WhatsApp Soon To Offer Voice Calling Feature

The most awaited WhatsApp free voice call feature seems close to launch, with latest reports citing evidence in the latest build of the Android app, complete with some screenshots of the various parts of the voice-calling interface.

WhatsApp distributes to main builds for Android, with the one on Google Play less up-to date that the one found on the company's own site. It is latter build that supposedly features hidden material for the voice calling feature, probably being used for testing purposes.

According to the latest report by AndroidWorld.nl, the recent screens seen in the latest WhatsApp build for Android from the company's website which indicates that voice calling function is quite different from that of the chatting function, with different screens meant for call logs, dialing and contacts.

The recent reports also indicates an ability in the app to listen to conversations again, though this functionality is not immediately apparent from the leaked pictures and the website may be referring to another screen.

Facebook-owned WhatsApp CEO (Jan Koum), in the month of October confirmed that the voice calling feature was in the works, but had revealed the release would be delayed til Q1 2015. Koum also said the firm still has some technical problems to overcome before it can successfully launch seamless voice calling. Koum noted issues like how the application does not have access to certain microphones on the cellphones to properly enable noise cancellation.

Koum also added that the development team of WhatsApp is looking for different ways to implement the voice calling service in areas where there are poor data coverage, considering that many users of WhatsApp in emerging markets are still on 2G networks.

Report : Samsung Galaxy S6 To Have Two Curved Edges

The upcoming model of Samsung Galaxy series S6 will be made partially or entirely of metal that is something that's been rumored for couple of months.

A famous Italian site Samsung HD Blog agrees, saying that Samsung Galaxy S6 will have a unibody aluminum chassis. But even more interesting is the website's claim that the next Galaxy flagship - a Galaxy S6 edge or not a variant  -- will feature a new unique curved display.

According to the site, "The display on the upcoming smartphone (Samsung Galaxy S6) will be curved on both edges, much like an analyst predicted in the month of November, but not in the same way that Galaxy Not Edge is."

The Site Says, "The Samsung Galaxy S6's curves will reportedly be "different" from the Note Edge so that it will be easy to grip, That may means something better or more subtle curves,

According to reports, "The flagship will come in two variants, one with Exynos 7, and one with Snapdragon 810 chip, there are more speculations that both will be called The Samsung Galaxy S6 and both will be doubly curved.

The Italian website's information comes from what Google translate as "reliable sources."though this does seem to good to be true.

Again, we have been hearing this news that Samsung Galaxy S6 will be completely different. Hopefully we will find out at CES 2015.

OnePlus One Mini Images And Features Leaked Online

OnePlus One is one of the best smartphone, made all the better by how affordable it is, but for some people's tastes a 5.5 inch is also a little too large, so news of a OnePlus One Mini is likely to be well received.

But do not get too excited just yet. Only two leaked images supposedly showing the smartphone have emerged and what is immediately obvious is that it is not all that mini. In fact, apparently it is 5-inch. This 5 inch smartphone can be more appealing for those OnePlus users those who don't like big inch screen.

The main difference between OnePlus and OnePlus One Mini is camera because OnePlus One Mini have a dual 8MP camera, while OnePlus One has a 13MP rare camera and 5MP front-facing camera.

The upcoming model runs on Android version 4.4.4. It also shares a same design, albeit seemingly with a slightly rougher text on the back cover.

According to the reports, OnePlus One Mini will cost around $242, so it should be as appealingly affordable as it is big brother. 

Opera's Coast iOS Browser Gets Smarter, Faster And More Social

The Norwegian famous browser firm Opera has released the version 4 of its Coast browser for iOS, adding the latest date-compressing turbo feature that is already in its other browser. This latest feature saves money on data usage and makes for faster browsing.

Opera Coast has come a long way since it is early days on the iPhone and it is about to get better. Not to be confused with Opera Mini, Opera Coast is mobile browser focused on better user interface, support multiple home screens and providing users quick access to their favorite websites which make it feel slightly just like a mini OS.

