Lava XOLO X900 finally starts getting Android 4.0 ICS Update

Intel and Lava together has announced its first Intel Medfield-powered based phone - Lava XOLO X900 - in June, now it has started rolling out Android 4.0.4 update for XOLO X900 users in the country. The Android 4.0.4 update is now live both over-the-air (OTA) which is about 222 MB and for manual download to install via PC.

Latest Features with Upgrade -

• New User Interface (UI)
• New lockscreen with face unlock
• New camera UI
• Faster browser
• Better compatibility for apps, games and more

How to Upgrade - 

• Go To Settings
• Scroll, look for About Phone
• Under About Phone, Go to check for updates

Or you can even log on to the company website and download the update. Now Flipkart offers this phone for price @ Rs.17,500.

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Google's Motorola Mobility acquires face-recognition firm Viewdle

Google's Motorola Mobility, today confirmed that it had acquired the facial technology recognition firm Viewdle. According to report in CNET a Motorola spokesperson said,

"Motorola Mobility today announced that it has acquired Viewdle, a leading imaging & gesture recognition company. Motorola and Viewdle have an existing commercial agreement and have been collaborating for some time. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed."

Viewdle, which is based in Silicon Valley, creates apps which helps users tag photos automatically on their smartphones on Google Plus, and other Android apps and also use their smartphones cameras for augmented reality.

Earlier in June this year, Facebook had acquired, Face.com, a facial-recognition site. Motorola Mobility was acquired by Google for nearly $12.5 billion last year. The terms of the Viewdle deal have not been disclosed.

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Reliance launched All Share 499 Postpaid plan

Reliance Communication has launched a new postpaid plan - the All Share 499, for its GSM and CDMA postpaid customers in the country. In other terms, All Share Postpaid Plan that lets you share Voice, Data and SMS with up to 10 family members under a single bill.

'All Share Postpaid Plan' comes with a rental of Rs 1,497 only for 3 members or 3 connections, where in the members can share 3000 minutes of local and STD voice calls, 3000 local and national SMS along with 3GB of 3G data per month. Also, all the members would also get the benefit of enjoying unlimited free local calls between the family or group members.

The number of connections in the family or group can be increased up to 10 at the incremental rental of Rs 499 per connection with incremental benefits of 1000 minutes of local and STD voice calls, 1000 local and national SMS and 1 GB of 3G Data.

The RCOM All Share postpaid plan is available for all new and existing postpaid subscribers.

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Google Engineer Develops Tool for Generating RSS Feeds from Google Plus

Google Plus does not offer RSS Feeds but you can easily generate feeds on your own using a new Chrome app developed by Eric Koleda, an engineer working with the Google Apps Script team. Here's a sample Google+ Feed create using this tool.

How to create RSS feeds -

To get started, open Feed+ inside Chrome and it will request access to some of your Google services. Say yes and you are all set to create RSS feeds from Google Plus. You can generate RSS feeds for individual profiles, business pages and for search results on Google Plus.

The generated RSS feeds are public and thus you, or anyone else, can subscribe to these feeds in any news reader. FeedBurner, for some reason, does not recognize these feeds as valid though I could easily subscribe to them in Google Reader.

And now that you have an RSS Feed for your Google Plus profile, you can easily cross-post updates to Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, LinkedIn and everywhere else using the IFTTT service.

If you are to ever disable a particular Google Plus feed, simple delete it from the Feed+ app inside Chrome. Also, you only need the Chrome app for managing the feeds – the Google Plus to RSS conversion happens in the cloud.

Google Plus APIs do not include details about Circles else it would have been more convenient to have a single RSS feed per Google+ circle rather than having to generate separate feeds for every member of a circle.

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Browser based Malware & URL Scanner VirusTotal Acquires by Google

Google has acquired online Web-based URL scanning tool and service called Virus Total. VirusTotal is a free service that allow you to analyzes suspicious Website and either select a file to scan or paste in a URL. It also available are a Windows desktop application and browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer.

"We're delighted that Google, a long-time partner, has acquired VirusTotal," the company stated. "This is great news for you, and bad news for malware generators, because the quality and power of our malware research tools will keep improving, most likely faster and Google's infrastructure will ensure that our tools are always ready, right when you need them."

The announcement also explained VirusTotal would continue to operate independently and would maintain partnerships with other antivirus companies and security experts.

Source - Virustotal

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MTNL launched Jeevansathi 3G data plan for Tablets at Rs. 800

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) has launched a new exclusive plan called the 'Jeevansathi Data Plan' for tablet users in Delhi Telecom Circle. It offers 10 GB of 3G data along with 20 minutes of complimentary video and voice calling for 60 days for just Rs 800. Also this special data plan would be available only for prepaid customers.

