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BlackBerry has rolled out its first update for BB10 today.BB10 was launched in January this year.There are five major upgates.The new update will give much better camera quality along with better battery life.Lets take a look on the changes made in new update- 1.Third Party Apps- The third party apps will work much better on Z10 running on 10.0.10.85.Also,the most popular messaging app WhatsApp will also launch on BB10 this month.WhatsApp has outrun BBM in terms popularity.WhatsApp allows users to message on cross platforms also,one thing that BBM lacks. 2.Improved Camera- The camera will perform better in low light.That means you can capture quality images without using flash.Whereas Nokia Lumia 920 has the best camera in its class.Blackberry Z10 gives better images than Galaxy S3 but poor when compared with Apple's iPhone5. 3.Battery Life- BlackBerry Z10 has good battery life and it is further improved with the new update.BlackBerry has done 60 improvements to optimize the ba...

Google Glass is a gadget that people are eagerly waiting to try their hands on.The wait will end soon.Google has finally said something regarding the launch of this awesome gadget.Google confirmed the famous website- The Verge that it will ship  Google Glass by the end of this year.Moreover,the price will be kept low than $1500.Google has been offering the Glass to developers for $1500.But Google didn't reveal the actual price. I don't think price will go much down.But Google Glass is something new and people will love to  buy such a gadget.That is why a false bid on ebay for Google  Glass got over $16,000 and it was removed recently.Google  glass is capable of taking pictures,recording videos,getting directions all by use of voice commands.You can connect to internet on the go.You don't even have to move your hands to do all  these. Sergey Brin,the man behind Google Glass feels that cell phones are a nervous habit and people have become less sociable.They s...

LG has revealed its Optimus series smart-phones at MWC.LG's upcoming Optimus series smartphones had created a lot of buzz on tech blogs.Finally we know what LG is offering in these devices- LG Optimus G Pro- Going by the specification,LG Optimus G Pro is really a powerful device.However,its 5.5 inches display put this in phablet category.I myself prefer 5 inch display.Here are its specs- 5.5 inches 1080p Full HD display. 1.7 GHz QualComm Snapdragon processor 2GB RAM Android 4.1.2 13 MP rear and 2.1 MP front camera 3140 mAh battery The processor is same as HTC's recently launched HTC One.One of the most exciting feature of the device is its camera.You can record videos from front and rear camera simultaneously.This phone will receive competition from likes of Samsung Galaxy S4,HTC One and Sony  Xperia Z. LG Optimus Vu Series -LG showcased two Vu series smartphones at MWC.Both the devices have almost the same hardware.Talking about LG Vu II,it comes with a pen that...

Very soon Google and Apple will have another rival in smartphone industry.Mozilla,the makers of famous browser Firefox are working on their new Firefox OS.Firefox has already signed the deal with 13 major service providers which include Spain's Telefonica, China Unicom and America Movil.Mozilla has signed deal with some smartphones brands like South Korea's LG , China's ZTE and Huawei.  Mozilla's new OS will be open source like Google's Android.It will be light and will require very less hardware specifications than its rivals Android,Apple,BlackBerry and Nokia.Another interesting fact regarding the OS is,it is based on HTML5.So,anyone who is having knowledge of web designing can easily develop the apps for this platform.   Mozilla will show some of  the devices running on Firefox OS in mobile world Congress this week.Since the OS is open source,So developers will be able to sell their apps without sharing their revenue with anyone  else.In Android and iOS ...

As the rumored launch date(14th March) of Samsung's next flagship Galaxy S4 is approaching near,the more interesting rumors regarding the device are coming.But this rumor is particularly note-worthy.The rumors are coming from trusted source of Samsung's news SamMobile.As per these rumors Samsung Galaxy S4 won't have Exynos processor and AMOLED display as suggested by previous rumors . Samsung has given Exynos processor in its all Galaxy S series smart-phones.Exynos processor are built by Samsung itself.Samsung has preferred Exynos because it doesn't have to depend upon other chip providers for its most important Galaxy S series smartphones.However,Samsung is facing some major heating issue with Exynos Octa processor, if you believe the rumors.So,Samsung has decided to switch to QualComm Snapdragon 600 chipset.Snapdragon 600 processor will be cloaked at 1.9 GHz.QualComm is also known for its superior performance.Recently launched,HTC One is also powered by same chips...

