Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Blackberry Priv Receiving Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Blackberry has started to roll out the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow to Priv models bought from the Shop BlackBerry store. Various models categorized as per regions are receiving the latest and greatest update with some new features.


Blackberry has issued Android 6.0.1 update to the STV100-1 in the US and Canada, and then you have STV100-4 for France and the UK. BlackBerry says that STV100-2 and STV100-3 models will be getting the update next week starting on May 3rd.


There is lots of stuff that Balcberry has added in the latest update. There are slight changes to the Camera along with various security improvements to both of the apps. Blackberry Hub now supports S/MIME email signing and encryption, but there’s also some other additions, including Instagram, Pinterest, Slack, and Skype.


Blackberry Priv Update has brought some Battery life Improvements also. Android 6.0 Marshmallow’s  Doze automatically puts the device into a sleep state to increase standby battery life. The App Standby feature will keep infrequently used apps from impacting the battery life.


Some performance improvements have also been added to the Blackberry Priv via Android 6.0.1 Update.


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PRIV by BlackBerry Now Runs on Android Marshmallow


New Updates Added to the Company’s Secure Android Smartphone



WATERLOO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – April 26, 2016) – BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ:BBRY)(TSX:BB), a global leader in secure mobile communications, has released the Android 6.0 Marshmallow (M) mobile operating system for PRIV, the first-ever BlackBerry smartphone fully powered by Android. PRIV with Android M is now available on ShopBlackBerry.com, and coming soon to all major carriers offering the smartphone. Existing PRIV users will be able to upgrade to Android M by downloading the software update on their device.


Android Marshmallow on PRIV brings users more ways to improve their mobile security by providing new opportunities to monitor and control privacy with its unique DTEK app. Users will obtain greater productivity through enhancements to the BlackBerry keyboard, BlackBerry Hub, BlackBerry launcher and battery performance. Updates to the BlackBerry camera will foster their creativity.


“PRIV by BlackBerry is the most secure Android device in the market and we continue to find ways to further enhance users’ security and privacy by adding new features with the Marshmallow operating system update,” said John Chen, Executive Chairman and CEO, BlackBerry.


Raising the Standard for Privacy and Security


Building on BlackBerry’s legacy of security and keeping customer data private, DTEK by BlackBerry has been updated to empower users with more ways to monitor and control their privacy – better protecting PRIV from malware, hacks and data breaches.


  • Customized Personal Data Permissions – Apps demand access to personal data, even when it’s not necessary for the app to function properly. DTEK gives the power back to users to control what to share and when. Turn permissions off at any time and still continue to use the app.

  • Improved Notification Settings – Users will only be shown notification controls for sensors that a given app has specifically requested access to. For example, if an application does not request microphone it will not appear in the list.

  • S/MIME Support – The new S/MIME feature in BlackBerry Hub adds another level of security by allowing users to digitally sign and encrypt their emails.

Enhanced BlackBerry Keyboard


The BlackBerry Keyboard has been updated to provide better predictive typing, accuracy, and control.


  • More Emoji – Users now have access to over 200 new and updated emojis.

  • New Gesture Typing – The new swipe capability allows users to slide their fingers from key to key to enter words on the virtual and/or physical keyboard.

  • Enhanced Word Prediction – Better word predictions anticipate the next word based on where users place their fingers on keys. Predictive typing now also learns words with numbers and provides better name suggestions based on a user’s contacts.

  • Better Cursor Control – Activate “Cursor Control” mode on the physical keyboard for easier positioning and control. Tapping a key on the physical keyboard more accurately places the focus cursor on screen.

Know What You Want, When You Want


Customized notifications to better organize apps and manage productivity with a touch of a button.


  • Mute Indicator – Users can now see the phone’s mute status at a glance via the floating phone indicator that appears when a call is active. Green for when call is active and not muted, yellow for when a call is active and currently muted.

  • New Apps in BlackBerry Hub – Staying connected with friends has never been simpler. Now view notifications from app favorites Instagram, Skype, Slack and Pinterest directly in BlackBerry Hub to easily manage all messages in one place.

  • Updated BlackBerry Launcher – Better organize apps and widgets into Recent, Personal, and Work sections. Pop-up Widgets are now turned on by default for new users. Set a default home screen, delete a home screen, and remove apps with a flick.

More Battery Life


Get even more out of PRIV with updates to further improve the battery life. When PRIV is at rest, Doze automatically puts the device into a sleep state to increase standby battery life. The App Standby feature will keep infrequently used apps from impacting the battery life.


Engage Your Creative Side


Added tools help customers capture the perfect image with ease and add their own creative flair.


  • Capture Professional and Cinematic Quality Videos – Record videos at 24fps in 4k, 1080p or 720p, for high-quality footage to share on social media.

