Lenovo sold over 3 lakh units of K3 Note in India in just one month

In its each flash sale at Flipkart, the company registered a huge sale of its hot-seller product within seconds.

Priced at Rs 9,999, the Lenovo K3 Note sports a 5.5-inch Full HD display with 1080 x 1920 pixels of resolution and 401 ppi pixel density.

It comes with 64-bit 1.7GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6572 processor, ARM MALI-T760 GPU coupled with 2GB of RAM. The device supports 4G and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop with a layer of its own Vibe UI. See more - http://post.jagran.com/lenovo-sold-over-3-lakh-units-of-k3-note-in-india-in-just-one-month-1439372764

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Micromax launches budget 3G smartphone Bolt S301 for Rs 2899 in market

Micromax Bolt S301 has a 3.5-inch display with 480x854 pixels of resolution. The smartphone supports dual-SIM configuration.

The device is powered by 1 GHz single core mobile chipset, 512 MB RAM and 4 GB ROM. It runs on Android 4.4.2 KitKat version.

Bolt S301 offers 1.17 GB internal memory for apps and 1.23 GB for mass storage. By using MicroSD card, one can expand memory up to 16 GB.

Micromax new smartphone sports a 1.3 megapixel fixed focus camera and a 0.3 megapixel front camera.

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Did you hear about Twitter's 'Moments

Periscope co-founder Kayvon Beykpour revealed the name of the feature, which is designed to curate live events and news.

A Twitter spokesperson confirmed that Moments is the same as thing as Project Lightning, but said the feature's final name is "undetermined at this time".

Project Lightning is about aggregating tweets and photos from live events. In it, editors from news background would highlight the most important aspects of a story, so users can learn what is important as a real-time event unfolds.

A core aspect of Project Lightning is that users who aren't logged into Twitter will still be able to follow aspects of a live event or breaking news situation from the company's homepage.

This way, Twitter aims to engage many, many more people who consume its content without necessarily signing up for the service.

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Purported OnePlus 2 Multiple Images Leaked Reports

Tech News - OnePlus 2 की पिक्‍चर्स लीक
स्‍मार्टफोन ब्‍लॉगिंग साइट जीएसएम एरीना की रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक अपकमिंग स्‍मार्टफोन वनप्‍लस 2 एक वर्चुअल रियलिटी इवेंट के दौरान लांच हो सकता है। लेकिन इससे भी ज्‍यादा खास खबर यह है कि इस स्‍मार्टफोन के प्रिव्‍यू लांच होने से पहले ही इसकी इमेजेज लीक होकर वायरल हो गई हैं। लीक इमेजेज और रिपोर्ट्स बता रही हैं कि इस नए स्‍मार्टफोन में ब्‍लेक मैटे के साथ मेटल का फ्रेम होने की उम्‍मीद है। इसके साथ ही डिस्‍प्‍ले डायमेशंस 5.5 इंच से 5.7 इंच के बीच और रेजुलेशन 1080पिक्‍सल होने के कयास लगाए जा रहे हैं। अगर मेमोरी की बात करें तो 'वनप्‍लस 2' 16जीबी इंटरनल मेमोरी और 64जीबी वेरिएंट में लांच होने की उम्‍मीद की जा रही है।

फिंगरप्रिंट स्‍केनर होने की उम्‍मीदजीएसएम एरीना की रिपोर्ट के आधार पर फोन का बैक पैनल वुडेन फिनि‍श लिए हुए है। लेकिन इसके साथ ही कुछ रिपोर्टस कह रही हैं कि यह फोन फिंगर प्रिंट स्‍कैनर के साथ अवेलेबल हो सकता है। यह फीचर हाई-एंड स्‍मार्टफोन्‍स जैसे आईफोन 6 में अवेलेबल है। लेकिन वनप्‍लस 2 इससे आधी से भी कम कीमत में इतने खास फीचर्स प्रोवाइड करने का दावा कर रहा है। यह स्‍केनर कैमरा और एलईडी फ्लेश के ठीक नीचे होने की उम्‍मीद है।

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Micromax Canvas Hue 2 Now Available Online At Rs 11736

Tech News  ऑफलाइन भी है उपलब्‍ध
मुंबई के एक रिटेलर महेश टेलीकॉम की ओर से भी माइक्रोमैक्‍स के इस स्‍मार्टफोन और इसकी कीमत को खोल दिया गया है। यही नहीं अब तो यह फोन ऑफलाइन स्‍टोर्स पर भी उपलब्‍ध है। इस रिटेलर की मानें तो Hue स्‍मार्टफोन की कीमत MOP पर 12,499 रुपये और MRP पर 17,999 रुपये बताई जा रही है।

