Sunday 26 February 2017

Nokia 3310 with Snake Game, Improved Design Launched at MWC 2017

Nokia 3310
Nokia 3310
Remember Nokia 3310 which was first launched in 2000. Today HMD Global unveiled the Nokia 3310 again with an improved design. The Nokia 3310 is the Nokia brand's one of the best-selling feature phones of all time. It is available in glossy yellow, red, matte grey and dark blue colors. The smartphone will be available both single SIM and dual SIM variant starting Q2 this year for EUR 49 (roughly Rs. 3,500).

The new Nokia 3310 comes with 22-hour talk-time and the company claims a standby time of 31 days. The device also comes back with the famous Snake game.

Moto G5, G5 Plus with Fingerprint Sensor, Android 7.0 Launched at MWC 2017

Moto has just launched the Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus smartphone in Barcelona at MWC 2017. It is available in Lunar Gray and Fine Gold colors. The Moto G5 will start at EUR 199 (roughly Rs. 14,000) and the Moto G5 Plus will start at EUR 279 (roughly Rs. 15,300). Both the phones will be available beginning in March in various countries across Latin America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America.

Moto G5 features 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display with Corning Gorilla glass 3 powered by 1.4GHz Octa-Core 64-bit Snapdragon 430 (MSM8937) processor with Adreno 505 GPU and 2GB/3GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 16GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 128GB. It sports a 13MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, PDAF and a 5MP front-facing camera. It runs on Android 7.0 Nougat and has 2800mAh battery with 10W rapid charging.

Moto G5
Moto G5
Moto G5 Key Features:
  • 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display with Corning Gorilla glass 3
  • 1.4GHz Octa-Core 64-bit Snapdragon 430 (MSM8937) processor with Adreno 505 GPU
  • 2GB/3GB RAM
  • 16GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD up to 128 GB
  • 13MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, PDAF
  • 5MP front-facing camera
  • Android 7.0 Nougat
  • Dual SIM
  • Fingerprint sensor
  • Water repellent nano-coating
  • Front-ported loudspeaker
  • 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS
  • 2800mAh battery with 10W rapid charging

Moto G5 Plus features 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display with Corning Gorilla glass 3 powered by 2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 processor with Adreno 506 GPU. It comes with 2GB/3GB RAM with 32GB internal storage and 4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage. It is expandable via microSD up to 128 GB. It sports a 12MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, Dual-Pixel Autofocus and a 5MP front-facing camera. It runs on Android 7.0 Nougat and has 3000mAh battery with Turbo charging.


Moto G5 Plus
Moto G5 Plus
Moto G5 Plus Key Features:
  • 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display with Corning Gorilla glass 3
  • 2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 processor with Adreno 506 GPU
  • 2GB/3GB RAM with 32GB internal storage
  • 4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage
  • Expandable via microSD up to 128 GB
  • 12MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, Dual-Pixel Autofocus
  • 5MP front-facing camera
  • Android 7.0 Nougat
  • Dual SIM
  • Fingerprint sensor
  • Water repellent nano-coating
  • Front-ported loudspeaker
  • 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS
  • 3000mAh battery with Turbo charging

LG G6 with Snapdragon 821, Google Assistance, Dual 13MP Rear Cameras Announced at MWC 2017

LG has announced its flagship smartphone LG G6 at the company's launch event at MWC 2017 in Barcelona. It is available in Astro Black, Ice Platinum and Mystic White colors. No word on the availability and the pricing yet.

The main highlight of this smartphone is its Google Assistance feature and Dolby Vision technology. It also supports HDR10 tech. The LG G6 is the first phone to come with Dolby Vision video support, and the Dolby confirmed that there are about 90 movies with Dolby Vision already available. Imangi Studios at the keynote announced Temple Run 2: Lost Jungle that it says has been optimised for the 18:9 aspect ratio, adding LG G6 users will get 650,000 in-game coins, enough to unlock all characters and powerups.

LG G6 features 5.7-inch (1440 × 2880 pixels) QHD+ LCD display powered by Quad-core Snapdragon 821 processor with Adreno 530 GPU and 4GB LPDDR4 RAM. It has an internal storage of 32GB/64GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 2TB. It sports 13MP dual rear cameras with dual-tone LED Flash and a 5MP front camera. It runs on Android 7.0 Nougat with LG UX 6.0 on top and has 3300mAh battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0.

