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Apple Inc told a US judge that accessing data stored on a locked iPhone would be 'impossible' with devices using its latest operating system. (AP)
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Swipe launches 4G ‘Ace Strike’ tablet priced at Rs 6,999 on Snapdeal </br> Swipe Technologies today announced the launch of ‘Ace Strike’ tablet priced at Rs 6,000 and made exclusively available for sale on Snapdeal from 8th October, 2015 onwards. Swipe ‘Ace Strike’ tablet, according to the company, is ‘not only India’s first and most economical 4G tablet but is also the first to support all 4G networks including FDD and TDD technology’. ‘Ace Strike’ tablet offers the ease-of-use feature that enables one hand operation. ‘Ace Strike’ tablet is powered by 1.3 GHz Quad core 64 bit processor with 2 GB RAM. This enables a smooth multi-tasking experience on ‘Ace Strike’ tablet.
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Microsoft unveils Lumia 550, 950, 950XL; price starts around Rs 9,100 </br> Microsoft unveiled three smartphones – Lumia 950, 950XL and 550 – at an event in New York. The Lumia 950 and 950XL will have starting prices of $549 (about Rs 35,780) and $649 (about Rs 42,300) respectively when they go on sale in November, while the Lumia 550 will cost $139 (around Rs 9,100) when it becomes available in December. The Lumia 950 includes a 5.2-inch display and a hexacore processor, while the larger Lumia 950 XL has a 5.7-inch display with an octacore chip. The specs on the budget 550 has not been released. Microsoft Lumia 950 and 950XL smartphones will also feature a 20-megapixel rear camera. </br>(Image Caption: Microsoft vice president for Surface Computing Panos Panay shows a new Lumia 950 phone during a presentation, in New York (AP))
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Microsoft unveils first laptop ‘Surface Book’ priced around Rs 97,700</br> Microsoft unveiled its first laptop Surface Book priced at $1,499 (about Rs 97,700) on Tuesday in New York. The company also launched three new Lumia smartphones, a new Surface Pro tablet and an updated version of its wearable fitness tracker, Microsoft Band. All devices will run on Windows 10, its latest operating system. Microsoft Corp said Surface Book laptop, which will be available from October 26, is twice as fast as Apple’s MacBook Pro. Pre-orders for Surface Book laptop starts today. The laptop has a 13.5-inch display with 267 pixels per inch and features a track pad made of glass.</br>(Image Caption: Microsoft vice president for Surface Computing Panos Panay holds a Surface Book laptop during a presentation, in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. Microsoft says it's for scientists, engineers and gamers who need a lot more performance than a tablet. (AP))
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Motorola Moto X Style with 5.7-inch screen, 3GB RAM set for India launch</br> Motorola Moto X Style’s launch date has been confirmed as October 8 in India. Motorola had tweeted last week about the upcoming launch of the top-end version of the new Moto X for 2015. Moto X Style has a bigger 5.7-inch WQHD LCD display while Moto X Play has a 5.5-inch full HD screen. Moto X Style is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor with 3GB RAM. The smartphone comes in 16/32/64GB storage options. It’s unclear which variants Motorola will be launching in India. Like Moto X Play, Moto X Style comes with a 21MP Sony image sensor with phase detection autofocus and dual-LED flash. There is a front-facing 5MP camera.
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Twitter brings super-sized emojis to direct messages </br> Twitter has introduced a new feature for the direct messages which allows the users to now send super-sized emojis. According to The Next Web, the uses cannot change the size or dynamically make them larger or smaller. When they are posted adjacent to text, they are still regular tiny emoji. The larger size only shows up when sending them independently. The new size is available now and is supported by both the mobile apps and the web. (Thinkstock)
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Sharp introduces walking robot smartphone called RoboHon</br> Japanese electronics company Sharp has announced a bipedal robot smartphone called RoboHon. According to the Verge, RoboHon, designed by prominent creator Tomotaka Takahashi, is an eight-inch-high robot with a two-inch screen on the back and a camera and projector built into its face. The robot phone can walk, talk, dance and connects to 4G LTE. RoboHon is capable of identifying people by their face or voice, and will act accordingly, telling them they have a new message or to smile for the camera. Sharp says that it will be releasing RoboHon in the first half of next year. Pricing of the phone has not been announced yet. </br>(Image Caption: Tomotaka Takahashi (R), CEO of Robo Garage Co and one of the developers of Sharp Corp's RoBoHon, poses for pictures with the humanoid communication robot shaped mobile phone at CEATEC (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) JAPAN 2015 in Makuhari, Japan (Reuters))
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Age, platform, timing plays important role in email response</br> A new study has revealed that a reply to an email depends on a variety of factors including age, platform, volume and timing. According to the researchers at University of Southern California, 90 percent of people respond within a day or two of receiving an email to which they plan to respond. The study stated that younger people reply faster, but write shorter replies. Teens were the quickest, with an email response time-an average of 13 minutes. Young adults aged 20-35 years responded on average of 16 minutes of receiving an email. 35-50 year olds tended to respond in 24 minutes, on average. (Thinkstock)
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Facebook updates Newsfeed to accommodate weak connections </br> Facebook Inc updated its Newsfeed feature on Tuesday so that content loads quickly even with weak Internet connections. Many of Facebook’s users are in emerging markets with weak 2G connections, such as India, Brazil and Mexico, where it is difficult to load pictures and videos that use more data. The update is part of an effort by Facebook to get more users in these countries as it has largely saturated the U.S. and western European markets. The Facebook app is able to select articles, pictures and videos to load based on the strength of users’ connections. If they have weak connectivity, Newsfeed will select content that is easier and faster to load, such as text articles or posts. (Thinkstock)
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Microsoft launches 4G LUMIA 640 smartphone priced at Rs 17,399</br> Microsoft today launched LUMIA 640 LTE 4G device priced at Rs 17,399 with an aim to widen its portfolio in the mobile devices space under the LUMIA series. The LUMIA smartphone with 4G capability, which comes with 13MP camera, 5.7 inch HD screen and Windows 8.1 operating system, would be available across India, Microsoft Mobile Devices, Director (Sales), South, T S Sridhar said. The dual sim smartphone is equipped with 13MP rear camera, full HD display, Corning Gorilla Glass 3, sunlight readability, 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor. (Express Photo by Nandagopal Rajan)
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Facebook now loads News Feed quickly on slow connections on Android </br> Facebook has released an update of its News Feed so that content can be loaded faster on Android devices with slow connections. According to The Next Web, the company has developed an open source Network Connection Class that helps its app determine how fast a user’s connection is. If the user has a slow connection, Facebook will start loading articles, pictures and videos while they are reading other posts. The company says it is also developing ways to prioritise which stories to load in order to minimise interruptions. The company said it is now using a progressive JPEG image format, which displays a lower-quality version of photos while it is still downloading. This helps cut down on the time the users have to wait before they can view content. (AP)
Who is Alexandr Wang? The 28-year-old hired by Mark Zuckerberg for $14 billion to head Meta’s Superintelligence Labs