The users will have to get a new SIM kit for availing this plan and no recharge voucher for existing users will be available to avail this offer. The SIM connection will come with lifetime validity and can be used by the customers even after the expiration of the special offer data plan.

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Infibeam Now Introduces Poster Store

Infibeam.com, India's most trusted online shopping portal has more plans for its success. After the grand success of all its previous stores, it now launches its Poster store. This store offers a huge collection of posters in different categories like World Culture, Photography, Art, Movies, Music, Sports, Personality, Educational, Disney and a lot more. 

Posters have been made for lovers of these sections with best quality of paper and colors. No need to search for the poster of your favorite cartoon character or footballer; as Infibeam.com has made the search easier and simpler for you. We have posters in maxi and mini sizes. We also offer door posters, which you can use on your door and even posters of Fine Art print.

Infibeam.com is one of the leading B2C ecommerce company in India and has always strived to offer complete shopping solutions. Mr. Sachin Oswal, COO and Co-Founder, Infibeam.com, commented saying, “With posters on varied genres available on our website, we expect that this new venture will entice poster collectors”. 

The new store has been launched keeping in mind the various feedbacks and increasing demands received from our valued customers. Further, Infibeam plans to add more to its current collection over the next few days. We are not only offering good discounts on the posters, but we also give free shipping facilities across India. 

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uTorrent Beta app for Android announced

BitTorrent Inc has officially launched its native uTorrent (Beta) app for Android devices. It's allow to search and download torrents on the phone, maintain RSS subscriptions, play content and more.

Features of uTorrent Beta for Android -

• Find for torrents on the Web and download from a URL
• No speed or size caps on downloads (mobile data limits still apply)
• Subscribe to RSS feeds
• Easy-to-use and better performance
• Instant access to featured content
• Set download / upload speed limit

Download uTorrent Beta from the Google Play Store for free.

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Quora Apps launched for Android with Voice Enabled Search

Quora, is a question-answer website, where you can ask a question and expect an answer from other community members like Yahoo Answers and Facebook Answers. 

Quora has just launched their mobile app for Google Android paltform and is available for download from Google Play Store.

The app is designed as per the new Android UI guidelines which makes it look and feels great! The company said, that they have optimized it to work nicely on Android smartphones and Tablets.

Quora for Android comes with integrated voice search, widget support for the homes-creen and the ability to use the app in landscape mode. The landscape mode of the app allows for a more comfortable reading experience for Android tablet users. The app supports embedding photos inside a post, for the first time on a mobile platform.

The iOS version of Quora was launched in last year. Only the Android voice-based search option is missing in the iOS version.

Quora for Android devices is available for download from the Google Play Store and Amazon App Store for free.

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INTEX launched it's first 3.5G USB Data Card for Rs. 1,800

INTEX Technologies has launched its first 3.5G data card in India. It is a USB 2.0 device, which offers high-speed 3G wireless connectivity with download speeds up to 7.2 Mbps and up to 5.76 Mbps upload speeds. It is also compatible with GPRS enabled SIM cards on a 2G platform.

The 3.5G services would let you download content at a higher speeds. It allows to access a phone book through the card and send SMS messages. It also supports Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) to check your pre-paid balance. The Dual external antenna provides enhanced signal strength.

It supports micro SD card up to 16 GB and runs on most of the available operating systems- Windows, XP, Vista, Win 7 and Mac OS.

The INTEX 3.5G wireless data card is priced at Rs. 1,800 and would be available at IT and Telecom Channel Partners, INTEX SQUARES retail stores, various hypermarkets and online retail sites across India. 

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WeChat updated v4.2 brings Video Calling Support for Android

Tencent, the third largest internet company in the world, has updated its Android WeChat messaging apps to v4.2 that includes new features such as video chat and hindi language support.

WeChat is a free mobile voice and text messaging application with over 100 millions registered users globally, making it one of the most popular mobile chat applications in the world.

Now Android users of WeChat will be able to make video calls and interact with their friends face to face using their Android smartphones. The Video calls from WeChat for Android can be made and received over Wi-Fi and 3G networks without any hassles.

The new version of the application on Android will also allow selective sharing of moments using visibility options. The user can create custom defined groups and can reply directly to a friend's comment in moments using @tag.

WeChat 4.2 will also feature a new QR name card that can be shared via Facebook. The new version of WeChat is accessible on the web, allowing users to chat from their personal computers via the browser from http://web.wechatapp.com.

The 4.2 Android version of WeChat has the option of Hindi language. Additionally, the app will also support eight new languages which include Japanese, Korean, Italian, Arabic and Polish.

Download WeChat Android apps from Google Play Store.

