Microsoft Offers Free Nokia Headphones With All Windows Phone Devices

If you are thinking of buying a new Windows Phone this season, now is the right time. Microsoft is running a very attractive promotional offer in the US and giving away a free Coloud Boom Nokia headphone with ALL Windows Phone devices.

To avail this free Nokia headphones offer, you need to purchase the Windows Phone from Windows Store. This offer is valid only in the United States while supplies last. This offer covers all the Microsoft Lumia phones, as well as all Acer, BLU, Microsoft and Nokia branded Windows Phones.

On Windows Store, under the phone listings you can observe a promotional line that reads: “Free Nokia Headphones while supplies last.”

When you will hit the buy button and add the Windows Phone device to your cart, a yellow Nokia Coloud Boom headphone too will be added.

Usually these headphones cost $34.99 but in a different promotional offer, they are currently being sold for $19.99.

As mentioned above, this promotional offer of free Nokia Coloud headphone applies on ALL Windows Phone devices on Windows Store including the affordable Acer’s Liquid M220 ($79 off-contract and unlocked) and the Lumia 435 ($70 on T-Mobile).

This offer will only run through 31 and while supplies last. So of you love in states and are willing to get a Windows Phone cellphone, hurry up!

Switch to IPv6 as IPv4 Internet Addresses Have Officially Run Out

We all knew that this day was coming. We’ve been reading about the drying blocks of IPv4 addresses and for the first time North America is out of the new IPv4 addresses.

Now US, Canada, North Atlantic and Caribbean islands are getting the waiting list from the American Registry for Internet Numbers. ARIN has warned that it will be unable to fulfill the allocation of a big IPv4 address block as the address pool is drying. Due this, for the first time ARIN is changing its allocation policies.

This isn’t something that has happened something out of nowhere as the global demand of IPv4 addresses has been increasing and the supply has been in peril. Apart from North America, other registries have issued similar warnings in the past and currently only African organizations can get IPv4 addresses as needed.

John Curry, ARIN CEO told Ars Technica that if a person gets a smaller block, he/she can’t apply for more space for 90 days. He added that they are currently having 500 remaining blocks and they handle about 300-400 requests per month, so these remaining blocks won’t last for more than 2-4 weeks.

But, the news isn’t so bad as IPv6 is picking up the pace. ARIN is encouraging the organizations to consider using IPv4 addresses. The supply of IPv6 addresses is enough and isn’t likely to run out “ever” in future. People saw the eventual depletion of IP addresses in the early 1990s, so they developed the new version 6. IPv6/ increases the length of IP addresses to minimum 128 bits.

So, the only real solution is switching over to IPv6 as it allows almost unlimited number of IP addresses. While some of biggest organizations are already using it, some of them are avoiding this transition as it is a time consuming process, it’s expensive and tough.

Make in India: After Samsung, HTC to manufacture mobile handsets in our country in 4 - 5 months

HTC Chief Financial Officer Chia-Lin Chang (left) with HTC South-Asia President Faisal Siddiqui at the launch of the comapny's new smartphones in New Delhi on Tuesday. -- PTI

Launches smartphone One M9+ at ₹52,500

Taiwan-based smartphone-maker HTC in next four-five months will take a final decision on manufacturing its products in India.

“There are multiple options under considerations and hopefully in four-five months, we will be able to decide something. It’s not only about manufacturing, but also about phone’s design, research and development,” Chialin Chang, President of Global Sales, Chief Financial Officer, HTC.

Finding a local partner for manufacturing was another option, Chang told BusinessLine at the sidelines of its One M9+ smartphone launch here.

Before delivering a phone to the customer, HTC wants to make sure the whole process is seamless and quality is ensured, he said.

“There is a different consideration…certain products go straight from HTC factory (in Taiwan) or find local partner working together and make sure the quality is not compromised from the supply chain (for components),” Chang said.

The Indian government has been inviting companies to set up manufacturing base here and also stating that it can give more incentives. Recently, it had told Apple that the government could consider more incentives if the company decides to set up research and development or manufacturing plant here.

Meanwhile, HTC said the company is targeting a 10 per cent share in the Indian smartphones market, from the current six per cent, by the fourth quarter this year.

More new products

The company will launch more products with latest technology and innovations around 4G, both on Android and Windows operating system platforms, especially on the price brackets of ₹10,000-25,000, where the most buyers are there, Chang said.

The company launched One M9+ priced at ₹52,500 on Tuesday, which will be available from early next month.

The handset has all-metal design and combines it with new enhancements, including a 13.20 cm (5.2-inch) 2K display with fingerprint authentication, HTC BoomSound with Dolby Audio surround sound and an improved duo camera for professional photography.

It also supports up to 2TB micro SD storage to store more files. It will come with 3GB RAM and a 32GB on-board storage version.

It will also come with one-year insurance package that will compensate consumers for any accidental or liquid damages. Applicable from the date of purchase, this package also includes a pick-up and drop service for all insurance related matters, the company said.

Discount vouchers

To add to this, users of the One M9+ can also avail themselves of discount vouchers worth ₹15,000 from fashion and lifestyle portal Myntra.com, it added.

