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Samsung in the beginning of this month revealed its second-generation of Galaxy A smartphones,  namely  the Galaxy A3 (2016), Galaxy A5 (2016) and Galaxy A7 (2016). The company also promised that the handsets will go on sale in China starting mid-December. The South Korean company, as promised, this week started selling its Galaxy A5 (2016) and Galaxy A7 (2016) smartphones in China. Both the phones are now also  listed  with prices on Samsung's official China  site . The  Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) and  Galaxy A7 (2016)  have been priced at CNY 2,398 (approximately Rs. 25,000) and CNY 2,699 (approximately Rs. 28,000) respectively. The smallest sibling of the new trio of Galaxy A series, the Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016) , is yet to be listed by the company. To refresh, the Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016)  features  a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) resolution Super Amoled display and packs an octa-core SoC clocked at 1.6GHz, clubbed with 3GB of...

Android 6.0 Marshmallow is finally rolling out to the Moto X Style handset. The Lenovo-owned company has started to roll out the software update to the handset, according to multiple reports. The update is improving the Moto X Style's battery life. The update comes a week after the company began to soak test Android 6.0 on the Moto X Style in several European countries. Several users on Reddit note that the update is substantiallyimproving the battery life on their device. A user, for instance, said that after upgrading to Android 6.0 Marshmallow, the Moto X Style now offers 7-8 hours of screen-on-time on a single charge. The handset, according to the user, offered up to six hours of screen-on-time prior to the update. Several other users have chimed in to support the claim. If this is indeed the case,Motorola has fixed one of most annoying issues in an otherwise pretty decent smartphone. It is not known exactly which regions are getting Android 6.0 currently,...

InFocus on Monday added a new handset to its growing mid-range lineup in India. Called the InFocus M680, the highlights of the handset are its 13-megapixel front-facing camera, and 4G capability. The InFocus M680 is priced at Rs. 10,999, and will be sold on Snapdeal via flash sale in Silver and Gold colour images. The first sale is on December 21, with registrations beginning Monday. The InFocus M680 is the bigger sibling of the InFocus M535, which was launched in India in November. For the new smartphone, the company is upping the display and camera resolutions. Inside the all-metal shell, the  infocus M680 sports a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) display with 401ppi density. It is powered by MediaTek's MT6753 octa-core SoC clocked at 1.5GHz, and 2GB of RAM. It comes with 16GB of inbuilt storage, and allows users to expand via microSD card (up to 32GB), with a hybrid dual-SIM slot (Nano-SIM card). Other features of the handset include a 13-megapixel re...

Xiaomi Redmi Note Prime is priced at Rs 8,499 and will be available exclusively on Amazon.in and Mi.com Xiaomi Redmi Note Prime is an enhanced version of Redmi Note 4G with 2GB RAM, 16GB storage. Xiaomi India’s second ‘Made in India’ smartphone, Redmi Note Prime has been announced. The handset will go on sale from December 15. The Redmi Note Prime is priced at Rs 8,499 and will be available exclusively on Amazon.in and Mi.com. Sale for this phone will start at 10 am on December 15. Xiaomi announced in August this year that it would manufacture its devices locally in India, and had announced the Redmi 2 Prime as part of this. Redmi Note Prime is the second Mi phone to be manufactured in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, in partnership with Foxconn Technology Group. Redmi Note Prime is an enhanced version of Redmi Note 4G with 2GB RAM, 16GB storage (expandable to 32GB) and a Snapdragon 410 64-bit processor. Other specs of the Redmi Note Prime are 5.5-inch HD IPS display (1280 X...

Online taxi-hailing service Uber will give Saudi Arabian women lifts to polling stations for free on Saturday to help boost female participation at the first elections in the deeply conservative Islamic kingdom open to female voters. Saudi Arabian women are both running for election and voting for the first time in local elections in what is viewed as a pigeon step towards gender equality in the autocratic nation where women are still legally barred from driving. The free service to take women to vote is a joint effort between US-based tech company Uber and Al-Nahda Philanthropic Society for Women, a Saudi women's empowerment group. Uber has proved popular with women in the wealthy desert state to get around amid limited public transportation and general unease about the safety of taxis, said Al-Nahda's Chief Executive Rasha Alturki. "We needed to play a role because we found this really empowering to women," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "With reg...

After Zuckerberg, Google's Sundar Pichai Comes Out in Support of Muslims After Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has come out in support of Muslims, saying that we must support Muslim and other minority communities in the US and around the world. Responding to a recent wave of prejudice against Muslims - especially in the wake of US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump asking for a ban on Muslims entering the US - the Indian-born top Google executive reiterated his own experience and said let us not let fear defeat our values. "I came to the US from India 22 years ago. I was fortunate enough to gain entry to a university here, and time after time, I saw that hard work opened other doors. I have built a career and a family and a life here. And I've felt as much a part of this country, as I felt growing up in India," he posted on the social message platform Medium on Saturday. "My experience is obviously not unique. It's been ...

2016 might be the year that virtual reality finally takes hold in the tech world. Sony, Microsoft and Oculus VR are all planning to launch their own hardware before the end of next year, with tons of developers already hard at work on games, apps and other software to ensure that VR hits the ground running. But if you don’t want to wait until next year to see what VR has to offer, you can take a sneak peek at the innovations today without putting a strain on your wallet. The first and most obvious way is to acquire a Google Cardboard viewer, which should run you about $20 (if you can’t find one available for free somewhere). As the name implies, the viewer isn’t an especially advanced piece of hardware, but it’s all you need to try out a whole ecosystem of VR apps with your smartphone. If cardboard isn’t your preferred VR viewer material, you can spend a few extra dollars and pick up the Mattel View-Master for $25 instead. Cardboard works fine, but if y...