The second famous search engine Yahoo has finally teamed up with Social Networking site Facebook for its long awaited revamp.The revamp is being done under Yahoo's CEO Marissa Mayer who joined Yahoo after quitting Google.Yahoo will provide users to login with their Facebook account and let users access to content shared by their Facebook friends.People will be able to see the news and videos shared by their Facebook friends.   It is note worthy that Yahoo is facing huge decline in its revenue over the past few years.It is facing some serious competition from the likes of Google.The revamp will provide the search engine a more socialistic look probably this is what Yahoo needs right now.The revamp will be followed by launch of Yahoo's mobile applications. Yahoo is also planning to redesign its popular yahoomail.Yahoomail is likely to receive some social touch also.Yahoo's total revenue in 2012 was just $5 billion while in 2008 it was some $7.6 billion.Google and Facebook ...

HTC has finally launched its new high-end smartphone HTC One.Going by the specifications it is a superb phone.Now a days,1080p display,big screen has become a must have trait for all high-end devices and HTC One doesn't disappoint in this regard.Moreover, HTC phones are better known for their fantastic looks and HTC One is winner in terms of looks also. HTC had put a timer on its website showing the launch of their device.This was probably done to make people excited.In terms of specifications,it clearly outperforms all the available Android out there including Samsung's Galaxy S3. Have a quick look at the specifications of HTC's new beast- 4.7 inches LCD Full HD 1080p display 1.7 GHz quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB internal Memory Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Now,talking about the display,it gives you 468 ppi which makes this device the king in terms of clarity.Even Sony Xperia Z and probably upcoming Galaxy S4, iPhone6 will have 441ppi....

Apple is likely to release its next version of iPad in the month of April this year.If you believe the reports coming from AppleInsider,Apple will host an event in April to reveal its redesigned iPads. Though,there are no rumors regarding the possible specifications of the device. Gene Munster,an analyst said on Friday "We believe that looking at the history of time between Apple product launch events suggests that the company will introduce something new in March or April," analyst Gene Munster told clients on Friday. "Over the past two years, the Spring event has been iPad updates."   Some tech sites are spreading some rumors regarding the specifications of iPad 5.The next generation of iPad 5 will come with a 9.7 inches display with GF2 touchscreen technology.It will likely powered by ARM 6 processor with quad-core graphics.There will be two variants of iPad5. One will be Wi-Fi only and the other Wi-Fi+cellular.It might features power saving LED that will b...

Sony is working on a new phablet code name-C680X.The phablet is spotted in a HTML5 test websites.The results were published on XperiaBlog and from the results,it is clear that the device is running latest 4.2 Android Jelly Bean and has a display of 1920x1080 which is really good.The phablet is in its early testing stages. Though,there is no information on the specifications of the device but some rumors are spreading regarding this device.The following are its rumored specifications- Snapdragon processor clocked at 2.3 GHz Adreno 330 GPU 6.44 inches touch screen with IPS display. 3GB RAM 32GB internal memory 13 MP rear camera and 2MP front camera 3500 mAh Li-ion battery Snapdragon 800 processor with 4 cores is powering this device.GPU is also next-gen.The processor is a stand alone feature in this device.Full HD 1080p display could be another selling point for the rumored device.However, JDI, which is a venture of Toshiba, Sony and Sharp display divisions, has in the p...

Firefox has released its web-browser for touch interface of windows RT and Windows 8 devices. This is not official release of the browser because currently it is available on FireFox nightly website which is well known for the testing website by Firefox which means that this version of Firefox is not stable there might be some bugs or errors in this version.  Only reason behind its launch is that Firefox can easily get the error or bug reports from the users. That means users who are using it are the one helping them to improve their product.  Firefox is one of the leading web-browser for every platform, but due to past some time Firefox is not doing so well because chrome has now become one of the leading web-browser in the market.Really bad time for Firefox but now they have tried the windows touch app in Metro UI style but now Firefox is trying die-hard to get its crown back to him. This new version might help in getting its job done. First of all you need ...

