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Micromax Canvas Knight 2 with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 615 SoC, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 16299

Micromax Canvas Knight 2

Micromax has launched Canvas Knight 2 , successor of last year’s Canvas Knight smartphone. The Canvas Knight 2 has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD AMOLED display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 64-bit processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It features a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with Largan 5P lens, LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has a metal frame with glass back that is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Knight 2 with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 615 SoC, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 16299”

Periscope for iPhone brings global map view for live broadcasts

Periscope has updated its iPhone app in order to make it easier for users discover broadcast across the globe. The popular video live streaming app will now offer a map that will show which videos are live around the world.

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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Emerald Green now available in India

The Emerald Green variant of the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge wasn’t released initially along with the other three colours. Samsung had announced that it started shipping the Green S6 Edge along with the Blue Topaz S6 last month. Now it seems that the wait if finally over for Indian customers as the Emerald Green variant is now available for purchase in India.

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‘Touch to Search’ feature becomes available for Chrome on Android

Chrome is getting a new feature on Android called ‘Touch to Search’. The feature allows users to quickly and contextually search for information within the browser.

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Motorola 360’s Android Wear 5.1.1 update being delayed due to performance issues

While Android Wear 5.1.1 is rolling out to various smartwatches, the update still hasn’t reached the Motorola 360. The reason for this delay is apparently attributed to the performance issues the Moto 360 is facing on version 5.1.1.

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Facebook rolls out “Facebook Lite” for emerging markets

Facebook started testing Facebook Lite, a lighter version of the social network that targets at users from developing countries which have a 2G or a slow internet connection. Today, Facebook has started rolling out Facebook Lite in all the developing countries, especially Asia.

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Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) 4G Review

The Moto E (2nd Gen) is one of the cheapest 4G enabled smartphones on the market currently and this article goes through its 4G performance. If you want to read the review of the phone as a whole then you can do so here. Continue reading “Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) 4G Review”

Facebook Messenger adds ability to send locations as messages

Facebook has just outed another new feature for its Messenger app. The application now allows users to send their location as a message to their friends and family.

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Asus ZenPad 8.0 Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Asus announced the ZenPad series tablets at the Coumputex 2015. We went hands on with the ZenPad 8.0 at the event, and here is a detailed look at the hardware. Continue reading “Asus ZenPad 8.0 Hands On and Photo Gallery”

Sony to roll out Android 5.1 for Xperia Z series, T2 Ultra and C3 from July, Xperia M2 and M2 Aqua to follow

Sony Xperia Z3 Lollipop

Sony has announced that the it will roll out Android 5.1 (Lollipop) update for the entire Xperia Z, including Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR, Xperia Tablet Z, Xperia Z1, Xperia Z1S, Xperia Z Ultra, Xperia Z1 Compact, Xperia Z2, Xperia Z2 Tablet, Xperia Z3, Xperia Z3v, Xperia Z3 Compact and Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact starting from July. Continue reading “Sony to roll out Android 5.1 for Xperia Z series, T2 Ultra and C3 from July, Xperia M2 and M2 Aqua to follow”

Asus ZenPad 7.0 Hands On

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Asus announced the ZenPad series at the ongoing Computex 2015. We went hands on with all the four tablets in this series, and here is a detailed look at the ZenPad 7.0. Continue reading “Asus ZenPad 7.0 Hands On”

Hitman: Sniper released for Android, iPhone and iPad

Hitman Sniper

Square Enix Montréal has released Hitman: Sniper, a fixed position shooting game set in beautiful Montenegro. The company announced last year that the game will be released as a free to play game. It even soft-launched the game in some countries back in October last year. The company later took it down to polish it and release it as a premium title focused around a creative, leaderboard-driven sandbox for players. Continue reading “Hitman: Sniper released for Android, iPhone and iPad”

Asus Zenfone 2 ZE600KL Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Asus unveiled the Zenfone 2 ZE600KL, a Zenfone 2 variant, along with two more variants at the Computex 2015 this week. We managed to get hands-on with the new smartphone. Here were are bringing you a close look of the smartphone. The design of the smartphone is similar to older Zenfone variants. Since it was a demo unit we couldn’t check out the UI.

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Asus Zenfone 2 ZE550KL Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Asus unveiled the Zenfone 2 ZE550KL, a new version of the Zenfone 2 at the Computex 2015 this week. We managed to get hands-on with the new smartphone. Here we are bringing you a close look of the smartphone.

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Lenovo Vibe X2 Android 5.0 Lollipop OTA update now rolling out in India

Lenovo Vibe X2 Android 5.0

Lenovo has finally started rolling out Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update for Vibe X2 in India. The smartphone was launched back in November last year running Android 4.4 (Kitkat). The company already announced that the Vibe X2 smartphone will get the Android Lollipop update in Q2 2015. It recently said that Indian users will get the update by June 10, now it has started rolling out the update early. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe X2 Android 5.0 Lollipop OTA update now rolling out in India”