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Xolo Q1000S smartphone vs rest of the 5-inch quad core rivals . Xolo was seen teasing a picture of the Q1000S on Twitter earlier today and now it has gone ahead to reveal  the Android  smartphone’s specs as well as price. 5-inch devices seem to be the middle ground between phablets and handsets India has been seeing lately and this Xolo offering fits right in. Let’s take a look at the key features before telling you what your other options are. The phone’s front panel sports a 5MP webcam above the 5-inch 1280 x  720p  display, while the back plays host to a 13MP lens. An MTK 6589T 1.5GHz quad core processor, 1GB of RAM and  Android  Jelly  Bean 4.2 power the whole show.quad core processor .The 2500mAh battery hidden under the hood renders up to 12.5 hours of  3G  talk time or roughly 22.5 hours of the same over 2G networks. There’s only 16GB of onboard memory and a microSD card slot for added storage is made prominent by its exclusion. The Q1000S has little else to say

Rupee up 11 paise in late morning trade Surrendering some of its early gains, the rupee on Friday rose by 11 paise to 64.44 against the dollar in the late morning trade on selling of the US currency by banks and exporters amid recovery in the equity markets. Finance Minister P. Chidambaram’s assurance to investors on Thursday and dollar volatility helped in improving the rupee sentiment, forex dealers said. The rupee resumed higher at 64.30 per dollar as against Thursday’s closing level of 64.55 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) Market. It hovered in a range of 64.28 and 64.70 per dollar before quoting 64.44 at 10.40 hours (IST). In New York market, the US dollar traded high er against its rival currencies on Thursday despite a series of mixed economic data. SOURCE: http://www.thehindu.com/business/markets/rupee-up-11-paise-in-late-morning-trade/article5051579.ece

Lenovo takes missing Windows 8 Start menu into its own hands. Microsoft's Windows 8.1 is due out Oct. 17, but Chinese OEM Lenovo is apparently sick of waiting for the Windows 8 update to bring back the traditional Windows Start menu. The company decided to take matters into its own hands, and the maker of Start menu software Pokki announced this week that future Lenovo PCs will have its custom Start menu pre-installed. Pokki, made last year by a start-up called Sweetlabs, adds a Start menu to Windows 8 that's similar to what was found inWindows 7 and earlier OS versions. Bloomberg reported that three million Windows 8 users have already downloaded the Pokki software independently from Sweetlabs' website. The benefits of Pokki Windows 8.1 brings back the Start menu in part, but it's still not a full traditional desktop experience. That's why software like Pokki could remain relevant even as Microsoft attempts to fix its own missteps. Lenovo'

Nokia Lumia 925 versus Lumia 920: Camera performance comparison The Nokia Lumia 925 is going to be hitting the Indian store shelves very soon, and while it does boast of a slimmer design and a lighter build, word is that Nokia has also tweaked the camera and the lens on the 925. In particular, the Lumia 925’s camera assembly boasts of an additional lens element, which is supposed to improve ghosting and flare suppression, in addition to better sharpness. We got our hands on a Lumia 925 and in our eagerness, shot off a quick shots with the camera. However, what we did do was take the same shots with our Lumia 920 as well, to see if the additional lens element really did do anything special for the new Lumia. Take a look at these images, shot side by side with the Nokia Lumia 920 and the Nokia Lumia 925. Our quick assessment is located at the end of the image listing. The images on the left are shot with the Nokia Lumia 920 while the ones on the right have been shot using the

Asphalt 8: Airborne now available for Android; priced at Rs 55 As the name suggests, the game allows aerial stunts. You can perform barrel rolls and wild 360º jumps; maneuver through the air, pulling stunts while racing. As reported  iOS ;-coming-soon-for-Android" target="_blank">earlier , Gameloft has released its new Asphalt 8: Airborne racing game for Android. Like in iOS, the racing game has been priced at Rs 55 on Google Play store. As per Gameloft, the new version of Asphalt has 47 new cars, of which 80 per cent are new. You also get to drive cars of top manufacturers like Lamborghini Veneno, Bugatti Veyron, Ferrari FXX and Pagani Zonda R. There are race in nine different settings like Venice, French Guiana, Iceland, Nevada Desert and other exciting locations. Also, the Asphalt 8: Airborne has multiplayer option where eight players are allow to participate at a time.

