Samsung Galaxy S5 with heart-rate monitor launched at MWC 2014

<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPAuubI3aU4EWQKUbDVRgEevxEI-b2fEaqrA_MYGJJ_WSY5QFKeu4Gu83lF11W_tYiZPKHb9XuAqlEHr1fuPZ0MUhnnLB4-Cgd_05yruhEUQjQZ2XbwPrqFVmxrSWFvualX0s0-xlD86Q/s1600/unveil_650_022514052242-704770.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPAuubI3aU4EWQKUbDVRgEevxEI-b2fEaqrA_MYGJJ_WSY5QFKeu4Gu83lF11W_tYiZPKHb9XuAqlEHr1fuPZ0MUhnnLB4-Cgd_05yruhEUQjQZ2XbwPrqFVmxrSWFvualX0s0-xlD86Q/s320/unveil_650_022514052242-704770.jpg"/></a></p> <p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Qmow7polvIbpzuVSMXRCdvDnF3aSB6Tuajzs7A9Ec11cavRXKwRqRua3_TB9DacZZsqyeb-0BFkWsfAC2yuRjtwwh8JV5_OKbjbLnrZvDLpytzrurN2QYzQm6oDhf5-b2gkKAgSrFd0/s1600/GalaxyS5_500_portrait-798281.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5984146145926944306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Qmow7polvIbpzuVSMXRCdvDnF3aSB6Tuajzs7A9Ec11cavRXKwRqRua3_TB9DacZZsqyeb-0BFkWsfAC2yuRjtwwh8JV5_OKbjbLnrZvDLpytzrurN2QYzQm6oDhf5-b2gkKAgSrFd0/s320/GalaxyS5_500_portrait-798281.jpg" /></a></p> <p>Samsung announced the fifth generation of the Galaxy S series, the Galaxy S5, which, the company claims, combines an advanced camera, the fast network connectivity, dedicated fitness tools and device protection features.</p> <p>The Galaxy S5, successor to the Galaxy S4, features a perforated pattern on the back cover. It comes in four colours - charcoal Black, shimmery White, electric Blue and copper Gold.</p> <p>The Galaxy S5 has a 5.1-inch FHD Super AMOLED (1920 x 1080) display. Powered by a 2.5GHz quad-core application processor and Android 4.4.2 KitKat, it comes packed with a 2800mAh battery. It has 2GB of RAM.</p> <p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5B9d0AKLBOOz6zPGDPm9zEQnIym0nMz9OWKD6qqINuJ3kLdSPFgfHvnn6O7nAAenRm1G_-_-PCzB19oaEnRU18xJ1hwAtkKjdN5_LOlPZGUy6wxFlVcESaj_VmnK3HZUqbVTFq68pQDo/s1600/samsung-galaxy-s5_650_022514012555-702758.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5984146162439190594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5B9d0AKLBOOz6zPGDPm9zEQnIym0nMz9OWKD6qqINuJ3kLdSPFgfHvnn6O7nAAenRm1G_-_-PCzB19oaEnRU18xJ1hwAtkKjdN5_LOlPZGUy6wxFlVcESaj_VmnK3HZUqbVTFq68pQDo/s320/samsung-galaxy-s5_650_022514012555-702758.jpg" /></a></p> <p>The phone comes in two variants - 16GB and 32GB. Both models allow users to expand memory up to 64GB. The phone weighs 145g.</p> <p>The Galaxy S5 is dust and water resistant. It also offers a Finger Scanner, providing a secure, biometric screen locking feature and a seamless and safe mobile payment experience to consumers.</p> <p>Its Ultra Power Saving Mode turns the display to black and white, and shuts down all unnecessary features to minimise the battery consumption.</p> <p>The Galaxy S5 features a 16 megapixel rear camera. It is claimed to offer the world's fastest autofocus speed - up to 0.3 seconds. Its new Selective Focus feature allows users to focus on a specific area of an object while simultaneously blurring out the background. It has a 2.1 megapixel front camera.</p> <p>The phone comes with the improved S Health 3.0, which, Samsung says, offers more tools to help people stay fit. Galaxy S5 users can further customise their experience with a third party app ecosystem and the ability to pair with next-generation Gear products for real-time fitness coaching.</p> <p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhayH7QZjK_tLYWiXOswn8ATEpa5N0v9sX-OgJaf5cJYw00lKA1Qtt9EZigOttY68ds_uTJilh91ImW-Aic0-cdno4H4pELFWzYnViBLV7XoEnFbifK-tv_hbNkim28SCtNjovrHyAIsg/s1600/gear-2_650_022514014618-700527.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5984146153918761890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhayH7QZjK_tLYWiXOswn8ATEpa5N0v9sX-OgJaf5cJYw00lKA1Qtt9EZigOttY68ds_uTJilh91ImW-Aic0-cdno4H4pELFWzYnViBLV7XoEnFbifK-tv_hbNkim28SCtNjovrHyAIsg/s320/gear-2_650_022514014618-700527.jpg" /></a></p> <p>The Galaxy S5 supports the fifth generation Wi-Fi 802.11ac and 2X2 MIMO, said Samsung.</p> <p>Samsung's new Galaxy S5 will be available globally through Samsung's retail channels, e-commerce and carriers from April 11 in over 150 countries.</p>