More than that, Opera Coast is getting a discover feature that easily finds stories related to the top you are searching for, while a newly added button lets you share those links with friends on Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Email. To round things up, Opera Coast is now user friendly with Apple's Continuity trait when browsing, allowing you to pick up right where you left off from any device, so long as you are on iOS 8 and have Handoff enabled feature.

Xbox One Finally Outsells The PlayStation 4

According to GameSpot: "Microsoft's Xbox One finally outsells the Sony's PlayStation 4 to become the number one selling game console in the month of November in UK And USA".

This comes when Microsoft cut down the price of Xbox One by $50 to $349, a move that has yet to matched by Sony (the PS4 is $399).

Microsoft has been aggressively marketing and discounting the game console, and bundling it with a range of games as well as other products, in an attempt to win against rival PS4, which has beaten the Xbox One on sales in almost every month since they were released.

However, last time the Xbox One outsold against PlayStation 4 in Decemeber 2013.

"We are committed to making Xbox One the best play to play, with this year's best games, the best community of gamers to play with and terrific value, "Microsoft's VP of corporate marketing Mike Nichols, said in a statement to Gamespot. "We are amazed by the excitement fans of Xbox One have shown to start off this holiday. Month of November set a new record for sales of Xbox One and this game console is now the best-selling console in the UK and USA.

Microsoft also announce in the month of November the Xbox One had sold more than 10 million units.

Yahoo Starts Prompting Opera, Internet Explorer Users To Switch To Firefox

According to Tech Crunch report, Yahoo has started prompting its users to upgrade to the new version of Firefox by displaying a link on the top right corner of the browser window. The prompt appears on Opera, Internet Explorer, and even the new Yandex browser.

This move does not come as a surprise as Firfox now uses Yahoo as its default search engine and wants as many user's across the globe as possible to switch to the Mozilla browser.

Facebook Unfriends Microsoft's Bing Search Tool

Social networking giant Facebook unfriend's Microsoft's bing search tool. According to Retuers, Facebook confirmed the move Friday.

Search is Vital for Facebook's 1.35 billion users across the globe as they attempt to locate all kinds of other information and can also find friends.

In the latest statement to VentureBeat, a spokesperson of Facebook said, "We are not currently showing web search results in Facebook search because we are focused on helping people find what is been shared with them on Facebook."But, "We continue to have a great partnership with Microsoft  in lots of different areas."

Microsoft spokesperson said to VentureBeat that, "Facebook recently changed its search engine to focus mainly on helping users tap into information that is been shared with them on Facebook versus a broader set of web results. We continue to partner with Facebook in many different areas." Spokesperson also noted that Facebook's move happened "a while ago."

Samsung Galaxy E5 and E7 Specifications Leaked Online

Reports: Good news for Samsung users because not South Korean giant company Samsung is working on a new line of devices - Galaxy E series.

Sammobile reveals full specification of the upcoming Galaxy E series models, Samsung Galaxy E5 (SM-E500) and Galaxy E7 (SM-E700) that are expected to kick start the upcoming series.

According to latest reports, Samsung Galaxy E5, is said to hava a 5-inch Super AMOLED HD display. The E5 will feature the same hardware but with lower resolution, 8 MP front camera and a smaller size battery (2,300mAh). E5 is also said to be thinner than E7 at 6.9mm.

The second device, Samsung Galaxy E7 will sport a 5.5-inch 720p AMOLED display. Samsung Galaxy E7 will feature a 13MP front camera, 5MP front camera, 1.2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor, 2GB RAM, 16 GB of internal storage (expendable) and also 2,950mAh battery. This device is expected to be 7.2mm thin, with overall dimensions of 151X77X7.2mm.

Reports: Both devices will be running the latest version of Android, Lollipop (v5.0). Both devices are expected to come with non-removable batteries. 

Microsot Set To Unveil Windows 10 On September 2015

SEATTLE: Microsoft is planning to unveil its Windows 8 successor next year on September 2015. Chief Operating officer Kevin Turner told that the news system would be released "early next fall."