PlayStation 4 announced for November  Sony capped its August 20 Gamescom presentation with dates for the PlayStation 4, which will launch in North America on November 15 and in European regions on November 29.  The European date includes launches in Latin America, Australia and New Zealand, but no dates were given for  South East Asia and Japan -- even in Sony's Japanese press release. Instead, the compu ter entertainment company's Japanese branch called for a mid-afternoon press conference on September 9, ten days prior to the opening of the Tokyo Game Show. The console will be supported by 15 disc-based titles at launch, including vibrant all-ages platformer "Knack," social racing game "DriveClub," and futuristic shooter "Killzone: Shadow Fall," as well non-exclusives by way of "Assassin's Creed IV," "Battlefield 4," "Call of Duty: Ghosts," "Just Dance 2014," "Lego Marvel Super Heroes,&qu

Nokia Bandit: a 6-inch giant Windows Phone coming soon Nokia is planning a big-screen Windows Phone for release later this year. Sources familiar with Nokia's plans have revealed to  The Verge  that the company is currently testing a 6-inch device with the latest version of Windows Phone. Codenamed "Bandit," the handset includes a 1080p display and a Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor. We understand that Bandit will be the first of many planned 1080p Windows Phone devices. We're told that the Bandit will ship with a rear camera that is at least 20-megapixels, and a slight hump at the rear of the device (similar to the Lumia 925) to accommodate the camera. We understand the Bandit is thin and lightweight, and includes a polycarbonate body. Microsoft is currently improving Windows Phone to support devices like the Bandit, with extra changes for 1080p displays, and an additional column of Live Tiles on the Start screen. The latest Windows Phone update, GDR3, a

Rupee continues free fall; plunges to 65.56 against dollar The Indian rupee on Thursday slipped below the psychological level of 65 against a dollar, hitting new lows for the fifth straight session, after the US Federal Reserve hinted it would start scaling back of stimulus as early as next month. The partially-convertible rupee slumped by 2.2 percent to hit a new record low of 65.56 against a dollar at the inter-bank foreign exchange market here, surpassing its previous record low of 64.54. This is the sixth straight session of weakness in the value of Indian currency. The rupee has touched new lows for the fifth session in row. The rupee had declined 86 paise to close at 64.11 against a dollar Wednesday. The Indian currency was battered, tracing weakness in major Asian currencies after the US Federal Reserve indicated that it would start tapering stimulus soon and as early as next month. Scaling back of stimulus would lead to further outflows of money from the capital

G o o g l e raises 5-fold reward for reporting bugs to $5,000 MUMBAI: Amid the gloom on the rupee front, here is good news for those web-addicts to make some quick bucks as search giant Google has decided to raise the reward amount it pays to those reporting bugs by five-fold, or up to USD 5,000.   It can be recalled that Google has already paid over USD 2 million in rewards under its 'bug bounty programme' to users who report vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser and operating system.  It can also be noted that Indians were the second biggest recipient by county of a similar anti-bug initiative by  Facebook  earlier this year.  "We've now paid out in excess of USD 2 million across our security reward initiatives. This includes over USD1 million for the Chromium VRP/Pwnium rewards, and in excess of USD 1 million for the Google Web VRP rewards," Google said in a blogpost.  A bug is an error or defect in software or hardware that causes a programme

Samsung dethrones Nokia, becomes No.1 in India's mobile market. A recent survey by the reputed telecom magazine Voice & Data has revealed that South Korean technology giant Samsung has replaced Finnish handset maker Nokia as the largest mobile maker in India. The survey says Samsung Electronics acquired 31.5 percent market share and Nokia got 27.2 percent during in the last fiscal year. Samrtphone consumption in India has risen considerably in recent times and Samsung has clearly taken lead over its competitors in the Indian market. Constant product innovation, impressive price range and sleek designs are said to be main reasons for Samsung taking lead over Nokia.  The Voice & Data survey that was conducted on 30 handset makers said "dual-SIM phones and Android platform made Samsung favourite among Indian consumers. Wherein Nokia failed on dual-SIM front which hurt it in the emerging market like India." Read more at:  http://indiatoday.