स्‍पेसिफ‍िकेशंस पर करें गौर  
अब इस फोन के स्‍पेसिफ‍िकेशंस की बात करें तो यह Hue 2 (model number – A316) स्‍मार्टफोन डुअल सिम है, जो कि एंड्रॉयड 4.4.2 किटकैट ओएस आउट ऑफ द बॉक्‍स पर काम करता है। फोन पर 720 x 1280 पिकसल्‍स रेजोल्‍यूशन के साथ 5 इंच का HD AMOLED डिस्‍प्‍ले दिया गया है। फोन को पावर देता है 1.7GHz क्‍वाडकोर मीडियाटेक (MT6582) प्रोसेसर। इसके साथ ही इसपर आपको मिलेगी 2GB की रैम। वहीं आपको बता दें कि रिटेलर्स इस फोन पर 1.7GHz ऑक्‍टाकोर प्रोसेसर के सपोर्ट करने की बात बता रहे हैं।

स्‍टोरेज और कैमरे पर एक नजर
इन सबके अलावा फोन पर आपको मिलेगी 16GB की ऑनबोर्ड स्‍टोरेज। इसे आप 32GB तक माइक्रोएसडी कार्ड के जरिए एक्‍सपेंड भी कर सकते हैं। अब अगर बात करें कैमरे की तो इसपर आपको मिलेगा 13 मेगापिकसल्‍स का रियर कैमरा, LED फ्लैश के साथ। इसके अलावा सेल्‍फी क्लिक करने के लिए इसपर आपको मिलेगा 5 मेगापिकसल्‍स का फ्रंट फेसिंग कैमरा। कनेक्टिविटी के लिए इसपर आपको मिल रही है 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, माइक्रो USB और ब्‍लूटूथ की सुविधा। फोन को जिंदा रखने के लिए आपको दी जा रही है 2000mAh की बैट्री। Read more http://inextlive.jagran.com/micromax-canvas-hue-2-now-available-online-at-rs-11736-201506140008

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Game changer: Everything you need to know about Mi Band before spending Rs 999

Tech News - Things you should know about the Mi Band before buying.

The Mi Fit app is the heart of the Mi Band. The app is available on Android and iOS for free of cost. The device is compatible with both iOS and Android smartphones. It has to be paired via Bluetooth to the smartphone app to sync recordings. You can switch off Bluetooth on your mobile to save battery and pair it only when you wish to see results.

The app can trigger the band to vibrate and notify users about incoming calls and also work as a silent alarm clock. The band will vibrate to awake you in the morning. The incoming call alert works when you are within the Bluetooth range.

Mi Fit can track the total number of steps, distance and approximate amount of calories lost everyday and sleeping pattern.

If you wear the band while going to bed, it shows the time when you actually slept last night and woke up the next morning. The night mode shows the amount of deep sleep you had. However, the readings may not be accurate.

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Gold-plated Apple Watch gets design patent

Tech News - The solid gold Watch Edition is the 18-Carat yellow or rose gold Apple Watch, which will cost at USD 13,000 in Canada. It also costs over some brand new cars.

Getting a design patent is an important step in protecting an invention. Apple's newly delivered patent means other companies cannot copy the design of its wearable. The Apple Watch's design is now officially protected by the US Patent and Trademark Office.

The design patent filing provides precious little information but includes several sketches showing the device from all angles, including from the top, side and underneath the face where the sensor and charging apparatus sit.

It doesn't, however, prevent other companies from delivering products that are similar but not identical in design. Competitors include a range of new or updated smartwatches from companies like Sony, Samsung, Huawei, Motorola, LG and Pebble. The Apple Watch's health-tracking capabilities also mean that consumers will be weighing it against fitness bands from the likes of Fitbit and Microsoft.

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Game changer: Everything you need to know about Mi Band before spending Rs 999

Tech News - Things you should know about the Mi Band before buying.

The Mi Fit app is the heart of the Mi Band. The app is available on Android and iOS for free of cost. The device is compatible with both iOS and Android smartphones. It has to be paired via Bluetooth to the smartphone app to sync recordings. You can switch off Bluetooth on your mobile to save battery and pair it only when you wish to see results.