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MTS offers Samsung Galaxy Y CDMA with Unlimited Data Plan for Rs. 7,999

CDMA operator, MTS, has launched the the Samsung Galaxy Y CDMA I509 smartphone with bundled offers such as unlimited data usage with 1 GB high speed data cap and unlimited MTS to MTS voice local calls for three months for priced at Rs. 7,999.

It has 3-inch (320 x 240 Pixels) capacitive touchscreen display, 600 MHz processor and a 2 MP rear camera, Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and 1200 mAh battery.

The phone will be available at MTS as wells as other retails stores across India.

Source - MTS

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Amazon Kindle e-book Store hits in India

Amazon has announced that the Kindle Store is now available in India. Featuring over a million titles, the store allows consumers to purchase e-books in Indian rupees. The company has also revealed that the Kindle e-reader will now retail at Chroma stores across India.

The availability of Kindle e-reader in India will cut the long process that consumers used to face while importing it from Amazon.com until now. The e-reader has been priced starting Rs, 6,999.

According to Amazon, the Indian Kindle e-book store features titles from a range of Indian authors, including Chetan Bhagat, Ashwin Sanghi, Ravinder Singh and Amish Tripathi. There are some exclusive titles in the store as well such as "Love, Life and a Beer Can" by Prashant Sharma, and "Reality Bites; a not so innocent Love Story" by Anurag Anand.

"We are proud to launch this new Kindle store for Indian customers - offering Kindle book purchases in rupees and the ability to buy and read the work of many great Indian authors," said Russ Grandinetti, vice president of Kindle Content, Amazon.com.

Originally announced in 2007, Amazon has released a total of four generations of the e-reader until now. The latest generation Kindle Touch model features a 6-inch E-ink touch display, 4GB on-board storage and Wi-Fi/3G connectivity.

Apart from the availability of India Kindle Store and Kindle e-reader in India, the retail giant has also launched Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) for independent authors and publishers in India. KDP is easy way for authors and publishers to make their books available to Kindle customers in India and around the world on both Kindle devices and free Kindle reading apps.

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Skype Brings New Features Photo Sharing, Improved Battery Life and More for iOS Apps

World most popular voice and video calling application - Skype, has rolled out new updates for it's iOS apps on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. It will include photo sharing, faster speed, better battery back-up and improve navigation speed.

In iphone and iPod apps, it has also updated its privacy settings and fixed bugs that previously stopped some users from making and taking calls over a Bluetooth connection.

There is no bandwidth or size limit for sharing photos and send files to friends and family, so now this feature eliminating the need to send a separate email or MMS.

Download Skype for iPhone and Skype for iPad from the Apple iTunes Store for free.

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Micromax Launched New Ultra High Speed 3G Data Card 144F Ferrari Opus for Rs. 2,199

Micromax has launched the 144F Ferrai Opus, their first Ferrari branded data card. It has Plug n play functionality that connects to the network instantly without and tedious process such as driver installation or manual configuration. It offers download speeds of up to 14.4 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 5.76Mbps and also includes, Phonebook, SMS and Voice call support.

Specification of Micromax 144F Ferrai Opus 3G data card - 

• Configuration free, Plug n Play
• 3G HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps
• Micro SD Card Slot ( supports up to 32GB)
• Phonebook, SMS, Voice Call and USSD support
• RGB LED indicator for different states
• Automatic Network Selection
• Supports Windows, Mac OS and Linux

It is available online retailer store nCarry for Rs. 2,199.

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Saholic Launches Check-out Online and Grab it from Store

Ecommerce popular online retailer, Saholic has launched first time in india - Buy Online, Pickup Offline facility for it's customers. This would let the customers order a phone or any other products from Saholic website and select option "pick from store" from Shipping page, and pay for the product. You also have option to choose a nearby store and the In Store Payment option, other than online payment, that lets you pay the amount at the store when you pickup. This facility is popular in the U.S. from leading stores such as Macy's,Walmart and BestBuy.

This feature would reduce a lot of time for the customers. Instead of allocating a particular time for courier, they can pick it up at a time that is convenient to them. All you need is to carry a photo ID to the store you chose while ordering, and the product would be delivered directly to you.

Presently, the service is only available in Delhi/NCR region as a pilot, and the company intends to roll it out nationwide, in a few months.

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Huawei Launches E355 3G WiFi Data Card in India for Rs. 5,499

Huawei has launched it's new data card called as - Huawei E355. The Huawei E355 Wi-Fi modem functions both as a data card for a single user and as a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot, which can simultaneously connect up to five Wi-Fi-enabled devices, allowing users to enjoy internet connectivity anytime, anywhere.

