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Mi 5s could be the first Xiaomi smartphone to feature dual rear camera setup. (Source: GizmoChina)
Xiaomi’s Mi 5s smartphone will sport a dual rear camera setup, reveals rendered image of the device. The render posted on GizmoChina site has dual camera lens and flash placed one besides the other.
Xiaomi Mi 5s is a variant of company’s flagship Mi 5. The smartphone is expected to hit the markets later this year. A report on MyDrivers reveal Mi 5s could come with a pressure-sensitive

Mi 5s could be the first Xiaomi smartphone to feature dual rear camera setup. (Source: GizmoChina)
Xiaomi’s Mi 5s smartphone will sport a dual rear camera setup, reveals rendered image of the device. The render posted on GizmoChina site has dual camera lens and flash placed one besides the other.
Xiaomi Mi 5s is a variant of company’s flagship Mi 5. The smartphone is expected to hit the markets later this year. A report on MyDrivers reveal Mi 5s could come with a pressure-sensitive

At the launch event on July 7, Ringing Bells CEO Mohit Goel promised to deliver the first lot of 5,000 ‘Freedom 251’ devices from July 8.
Keeping up with its promise, Noida-based Ringing Bells Pvt Ltd on Friday dispatched 2,240 “Freedom 251” smartphones priced at less than $4 to those who had booked the device in the cash on delivery (COD) mode.
While 540 units were dispacthed to customers in West Bengal, 390 units were sent to Haryana, 605 to Himachal Pradesh, 484 to Bi

At the launch event on July 7, Ringing Bells CEO Mohit Goel promised to deliver the first lot of 5,000 ‘Freedom 251’ devices from July 8.
Keeping up with its promise, Noida-based Ringing Bells Pvt Ltd on Friday dispatched 2,240 “Freedom 251” smartphones priced at less than $4 to those who had booked the device in the cash on delivery (COD) mode.
While 540 units were dispacthed to customers in West Bengal, 390 units were sent to Haryana, 605 to Himachal Pradesh, 484 to Bi

At the launch event on July 7, Ringing Bells CEO Mohit Goel promised to deliver the first lot of 5,000 ‘Freedom 251’ devices from July 8.
Keeping up with its promise, Noida-based Ringing Bells Pvt Ltd on Friday dispatched 2,240 “Freedom 251” smartphones priced at less than $4 to those who had booked the device in the cash on delivery (COD) mode.
While 540 units were dispacthed to customers in West Bengal, 390 units were sent to Haryana, 605 to Himachal Pradesh, 484 to Bi

At the launch event on July 7, Ringing Bells CEO Mohit Goel promised to deliver the first lot of 5,000 ‘Freedom 251’ devices from July 8.
Keeping up with its promise, Noida-based Ringing Bells Pvt Ltd on Friday dispatched 2,240 “Freedom 251” smartphones priced at less than $4 to those who had booked the device in the cash on delivery (COD) mode.
While 540 units were dispacthed to customers in West Bengal, 390 units were sent to Haryana, 605 to Himachal Pradesh, 484 to Bi

Yahoo bots for Facebook Messenger include – @Yahoo Finance, @YahooNews, @YahooWeather and @MonkeyPet.
Yahoo has unveiled four new bots for Facebook Messenger, including a MonkeyPet. The bots are available on iOS and Android starting today.
Yahoo bots for Facebook Messenger are algorithmically-driven. These include – @Yahoo Finance, @YahooNews, @YahooWeather and @MonkeyPet. “Follow stock market trends or share weather forecasts without ever leaving Messenger. And for those of y

Spero’s top end model can do 100 kms in a single charge
India’s first crowdfunded eco-friendly electric bike – Spero has been launched. The bike is the design of Coimbatore based 38-year old Manikandan. He has been working on this project for 3 yrs and is now all set to launch 3 models of his electric bike in India. Manikandan is trying to raise funds for his innovation on Fueladream.com – a Bengaluru- based crowdfunding platform. Besides just funding this project, the p

