Lollipop present on 25.6% of Android devices, Marshmallow debuts at 0.3%

Google is out with the numbers for Android distribution and this time it’s latest OS – Marshmallow has made its first appearance. The latest Android OS that started rolling out to a variety of Android devices mostly the Nexus series is now present on 0.3 percent of devices.

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Google Drive gets sharing notification, file access request and more in latest update

Google Drive has updated its iOS and Android app with a bunch of new features. The latest update introduces sharing notification that notifies you when someone shares a file or folder with you.
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Evernote for iOS now supports sketching on notes and split screen for iPad

Evernote has updated its iOS app with a a couple of important features. The latest update that bumps the app to version 7.9 brings support for sketching on notes and split screen for iPad.

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OnePlus X Benchmarks

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OnePlus launched the OnePlus X smartphone in India last week stating at Rs. 16999, which went on sale today. We already brought you the hands-on impressions, unboxing and camera samples, here we have the benchmarks. It is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 801 (MSM8974) 28nm HPm Krait 400 CPU clocked at 2.27 GHz per core, slightly under-clocked compared to clock speed of 2.46 GHz on the OnePlus One and has Adreno 330 GPU. It comes with a 5-inch (1920 ×1080 pixels) Full HD AMOLED display, has 3GB RAM and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Oxygen OS 2.1 on top . Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “OnePlus X Benchmarks”

Xolo BLACK 1X Review

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Xolo launched BLACK 1X, the company’s latest smartphone in the BLACK series last week. It is the first Xolo smartphone to come with 3GB of RAM. It also has a 1080p display and comes with 4G support, similar to most of the smartphones in the similar price range. Is the smartphone worth the price? Let us find out in the complete review.

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Acer Liquid Z630s with 3GB RAM, 4000mAh battery and Liquid Z530 launched for Rs. 10999 and Rs. 6999

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Acer has launched Liquid Z630s and Liquid Z530, two new 4G smartphones in India exclusively on Flipkart. The Liquid Z630s packs a 5.5-inch HD screen, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6753 SoC, packs 3GB of RAM and a 4000mAh battery, while the Liquid Z530 comes with a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6735 SoC and has 2GB of RAM. Both these have a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. These also have DTS audio. Continue reading “Acer Liquid Z630s with 3GB RAM, 4000mAh battery and Liquid Z530 launched for Rs. 10999 and Rs. 6999”

Infocus launches M260 its first ‘Made in India’ smartphone for Rs. 3999

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Infocus has launched M260, the company’s latest budget smartphone, as expected. It is the first ‘Made in India’ smartphone from Infocus, assembled at the company’s local manufacturing facility at Sri City in Andhra Pradesh. It packs a 4.5-inch FWVGA display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Inlife UI 2.0 on top. Continue reading “Infocus launches M260 its first ‘Made in India’ smartphone for Rs. 3999”

Google to give Android One OEMs more flexibility, new low-cost Lava-made smartphone coming soon

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Google and Lava International plan to release a new low-cost Android One smartphone in India in coming months, according to a report from WSJ. With the reboot, Google aims to give users in developing economies an inexpensive way to get online through its Android mobile operating system and win more customers in fast-growing emerging markets, adds the report. Continue reading “Google to give Android One OEMs more flexibility, new low-cost Lava-made smartphone coming soon”

Microsoft starts sign-ups for Cortana for iOS in public beta

Microsoft’s virtual assistant Cortana is already available for Android and now the company is bringing it to iOS. The company is gearing up to let iPhone users test a version of Cortana for iOS.

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Google’s Project Zero finds 11 security flaws in Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge

Group of expert researchers from Google’s Project Zero have found “11 high-impact security issues” on the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge.

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OnePlus X Camera Samples

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The latest smartphone from OnePlus, the OnePlus X has a 13 Megapixel primary camera with an ISOCELL sensor, LED flash and maximum aperture of f2.2. The front camera is an 8 Megapixel unit with a wide angle lens and f2.4 aperture which bests the OnePlus 2’s front facing 5 Megapixel camera in terms of resolution. We have put together a series of photo samples for your viewing pleasure.

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Micromax Canvas 5 Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Micromax’s new Canvas 5 isn’t ‘Sliver’ anymore. If you are wondering what it means, then it is that the company has launched its new Canvas flagship smartphone the Canvas 5 on Wednesday at an event in Delhi, and it is seen as the successor of Micromax Canvas Sliver 5 that was launched in June, though Sliver was different category smartphone. We got our hands on the new Canvas 5, and here’s our first impression. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas 5 Hands On and Photo Gallery”