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  • Twitter confirms @replies and media will not be counted in 140 characters

    Twitter confirms @replies and media will not be counted in 140 characters

    Twitter has officially confirmed rumors surrounding the removal of media and @replies from the 140 character count.

    Media attachments, such as photos and videos, will no longer count toward the character limit. @names in reply to Tweets will be removed from the count and people will now be able to Retweet and Quote Tweet themselves, enabling them to resurface any of their previous Tweets and add new commentary. In addition, any new Tweet beginning with a @name will be seen by all followers.

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    We’re not giving up on the idea of Twitter being in the moment. That concept of brevity, speed and live conversation – being able to think of something and put it out to the world instantly – that’s what’s most important. We’re always going to look for opportunities to make Tweets a lot more expressive, and enable people to say what they want to say. As long as things are fast, easy, simple and expressive, we’re going to look at what we can do to make Twitter a better experience. – Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO

    While app updates will follow to enable this feature Twitter’s website will have this running immediately.

     

  • Google I/O: Google Home and Assistant Launched

    Google I/O: Google Home and Assistant Launched

    Google at Google I/O started today has launched the Google Assistant, merging many Google technologies, including “Okay Google”.

    Sundar Pichai showed off the assistant at the Google I/O, with real-time results and a conversationalist response system. The idea is to help in follow up question and to do tasks that you have wanted your virtual assistants to do.

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    The assistant will work across devices and Google strengths, at home, at work or in the car. A device called Google Home will work as a home management system. The unit will be launched later this year with the customizable bottom. It has a wireless speaker, but it does a lot more than that, as it contains the Google Assistant inbuilt.

    It will do basics, like set alarms, make lists and reminders, but will also control various home network devices, like Nest Equipment, lights etc.

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    Later on you will be able to order groceries or flowers, or even have the living room ready before you reach home, with the right music, lighting, and temprature along with your home delivery food order.

    Mixed up with the Google Assistant, serches will allow follow up questions and a single one line conversation with a more natural reply. “Skynet” Anyone?

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  • Flipkart Plays Sore Loser in the Moto G4 Launch

    Flipkart Plays Sore Loser in the Moto G4 Launch

    Flipkart sees some bad days while the company is seeing a mark down in share value by up to 27%, a lot of manufacturers are choosing to go with other Online e-commerce players which offer not only better customer support but have better business practices.

    A mutual fund managed by Morgan Stanley has recently marked down the value of Flipkart’s shares by 27%, indicating that global investors believe India’s largest internet company is overvalued.

    Flipkart, who had in a press release, mentioned that the value of the company is at $15.2 billion right now. A 27% fall in Flipkart’s share price would imply Flipkart’s valuation now is around $11 billion vs. the 15.2 billion claimed.

    But, yesterday’s launch of the Moto G4 was an indication of one of many manufacturers including Lenovo, and now Lenovo-owned Moto, who have shifted their sales to the like of Amazon with higher levels of customer satisfaction. Xiaomi, a brand who had launched in the country with Flipkart has also turned to Amazon this year for offering the Redmi Note 3.

    Losing out on flash sales and exclusive launches means that E-commerce giants like Flipkart will also lose out on significant and quick revenues, a large chunk of traffic and customer loyalty.

    Flipkart today released a print ad reading  #motoOnFlipkart which is identical to the advertisement done by Amazon for their Moto on Amazon.

    It seems that Flipkart is now worried that it is losing a large chunk of its revenue to the likes of Amazon and even Snapdeal, and now foul play mode is on.

    Earlier this morning the hashtag #motoOnFlipkart was trending on Twitter and some users noticed.

     

     

     

     

  • Twitter will stop counting Links and Media in the 140 Character Limit

    Twitter will stop counting Links and Media in the 140 Character Limit

    Twitter inc. is making several changes that will affect its users in a good way. While the 140 character limit has stayed a major reason for its popularity, it was originally set for use with text messaging or SMS service.

    Twitter had earlier considered raising the tweet limit to 10000 characters, but the company realizes that the length of the tweets has majorly been the reason for the popularity of the now “trend” network.