Government is working on amendments in cyber law and new encryption policy to protect data by addressing rapid changes in technology domain, a senior official said today.
“The department is already engaged with this detailing exercise and might make amendments in the prevailing cyber Act so that with fresh amendments, the cyber security was made robust and effective,” a statement from PHD Chamber of Commerce quoting Deity Joint Secretary R K Sudhanshu said.
At a cyber security event

Yahoo bots for Facebook Messenger include – @Yahoo Finance, @YahooNews, @YahooWeather and @MonkeyPet.
Yahoo has unveiled four new bots for Facebook Messenger, including a MonkeyPet. The bots are available on iOS and Android starting today.
Yahoo bots for Facebook Messenger are algorithmically-driven. These include – @Yahoo Finance, @YahooNews, @YahooWeather and @MonkeyPet. “Follow stock market trends or share weather forecasts without ever leaving Messenger. And for those of y

Mi 5s could be the first Xiaomi smartphone to feature dual rear camera setup. (Source: GizmoChina)
Xiaomi’s Mi 5s smartphone will sport a dual rear camera setup, reveals rendered image of the device. The render posted on GizmoChina site has dual camera lens and flash placed one besides the other.
Xiaomi Mi 5s is a variant of company’s flagship Mi 5. The smartphone is expected to hit the markets later this year. A report on MyDrivers reveal Mi 5s could come with a pressure-sensitive

Le 2 is a pocket-size Superphone that flaunts a metal unibody design, while most other smartphones in the same price range offer a plastic or a polycarbonate body.
When it comes to smartphone design trends, LeEco has always managed to wow the Indian smartphone users. The internet and technology conglomerate has recently launched the second generation Superphones – Le 2 and Le Max2 and both of them follow the same tradition.
Le 2 is a pocket-size Superphone that flaunts a metal unibody des

At the launch event on July 7, Ringing Bells CEO Mohit Goel promised to deliver the first lot of 5,000 ‘Freedom 251’ devices from July 8.
Keeping up with its promise, Noida-based Ringing Bells Pvt Ltd on Friday dispatched 2,240 “Freedom 251” smartphones priced at less than $4 to those who had booked the device in the cash on delivery (COD) mode.
While 540 units were dispacthed to customers in West Bengal, 390 units were sent to Haryana, 605 to Himachal Pradesh, 484 to Bi

Intex Aqua Power 4G comes pre-loaded with Matrabhasha service in 21 regional languages.
Intex has launched Aqua Power 4G smartphone with Android Marshmallow at Rs 6,399. Intex Aqua Power 4G supports turbo download, allowing users to download large files quickly on a 4G network.
Intex Aqua Power 4G features a 5-inch HD display with a resolution of 720×1280. It packs an 8MP rear camera with LED flash and gestures control. the front camera is 2MP.
“Aqua Power 4G offers seamless connecti

Search far and wide and capture as many Pokemon as you can
 
What if you could use your phone as a laser gun in a city-wide game of laser tag? How much more exciting would it be if you directed your Clash Royale battle not on a screen, but on the street in front of you through your phone?
Augmented reality (AR) received a major boost in attention, as well as a much wider active consumer base, with the release of Pokemon GO in select countries this week. Even as people scramble into police

Apple’s iOS 10 public beta has been released for iOS and macOS. Users can install the public beta by registering as an Apple developer.
Apple’s iOS 10 public beta has been released for iOS and macOS. Users can install the public beta by registering as an Apple developer. The iOS 10 public beta version is compatible with iPhone 5 and later, all iPad Air and iPad Pro models, iPad 4th generation, iPad mini 2 and later, and iPod touch 6th generation.
You will need to enroll your de

Samsung India today announced two new additions to its Galaxy J series of smartphones – Galaxy J2 2016 and Galaxy J Max — priced at Rs 9,750 and Rs 13,400, respectively.
Galaxy J2 2016 is a follow-up version of the Galaxy J2 launched in 2015, which is currently India’s top selling smartphone.
It is also an addition to Samsung’s 4G-enabled smartphones portfolio, which forms over 60 per cent of the 4G market in the country today, the company said in a