Facebook's Internet.org aims to get billions online The Facebook founder said he wants to give people the "power to connect" Continue reading the main story An initiative to bring internet access to the "next five billion" people has been launched by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The social network has teamed up with Ericsson, MediaTek, Nokia, Opera, Qualcomm and Samsung, among others, to lower the cost of mobile data. The group said it wanted to help those in developing countries to become part of the internet community. But one expert said those nations had "other priorities" to deal with first. Mr Zuckerberg said the goal was to make "internet access available to those who cannot currently afford it". The group's statement said only 2.7 billion people - just over one-third of the world's population - had access to the internet. Adoption was growing by less than 9% a year, which was not fast enough. Central to

Spice launches Smart Flo Space budget smartphone at Rs 3,799 S Mobility Limited on Wednesday launched Smart Flo Space Mi-3542G smartphone and Stellar Glamour Mi 436 3G smartphone, priced at Rs 3,799 and Rs 5,999 respectively. While Smart Flo Space comes packed with 1 GHz Dual Core processor and runs on Android Jelly Bean 4.2 operating system. This 2G device features a 3.5 inch capacitive touch-screen and offers a 3 MP rear camera with LED flash and a front-facing 1.3 MP. It also has a 256 RAM and 512 ROM memory which is expandable up to 32 GB through a micro SD card and a 1450 mAh battery. Stellar Glamour sports a 4-inch capacitive WVGA screen backed by a 1.2 GHz Dual Core Processor and Android Jelly Bean 4.2 OS, coupled with a 5 MP front camera with LED flash. With a 4 GB ROM and a 512 MB RAM memory, which is expandable up to 32 GB through a micro SD card, the 3G device gives the consumer the option of altering the look of the device by changing the replaceable back covers.

Nokia 625 with 4.7 inch screen gets price tag, available for pre-booking at Rs. 19,499 Nokia which launched Lumia 625 with 4.7-inch super-sensitive LCD screen last month is available for pre-order for Rs19,499.  The device is available on e-commerce portal snapdeal.com and flopkart.com for pre-booking.  The portals show the MRP as 21,919 thereby offering a discount of 11%. Snapdeal is showing 3G Data for TATA Docomo + Nokia Music and Movies as freebie with the device. Nokia Lumia 625 runs on Windows Phone 8 and powered by 1.2GHz, Dual Core processor. It sports 5 MP Autofocus, LED flash,1080 pixels @30fps, VGA front facing camera and 512 MB RAM, 8 GB with support for up to 64 GB SD card. Many of Nokia Lumia 625 features are similar to recently launched Lumia 1020 such as a range of integrated camera applications like Nokia Smart Camera which offers handy features like removing unwanted objects from pictures. It also has Nokia Cinemagraph, which turns photos into living memories

Videocon A42 smartphone launched at Rs 7,490 NEW DELHI:  Indigenous  smartphone manufacturer  Videocon Mobiles  has launched the A42 budget smartphone in the country. This handset boasts of  Android  4.2 (Jelly Bean) operating system as well as 3.75G connectivity and costs Rs 7,490.  The latest handset in Videocon's portfolio, the A42 has a 4.5-inch screen with 654x480p resolution . It runs on a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, backed by 512MB RAM, and features dual-sim functionality. This phone comes with 4GB internal storage and supports microSD cards up to 32GB.  Videocon has used a 5MP rear camera with LED flash on the back and a 1.3MP unit in front. Connectivity options in the phone include 2G, 3.75G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and microUSB. It is powered by a 1,700mAh battery and comes in black and white colours.  Khalid Zamir, head product planning & development, Videocon Mobile, commented, "For these first time Android users, our endeavour is to bring an easy, intu

