Skype gets Bollywood Mojis and emoticons in the latest update

Skype has added a bunch of Bollywood inspired Mojis and emoticons to spice up your chats. The video and calling service from Microsoft has partnered with Yash Raj Films and ErosNow, the on-demand entertainment platform of Eros International, to develop custom Mojis for Skype users.

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Microsoft to offer ‘recommended update’ for Windows 10 next year

Microsoft has announced that it is tweaking the way it offers upgrades to Windows 10. The company will be changing the status of Windows 10 from being an optional upgrade to a recommended one.

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Alcatel One Touch Fierce XL with 5.5-inch HD display, Android 5.1, 4G LTE announced for $139

Alcatel One Touch Fierce XL

Alcatel One Touch has officially announced the Fierce XL Android smartphone, after it was leaked earlier this month, but the company did not introduce the Windows 10 version. The Fierce XL has a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 210 processor, has a 8-megapixel rear camera and 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has 4G LTE connectivity, HD Voice and VoLTE support. Continue reading “Alcatel One Touch Fierce XL with 5.5-inch HD display, Android 5.1, 4G LTE announced for $139”

Global tablet shipments decline 12.6% in Q3 2015: Report

Just yesterday, IDC revealed its numbers for the worldwide smartphone shipment and today, the research firm is out with report for the global tablet shipments.  A total of 48.7 million units were shipped in the Q3 2015, reporting a 12.6% decline owing to the challenges faced by the tablet market.

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OnePlus X Hands On Impressions: Is the HYPE right?

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OnePlus introduced its third device the OnePlus X in India and worldwide yesterday. The smartphone carries the ‘HYPE’ from flagship OnePlus 2 launched earlier this year in July, but does it take away the glory? Here’s our first impression of the OnePlus X Indian variant. Continue reading “OnePlus X Hands On Impressions: Is the HYPE right?”

LG V10 global roll out begins this week starting from the US, China and Hong Kong

LG V10

LG announced its flagship V10 smartphone in the new V series earlier this month. It went on sale in Korea on October 8th, today the company has announced it will start rolling out worldwide from this week. The LG V10 packs a 5.7-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD Quantum display, a second 2.1-inch (160 x 1040 pixels) screen and dual 5-megapixel front-facing camera cameras that has two separate lenses to capture standard 80 degree selfies or wide-angle selfies of 120 degrees. Continue reading “LG V10 global roll out begins this week starting from the US, China and Hong Kong”

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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Amazon Appstore offers over $95 worth free apps and games for limited period

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Amazon Appstore is back with another free apps offer for Halloween. This month it offers 32 paid Android apps and games worth over $95 for free on the Amazon AppStore starting today till October 31st. These apps are usually priced between US$ 0.99 and US$ 11.99. Some popular apps and games include, Runtastic PRO, Time Mysteries, AVG AntiVirus PRO Android Security and more. Back in July Amazon Appstore offered 21 paid Android apps and games worth $45. Continue reading “Amazon Appstore offers over $95 worth free apps and games for limited period”

Motorola Moto X Style Photo Gallery

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The Moto X Style is the flagship model in the X Series from Motorola this year. The X Style and its little brother bear resemblances to the Nexus 6 up front but have quite different designs at the back. Nevertheless, the X Style is a great looking smartphone and we have prepared this gallery to highlight the design of the device. We have already done the review of the smartphone and if you haven’t already read it, you can do so here.

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Motorola Moto X Force with shatterproof display announced as global variant of DROID Turbo 2

Motorola Moto X Force

Motorola introduced the DROID Turbo 2 with Moto ShatterShield, the world’s first shatterproof display earlier this week for Verizon. Today the company has announced that it will launch as Moto X Force globally. Apart from the name, other specifications are similar to the DROID Turbo 2, including 5.4-inch Quad HD AMOLED display, Snapdragon 810 processor, Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) and a 3760mAh battery. It has 4G LTE connectivity with support for range of LTE Bands (B1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 25, 28, 40). Continue reading “Motorola Moto X Force with shatterproof display announced as global variant of DROID Turbo 2”

Intex Aqua Play budget 3G smartphone with Android 5.1 launched for Rs. 3249

Intex Aqua Play

Intex has launched Aqua Play, the company’s latest budget 3G smartphone running Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 4-inch WVGA IPS display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, has a VGA rear camera with LED flash and also has a VGA front-facing camera. It also has dual SIM support, similar to most other Intex smartphone and comes pre-loaded with Clean Master, NewsHunt, Quikr, Opera Mini and more apps.

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OnePlus X priced at Rs.16999 in India; prices compared across the world

OnePlus X

The latest smartphone from OnePlus, the OnePlus X has just been announced. It comes in two variants, an glass back model called Onyx and a ceramic back limited edition called Ceramic. We’ve compiled a list of prices of the smartphone in various regions around the world.

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OnePlus X vs OnePlus One – What’s Different?

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The OnePlus X is the latest smartphone from OnePlus and although it is a smaller handset compared to the original OnePlus One, it might just be the phone that you are looking for. We have compiled a list of features and specs to see what has changed in the new phone compared to the original to make your decision easier.

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