Android 4.4 KitKat lets you say 'OK Google' to activate touchless search

                                  

News:Okay Google." Those Touchless Controls aren't just for the Moto X anymore -- they're now part and parcel of the Nexus 5. With today's unveiling of Google's (terribly leaked) Nexus 5, we're getting a first look at Android 4.4 KitKat on the handset, and that OS update comes with some significant tweaks to Search and Now. For starters, Nexus 5 users will have the ability to set hot keywords as a means of activating or "waking up" Now voice search. So, presumably, this means you'll be able to link any word you'd like to start barking voice commands at Now. Just don't be surprised if Now talks back to you: KitKat also apparently allows for a dialogue of sorts between users and the handset to refine search queries. This could be especially useful when directing Now to access contacts by first name. For example, saying "Text Jennifer" could result in it asking you to specify, "Which Jennifer?" It's smart control made smarter.

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Hindi News: नई दिल्ली। महेश अग्रवाल के पास ऑफिस की एक मीटिंग के दौरान फोन पर मैसेज आया, अगर आपको अपना मोटापा घटाना है, वजन बढ़ाना है, हाइट बढ़ानी है तो इस नंबर पर संपर्क करें। कुछ ही देर बात एक और मैसेज आया, दिल्ली-एनसीआर में 2बीएचके, 3बीएचके फ्लैट खरीदें। इसके बाद एक और एसएमएस-सस्ती प्रीमियम दर पर जीवन बीमा कराएं। मैसेज से काम नहीं बना तो एक घंटे बाद कॉल कर एक महिला ने भी यही सवाल पुछा। ये सब उस मोबाइल नंबर पर हुआ जिसपर 'डु नॉट डिस्टर्ब' (डीएनडी) सेवा चालू थी।

ये घटना केवल महेश के साथ ही नहीं बल्कि अधिकांश भारतीय मोबाइल उपभोक्ताओं के साथ घटती है। ऐसे करीब 15 मैसेज और कई फोन कॉल्स प्रति दिन परेशान करते ही हैं। त्योहारों में तो टेली मार्केटिंग कंपनियां सामान्य दिनों के मुकाबले ज्यादा एसएमएस और कॉल करती हैं। उपाय क्या है? फोन तो बंद कर नहीं सकते।

फिलहाल भारत में स्मार्टफोन का इस्तेमाल बढ़-चढ़ कर किया जा रहा है। एंड्रॉयड, विंडो फोन की बाजार में भरमार भी है। इसका तोड़ मोबाइल एप्लीकेशन कंपनी 'फोन वॉरियर' ने निकाला है। फोन वॉरियर का स्मार्टफोन एप्प को एंड्रॉयड, ब्लैकबेरी और नोकिया फोन पर डाउनलोड किया जा सकता है।

इसे डाउनलोड करने के बाद आपका फोन अनचाही कॉल और एसएमएस से बच सकता है। साथ ही यह कॉलर की आइडेंटिटी (कॉल करने वाला कौन है) भी यूजर को बता देता है, भले ही उसका नंबर मोबाइल फोन बुक में सेव न हो। इस नए एप्लीकेशन के जरिए यूजर न केवल किसी अनचाहे नंबर से आने वाली कॉल्स को ब्लॉक कर सकता है, बल्कि ऐसे एसएमएस को भी स्पैम कैटेगरी में भेज कर ब्लॉक कर सकता है। अब तक दुनिया भर में फोन वॉरियर के 10 लाख यूजर्स ने डाउनलोड किया है और यह 2.2 करोड़ स्पैम कॉल्स और मैसेज ब्लॉक कर चुका है। यह एप्लीकेशन मुफ्त है यानी आप मुफ्त में इन अनचाही मोबाइल फोन की घंटियों से छुटकारा पा सकते हैं।

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Xolo launches Q900

                         

Hindi News: बजट स्मार्टफोन की रेस में सैमसंग और एलजी को टक्कर देने के लिए जोलो ने भी अपने हाथ-पैर मारने शुरू कर दिए हैं। हाल ही में जोलो ने क्वाडकोर स्मार्टफोन रेंज में बढ़ोत्तरी करते हुए जोलो क्यू 900 नाम से अपना नया फोन लॉंच किया है। 4.2 एंड्रायड जेलीबीन पर काम करने वाले जोलो क्यू 900 फोन की डिस्प्ले स्क्रीन 4.7 इंच की है जिसे करीब 12,990 रुपए कीमत के साथ मार्केट में उतारा गया है।

