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With Microsoft Build event coming up , many of us expected to see the Nokia Lumia 930 and the Lumia 630 there. but , according to the latest rumors, The two smartphones are not going to be unveiled at the event , but instead , Windows Phone 8.1 will be unveiled at the event . The new OS version of Windows Phone is said to arrive on current WP8 devices in early May .As for the two un-anounced smartphones, the Lumia 930 and 630 , Nokia might launch them on a separate event which is rumored to be on the 19th of April according to @evleaks . Source - GSMArena

Dropbox , as you know is one of the most famous cloud storage networks in the known world , offering you gigabytes of online storage , the service became very common after smartphone manufacturers started bundling free storage with their respective devices Although we have our doubts about the security and the privacy of storing stuff online , cloud storage services have been beneficial to many . and one benefit of cloud services like Dropbox was file sharing , and most of the time , many of the shared files were usually ripped music , movies and other material that was uploaded to share among friends and other interested parties.But now ,Dropbox has started scanning all uploaded files that are set for sharing online. The move was not public , but a user found out about it the hard way when a personal folder was issued a DMCA take down. wow. @dropbox DMCA takedown in personal folders . . . this is new to me. pic.twitter.com/fSKxJUrFus — darrell whitelaw (@darrellwhitela

The leak above show some rendered pictures of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 , the Tab 4 lineup is rumored to be the successor to the Tab 3 series which expanded into a whole lineup of Budget and medium spec tablets . The new Tab 4 10.1's will have a Galaxy S5 inspired rounded design but they won't be much of a upgrade from its predecessors . The spec sheet includes a 1.2Ghz Quadcore Processor , 1.5GB of RAM, Android 4.4 Kitkat , A 6800 mAh battery and a 2MP front camera and a 8MP rear one , The resolution of the display might be a bit dull at 1280x800 , but that might reduce the overall price by a few hundred dollars ,The Tab 4 10.1 lineup will have a MicroSD card slot and 16GB of internal storage .The Tab4 will come in 3 versions including 4G LTE ,3G and WIFI and the Model numbers are as follows (SM-T535 (LTE), SM-531 (3G) and SM-530 (Wi-Fi)) Of course , No "Tab" lineup is complete without a 7" model , right? .. well in a leak from yes

The HTC One M8 is one of the most anticipated devices of this year , the device was put on sale right after launch unlike its competitors and this has now caused a few issues in supply of the device because , according to the latest reports from Taiwan ,the demand for the M8 has overwhelmed the supply of the device . The Taiwanese(Asia specific)HTC M8 has a 2.5Ghz Snapdragon 801 processor rather than the 2.3 Ghz Snapdragon 801 processor used in the European and American versions of the same phone. The device costs NTD 21900 which is about $720. Although the news source didn't mention the number of units sold and demanded by customers , the news shouldn't be surprising because Taiwan after all , is HTC's home turf . GSMArena

Lumigon is not really a household name when it comes to smartphones , but the Danish smartphone manufacturer was in business from 2011 and they have made some professional looking smartphones over  the years and today , they released the third Lumigon device called the T2 HD . The Lumigon T2HD is a 4.3" smartphone with a a 8.5mm frame , the design looks similar to the previous versions but is now IP58 water resistance certified .The device sadly is not going to turn any heads in the spec department because of its somewhat old specs .The device has a 1.7Ghz Snapdragon S4 dual core processor and has Adreno 320 GPU .The phone has 2GB Ram and 128GB of onboard storage  without a SD card slot . The device has a 13MP rear camera with flash and a 2.4MP 1080p secondary camera with a front facing LED flash as well . The device however has some premuim audio thanks to the built in Bang&Olufsen stereo speakers. The phone comes with a 1700mAh battery which makes us a bit worried about

