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Nokia's Budget Android Device 'Normandy' Still in Development: Reports


Nokia's highly anticipated rumored Android phone, dubbed 'Normandy', might still be alive and kicking, according to @eveleaks, as a new tweet by the serial leakster displays the following message loud and clear,"The reports of Normandy's death have been greatly exaggerated."  Bearing in mind the fact that in the past @eveleaks have provided fairly accurate information about rumours and speculations and it's a no brainer if this rumour also turns out to be true.

The dev team behind Normandy is lead by Egil Kvaleberg and Peter Skillman, the same people behind the Asha range of smartphones. The images of the Nokia Normandy point to a 4-inch display along with a dual-SIM variant, with a product code said to be RM-980.

It is highly unlikely that this kind of a device will end up being produced considering the fact that Nokia has decided to sell its smartphone business to Microsoft, however some sources strongly suggest that this device might see the light of the day even in the face of Nokia Microsoft deal.
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Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Antutu Benchmark and Specs Leak


A new Samsung Galaxy Note tablet is reportedly under development. Dubbed the Galaxy Note Pro 12.2, the top-end tablet is expected to be officially announced at the Mobile World Congress 2014 event.

Information on specs and the benchmark performance of the Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 have already hit the web. There will be two versions of the Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 – Wi-Fi only and LTE-based.
The LTE based version will sport the model number SM-P905, while the Wi-Fi only will be known as SM-P900. The Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 will sport a 12.2-inch with WQXGA resolution and 16:10 aspect ratio. The tablet will come with an S Pen.

Leaked information suggests the SM-P905 will feature Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 8974-AA SoC with 2.3GHz quad-core CPU, Adreno 330 GPU, 3GB of RAM, 8MP main camera, and 2.1MP front-facing camera. For connectivity, the SM-P905 include Wi-Fi 802.11ac/a/b/g/n, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0, and IR blaster along with LTE.

Specifications of the Wi-Fi only version haven't been revealed. The Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 will run on Android's latest iteration – v4.4.2 KitKat with TouchWiz UI.
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Glitter Nail Polish: The New Way to Secure Your Data


Security experts hump arise up with a novel way to assure your laptop or tablet hasn't been tampered with and your information compromised - glint apprehend glossiness.

Physiological tampering with devices to move collection, or lay malware for monitoring purposes, is comely an crescendo problem, especially when travelling, where furnish officials can easily lost devices for 'inspection'. Problems with hardware trouble and accumulation thievery hump been peculiarly according by performing travellers to China. The UK regime meanwhile has the manus to imbibe all the data from a instrumentation and fund it when grouping get and result the land.

Some people do fit tamper-proof seals over ports and screws, but these can easily be opened cleanly or replicated in transactions by anyone with token grooming, warrantee researchers Eric Michaud and Ryan Retainer said, spell presenting at the Bedlam Connexion Legislature, reports Stiffened press.

The pair's tell - make a laurels that cannot be copied. Brightness arrest radiance is the improve candidate for making the surface, the set supplemental, as a completely ergodic itinerary is created, different with classical blusher or a sticker. Once applied, a image can be arrogated on a device specified as a smartphone that present not leaving your lateral - or can be parcel at internal - to ensure the somebody has not been tampered with.

Taking a gear picture once you've returned from a stop or turn suspicious that your laptop has been meddled with, then gushing the two through a program that calculate the two images to be rapidly switched between, leave afford you to bemire any differences if the brightness clutch round has been separate and repainted,  Mr Michaud and Mr Flunkey explained.
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iBerry Auxus CoreX8 3G Octa-core Tablet Announced for Rs. 23,990


iBerry has announced the World’s first switchable 3G module octa‐core tablet. The Auxus CoreX8 3G  tablet is powered by Samsung’s  Exynos  5  Octa‐Core  28nm processor with a tri‐core PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU.

The tablet offers switchable 3G module technology, which is basically a hot-swap function where one has an option to use a SIM card without having to reboot the device. One can also remove the SIM card and use Wi-Fi for data communication. The tablet comes with 2GB of RAM, a 7.85 inch display with 720p resolution, Android 4.2.2 (which will be upgraded in the future), 16GB of inbuilt memory which is expandable up to 64GB via a MicroSD card, a 5MP Rear Camera (with Flash) & 2MP Front Camera.

The Auxus CoreX8 3G is available for pre-booking from 10 Jan 2014  at a price of Rs.20990 and the regular price post the pre‐booking will be Rs.23990. Intex has also launched an octa-core processor running tablet called the Intex Aqua Octa which is 6-inch device and is available on Snapdeal for Rs.19,999.
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Google: Content Removal Requests from India Grow by 90%


Google has come up with a detailed report on the governments across the world seeking removal of content from its online services such as YouTube, Blogger, Orkut, Google+ and others. In its India-specific report, Google says it received 2,540 such requests from the Indian government and courts during the period between July and December 2012. According to Google, requests for removal of content has increased by 90 percent as compared with the previous reporting period.

