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Thursday, 19 February 2015

Motorola set to unleash the powerful Moto Maxx in India very Soon...

  Author : Harmanpreet Singh     No comments
06:13

Flipkart has just teased the imminent arrival of the Motorola Moto Maxx smartphone in India. The handset is the global version of the Droid Turbo, which was announced back in September as an exclusive via American carrier Verizon Wireless. Beyond this, the Moto Maxx was only available in Brazil, but it's good to see that Motorola is finally looking to bring the smartphone to India as well.



Flipkart's teaser doesn't mention the Moto Maxx outright, but the hints are pretty obvious. The use of phrases like "Turbo charged", "Accelerated Performance" leaves nothing to the imagination. The Moto Maxx retails for 2,199 Brazilian Real, which is somewhere around the Rs 48,000 mark.

The actual arrival date of the smartphone is not known yet as this is merely a teaser, but we're hoping Motorola or Flipkart will share more details over the coming days. Read on for more details about the hardware on the Moto Maxx:

· 5.2-inch QHD (2560x1440) display
· Ballistic Nylon body texture
· 21MP rear camera with f/2.0 aperture size
· 2MP portrait camera
· 2.5 GHz Snapdragon 805 chipset
· 64GB internal storage (no microSD card slot)
· 3GB of RAM
· Android 4.4 KitKat with the Android 5.0 update on the horizon
· 3,900 mAh battery

Considering the popularity of Motorola smartphones in India, we expect the Moto Maxx to do fairly well when it arrives in the region. Price will obviously play a crucial role in the success or failure of the smartphone and we're sure Motorola will be mindful of that. The Moto Maxx has hardware to rival even the best handsets in the market today, so we're guessing Motorola will treat it like a flagship.


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Monday, 29 December 2014

NSA Reportedly Siphoning Off Personal Data Through Popular Mobile Apps.

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14:14


Another day, another round of leaks from former CIA technical analyst Edward Snowden. This man blew the whistle on U.S. National Security Agency’s electronic spying programs, and he continues to leak highly classified documents. Documents provided to The New York Times, The Guardian and ProPublica reveal that the NSA has been siphoning off personal data through popular mobile applications, internally referred to as “leaky apps.” Apparently the NSA has collaborated with its British counterpart on this program, the Government Communications Headquarter or GCHQ.
iPhone Intrusion.
As per the documents, this program was called “the mobile surge,” and was being put in place as far back as 2007. Apparently both the NSA and GCHQ have “traded recipes” for siphoning location and planning data whenever a target uses Google Maps, they also pick up address books, phone logs, buddy lists, geo data in photos and posts sent through mobile sites of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Flickr and more. In one slide, iPhone and Android smartphones are referred to as “Golden Nugget!,” an analyst merely points out that they are excellent resources for picking up data without being detected. The agencies’ ability to do this apparently hasn’t been broken by newer apps, even popular games like Angry Birds have been named, so while users flick birds at pigs, the NSA and GCHQ can lift their personal data without them even knowing.

Android Intrusion.
Even though the leaked documents detail how mobile applications are used for spying, The New York Times reports that nothing in the documents addressed whether or not the companies that created those apps were cooperating with the agencies.

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HTC Hima Specifications Appear Online.

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12:24


HTC’s next Android flagship is believed to be internally referred to as the Hima(also romoured as M9), which is what the online media is now calling this yet to be released device. It appears that the device has made a trip to AnTuTu benchmark from where we get to look at its specifications. This is far from official so don’t forget that grain of salt, you might need it.

Earlier today it was rumored that HTC might unveil its next flagship earlier than originally planned. Usually the company is expected to make such an announcement at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona but today’s rumor suggested that perhaps we might be treated to the HTC Hima at CES 2015.
Seeing as how the trade show is less than a week away, we can easily wait to find out if HTC is actually going through with this now or keeping a lid on it till MWC 2015.

