Microsoft announces Lumia Denim as the next update for Lumia Windows Phone

Microsoft, at Berlin today, announced the next update for Lumia Windows Phones -the Lumia Denim!  From the press conference today, every Windows Phone enthusiast was expecting the announcement of the new Lumia Devices like the Lumia 730 and Lumia 830.

Prior to the announcement of these devices, to much surprise, Microsoft announced Lumia Denim to be the next software update for Lumia devices. The features that come with the Denim update are as exciting as the announcement.

Hands-free Cortana use: Hey! Cortana

The first and foremost was the “Hey! Cortana” feature. This is introduced to bring a more hands-free usage of Cortana on Windows Phone by voice activation. As of now, we need to unlock the phone  first and then reach out to Cortana through its app button or through the search button. But without needing to do all those, “Hey! Cortana” is coming to Windows Phone users to make life a bit more easier than it is doing now. With Lumia Denim, to access Cortana, all one needs to do is say “Hey! Cortana” to their phone, and Cortana will be at your service within a moment.

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Facebook to make Messenger app mandatory in smartphones

Facebook is all set to make its Messenger app mandatory for its iPhone and Android users in the coming few days. What this means is that, every user of iPhone or Android smartphone should compulsorily download the standalone Facebook Messenger app in order to continue messaging with their Facebook friends.

READ ALSO: Facebook Messenger 6.0 update for Android

Facebook first implemented this plan in Europe earlier this year, and after seeing the positive effect this change brought, the firm has now decided to expand the same plan to everyone.

With the implementation of this mandatory Messenger download plan,  users will no longer have access to messaging from the main Facebook app in their smartphones and they will have to depend on the Messenger app to chat with their Facebook friends.

Facebook did not notify this issue in a blog post. It rather is notifying its users directly. The firm contacted Josh Constine of TechCrunch with the following official statement.

“In the next few days, we’re continuing to notify more people that if they want to send and receive Facebook messages, they’ll need to download the Messenger app. As we’ve said, our goal is to focus development efforts on making Messenger the best mobile messaging experience possible and avoid the confusion of having separate Facebook mobile Messaging experiences. Messenger is used by more than 200 million people every month, and we’ll keep working to make it even more engaging way to connect with people.”

Considering the huge number of messaging apps available for smartphones these days, it is yet to be seen how Facebook thinks its Messenger, implemented this way, could succeed.

However, users of mobile web, iPad, feature phones, desktop and Windows Phone users can be able to access the messaging feature from the main app and are not prone to this forced usage of Messenger. For now.

READ ALSO: Facebook Messenger gains full iPad support for the first time

But the Android and iPhone users are soon expected to be forced into this. They are said to receive optional notices on their phones and Facebook will send an email to the people about this.

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Windows Phone 8.1 update 1 to include support for folders and interactive cases

While the Windows Phone 8.1 is still to be rolled out to most of the Windows phone models around the world, it seems that Microsoft is already planning to release update 1 of the Windows Phone 8.1. While most of the features this update brings are said to be for the manufacturers, there are also few changes that could be to the consumer side.

One of those is the native folder support, the feature which already iOS and Android platforms have, which allows users to segregate different apps into a folder.

READ ALSO: Native folders support coming for Windows Phone 8.1

The other feature that this Update 1 of Windows Phone 8.1 brings to Windows Phone is the support for interactive cases. Interactive cases are those which allow phones to wake up when the case is opened or they are also used to display information when the case is closed (like the HTC dot view case).

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Windows Phone 8.1 lockscreen app might be arriving in a week

Windows Phone 8.1 lockscreen app is another feature of Windows Phone 8.1 that allows users to customize their lockscreen by changing the animation of the lockscreen. By adding such a feature, Windows Phone would surely personalize one’s phone. Since the Build 2014 conference, Microsoft has not let out a word about this app but now it seems like the wait is over.

