Samsung Galaxy S Duos S7562

GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
SIM Dual SIM (Mini-SIM, dual stand-by)
Announced 2012, July
Status Available. Released 2012, September
BODY Dimensions 121.5 x 63.1 x 10.5 mm (4.78 x 2.48 x 0.41 in)
Weight 120 g (4.23 oz)
DISPLAY Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches (~233 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
SOUND Alert types Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB
Internal 4 GB (1.8 GB user available), 768 MB RAM
DATA GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
Speed HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
CAMERA Primary 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
Features Geo-tagging
Video Yes, VGA@30fps
Secondary Yes, VGA
FEATURES OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM7227A Snapdragon
CPU 1 GHz Cortex-A5
GPU Adreno 200
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash Lite
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors White, Black, La Fleur
  - SNS integration
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
- Organizer
- Document viewer
- Voice memo/dial
- Predictive text input
BATTERY Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 445 h (2G) / Up to 330 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 13 h (2G) / Up to 7 h 25 min (3G)

Samsung Galaxy Note 3

GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all models
  CDMA 800 / 1900 - N9009
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - N9005, N9002, N9006
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - N900W8
  CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - N9009
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - N9005
  LTE 700 / 1900 / 2100 - N900W8
SIM Micro-SIM
Announced 2013, September
Status Available. Released 2013, September
BODY Dimensions 151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3 mm (5.95 x 3.12 x 0.33 in)
Weight 168 g (5.93 oz)
  - S Pen stylus
DISPLAY Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.7 inches (~386 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 64 GB
Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 3 GB RAM
DATA GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
Speed HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR
NFC Yes
Infrared port Yes
USB Yes, microUSB v3.0 (MHL 2), USB Host
CAMERA Primary 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
Features Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps (N9005, N9002)/ 1080p (N9000), check quality
Secondary Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps
FEATURES OS Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (N9005, N9002)/ Exynos 5 Octa 5420 (N9000)
CPU Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 (N9005, N9002)/ Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 (N9000)
GPU Adreno 330 (N9005, N9002)/ Mali-T628 MP6 (N9000)
Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, gesture
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
Browser HTML5
Radio No
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors Black, White, Pink, Merlot Red, Rose Gold Black, Rose Gold White
  - ANT+ support
- S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
- Air gestures
- SNS integration
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Dropbox (50 GB cloud storage)
- TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Document viewer(Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input (Swype)
BATTERY Li-Ion 3200 mAh battery
Stand-by (2G) / Up to 420 h (3G)
Talk time (2G) / Up to 21 h (3G)

Samsung Galaxy Grand 2

GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SM-G7100
  GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SM-G7102 (SIM 1 & SIM 2)
3G Network HSDPA
SIM Optional Dual SIM (dual stand-by)
Announced 2013, November
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2014, January
BODY Dimensions 146.8 x 75.3 x 8.9 mm (5.78 x 2.96 x 0.35 in)
Weight 163 g (5.75 oz)
DISPLAY Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 720 x 1280 pixels, 5.25 inches (~280 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 64 GB
Internal 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
DATA GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
Speed HSPA+
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
CAMERA Primary 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec.
Secondary Yes, 1.9 MP
FEATURES OS Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
CPU Quad-core 1.2 GHz
Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
Browser HTML5
Radio FM radio
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, support and GLONASS
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors Black, White, Pink
  - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- SNS integration
- MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Document viewer
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input
BATTERY Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery

FakeOff

The app on the world's largest social networking platform claims to protect users from scams devised by fake Facebook users, who are mistaken for genuine 'new friends'.
"Recent statistics show that at least 10 per cent of about 1.35 billion Facebook users are not authentic. Besides, there are millions of users who create fake identities and appear as regular users," FakeOff creator Eliran Shachar told PTI.
Fake profiles are divided into several groups including criminals, commercial and psychological, that can risk reputations (identity theft), children (paedophiles and sexual abuse), property (home break-ins) and personal safety, he added.
"FakeOff app uses sophisticated algorithm to investigate the behaviour of suspect 'friends' and rank them according to 1-10 credibility score. It scans up to 365 days of timeline activity for every suspect Facebook friend and checks for abnormal activity," Shachar said.
The app checks timeline activity of the suspect and tries to locate abnormal activity that indicates a non-normal way of usage. It allows the user to scan the photos of the suspect to find out if it was stolen from someplace online, he added.
FakeOff crosses information from all investigations and calculates results of user based on other investigations on the same suspect, he said.
FakeOff has been live for two months now and has over 15,000 users so far.
"Twenty-four per cent of investigations conducted in the app return as fake. A fake profile can be very complex and some of the fakes that we help the users find is only for their eyes so we can't know the final result from the photo scan results, but the user easily can," he said.
According to Facebook, about 14.3 crore accounts on the social networking site may be false or duplicate, with a major chunk of them coming from developing markets like India and Turkey.
The firm said it estimates up to 7.9 per cent accounts being duplicate and up to 2.1 per cent and up to 1.2 per cent accounts being user-misclassified and un-desirable

BlackBerry launches BB 10.2.1 OS update for BB 10 devices

The revamped BlackBerry 10 OS, launched with the BlackBerry Z10 in January 2013, now gets its first major update. BlackBerry has announced the launch of the BB 10.2.1 OS update that will add a number of new features to the existing operating system.

Lock Screen Notification undergoes a change following the upgrade.

Even the device locked, the user can now view the sender and the subject of the latest email, SMS or BBM received by simply tapping on the messaging icon. The BlackBerry Hub can be now customized for BBMs, emails, text messages and social notifications on a per-contact basis.

The notification window that appeared at the top of the screen for an incoming message or BBM has been extended to emails as well. A user will be able to respond to BBMs or texts as well by tapping the notification box when it appears.

In the BlackBerry calendar, making and editing appointments has been made easier. When late for a meeting, for instance, the user can select the 'I will be late' option and set the period for which he will be delayed with a tap of the finger. Copy and Paste have been made easier as double tapping on any text field brings up the text selection menu and editing options.

In Documents To Go, that is used for opening and editing word, excel and power-point files, one can now use features such as find and replace, new formulas for excel and rehearsal mode in power points. One can also save the current page and read it later  while offline.

The OS update also brings a 'reply now' feature where during an incoming call, clicking the speech icon will open up the Reply Now messages. Fromm here, one can choose from three pre-made messages or create one's own customised message.

Catching up with what's already available on other platforms, BlackBerry too has brought in battery percentage indicators and monitoring options that help user optimize battery usage. This will appear when the Peek gesture is used or the screen is locked.

In an official statement, the company said the OS 10.2.1 will be available around the world, including the US, Europe, Canada, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America starting from Tuesday (January 28). Users will receive a notification on their phones or can check the software update in their settings. The update will be available on the existing devices running BB OS 10 including BB Z10, Z30, Q10, Q5 and the Porsche Design P'9982.

Google’s budget smartphone Moto G may hit Indian shores in Feb

Google may finally bring its affordable smartphone Moto G to India in February, a month later than the earlier announced launch date.

US-based Motorola, which is now owned by search engine giant Google, today said in a post on Twitter: “Moto G launch details for India will be announced on February 5. Stay tuned!”.

Moto G features a 4.5-inch HD display, quad-core speed and Android 4.3 Jellybean with a guaranteed upgrade.

It also features a 5 megapixel rear camera and 1.3 MP front-facing camera.

Equipped with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 400 processor, Moto G can play full HD videos.

The handset will also support latest version of Android, KitKat, which is currently available on Nexus 5.

Moto G’s 8 GB storage model is priced at USD 179 (about Rs 11,000). The phone’s pricing in India, is, however, unclear at this point in time.

Last year in November, Motorola in a blogpost had said: “It (Moto G) will be available in the US, India, the Middle East and more of Asia in early January. 