The company also unveiled two other smartphones — E9+ and 326G — which will hit the market in the near future.

Airtel is now the third largest mobile operator in the world

Bharti Airtel on Tuesday said it has become the third-largest mobile operator in the world in terms of subscribers. As per the latest data published by World Cellular Information Service, Bharti Airtel, with over 303 million mobile subscribers across its operations, has moved up one position in the global rankings.

China Mobile and Vodafone Group occupied the first and second positions respectively. Bharti Airtel is a telecom service provider with operations in 20 countries across South Asia and Africa. ”This is a major landmark in the journey of Airtel and underlines the strength of our business model and our brand that is loved by customers across 20 countries,” Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman of Bharti Airtel, said.

“Today, we seamlessly manage global-scale operations in diverse geographies and deliver the same world-class services to each customer, this perhaps is one of our biggest achievements.” Bharti Airtel’s mobile network covers over 1.85 billion people and carried over 1.23 trillion minutes of calls and over 333 petabytes of data in 2014-15.

விவசாயியின் சூப்பர் சாதனை!

திருப்பதி: தெலுங்கானா மாநிலத்தில், ஒரு விவசாயி, சைக்கிள் கலப்பையை கண்டுபிடித்துள்ளார்.தெலுங்கானா மாநிலம், வாரங்கல் மாவட்டத்தை சேர்ந்தவர், புக்கியாசந்து, 30. அவர், அங்கு விவசாயம் செய்து வருகிறார். சமீபத்தில், தன் நிலத்தில் பருத்தியை விதைத்தார். அப்போது, அவருக்கு ஒரு புதிய யோசனை தோன்றியது.

தன்னிடமிருந்த பழைய சைக்கிளின் பின்புறம் உள்ள சக்கரம், பெடெல் மற்றும் சீட்டை அகற்றினார்.பின், சைக்கிள் செயினில், கலப்பையை பொருத்தி, அதை ஓட்டிப் பார்த்தார். சைக்கிள் கலப்பை நன்றாக வேலை செய்தது. புக்கியா, அதில் மேலும் சில மாறுதல்களை செய்தார். மண்வெட்டி, கடப்பாரை உள்ளிட்ட பொருட்களை, அதில் பொருத்தி, மறுபடியும் சோதனை செய்தார். அதுவும் நன்றாக வேலை செய்தது. 

உடனே, அதே மாடலில், இன்னொரு பழைய சைக்கிளையும் தயார் செய்து, மனைவிக்கு அளித்தார். தற்போது, கணவன், மனைவி இருவரும் சைக்கிள் கலப்பையை பயன்படுத்தி, சிரமப்

படாமல் நிலத்தில், வேலை செய்கின்றனர். இதைப் பார்த்த, கிராம மக்கள், அவரை பாராட்டினர். ஒரு சைக்கிளை, இது போல் மாற்றி வடிவமைக்க, புக்கியாவிற்கு 300 ரூபாய் மட்டுமே செலவானது. 

Android M, All You Need To Know – Google I/O 2015

As expected, Google announced their latest Android M release at Google I/O. And if you don’t know about Android then Google has a tradition of naming the versions of Android after deserts in alphabetical order. So, after Lollipop with letter “L” it is quite natural to think that the next Android version name should start with the letter “M” and while everyone is brainstorming at what possibly the name could be, my bet is on Marshmallow and Milkshake.

LOLLIPOP WITH ADDITIONAL FEATURES

So anyways, naming aside let’s take a look at what all Google really offers with the new Android M. Now honestly if you’re thinking to see some major difference and overhaul like we saw in the Jelly Bean or Lollipop update, then you might be a little disappointed. This time around Google has decided to work out on the basics of Android and make the user experience better, sort of Lollipop with additional features. And if you don’t care for those extra features that Google boasted for more than an hour, then you’re good with Lollipop. In fact the new update is so subtle in terms for an end-user in terms of looks and performance that the overall performance of the OS is just as same as Lollipop.

So well, let’s take a look at what all Google announced at Google I/O 2015 this year for Android M.

The new version of Android is expected to bring lots of new features, optimization and stability. Android M majorly focuses on RAM and Battery optimization. It also brings some new and interesting features like Android Pay which is certainly quite a lot similar to Apple Pay.

Android Pay

via. qz.com

Android Pay is essentially a payment solution from Google that uses your Google Wallet to pay for your bills using NFC. Now this isn’t any new concept as it was already there a while ago even before Apple Pay. But certainly Google Wallet didn’t worked out for Google like Apple Pay did for Apple. So Google decided to change things up and get things up and running. The new Android Pay offers the virtual account that is connected to the end users actual account. So that when any payment is made through Android pay, it simply goes from the virtual account number that Google has created for you. What does that mean to you? Absolute safety, as while paying your actual account number won’t be shared with the payee hence lack in cyber-theft. Now with Android M it works a lot more seamlessly. Let’s say while paying your bills at McDonald’s with Android Pay, you don’t need to use any app or tap. But all you have to do is scan your finger with the fingerprint scanner and use the NFC for billing and the rest of the process with done by Google’s intelligent software. Now if it works then it can make you look like absolute BAWAS and if not, then an absolute douchebag. So do make sure to check the Android Pay tag before paying.

