Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Instagram Introduces 60 Seconds Video Uploads

Instagram has rolled out new feature and has extended the earlier limit of 15 seconds of video upload on Instagram to 60 seconds. It’s a quite good extension that Instagram has allowed on its platform.


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Instagram took this step as Video watch on Instagram went up by 40% in small span of time/ So that’s why this popular media has allowed the video of 60 seconds.


Also, on official blog of Instagram it is explained as follows:


In the last six months, the time people spent watching video increased by more than 40 percent. And longer videos mean more diverse stories from the accounts you love, whether it’s Selena Gomez hanging out with friends or beauty star Bretman Rock’s latest makeup tutorial.


In some coming months the 60 seconds video option will go live.



Instagram Introduces 60 Seconds Video Uploads

Google Photos Update Let's You Undo Changes You Have Made

Google has rolled out new version of the Google Photos for Android App. The New app has come with the functionality which allows you to Undo the changes you have made to the images while editing it.


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This feature provides users little comfort while editing the image if image have been overwritten by mistake. So it will provide user an option to undo any changes if mistakenly got saved.


Google said in a Google+ post that:


Sometimes it takes multiple edits to get a photo just right – or you change your mind and decide the original was perfect just the way it was. With today’s update for Android, editing is now fully reversible and non-destructive. So you can save your edits or save a new copy of the photo – either way, the original photo will remain untouched.


So guys just head over to the Play Store and download the latest version to get this undo feature.



Google Photos Update Let's You Undo Changes You Have Made

HTC 10 Hits GFXBench with detailed Specs

HTC is going to launch its flagship device on April 12. As the date is coming close more leaks are coming out revealing HTC 10’s specs and design. Now HTC 10 hits the GFXBench with detailed specs which shows some new features coming.


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According to the listing on GFXBench HTC 10 is features a 5.1-inch smartphone with a Quad HD resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels, or a pixel pitch of 576 ppi. It is powered with quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor with 4GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, 12 MP rear camera and 5 MP front snapper and phone is packed with 3000 mAh battery. Moreover, phone will run on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow out of box.


New things in this listings are  the HTC 10 will add a pedometer to package—hopefully in concert with a comprehensive, proprietary Health app.


HTC 10 Detailed Specs


  • Android 6.0.1

  • 5.1″ display, 2560 x 1440

  • 2.1GHz quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

  • OpenGL ES 3.1

  • 4 GB of RAM and 32 GB internal storage

  • 12 MP rear camera with 4k video shooting and 5 MP front camera

  • pedometer, nfc

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HTC 10 Hits GFXBench with detailed Specs

Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) and Galaxy J5 (2016) are Official Now

Samsung announced its Two mid-range android smartphones Galaxy J7 (2016) and Galaxy J5 (2016) on its Chinese Official Website. Their are lots of rumors and leaks related to both of these devices. Both the devices features a Dual sim and both of them are almost same in design but different in hardware.


Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016)


According to the official website listing Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) is having a 5.2-inch 720p Super AMOLED touchscreen, a 13 MP rear camera with LED flash and laser autofocus, a 5 MP selfie snapper, a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of expandable storage, and 4G on board. It runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop. Its dimensions are 145.7 x 72.3 x 7.9 mm, and it weighs 155.4g. It will comes in three colours White, Gold and Pink Gold. The Official images of Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) are listed in gallery below.




Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) features a 5.5-inch Super AMOLED display with 1080 x 1920 pixels, the device relies on an octa-core processor clocked at 1.6 GHz (this could be an Exynos 7870, though Samsung has yet to confirm that). The J7 (2016) further features LTE connectivity, NFC, 3 GB of RAM, 16 GB of expandable storage space, and a 3300 mAh battery. The device measures 151.7 x 76 x 7.8 mm, and weighs 170 grams. The Galaxy J7 (2016) will also come with same color options as of Galaxy J5 (2016) i.e White, Gold and Pink Gold colors.