Turner told the Credit Suisse Technology Conference last month : "In the month of September 2015 we will be able to bring out this particular Operating system. That is the current plan of record."
An autumn release would put the newer version of Window on trach for launch 3 years after Windows 8, which got a mixed review from users as it confused many traditional PC users with a design which is more suited for tablets.

According to the reports, Microsoft set to unveil Windows 10 on September 2015, saying the jump in numbers from 8-10 marked a leap as it looks to unify the way people work on phones, tablets and traditional computers.

The latest test version of Windows 10 which blends the muchlove start menu and traditional look with newer features has been available for download from Microsoft's official website for more than two months.

According to test research firm Garner: "Windows 10 is still a core part of Microsoft's dominates and business the desktop computing market with almost 1.5 billion users across the globe. But the growth of tablets and smartphones means Windows now runs on only about 14% of computing devices worldwide".

Now Apple Stores Will Teach Children A Free Coding Lessons

Now Apple's retail stores are set to teach children a free coding lessons from next week, as a part of international programming drive.

This programme will help children to improve there computer programming skills. The Year of code, run by code.org, will see a number of initiatives intended to make computer science accessible to children aged from six and over.

This is for the second time that this programme has been run before, with last years; Hour of code programme reaching around 3 million people in the United Kingdom. On thursday, Apple will also participate in the hour of code by teaching basic computer science to children in its stores in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.

The international programmer hopes to reach around 100 million students by the end of year 2014.
In the recent interview Apple's senior vice president of International software and services Eddy Cue said that "We are proud to be part of making computer science accessible to students of all ages around the world. He also said "Education is a part of Apple's DNA and we truly believe this is a great way to inspire kids to discover technology."

Second Generation Moto E Specifications Leaked

Motorola recently released the successors of Moto G and Moto X, and now it is the turn of 2nd generation Moto E which is newer version of Moto E.

According to a Greek Website Techmaniacs reports, the New Moto E is expected to be launched "soon enough".

The second generation Moto E is said to sport a 4.5 inch screen with the display resolution (960X560p) which is quite similar to the previous version of Moto E. It is al said to have a 5 Megapixels camera (without LED flash) and LTE connectivity. The recent report alsso states that the New Moto E will be the same current model, which means Snapdragon 400 process, 1.2 Ghz with 1GB of RAM.

Although they did not reported about the official price of second generation Moto E, the speculations are that it will be "very low price." The device reportedly runs on Android Lollipop 5.0 with responsive software and no lags.

Microsoft Buys Mobile Email Application Accompli

Washington: Microsoft recently said it is buying the new mobile email application called Accompli, According to reports, This mobile email management app worth is more than $200 million.

The deal gives Microsoft a startup helping everyone so that they can easily manage their mail on smartphone using Apple iOs or Google Android operating systems.

Microsoft Vice President Rajesh Jha said in a blog post: "In the world of technology now more than half of email messages are first read on smartphones, It is essential to give people smart email experiences where they go"

"The team of Accompli is passionate about this quest. Their application provides innovative ways to focus on what is important in your inbox, to schedule meetings, and work with files and attachments."

Accompli's Javier Soltero recently said on his blog "This application will become part of Microsoft's ambitious effort to re-imagine productivity for the mobile era."

He also noted that "18 months ago we starting making product and building team around the idea that we could make smartphone email system better. Today that journey continues as a part of larger organization with market reach, technology and talent that will help us take the vision of Accompli to hundrends of millions of mobile users across the globe."

Apple Announces iPhone6, iPhone 6 Plus And Apple Watch

On Tuesday during a press event in California, Apple announced its heavily rumored iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus and also much anticipated Apple watch.Apple iPhone both model iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus will come up with two new, bigger screen sizes and are thinnest phone of world's most successful smartphones manufactured has every shipped.

