Gadgets Archive
04 Apr 2015
Samsung Expected to Sell 55 million Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge Units in 2015
Samsung Expected to Sell 55 million Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge Units in 2015 Samsung has seen a downward trend in its profits over the past year and a half which has led Samsung to rethink its brand. Samsung went and left all of the reasons that were argued to lead to a bad
04 Apr 2015
LG AKA Smartphone Comes With Its Own Unique Personality
LG AKA Smartphone Comes With Its Own Unique Personality LG is all set to release the AKA phone or ‘the phone with emotions’ globally. The phones have a “personality”, quite literally. Each LG phone has a different character that peeks out from the top of its case showing off unique personas. The smartphone comes
04 Apr 2015
Huawei Ascend G7 Launched in Pakistan
Huawei Ascend G7 Launched in Pakistan The Ascend G7 comes in an ultra-thin metallic body and sleek design. It encases 5.5 inch, touch-sensitive HD screen 1280 x 720 resolution and 16M colors. Under the hood, it’s powered by a Quad ARM Cortex A53-1.2 GHz with built-in memory of 16 GB plus of 2GB RAM. The back and
03 Apr 2015
Finger Mounted Camera Turns Any Book into Audiobook
Finger Mounted Camera Turns Any Book into Audiobook Technology has dramatically evolved over the years and it has paved way for endless possibilities. Camera technology is no different in that regard. Take FingerReader for that matter that hints at that very fact. It’s a prototype, developed by Media Lab at MIT especially for the
30 Mar 2015
Review: 7 excellent mobile app builders
Review: 7 excellent mobile app builders Credit: Shutterstock Alpha Anywhere, AnyPresence, and Salesforce1 lead a rich field of low-code mobile development tools Over the last six months, I’ve been examining and testing a variety of mobile app builders and mobile back ends. In some cases, the app builders and back ends were part of a
27 Mar 2015
How USB charging works, or how to avoid blowing up your smartphone
How USB charging works, or how to avoid blowing up your smartphone The tech world has finally coalesced around a charging standard, after years of proprietary adapters and ugly wall wart power supplies. Well, sort of: We’re already seeing some fragmentation in terms of the new USB-C connector, which could eventually replace USB, as well
21 Mar 2015
BitTorrent-like P2P software updates could be coming to Windows 10
BitTorrent-like P2P software updates could be coming to Windows 10 If you’ve ever impatiently watched the progress bar fill for a Windows update, salvation is on the horizon. Leaked screenshots of an unreleased Windows 10 build show that peer-to-peer software updates are coming to Redmond’s next major OS release, so hopefully the patching process will
21 Mar 2015
Chrome 42 beta brings push notifications, app install banners and more for developers
Chrome 42 beta brings push notifications, app install banners and more for developers The web is quickly becoming as powerful as native apps and Chrome 42 beta brings a number of huge features for developers to Android devices. First, it brings a new “App Install Banner” that allows websites to show a prompt to users
21 Mar 2015
Apple Watch battery life: which type of user will you be?
Apple Watch battery life: which type of user will you be? Apple promised 18 hours of battery life with “typical usage” from the Apple Watch during yesterday’s launch event, but dig deeper on its site and you’ll find a breakdown of how the new device will fare in a variety of scenarios. In testing for
21 Mar 2015
Amazon is reportedly working on a ‘Prime for apps’ subscription service
Amazon is reportedly working on a ‘Prime for apps’ subscription service While Amazon has worked hard to promote its Android app store, let’s face it: if you’re not on Fire OS, you’ll use the Google Play Store almost all the time. But it looks like Amazon may have a trick up its sleeve to get