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Xiaomi launches Mi 3 in India

Xiaomi, the Chinese manufacturer,  has launched the Mi 3 smartphone today, at an event in New Delhi. Xiaomi Mi 3 will be first smartphone to be launched by the company in India.

The Mi 3 features a 5-inch Ffull HD display, 13 MP Sony Camera Sensor with BSI, 2 MP front camera, Wi-Fi, NFC and Bluetooth 4.0. The devices comes powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 8274AB 2.3 GHz processor, 2 GB RAM and 3050 mAh battery.

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Microsoft not allowing new Lumia users to set Google as default search engine

For some of the new Lumia Phones, Microsoft has disabled the option of changing the default search engine to Google. On the majority of Lumia Windows Phones, there are two search engine options “Bing” and “Google” in the advanced settings of the Internet Explorer .

This option is now not found in the newly released handsets – the Lumia 630 and the Lumia 930. These are two Windows Phone devices that Microsoft released after its acquisition of Nokia. The search button on every Windows Phone always leads to Bing search by default. This is an option that no Windows Phone user can change. But older users of Lumia Windows Phones are provided with the flexibility of changing the default search engine to “Google” in the Internet Explorer of the Phone.

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Lumia Cyan update availability for Windows Phones

In its ‘Support’ page, Nokia has listed the Lumia Cyan software update availability for different Lumia smartphones across the World. Almost all the devices are  given ‘Under Testing’  for the Lumia Cyan update.
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Google accepting applications from developers for Project Ara

Project Ara is Google’s prestigious project that utilizes the concept of building modular smartphones. Through this project, Google is aiming to create customizable modular smartphones and now it is accepting applications from developers across the world who are interested in participating in Project Ara to build modular smartphones.

Project Ara is led by Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) and it’s goal is, as previously said, to build smartphones with single-function blocks called modules. This will allow users to customize their own smartphones by swapping different components such as a camera or processor and this eliminates the need to change the whole smartphone for a better hardware.

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Microsoft unveiled Nokia X2: The next-generation of Nokia X

It’s the Nokia X2 that was being teased by Nokia since the last week. Microsoft just unveiled the new Nokia X2, the next generation of the Nokia X line. Featuring a 4.3 inch display and dual sim option, the Nokia X2 brings quality hardware, enhanced performance, the unique Fastlane experience and the popular Microsoft services to a wider audience,they say.

The new Nokia X2′s exterior is much same as the bold design of the original Nokia X, but it comes with a brand new translucent layer making it shine at whatever time of the day. Just like the other Nokia X models, the X2 also comes with the Fastlane Android experience . The new feature of this X2 is that along with a back button, it comes with a home button, making it easier to do multitasking.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab4 7.0 available for purchase in India

Customers of India can now buy the smallest of the Samsung Galaxy Tab4 series. This tablet sporting a 7.0 inch display is now available in Indian markets after the company has launches the much hyped tablet, the Galaxy tab S (8.4 inch and 10.5 inch models).

The company has made Galaxy Tab4 7.0 available in 3G enabled variant keeping in mind the lack of easily accessible Wi-Fi hotspots in India. The tablet is priced at Rs.17,825 and can be chosen from the Black and White colors. The tab can be bought online from the online retailer Flipkart as the official Samsung website has still not listed the Tab4 7.0 for direct purchase.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab4 has a 7 inch LCD (1280×800) display, 1.3 MP front camera, 3 MP rear camera, 8 GB of built-in storage expandable with a microSD slot. It is powered by 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and 1.5 GB RAM and a 4,000 mAh battery and it runs on ANdroid 4.4 Kitkat.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 gets Kitkat update

Users of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 in the United States have begun to recieve Android Kitkat software upgrade update on their tablets earlier this week.

the update is of the size 712 MB so it will take some time to get downloaded and installed on the device. So using Wi-Fi is the best choice to do this update on the Galaxy Note 8 tablet.

The update is expected to start rolling out soon to devices in other locations too and we

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