Apple iPhone 6 will have 4.7 inch screen and iPhone 6 plus will have 5.5-inch display on the other side their thinness has been scaled down to only 6.8mm and 7.1mm respectively. The previous iPhone 5s in comparison was 7.6 mm.The latest iPhone devices will go on sale on 19th of September via Apple's online and retail stores, besides to all major carriers. However iPhone freaks can pre-order them from September 12.

Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will come up with 3 configurations - 16GB, 64GB and 128GB. iPhone 6 will be available on retail stores for £539, £619 for 16GB and 64 GB models respectively and £699 for £128GB model.On the other side 16GB and 64GB models of iPhone 6 plus will be available for £619 and  £699 and 128GB model for £789.

Not only the latest iPhone smartphone has larger and higher resolution display, there are some additional stunning features like both smartphone have received a significant boost in LTE functionality which supports upto 20 bands.

According to Apple, the users can now enjoy upto three times faster WI-FI signals on compatible networks on both models as WI-FI has also moved to 802.11ac in them. Apple also said that despite their larger displays, the life of battery of both iPhone 6 and 6 Plus is better than iPhone 5S.

Both models will also features new 8MP iSight camera with ƒ2.2 aperture. This time there is new feature in camera and that is 'phase detection', the sensor of camera can be auto-focused which works two-time faster.
iPhone 6 will feature feature Digital image stablization and iPhone 6 Plus will feature Optical image stabilization, Thanks to Apple because noew you an shoot 1080p video at either 30fps or 60fps, while slow motion video to a monstrous 240 fps. The other features of video are time lapse and new continuous auto-focus.

The Apple Watch will come up with three different versions two size are 38 mm and 42 mm, which will be available to buy from early new year, with price starting at $349.

Nokia And Microsoft Deal To Complete On April 25th

Report: On Monday Nokia announced that it expected to deal with Microsoft to close on 25th of April. This announcement came around a day after leak letter Nokia had sent to its supplier, telling them that its smartphone division, which Microsoft had bought around $7.2 billion, would be now known as Microsoft mobile.

The company said in a note to media : "Nokia expects the transaction whereby the company will sell substantially all of its service business and devices to Microsoft on the 25th of April 2014. The transaction is now subject only to certain customary closing conditions. The original transaction was announced on 3rd September, 2013"

Earlier, a letter that Nokia sent to its suppliers in Finland showed that company's (Devices and Services) division would be named Microsoft Mobile and brand of Nokia would cease to exist in the mobile market.

"Kindly not that upon the close of the transaction between Nokia and Microsoft, the name of Nokia Ovi/Nokia Corporation will change to Microsoft Mobile Oy, " Noted the letter. 

"Microsoft will have to awareness campaign and marketing to tell the world that now Nokia will be known as Microsoft Mobile. Or people will find it unfamiliar. The positive news is that it is doable.

Report : Facebook To Offer Mobile Payment Services

Now Facebook is preparing to join the mobile-payment race with electronic-money and remittance services on the social network, According to the report of The Financial Times on Sunday, citing several people involved in the process.

Facebook is close to obtaining approval from The Central Bank Of Ireland to start new service that would allow users to store money on Facebook not to store money but also users can use it to pay and exchange with others, the people told to Financial Times.

The Central Bank Of Ireland declined to comment. Facebook was not immediately available for comment.

The company also had a partnership talks with a least three London start-ups Azimo, Moni Technologies and Transfer Wise that offer mobile international money transfer services and online, only three people involved in the discussions told Financial Times.

Banks, Retailers, Telecom groups are all trying to secure a pie of global mobile payments, which is predicted to grow rapidly in the next few years.

Vodafone also brought its mobile money transfer services M-Pesa to Romania last month, after seeing success in Africa, and is like to expand its services more in central and eastern Europe.

Rival of Facebook, Google's head of payments recently reiterated commitment to the struggling mobile payment service and Google Wallet. The company had allowed many users to send money but year as an attachment of E-mail. 

Chief Executive of Apple.Inc Tim Cook said in the month of January, the company's interest in mobile payments was reason for creating the Touch ID fingerprint sensor in its iPhone 5S cellphone. 

