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Auto Expo 2014 app has been launched, just in time for the 12th Auto Expo. This Multi-Platform Mobile application is available for free on the Android Market, Blackberry App World, Apple App Store and Windows Phone Store. The Motor Show 2014 is scheduled from February 7th to 11th, 2014 at India Expo Mart, Greater Noida.
The Auto Expo is organized by Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). Popular manufacturers such as BMW, Ford, General Motors, Honda Cars, Hyundai Motor, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Renault, Tata Motors and more would showcase their new cars and bikes at the event.
Features of Auto Expo 2014 app
Get updated information about the Motor Show
Teach favorite area/stall in the venue through the site maps
Get the list of participants, exhibits on display, entertainment shows and much more.
Option to mark favorite exhibitor
Get latest News and Notifications on any development etc.
Find all the relevant information about Organisers, Parking, Ticket, Facilities, Shuttle Service
Download Auto Expo 2014 (Free) - Android | iPhone and iPad | BlackBerry | Windows Phone 8
Samsung will still be making Windows Phones, if the previously leaked press image of its first Windows Phone 8.1 device is to be believed. Codenamed "Huron", the Samsung made Windows Phone will be a sequel to the ATIV S that coincided with the launch of WP8, the big reboot to Microsoft's fast growing platform. But Samsung hasn't announced any device since, so at this moment, this leak comes more as a surprise than the usual expected ones. Curiously though, the render, leaked by evleaks, shows off a device that looks exactly like the ATIV or a Galaxy, but misses the camera button on the side, which used to be mandatory for Windows Phone. And of course, the screen is "off" so we are not able to get a glimpse of Windows Phone 8.1 either, which evleaks claims the phone is running on. But there are more details.
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evleaks also revealed its model number earlier, which is SM-750W. Doing a quick search on the GFXBench site reveals that the phone is a mid range 720p device that has the Adreno 305 for graphics, unlike the full HD device we initially thought it would be. Rumoured to sport a 5 inch screen, the ...
Google is working on its photography suite seriously and it was pretty evident after the Mountain View company acquired Snapseed photo editing app. In the latest move to strength its photography team, Google has pocketed Adobe's John Nack.
John Nack has been associated with Adobe and one of its primary offering - Adobe Photoshop. John Nack was the Senior Product Manager for Adobe Photoshop. He had been associated with Adobe for 14 years and was the man to lead the company's first public beta - CS3. Apart from that, he was also responsible for features inside Photoshop like Smart Objects.
In a blog post at Adobe's website, John Nack bid his former company a adieu and hopes for a great experience at Google. He also said that the two companies have been in good terms and are working to make the best for photographers to tell their tales.
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Auto Expo 2014 app has been launched, just in time for the 12th Auto Expo. This Multi-Platform Mobile application is available for free on the Android Market, Blackberry App World, Apple App Store and Windows Phone Store. The Motor Show 2014 is scheduled from February 7th to 11th, 2014 at India Expo Mart, Greater Noida.
The Auto Expo is organized by Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). Popular manufacturers such as BMW, Ford, General Motors, Honda Cars, Hyundai Motor, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Renault, Tata Motors and more would showcase their new cars and bikes at the event.
Features of Auto Expo 2014 app
Get updated information about the Motor Show
Teach favorite area/stall in the venue through the site maps
Get the list of participants, exhibits on display, entertainment shows and much more.
Option to mark favorite exhibitor
Get latest News and Notifications on any development etc.
Find all the relevant information about Organisers, Parking, Ticket, Facilities, Shuttle Service
Download Auto Expo 2014 (Free) - Android | iPhone and iPad | BlackBerry | Windows Phone 8
Pacemaker for iPad has landed on Apple's app store and it is free. Pacemaker is a virtual DJ application that allows users to mix songs and create effects. The application is free to download and users can choose to buy effects, filters and extended functionality from the in-app store.
