Google Play Music family plan is now available, $14.99 for up to 6 people

Google had announced the Google Play Music family plan in September this year. Now, the music streaming service from Google has gone live and users can sign up for the family plan.

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Microsoft Cortana officially launched on Android and iOS

Microsoft has officially launched Cortana, its personal digital assistant on Android and iOS. Announced in May this year, the company has been testing Cortana for quiet some time on both the platforms.

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Micromax Canvas Mega E353 and Canvas Mega 4G Q417 launched for Rs. 7999 and Rs. 10999

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Micromax Canvas Mega E353 went on sale online last month, today the company has officially launched the smartphone along with the Canvas Mega 4G Q417, its new 4G smartphone. Both the smartphones have 5.5-inch HD screens, 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 5-megapixel front-facing camera, run on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) and have dual SIM support. The Canvas Mega E353 is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592M processor and has 1GB RAM, while the Canvas Mega 4G is powered a quad-core MediaTek MT6735 processor and packs 3GB of RAM. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Mega E353 and Canvas Mega 4G Q417 launched for Rs. 7999 and Rs. 10999”

Opera Mini 13 for Android brings improved download manager, search categories and more

Opera Mini 13 for Android

Opera has updated its Opera Mini app for Android to version 13 that brings new download manager so that you can now control the number of files you download simultaneously, get alerts when downloading large files and more. It also gets updated search bar that now lets you select a category for your search results – web, images, video or news – before hitting the Go button. Check out all the new features below.
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Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) 4G to get Android 6.0 update in select regions

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Motorola confirmed Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update for range of smartphones back in October. At that time it did not include Moto E series and first generation Moto X and Moto G phones, but it had said it might add more devices in the future. Now the company has announced add the Moto E (2nd Gen) 4G in the list and said that it will get the Marshmallow update in Canada, Latin America, Europe and Asia, excluding China. Looks like India will also get the update. This was first spotted by Android Central. Continue reading “Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) 4G to get Android 6.0 update in select regions”

Android Lollipop adoption nearing 30%, Marshmallow up to 0.5%

Google is out with the monthly Android distribution numbers for the month of December. Lollipop 5.0 is now present on 29.5% of Android devices up from 25.6 percent in November.

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Google Pixel C tablet goes on sale via Google Store, starts at $499

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Google’s Pixel C is finally available for purchase on Google Store. The company had announced the tablet along with 2015 Nexus smartphones in September. Continue reading “Google Pixel C tablet goes on sale via Google Store, starts at $499”

Moto X Force with shatterproof display landing in India in January

Moto X Force, the phone with shatterproof display that was launched in October is coming to India in January 2016. The announcement was confirmed by Amit Boni, general manager of Motorola India in an interview with IBNLive.

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Xiaomi Mi 5 render surfaces, tipped to be announced on January 21

Leaks and reports about the Xiaomi Mi 5 have been going around for months. Now  new render of the next flagship phone from Xiaomi has surfaced online that shows the front of the phone.

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Oppo R7 Plus high-end version with 4GB RAM, 64GB storage announced

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Oppo introduced the R7 Plus smartphone back in May, and the smartphone was launched in India for Rs. 29,990 in India in September. Today the company has announced the high-end version of the R7 Plus with 4GB of RAM and a 64GB of internal storage, compared to 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage in the standard version.

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Motorola teases Moto G Turbo Edition launch in India on December 10

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Motorola is all set to launch the Moto G Turbo Edition in India on December 10th, according to it’s latest teaser. The major charge in the Turbo edition is the Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 processor instead of Snapdragon 410 SoC on the Moto G (3rd Gen.). It also has Turbo charging capabilities that lets you use the phone for up to 6 hours with just 15 minutes of charging using the bundled 15W Turbo charger. Continue reading “Motorola teases Moto G Turbo Edition launch in India on December 10”

Intex Cloud Flash with 5-inch HD Super AMOLED display, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 9999

Intex Cloud Flash

Intex has launched Cloud Flash, the company’s latest 4G smartphone. It has a 5-inch HD Super AMOLED display, is powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735 64-bit processor and runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection on the front and the back. Continue reading “Intex Cloud Flash with 5-inch HD Super AMOLED display, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 9999”

Samsung Galaxy Note5 receives software update – Brings security patch info and improvements to fast charging

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Samsung has now started rolling out a new update to the Galaxy Note5. The update brings about improvements to the fast charging and also now shows the Android security patch info.

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Fossil Q Founder smartwatch now available on the Google Play Store

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Fossil’s first Android Wear smartwatch, the Q Founder went on sale in USA late last month through their official website as well as a few retail outlets. The smartwatch is now available for purchase through Google’s Play Store as well.

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