Facebook is tweaking your News Feed again. The tweaks in the algorithm will show content based on time you spend to view a post, instead of showing stories based on what you like, comment and share. Facebook says that generally, people spend more time on stories, photos, and accounts that are relevant to them. Continue reading “Facebook tweaks News Feed based on time you spend viewing a post”
Google has announced YouTube Gaming, a new app and a website that would compete with Twitch that was acquired by Amazon last year, after several rumors that the streaming service was being acquired by Google. YouTube Gaming will let you watch gaming videos and live streams, similar to Twitch. You can add a game to your collection to watch videos about it. You will also get a notification when there is a live stream. It also offers recommendations based on the games and channels you love. Continue reading “Google announces YouTube Gaming, a Twitch rival”
Cyanogen OS 12 update based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) rolled out for YU YUREKA back in April. It even got an incremental update to improve the battery life last month. YU YUPHORIA was launched running on Cyanogen OS 12 out of the box. Today Rahul Sharma, Co-founder and CEO of YU has announced that Cyanogen OS 12.1 update based on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) is in the final phase of testing. Continue reading “YU YUREKA and YUPHORIA Cyanogen OS 12.1 update in final stages of testing”
LG is planning to release a second high-end device this year that will most likely be the G4 Pro and apparently the device will have a metal body among other improvements.
Micromax Canvas Hue 2 A316, a new smartphone in the Canvas series is now available from eBay.in. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) AMOLED display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), similar to the Canvas Hue AQ5000 that was launched earlier this year, but other specifications have been updated. This is powered by a 1.7 GHz octa-core processor, has a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Hue 2 A316 with 5-inch HD display, 13MP camera now available for Rs. 11736”
Online taxi aggregators, Ola and TaxiForSure have received a respite from the Delhi High Court as it set aside orders rejecting the applications of two app-based cab companies for licence to operate in the capital.
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Infocus is all set to launch its new M350 4G smartphone in India soon, after M2 and M330 smartphones, which had sold 1 lakh units in three months. The company has started teasing the smartphone, which shows the M350’s thinnest curved edge at just 3.5mm. Check out the specifications of the smartphone below. Continue reading “Infocus M350 with 4G launching in India soon, registrations begin June 17”
Oculus has tied up with Microsoft to include the Xbox One controller with the Oculus Rift VR headset. The company, which was bought by Facebook last year for $2 billion, said it plans to launch its Rift headset early next year.
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Reliance Jio Infocomm, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) would begin commercial operations around December. This was announced by Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of the Reliance Industries at its 41st Annual General Meeting today. At the last AGM last June, the company announced that it will start expanded trials in August 2014 across multiple cities, which would continue through the end of 2014 and early 2015. Continue reading “Reliance Jio to launch 4G services by December 2015, 4G smartphones below Rs. 4000”
BlackBerry India’s Sunil Lalvani has resigned as Managing Director just two years after his appointment in May 2013. Prior to this Lalvani was the head of BlackBerry’s enterprise business since 2009.
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Microsoft has announced that it will shut down Skype for modern Windows or touch app after July 7th in favor of Skype for Windows desktop. The company says that this move is to simplify user’s PC experience down to one app. It will still work on Windows RT tablets.
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The Compute stick from Intel is a great proof of concept for mobile-driven x86 computing. Atom chips are now so small that, accompanied by smaller fans, they are now in extremely portable devices like the aptly named compute stick. This small stick turns any HDMI display into a full blown computer, thereby enabling unique use cases. Let’s talk about some of them now.
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Brothers – A Tale of Two Sons, an adventure puzzle game developed by Starbreeze Studios and published by 505 Games is coming to Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone this holiday season. It will also be available for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. According to IGN, the new-gen version will feature director’s commentary mode, soundtrack, and gallery of concept art. Continue reading “Brothers – A Tale of Two Sons is coming to Android, iOS and Windows Phone this year”
Users of twitter will be familiar with the 140 character limit that is set for tweets. The same rule applies for direct messages as well and that is weird as it doesn’t necessarily have to be that short and most often people resort to multiple DMs to get their message across. That is all set to change as Twitter is planning to remove the character limit sometime next month.
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Sony Mobile announced the Xperia C4 Dual, a new mid-range smartphone in the Xperia series for India, along with the M4 Aqua last month. Today the company has launched the smartphone in the country. It is a selfie-focused smartphone that comes with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with 25mm wide-angle lens along with a soft LED flash. It also has It has a 5.5-inch 1080 display, 1.7 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek processor, Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash. Continue reading “Sony Xperia C4 Dual launched in India for Rs. 29490”