As per the AnTuTu benchmark results the HTC Hima specifications include a 5-inch 1,080×1,920 pixel resolution display, previously a Quad HD display was rumored, apart from the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor, 3GB RAM, 20.7 megapixel rear and 13 megapixel front camera and Android 5.0.1.
Would HTC really take a gamble on a 1,080×1,920 pixel resolution display when almost all of its major rivals have moved up to bigger and better displays? Time will tell.


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New King of Tech Startups: Smartphone Maker Xiaomi Raises $1.1 Billion at $45 Billion Valuation.

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10:30



Xiaomi has said it has closed a massive $1.1 billion round of funding that values the fast-growing Chinese phone maker at a jaw-dropping $45 billion, pre-money. The huge amount makes it the most highly valued tech startup in the world, besting a recent whopping valuation of Uber at over $40 billion.

 CEO and founder Lei Jun officially announced the investment on a post on China’s Weibo just now. He said the funding, which has been widely reported was coming, was completed last week.

 Yuri Milner’s investment group DST Global, which sources say has already poured $500 million into Xiaomi, took part in the latest round, which is mostly made up of new investors. Milner’s interest in the Chinese company has been intriguing, akin to his big-money bets in Facebook many years ago.

 A private equity group affiliated with Alibaba Group‘s Jack Ma also invested in this round, along with a pile of other powerful players.

 The reason is clear: With a focus on rapid innovation and nifty software, Xiaomi has quickly grown to become the world’s third-largest phone maker. However, a recent financial report showed profits remain slim, just $56 million in 2013.

 The company’s valuation, though, has continued to soar as the company has expanded beyond its home turf in China, with an eye toward becoming a global giant. A 2012 funding round valued the company at $4 billion, while investments last year pegged its valuation at $10 billion.

 Sources say that $10 billion is now equal roughly to the amount of revenue that Xiaomi is doing annually, as the company continues to expand into new markets, including India. In China, Xiaomi frequently sells tens of thousands of its phones per minute through its online storefront.

 As was the case with Alibaba, the latest Xiaomi funding reflects strong global interest to back companies that have thrived in China’s cutthroat domestic market and have the scale and ambition to take their efforts worldwide.

 Overseeing Xiaomi’s big global plans is Hugo Barra, a former Google executive who was part of the team that leads Android development.

 The investment is the second massive one to take place in the last month, creating private companies that are valued at sums akin to public ones. Uber, the sometimes controversial transportation startup, recently announced a similar funding. Like Uber, Xiaomi has grown very big, very fast.

 Xiaomi executive Bin Lin appeared at D: Dive Into Mobile in 2013 to discuss the company’s humble roots, its winning online sales strategy and its plans to grow far bigger.
And here’s a translation of Jun’s post:
Xiaomi Completed A New Round of Financing Last Week.
Xiaomi raised a new financing round at a $45bn valuation last week. The total amount raised was more than $1.1bn. Investors include All Stars, DST, GIC, Hopu and Yunfeng. This fundraising round is in recognition of the results Xiaomi has achieved in the last four years since inception, and also unveils the next chapter of development for Xiaomi.
Xiaomi will assume we are starting from scratch, and continue working towards our dream to let everyone globally enjoy a better life through technology. Our goal is always to pursue high quality, high performance products with good user experience.
Xiaomi will launch some heavyweight flagship products in January 2015 to show gratitude to the fans, partners and investors who have been supporting us.

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Twitter down in Apps, can’t Login states Message.

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00:46

Twitter

Twitter is a microblog which allows users to publish short messages of 140 characters of less. Twitter users are able to post their tweets from from numerous devices and platforms, including the iPhone, Android, Blackberry, or Windows Phone devices and traditional computers.

Twitter goes down for some users...

If you are facing a problem logging into your Twitter account from an Android device, you are not alone.
The Twitter service is down right now within Android and iOS apps, according to reports from users on popular status update websites. For some it is December 29, although in other regions Twitter is down on Dec 30 thanks to different timezones. The most reported error seems to focus on not being able to sign-in to the Twitter app, which asks users to try again later.