जोलो के इस नए स्मार्टफोन में 1.2 गीगाहर्ट्ज प्रोसेसर, 1 जीबी रैम और 4जीबी इंटरनल मेमोरी जैसे फीचर्स उपलब्ध हैं। इंटरनल 4जीबी मेमोरी को एसडी कार्ड के सहायता से 32 जीबी तक बढ़ाया जा सकता है।

अन्य विशेषताओं का नाम लें तो जोलो क्यू 900 फोन में एलईडी फ्लैश वाले 8 मेगापिक्सल रियर कैमरा के साथ-साथ 2 मेगापिक्सल फ्रंट कैमरा भी मौजूद है। आप इस फोन से 3जी कॉंलिंग का आनंद भी उठा सकते हैं। एक बार चार्ज करने के बाद आप इस फोन से 18 घंटे तक लगातार गाने सुन सकते हैं और 5 घंटे तक जोलो क्यू 900 में आप वीडियो देखने का मजा ले सकते हैं।

निम्नलिखित बिंदुओं की सहायता से आप इस फोन की विशेषताओं को और अधिक आसानी से समझ सकते हैं-

1. 1.2 गीगाह‌र्ट्ज क्वाड कोर प्रोसेसर

2. 4.2 एंड्रायड जेलीबीन

3. 4.6 इंच वाली एचडी डिस्प्ले स्क्रीन

4. बीएसआई वाला 8 मेगपिक्सल रियर कैमरा

5. 32 जीबी मेमोरी

6. 1 जीबी रैम

7. 1800 एमएएच बैटरी

8. डुअल सिम (3जी+2जी)

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Google+ adds photo, video tools to ramp up challenge to FB

 

News:Google aims to revolutionize photography," Google senior vice president Vic Gundotra said while introducing a host of new social networking features at an art gallery in San Francisco.

Photo and video sharing are among prime uses of online social networks. Gundotra said that Google+ users upload about 1.5 billion images weekly.

He also announced that the number of people who use Google's two-year-old social network at least once a month has climbed to 540 million from about 300 million early this year.  

Facebook still dominates the world of online social networking, boasting more than a billion users.
    
Google hoped to bolster the popularity of its social network with the addition of photo and video editing tools that automatically provide users with professional quality images and custom-made movies.  

Tools for automatically editing images and even creating mini-animated sequences of images or moment-capturing action shots were added

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Galaxy S4, S3, Note 2 primed to pair with Samsung's smartwatch

News: Samsung on Monday made it clear that it's readied an Android 4.3 Jelly Bean software update that will let certain US smartphones pair with the company's Galaxy Gear smartwatch. This announcement dovetails with an earlier statement that Samsung would push out the update on a global scale.

The Premium Suite software package will give the Samsung Galaxy S4, Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 smartphones the enhancements they need to work with the new smartwatch, a USD 300 accessory which was previously available only with the Samsung Galaxy Note 3.

Owners of the Galaxy S4 Active, Galaxy S4 Mini, and Galaxy Mega phones, who also aim at the Gear, need to hold tight: the update for these phones is slated for "the coming months." In addition to Android 4.3 features and Galaxy Gear compatibility, the Premium Suite brings a few Samsung extras to the camera, such as a split-screen mode, and a simplified home screen option.

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LG G Pro Lite dual-sim phablet available in India

 

News: The G Pro Lite was recently also listed in India at Snapdeal at a discounted price of Rs 18,300, which has now been revised to Rs 19,990. The LG G Pro Lite comes with dual-SIM support with dedicated hot key and also bundles a stylus. The LG G Pro Lite features a 5.5-inch IPS display with a qHD resolution of 540x960 pixels. It is powered by a 1GHz dual core MediaTek 6577 processor along with 1GB of RAM. The phablet runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and packs a 3,140mAh removable battery. 