Pacemaker for iPad also comes with support for millions of songs from Spotify's extensive library. In addition to being able to use millions of Spotify tracks, Pacemaker can also use the iTunes songs that are stored on the device. It comes with a free Spotify freemium trail so that users can start using the application as soon as they download it.
One of the important things about Pacemaker is its design and ease of use. They have left out various real world references and brought out only a few core necessities to help one become their own DJ. Pacemaker for iPad is now live on the App Store and is free to download.
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Apple is usually the aggressor when it comes to suing companies for infringement of patents and technologies, but this time it is the other way round. Apple is the defendant in a case against them for intentionally and willfully infringing patents.
The case has been filed by Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation(WARF) on the behalf of University of Wisconsin. According to the case, Apple has violated its own patent no. 5,781,752, referring to a “table based data speculation circuit for parallel processing computer”. The description of the patent is as follows -
“a predictor circuit permits advanced execution of instructions depending for their data on previous instructions by predicting such dependencies based on previous mis-speculations detected at the final stages of processing. Synchronization of dependent instructions is provided by a table creating entries for each instance of potential dependency. Table entries are created and deleted dynamically to limit total memory requirements“.
WARF has put forth claims that Apple has used its technology in achieving greater efficiency and performance in their new Apple A7 chip. The Apple A7 chip is the first 64-bit processor for handheld devices and is currently used by Apple across the range of its devices - iPhone 5s, iPad Air and iPad Mini ...
Just as several reports had predicted, Satya Nadella is officially the new Microsoft CEO, succeeding Steve Ballmer as the tech giant's third Chief Executive Officer. Having led several Microsoft divisions including the wealthy Enterprise and Cloud business, Satya Nadella becomes the insider CEO, after several reports of an outsider being considered as the next CEO. Bill Gates also announced that he will leaving the board Chairman position, leaving way for John Thompson to take over that post, which is seen as a move to appease investors of radically lesser influence from the Gates-Ballmer era. While we scour for more publicly available information, here's an introductory video directly from Microsoft -
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Here are a few snippets of his first letter to all Microsoft employees -
I’ve been fortunate to work closely with both Bill and Steve in my different roles at Microsoft, and as I step in as CEO, I’ve asked Bill to devote additional time to the company, focused on technology and products.
I am 46. I’ve been married for 22 years and we have 3 kids. And like anyone else, a lot of what I do and how I think has been shaped by my family and my overall life experiences.
In our ...
Moodagent music player, one of the popular music players since 2010 is now available for select Nokia Asha devices. It has mood sliders that lets you create playlists from the songs in your library. You can move these sliders up or down depending your mood, which reflects in the playlists. The app is already available for Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and Symbian.
Features of Moodagent for Asha
Instantly create mood-based playlists by setting the mood-sliders or choosing a seed track
Choose different moods: anger, love, happiness, sadness and tempo.
Sync to add new songs to the Moodagent
Disable specific mood-sliders for greater mood control
Download Moodagent ($0.99 / Rs. 20) - Nokia Asha 501, 502 and 503
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After the A500, A500s and the A500L in the A Series, Xolo is all set to launch the A500 Club, the company's first music-oriented smartphone with dual front-facing speakers. The phone has been spotted on the official website and packs a a 4-inch (480×800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display based on One Glass Solution (OGS) technology, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT 6572 processor with Mali 400 MP GPU and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean).
It has a 5.0-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support with dual standby similar to other Xolo smartphones.
Xolo A500 Club specifications
4-inch (480×800 pixels) capacitive touch screen OGS display
Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
1.3 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT 6572 processor with Mali 400 GPU
Dual SIM
5MP rear Camera with LED flash, HD video recording
0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera
9.3 mm thick
HD video playback
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
512MB RAM, 4GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with MicroSD
3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP, GPS
1400 mAh battery
The Xolo A500 Clubcomes in White color and is priced at Rs. 7,099. It is expected launch later this month.