The Official Price is not yet out by the Company of both the devices.


source: Galaxy J7 (2016), Galaxy J5 (2016)



Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) and Galaxy J5 (2016) are Official Now

GIONEE S8 & GIONEE W909 with FINGERPRINT SENSOR Officially launched in China

GIONEE is a Chinese smartphone manufacturing company. Company launched its flagship device Gionee S8 and a premium dual screen Gionee W909 officially. Earlier Gionee S8 was first announced at the MWC 2016 event in Barcelona. Gionee W909 was also spotted on TENAA revealing all the specs.


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The Gionee S8 is priced at 2,599 Yuan (approx $400 / 26,600 INR) while the Gionee W909 costs 3,999 Yuan (approx $616 / 41,000 INR). Now coming to specs Gionee S8 is powered with a MediaTek Helio P10 chipset (octa-core Processor) with 4GB of RAM and 64GB storage. The 3,000mAh can be fast charged at 18W (9V, 2A). It runs on Android 6.0 marshmallow with custom Amigo 3.2 skin and has a fingerprint reader on its Home key.  Gionee features a 5.5 inch Full HD AMOLED display with Force Touch Capabilities similar to iPhone 6. Now coming to the Camera it has a 16 MP primary camera with PDAF as well as a laser autofocus system. Gionee S8 also packs in some added features like time lapse and slow motion video support. Gionee S8 supports 4G bands ( dual SIM setup) VoLTE support and Cat 6 LTE as well.


Also Read:Gionee S8 Announced with Force Touch Display at MWC 2016


Gionee W909 comes with the dual displays one on front and other inside. Both the screens are of 4.2 inch size and have HD (1280 x 720) resolution. Now coming to other specs Gionee W909 features Helio P10 64-bit octa-core SoC, and it will ship with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage (expandable up to 128GB via a microSD card).. The 16-megapixel camera is placed on the back of this phone, and a 5-megapixel camera on front. The handset measures 124.6 x 62.5 x 16.4mm and weighs around 210 grams. It packs a 2530mAh battery that claims to offer 30 hours of talk time. Connectivity options of the device includes 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, and USB Type-C port.



GIONEE S8 & GIONEE W909 with FINGERPRINT SENSOR Officially launched in China

Oppo R9 & R9 Plus are coming to India on April 5th

Oppo is al set to launch its R9 & R9 Plus smartphones in India on April 5th. Oppo already launched its R9 and R9 Plus in China on 17th March. Both the smartphones are having the powerful front cameras. Moreover is designed very similar to iPhone 6.


oppo R9 and Rp plus


Oppo India has started sending media invites for an event on April 5 for a “camera phone launch”.The Chinese company has also started teasing the “selfie-expert” handsets on Facebook and Twitter. Although the price of both the device in India are not out yet, but according to the pricing in china Oppo R9 and Oppo R9 Plus have been priced at CNY 2,799 (approximately Rs. 29,000) and CNY 3,299 (approximately Rs. 34,000) respectively.


Also Read:Oppo to Start Smartphones Manufacturing in India


Oppo R9 Specs


  • Color OS 3.0 based on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

  • 5.5″ Display with 1080 x 1920 pixel resolution

  • Helio P10 Soc Clocked at 2.0 GHz

  • 4GB of RAM

  • 64 GB internal Storage

  • 16 MP rear cam and 13 MP front cam

  • 151.8 x 74.3 x 6.6 mm , weights only 145 g

  • 2850 mAh Battery

Oppo R9 Plus Specs


  • Color OS 3.0 based on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

  • 6″ Display with 1080 x 1920 pixel resolution

  • Snapdragon 652 Soc Clocked at 1.8 GHz

  • 4GB of RAM

  • 64 GB / 128 GB Internal Storage

  • 16 MP Sony IMX 298, 1/2.8″ , f/2.0 Rear camera and 16 MP front cam

  • 4120 mAh Battery


Oppo R9 & R9 Plus are coming to India on April 5th

Best Android Strategy Games of 2016

Android is very popular smartphone operating system and occupied around 60% of the smartphones market. Now Android Play Store offers a vast variety of game even those which we are playing earlier only on our PC’s like GTA, Need for speed,etc. So we’ve compile some Best Android games in Strategy genre to ease done your navigation.