Samsung Galaxy S5 with heart-rate monitor launched at MWC 2014

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Nokia launches Android-based budget phones

<p>Today Nokia introduces a brand new family of smartphones, the Nokia X family, a range of handsets that combines Nokia design, build quality and services with the ability to run Android apps.</p> <p>The first three phones in the family – the Nokia X, X+and XL– are priced between the existing Asha and Lumia lines, at €89, €99 and €109 respectively, to appeal to new smartphone users looking for popular apps and their first cloud services.</p> <p>The X family boasts Nokia’s exciting, high quality hardware design and a range of bright colours. The brand new, tile-based Home screen offers you a simple, elegant way to manage your apps and phone functions and also reintroduces a redesigned version of the enormously popular Fastlane notifications centre – a second Home screen if you like – from the latest Asha devices.</p> <p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN6sYkO0PKVyOzm0a2J3Vlo817cop508XMmldS1C0cjpkePaHlG3hr4yUIHZYIA2YhIX1ZrYrF_Wu6fnVA5Earc41fgzgNoMiOjAAgqaUEasRgh9cFAXZd__y4Q_szfcjFoBg52iXjCoY/s1600/X-screens-721375.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN6sYkO0PKVyOzm0a2J3Vlo817cop508XMmldS1C0cjpkePaHlG3hr4yUIHZYIA2YhIX1ZrYrF_Wu6fnVA5Earc41fgzgNoMiOjAAgqaUEasRgh9cFAXZd__y4Q_szfcjFoBg52iXjCoY/s320/X-screens-721375.jpg" /></a></p> <p>The Nokia X family offers terrific value with acclaimed Nokia and Microsoft services and experiences. HERE Mapswith turn-by-turn navigation and offline maps are included. Nokia MixRadio offers hundreds of free streaming and offline playlists. Free cloud storage from Microsoft OneDrive with 7GB of space for free is included out of the box. There’s also access to Outlook.com as your email service. And there’s Skype with a month’s free calls to international landlines in selected markets.</p> <p>All three of the devices are powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon Dual Core processor and are Dual SIM. A range of third-party apps comes preinstalled, including BBM, Plants vs. Zombies 2, Viber, Vine and Twitter. As many more as you can fit can be obtained from the Nokia Store, third-party app stores and sideloaded.</p> <p>The table below covers the differences between the devices, but these are the highlights:</p> <p>The Nokia Xis the entry level member of the family, with 4-inch IPS LCD screen, 512MB RAM and a 3-megapixel camera. It will be available in green, black, white, yellow, cyan and red.</p> <p>The Nokia X+offers you a little more, as the name suggests: there’s 768MB RAM and a 4GB MicroSD card is included in the box. It comes in the same colours as the Nokia X.</p> <p>Lastly, the clue is in the name for the Nokia XL, as well, with its 5-inch screen. The Nokia XL also boasts 768MB RAM, the free MicroSD card and it has both a 2-megapixel front-facing camera for Skype calls, as well as a 5-megapixel rear camera with autofocus and flash. The same colours are available as for the Nokia X and X+, except bright orange replaces the red with this model.</p> <p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY9VKM_ps8e7EggCy2eTZ9VmUGkaSMogB27FgTvmIMsgUmK2AzAIQGQnXb51PccLzfibE5SYwUEpFnKI6gOFxZmeucWGgDVVEJJh7cGpHx6chMyzwh01yeOTbGk0ZGTfl21KBpG7jGJXg/s1600/xl-719302.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY9VKM_ps8e7EggCy2eTZ9VmUGkaSMogB27FgTvmIMsgUmK2AzAIQGQnXb51PccLzfibE5SYwUEpFnKI6gOFxZmeucWGgDVVEJJh7cGpHx6chMyzwh01yeOTbGk0ZGTfl21KBpG7jGJXg/s320/xl-719302.jpg" /></a></p> <p>Check the speX</p> <p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYBUNI6bYwOVd4L0GrsTYjOyyDgFRAX4m-rubo8z2xDznINlG2VqG9_5jhJW_73xo7iYp2yUFsKlMy6YeMjdqrbdjgdM-8iesEN2ZMb5gGMe4p_QyMsdNi1a0dOwgBy7wCQFxZFyiCmOk/s1600/nokia-x-gif-240214-723292.gif"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYBUNI6bYwOVd4L0GrsTYjOyyDgFRAX4m-rubo8z2xDznINlG2VqG9_5jhJW_73xo7iYp2yUFsKlMy6YeMjdqrbdjgdM-8iesEN2ZMb5gGMe4p_QyMsdNi1a0dOwgBy7wCQFxZFyiCmOk/s320/nokia-x-gif-240214-723292.gif"/></a></p> <p>The Nokia X will be available to buy immediately in Asia Pacific, Europe, india, Latin America, the Middle-East and Africa. The Nokia X+ and XL are expected to be available from Q2 2014. The prices quoted do not include any local taxes or operator subsidies.</p> <p>Let us know your first impressions below:</p>

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Moto G sold out within an hour on Flipkart

<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZi5N-4iuXD7_G5iIs0g9qkvJRBPx3Jl4PZnAVSmWMD7zo-ZPUXt-5HO4w69DmCu1zjnb_pVUfJcnZcfzRDFiZ085aShXKEaB4TIJl-JXY8EhThsNwi8gcyOv7MJno3v53qTyw9XDhqs/s1600/moto-g-752817.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZi5N-4iuXD7_G5iIs0g9qkvJRBPx3Jl4PZnAVSmWMD7zo-ZPUXt-5HO4w69DmCu1zjnb_pVUfJcnZcfzRDFiZ085aShXKEaB4TIJl-JXY8EhThsNwi8gcyOv7MJno3v53qTyw9XDhqs/s320/moto-g-752817.jpg"/></a></p> <p>Well before the Moto G was officially released in India, it was assumed that the device would be a big hit in the country. Before the official release, the low-cost handset from Motorola was topping the charts through grey market retailers. The Moto G officially went on sale today and it sold out in less than one hour through the official retailer. Motorola opted for an exclusive deal in India, so the Moto G was only offered through Flipkart. The 16GB version of the Moto G was sold for Rs 13,999 (~$224) and the 8GB model was listed at Rs 12,499 (~$199). Both sold out in less than one hour, but it is unclear how many units were made available at launch. In an unofficial sale through Snapdeal yesterday, 1000 Moto G pre-orders were sold out in two hours.</p> <p>The demand is obviously there, but Motorola has explained that it does have a plan for India, and part of that plan is to not flood the market with the Moto G. Instead, Motorola is taking a more cautious route in order to not put too much strain on the company's infrastructure. The Indian public may be hoping for a faster rollout of the device, but it looks like you may have to be patient on this.</p>