Foursquare, the popular location-based social network, has just received a 15 million dollar investment from Microsoft. This equity investment from the Redmond company comes after a successful $35mn round of VC funding for the New York based Startup in December last year, reports the Wall Street Journal. Along with this fresh investment, Microsoft has also entered into a multi-year deal with Foursquare for licensing its vast location-based data. This will apparently be put to use in its Search Engine Bing, and naturally in Windows Phone too, as an extension. Foursquare has a massive point of interest database that's heavily crowd sourced with tips, check ins, comments and so forth, hence we think this deal is a biggie for Microsoft.
Foursquare's CEO Dennis Crowley wouldn't reveal how much Microsoft is paying for this contract, but he does note that Microsoft is now the biggest source of revenue for the company. The app has 45 million users and increasing, with data of about 60 million restaurants and countless POI places. With this treasure trove of data, the Bing machine learning algorithms get to crunch more so that contextual search can benefit from this. In Microsoft's long pending announcement of its voice assistant, this ...
Hankering for a bit of color in your favorite Google edition device? The Nexus 5 in red is now available on the Play Store in the same 16 and 32GB capacities as the other variants. The phone has a dual tone finish with the front being black, and the matte red finish extending to the edges. The specifications of the phone remain identical to the black and white versions and are detailed below.
Key Specifications of the Nexus 5
Processor: Qualcomm® Snapdragon 800 with 2.26GHz Quad-Core Krait CPU
Operating System: Android™ 4.4, KitKat®
Display: 5-inch (actual 4.95-inch) Full HD IPS (1920 x 1080 pixels)
Network: CDMA/1xRTT/EVDO, GSM/GPRS/EDGE, WCDMA/HSPA+, LTE
Memory: 32GB / 16GB
RAM: 2GB
Camera: Rear 8.0MP with OIS / Front 1.3MP HD
Battery: 2,300mAh Li-Polymer (embedded)
Size: 137.84 x 69.17 x 8.59mm
Weight: 130g
Others: Wireless charging, NFC
The Snapdragon 800 powered device is available for Rs. 28,999 for the 16GB version while the 32GB version will go for Rs. 32,999. Want to know more about the device? Check out our Google Nexus 5 review right here.
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comScore published its quarterly report for the period of Q4 2013 today and the results show a slight dip in market share for Android. Compared to Q3 2013, Android showed a 0.3 percent dip to reach 51.5 percent market penetration. Trailing Android is Apple with 41.8 percent of the smartphone market being powered by iOS. This was a slight rise from the 40.60% market share it enjoyed in Q3 2013. The launch of the iPhone 5s and 5c are expected to have played a role in this rise. The remaining marketshare was split between with BlackBerry and Microsoft which are at third and fourth spots respectively with 3.4%, 3.1% penetration.
In terms of Smartphone OEM market shares, Leaping over HTC and LG was Motorola that managed to gain 6.7% of the smartphone market share. This was no doubt catalyzed by good reviews and demand for its Moto G handset. The top two positions are held by Samsung and Apple. While the Korean company is the leading Android smartphone manufacturer, it still manages just 26.1% of the smartphone market share. Apple is clearly the leading smartphone manufacturer here with 41.8% of the US smartphone market. Apple launched the iPhone 5s and 5c ...
Flipkart and Motorola are all set to announce the budget Moto G in India. Just hours before the official announcement, Flipkart has thrown light on the pricing details which was the most expected announcement. Motorola Moto G comes in two variants - 8GB and 16GB and the pricing of 8GB is Rs. 12,499 while the 16GB version costs Rs. 13,999. Motorola Moto G is exclusively available only on Flipkart on launch day and it will be gradually available to other sellers.
If you did not know about Motorola Moto G, it was announced way back in November keeping in mind Brazil and Indian smartphone markets. Moto G offers great value for money as it brings along a 4.5inch 720p display with a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor for excellent performance. The specifications of Motorola Moto G are
4.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) edge-to-edge display at 329 ppi with Corning Gorilla Glass protection
1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor with Adreno 305 GPU
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with option to upgrade to Android 4.4 (KitKat)
5MP rear camera with LED flash, 720p HD video recording at 30fps
1.3MP front-facing camera
6.0-11.6 mm thick (curve) and weighs 143 grams
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
720p HD video playback
1GB RAM, 8GB/16GB internal ...