During the disturbance in the North East region last year, Google got five requests from the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team to remove content from Google+, a Blogger blog, 64 YouTube videos, and 1759 comments associated with some YouTube videos, citing laws covering disruption of public order or ethnic offence laws
“The Google+ URLs were only links to search results that did not identify specific posts that violated applicable law. In response to these requests, we removed one video for violating our YouTube Community Guidelines. We also restricted 47 Youtube Videos from local view, in addition to removing 12 YouTube comments and disabling local access to 3 Blogger blog posts that violated local laws,” says Google in a post.

Google also received request from a city Cyber Crime Investigation Cell (city not disclosed) to take down depictions of disputed borders of Jammu and Kashmir in five Google Maps domains other than maps.google.co.in. The Indian government, in the meanwhile, has already been working on mechanisms to monitor content on the web. The government will soon launch 'Netra', an internet spy system. The technology will be able to detect words like bomb, attack etc on blogs, mails and will detect dubious voice content across messenger services like Google Talk and Skype.
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Micromax Canvas Series to Receive Android 4.4 KitKat Update Soon: Reports


Micromax is reportedly going to soon roll out the latest Android v4.4 update to its as many as 11 smartphones in the Canvas line up. The latest set of information comes from leakster MMXNewscaster, which has posted a list of the Micromax smartphones getting the upgrade. Interestingly, the list includes the latest Micromax Canvas Turbo A250 as well as an upcoming Canvas A200.

It's notable a very few smartphones are currently running the latest Android iterations. According to the latest platform versions distribution for Android, KitKat, is running on 1.1% of the total number of active Android devices. KitKat's expected to see more growth in the near future with LG, Samsung and Sony rolling out the update to their smartphones. Sony has already confirmed the KitKat update for its Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia Tablet Z, Xperia Z Ultra and Xperia Z1 devices. Also read, Sony rolls out Android 4.3 update to Xperia Z, ZL, ZR and Xperia Tablet Z

Microsoft Launches Solitaire, Mahjong and new Minesweeper on Windows Phone

 
 

Windows Phone users will be elated as Microsoft has announced that their three all time classics - Solitaire, Mahjong and a new version of Minesweeper are now available for download.

Windows PC users have been enjoying these games over the past two decades. Now, these games have been tweaked for non-PC devices. Moreover, these games will have Xbox Live integration, so you can compete against your friends on leader boards. The new Solitaire Collection also has a 'Play', Pause, Resume option, that allows users to transition between their Window devices.

You can find the games from the links mentioned below:
Solitaire for Windows Phone
Mahjong for Windows Phone
Minesweeper for Windows Phone
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Researchers Develop a New Technique to Identify Faces from Reflections


Scientists have developed a new forensics technique in which they were able to extract images from the corneal reflections of an individual of people standing nearby. The technique can be useful while conducting criminal investigations. Researchers Rob Jenkins from the University of York in Britain, and collaborator Christie Kerr, from the University of Glasgow, conducted the experiment in which they found that faces can be reconstructed from images taken of an individual with commercial digital cameras and enhanced with off-the-shelf image-processing software.

For the experiment, the scientists used a high-end digital camera and sat five volunteers for a passport-photo-like shot, using studio lighting. All the five people where in the room even when not being clicked and stood close to the photographer to be included in the reflection off the subject's corneas. Then they asked the subjects to identify images from the reflections as well as the original digital images. Nine out of 10 volunteers were able to correctly identify from the corneal images. The group which was familiar with the five subjects were able to identify the persons with 84 percent success rate and those unfamiliar with the subjects in the photographs were able to identify with 71 percent success rate.

"The pupil of the eye is like a black mirror. To enhance the image, you have to zoom in and adjust the contrast. A face image that is recovered from a reflection in the subject's eye is about 30,000 times smaller than the subject's face. Our findings thus highlight the remarkable robustness of human face recognition, as well as the untapped potential of high-resolution photography," Jenkins said.
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Data Centre Security to be a Top Concern for 2014: McAfee


McAfee recent report on trends, which will dominate the security industry in India in the near future, states that data centers will have to make security their prime concern to combat advanced malware threats. US-based McAfee said in a report, "Data centres are the nerve centre of an organisation making data centre security a top priority for most companies today." The report added that the limits between virtual and physical are blurring as organisations are moving towards next generation data centers.

The report highlighted that organisations have to move from single security solution for issues like bring your own device (BYOD) to other solutions available. The report states that companies need to adopt advanced threat defense solutions to respond to attacks faster and move from analysis to protection and resolution.
"BYOD needs to be looked at from different dimensions like data loss prevention, network access control, internal intrusion prevention systems, authentication system, internal firewalls, securing Wi-Fi etc," it added. The report added that Indian SMB's like chartered accountants, law firms have a greater chance of cyber attacks. These small businesses have less secure systems due to lack of budgets and knowledge and are more prone to cyber attacks.

A previous report McAfee Labs Threats for Third Quarter 2013, stated that there has been a massive increase in Ransomware. The report added that there has been more threats in the first half of 2013 than all previous incidents combined. McAfee reported more than 700,000 new malware in Q3,2013 an increase of 35 percent.