Clash of clans


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Clash of Clans is the most popular multiplayer game on Android Platform in this genre. Game’s core component is its multiplayer mode, wherein players can attack the villages of other players (and defend their own), but they don’t communicate with each other directly when these attacks occur. It was launched back in 2013 since than Clash of Clans is very popular game stays on top of the Strategy games chart.


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Vainglory


Vainglory


Vainglory is the multiplayer online battle arena game designed for mobile devices. Vainglory takes the same team-based game play experience. Players take their pick from 16 different heroes and engage yourself in beautiful console-quality graphics and quick 20 minute matches. Crush minions, destroy towers, and clash in intense team fights. Explore a unique jungle area with mines, minions, and Bosses. Since the launch of Vainglory on Play Store it is one of the best games in this section.


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BoomBeach


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In BoomBeach player is commanding an unnamed army seeks to liberate a beautiful archipelago from the evil Blackguard. Explore a huge tropical archipelago full of danger and treasure, Play with thousands of other players, raid their bases and enjoy the spoils of war, Discover the mysterious power of ancient statues and Life Crystals. This one of the best alternative to the Clash of Clans with some more things.


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Anamoly 2


Anomaly-2


Anamoly 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed Anomaly Warzone Earth. In this the planet is overrun by alien machines. Humankind is on the verge of extinction. Banded together in huge convoys, they search the frozen tundra for food and supplies. It offers up plenty of expertly designed strategy thrills with plenty of replay value. Anyhow, Maintaining the core elements of the original, Anomaly 2 adds new features to the single-player campaign and finally puts your skills to a test in a completely unique experience.


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Simcity Buildit


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In Simcity Builit is the game in which you have to build a city. In this you have to build residential zones and industries to increase the city wealth. To play this you have to keep in mind that keep Your Citizens Happy. With countless buildings and vivid, 3D-quality graphics, this is the most realistic city builder on mobile. Place buildings strategically to keep the taxes flowing and your city growing. Pinch, zoom, and rotate 360 degrees as you manage and expand your city on the go – both online and offline.


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Age of Civilization


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Age of Civilizations is a turn-based strategy game with no in app purchases. It also pulls out all the stops on add on content such as Google Play Games services, offline play, and a bunch of scenarios including both World Wars. The way it works is you issue commands before the start of every round and then those actions get completed. What you can do is limited by your Movement Points. Overall, it’s kind of like the classic board game Risk so fans of that should enjoy this title quite a bit. You can also do things like form alliances and sign peace treaties.


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Best Android Strategy Games of 2016

AirDroid Brings Photos Backup on Local Network in Latest Update

AirDroid, a popular app to sync up your mobile device with your PC or laptop or vice versa. It can bring your messages to PC and you can even reply them from your big screen machine without opening your device.


airdroid photos backup


Today, AirDroid has received the update which has brought a major feature of automatic Photos Backup on Local Network. This service is much similar to that of Dropbox and Google Photos but this time the photos are gettings backed up on your local PC. There’s no role of cloud in the AirDroid service of Photos Backup. The photos automatically gets synced to the computer whenever you establish local network between both of the devices.


The backup function is new in version 3.2.1 of the Android app and 3.3.1 of the desktop client. So before testing this new feature just take have a look at the versions of both the devices.


For more information and latest download you can hot the source link below.


Source: AirDroid


 



AirDroid Brings Photos Backup on Local Network in Latest Update

Monday, March 28, 2016

YouTube Music Update Brings New Features like WiFi only Streaming and More

YouTube Music is receiving an update with lot of new features and one of the biggest is allowing the streaming when you are connected to WiFi only. You can enable this features by heading to the settings of the app.


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If you guys are not familiar with the YouTube Music app than for your information, it is the app made for YouTube Red subscribers. You can now choose to stream music videos only in WiFi and that too you can choose from whether you want to Stream HD videos or not (it is old feature).


Other addition is the “More button(artist)”, which will give access to whole music from that particular artist.


Other changes are also present but you can experience all the advancements by heading to the Play Store.



YouTube Music Update Brings New Features like WiFi only Streaming and More