    Now, however the company is planning to exclude the media and links attached from the counted characters in the tweets. this will free up more space for actual wordage.

    Twitter is also, much like facebook, betting big on video and live video streams that will help generate not only new users but large revenue.

     

  • WhatsApp Adds a Video Call Button on the Android Beta App

    WhatsApp Adds a Video Call Button on the Android Beta App

    WhatsApp is finally ready to take on the likes of Skype, FaceTime and even Facebook Messenger with their very own video calling feature.

    The App has included a Video call button on the latest android beta app in attempts to test the features. out. However, the button is not working at the moment. German website Macerkopf was able to initiate the video call and has shown off the screenshots.

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    Macerkopf says that the feature is currently being tested internally for WhatsApp version 2.12.16.2 for iOS and the build is for developers and beta testers.

    If WhatsApp does include this feature, it will take a huge blow at rivals which already train in the number of active users.

  • Everything We Know about the Moto G4 and G4 Plus

    Everything We Know about the Moto G4 and G4 Plus

    With the expected Launch of the next Moto G aka the Moto G4 and G4 plus to happen soon, there is already a lot of information that has been outed by tipsters and benchmarks. This is a roundup fo what to expect on the upcoming Moto G.

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    The brand Motorola is no more and since the Lenovo acquisition is now complete the subsidiary brand is now called “Moto.” The Moto G revisions were known as the “Moto G” and the same with other phones. However, the interwebs and leaks suggest a proper Moto “G4” branding along with what rumors are pointing to as a Moto “G4 Plus,” which will either be a larger or a beefier specced handset.

    Look

    While @evleaks has been mostly responsible for leaking out Moto G4 images, some others have appeared online.

    https://twitter.com/evleaks/status/722552740283551744

    The images of the Moto G4 came out quite a while ago, they show the phone featuring a square front facing fingerprint scanner which may finally introduce the Moto lineup to fingerprint scanners. The rear shows a new camera layout along with dots that indicate either sensors or high-intensity microphones.

    Specifications

    Leaks have pegged that the Moto G4 is expected to have a 5.5-inch display, 13MP camera and 16GB of internal storage. The Moto G Plus is also expected to get a 5.5-inch display, a 16MP camera and 16GB of internal storage.Two models the XT1622 and XT1642 have been spotted on the FCC website.

    The Moto G4 has also been spotted on benchmarking site Geekbench, revealing some other specs, which include a Snapdragon 617 SoC, 3GB RAM, and Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow.

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    Launch Date and Price

    After Motorola’s official invitation to their launch on the 17th of May, everyone is expecting the company to introduce the Moto G4 and G4 plus at the same event , while pricing has been speculated at around Rs. 21000 for the Moto G4 Plus, it seems highly unlikely that the company will launch the G4 for a different category when it has constantly stayed in the Rs. 15000 price bracket. So while the G4 Plus may be priced slightly higher we are expecting the Moto G4 to launch somewhere in the Rs. 14500 price range.

    It is also official that the next phone (which we assume is the G4) will now be an Amazon exclusive. 

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  • YU’s Next Phone Yunicorn Will Launch 19th May

    YU’s Next Phone Yunicorn Will Launch 19th May

    Micromax subsidiary Yu Televentures will launch their next flagship the YU YUnicorn on the 19th of this month according to the official invite the company just sent out.

    The phone is expected to be the YU 5330 and may not run Cyanogen due to the recent launch of Lenovo Zuk Z1, which is the current exclusive for India.

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    According to rumours the phone is expected to have a metal body and run on the Helio P10 chipset just like the Meizu M3 Note launched today. The Yunicorn is also expected to have 4 GB of RAM and a Full HD display of a possible 5.5 inch screen size.

    Stay tuned for updates.

  • Moto G4 in India May be an Amazon Exclusive

    Moto G4 in India May be an Amazon Exclusive

    Tweets between Moto India and Amazon India seems to show that the 17th May launch of the expected Moto G4 may be an Amazon India Exclusive. While it is difficult to say what Moto will eventually launch in India, leaks have pointed towards a Moto G device which will be dubbed as the Moto G4.

