Microsoft has announced yet another affordable smartphone

Microsoft has announced yet another affordable smartphone Microsoft has announced yet another affordable smartphone  for the IMEA, Italy, and APAC regions at sub $150 price  point before subsidies. The new Microsoft Lumia 540 Dual SIM  will arrive next month and will offer lower midrange specs.  Worthy successor of the Lumia 530, the Lumia 540 Dual  SIM features the Smart Dual SIM feature to let you create unique...

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Lenovo new A6000 Plus is a 5-incher

Lenovo new A6000 Plus is a 5-incher Lenovo is working on keeping its midrange up-to-date  and has now announced in India the new A6000 Plus  model. As the name suggests, it's not an entirely new device, but an improved version of the already existing  A6000. What the Plus moniker brings to the table is  increased operating memory - 2GB over the standard  model's single gig, and 16GB of built-in storage as opposed...

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BLU Win HD LTE quietly arrived Microsoft

BLU Win HD LTE quietly arrived Microsoft LU Win HD LTE quietly arrived on the shelves of the Microsoft Store. The newcomer is a significantly  updated variant of last year's BLU Win HD.  In addition to 4G LTE connectivity, the BLU Win HD LTE features a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 chipset.  The latter marks a significant improvement over the  Snapdragon 200 found in the non-LTE BLU Win HD. The rest of BLU Win HD LTE's...

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HTC announces the M9+, E9+

HTC announces the M9+, E9+ HTC has announced three new smartphones  in the Indian market. The first is the very new  HTC One M9+ that was revealed very recently.  The M9+ is the bigger brother of the M9 and has  a larger 5.2-inch Quad HD display, fingerprint  sensor on the front, and 20 megapixel rear camera  with Duo Camera feature. It also runs on the new  64-bit MediaTek Helio X10 processor with an  octa-core...

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Google Nexus 4 getting the Android 5.1 Lollipop

 Google Nexus 4 getting the Android 5.1 Lollipop Google Nexus 4 smartphone released back in November 2012 will be happy to know that Google  continues to shower updates for it. The Nexus 4 device  owners are now getting the Android 5.1 Lollipop OTA update. The new Lollipop update brings some  key improvements like the new quick-settings menu  and tweaks to the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth settings. You can manage...

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Dell Venue 10 7000

The iPad made waves in the business world years ago, its rivals have spent countless hours and dollars on sprucing up their slates to make them worthy of companies' BYOD, or Bring Your Own Device, plans. Dell is one of those companies meeting Apple on the frontlines, and it's latest weapon is its sharpest tablet yet: the Dell Venue 10 7000. Upon first glance at this 10.5-inch Android slate, I had to ask the representative showing it off: what's...

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Google X labs shifted in 2013 from testing

According to a story in Friday's Wall Street Journal,  a small four person group inside Google X labs shifted  in 2013 from testing third party batteries, to looking at new technologies that Google could use itself on devices like smartphones, wearables, tablets and more. The group, led by former Apple battery expert Dr. Ramesh Bhardwaj, was originally formed back in 2012. One concept that Google is working on is a flexible  solid-state...

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Apple iPhone remains on top

The latest figures from comScore have been released,  and it is no surprise that Apple remained the top smartphone  manufacturer in the U.S. for the three months that ended in February. The company had a 41.7% market share during that time period, down slightly from the 41.8% of the U.S.  market that it held for the three months ended in November.The more interesting dynamic in the industry took place on  the Android side of...

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HTC to skip update to Android 5.0.2

A tweet sent out by ROM developer @LlabTooFeR indicates that outside of the HTC One M9, which comes  with Android 5.0.2 and Sense 7.0 out of the box, that  combination will not be found on any other HTC handset.  In other words, the manufacturer is skipping Android 5.0.2  altogether and instead will update certain models with Android 5.1 and Sense 7.0.According to a second tweet, the HTC One M8 will receive  Sense...

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yahoo finance earnings calendar

yahoo finance earnings calendar US Earnings: Company Earnings Calendar - Yahoo! FinanceLearn when companies announce their quarterly, annual earnings. See the latest EPS estimates. Listen to the conference call and remind yourself by adding it to your ...http://biz.yahoo.com/research/earncal/today.html Economic Calendar: Financial Calendars - Yahoo! FinanceEconomic Calendar - Track economic announcements with forecast and actuals. Learn about...