Lenovo has issued a recall of laptop batteries used in the ThinkPad line of products due to a risk of fire from overheating ,Lenovo has mentioned specific computer models and they are listed as follows - Edge 11, 13 and 14 series, the T410, T420, T510 and W510 series, and the X100e, X120e, X200, X201 and X201s.The number of effected batteries are not known but Lenovo estimates it to be around 34500 in the US and 2900 in Canada and it could be even higher elsewhere because some batteries may be purchased without a laptop , or exported .The Black battery packs measures in at around 8-11-inches long and 1-3 inches wide and about 1-inch high and they contain serial numbers starting with the fourth digitas follows - 42T4695, 42T4711, 42T4798, 42T4804, 42T4812, 42T4822, 42T4828, 42T4834, 42T4840 and 42T4890. So far two reports of dammage to property due to battery overheating have been reported . Lenovo meanwhile are taking steps to replace the batteries of those affected by the recall

With a lot of E-Reading happening around , the world of E-Readers with E-Ink displays still haven't really died down .E-Ink is considered to be much safer for the eyes than reading material on a Tablet or smartphone .While many E-Readers remain small and cheap ,Sony's latest creation is the exact opposite of both .The New Digital Paper device from Sony features a 13.3" (1200x1600 dot) eink display with a new "E Ink Mobius"technology that integrates 50 16 shades of Grey scale . The device will have wifi connectivity so you can upload documents to the cloud or your network server for corporate distribution , The device has a stylus for note taking as well.The device is targeted at Lawyers ,Educationalists and Governmental and enterprise personel because this unit will cost a whooping $1100 , and therefore its not for the average consumer (consumer E-Readers usually cost below $100) .The Sony Digital paper will be on sale from May of this year Source - SlashGear

Microsoft Office for iPad is now official The Microsoft Office suite for iPad is now official , packing the usual Word,PowerPoint and Excel packages the app is free to download .Office for iPad is said to be fully optimized for the iPad's screen estate and is not similar to the iPhone edition .The catch in the free app is that you can only view and handle pre made presentations (sync'ed through iTunes) and if you want to edit the content , you have to pay for a Office 365 subscription which starts at $100 for a year and $80 for a university edition,and if you want , you can also try a 30 day trial once you sign through Office.com Source - Engadget Microsoft Office app for iPhone and Android smartphones are now available for free  Although you have to pay a premium for Office on iPad , the Android and iPhone mobile versions of Office suite are available for  free without any strings attached . The Office app is free to download on both platforms and you don'

If you are a Android developer or a enthusiast , then the Google I/O event is not new . The annual event usually shows off the latest developer tools , new devices and services from Google and Android . The latest I/O event is scheduled to be held from the 25 -26th of June at the Moscone Center in San Francisco ,California .Reserving tickets for the event is set up as a lottery  and you can register for the lottery for free .Google will take applications for the lottery  during April 8th-10th and if the odds fall in your favor you can they pay through Google Wallet with standard tickets starting at $900 per head . The event will also have a academic discounted ticket for $300 and this is available for Students and professor attending highschool , college  , or a educational institute . The lottery system was implemented due to the sudden rush caused during the 2012/2013 I/O events where tickets were sold off in less than half an hour . The Google I/O event for 2014 is said to feat

After announcing details about the Tegra Erista mobile processor and a $3000 graphics card , Nvidia published new details about their upcoming GPU architecture called "Pascal" .The GPU design was previously known as "Volta" and it has been slowly replaced by "Pascal" instead (fate of Volta is unknown as of now) A slide showing the earlier codename "volta" - circa 2013 (via Anandtech) A slide from GTC 2014 showing the "Pascal" architecture after Maxwell (via Anandtech) The Pascal GPU is said be the next step in avoiding data bottlenecks when data transferred between the CPU and GPU slows down the processors ability to perform tasks . The new Nvidia NVLink is a integrated chip to chip communications technology that will eventually replace the PCIe standard by about 80GB per second compared to the 16GB on PCIe. The new Pascal system will also have stacked DRAM chips which are placed in dense modules with wide interfaces