LG G6
LG G6
Key Features:
  • 5.7-inch (1440 × 2880 pixels) QHD+ LCD display
  • Quad-core Snapdragon 821 processor with Adreno 530 GPU
  • 4GB LPDDR4 RAM
  • 32GB/64GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD up to 2TB
  • 13MP dual rear cameras with dual-tone LED Flash
  • 5MP front camera
  • Android 7.0 Nougat with LG UX 6.0 on top
  • Fingerprint sensor
  • Google Assistant
  • Water, Dust-resistant (IP68)
  • 32-bit Hi-Fi Quad DAC, Dolby Vision
  • 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2 LE, GPS, NFC, USB Type-C 2.0 (3.1 compatible)
  • 3300mAh battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0

Tuesday 21 February 2017

Reliance Jio Prime Membership at Rs 99 for 1 year


Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries at the company’s special event today announced that Reliance Jio has crossed 100 million customers in just 170 days of launch, adding 7 customers every second on average.

Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani on Tuesday announced the Jio Prime membership for initial 100 million customers of Reliance Jio. Under the Jio Prime plan, Jio members can avail another year of its 4G services at a one-time payment of Rs 99 to be made this March. This means, the Jio Prime members can continue to enjoy the Jio 4G data benefit till March 31, 2018 at Rs 99. Additionally, Jio will charge Rs 303 per month, effectively at Rs 10 per day for another full year. The plan comes into effect on April 1, 2017, the day the existing Jio Happy New Year Offer expires. Existing users can enroll via MyJio app or log into company’s website as well as via Jio offline stores to enroll into Jio Prime membership plan.

Those who do not opt for the Jio Prime subscription plan will be ported to the prepaid or postpaid Reliance Jio tariff plans, which the company had announced in September 2016 while launching its services. Ambani stressed that despite the free data plans not being valid starting April 1, all voice calls on the network will remain free indefinitely - with no roaming charges.

Tuesday 7 February 2017

Asus ZenFone 3S Max with 3GB RAM, Android 7.0, 4G VoLTE, 5000mAh Battery Launched in India

Asus has launched ZenFone 3S Max (ZC521TL) smartphone in India. It is available in Black and Gold colors and is priced at Rs. 14,999. The smartphone will be available via online shopping partner Flipkart and will be available offline. 

The highlights of this smartphone are as it comes with 5000 mAh battery you can use it as a power bank too to charge other devices.

Asus ZenFone 3S Max features 5.2-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS 2.5D curved display powered by 1.5 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6750 64-bit processor with Mali T860 GPU and 3GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 32GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 2TB. It sports a 13MP rear camera with dual-tone LED Flash, PDAF and a 8MP front-facing camera. It runs on Android 7.0 Nougat with ZenUI 3.0 on top and has 5000 mAh built-in battery.

Asus ZenFone 3S Max
Asus ZenFone 3S Max
Key Features:
  • 5.2-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS 2.5D curved display
  • 1.5 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6750 64-bit processor with Mali T860 GPU
  • 3GB RAM
  • 32GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD up to 2TB
  • 13MP rear camera with dual-tone LED Flash, PDAF
  • 8MP front-facing camera
  • Android 7.0 Nougat with ZenUI 3.0 on top
  • Hybrid Dual SIM (micro + nano / microSD)
  • Fingerprint sensor
  • 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
  • 5000 mAh built-in battery

Thursday 2 February 2017

How to Install Atom Editor in Ubuntu

Atom is a text editor that's modern, approachable, yet hackable to the core—a tool you can customize to do anything but also use productively without ever touching a config file. You choose from thousands of open source packages that add new features and functionality to Atom—or build a package from scratch and publish it for everyone else to use.

Atom comes pre-installed with four UI and eight syntax themes in both dark and light colors. If you can't find what you're looking for, you can also install themes created by the Atom community or create your own. It's easy to customize and style Atom. You can tweak the look and feel of your UI with CSS/Less and add major features with HTML and JavaScript.

Atom Editor
Atom Editor
Step 1 - Add PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/atom

Step 2 - Update the Repository

sudo apt-get update

Step 3 - Install Atom

sudo apt-get install atom

Congratulations, you have installed Atom successfully. Have fun 😃