Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom to receive Android Kitkat 4.4.2 update

Samsung’s first camera smartphone, the Galaxy S4 Zoom is now set to receive the Android Kitkat 4.4.2 update.  The update is currently rolling out in Russia, with more regions to follow in the next few weeks.

The update brings the build number of the phone to C101XXUBNF4 and is said to include improvements like improved speed in performance, redesigned status bar, full screen album art, a camera shortcut on the lock screen and wireles printing support. The camera shortcut on the lockscreen and the wireless printing support is surely to be welcomed by all the people who love capturing photos on their Galaxy S4 Zoom.

Read more...

Knowledge improves by mutual sharing of information. So share it.

Nokia creative Studio for Windows Phone updated to 6.0.13.1, brings new features

The Lumia Cyan update is currently rolling out to all Windows Phone 8 devices around the world.  Read about Lumia Cyan roll out.

Check Lumia Cyan availability for your device in your country here.

On par with this major update, Microsoft has updated one of its Windows Phone apps – Nokia Creative Studio, which is exclusive only to Lumia Windows Phones – to the latest version 6.0. The update brings a whole new design to the app and a lot of new features too which help to make editing photos even more fun and easy.

Read more...

Knowledge improves by mutual sharing of information. So share it.

BlackBerry introduces voice enabled ‘BlackBerry Assistant’, will be available with BlackBerry Passport

BlackBerry has been working on its own voice enabled assistant, named ‘BlackBerry Assistant’,  to compete with Apple’s Siri and Microsoft’s Cortana. The company revealed this in a blog post on Wednesday describing how BlackBerry Assistant can keep a BlackBerry user organized and productive.

“It is voice activated when I need it to be, and helps manage simple tasks on  my device from searching my email and calendar, finding out what’s trending on twitter, to sending trivia night invitations”, writes Donny Halliwell in the official blog of BlackBerry. The one uses it, the more adaptive the BlackBerry Assistant becomes, says the blog post. While the company did not mention the BlackBerry Assistant’s complete functions, it can be inferred from the blog post that the BlackBerry Assistant is capable of controlling app and caller notifications, give voice navigation and device settings.

Read more...

Knowledge improves by mutual sharing of information. So share it.

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.

Read more...

Knowledge improves by mutual sharing of information. So share it.

Android 4.4.2 Kitkat update rolling out for Sony Xperia T2 Ultra, adds moving apps to SD card feature

Sony has posted in its blog that it has started releasing the Android Kitkat 4.4.2 update to its Xperia T2 Ultra and Xperia T2 Ultra dual android  smartphones. This update will change the build number of the Xperia T2 Ultra users to 19. 1.A.0.373 while the build number of the Xperia T2 Ultra dual changes to 19.1.C.0.116.

One surprising change that this update brings is that Sony is now providing users with the facility to move apps to SD cards. This option can be seen in Settings. Go to Settings -> Apps and click on any app. ‘Move to SD‘ card option will be displayed. Another new column ‘On SD card‘ has been added to give a glance of all the apps that are on the SD card at a given time.

Read more...

Knowledge improves by mutual sharing of information. So share it.

Microsoft to lay off 18,000 jobs in the next year

Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella has written an email to his employees today, in which he stated about the largest round of job layoffs. Microsoft is getting ready to reduce its employee number by 18,000.

In his email, Satya Nadella stated, “The first step to building the right organization for our ambitions is to realign our workforce. With this in mind, we will begin to reduce the size of our overall workforce by up to 18,000 jobs in the next year. Of that total, our work toward synergies and strategic alignment on Nokia Devices and Services is expected to account for about 12,500 jobs, comprising both professional and factory workers. We are moving now to start reducing the first 13,000 positions, and the vast majority of employees whose jobs will be eliminated will be notified over the next six months.”

Read more

For cell phone news,tips and updates follow us on facebook or twitter or stay tuned to our blog by subscribing to it.

Microsoft says “Select Nokia X product designs to become Lumia products running Windows”

In addition to indicating that Microsoft is going to lay off 18,000 jobs in the next year, from which 12,500 are going to be from former Nokia employees, Microsft’s CEO Satya Nadella has also emphasized about integrating Nokia Devices and Services into...
read more...