Xiaomi Redmi 1S is best value for the money smartphone

1. Solid Build Quality.
2. 4.7 HD display with 321ppi.
3. 8MP primary camera.
4. Powered by Qualcomm 8228 Snapdragon 400 Quad Core 1.6GHz processor.
5. OTG USB support.
6. Dual SIM support.
7. 1GB RAM with 8GB internal storage.

Google revamped News and Weather app in Google Play

There are many Apps comes bundled with new Android phone in which most of them developed by Google itself. Google's news app and Weather app which is bundled with almost every Android phone is now revamped by the Google. Since there is no any change introduced by Google to these Apps, they are same from Android Gingerbread version. But now Google is going to revamp these Apps with new UI and with better performance.


The whole Application interface is changed in order to bring it in-line with all other Google properties. For quick and easy access of various news section the app is now includes the slide-out navigation tweak. It gives a new tab to easily switch between Google accounts. The navigation panel also contains add and remove news section option along with help and feedback option also. Also there is a secondary menu panel available on the top-right corner of the application which has option to manually refresh the news content, change Google News edition and manage News sections.

The main screen now have weather forecast for location you ave configured as well as top news stories. To access the different News sections you have to just swipe left. The weather forecast is now come with more details than the previous version of application,  it shows the extended forecast on tapping the particular day. It generates graphical representation of the weather forecast.


Two new widgets are introduced in the newer version which are 4x1 and 2x3 widgets. Widgets having very pleasant graphic interface. To set it on home screen you have to tap and hold on home screen to appear a menu then select the widget you want to set on your home screen. Google also launched Google Now for touch-less search.

SWING COPTER FROM CREATOR OF FLAPPY BIRD IS READY TO MAKE YOU ADDICTIVE AGAIN

 As now, everyone knows the name Dong Nguyen in the gaming world, who proves that even a simple game like FLAPPY BIRD makes people addicted of it. Flappy Bird is of only 872KB which is a very simple game with very poor UI. The game doesn't have back button option and has bitmap interface. It was so popular that millions of people download it in just few months. Dong Nguyen earns $50,000 in ad revenue per day from that. But very soon Dong Nguyen pull it from Google PlayStore and Apple
App store because he was guilty the game was addictive. Peoples become mad for the game, they play game and upload their high score online and compare with other people.


 Then after that many of the creators of the game started making clone of Flappy Bird to fill the void. Even Angry Bird creators, ROVIO, also launched their own Flappy Bird clone. But in-spite of all these fans of Flappy Bird keeps waiting and requesting Dong to change his mind.

After a long interval of wait Dong Nguyen make come back with a new game, its not the Flappy Bird but its A SWING COPTER.

In Swing Copter, he introduces a new Flappy Bird that fly vertically instead of horizontal path. The game size is around 2.5MB and game graphics is bitmap image based.  The rules of the games are very simple, you just have to tap to guide the copter through the girders with wrecking balls. Again the game is very simple in its way.


The look and feel of the game is like Flappy Bird but its not Flappy Bird. But the popularity of the Swing Copter in not like Flappy Bird because Flappy Bird is very simple game to play. In Flappy bird we have to just tap the screen to control the bird's movement. But with Swing Copter case is not same, there is no method to control which direction  copter will move actually so that results in crashes.

Swing Copter is available for iOS an Android users. It supports Android 3+ version. Swing Copter is available on App Store and PlayStore for free, there is no in App Purchase. It is of around 2.5MB size and there is ad on top. Lets see does Swing Copter makes fans as addicted as Flappy Bird does. The best feature of this game is that it is from creator of Flappy Bird.

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NOKIA LUMIA 530 Overview: Nokia's Cheapest Windows Phone

Nokia Lumia 530 is Microsoft/Nokia cheapest smartphone running on Windows is now available to the users. Lumia 530 is running on the latest Windows Phone 8.1 mobile OS. Nokia Lumia 530 is priced at ₹ 7,349 is a basic smartphone. This entry level smartphone may be compared with Nokia's successful smartphone Lumia 520 and 525. To achieve the price range of 7k Microsoft/Nokia cuts many corners of smartphone. The only good thing in this smartphone is its price, Its a low budget smartphone running on the Windows Phone 8.1 OS.

Form-Factor of Lumia 530:

The form-factor of Lumia 530 is bar phone which is having 4-inch 480x854 pixels display. Nokia stuck to its display size as provided in Lumia520/525 smartphone. Though the form factor and overall look of the phone is totally different from Lumia 520/525. Lumia 530 ditches the curved back design of this series, Its having block-like device which results slighty solid looking feel to user. Overall Lumia 530 looks better than other smartphone of this series.

Processor and Graphics:

Nokia Lumia 530 is powered by quad-core Snapdragon SoC, which improves its perfomance slightly better. The phone overall performance is good with in this budget. The graphics used in this phone is Adreno3 302 which runs at 400MHz.

Microsoft/Nokia is now trying to capture market of low budget Smartphone with this Lumia 530 series. A months before Microsoft CEO Nadella has said that company's main focus is to capture the Smartphone market. He also announces the discontinuation of Nokia X series Android Phones.

Charger that can charge your phone in just 15 minutes

A charger that can charge your smartphone phone in just 15 minutes has been developed by the researchers. It is an external phone charger. It has been named ‘Petalite Flux battery’. It can charge your smartphone from empty to full in just 15 minutes. It will be launched at the end of the August during the Indiegogo crowd funding.

Development of charger:

Originally this charger was developed by a graduate from the Aston University named Leigh Purnell. The Petalite Flux battery is small enough to fit in your pocket or bag and you don’t even need to plug your phone into electricity socket or computer USB slot.

Where to get:

You can per-order the Petalite Flux battery at www.petalite.co.uk

According to a recent survey, 92% of British people feel tensed if battery of their smartphones runs out. So, to cover up the problem Purnell decided to create the world’s fastest charging external battery. Thus, he established Petalite Battery Systems in 2014.

Leigh is a Technology and Enterprise Management graduate. He said” I founded Petalite Battery Systems to permanently remove the stress and worry of having a mobile phone on low battery when you are out and about. It is an increasingly large problem in modern life, especially if you are relying on your phone to direct you somewhere or are waiting for important information to be sent to you."

Also, UNU Electronics has developed a new Ultrapak Portable Battery Pack Series. This device can charge-up your smartphone sufficiently in 15 minutes to be able to recharge most smartphones completely.

The battery pack is available in two variants: Ultrapak Go and the Ultrapak Tour for $59.99 and $99.99 respectively. The Ultrapak Go has a 3000mAh battery capacity that can fully charge in 30 minutes, while the Ultrapak Tour has a 10000mAh large battery capacity that takes 100 minutes to charge fully.

Charger like these will change the way we use our phone and take off the stress to charge our phone regularly.

Internet connectivity to battery-less devices!?

Soon we will be able to connect to the internet without using any batteries in their devices.
A new communication system in which radio signals are used as power source and which then reuses existing WI-Fi infrastructure to provide internet connectivity to the battery-less devices.This way communication was termed as 'Wi-Fi' back scatter.It was bought up by the engineers from the University of Washington.According to the engineers, this technology will play a major role in the concept of 'Internet of things'.

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