The app can trigger the band to vibrate and notify users about incoming calls and also work as a silent alarm clock. The band will vibrate to awake you in the morning. The incoming call alert works when you are within the Bluetooth range.

Mi Fit can track the total number of steps, distance and approximate amount of calories lost everyday and sleeping pattern.

If you wear the band while going to bed, it shows the time when you actually slept last night and woke up the next morning. The night mode shows the amount of deep sleep you had. However, the readings may not be accurate.

The app also shows the approximate amount of calories and fat you burned in that span.

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Unique lens turns smartphone into microscope

Tech News - It can magnify images by a magnitude of 120 -- all for just three cents (Rs.1.20) a lens.

"The lens attaches directly to a smartphone camera lens without the use of any additional device. It makes it ideal for use with younger students in the classroom," said Wei-Chuan Shih, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering.

For the study, researchers captured images of a human skin-hair follicle histological slide with both the smartphone-PDMS system and an Olympus IX-70 microscope.

At a magnification of 120, the smartphone lens was comparable to the Olympus microscope at a magnification of 100 and software-based digital magnification could enhance it further, the team reported.

The lens is made of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), a polymer with the consistency of honey, dropped precisely on a preheated surface to cure.Lens curvature and magnification depends on how long and at what temperature the PDMS is heated.

The resulting lenses are flexible, similar to a soft contact lens, although they are thicker and
slightly smaller.

"Our lens can transform a smartphone camera into a microscope by simply attaching the lens without any supporting attachments or mechanism," the researchers wrote.

The strong, yet non-permanent adhesion between PDMS and glass allows the lens to be easily detached after use. It could also have clinical applications, allowing small or isolated clinics to share images with specialists located elsewhere.

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Committed to exercise? Stay away from Facebook

Tech News - Researchers found that the prospect of workout goals being shared on social media led fewer people to set weekly goals.
  
At the same time, the sharing led to emotional encouragement, logistical assistance and accountability that may have helped study participants, who all were classified as obese, up their step counts by an average of about a half mile per day.
  
"One of the most common recommendations for people who want to lose weight is to share their plan with family and friends. The theory is that being accountable to, and encouraged by, their social support system will increase their chances of reaching goals," said Paul Resnick, the Michael D Cohen Collegiate Profession of Information at the University of Michigan.
  
But the researchers at the University of Michigan and University of Washington found that sharing was a two-edged sword.
  
"Public accountability is great, but not if it keeps you from making commitments in the first place," Resnick said.
  
In the 12-week, randomised, controlled clinical trial, the researchers gave 165 people classified as obese FitBit pedometers and access to a custom website they had created.
    

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Maruti to train 2,100 youth annually

Tech News - Through the programme, the company is looking to train over 2,100 youth annually in car service and repair, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a statement.

MSI Executive Director (Service) Pankaj Narula said, "With the growth in number of vehicles on roads, quality repair and maintenance offer a major employment opportunity. Automobile Skill Enhancement Centres (ASECs) will provide hands-on experience to trainees and make them capable of quality service and repair of vehicles."
  
MSI, through this initiative, wants to contribute to national efforts for skill development and employability, he added. Each of the centres will be equipped with a model workshop to provide practical training.
   
"Together with this, the company will also appoint full-time trainers, provide tools and equipment and forge partnerships with local Maruti Suzuki service workshops to upgrade skills of ITI students and make them job-ready," the company added.
    
To be undertaken as part of its corporate social responsibility,  Maruti Suzuki has committed Rs 5 crore towards the programme. "Nearly 2,100 youth are expected to benefit annually through these ASECs. The trainees will be free to seek employment in any workshop, including those not servicing Maruti Suzuki vehicles," the company clarified.
    
The centres are being set up at designated ITIs in cities, including Jammu, Srinagar, Patiala, Hoshiarpur, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Dehradun, Jabalpur, Surat, Godhra, Kolkata, Mangaluru, Mysore, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Karimnagar Vijayawada, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram, among others.

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Unsustainable to offer whole Internet for free, says Facebook's Zuckerberg

Tech News - Facebook also said that internet.org is open to all content and application developers who meet "certain guidelines". This follows criticism from free internet advocates that the social networking site was "hand-picking services" violating principles of net neutrality.

Zuckerberg, who in the past had defended internet.org, said in his video blog posted today, that the programme supports itself.
  