Apple has the most advance operating system in the world having a lot of amazing features with its latest update to the IOS 6.X Apple has made a lot of significant features. After all these features there is a drawback that you can install apps from Apple iTunes Store, That means if you want to install apps outside iTunes then i feel sorry for you because it is impossible but if you want to do that you have to jailbreak your IOS first. Jailbreak is a process with the help of which you  can unlock all root of your OS in short you can make changes that IOS doesn't allow you. you are free from a lot of boundaries. If you thinks that jailbreak is legal or not then you will be happy to hear that it is totally legal to jailbreak your iOS and jailbreak allows you to Unlock Features that Apple commonly doesn't allows you. You can enjoy a lot of amazing features from jailbreak your iPhone. Opens Your Way To Cydia App Store Cydia App store is an...

The rumors regarding two latest iPhone models gain strength as both of these models were spotted at a Chinese supplier.Apple is doing some tests on these devices before their most anticipated  launch.Apple had a policy to launch one iPhone in one year but Android rivals mainly Samsung has force the Silicon-Valley giant to change its policy. The higher model iPhone 6 will have a 5-inch screen.The iPhone 6 will be wider,lighter and thinner compared to its predecessor.However,the so called cheaper version of iPhone aka iPhone5S will have a 4 inch screen same as iPhone 4S and iPhone5.It also resembles to iPhone5 in thickness and weight also.There is no information on the price range of both the models. Apple increased the size of its  iPhone series with the launch of iPhone4S which was having a display of 4 inch.Now iPhone6 will come with 5 inch screen to compete with its Android rivals as most of the high-end Android phones are coming with 4.8  or 5 inches sc...

Evasi0n Jailbreak tool for iDevices has been updated trice form its original version since its release. Version 1.1 was quite good and got a lot of respect but after jailbreak a lot of issues were reported about the Apps crash issue. Most common was one of weather App crash Issue but it was resolved with some tweaks, but after some time Evasi0n itself released a version 1.2 with fixes of these issues. These update works quite good, But now due to Apple iPhone 4S cellular issue Apple has now released an update of IOS 6.1.1 which fixes iPhone 4S cellular performance issue. If you are facing any kind of problem with your device then you should never hesitate to update your OS. Evasi0n has already fixed some issues like long boot time, Timezone problem and one of the most biggest issues weather crash App in its update 1.2, Now 1.3 version is only for iPhone 4S if you update your iPhone 4S you need not to worry about its jailbreak because its already in the Market. Evasi0n jailb...

Kids can't use facebook.The minimum requirement to join Facebook is 13 years.But now kids have an option- Grom Social .A social networking site created by a just 12 years old boy.And it is kids only.The site has been created by Zach Marks. Zach Marks joined Facebook at the age of 11 and has around 680 friends on Facebook but a family friend noticed his profile and reported to his dad.He has to make a fake profile but that again came to his  parents notice.He had no choice but to quit Facebook.Zach agrees that he finds a lot of inappropriate content on Facebook.   Grom is an Australian term that means a young individual eager to learning.To join the site children must sign  on  with their parents and if adults wants to join they must have kids.You are not allowed  to curse others or post inappropriate pictures.The site has 14,500 members till now. Zach Marks didn't create the social networking site all by himself.His Dad's friend helped him.He borrowed ...

Indian smart-phone market is already flooded with budget smartphones and tablets from Indian manufactures like Micromax,Karbonn and a few more.A Chinese player has also entered the already crowded Indian smart-phone industry.Jiayu, a Chinese mobile manufacturer is all set to launch 3 quad-core Android based smartphones which will be priced at Rs. 3,000($56),Rs. 8,000(150),Rs.9,000($170). There is no information yet on the first two models but the third smartphone priced at $170 or Rs.9,000 will be named as Jiayu G4.Here are its its features- 1.2 GHz quad-core processor 4.7 inches capacitive touch screen Android Jelly Bean 4.1 Resolution of 1280x720 2 GB RAM 13 MP rear camera and 3 MP front camera 3000 mAh battery The features are good enough to shame any budget smartphone under Rs.10,000($190) available in India.Surprisingly,the company has provided Gorilla Glass 2 protection also which is not available in some high end phones also. The smartphone will be Dual Sim and w...

