Xolo launches Win Q900s, ‘world’s lightest smartphone’
Apart from being Indian manufacturer Xolo’s first Windows Phone device, the Win Q900s also has the honor of being the world’s lightest smartphone. After Micromax, Xolo is the latest Indian manufacturer to join the Windows Phone bandwagon, with a phone that it says is the lightest smartphone available. Meet the Win Q900s, a device weighing in [...]
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Sony Visual Products now open for business
Sony officially splits its TV business to another company, Sony Visual Products, which will soon start its corporate operations at the beginning of July. Sony had just completed the inauguration of Sony Visual Products, a new company that would now handle the corporate tech giant’s TV business -related commercial endeavors. As previously announced, the new [...]
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Sony Xperia Z1 Compact gets Android 4.4.4 update
The Xperia Z1 Compact is the first non-Nexus device to be updated to Android 4.4.4, ahead of even the Xperia Z2, Sony’s current flagship phone. Sony has started pushing out the Android 4.4.4 update to the Xperia Z1 Compact, within a week of the latest iteration of Android KitKat being released for Nexus devices. The update is [...]
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Android Silver program won’t bring Nexus demise, says Google director
There’s been a lot of chatter in regards to a possible termination of Google’s Nexus program lately, but a candid company exec quashed all rumors, basically confirming a new Nexus device will be coming alongside Android L in the fall. You can’t say the recently wrapped up I/O conference was light on software announcements, as [...]
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Sources: Asus gears up for Android Wear fall debut with sub-$150 smartwatch
It’s all about rising wearable devices nowadays in Google’s camp, as Samsung, LG and Motorola have joined the Android Wear program, with Asus allegedly ready to spearhead the second wave of releases come September. Knowing Asus, their eccentricity and constant openness to anything that’s new, different, cutting-edge, it felt right to assume they’ll be at [...]
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YouTube will soon support video at up to 60 frames per second
Higher frame rates and a “tip jar” for content creators will be coming soon to YouTube. YouTube announced Thursday on its Creator’s Blog that it was working on integrating support for video at 48 and 60 FPS, as well as providing a “tip jar” funding option for content creators. Currently, video content on YouTube is [...]
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The mythology behind the names Kaveri and Beema
Kaveri is AMD’s first heterogeneous APU, but the name itself has its roots in the Indian mythology. To most of the Western world, the name Kaveri is eponymous with AMD’s third-generation APUs. However, the name has its roots in the Indian mythology, where Kaveri is portrayed as a goddess. Similarly, Beema, the codename for AMD’s mobile [...]
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Google announces Android One, a reference platform for low-cost devices
Android One was barely talked about at Google’s I/O developers conference, but it could revolutionize the budget smartphone market in emerging countries. Google has announced the launch of Android One, a program that aims to bring better hardware and software to budget devices in emerging markets. Android One, at its core, is quite similar to Google’s [...]
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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 expected out globally in early September with 12 MP OIS cam
Although alleged Samsung Galaxy Note 4 leaks have already hit flood levels, there’s still obviously plenty of space for rumormongers to do their thing, speculating on possible release time frames and camera specifications. I’m afraid the situation is looking bleak for everybody that was holding off their next high-end mobile purchase for the Galaxy S5 [...]
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Android L coming to HTC One flagships within 90 days of release
HTC was quick to make up for its absence at Google I/O by announcing a 90-day time frame for updating its flagship phones to Android L. HTC has announced that the HTC One M8 and the original HTC One will be updated to Android L within 90 days after Google releases the new version of [...]
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FAA kills Amazon’s dream of drone deliveries
Memo from FAA boss bans the use of drones for commercial purposes until further notice. The idea that drones may be the delivery trucks of the future has been put on hold, for now. In a memo published by the US Federal Aviation Administration this week, the agency’s chief administrator said drones and hobbyist aircraft [...]
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LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live fully detailed, priced and up for pre-orders
As expected, Google had a whole lot to showcase in terms of software upgrades and refreshes at the developer-focused I/O conference, but fairly little in the hardware field: just the Android Wear-based LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live smartwatches. No new Nexus device, nothing on the greatly anticipated Android Silver program, not even a [...]
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Android TV, Auto, and OS refresh define this year’s Google I/O conference
Android expands again to platforms beyond its usual tablet and smartphone home. Google held its annual I/O keynote Wednesday, which has historically served as a peek into what the company’s has planned for the next year. Keynotes of the past have usually been times when new Nexus hardware makes its first appearance but this year’s [...]
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Samsung Gear Live specs crop up, along with fresh pricing hints for LG G Watch
“Industry insiders” and third-party retailers are keen on ruining Google’s surprises for I/O 2014, divulging precious information on Samsung’s first Android Wear device, as well as LG’s G watch mere hours ahead of the conference’s kickoff. It’s no big secret anymore, Google I/O 2014 will be all about smartwatches. A fresh build of “regular” Android [...]
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CryTek in crisis: Layoffs begin at UK studio
Employees get layoff notices at CryTek’s UK office, as the company struggles to make payroll. As reported earlier this week, CryTek is facing a perilous future. Demand has been slack for its CryEngine, and keeping its Xbox One title Ryse on schedule cost much more than initially expected. Now, Eurogamer is reporting that there are [...]
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