Samsung Galaxy S7 might be announced on February 21st 2016

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Recently, there have been rumors going around that Samsung Galaxy S7 might be released ahead of schedule but we haven’t had any dates until now. Apparently, the smartphone will be launched at the Samsung Unpacked event in Barcelona which is happening on February 21st.

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LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition with LTE global roll out starting this November

LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition

LG introduced LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition, the world’s first Android Wear smartwatch with LTE support last month. Today, the Korean company has announced that the smartwatch will roll out worldwide starting from this month. It packs a 1.38-inch 348 PPI display, has GPS and it works with iOS too, but LG says that cellular enabled features will vary across Android and iOS. Continue reading “LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition with LTE global roll out starting this November”

Microsoft’s Project Oxford tool can now read your emotions

Microsoft has updated Project Oxford tool that is company’s machine learning and artificial intelligence research. It has received a new update that will detect your emotions.

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Nvidia unveils Jetson TX1 module to bring AI to drones and robots

Nvidia has launched a new module that is dubbed as Jetson TX1 in a bid to bring Artificial Intelligence to new generation of autonomous robots and drones.

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Google rolls out About Me tool to control the display of your info on all of its platforms

Google has launched a new ‘About Me’ tool that allows you to edit and delete your personal data and control what people see about you.

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Rose Gold Oppo R7s to start rolling out from November-end

Rose Gold Oppo R7s

Apple released iPhone 6s and 6s Plus smartphones in new Rose Gold color, now every company has started releasing smartphones in Rose Gold color that has a mix of both Rose and Gold, making it look Pink. Even Samsung released the Galaxy Note5 in a similar color variant recently and called it Pink Gold, now Oppo has released Rose Gold variant of the R7s smartphone. It was already released in China last month, now the company is bringing it to other markets. Continue reading “Rose Gold Oppo R7s to start rolling out from November-end”

Microsoft Lumia 950 XL pre-orders begin in Hong Kong, pricing revealed

Microsoft Lumia 950 XL

Microsoft introduced the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL, the company’s flagship smartphones at an event in New York City last month. These smartphones went on pre-order on Amazon in France earlier this month, now the Lumia 950 XL is up for pre-order on the official Microsoft Store in Hong Kong. Continue reading “Microsoft Lumia 950 XL pre-orders begin in Hong Kong, pricing revealed”

Samsung Gear VR Powered by Oculus now available for pre-order at $99.99

Samsung Gear VR Oculus

Samsung and Oculus announced a new Gear VR headset aimed at consumers, back in September. Now the latest Gear VR headset is available for pre-order in the U.S. It is compatible with Samsung Galaxy Note5, Galaxy S6 edge+, Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge smartphones. Continue reading “Samsung Gear VR Powered by Oculus now available for pre-order at $99.99”

Xolo BLACK 1X Battery Life Test

Xolo Black 1X FA One Charge Rating

Xolo launched BLACK 1X, the company’s second BLACK series smartphone last month for Rs. 9999. It went on sale exclusively on Snapdeal last week. We brought you the review of the smartphone recently, here we have its battery test results. The Xolo BLACK 1X packs a 2400mAh built-in battery. It has a 5-inch 1080p on-cell IPS display, is powered by a 1.3GHz Octa-Core 64-bit MediaTek MT6753 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with HIVE UI on top. Let us check out the results.

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Huawei Honor 4X gets a new update, brings SOS feature, Diwali Theme and Stagefright fixes

Huawei Honor 4X Diwali Theme and SOS feature

Huawei released Android 5.1 (Lollipop) update for the Honor 4X smartphone in India last month. Now the company has released another minor update for the phone that adds new SOS feature, Diwali Theme and also brings fixes for Stagefright vulnerability. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 4X gets a new update, brings SOS feature, Diwali Theme and Stagefright fixes”

Google Maps finally gets offline navigation and search for Android

Google has finally rolled out offline navigation feature for Google Maps. Users can now download maps to their phone, and get turn-by-turn directions and other info even when they don’t have a signal.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 14nm SoC with 64-bit Kryo CPU and Adreno 530 GPU launched

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Qualcomm introduced Snapdragon 820 at the MWC earlier this year. At that time it confirmed that it will use custom 64-bit CPU architecture in their own ARMv8-based Qualcomm Kryo CPU and also said that it will be based on FinFET process node. Later it confirmed Adreno 530 GPU for the chip and also said that it will offer 40% graphics performance, compute capabilities, and power usage compared to Adreno 430. It recently confirmed X12 LTE modem and Snapdragon Smart protect – Real-time, on-device anti-malware technology for the SoC. Today the company detailed the chip at an event in New York City. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 14nm SoC with 64-bit Kryo CPU and Adreno 530 GPU launched”

Samsung Exynos 8890 chipset tipped to enter mass production

New report is claiming that the Exynos 8890 chipset from Samsung has now entered mass production. The Exynos 8890 is rumored to be featured on a variant of Samsung’s next-generation flagship smartphone.

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