We performed a few tests in the UK on early Dec 29, but everything seems to be working fine. This doesn’t change the fact that thousands of problems were reported in the last 15 minutes alone, as you can see on Down Detector and Down Today.

There have been several complaints from users of logging out of their Twitter accounts from Android apps and some third part accounts like TweetDeck.

Users who tried to log into Twitter were met with an error message and were not be able to get access to their account, GeekWire reported.

TweetDeck users reported that all their tweets show as 365 days old.

On social networking site Reddit, several users wrote they could not log in and some thought that their account had been hacked.

Only Apple iOS devices were working fine for logging into Twitter.

According to Twitter, “some users are currently having trouble signing in to twitter. Our engineers are currently working to resolve this”.

Error Message During Twitter Login...

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Sunday, 28 December 2014

Kodak Instamatic 2014 Android Camera Mobile Phone: Don’t Believe the Hype...

  Author : Harmanpreet Singh     No comments
10:07

Kodak has announced that it’s licensing its name to a range of mobile devices that make it easier to print and share images. The company’s first smartphone will be unveiled at CES in January followed by a "4G handset, a tablet, and a connected camera" arriving in the second half of 2015. The actual hardware will be built by Bullitt Group, an English company that makes a range of ultra-rugged smartphones for construction company Caterpillar and claims to create products "using the unadulterated DNA of the brands we work with."
There's no talk of megapixels - this is all about branding
"Kodak is one of the world's most recognizable brands. It is trusted by consumers as a marque of quality and innovation," said Bullitt Mobile CEO Oliver Schulte in a press release. "We've taken that heritage and used it to inspire a range of beautifully designed devices that will let users take great pictures and edit, share, store and print them in an instant." As Schulte suggests, the emphasis is very much on software solutions rather than quality hardware. Neither Kodak nor Bullitt mention any details about megapixels, sensor size, or the like, and instead both seem intent on selling the devices for their ease of use — even including remote management software that will let "family members and friends … provide help and support."

Licensing its brand is a strategy in keeping with the radical restructure that helped Kodak exit bankruptcy last September. The company spun off or shut down its various consumer divisions (including its digital photography team) and is instead concentrating on commercial printing. It won’t be the only struggling firm trying to jump on the mobile bandwagon either: back in September, Panasonic unveiled the experimental Lumix CM1 smartphone, equipped with a large sensor and Leica lens. Kodak can get people interested with its name alone, but it'll have to contribute more than just branding to actually win customers' respect.

The device itself - if it were real - would be a rather enticing package to behold. At prices between $199 and $349 you'll be getting this device off-contract and able to work with unknown networks (4G, they say, but do not specify), and there will be three different models.And please, at the point, remind yourself that this is all an elaborate mock-up aiming to appear to be real.
There's an Instamatic 14W, Instamatic 14, and Instamatic 15 Ultra, each of them with their own high-powered benefits. Each works with Android (though they don't say which version) and a front-facing camera with a PixPro 24-140mm f/3.9-5.9 lens - the largest works with a PixPro 24-260mm lens mount at f/2.4-5.3 - amazing! The back of this device range is either 4-inches of 5-inches and you've got 8GB internal memory, 512MB or none at all - odd!
The same is true of the YouTube presentation of this device which you're about to see - the Instamatic2014 YouTube account having no official affiliation with Kodak itself and also having been created the same day as its sole video. That video is certainly well made, on the other hand, created by someone with some skill in graphic design and product presentation as such.

You'll also notice that at different times this device runs a vanilla version of Android or a straight up MIUI ROM. The fantastic features end up being just a bit too much to handle from the start - but know this - Kodak, if you do end up creating a machine like this, you'll want to organize its specifications to be a bit more realistic.
Until next time - keep your eyes peeled for hype beyond believe and falsehoods in the tech industry, and feel free to report in Comments when you see it!


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