"When people use free basic services, more of them then decide to pay to access the broader Internet and this enables operators to keep offering these basic services for free. It is not sustainable to offer the whole Internet for free," he said.
  
But, it is sustainable to offer free basic services that are simpler, use less data and work on all low-end phones, he added.
  
The net neutrality debate in India was triggered after Airtel introduced an open marketing platform 'Airtel Zero' where the data charges were being borne by application developers. Facebook, which has tied up with Reliance Communications for internet.org initiative in India, too offer access 33 websites for free.
  
Free Internet advocates had raised objections to these platforms, saying there were in violation of net neutrality, which stands for equal treatment for all Internet traffic and any priority based on payment to service providers like telecom companies is seen as discriminatory.

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Apple watch defect: Users claim tattoos interfere in functioning of device

Tech News - Irked Apple fans have dubbed the issue "TattooGate" on Twitter, complaining they must choose between their body art and their stylish gadget. Apple, for its part, acknowledged the issue on its support website.

"Permanent or temporary changes to your skin, such as some tattoos, can also impact heart rate sensor performance," the site reads. "The ink, pattern, and saturation of some tattoos can block light from the sensor, making it difficult to get reliable readings."

Several watch owners complained about the problem on social media this week, even posting videos that show the watch working well on an undecorated wrist, but repeatedly locking or pausing when worn on an arm with a tattoo. Some said it appeared the watch's screen-lock feature was triggering because the sensors thought the watch was not sitting on their wrist.

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April Roundup: Top smartphone launches in India

Tech News -  Chinese mobile maker Xiaomi on April 23 unveiled its first 'Made for India' smartphone 'Mi 4i', priced at Rs 12,999.


Xiaomi Mi 4i sports a 5-inch Full HD display and is powered by a 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 64-bit octa-core processor backed by 2GB of RAM. The smartphone runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop and comes with 16 GB storage.

It has a 13MP rear camera with dual-tone flash and a 5MP front shooter. Mi4i gets its power from a 3,120mAh battery. On connectivity front, it supports 3G, 4G, Bluetooth 4.1, Wi-and GPS.



Chinese smartphone manufacturer Gionee launched its Elife S7 at Rs 24,999 in India with 5.2-inch display, 2GB RAM, 13MP camera, 2750 mAh battery and more.

The Elife S7 features 5.2 inches super AMOLED display with 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution which is shielded by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. It runs on Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop). The device is clocked at Octa-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 Mediatek MT6752 processor paired with Mali-T760MP2, the processor is coupled with 2GB worth of RAM.

On the memory front, Gionee's smartphone gets 16GB internal memory storage capacity. However, there is no room  for the microSD card. The rear surface of the camera comes fitted with 13-megapixel camera with LED flash, autofocus, Geo-tagging and HDR features, while the front surface features an 8-megapixel camera.

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Lava launches Iris X1 Atom priced at Rs 4,444 in India

Tech News - The device is fronted with a 4-inch WVGA display with 480x800 pixels resolution. Iris' new smartphone X1 Atom runs on Android KitKat 4.4 and the company has also guaranteed Android Lollipop update.

The device is clocked at 1.2 GHz quad core processor which is further complimented by 512MB RAM. It is equipped with 4GB of internal storage capacity which can be further expanded up to 32GB through a microSD card slot.

Iris X1 Atom boasts a 5-megapixel camera on the rear surface with LED flash it is fitted with a VGA camera on the front surface. To fuel its operations efficiently, it gets 1750mAh battery for long lasting usage. On the connectivity front, the smartphone gets 3G, GPRS/EDGE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v2.1 and a micro-USB slot.

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Twitter out to crack down on abusive tweets

Tech News - Twitter is overhauling its safety policy and beefing up the team responsible for enforcing it, along with investing "heavily" in ways to detect and limit the reach of abusive content, general counsel Vijaya Gadde said in an column published by the Washington Post.

"We need to do a better job combating abuse without chilling or silencing speech," Gadde said. Twitter last month modified its rules to ban 'revenge porn' -- the tweeting of intimate or revealing pictures or video of people without their permission.

The San Francisco-based micro-blogging site is also taking steps to curtail the use of anonymously created Twitter accounts to intimidate or silence targeted people.

"We are changing our approach to this problem, in some ways that won't be readily apparent and in others that will be," Gadde said.

Twitter has tripled the size of the team responsible for protecting users of the service, resulting in a five-fold increase in the speed of response to complaints, according to the general counsel.