Mobile transaction all over the world are expected to grown at an average of 35% per year between 2012 and 2017, according to the report by research firm Gartner. The June 2013 report forecast a $721 billion market with more than 450 million users by 2017.

BlackBerry CEO John Chen Says Firm May Exit Handset Business

CEO of BlackBerry John Chen has taken to the official blog of firm just to clarify the Reuters article which sad it was thinking about leaving handset business. In nutshell, it's not.

 John Chen writes : "I want to assure you that I have no intention of selling off or abandoning this business any time soon.

" I am well aware that you still love BlackBerry handsets. I love them too and I know they created the base of this company. Today our focus is on finding a way to make this business more profitable."

In the end he told : "We have not given up and we are not leaving handsets business." So there you have it.

CEO of BlackBerry John Chen says he is not opposed to completely existing mobile business if his company does not find a way to stop losing more money. Said in an recent interview with Reuters, Chen plainly stated:

" If I can not make more money on smartphones, I will not be in the smartphone business. You have to live short term. Maybe the prior management had the luxury to bet the universe would come to it. It do not have the luxury at all. I am losing both money and burning cash."

John Chen also said that Blackberry could make more money on shipping 10 million handsets per year, which is not a huge quantity, especially when you consider that back in the year 2011 Blackberry shipping around 52.3 million devices.

Sinking Ship? But the company is a more weaker than expected, directly down from a 20% handsets market share in the year 2009 to less than 2% now. Even if the company does continue with consumer handsets it does not sounds like that side of the business will be such a focus any more as John Chen claimed that "We are not investing more money to maintain the Angry Birds latest version." Moving forward the company will focus on business client instead. 

Report : Samsung Working On 10.5-inch AMOLED Tablet

Report : Samsung is now working on a new 10.5-inch Super AMOLED tablet. Samsung focused site SamMobile, the tablet sporting model number SM-T800, will feature a display with a resolution of 2560X1600 pixels. It will be powered by 2GB of RAM, quad-core Snapdragon processor which is most likely Snapdragon 801.

The only WI-FI tablet will run on the latest version of Android 4.4 Kitkat with with Samsung's TouchWiz UI on top, and latest feature (Ultra saving mode) that takes advantage of AMOLED displays to disable select features to extend more battery.

There are some more rumors that tablet will sport an 8 Megapixel rear camera and 2 Megapixel front-facing camera. The tablet will have a 7,900mAh battery and will come with 16, 32 and 54 GB storage variants with support for MicroSD card slot.

The website had earlier reported that Samsung was previously working on 3 AMOLED screen tablets including LTE and 3G capable tablets. There are some more expectations that New AMOLED tablets will be more expensive as compared to other tablets. There is been no official word from Samsung on the matter.

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Specifications And Features Leaked

Report: Samsung Galaxy S5 has not even hit retail stores yet, but there are rumors about Samsung Galaxy Note 4. Japanese famous website CMNO.com has released a list of features that will reportedly make their wish to the Galaxy Note 4.

According to latest report, In Galaxy Note 4 Samsung will not use the fingerprint scanner. Instead users will be able to unlock their device by simply writing on their screens. The screen size of Galaxy Note 4 remains unknown, Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is likely to have a higher resolution display. There are more rumors that next-generation phablet will have 2K resolution (2560X1440p), instead of Full HD (1920X1080p).

The new smartphone is also expected to get 20.7 Megapixels camera, even Samsung Galaxy S5 has only a 16 Megapixels camera. This camera is likely to feature optical image stabilization. Apple iPhone 5 is the only smartphone that has 64-bit processor and Samsung is looking to join its rank with Galaxy Note 4. This smartphone will reportedly have a 64-bit processor, paired with 64 GB RAM made on the 20nm process.

Last year Samsung unveiled the world's first 4GB RAM for smartphones, but has not use the same in any of its products. In order to make full use of computing capabilities 64-bit processors requires atleast 4 GB RAM.