  • Slow Motion Video* – Capture smooth slow motion video with the PRIV’s camera that’s up to four times slower. Capture video at 120 fps, which plays back smoothly at 30 fps. The slow motion effect can be applied after taking the video and can be applied to all or any portion of the video.
    * Audio is not enabled for slow-motion video at this time.

For more information on PRIV, go to BlackBerry.com/PRIV. Follow all updates to PRIV on the Inside BlackBerry blog (blogs.BlackBerry.com). A full list of Android 6.0 Marshmallow updates can be found at:https://www.android.com/intl/en_ca/versions/marshmallow-6-0/


About BlackBerry


BlackBerry is securing a connected world, delivering innovative solutions across the entire mobile ecosystem and beyond. We secure the world’s most sensitive data across all end points – from cars to smartphones – making the mobile-first enterprise vision a reality. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, BlackBerry operates offices in North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America. The Company trades under the ticker symbols “BB” on the Toronto Stock Exchange and “BBRY” on the NASDAQ. For more information, visitwww.BlackBerry.com.


BlackBerry and related trademarks, names and logos are the property of BlackBerry Limited and are registered and/or used in the U.S. and countries around the world. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. BlackBerry is not responsible for any third-party products or services.



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Blackberry Priv Receiving Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow

Gmail for Android Brings Exchange Support

Google has rolled out an update to Gmail for Android with Exchange accounts Support. “Now, whether you’re on Google Apps or Exchange, you can use the Gmail app on any Android device to send and receive mail,” Google said of the update, which should be available now but may take a few days to automatically update on all Android smartphones.


Gmail will also be able to support Exchange-based calendars. Gmail has long supported the IMAP and POP email protocols, including Microsoft’s Outlook and Hotmail services. Google added Exchange to Gmail back in November 2014, but only Nexus handsets running Lollipop had access to the feature.


For those unfamiliar, Microsoft’s Exchange is a type of email server that remains a popular choice for businesses.


Now, users can include or use exchange via Gmail App, rather than using any other app.



Gmail for Android Brings Exchange Support

Monday, April 25, 2016

Malware Infects Android Device Just By Visiting a Website

Here’s a new Android malware which gets your phone infected just by visiting a website. Malware has already infected various Android devices including phablets, tablets and phones.


Security firm Blue Coat Systems has taken down another form of Malware which can prune into your phone by just visiting a site. This time the malware doesn’t need any app to get installed on your phone for infecting your files. It just needs a browser and a dummy website opened. Particularly, the website name is not disclosed, but we can say it is some Porn website.


There are some points that Security agency has pointed out:


  • The ransomware, which labels itself Cyber.Police, resembles several older, pre-cryptographic ransomware families.  It presents itself as a sort of law enforcement or intelligence agency intervention into your browsing habandroid malware ransomwareits. The purveyor of the scam claims to be the “American national security agency” or “Nation security agency” (sic).

  • The ransomware doesn’t threaten to (or actually) encrypt the victim’s data.  Rather, the device is held in a locked state where it cannot be used for anything other than delivering payment to the criminals in the form of two $100 Apple iTunes gift card codes.

  • Users need only to visit a website with the code once and the malware may find itself on their phone without doing anything else.

  • The malware can be removed with a factory reset and won’t persist.

You can read the full report over the source below. We can say be alert on what you are surfing and learn on how to save data before getting into the stuff like this.


Share your views about this new type of malware.


Source: BlueCoat



Malware Infects Android Device Just By Visiting a Website

Moto 360 Sport is coming to India on April 27

Motorola announced that Moto 360 Sport will be launched in India on April 27. Motorola India has put up a teaser on Twitter hinting at a launch on April 27 with the caption — “#WhatsYourExcuse to not wake up for the morning cricket match? 3 more days to go for Moto 360 Sport!”. However Moto 360 2nd gen is already launched in India later in 2015.


https://twitter.com/Moto_IND/status/724183628192747520


Specs of Moto 360 Sport 


  • 1.37-inch AnyLight Hybrid Display with 360 x 325 resolution, 263ppi

  • 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor

  • 512MB of RAM

  • 4GB of onboard storage

  • 300mAh battery

  • 45 x 45 x 11.5mm, 54g

  • IP67 dust and water resistance

As Moto 360 2nd gen price get reduced  by INR 1500 in India. Moto 360 Sport will also come’s with the price tag around INR 20,000.



Moto 360 Sport is coming to India on April 27

ZTE Blade L5 Plus is Official Today

ZTE launched its New entry level smartphone Blade L5 Plus in China today. Currently, the device is also available to buy in Thailand for 2990 Thai Baht (around $85).