"We are also overhauling our safety policies to give our teams a better framework from which to protect vulnerable users," Gadde said.

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OnePlus likely to launch OnePlus Two smartphone by June

Tech News - Now, the company has announced the successor of OnePlus One named 'OnePlus Two' priced at USD 538. The rumoured specifications of the yet -to-be-announced device are pretty impressive.

One Plus Two features a 5.5-inch full HD LTPS display with 2,560 X 1,440 pixels resolution. The device is fitted with Snapdragon 810 processor which is further coupled with 4GB RAM.

If speculations are to be believed, the smartphone runs on Google's Android 4.4 KitKat Operating System, while some are guessing that it will run on company's custom platform.

The next generation smartphone boasts of 16-megapixel camera on the rear surface, up from 13MP camera fixed in the OnePlus One along with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera clubbed with 64GB internal storage, the OnePlus Two curtain raiser is scheduled for sometime in the second half of the year. 

The OnePlus Two is packed with powerful and long lasting 3300mAh battery to run its operations efficiently. OnePlus One polycarbonate body might be replaced by revamped metal casing. 

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Xiaomi hits back over Apple's 'theft' accusation

Responding to Apple's design head Jony Ive's accusation that Xiaomi has stolen iPhone technology, President Lin Bin said Ive should use a Xiamomi phone to know the difference between the two gadgets.
  
"Xiaomi is a very open company, which would never force anyone to use its products. However, one can only judge Xiaomi's gadgets after he or she has used them," Lin was quoted as saying.
  
"I'm very willing to give a Xiaomi cell phone to him [Jony Ive] as present, and I look forward to hearing his remarks after he uses it," Lin said.
  
While responding to a question in San Francisco on Thursday about common features between the two phones, Ive said, "I don't see it as flattery. I see it as theft, and it's lazy. I don't think it's ok at all".
  
Xiaomi surpassed Samsung and Apple to become the biggest smartphone maker in China in the second quarter of this year, according to a report from Canalys.
  
Lin said the biggest challenge for Xiaomi currently was to increase its productivity.
  
In the first half of the year, Xiaomi produced 26 million cell phones and is expected to cross a total of over 60 million this year.
    
"At present, we can produce 6 to 7 million cell phones each month, and we will continuously improve that," Lin said.

Lei Jun, Xiaomi's founder, said yesterday that Xiaomi would not go public in the next five years.

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Type with one hand with new app on iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus

Aptly called One Handed Keyboard, the app displays what it claims to be the same size of keyboard iPhone users are accustomed to.

The keyboard offers only a smaller keyboard that docks to either side of the screen, with extra controls to adjust the theme or colour of the keys, CNET reported.

What the app does not provide is an auto-correct library. So whenever you type something incorrect, the iOS devices cannot correct it.

According to its developers, this feature will be added soon to the app. Users can activate the keyboard in the settings, media reports said.

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India can be a tough market for Google's Android One: IDC

Last month, Google launched Android One range of devices in partnership with Indian handset makers Micromax, Karbonn and Spice and mobile operators like Airtel and Reliance. The smart phones are priced Rs 6,399 onwards.

 "Despite significant marketing spend already in evidence on Android One, IDC believes India will be a tough crucible for Google. Blocked out of China, Google has no choice but to make a large downstream investment in the Next Billion consumer segment in India," the research firm said.

India is the first country where the California-based firm's Android One devices have been launched. Roll out across other markets like Indonesia, Philippines, Pakistan,Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri-Lanka will follow in coming months.

Success in this segment will greatly enhance their ability to leverage Android to drive adoption by the Next Billion of the Google consumer cloud, it added.    "IDC believes that Android One is crucial for Google to execute on its strategy to leverage the fast-growing Android user base to drive engagement for its increasing portfolio of essential Google services, including search, Maps, Google Now and others," it said.
 
A consistent user experience, or at least a vastly improved one, will greatly increase engagement and ultimately revenues, IDC added.

The research firm said it expects Android One will attract significant sales and redefine the affordable smart phone segment by reshaping the mid tier with a range of devices that
feature good enough device specifications for a fraction of the price compared to flagship devices.
  
It added that Android One will go further and effectively create a bipolar pear shaped environment where the high end will be dominated by the likes of Apple and Samsung with their iPhone and Galaxy flagship devices and the low end will increasingly converge around USD 100 Average Selling Price (ASP) benchmark.

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