Just after revealing the prices of the highly awaited Motorola Moto G in India, Flipkart, the exclusive launch partner for the device, has also revealed new launch day offers for its customers. Expected to be a timed exclusive, Flipkart is pulling all stops to sell out the most hotly anticipated Indian smartphone launch in the recent times, with bundled offers that might make sense for its own customers. Motorola, a company that exited the Indian smartphone business years back, is now firmly back in play with its successful budget smartphone, but obviously, they had to look at building new distribution channels for the re-entry in the Indian market. Flipkart has obviously capitalized on this opportunity to have Moto G as an exclusive, especially with Amazon India as a growing competitive threat.
The product is still listed as "Coming soon" with launch availability yet to be announced, but the offers have been revealed, as you can see from the image above. On the day of launch, you get all these perks on Flipkart -
Rs. 500/- off on Flipkart eBooks
Rs. 1000/- off on Clothing
Flat 70% off on Moto G colour shells
Chance to win 100% cashback in Store credits
All these offers are applicable only ...
Motorola has partnered with Flipkart to launch the Moto G, the company's latest budget smartphone in India as it promised earlier this week. It was announced back in November 2013 and packs a 4.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) edge-to-edge display at 329 ppi with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor and run on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean), upgradeable to Android 4.4 (KitKat) in a few weeks.
It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with 720p HD video recording and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It also comes with dual SIM support with dual standby.It has a water resistant coating both on outside and inside for complete protection.
Check out our Motorola Moto G Review
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Motorola Moto G specifications
4.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) edge-to-edge display at 329 ppi with Corning Gorilla Glass protection
1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor with Adreno 305 GPU
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with option to upgrade to Android 4.4 (KitKat)
5MP rear camera with LED flash, 720p HD video recording at 30fps
1.3MP front-facing camera
6.0-11.6 mm thick (curve) and weighs 143 grams
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
720p HD video playback
1GB RAM, 8GB/16GB internal memory
3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, GLONASS
2070 mAh battery
The Motorola Moto G comes in Black color ...
Motorola and Flipkart partnered to launch the most expected Moto G in India earlier today starting at Rs. 12,499. The Moto G comes only with a back rear cover. You can buy the rear sells and Flip covers separately. Moto G accessories, including the Back Cover, Grip Shell and the Flip Cover has been priced on Flipkart. Motorola started selling Grip shells for Moto G in the US last month at $19.99.
Motorola Moto G Back Cover - Rs. 8,99
Motorola Moto G Grip Cover - Rs. 1,099
Motorola Moto G Flip Cover - Rs. 1,599
Flipkart also offers 70% discount on back covers if you get them with the phone on Feb 6th. These accessories are still listed as coming soon on Flipkart. These accessories would go on sale midnight along with the Moto G.
You can check out the list of Flipkart’s Moto G launch day offers here. Planning to get the phone? Check out our Motorola Moto G Review here.
LG launched the Optimus L1 II, an entry-level 3G smartphone with dual SIM support in India back in November last year. The LG Optimus L1 II Tri (E475) with triple SIM support has been listed on official LG Brazil website. It has similar specifications as the dual SIM variant including a 3.0-inch (320 x 240 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, 1 GHz processor and runs on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 2-megapixel rear camera with VGA video recording. It also has a dedicated SIM switch key as seen on dual SIM L Series II devices.
