few mid ranger smartphones. They offer a good way to secure your device as well as a faster method of authentication to bypass the lockscreen or grant permissions and passwords. In 2015 itself, we have seen quite a number of different smartphones with different implementations of the fingerprint scanner.
Google to finally bring Podcasts to Play Music
Google has announced that it is finally bringing Podcasts to Play Music. Podcasters can start uploading their shows to Play Music via a newly launched portal.
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Google introduces second OnHub smart Wi-Fi router with Asus, pre-order for $219.99
Google in partnership with Asus has introduced a new member in its OnHub router family. Dubbed the ASUS OnHub is company’s second smart Wi-Fi router device in the OnHub series. The first OnHub router with TP-Link was launched couple of months back in August. Continue reading “Google introduces second OnHub smart Wi-Fi router with Asus, pre-order for $219.99”
Google Nexus 5X Benchmarks
Google launched the Nexus 5X smartphone made by LG in India earlier this month, which went on sale last week starting at Rs. 31,990. We had already brought you the hands on impressions and the unboxing of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks. The Nexus 5X is powered by an Hexa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 64-bit 20nm processor that has two bigger ARM Cortex A57 cores clocked at 1.82GHz per core and four smaller ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.44GHz per core with 600 MHz Adreno 418 GPU. It has 2GB of RAM, 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores. Continue reading “Google Nexus 5X Benchmarks”
Google Nexus 6P will be shipped in batches starting from first week of November in India
Google unveiled Nexus 6P smartphone at an event last month and the Huawei-made Nexus phone with metal body was launched in India last month priced at Rs. 39,999 for the 32GB version and Rs. 42,999 for the 64GB version. At the launch Google said that both the new Nexus smartphones will be available from October 21st, but only the Nexus 5X was released. When the Nexus 6P went on pre-order on Flipkart last week, the shipping date was mentioned as November 2nd for the customers who ordered the phone.
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New emojis are coming to Android soon
Apple released iOS 9.1 update for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch earlier this week that added over 184 new emoji characters with full support for Unicode 7.0 and 8.0 emojis. iOS also became the first operating system to include every single emoji in the Unicode Standard. Google didn’t include new emojis in the latest Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update. Continue reading “New emojis are coming to Android soon”
Google Chrome for iOS gets Split View multitasking feature
Google Chrome has updated its iOS app with new iOS 9 multi tasking feature. The latest update that bumps the app to version 46.0 brings Split View multitasking feature to iPad Air 2 or mini 4.
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Google Nexus 5X Unboxing
Google announced the LG-made Nexus 5X smartphone last month, which was launched in India last week, priced at Rs. 31990 for 16GB and Rs. 35,900 for the 32GB variant. It went on sale across India through retail storage andAmazon.in from October 21st. It is the successor of the LG-made Nexus 5 that was introduced back in 2013. We already brought you the photo gallery and hands-on impressions of the smartphone, here we have its unboxing.
Google records $18.7 billion in revenue, $3.98 billion in net income for Q3, 2015
Alphabet has announced Google’s Q3 results ending September 30th, 2015. Google recorded a total revenue of $18.7 billion, a 13% year-over-year increase from last year’s $16.5 billion.
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YouTube Red, a $9.99 per month ad free subscription video streaming service unveiled
YouTube has officially unveiled its much awaited ad free subscription video streaming service. Dubbed as YouTube Red, the service will offer users a $9.99 per month membership for accessing ad-free videos.
Google Maps for Android lets you search for gas prices and add detours to your route
Google has updated Maps for Android with a couple of new features. The latest update lets you search for gas prices and add detours to your route, without having to exit out of navigation.
List of smartphones that will receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow update
Google’s very own Nexus 5X from LG and Nexus 6P from Huawei come pre-loaded with Android 6.0 Marshmallow. But most other smartphones are still running on some version of Android Lollipop or perhaps even KitKat. However, as with the case of every major Android version, there will be a set of phones that make the big jump and in this post, we have compiled a list of phones that are going to receive the update to Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
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