In july, Huawei has launched the E303Cs HiLink data Card that automatically connects users to the Internet in less than 15 seconds.

Features of Huawei E355 3G data card

• Simultaneously connect up to 5 Wi-Fi-enabled devices
• HSPA+ 21 Mbps DL and 5.76Mbps UL speed
• Type3i technology with up to 20% more upload and download speed compared to non Type3i devices
• Work with external power adapter, unlimited working time
• Micro SD Card Slot (up to 32GB)
• Data and SMS Service

The Huawei E355 3G data card is priced at an MRP of Rs. 5,499 but it is available for buy online from Flipkart as low cost Rs. 3,200. 

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Facebook Has More Than 83 Million 'Fake' Users

Facebook has revealed that it believes there are now more than 83 million fake users on the social network.

In company filings published this week, it said 8.7% of its 955 million active users might not be real.

Duplicate profiles made up 4.8% of the fakes, user-misclassified accounts amounted to 2.4%, and 1.5% of users were described as "undesirable".

The estimate came at a time of growing concern about the value of marketing on the platform.

In total, the company said it estimated there were 83.09 million fake users, which it classified in three groups.

The largest group of "fakes" were duplicates, which the company defined as "an account that a user maintains in addition to his or her principal account."

Others were described as "user-misclassified" where, Facebook explained "users have created personal profiles for a business, organisation, or non-human entity such as a pet".

Finally, "undesirable" accounts were profiles deemed to be in breach of Facebook's terms of service. Typically, this means profiles which have been used for sending out spam messages or other content.

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Huawei Launched World's First LTE 150M High Speed Mobile WiFi E5776 in Japan

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, today announced that the world's first LTE Category 4 multi-mode Mobile WiFi product, the E5776 is now commercially available in Japan.

The first Mobile WiFi device to support Wi-Fi 2×2, the E5776 provides the world’s fastest LTE network download speed-up to 150Mbps. With a battery life lasting up to 10 hours, the E5776 can simultaneously support the connection of 10 devices with Wi-Fi access to an LTE network.

Featuring a horizontal screen design and a sleek streamlined design, the E5776 is all about speed and ease of use. With this latest Mobile WiFi device from Huawei, downloading a 1GB high definition movie on a Cat 4 150Mbps LTE network takes less than a minute. It is compatible with more than 95% of battery-powered devices on the market that connects to the Internet via Wi-Fi, allowing convenient access to the LTE wireless broadband network anytime, anywhere. The E5776’s Mobile Control function allows users to monitor, access and edit the E5776’s settings via their mobile phone. The device’s SD Share function enables the sharing of pictures, documents, music, and video files from their SD cards with their friends via Wi-Fi.

With the E5776, Huawei Device continues to lead the LTE industry. Its portfolio of industry leading products include the industry's first LTE DD800 single-mode CPE Device B390, the world's first LTE/ UMTS/ GSM multi-mode data card E398, LTE TDD multi-mode data card E392, TDD/ FDD multi-mode CPE Device B593, and the Mobile WiFi E589. Huawei remains committed to the research and development of LTE technology and is committed to the commercialization of LTE technology globally.

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Reliance Launches Unlimited BBM Plan for BlackBerry Customers at Rs.129

Reliance Communications (RCom) has announced an unlimited BBM plan for its prepaid and postpaid BlackBerry users across India.

For Rs. 129, Reliance's CDMA and GSM users can access BBM for 30 days. The 'unlimited BBM plan' also includes 600 local and national SMS free for prepaid customers. For postpaid customers, the free SMS are 500 per month.

To subscribe the plan, Reliance's existing and new prepaid customers need to SMS ACT BBMPRS129 to 53739. Postpaid customers can call up Reliance Customer Care 1800 3000 8989 (Toll free) from any phone; or *389 (toll free) to activate the service.

BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) Plan – BBM129 For Postpaid and Prepaid ( Reliance GSM/CDMA)
Plan Charges	Rs.129
Validity	30 Days
BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) Includes -
SEND & RECEIVE Unlimited BB MESSAGES WITH LARGE CHARACTER LENGTH CHOOSE YOUR OWN DISPLAY MESSAGE on BBM Profile REAL TIME CONFIRMATION WHEN BB MESSAGES ARE DELIVERED AND READ. PHOTOS AND VIDEOS SHARING WITH MULTIPLE CONTACTS on BLACKBERRY. ADD CONTACTS BY SHARING PINS & BARCODES ON BLACKBERRY. SHARE MUSIC WHICH IS PLAYING ON YOUR BLACKBERRY
Free SMS Per Month	Prepaid – 600 Local and National SMS (20 SMS free/day)
	Postpaid – 500 Local and National SMS

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