LG Optimus L1 II Tri (E475) specifications
3.0-inch (320 x 240 pixels) capacitive touch screen display
1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM7225A processor
Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Triple SIM, dedicated SIM switch key
2 MP fixed focus camera with VGA video recording
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
13.3 mm thick and weighs 104.6 grams
512MB RAM, 4GB of internal memory, expandable memory up to 32 GB with microSD
3G (HSDPA up to 7.2 Mbps), Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, aGPS
1540 mAh battery
The LG Optimus L1 II Tri comes in Black, White and Pink colors and is priced around 340 Brazilian Real (~Rs. 8,800) in several online stores in Brazil. No word on global roll out yet.
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Samsung has partnered with Swarovski, popular for its crystal and fashion jewelry to launch a limited-edition cover encrusted with Swarovski crystals for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Samsung introduced the Galaxy S4 Crystal edition few months back, but they have planned to sell a crystal cover for the Note 3 separately. Recently Samsung announced the Galaxy Note 3 in Rose Gold White, Rose Gold Black and Merlot Red colors, in addition to Jet Black, Classic White and Blush Pink colors.
It also comes bundled with a sparkling bracelet. The limited edition Galaxy Note 3 cover is covered in Swarovski Fine Crystal Rocks and available in three colors Jet black, a custom blend of Crystal Bermuda Blue and Crystal Metallic Light Gold and Crystal Metallic Silver. Samsung and Swarovski have also partnered to create exclusive backstage Samsung Galaxy Lounge within Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.
It would be available for purchase for US$299 at the Swarovski retail store at 696 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York for a limited time.
Things haven't really gone HTC's way since the rise of droids and HTC is trying to pull back things with their premium offerings. Last year, HTC announced their current flagship - HTC One to the delight of many Android lovers. HTC One defined styled in the Android smartphone market and came with an exceptional build quality and aluminum unibody. But the problem with the HTC One was their new UltraPixel technology which din't harness the results they would have expected. HTC went on to use the same HTC One design and build for the HTC One Mini and HTC One Max. Suddenly we had three similarly built devices lurking in various price ranges.
Come 2014 and we have new expectations from phone manufacturers to bring their best in their flagships and we hope HTC will do better with the HTC One successor. HTC M8, the rumored successor, leaked sometime ago and sported the same old design. Now, another leaked photo shows even more clearly how closely the HTC M8 resembles the HTC One(HTC M7). However, there are a few changes.
The new HTC M8 will supposedly sport two camera sensors with dual LED flash on its back for better imaging. Two cameras ...
Google Maps app for iPhone, iPad and Android already shows you alternate routes when you request for it while navigating. Google has updated these apps to show notifications if there’s a faster route. Google maps already shows bands of red, yellow and green along your route based on traffic conditions. The new notification option now lets you reach the destination faster with dynamic rerouting so that you can avoid heavy traffic in your chosen route.
Google acquired Waze, popular crowd-sourced navigation app back in June and introduced real-time incident reports from Waze users for Google Maps for Android, iPhone and iPad in select countries. Getting traffic info would help dynamic rerouting since these updates are instant.
Both these apps have also been updated with bug fixes.
Stephen Elop, the ex-CEO from Nokia, will be heading the expanded devices team at Microsoft, as per reports. Previously rumoured to be in the running for the top job at Microsoft, Stephen Elop now gets to lead the newly formed team, like previously agreed upon. This is pretty obvious now, as Microsoft just announced its newest CEO, Satya Nadella, who takes over the position from Steve Ballmer. Elop stepped down from his role as the CEO of Nokia immediately after the announcement of Nokia-Microsoft acquisition, to avoid a conflict of interests.
The Microsoft CEO search went on for over six months and Stephen Elop was a prime candidate, if previous reports are to be believed. A lot of rumours circled around how Elop would want to spin off Xbox and Bing divisions if he becomes CEO and so forth, which had lent less credibility, but the fact that he was in the running was more pronounced. But finally, we have an insider CEO, and hence the previously agreed upon role of the Expanded devices head would go to Elop, who, along with Jo Harlow, Juha Putkiranta, Timo Toikkanen, and Chris Weber would transfer to Microsoft after the deal officially closes. He ...
