Despite these differences between individual players, there have been certain themes that are becoming increasingly clear and common in the smartphone landscape as 2015 came to an end. In this post, we’ll be detailing some of them. 1. The Dilemma of Profit Margins There’s a unique dilemma that smartphone manufacturers are facing right now. According to IDC’s revised estimates, 2015 might be the first year when the overall smartphone growth would be in the single digit....

Although Microsoft offers very useful tools for server management, their products sometimes cost quite a lot, and therefore, administrators are looking for cheaper solutions to run their servers. These alternatives are open source operating systems designed for servers and they are free or cost less than a Windows based server OS, thus, making them a very profitable solution. The world’s best known open source software (although not a server OS) is the already well known Android OS....

Besides its support for multiple email accounts and compatibility with every email service, Thunderbird offers a plethora of other features. In this article we will be uncovering some of the lesser known features of this incredibly useful app. Use Add-ons Much like web-browsers, Thunderbird also supports add-on installation. There are several thousand such handy tools available that can levitate pretty neatly on top of this email client. Hate seeing adverts on your emails?...

However, the main reason why anyone would be interested in the new Oasis is the fact that it’s the first waterproof Kindle. After all, who doesn’t like reading a good book on the poolside? It’s IPX8 rating certified which essentially means it can withstand submerging “in up to two meters of fresh water for up to 60 minutes,” and can survive being splashed at. The new Kindle Oasis is priced at $250 for the 8GB model, $280 for 32GB, and a cellular model will retail for $350....

The build Google is reportedly rolling out today will showcase some groundbreaking additions including a split-screen mode, redesigned notification panel, some major refinements to Marshmallow’s Doze feature which hibernates applications in the background to preserve power, a “picture in picture” mode and more UI tunings. Moving from their tradition of announcing new Android versions at I/O, Google will gradually release preview builds for their beta testers and if the source is scrupulous, first OTA will be available today....

If you are an iPhone or an iPad user, chances are you run into the requirement for data management utilities at some point. Be it backing up / restoring data, moving data between iDevices, transferring music, creating custom ringtones, transferring WhatsApp data, and whatnot, data management software help simplify user interaction and make such operations convenient. However, of the several solutions available out there, not every one of them offers the right set of utilities that serve your requirements....

Apple had offered red cases for the iPhones earlier but this is the first time the company has made an actual red iPhone. This is what Apple had to say, “The introduction of this special edition iPhone in a gorgeous red finish is our biggest (PRODUCT)RED offering to date in celebration of our partnership with (RED), and we can’t wait to get it into customers’ hands,” Apple CEO Tim Cook....

While both the M1 Pro and the M1 Max shared the same architecture, the M1 Max had some distinct advantages. It packed double the amount of GPU cores as the M1 Pro, which allowed it to deliver nearly twice the performance of the M1 Pro in terms of GPU and media performance. Just when these performance figures of the M1 Max gave the impression that Apple had reached the peak of optimization of the M1 architecture, it released the fourth and final SoC in the M1 family of chips at its spring Peek Performance event, the M1 Ultra....

In order to access the student tier of the Apple Music, one needs to be enrolled in educational institutions. In U.S the Student tier costs just $4.99 while in India the deal is much better at just $0.90, yes, the Apple Music for students in India costs less than a dollar while the regular subscription is priced almost double at $1.75. What this also means is that the Apple Music for students is way cheaper than its Indian competitors including Gaana and Saavn....

Asus 6Z Review: Design and Build The Asus 6Z has a typical glass sandwich design with a metallic frame and while there are no fancy gradient color-shifts that we are seeing of late even on mid-range smartphones, the 6Z looks premium and feels comfortable to hold in hand, albeit slightly hefty. What contributes to the heft is the huge 5000mAh battery, something that no manufacturer has provided in a flagship smartphone to date....

Asus ROG Phone 5: Design and Display Starting off with the design, as already mentioned, the ROG Phone 5 comes in three different models: ROG Phone 5, ROG Phone 5 Pro, ROG Phone 5 Ultimate, with the difference lying in the back cover used on the three models. The standard ROG Phone 5 has a dot-matrix design with an RGB light back and is available in two colors Storm White and Phantom Black....

The world is slowly going mobile these days; the emerging tablets market is the most significant proof to that. That’s why we thought that singing with your computer may not be enough and it surely isn’t. These days, you can go out in the park and have fun on the grass, scaring little kids with your beautiful voice. Presenting 14 Android and iOS karaoke apps for loud weekends: Android Karaoke Apps 1....

There are hell lot of Bit-torrent clients available, but uTorrent is arguably the best torrent client amongst all. The best thing about uTorrent is the low memory footprint which enables us to carry out our normal work while the torrent is getting downloaded at the backend. But uTorrent, being an open source software has loads of configurable parameters, which have to be manually set for optimal performance. Add to this, ISP throttling is another issue which needs to be dealt with for many torrent users....

BSNL customers can now download an app called ‘Wings’ which is developed by the company itself, to be able to make calls to any phone number across the country, irrespective of the receiver’s network provider. “In present competitive environment, increase in market share by BSNL is laudable. I congratulate BSNL management for internet telephony which will enable consumers to make calls without SIM,” said Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha after inaugurating the service....

Now, here’s the thing. If you empty your Trash, you might think that the files are gone for good. However, certain files (videos, photos) that have been deleted can still be recovered by third-party recovery software like Stellar Photo Recovery or PhotoRec. So what you thought as ‘permanent deletion of photos’ isn’t really PERMANENT since some of these excellent data recovery software can bring those photos back to life. Granted, certain criteria are met....

So to begin with, if you would think that this app is for transferring contacts from one device to another you are mistaken, Microsoft has created something pretty unique and yet simple. The Connections app will let you record the important happenings between your contacts, say for instance you just had a meeting with your boss and want to jot down a few stuff. Now the app takes it a step further and will also let you keep a reminder on what info you have and about whom do you want to follow up and also when to follow up....

Cyanogen has now announced on its blog that it’s partnering with Truecaller, believed to be the world’s largest mobile phone community for mobiles. Truecaller can find contact details globally given name or telephone number, and also has an integrated caller ID service to achieve call-blocking functionality. And now Cyanogen is interested in bringing this feature into future smartphones powered by its operating system. The company said the following: This might seem like a minor feature, but at least you won’t have to resort to third-party tools to block unwanted spam calls....

But now it seems that a new alternative is on the works, as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has stepped in the game, as well. The agency is said to work on a “radically” new technology that will offer real-time position tracking and will work despite blind spots or jamming efforts. As you’d expect, DARPA is looking to come up with this new tech which would be of great use to the US Military....

A myriad of companies has tried and mostly failed to try to strike an equilibrium in that equation. Dell is one of them, and their new Inspiron 7373 is yet another shot at this. The company introduced the notebook in India a few weeks back for a starting price of Rs 74,490. I have been employing the machine as my primary workstation for over a week, and in a lot of aspects, the laptop does impress....

Yesterday, we were one of the first people to write how to download and use Windows 7 RC FREE for 1 year. And as predicted, the Microsoft download page is going Down every now and then, unable to bear the extreme load on its servers. Just to make your life easy, here I provide the direct download links for Windows 7 RC. No, it’s not torrent links or any third party, but from Microsoft itself....