THE NEXT BIG FEATURE THAT GOOGLE ANNOUNCED AT GOOGLE I/O 2015 IS ‘DOZE’ WITH ANDROID M.

Doze on Android M

Doze is one of the most and pretty interesting feature of Android M as it sets your device on deep sleep when its not in use. Basically is uses the gyroscope and accelerometer on your device to determine if your device is moving or having any sorts of motion or not. And of course when it isn’t moving/ mo motion it sets your device on deep sleep mode just keeping some essential apps running in the background, which can easily be a big factor for saving the battery life for upto 2 times. But everything about it is on paper, and while thinking with other perspective you will realize that if there is some sensor on your device 24×7 determining if your device is in motion or not might just kill some more battery and they need to be powered. But well, it’s Google and whenever they do something they have lots of testing and research history in background. So I hope it works as it supposed to.

Fingerprint Sensor For Third Party Apps

Now since Google ensured that they will make sure to make proper use of fingerprint sensor on your Android device with Android M. They also announced that they will release API and all the necessary resources needed for the developers to use the fingerprint sensor on their Android Apps. Google encouraged App developers to make more and more use of the Fingerprint sensor for in-app purchases and other needful components.

Android M will Support USB Type-C

With the development of USB Type-C, Google already ensured that from now onwards most of the Google devices will support USB Type-C. And we have already seen that on the Google Chromebook 2015. On I/O 2015 Google promised that the next Nexus device will feature USB Type-C.

Simplified Volume Controls in Android M

Android M brings simplified volume controls to your Android devices running on Android M. Although before Android M we already saw this feature in some of the skinned UI from Samsung, LG, MiUi, etc. This was one of the factor that was wrong with stock Android all the time, but it’s good to see that Google noticed the need for it and integrated it on their latest version of Android M.

5 Reasons Not To Buy Yuphoria

So the Yu Yuphoria is in-house and as I mentioned in my initial impressions the Yu Yuphoria is not just about insane specifications at a ultra-low and affordable price tag, but there are some corks in there too. And here are my top 5 major issues that I had with the Yu Yuphoria.

Do note that this isn’t about producing mass hate about the Yu Yuphoria but these are some genuine issues that can be seen/ faced while using the Yuphoria. You can check out this post over here for my Top 5 Reasons To But the Yuphoria (coming soon).

1. No OTG Support

Now if it was 2012 or 2013 for that matter, then we could have understood this issue. As generally for that timeline OTG support wasn’t common with budget smartphones. But with the fall of 2014, almost every other smartphone comes with USB OTG support, and I am quite disappointed to see that Yu didn’t bother to care for simple USB OTG, even after calling it the Zeus of Smartphones.

2. No LED Notification Light

What could be much more disappointing than the lack of LED notifications? LED notifications are present even in some of the cheapest of all smartphones, and here again Yuphoria lacks one of the most used features of a smartphone these days. The LED notification light is a lot crucial for notifications, as it helps you to let know when you receive any sort of missed calls, SMS, emails or anything else for that matter. But for some reason Yu Televentures aren’t really that much keen about that.

3. Pinkish HUE in the Display

Now if you remember from my unboxing video of the YU Yuphoria then I did mention about this weird pinkish tint to the display which takes away from the overall user experience. Now yes it’s true that the retail units of the Yuphoria possess this major issue of pink tint in the display, but with lots of other smartphones in this category generally tend to give a color calibration tool hidden deep inside somewhere in the settings panel, but again for some reason it is just not there in Yuphoria. Generally devices running on CyanogenMod or Cyanogen OS have this feature and it isn’t unique for any particular CyanogenMod for particular device/s, but for some reason it isn’t there at all. This is one of the issues which can be easily fixed with a OTA update, and I have my fingers crossed for that.

4. Poor Audio Quality

For this particular flaw, there are 2 perspectives to this. Number one, when you are listening to some genre like trance that doesn’t need enough bass and is mostly played on Mids and Highs, and for that particular type of scenario it sounds good, better than the average. But when you’re about to listen to something like Dubstep or EDM which requires lots of bass, then the YU Yuphoria will majorly disappoint you. The YU Yuphoria certainly lacks bass, but if you can do away with the included earphones or Bluetooth speakers or any 3rd party solution for that matter, then you’re good.

5. Sensitive Light Sensor

Now, this is one of the features that YU Yuphoria users complain about, and it’s the Sensitive Light Sensor. Now let me make these particular things clear, there is nothing wrong with the light sensor, and for most of the time it works flawlessly. But what really makes the user experience terrible is the system and how it interprets the data from the Light Sensor. When the Yuphoria is exposed to an extreme dark environment, the system measures the data in a complete wrong way and shuts off the display completely making it almost unusable.

I have a strong feeling that flaws like this can be easily fixed through a simple OTA update, and if YU notices everything mentioned above, then chances are of having everything getting fixed in the next OTA. So definitely do share, and hopefully we can convince YU Televentures for another OTA addressing all of those issues.