Samsung Galaxy Note is expected to run on latest version of Android 4.5, which is likely to be unveiled at Google I/O in the month of June 2014. The phablet is also expected to have 3600-3800mAH battery, 128 GB internal storage, support for dual-band Wi-Fi networks and fast 4G. same like Samsung Galaxy S5, the upcoming Galaxy Note 4 IS expected to be water and dust-resistant.

According to the report, The device will cost less than $800. Still there is no word on Galaxy Note 4's launch date. it is expected that the model will be unveiled in the month of August or may be September this year. Samsung may once again unveil the phable at IFA this year at tech expo in Berlin or host a seperate event around the same time.

Report : Apple In Talks To Buy Renesas Chip Unit

Report: Apple in talks to buy chipmaker Renesas SP Drivers to improve iPhone display/battery life.

Nikkei Asian Review Report :  Apple Inc is in talks with Japan's Renesas Electronics over the possibility of acquiring the unit of the company that builds chips for smartphone displays used in the iPhone and different devices.According to Nikkei report, the iPhone and iPad maker is "looking into" the purchase which could give the technology giant the in-house talent pool necessary to improve sharpness of image on product displays, as well as boosting battery life.

According to the report of Japanese Publication Nikkei, without identifying a source. Renesas Electronics own around 55% stake in Renesas SP Drivers, it is joint venture with Sharp Corporation 6753. T and Taiwan's powerchip.

The deal which would give a buyer Renasas's full stake in the JV, could be around $479 million. Report claims that if a deal is struck between Renesas and Apple, Sharp corp would see its ownership shares to the tech monster on request. 

Renesas SP drivers a leading supplier of controller ships and driver for both small and midsize LCDs with a market share of roughly a 3rd of the market worldwide. Nikkie reports : The JV focuses more on the development of displays chips and drivers, which can account for roughly 10% percent of battery usage as well as determining a displays' image quality.

Apple basically uses a different types suppliers to assemble it's products.but Renesas SP is currently the supplier for iPhone LCD chips. According to recent report from Nikkei Asian that Apple Inc was planning on a releasing a new iPhone in 2 new screen sizes in the month of September. The Publication has correctly reported or predicted on details of unreleased Apples products in the past. WSJ, Bloomberg and other previously reported that Apple was planning on introducing new 4.7-inch & 5.5-inch modes of the next-generation iPhone.

Apple Named World's Most Powerful Tech Brand Of 2013

WASHINGTON : Apple named the most powerful brand in the technology industry, according to the recent report from CoreBrand.

CoreBrand's analysis, which is the most powerful technology brand, has come out with the list of hundred most elite brand list for the year 2014. Apple was ranked the 10th in the overall list, which was the highest spot for technology brand.

Apple was the only technology company to rank at the top ten of CoreBrand's rankings this year. Apple rank has been improved in the brand power over the years; 18th spot in the year 2013 and 93rd in the year 2009..

Microsoft ranked also has been improved and now is at the 11th rank overall and second highest in tech. Google is now in top three with overall rank of 26, moving up 90 positions since 2008.

Yahoo is growing in popularity, Yahoo is currently on 28th position and fourth position in the tech industry. This time Ailing Japanese giant took the 5th position, with an overall ranking of 31.

United States telecom giant AT&T lost 4 places compared to 2013 and moved from 29th position to 33rd now becoming the 6th most powerful tech company in the list. PC (Personal Computer) maker Dell, which went private last year, moved down 1 spot from the last year's ranking and took the 48th spot.

Samsung moved up five spaces over last year and gained 52nd position this year making it the 9th most powerful tech brand in the list. On the other hand IBM's brand power, has steadily improved and takes the 49th place in the overall ranking and 8th in the tech industry.

In recent years, EBay has shout up CoreBrand's list. gaining 58th position over the past 5 years. This year, EBay ranked 59th out of 100 overall and rounded up the top 10 most powerful tech brand.

The brand consultancy firm rates companies based on a survey of more than ten thousand business executives. Brand power is measured in terms of favorability and familiarity.