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Android 5.0 update bricks Nexus 7

For some Nexus 7 owners both the first and second-gen models,  the thrill of updating their tablet to Android 5.0 quickly turned  into horror when the update bricked their pride and joy. And to make matters worse, it seems that Asus and Google are not responding to the many complaints that have piled up  on Twitter. If anger were electricity, you would be able to power a large metropolitan city for days with the bile posted on...

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The Jawbone UP3 is finally on track

After a slight delay, the Jawbone UP3 is finally on track to arriving on store shelves on April 20th. The official release date has been moved to this late-April timing after Jawbone had to re-evaluate  some features, and it has decided to scrap the 10-meter water-proofing that the UP3 was originally supposed to have.The Jawbone UP3 went up for pre-order a couple  of months ago, and since then, customers have been waiting for an official...

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Apple talks with musicians about exclusive streaming

When the next iOS update is released, it should come with Apple's revamped Beats Music feature.  Apple purchased Beats for $3 billion in May of last  year, and speculation has the tech titan offering a $9.99  a month streaming music service for individuals and a  $14.99 plan for families. Looking to compete against  such popular music streamers as Spotify, Apple is hoping to sign up certain musicians to exclusivity deals. For...

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MacBook Pro 13-inch with Retina display

The 13-inch Macbook Pro hasn't had a radical redesign, and its shape, dimensions, weight and port configurations are identical to the outgoing model. That means two Thunderbolt 2 ports, a USB 3.0 port, a headphone jack and a MagSafe 2  port on the left, and a second USB 3.0 port, SDXC card slot and HDMI 1.4 port on the right. The screen resolution is 2,560 x 1,600 pixels, but you actually get the screen real-estate of a 1,280 x 800...

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HTC has started rolling out the new Android 5.0.2 Lollipop

HTC has started rolling out the new Android 5.0.2  Lollipop update for its selfie smartphone - Desire  EYE. To our surprise, the Taiwanese company has  started seeding this Lollipop update first in its home  country - Taiwan. HTC Desire EYE Taiwan receives  Android 5.0.2. ROM version is 2.19.709.1 1008.9MB.—  LlabTooFeR (@LlabTooFeR) April 10, 2015 The new Lollipop system update bears 2.19.709.1 build version and...

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LG tablet to get updated to Android Lollipop

So far the only LG tablet to get updated to Android  Lollipop is the G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition, unsurprisingly since in that case such rollouts are  handled by Google. However, if you own one of LG's three midrange tablets launched last year, you're  apparently in for a treat too. The LG G Pad 7.0, G Pad 8.0, and G Pad 10.1  should all run Lollipop starting this Sunday, on April 12. This is obviously the intended...

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The Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime

The Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime that made its  international debut last fall is now available at a US  carrier for the first time. Said company is Cricket  Wireless, the AT&T subsidiary focused on prepaid  plans. The Grand Prime is already listed in Cricket's  online store. Cricket Wireless today released a new Samsung smartphone that won't break the bank: the Galaxy Grand Prime, a device that's been available in...

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Internet Information Today

  W3C Will Provide MOOCs via edX The  World Wide Web Consortium teamed up  with edX to offer W3Cx, a series of  massive open online courses on core  web technologies. Safari Private Browsing History  Is Not Forgotten After All A list  of the URLs you have visited during  private browsing sessions are stored in a database file, viewable by anyone  using your computer who wants to take  the time...

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Building an NES Emulator

Programmer Michael Fogleman recently built  his own emulator for the original Nintendo Entertainment System. He's now put up a post sharing many technical insights he learned  along the way. For example: "The NES used the MOS 6502 (at 1.79 MHz) as its CPU. The 6502 is an 8-bit microprocessor that was designed in 1975. ... The 6502 had no multiply  or divide instructions. And, of course, no floating  point. There was a BCD...

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Highly Voted Requests In Windows 10 Feedback Pool

jones_supa writes: Some of you have probably  used the Feedback app of Windows 10 Technical  Preview, which has enabled us to submit feature  requests and bug reports directly to Microsoft in  order to improve the operating system as the company approaches the final release. While Microsoft tries to make some of the  requests available, it also depends on the number of votes that each submission gets.  Softpedia...

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