Sensex down another 340 points as rupee tumbles to record low MUMBAI: After an initial rally, the benchmark S&P BSE sensex crashed another 340 points on Wednesday to the lowest closing level in more than 11 months as the rupee continued its free fall to an all-time low.   The rupee continued its downslide for the fifth trading day in a row, dropping to 64.52 against the dollar in afternoon deals, amid fresh measures announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday to increase the availability of cash in the banking system.  The 30-share sensex opened at 18,545.44 and rallied more than 300 points from Tuesday's close to a high of 18,567.70 before declining to a low of 17,807.19. It closed at 17,905.91, a loss of 340.13 points, or 1.86 per cent, the lowest level since Sept. 11, 2012.  source:  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Battlefield 4: Five Digital Packs, BF4 Premium, Battlepacks and Open Beta Announced Prepare for battle. Again. It wouldn’t be an EA conference without DICE’s Battlefield 4. Today, EA announced that Battlefield 4 Premium would be heading to the game, with Premium members able to avail of five DLC packs. This includes China Rising, Second Assault, Naval Strike, Dragon’s Teeth and Final Stand, with two weeks early access to each. You’ll also get your weekly dose of content and personalization options. and wil l also be granted two-weeks early access* to each. And did we mention priority in server queues? Battlefield 4 Premium can also be transferred from Xbox 360 to Xbox One and PS3 to PS4. Executive producer Patrick Bach stated that, “Fan reaction to Battlefield 3 Premium has been nothing short of amazing. We are humbled to see more than 4 million people join in. With Battlefield 4 Premium we continue to roll out the red carpet, treating our fans like VIPs with a massi

Watch out for comet ISON BA NGALORE: The comet  ISON  is to make an appearance soon in the inner solar system. If it can be seen through telescope now, come September it can be watched through naked eyes. After November 28, this sun-grazing comet will reach perihelion and become brighter. Various science movements, amateur astronomy groups and others have come together to plan a nation-wide campaign to track this comet. BharathGyanVigyanSamithi  and Centre for contemporary Studies in Indian Institute of Science will organize a series of workshops for the public to track the comet. The workshops held from September will continue for three months. There will be day time and night time astronomy and sky watching activities during the workshops. "Much like was done in the past for various eclipses, the transit of Venus and so on. We plan to reach to as many school children as possible and create interest in astronomy and demystify certain believes like watching comets is har

Sims 4 gets sensitive with new emotion and building tools Good news for Sims addicts -- publisher EA has given eager fans a few details concerning the fourth full instalment of the popular people-manager. EA called the game a "bold step forward" as it demonstrated a few new creative tools at a Gamescom press event in Germany. It's now "easier and faster" to build houses for example, with new features including a tool to place pre-decorated rooms, and arrows you can drag to resize individual sections of your Sim-house. You'll get new design tools when it comes to creating your Sims, too. You can now sculpt Sim-features as if by hand, smoothing noses and cheekbones as if they're made from plasticine, instead of simply cycling through a handful of pre-set facial features. As if that's not enough to get your pulse racing, you can also give individual Sims specific walking styles. EA also gave its new emotion system an airing. This revamped

Xbox One will have 23 games when it launches                                                                                                        — here’s the full list Microsoft today revealed the games that it and its publishing partners plan to release for Xbox One on the next-gen console’s still unspecified launch day. The list is 23 games deep and includes major first- and third-party games. Microsoft, Ubisoft, Activision, and Electronic Arts all have multiple games hitting alongside the system. Interestingly, Ubisoft’s open-world hacking game Watch Dogs is included in the launch-day list, but it isn’t due out until Nov. 19. This would seem to suggest that Xbox One won’t hit the market until at least that day, but it’s also possible that this list is only tentative and could change. Check out all 23 games: Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag (Ubisoft) Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision) Crimson Dragon (Microsoft Studios) Dead Ris