     

     

    Motorola has been associated with Flipkart since its re-launch as a brand few years back. Now that Lenovo has officially taken the reins of the operation it seems they will be choosing Amazon as their partner for this launch. Recently Moto also exclusively made available some variants of the Moto 360 gen 2 on Amazon India.

    The Moto G4 and the Moto G4 plus which will feature Moto’s front square fingerprint scanner and now a 5.5-inch display, according to leaks, should be launched on the coming Tuesday.

  • Google Adds Free Public WiFi to Five More Railway Stations

    Google Adds Free Public WiFi to Five More Railway Stations

    Google’s aim to provide free public WiFi at 400 railway stations in India is getting closer by five more stations which include Ujjain, Jaipur, Patna, Guwahati and Allahabad railway stations.

    Google said it has been deploying the service over the extensive fibre network of Indian Railway’s arm Railtel which provides Internet services as RailWire. A few other stations to get this service soon include Dadar, Bandra Terminus , Churchgate, Thane, Kalyan, Panvel, Vashi, Kurla, Chattrapati Shivaji Terminus, Borivali and a few others.

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    The project which aims for 400 stations will achieve 100 stations providing WiFi access for free to 10 Million Indians. Other stations which already have this service include Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Ernakulam Jn, Kacheguda, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam and Mumbai Central.

  • Land Rover Smartphone to Launch in 2017

    Land Rover Smartphone to Launch in 2017

    Tata owned Jaguar Land Rover is working on a luxury smartphone and accessories to launch by 2017. The task of which has been given to Bullitt Group. Who will be developing a custom engineered smartphone and a whole range of accessories to be branded with the Lard Rover moniker.

    Incorporating iconic Land Rover design and innovative technology into the mobile phone sector with Bullitt Group presents an exciting challenge and fantastic opportunity to take the brand into a new dimension,” said Lindsay Weaver, director of licensing and branded goods at Jaguar Land Rover

    With the maximum interest in the Smartphone category, Land Rover seems to be excited to profit from the same. However many companies have tried and failed miserably in the past. While some products simply rode on the success of the base brands (Porsche Designed Blackberry Smartphone), the base brands eventually seem to end up with little strengths.

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    The portfolio is now under development by Bullitt Group, working directly with Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations Group. The Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations team are responsible for designing and engineering high specification vehicles, bespoke commissions and heritage products.

    Either way we are excited to get our mitts on these smartphones, as they are expected to launch with a whole host of accessories early next year.

     

  • Apple and Lenovo Biggest Winners in India, BlackBerry, Sony, and LG Biggest losers

    Apple and Lenovo Biggest Winners in India, BlackBerry, Sony, and LG Biggest losers

     

    In a recent report for India Smartphone market, Apple and Lenovo have come out on top in the list of fastest gaining Smartphone vendors. While the positions at the top have not changed much, with the top being Samsung followed by Micromax, Intex, Lenovo, and Lava.

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    Lenovo’s shipments increased 63 percent year-on-year while Apple experienced a shipments increase by 56 percent. The report also mentions the fact the Apple is the most aggressive in terms of growth and also has the largest growth potential.

    Apple is outperforming the overall market in India, and still has great growth potentia

    Apple recently took a lot of flak for a poor performance in the year on year results for Apple. While their revenue lowered to 10 billion from 13 billion, Apple still had double the sales of any other competition brand. Apple is agressively changing its strategies in India to ensure great results and it appears to be showing. Apple Also recently launched the iPhone SE which despite a huge price difference from global markets is doing well for the brand in India.

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    Microsoft, BlackBerry, Sony, and LG lost the maximum market share with respect to shipments. Troubled by a market that is trending towards low-cost yet high spec handsets. Micromax on the other hand experienced a slight drop in market share from the year ago quarter to 16.7 percent.

    The report mentions that Micromax, in particular, has been through tough times, with key executives leaving. Now the company is aiming to revamp its strategy to incorporate an ecosystem of services around payments and content. Micromax’s market share fell by a couple of percentage points to 16.7% in Q1 2016.