ZTE Blade L5 Plus features a 5-inch HD display with 1280x 720 pixel resolution, 1.3GHz quadcore MediaTek MT6580 processor with 1GB of RAM and 8GB inbuilt storage capacity with Micro SD card expansion, Blade L5 Plus features an 8MP rear camera and a 2MP front shooter, Phone measures 143x72x8.3mm and weighs in at 160g. ZTE Blade L5 Plus runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop out of the box.


Also read: ZTE Nubia to announce Nubia Z11 Smartphones on April 19


It features a 2150 mAh battery and coming to connectivity it supports 3G, GPS, WiFi 802.11 b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0 and supports FM Radio as well. It also comes in two color options which include Gray and white options. See the Official Photos of ZTE Blade L5 Plus below.





ZTE Blade L5 Plus is Official Today

Huawei's dual camera Phone Honor V8 spotted at TENNA

Huawei is coming with Honor V8 on May 10. Few days back company posted a GIF teaser on Weibo confirming the May 10 launch of the New smartphone from Huawei. Now Huawei Honor V8 is spotted on TENNA.


Huawei honorv8Huawei Honor V8 features a 5.7-inch (2560×1440 pixels) Quad HD 2.5D curved glass display. It is powered by a Hisilicon Kirin 955 octa-core processor (Top Model)/Hisilicon Kirin 950 octa-core processor (Oher two Model), along with 4GB of RAM. It offers 32GB/64GB internal storage and expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD. Moreover, Honor V8 runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow, it has a 12-megapixel Dual rear camera setup with dual-tone LED flash, OIS, and laser focus and in front it has a 8MP camera. When we come to connectivity and security it offers Dual SIM, 4G LTE, WiFi (a/b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth, GPS, NFC, USB Type-C, and a Fingerprint sensor.


Also Read:Huawei Unveiled its VR Headset in China


In addition, the company is also expected to launch the P9 Lite on the same day. According to a report, the device will sport a 5.2-inch display with a 1080 x 1920 pixel resolution along with a pixel density of 423ppi. It sports a 13MP camera with LED flash along with a 5MP front facing camera. In addition, it is said to come in 2GB and 3GB RAM models and will also feature a fingerprint scanner at the back. The device will most likely to sport an internal storage of 16GB, which can be further expanded up to 128GB via microSD card. The Huawei P9 Lite will be powered by a 3000mAh battery.



Huawei's dual camera Phone Honor V8 spotted at TENNA

Xiaomi Mi Max Tab Teased

Xiaomi is going to introduce its second tablet in the Market. As per the teaser, Xiaomi is coming with Mi Max Tab. It can also be said as big phablet but the company is calling it tablet despite having the display size of 6.4 inches.


Xiaomi posted an image depicting a phablet which can fit inside the pocket having design similar to Xiaomi Mi 5. It’s wonder how Xiaomi Mi Max Tab will fit inside a pocket? It will be good to see how XIaomi is going to fit 6.4 inch display in your Jean’s pocket.


Do you have any idea? Share your valuable views via the comment box below. Your views are important!!



Xiaomi Mi Max Tab Teased

Sunday, April 24, 2016

Samsung Galaxy S5 Starts Receving Marshmallow in India

Samsung has started to roll out Android 6.0 marshmallow to its Galaxy S5 (SM-G900I) devices in India. Users have reported that they are receiving the update of firmware version to G900IDDU1CPD1.


Samsung Galaxy S5 Marshmallow update includes various new features like Project Doze, improved Project Volta and many others. It has also included the refreshed dialer app. Also, App permission, which is the main highlight of the Android 6.0 Marshmallow is also present in the latest update.


Currently official changelog is not present, but we will let you know when any update comes.


Recently, Galaxy S5 update SM-G900F was rolled out in Sri Lanka.


How many of you have received the update? Share changes you have seen via the comments form below.



Samsung Galaxy S5 Starts Receving Marshmallow in India

Saturday, April 23, 2016

LG G Vista 2 on AT&T getting Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow

LG is rolling out an OTA update for its G Vista 2 which contains the latest Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. on AT&T network. Update makes the phone’s software version “H74020e” which weighs 892MB in Size.


Along with Android Marshmallow update brings AT&T video calling support. LG G Vista 2 was launched last year with a large display size with a stylus and an affordable price tag. It’s not a super high-end phone, packing specs like 2GB of RAM and a Snapdragon 617 processor, which is why it’s nice to that it’s getting a bump to Android 6.0.1.


Also Read: LG G5 SE confirmed on the Official LG G5 Case


AT&T users will get the OTA notification very soon, However availability of the update can also be checked for manually by going through the Settings > General tab > About Phone > Update Center > Software Update > Update Now.



LG G Vista 2 on AT&T getting Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow