Posts by Gaurav Shukla
Acer to launch Iconia B1 successor ahead of schedule
Acer seems to be in a hurry to launch its successor to the budget Android tablet Iconia B1. The tablet was originally announced at Consumer Electronics Show in January this year and now Digitimes is reporting that company has shifted the launch of Iconia B1 successor to June from earlier scheduled end-of-year debut.
“Acer recently shifted forward the launch of its second-generation Iconia B1 tablet from the end of 2013 originally to June,” Digitimes wrote in a report.
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Asus Fonepad India launch on April 24
After Samsung, now Asus India is sending out invites to the tech press to launch a new Android device in the country. The company will be unveiling its Fonepad on April 24 at a press event. There is no word on exact the pricing, but as per indicative pricing revealed by Asus in the global announcement, Fonepad should cost around INR 15,000.
Asus Fonepad is the first Asus Android tablet to be powered by an Intel processor and would be joining the company’s growing tablet line-up in the country. Asus India already retails Nexus 7, Memo Pad and Padfone devices.
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Zen Ultrafone 701 HD with quad-core CPU, 5-inch HD display launched for INR 11,999
Zen Mobiles has announced the launch of its Ultrafone 701 HD smartphone today. The phone was earlier available for pre-booking on Snapdeal.com. Priced at INR 11,999, it will be competing with Micromax’s A116 Canvas HD.
Zen Ultrafone 701 HD features 5-inch 720p HD display and is powered by 1.2GHz quad-core processor. The phone runs on Android 4.2.2. It also comes with dual-SIM support, 1GB RAM and 8-megapixels rear camera.
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BadNews malware infected Android apps clock over 2,000,000 downloads: Lookout
A new Android malware family has been discovered by antivirus firm Lookout. Dubbed as BadNews, it was found in 32 Android applications present in Google Play store from four different developer accounts. After being notified about the malware, Google has promptly deleted all the infected apps and suspended developer accounts, but it shows how easy it can be for malware to slip in Google Play despite all the security measures taken by Google.
According to Lookout, the Badnews malware masquerade as an ad network, which does not seem like a threat when scanned by Google’s automatic security mechanism – Bouncer. The infected apps start pushing malware to the devices on a later date, thus remaining undetected for a long time.
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Samsung Galaxy S4 India launch on April 26
Samsung India has started sending out invites to the tech press in India for the announcement of Galaxy S 4 smartphone. The press event is scheduled on April 26, the same day on which Samsung is reportedly launching Galaxy S4 in multiple countries across the globe.
There is still no final word on the actual availability of the phone, which may or may not go on sale the same day. If previous Galaxy S-series devices are any indication, the company will start taking pre-orders for the phone on April 26 on its official e-store and other online retailers, but the device will be released in early May. But, we would rather wait for the official announcement before making any more assumptions.
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Top five Android tablets in India
Indian market is flooded with Android tablets, but it is still very hard to find a quality tablet. So, we have compiled a list of five best Android tablets that you can consider for your next tablet purchase. 
Apart from the Chinese rebranded tablets that are present in the country, there are hardly any other choices, but the recent few launches from Asus including Nexus 7, have made the market dynamics interesting. Samsung continues to be present everywhere and provides decent and feature-rich tablets.
Following is our list of best five Android tablets available in the country.
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Earth Day 2013: Android apps
As most of you would know that today is Earth day – April 22, 2013 and if you are looking for something like an Android app for Earth day that will help your kid(s) understand the Earth Day or even you – you have come to the right place.
Google Play store has many applications that will provide you with this information, but there are only a few that have been made specifically for this purpose.
Earth Day: Kids Seasons Story
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This app from Tabtale is a fun and easy way for kids to know more Earth Day and their environment. Here are some of the features of this app:
Facebook Home hits 500,000 downloads, HTC One now compatible
Facebook Home has reached the 500,000 installs milestone in Google Play Store. This Android launcher from Facebook was released on April 12 in the app store for US Android users, followed by global availability on April 16.
The total number of downloads don’t really paint the right picture of the popularity of the app, as there is no active user installs number of Facebook Home. The total install counter increases every time someone has installed the app even though they might have removed it just after five minutes of using it. The reviews of Play Store listing are also an indication that there would be many users who did not like the app and uninstalled it.
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Google Babel messenger confirmed in Gmail JS file
It could not be any more official than this. The rumoured Google Babel messenger is real and more details about the same have been found in a javascript file hosted on Gmail servers, which is meant for internal testing. Folks at Google Operating System blog were first to spot this, thanks to a tip sent by one of their readers.
As we can expect, Google is currently dogfooding Google Babel internally. For those of you, who don’t know what dogfooding is, read this Wikipedia article.
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HTC and Samsung release kernel sources for HTC One, Galaxy S 4
Now, that is some good news for the Android developers especially those who have already started or planning to tinker with two of the best Android smartphones in the world right now. HTC and Samsung have released kernel sources for some variants of HTC One and Galaxy S 4 smartphones respectively.
HTC has released kernel sources for international version of HTC One, HTC One developer edition and Canadian telco variants (Rogers, Bell and Telus). The sources for HTC One kernel version 3.4.10 can be downloaded from HTCDev.com.
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