Nvidia anounced their latest and the most expensive graphics card ever - The GTX Titan Z , the Titan Z is the third graphics card to follow the GTX Titan series and it packs the same GK110 Kepler GPU as the GTX Titan Black launched a few months ago . The impressive Titan Z packs a whooping 5760 GK110 cuda cores compared to the Titan black's 2800 , The Titan Z doubles the memory to 12 Gb over the Titan Black and has two 384bit memory channels .The Titan Z scores around 8 Teraflops , but unlike the Titan black,the GK110 cores are clocked to around 700 mhz each , and this puts it well below the Titan Z's 980Mhz per core ,but according to Nvidia spokesman Bryan Del Rizzo the reason to have a slower clock speed per was to make a "card that is cool and quiet, rather than hot and loud." The Titan Black , launched last month was priced at $999 , so with the doubling of specs on the Titan Z , you would expect it to cost double as well right ? wrong ! The Titan Z costs

Just after Nvidia showed off details about their new Tegra Erista mobile processor for 2015 , Audi -which has been a partner with Nvidia since 2012 , rolled a self driving car onto stage .The car , which uses a improved version of the Tegra K1 "Logan" mobile processor was used to demonstrate the processing power of the Nvidia chipset , while showing off Audi's own ingenuity .Previous self driving cars from Audi and other manufacturers used banks of computers where all were stacked in the trunk making the car look more like a experimental vehicle . The new system , using the K1 has a small side pocket where the mobile CPU and its motherboard are kept hidden from view .The K1 cpu however is custom tailored for Audi, but the chip's main  5 Core A15 cores design and the 192 Kepler GPU cores are kept unchanged . The chip runs at  a clockspeed of 2.3Ghz and it has a 8GB LPDDR3 memory . Unlike smartphones , the Audi CPU pocket can be removed and upgraded by simply pluggin

After the announcement of Nvidia's Tegra K1 , aka Logan at CES in January , the chip company didn't reveal any further details about their next mobile cpu. Along with the announcement of the Pascal GPU architecture ,Nvidia announced details about the next generation Tegra mobile processor codenamed Tegra Erista .If you are into comics , Erista is the Son of Logan , And Logan in Nvidia's case is the codename for Nvidia Tegra K1 ,The K1 was the first Tegra chip to feature the 192 Kepler GPU cores and was designed using the 64Bit ARMV8 architecture .Erista on the other hand also uses the ARMV8 64Bit design , but the Erista uses Nvidia's Maxwell GPU , the Maxwell GPU cores were announced in 2013 , but now it seems the GPU technology has shifted to mobile use . The Tegra Erista will support DirectX 12 and will also support Unreal Engine 4 for mobile . The chipset is due for launch in 2015 (hopefully at CES next January),The Tegra K1 is scheduled for launch in Q2 of this

Alfa Romeo's have always been treated as automotive art,The upcoming Alfa Romeo Giulia is a good example of that design brilliance . The pretty looking car is said to be the successor to the 159 and it is said to launch alongside Alfa Romeo's first SUV called the Giulietta Cross .Information about the two vehicles are not very clear , but the Giulia is said to have a 237Bhp engine from the Giulietta series.Although Alfa's revival was a bit slow , but the company has regained some notoriety after the launch of the Alfa 4C,but still the company is still a bit slow to launch new vehicles , so we can expect these two cars to be available sometime in the near future . Source - Autocar

When McLaren introduced the MP4-12C , the car was generally thought as a "affordable" alternative to the world of 458's and many versions of the Gallardo . The company was generally known to undercut their rivals in the price segment but as time went on the pirce tag went even higher , and now after launching many models such as the $2 million P1 , the expensive 650S and the somewhat expensive 12C spyder, McLaren has decided to go back to the 12C's roots and introduce a "Baby McLaren" for about $160,000 . The car is known as the McLaren P13 and this is said to be their full time production "cash cow" for the company .The car is said to have design influences from the P1 and the 650S , it is also said to come in a coupe and a convertible version and according to McLaren's communications chief - Wayne Bruce the car will cost "from around two thirds of what a 12C would cost you today." - which is around the above mentioned price of 1

With the Nexus 10 reaching the end of its life cycle , the $499 tablet is slowly shelved off at reduced prices , today we have a offer from Manhattan products company where the tablet sells off at $299 brand new unboxed . The 32GB version of the Nexus 10 is sold via Manhattan products' Ebay account and you can click here to go buy it right now because the offer is only valid till stocks last . The Nexus 10 tablet is made by Samsung for the Google Nexus lineup and it was introduced in November  2012 .The tablet was one of the first devices to feature a 2560x1600 resolution display and it features a Dual Core A15 Eagle Exynos 5 processor .The device has 2GB of RAM and it has 32GB of onboard storage (16GB version is no longer available) The device has a 5MP rear camera and a 1.9MP front camera,NFC,Bluetooth and is WIFI Only , overall it is a very decent Android tablet and it is sure to receive more Android updates in the future as well .The nexus 10 (along with the Nexus 7 ser

