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Vivaldi browser Snapshot 1.0.118.2 released

Post last modified:March 3, 2015
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Vivaldi browser Snapshot 1.0.118.2 is now available for download and testing. What’s new in this Snapshot?

New supported languages Croatian, Korean, Vietnamese, Norwegian, Nynorsk and Ido.
“Add Bookmark” dialog functionality
Use SHIFT+Arrows for spatial navigation
Hide navigation bar, integrate address bar in quick commands.
Bookmark indicator animates on tab switch
Added some privacy settings
cmd + w closes window instead of current tab
Ctrl+Enter should implement www. address complete feature
Add button in the speed dial is clickable
Activate “Add to Speed dial button” when there is a valid URL
Implement pinned tabs
Double clicking note should open associated URL
Add «Card Style» design to Add Bookmark dialog & Bookmark manager
Active download indicator in the panel
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Epic Games Unreal Engine 4 is now free

Post last modified:March 3, 2015
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Unreal Engine 4 is now available to everyone for free and all future updates will be also free. In exchange user need to pay a 5% royalty on gross revenue after the first $3,000 per product, per quarter.
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Micromax Canvas Fire 4 Android 5.0 smartphone launched

Post last modified:March 3, 2015
Post category:Phone
Post author:Manikandan

Micromax has launched Micromax Canvas Fire 4 with dual front speakers and latest Android 5.0 OS.It comes in Black and Silver colors and is priced at 113USD (6999INR).

Micromax Canvas Fire 4 specifications:

Android 5.0 Lollipop OS
Dual front firing speakers and Cirrus Logic Wolfsan Stereo DAC
4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) IPS display
Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
1.3 GHz quad-core processor
1GB RAM
Dual SIM with dual standby
8MP rear camera with dual LED Flash and 2MP front camera
8GB internal storage and expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
3G HSPA+, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
2000mAh battery

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Alcatel OneTouch Hero 2+ Cyanogen OS announced

Post last modified:March 3, 2015
Post category:Phone
Post author:Manikandan

Alcatel has announced Alcatel OneTouch Hero 2+ Cyanogen OS smartphone with with 6-inch display.

Alcatel OneTouch Hero 2+ specifications:

Cyanogen OS 11 basrd on Android 4.4.4 Kitkat OS
6-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS OGS edge-to-edge display
Dragontrail glass protection
2GHz MediaTek Octa-Core processor with Mali 450 GPU
2GB RAM
13MP rear camera with LED Flash, OIS, 1080p Full HD video recording
5MP frontcamera
16GB internal memory and expandable memory with microSD
4G LTE Cat.4 / 3G HSPA+, Wi-Fi , DLNA, Wi-Fi direct Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
3100mAh battery

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Microsoft Lumia 640XL Windows Phone 8.1 announced

Post last modified:March 2, 2015
Post category:Phone
Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft has announced Lumia 640 XL Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone.It comes in orange, cyan, black, and white colors and is priced at 189 Euros.

Microsoft Lumia 640 XL specifications:

Windows Phone 8.1 OS and upgradable to Windows 10 for Phones
5.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD ClearBlack IPS display
Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor
Adreno 305 GPU
1GB RAM
Dual SIM (optional)
13MP auto focus rear camera with LED flash and 5MP front camera
8GB internal memory, up to 128GB expandable memory with microSD
4G LTE / 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS / aGPS
3000 mAh battery
free version of Office 365 Personal

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Microsoft Lumia 640 Windows Phone 8.1 announced

Post last modified:March 2, 2015
Post category:Phone
Post author:Manikandan

Microsoft has announced Lumia 640 Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone.It comes in orange, cyan, black, and white colors and is priced at 139 Euros (US$ 155).

Microsoft Lumia 640 specifications:

Windows Phone 8.1 OS and upgradable to Windows 10 for Phones
5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD ClearBlack IPS display
Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor
Adreno 305 GPU
1GB RAM
Dual SIM (optional)
8MP auto focus rear camera with LED flash and 1MP front camera
8GB internal memory up to 128GB expandable memory with microSD
4G LTE / 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS / aGPS
2500 mAh battery
free version of Office 365 Personal

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Samsung Galaxy S6 & Galaxy S6 Edge with android 5.0 announced

Post last modified:October 3, 2016
Post category:Phone
Post author:Manikandan

Samsung has announced the Samsung Galaxy S6 & Galaxy S6 Edge android 5.0 smartphones in mwc.

Samsung Galaxy S6 specifications:

Android 5.0.2 Lollipop OS with TouchWiz UX
5.1 Quad HD(2560×1440) 577ppi, Super AMOLED
Quad 2.1GHz + Quad 1.5Ghz, Octacore application processor
3GB LPDDR4 RAM
32GB, 64GB and 128GB storage options.
ISOCELL 16 MP f/1.9 primary camera ability to record 4K videos. The 5 MP f/1.9 front camera.
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, NFC, IR Remote, USB 2.0 and Cat.6 LTE. supports NFC and MST mobile payments.
WPC and PMA wireless charging standards.
2,550mAh battery
back panel is non-removable

It will be available from April 10 and it will be available in white pearl, black sapphire, gold platinum and blue topaz colors. It comes with 115GB of Microsoft OneDrive storage for 2 years.
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Samsung announced Samsung Pay mobile payment platform

Post last modified:October 1, 2019
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Samsung has announced a new mobile payment service called Samsung Pay. It will work on both Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge smartphones.Samsung Pay allows consumers to transition to secure mobile payments at nearly all merchant locations.Consumers can now utilize their mobile devices to pay at existing point-of-sale terminals.
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HTC One M9 announced

Post last modified:March 2, 2015
Post category:Phone
Post author:Manikandan

HTC has announced new HTC One M9 android 5.0. smartphone.It will be available in a few select markets starting today and it comes in gunmetal grey with black accents, silver with gold accents and amber gold colors.

HTC One M9 specifications:

Android 5.0 with HTC Sense
5.0 inch, Full HD 1080p display
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, octa core 64-bit, 4 x 2.0GHz + 4 x 1.5GHz CPU
3GB Ram
nano SIM
32GB Rom and Extended memory via microSD up to 128 GB
Main 20MP camera with sapphire cover lens, auto-focus, BSI sensor, f/2.2, 27.8mm lens, 4K video recording
HTC UltraPixel, BSI sensor, f/2.0, 26.8mm lens, 1080p video recording Front camera
2G/2.5G,3G UMTS,4G LTE:
NFC,Bluetooth® 4.1,Wi-Fi, DLNA,HDMI MHL 3.0,CIR,micro-USB 2.0 (5-pin) port,Internal GPS antenna + GLONASS
HTC BoomSound with Dolby Audio
2840 mAh battery

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ZTE Grand S3 announced

Post last modified:March 2, 2015
Post category:Phone
Post author:Manikandan

ZTE has announced ZTE Grand S3 android 4.4 smartphone.It comes in black color.

ZTE Grand S3 specifications:

Android 4.4 KitKat OS
5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) OGS display
2.5 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor
Adreno 330 GPU
3GB RAM
Dual Nano SIM
16MP auto focus camera with dual LED Flash and 8MP front camera
16GB internal memory and expandable memory up to 64GB with microSD
4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, Bluetooth, WiFi(Dual Band), GPS/aGPS
3100 mAh battery

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