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  • While FBI and Apple were Fighting in Court , LAPD unlocked an iPhone 5s : Report

    While FBI and Apple were Fighting in Court , LAPD unlocked an iPhone 5s : Report

    A new report originating from the LA Times claims that while Apple and FBI were taking matters to court and creating a public issue over iOS privacy. Los Angeles police investigators obtained a method to open a locked iPhone 5s.

    The LAPD was able to unlock and access information on the iPhone 5s which belonged to April Jace, wife of actor Michael Jace, accused in her killing at their South L.A. home in 2014.

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    The report mentions that LAPD found a “forensic cellphone expert” who could “override the locked iPhone function,”. There is no other information on how the iPhone was actually unlocked and it looks like only those involved will know the actual details of the case.

    While the FBI managed to do this with a foreign third party organization, the appearance of a sum of US $ 1 Million which was paid for the obtaining the crack of the iPhone 5c in the San Bernardino case. It is also unknown what the version of iOS  on the iPhone 5S which was unlocked by LAPD was, if similar the same “forensic cellphone expert” could have been used by the FBI and saved the US $ 1 MillionCould it be the infamous Siri bypass?

    Could it be the infamous Siri bypass?  Hard to tell!

    [LA Times]

  • Apple iPhone 7 May Not have a Home Button

    Apple iPhone 7 May Not have a Home Button

    The iPhone 7 to be launched this year is expected to bring about a significant design change for the Cupertino-based technology giant. With Apple revising the design of the iPhone with each new number, the iPhone 7 is expected to improve its looks drastically in comparison to the iPhone 6s.

    Adding to the rumors of the new all glass design is the recent announcement by LG. The company announced that they have developed a new display technology which will allow manufacturers of smartphones to place a fingerprint scanner right on the display glass.

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    It is not new information that LG is one of the biggest display providers to Apple, and with the next iPhone due in September 2016, LG’s announcement comes right on time. The new display by LG allows the user to scan their finger anywhere on the glass of the screen, making the need for a button or a panel to scan the fingerprint redundant. LG said its new module has a false acceptance rate (FAR) of 0.002 percent. Because the module is sealed under a layer of glass, it remains protected from splashes and scratches.

    Back in June 2015 reports pointed to Apple working on an integrated fingerprint scanner display :

    Apple is internally developing touch and display driver integration (TDDI) single-chip solutions for its iPhones, according to sources in Taiwan’s IC design industry.

    The TDDI single-chip solutions will also come with integrated fingerprint sensors, said the sources. The integrated design would fit into future iPhone designs – models with ultra-thin and ultra-narrow displays, and with a whole plane design eliminating the Home button.

    In fact, Apple also has a patent for the same.

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    Other reports point to a flush home button made of liquid metal, which would be recessed when pressed but would return to original shape after recovery.

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    LG’s solution, which is 0.3mm thick, is inserted on the lower backside of a smartphone’s cover glass. LG has also designed its own adhesive to allow this module to be stuck to the glass of the smartphone.

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    With 3D touch, the need for the home button may also be directly replaced by making the screen 3D touch capable. With LG’s new fingerprint technology, and Apple’s 3D Touch released with the iPhone 6s combined with rumors of a seamless glass design, it is highly likely that Apple may drop the home button on the iPhone 7.

    Via

  • OnePlus 3 To Support Dash Charge and Cost Rs. 20,400

    OnePlus 3 To Support Dash Charge and Cost Rs. 20,400

    The OnePlus 3 launch is just around the corner and the phone is highly anticipated. While many have put a lot of faith and trust in OnePlus and expect a fantastic phone, many are waiting for the company to reveal the handset before commenting.

    OnePlus has filed a patent for a technology called “Dash Charge” while little is known about the tech, many assume that the name suggests a fast charging technology. Something that was missing in the OnePlus 2 and was considered unacceptable by many.

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    Other reports are mentioning two models of the OnePlus 3 one with 4GB of RAM + 32GB of storage and one with 6GB of RAM + 64GB of storage. A price of CNY 1,999 (roughly Rs. 20,400) is quoted for the base model of the OnePlus pointing towards a roughly Rs. 24000-25000 launch price in markets like India. It was earlier reported that OnePlus 3 will be launched in three variants. Other specs leaked also point towards a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chipset with the Adreno 530 GPU.

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