Packing a 6.44" 1080p display , the Nubia X6 is the latest phablet smartphone from ZTE. The phone packs a Snapdragon 801 processor (2.3Ghz for the 32GB version and a 2.5Ghz version for the 64GB version), 3 GB of RAM , 32 or 64GB on-board storage and a extra healthy 4250mAh battery . The Nubia X6 packs 13 megapixel rear camera with 5 element lenses ,LED Flash and Optical image stabilization as well as a secondary 13 megaixel camera with f2.2 aperture for front facing selfies and video calls .The Phone features dual sim support, and it supports a wide variety of network standards such as TD-LTE,FDD-LTE,EVDO,CDMA GSM,WCDMA and TD-SDCMA.The phone is priced at 2999 Yuan for the 32GB version and 3499 Yuan for the 64GB version and it will only be available in China Source - SlashGear

Its here folks , say hello to the new HTC One M8 .The M8 ,launched today in two simultaneous events in London and New York was probably one of the most leaked smartphones of all time .Anyone who was into tech during the past two months would have seen the device leaked in the form of pictures, renders and even videos , but now the smartphone is official and it sure looks very pretty . At a glance , the HTC One M8 looks a bit like a curved version of its predecessor , the HTC One , and this is true because most of the design elements have not changed , but instead they are better polished .Measuring in at 146.36 x 70.6 x 9.35 mm and 160g, The new One M8's rear chassis is now 90% metal , compared to the 70% of the old "One" . The metal in the new chassis now has a brushed steel look (Only the Gunmetal Grey version has this) and it certainly adds more primness to device . The One M8 comes in 3 color variants including the stock Gunmetal Gray , Glacial silver , and

Airbags have saved countless lives on motor vehicles , but adding one to a 2 wheeled vehicle was a very complex task ,and companies thought of it as simply impossible ,but now Ducati has managed to pull it off with the help of a motorcycle clothing company called Dainese .The Ducati Airbag system is somewhat similar to that of the Lexus LFA's integrated seat belt airbag , the rider , provided that he or she is wearing the Dainese Airbag jacket will be protected by the deployment of airbags when the Ducati 1200's Multistrada D-Air bag system calculates parameter data in 45 milliseconds and deploys the jacket.Ducati hopes that this new technology will help save your bones and even your life ,The Ducati Multistrada 1200 sports-tourer Bike and the jacket will be available in May of this year . Source - SlashGear ,

With the highly anticipated HTC One (M8) is only a few hours away from its official launch ,the older flagships of the last year look on as they slowly disappear from the front pages . But as HTC promised , the phones that came out in 2013 will be supported for 2 years worth of updates , and according to a latest leak , the HTC One M7, One max , One Mini and the Butterfly S will recieve the Android 4.4.2 +Sense 6 update during June and July of this year . Sadly due to lack of support from the chip provider Nvidia , updates for the 2012 flagship phones - the HTC One X and the X+ has been canceled ,and this will surely leave a few remaining One X owners(including myself) feeling a little down ,but fear not because you can always install a 3rd party rom after a good rooting process . Source - DroidLife ,

The highly anticipated HTC One (M8) is only a few hours away from its official launch ,and until today leakers have continuously posted videos , pictures of the upcoming device . With the device primed for a sale just after launch , some people were lucky enough to get actual devices and unbox them .And today , we have one from PDA Plaza Russia where the the Verizon exclusive version of the HTC One M8 has been unboxed . The phoneis said to be exclusive for Verizon for two weeks before it goes official in other U.S carriers , and there is already a exclusive registration page on Verizons website ( click here to visit page ).The HTC One M8 is due to launch simultaneously in New York and London  today . Source - PhoneDog , PDA Plaza Russia