It sports an 8-megapixel rear camera with BSI and also houses a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. The device includes 8GB of inbuilt storage with microSD card support. It measures 150.2x76.9x9.4mm and weighs 161 grams.

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Steam now 65 million users strong as Valve makes a push for the living room

News: Valve's Steam service for PC distribution and sales has over 65 million users playing its over 3,000 games, the company announced this afternoon. That's a 30 percent increase (15 million accounts) over the last 12 months -- not too shabby! -- putting the service's userbase well above that of Microsoft's Xbox Live (which has 48 million, according to MS). Not quite the 110 million that belong to Sony's PlayStation Network, but not too shabby.

The new Steam number comes ahead of Valve's planned hardware beta, which intends to test the three main components of the company's big living room push:SteamOS, Steam Controller, and Steam Machines. The first of those components, SteamOS, is a Linux-based navigation solution for gaming PCs in the living room. While in can be installed on any PC (and it's free), it'll come installed on the physical Steam Machines that Valve ships to 300 beta participants (alongside the aforementioned Steam Controller). That said, at 65 million users, you have 0.0005 percent chance of being chosen for the beta. Best of luck with that!

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Three to carry iPad Air and new iPad mini in the UK

News: With the iPad Air but a day away from launching in the UK, it's high time that the nation's cellular networks began crowing about which ones will carry the device. Three is the first to pipe up, saying that you'll be able to snag both the Air from tomorrow and the iPad Mini with Retina when it arrives later in November.

The cheapest package will set you back £7.50 a month with 1GB of data on a monthly contract, plus £499 up-front for the 16GB model -- while you can grab 15GB a month if you pony up £25 every four weeks. Don't forget that while you'll initially be stuck with just 3G signals, the network will begin its LTE rollout in December, so factor that in when you make your decision.

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Verizon 'Ellipsis' Android tablet and trademark leak out, hint at a new wireless effort

News: Serial product shot leaker @evleaks is showing off pics of a new tablet tonight, tagged as the Verizon Ellipsis 7, 2013. It looks like a standard 7-inch Android tablet, albeit with some overly heavy bezel action, but there's little else to go on regarding where it's from and how it may arrive. The rest of the puzzle may be filled in, however, by a trademark for "Ellipsis" and "Ellipsis 7" that FierceCable dug up just a few days ago, and imagines could cover a new service / device. Filed by Verizon Wireless, the Ellipsis application covers a "wireless telecommunications device featuring transmission of voice, data, image and video", while Ellipsis 7 includes tablet computers and other wireless devices. So now we know what the hardware is called and what it looks like, but what it does is still unclear, although recent Verizon moves like ending its wireless partnership with cable companies, rumors that it will purchase Intel's IPTV technology and the Corvair / FiOS Companion tablet that popped up last year are enough to keep our imaginations humming.

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Android KitKat leak suggests big improvements for cheap phones, wearables

News:  When you thought we were ready for Google's next announcement, along comes some fresh information, courtesy of regular Google news-breaker, Amir Efrati. He's apparently taken a look at confidential documents outlining what's going on with the next big mobile OS update. The Android KitKat iteration will apparently tackle that tricky fragmentation issue, and has been designed to work well even on lesser-specced Google-powered handsets. The new Android OS "optimizes memory use in every major component," and will include tools to make memory-friendly apps for "entry-level devices" with memory even as low as 512MB.

The other major point is how Google, a well-known proponent of wearables, is already is prepping for even more smartwatches and visors on its mobile operating system. The new version will reportedly include support for three new sensors: geomagnetic rotation vector, step detection and step counters, which could be Android's way of answering Apple's inclusion of a dedicated motion processor in its latest iPhone. The source reckons these are geared towards Google's rumored smart watch -- or possibly glass. Google is apparently still working on making NFC a bigger deal, and has also worked internally on improving smartphones' skills controlling your TV and other devices. Apparently, this will involve unifying how Android deals with IR blasters, rather than the fragmented approach brought by phone makers including Samsung, LG, Sony and HTC. Bluetooth is also rumored to see significant improvements, with Bluetooth HID over GATT and Message Access Profile both mentioned what Android-running hardware can talk with.

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