HTC Releases Guide that Shows How Android Updates Come to Smartphones


HTC has finally decided to respond to all the criticism and has launched a web page which shows the detailed process of how a newly announced Android update is handled, churned and finally pushed out to the consumers. HTC has shown the process with respect to its flagship device, the HTC One, and how the update for all different versions of the device is treated before it reaches the end-user. The process basically involves five steps. First is the Evaluation stage which goes on to the Development and Integration stages then it passes the Certification stage and finally to the Push to Consumer stage where users start receiving the new update. The page also gives an update about the status of all the recent HTC devices and what latest update is available on them.

Microsoft India Launches Guardian App for Women's Safety


Microsoft has launched a new program aimed at women's area in the land. Titled the Guardian, the new device app is usable for Windows Phone users.

The Protective app has a 'selection me' film that allows select users in representative to bar the somebody in sincere example, using Microsoft Windows Azure darken services and Bing Map APIs. Users can also ship an 'SOS' alive, infix to warranty agencies, force and hospitals in somebody of any exigency finished this app.

To use the app, users beggary to add names of select contacts to the settings who can be reached out to in an exigency condition. Users can perched them through the SOS secure. Clicking the SOS button leave transport a seizure content to designated contacts, arousal them along with users' position. The SOS fix also sends emails to select email ids and posts to esoteric Facebook groups.

A aggroup of Microsoft employees formed the Tutelar app in a motion of over six months. Microsoft's new painfulness app comes in the awake of past cases of force against women in the land, especially the finally gathering's Nirbhaya cover.

Apple to Launch Big Screen iPhones and iPads for 2014: Report


According to reports, Apple is prepping a 12.9 inch tablet expected to be launched in October 2014 aimed at North America's educational market.

Reports have surfaced following reports from last month citing that Apple's Asia supply chain Quanta supplier has bagged a contract for mass production a larger sized iPad for late 2014. There are also rumours that Apple is assessing the possibility of ditching the 11 inch MacBook Air with a larger iPad.

Meanwhile, there are also rumours of a larger iPhone, reports have surfaced indicating that Apple is tweaking with a design which has a 4.9 inch display which could debut in 2014. Apple earlier increased the size of the iPhone screen back in 2012, when the iPhone 5 featured a 4 inch screen. In the meantime, rumours of an iWatch have also surfaced, with Apple planning to release a 1.3 inch and a 1.7 inch display size of the watch for men and women.
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Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 Goes Up for Pre-order


Samsung had announced the Galaxy Grand 2 for the Indian market earlier this week. Successor to the original Galaxy Grand a.k.a Galaxy Grand Duos,.

Specifications of Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 :

  •  It features dual-SIM support, 5.25-inch 720p TFT display. 
  • The Grand 2 runs Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean).
  • Powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor.
  • 1.5GB of RAM.
  • The Galaxy Grand 2 comes with an 8GB built-in storage, expandable up to 64GB via microSD.
  • The smartphone has an 8MP rear camera with LED Flash and Auto Focus and 1.9MP secondary camera. 
  • In terms of connectivity, the smartphone supports Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, BT4.0, GPS + Glonass, USB 2.0.
  • It is powered by a 2,600mAh battery, providing up to 10 hours of playback and 17 hours of calls. The smartphone comes pre-installed with various apps such as ChatON, Samsung Hub, S Health, Group Play, S Travel, S Translator, Samsung Link, Story Album.

Micromax Canvas Juice A77 Smartphone Launched at Rs. 7,999


Micromax has launched a new Android smartphone under Rs. 10,000. Called the Canvas Juice A77.

Specifications of Micromax Canvas Juice :

  • Supports dual-SIM.
  • Runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.
  • Powered by a 1.3GHz MTK 6572 dual-core processor
  • 1GB of RAM.
  • The Micromax Canvas Juice A77 has a 5-inch display with 480 x 854 pixels resolution.
  • The smartphone sports a 5MP rear camera with auto focus and 0.3MP front camera. 
  • It comes with 4 GB of ROM, and supports additional storage up to 32GB via microSD.
  • In terms of connectivity, the smartphone supports 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth and micro USB. 
  • It comes with a 3,000 mAh battery, which is rated to deliver 282 hours of standby time and 10 hours of talktime.
Micromax is offering free gift certificate worth Rs 1,000 and Airtel freebies worth Rs 12,000 with the new smartphone.
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Bharti Airtel Offers Free Facebook Access in 9 Regional Languages


Bharti Airtel is now offering free Facebook access in as many as nine regional languages to its prepaid customers in India - Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. As a limited period offer, Airtel is offering free access Facebook with a cap of 30 MB/ month.

Existing mobile Internet users on Airtel can access the Facebook mobile site on m.facebook.com. Customers accessing the mobile internet for the first time will have to register at m.facebook.com to avail of this special offer. Airtel says the language support is compatible with all major platforms including Java, Android, iOS and Windows devices.

Following are the links for accessing the regional Facebook Mobile interfaces: Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam
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