Samsung is going to announce its next flagship phone from Galaxy S series on March15.The news is coming  right from Sammobile which is a trusted source for all Samsung  related news.According to a blogpost on Sammobile-the news has come from a trusted insider source.The source hasn't confirmed the event in which Galaxy S4 will be unveiled. Galaxy  S4 will be launched on March15 and will  go on sale from the beginning of  April instead of  previously rumored April 15.It  will  be first available  to eastern countries of Europe  and will be available to entire Europe and Asia by the end of April.However,countries like America,Australia and Africa will have to wait  till May or June to try their hands on  Samsung's Galaxy S4.The South Korean company hasn't yet responded to the news yet but we might hear something from Samsung  very soon.    Galaxy S4 will be the first device running on 8 core Exynos5 processor...

Just before the launch of Microsoft's surface pro Apple has launched 128 GB version of its fourth generation iPad.Before this release,9.7 inches iPad was available in 16GB,32GB and 64 GB versions.If you are willing to buy 128GB iPad then you will have to pay $799 for Wi-Fi only model and $929 for Wi-Fi+LTE model which is not much seeing the massive storage capacity. Microsoft's Surface Pro which is also scheduled to launch on this Saturday will come with 128 GB storage capacity but Microsoft has confirmed that only 83 GB will be available to users.The user available memory will be considerably high than surface pro.We are not sure but you can expect something around 102 GB. Actually Surface pro and iPad are not competitors.They have their own key points and will likely have different types of consumers.Surface Pro will suit those businessmen who like lightweight gadgets.Surface Pro will run on Windows 8 pro and will run and perform similar to a Windows 8 laptop or note...

There was a time when BlackBerry phones were known to have a really bad browsing experience.They were meant to be for business people and when it comes to entertainment value or browsing experience,these phone suck.RIM has to correct those big flaws and they have done exactly that.They have raised the bar with top of notch browsing experience in their recently launched BB10 OS. Believe it or not,the default browser in BB10 is faster than any browser available in iOS,Android or Windows phone. Not only BlackBerry's default browser is the fastest out there,it also offers best HTML5 support. This was justified by the tests conducted by people at tech2.com.They were given a Dev Alpha B device which was running on BB10 OS.The tests were conducted on stock browsers of iPad2 running the latest iOS 6.01,Samsung's Galaxy Nexus I9250 running on Jelly Bean,HTC 8X running on Windows 8.Apart from these Android's widely used browser Opera,Chrome and firefox were also included.The r...

The Wait For Jailbreak of  IOS 6.x is now over because you can now jailbreak your IOS 6.x devices like Iphone 5, Ipad mini, Ipad, Ipod Touch etc. evad3rs team Came up with the Jailbreak Update for Idevices this morning that means now you can jail break your IOS device. Earlier this week there was a progress bar on the evasi0n offical website which shows the progress of the jailbreak. Jailbreak has added some Awesome features like 'Unfold' App has been updates, Now you got two more options, You can control the number of folds that you want when you slide your finger on the screen to unlock you device and You can now choose between horizontal or Vertical fold Option. There might be a lot of other options in this tweak. There was already a tethered jailbreak for pre-A5 devices, but now here is the untethered Jailbreak as well a good news for those people. So here is a step by step guide for jailbreak  your device that you can follow these steps.  before jailbre...

BlackBerry last hope to survive against its rivals BB10 and Z10 is here.We have already compared  Z10 with Samsung  Galaxy S3 and Apple's iPhone5 in our last post.This time we  will  be comparing Z10 against  Nokia's beast Lumia 920.Frankly speaking BlackBerry Z10 chances of   success against Lumia 920 are more than Galaxy S3 or  iPhone5 because Z10 doesn't even have 1/10th of apps comparede with Android or Apple. SEE ALSO:  BlackBerry Z10 vs Samsung Galaxy S3 vs iPhone5 Display- BlackBerry has provided a 4.2 inches capacitive LCD display in Z10.Screen resolution is 1280x768 giving pixel density of 356ppi which is quite impressive. Nokia Lumia 920 on the other hand is having 4.5 inches IPS LCD display.Because of IPS Lumia920 is easier to use at angles.Screen resolution is same as Z10 1280x768  but pixel density is slightly less  332 ppi. Winner-Lumia920 wins as it  is having bigger display and IPS LCD instead of L...