Tuesday, June 30, 2015

IT News Head Lines (VR-Zone) 7/1/2015

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Google Maps to soon begin listing all railroad crossings in US
Maps
In a bid to minimize railroad crossing accidents in the US, the Federal Railroad Administration has entered into a partnership with Google to include all grade crossings in Google Maps soon. Google will be acquiring the data from United States Department of Transportation and pinpoint each and every rail crossing in the US. In addition...

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Affordable Samsung Galaxy J2 might be coming soon
J1
Samsung may soon add a new member to its Galaxy J-series lineup as the Galaxy J2 might be arriving soon. An unannounced Samsung Galaxy smartphone with the model number SM-J200F has appeared on the IMEI database recently, suggesting that the Galaxy J2 may be launched in the next few weeks. The device has also been...

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OnePlus reveals yet another OnePlus 2 feature, a fingerprint scanner
OnePlus 2
OnePlus has today made it official that the OnePlus 2 smartphone will indeed pack an advanced fingerprint sensor. In a post on the OnePlus forum, the company has revealed that the OnePlus 2 fingerprint scanner could be one of the most impressive in the market, claimed to work even faster than Apple’s TouchID. Apparently the...

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LG’s new smartwatch battery could improve battery life of your next smartwatch
LGChem
LG Chem has announced a new hexagon-shaped battery that is claimed to improve battery life on smartwatches by up to 25%. LG is the first to market with hexagonal batteries for smartwatches. It has developed the new battery in cooperation with a leading technology company. The hexagonal battery reportedly helps improve storage capacity by a...

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Huawei Honor 7 variants to feature different designs
Honor 7
Just a day before the smartphone goes official, new info on the Huawei Honor 7 has surfaced courtesy of Chinese media. The latest report claims that the two Honor 7 variants will differ from each other not just in terms of the specifications, but also design. The lower-end variant of the device will arrive with...

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Apple Watch patent could allow file transfers with just a handshake
AppleWatch
Apple has come up with a great idea that could allow people to transfer data between their Apple Watches with simple gestures such as handshake, fist bump, or a bow. The Cupertino based company recently filed a patent that will make it possible. This no doubt sounds very cool but can also be quite handy...

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Micron is now shipping 20nm GDDR5 DRAM chips
Micron
Micron Technology recently announced that it has begun shipping 8Gb (1GB) GDDR5 DRAM chips manufactured on a 20nm process to its customers. Micron isn’t the first to come up with 20nm DRAM chips as rival Samsung beat it by being the first to market. However, Micron believes that it will not be beat when it...

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Microsoft Lumia 940XL confirmed to be powered by the Snapdragon 810 SoC
lumia
The upcoming Microsoft Lumia 940 XL has visited the GFXBench benchmark website recently, confirming that it is indeed going to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 SoC. The benchmark also reveals that the device will feature a 5.7-inch Quad HD display, octa-core Snapdragon 810 SoC, 1.5GB RAM, 16GB of internal memory, 20MP rear camera...

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Sony to soon begin manufacturing Xperia smartphones in India
Sony
Japanese electronics giant Sony is reportedly quite serious about starting a manufacturing facility for Xperia smartphones in India. Sony India Managing Director Kenichiro Hibi told reporters recently that Sony is considering the possibility of manufacturing Xperia smartphones in the country thanks to the Indian government’s new ‘Make in India’ initiative that encourages foreign investment in...

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HTC Aero tipped to be an ‘intermediate device’, coming to US this November
Aero
Evan Blass, the man behind evleaks, has leaked some new info on HTC Aero, the smartphone expected to succeed the One M9 later this year as the company’s ‘hero device’. Surprisingly, evleaks claims that the device will be an ‘intermediate’ device, which may suggest that something bigger could perhaps be in the works, possibly for...

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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus expected to boost battery size to 3,000 mAh
Samsung-Galaxy-S6-Edge
Apparently, the oft-rumored display diagonal increase will not be “Project Zero 2’s” only upgrade, though a processor downgrade may well negate the edgy handheld’s Plus suffix. Did anyone ask for a longer-lasting Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge? Oh, yes, we did, and some even fancied a larger dual-curved Android flagship to better show off the side...

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Surface Pro 4 must wait, but here’s a cheaper Core i7 Microsoft Surface Pro 3
Surface Pro 3
There are now six different configurations of the 12-inch “laplet” sold in Microsoft stores, with $1,300 buying you an Intel Core i7/128 GB SSD/8 GB RAM model. It’s tricky to try to anticipate Redmond’s Surface family refresh movements, as the Mini got nixed in the eleventh hour, a non-pro Surface 3 followed the RT 2...

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Verizon-bound Motorola ‘Kinzie’ benchmarked with QHD screen, 20 MP cam
Droid Turbo
The onslaught of ultra-high-res Androids is set to continue, with Motorola Lenovo believed to be working on at least two Quad HD handhelds for commercial launches by the end of the year. Wondering just how much better the already remarkable Verizon-exclusive Droid Turbo can get? Not very much, if we’re to trust preliminary information listed...

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