Spero’s top end model can do 100 kms in a single charge
India’s first crowdfunded eco-friendly electric bike – Spero has been launched. The bike is the design of Coimbatore based 38-year old Manikandan. He has been working on this project for 3 yrs and is now all set to launch 3 models of his electric bike in India. Manikandan is trying to raise funds for his innovation on Fueladream.com – a Bengaluru- based crowdfunding platform. Besides just funding this project, the p

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 specifications have been leaked on Antutu app. (Source: Evan Blass/Twitter)
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 specifications have been leaked on AnTuTu app, reports Times News. Samsung’s flagship smartphone, which is set to launch on August 2, has been listed as model number SM-N930V on AnTuTu.
According to the listing, Samsung Galaxy Note 7 will come with 4GB RAM. It was earlier said to have 6GB RAM. Also, the Note 7 will run Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow and not Android Nougat &nd

Since its detection in 2014, the brown dwarf known as WISE 0855 has fascinated astronomers. (Photo: UCSC)
Scientists have found evidence for clouds of water in a mysterious cold brown dwarf located 7.2 light-years from Earth, the first such clouds detected outside of our solar system.
Since its detection in 2014, the brown dwarf known as WISE 0855 has fascinated astronomers. It is the coldest known object outside our solar system and is just barely visible at infrared wavelengths with the large

Xiaomi Mi Note 2 will finally launch on July 25, says a report on GizmoChina.
Xiaomi Mi Note 2 will finally launch on July 25, says a report on GizmoChina. It was earlier speculated the Mi Note 2 could launch in August, but Xiaomi recently put out a teaser suggesting the smartphone could be launched soon.
Xiaomi had posted the teaser on its Weibo handle, which read, “Love it, no one lose” with an image that said: “2>5,” which has some have taken as proof that Mi Note 2

Located about 340 light years from Earth in the constellation of Centaurus, HD 131399Ab is about 16 million years old, making it also one of the youngest exoplanets discovered to date. (University of Arizona)
Scientists have discovered a new planet – located 340 light years from Earth and four times the mass of Jupiter – that orbits three stars and witnesses triple sunrises and sunsets each day, depending on the seasons, which last longer than human lifetimes.
Located about 340 ligh

RSLs are associated with material moving downslope: suggesting presence of water
A study of numerous seasonal dark streaks called “recurring slope lineae” or RSLs found at a canyon network on Mars has offered important clues that liquid water could be present on the Red Planet.
Water pulled from the atmosphere by salts, or mechanisms with no flowing water involved, remain possible explanations for the occurrence of RSLs in part of the Valles Marineris region near Mars’ equator

Google operates a quantum computer with NASA, called D-Wave
Google has started experimenting on methods to protect Chrome against security threat posed by quantum computers in the future with post-quantum cryptography, says a security blog post from the search giant.
The study of cryptographic primitives that will remain secure even against quantum computers is called “post-quantum cryptography”. Google is experimenting with their servers and Chrome to use a post-quantum key-exc

Intex Aqua Power 4G comes pre-loaded with Matrabhasha service in 21 regional languages.
Intex has launched Aqua Power 4G smartphone with Android Marshmallow at Rs 6,399. Intex Aqua Power 4G supports turbo download, allowing users to download large files quickly on a 4G network.
Intex Aqua Power 4G features a 5-inch HD display with a resolution of 720×1280. It packs an 8MP rear camera with LED flash and gestures control. the front camera is 2MP.
“Aqua Power 4G offers seamless connecti

Freedom 251 is not even mentioned on the homepage of RingingBells.co.in
Freedom 251, the world’s cheapest smartphone priced at $4 (Rs 251), is supposed to start getting delivered today. But if you go to Ringing Bells’ website, there’s little to inspire faith in these new claims.
The landing page has no mention of Freedom 251. The top six devices mentioned are the new phones, four of them feature phones, all priced between Rs 699-Rs 4999. Yes, this makes you wonder why a compan