Moto G sold out within an hour on Flipkart

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Indian hackers deface Pakistani websites

<p> The ongoing cyber war between India and Pakistan is the latest in the series of such online battles between the two neighbouring countries. GCSRT sources said the dispute between the two countries over Kashmir had spilled into cyber space with each country’s hackers repeatedly targeting the other country’s computing database.</p> <p>Indian hackers defaced homepages of nearly hundred Pakistani websites on Wednesday, apparently in retaliation to the defacement of more than 2000 Indian websites by Pakistani hackers on Republic day.</p> <p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhauTFDGtAMZ19w2c8hkLrpjTM0iCrK6d0Mj6h_1LmFVrW1Ic3UjXQ9ooycLSCywwKid_lsh2ibAGmTaD1dIbfRVSpBqiit1Q2pHB5wTCkZxLOaXIZQEOp0fEWbQkTljuXue7gn0S66tYY/s1600/ICR-705483.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhauTFDGtAMZ19w2c8hkLrpjTM0iCrK6d0Mj6h_1LmFVrW1Ic3UjXQ9ooycLSCywwKid_lsh2ibAGmTaD1dIbfRVSpBqiit1Q2pHB5wTCkZxLOaXIZQEOp0fEWbQkTljuXue7gn0S66tYY/s320/ICR-705483.JPG"/></a></p> <p>The cyber retaliation by the hacker group ‘Indian Cyber Rakshak” may continue for some more time and more Pakistani sites could be targeted, feel cyber security experts based in Bangalore.</p> <p>Indian hackers had obviously managed to penetrate the servers and hosted messages “Hacked by Indian Cyber Rakshak”. The defaced home pages continued to host the message till evening.</p> <p>Sources in Bangalore-based Global Cyber Security Response Team (GCSRT) said the retaliatory defacements of Pakistani websites began on Tuesday night. “Close to a hundred websites had been hacked so far”, sources said.</p> <p>On Republic Day, Pakistani hackers defaced 2,118 Indian websites including those of Central Bank of India and model-turned actress Poonam Pandey. Ms Pandey’s website, which was hacked by a group identifying itself as “Team Madleets”, displayed the messages like “Pakistan Zindabad,” besides “your site security is compromised” and “Patch your site” even on Wednesday afternoon, while the website of Central Bank of India has, however been restored.</p> <p>Sources in Central Bank of India said the website was restored within minutes of it being hacked two days ago. Now, the users have to use the website through https://www.centralbankofindia.co.in</p> <p>Though the home page of Indian Railways was not affected, sources in GCSRT said the hackers had managed to upload an index.html in a subdirectory or internal link (" http://er.indianrailways.gov.in/cris/edrm_site/notice/index.html")</p> <p>Cyber security experts in Bangalore said most of the Indian websites had been defaced by Pakistani hackers going with the handle “StrikerRude”, “KashmirCyberArmy”, “PakCyber Expert”, “HUnter Gujar” and the Operation was named as “#OP26jan”.</p> <p>The GCSRT member said Republic Day’s hacking of a total of 2,118 websites comes two weeks after 1,400 Indian websites were hacked. A majority of the hacked websites were still being restored, he added.</p> <p>However, officials in National Informatics Centre (NIC), Bangalore, said they have not received any information of Government websites hosted and managed by them in Karnataka being affected.</p>

Indian hackers deface Pakistani websites

The ongoing cyber war between India and Pakistan is the latest in the series of such online battles between the two neighbouring countries....

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