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Microsoft Kills Nokia X, Series 40 and Nokia Asha Phones

Microsoft Kills Nokia X, Series 40 and Nokia Asha Phones     Finally, what we could see coming over the past few months has finally arrived. Microsoft has announced some major changes in Nokia’s product line-up, with virtually everything except Windows Phone being shown the door. The current Asha, Series 40 and X series phones

Nokia Outs the Highly Affordable 225

Nokia Outs the Highly Affordable 225   Nokia has been announcing pretty attractive phones over the past few months, but that doesn’t mean it has forgotten its important lower-end market. It has now presented another option for customers by launching the new Nokia 225. The Nokia 225 comes with a 2.8″ 256K colour display with 320

Nokia Launches Android Powered N1 Tablet

Nokia Launches Android Powered N1 Tablet   In a surprise move, Nokia has announced its first Android tablet, dubbed the N1. The N1 features a 7.9 inch display with a resolution of 2048 x 1536, runs on Android Lollipop and bears a striking resemblance to the iPad Mini. The tablet is crafted from a single piece of anodized

Galaxy J5 and J7: Samsung’s First Selfie Phones Are Here

Galaxy J5 and J7: Samsung’s First Selfie Phones Are Here       Samsung has made sure both aren’t one-feature wonders though. The J5 comes with a quad-core 64-bit Snapdragon 410 processor. Its older sibling comes with an octa-core Snapdragon 615 processor. The J5 comes with a 5 inch display while the J7 ups it

PTCL Launches new CharJi Evo LTE Tab with Several Free Goodies

PTCL Launches new CharJi Evo LTE Tab with Several Free Goodies   PTCL has launched a new Charji EVO LTE Tablet in Pakistan and offers quite a lot of free goodies that make it good value for money. The tablet is capable of utilising the current PTCL CharJi network and achieve theoretical speeds of up

The 10 Best Bluetooth Speakers of 2015

The 10 Best Bluetooth Speakers of 2015   Smartphones and tablets are great. Smartphone and tablet speakers, however, are dismal. You just can’t get very good sound out of a small, flat object designed to fit in your pocket. Fortunately, you don’t have to rely on your smartphone or tablet to put out sound when

11 Samsung Galaxy S6 Tips and Tricks

11 Samsung Galaxy S6 Tips and Tricks   Samsung’s latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, are a beautiful upgrade to their rather lackluster, plastic predecessors. But good looks only get you so far. A wraparound screen and glass body are nice, but it’s what’s on the inside that counts. Not to worry,

Huawei Honor 6 Plus

Huawei Honor 6 Plus   Huawei announced its flagship in its Honor range of smartphones – the Honor 6 Plus – at an exclusive event a couple of weeks ago. The phone, which will be exclusively available through Souq.com at an affordable price tag of AED 1399, comes with boatload of features. Build quality of

SafeDNS

SafeDNS   Installing a stand-alone parental control product on the family PC isn’t so effective when the kids can just switch to surfing the Web on a smartphone, tablet, or gaming console. For $19.95 per year, SafeDNS filters out nasty or dangerous websites for any device connected to your home router. In my testing, it

SlimWare Utilities SlimCleaner Plus

SlimWare Utilities SlimCleaner Plus   Tune-up utilities are designed to perform a very basic, straightforward function—improve your computer’s overall system performance by repairing the Windows registry, defragging the hard drive, deleting Web browser cookies, and other tasks. However, that changed with SlimWare Utilities, which offers an application,SlimCleaner Free (the PCMag Editors’ Choice for free tune-up utilities),