Freedom 251 is not even mentioned on the homepage of RingingBells.co.in
Freedom 251, the world’s cheapest smartphone priced at $4 (Rs 251), is supposed to start getting delivered today. But if you go to Ringing Bells’ website, there’s little to inspire faith in these new claims.
The landing page has no mention of Freedom 251. The top six devices mentioned are the new phones, four of them feature phones, all priced between Rs 699-Rs 4999. Yes, this makes you wonder why a compan

Freedom 251 has started getting delivered to customers, with over 2,000 units being sent out. However, the world’s cheapest smartphone is not even mentioned on the homepage of RingingBells.co.in
Freedom 251, the world’s cheapest smartphone priced at $4 (Rs 251), is supposed to start getting delivered today. But if you go to Ringing Bells’ website, there’s little to inspire faith in these new claims.
The landing page has no mention of Freedom 251. The top six devices ment

Social networking sites such as Facebook provide the ideal environment for insecure narcissists to promote themselves and seek the admiration of others on a grand scale, a study says.
For the study, the researchers from University of Florence in Italy sought to find what type of narcissists were at higher risk for social networking addiction through a survey of 535 students.
The researchers found that vulnerable narcissists, who tend to be insecure and have lower self-esteem, are more likely to

Videocon Krypton3 V50JG is a 4G-ready device that runs Android Marshmallow.
The smartphone segment isn’t really where the strength of Videocon lies. And the company well realises this fact. It launched its last budget device, called Z55 Krypton, back in December last year. The Z55 Kryton was also its first 4G-ready device.
Now, it has launched Krypton3 V50JG, a 4G-ready device that runs Android Marshmallow. The smartphone is made of plastic and priced at Rs 10,000. The device lacks a fing

Intex Aqua Power 4G comes pre-loaded with Matrabhasha service in 21 regional languages.
Intex has launched Aqua Power 4G smartphone with Android Marshmallow at Rs 6,399. Intex Aqua Power 4G supports turbo download, allowing users to download large files quickly on a 4G network.
Intex Aqua Power 4G features a 5-inch HD display with a resolution of 720×1280. It packs an 8MP rear camera with LED flash and gestures control. the front camera is 2MP.
“Aqua Power 4G offers seamless connecti

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Cyber criminals can easily exploit wearable devices such as smartwatches and fitness trackers to steal sensitive information like your ATM PIN or passwords for electronic door locks, warns a new study.
“Wearable devices can be exploited. Attackers can reproduce the trajectories of the user’s hand and recover secret key entries to ATM cash machines, electronic door locks and keypad-controlled enterprise servers,” said Yan Wang from Bingha

Zuckerberg, in a Facebook post described the images as ‘graphic and heartbreaking.’ (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reacted to the shooting of a black man near Minneapolis, which went viral after his girlfriend posted live footage of the aftermath on Facebook. Zuckerberg, in a Facebook post described the images as ‘graphic and heartbreaking.’
“The images we’ve seen this week are graphic and heartbreaking, and they shine a light on t

Driver that died in the Tesla crash might have been distracted by his laptop
Investigators found a laptop computer in the Tesla Model S sedan involved in a fatal crash in May while running on autopilot, Florida investigators said on Thursday, leaving it unclear whether the driver was distracted at the time.
Neither the laptop nor a DVD player also found in the vehicle was running after the crash, said Sergeant Kim Montes of the Florida Highway Patrol. Montes said investigators could not determi

Acer TravelMate X349 runs Windows 10 and has an integrated touch fingerprint sensor that supports Windows Hello. (Image for representational purpose only)
Acer TravelMate X349 has been launched. Acer TravelMate X349 features an aluminum chassis that is less than 18 mm thin. The laptop weighs 1.53 kg.
Acer TravelMate X349 sports a 14-inch Full HD display with IPS technology2. The display reclines 180 degrees. The devices comes with an LED backlit chiclet-style keyboard and Precision Touchpad.
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