Google bets $2.7 million that Chrome OS can’t be hacked

Google’s putting their money where their mouth is when it comes to Chrome OS security. They’re putting up more than $2.7 million in prize money to CanSecWest hackers that can compromise the Chromebook software.
Those looking for a piece of the action have to register for this year’s installment of Pwnium by March 10. The battle begins just two days later when CanSecWest 2014 kicks off in Vancouver.
Individual exploits will earn an attacker up to $150,000. It’s no mean feat, however. The attack has to be able to persist on a Chromebook — which can self-heal while rebooting — and the malicious code has to be delivered by a web page. That means no infected USB drives. Only browser-based drive-by attacks will be rewarded.
Successful attacks that don’t survive the reboot will still be handsomely rewarded. Google will still pay $110,000 for a successful non-persistent hack.
Google has really upped the ante for this year’s Pwnium competition. Last year, there was one successful attack. It was pulled off by a hacker named PinkePie and he took home $40,000. That’s a nice payout, to be sure, but peanuts compared to this year’s prizes. As if the thought of winning $150,000 isn’t enough to get security pros’ motivated, remembering that PinkiePie successfully compromised Chrome OS will help, too.
Participants have their choice of targets this year. In previous Pwniums, the only targets available were Intel-based Chromebooks. This time around both HP’s ARM-based Chromebook 11 and the Acer C720 will be placed in harm’s way.
If you’re wondering if there’s an Easter Egg with the Chrome OS bounty, there is. Just as Google has paid out $1,337 for Chrome exploits the total pot for Pwnium adds up to e.

Ten Free Killer iPhone Apps

Shazam app

Wolfgang’s Concert Vault app

Comics app

Bill Atkinson PhotoCard app

IMDb (Internet Movie Database) app

Pandora radio app

Apple iBooks

WebMD app

WhitePages Mobile app

RedLaser app

NOKIA’S NEW LUMIA 1820 LINE-UP RUMORED TO RUN WINDOWS PHONE 8.1 AND 1440P SCREENS

Nokia has asked Mobile World Congress attendees to join it on February 24, where they’ll get a chance to see the firm’s newest hardware releases. The official event invitation didn’t give us any hints about what these new products would be, but a series of leaks have provided a few choice details about Nokia’s next Lumia devices.

It speculates Nokia will have three Lumia smartphones to show us, all of which will run Windows Phone 8.1, the next major update to Microsoft’s mobile operating system. If so, this would preempt Microsoft’s own unveiling of Windows Phone 8.1, which is expected to take place in April.

Quoting sources in Taiwan’s manufacturing industry, the three phones will be headed up by the Lumia 1820, a new flagship phone from Nokia. The specs sound optimistic, as they include the Snapdragon 805 processor – which Qualcomm has yet to release – and a “qHD” resolution, which we take to mean 2560 x 1440 pixels and not 960 x 540. The screen could measure 5.2-inches, and the whole thing may be powered by a 3400mAh battery.

Joining the admittedly exciting Lumia 1820 could be a pair of Lumia 1520 spin-offs. The Lumai 1520V could be a “Mini” version of the 6-inch original, this time equipped with a 4.5-inch display (just like the Lumia 920 and Lumia 925), a 1080p resolution, and a 14-megapixel camera. Additionally, a Lumia 1525 is mentioned, but without any specs. Previous rumors have also given the 1525 a 1440p resolution, plus a 25 or 30-megapixel camera. These reports also had the 1520V down as being powered by a Snapdragon 800 chip.

Nokia Normandy listed on a Vietnamese retailer's website - NOKIA X

Nokia Normandy would come with a 4-inch capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels. It would be powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor and Adreno 302 GPU coupled with a 512 MB RAM. Surprising factor was that, it would run on Android KitKat, as opposed the the earlier rumors that said that it could come with a 'forked' Android OS. Apart from that, the device would house 4GB of on board storage capacity. There would also be a microSD card slot which would support up to 32GB of external storage unit. Photography would be taken care of by a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with autofocus, LED flash and HD (720p) video recording capability. As hinted by the earlier leaks, the smartphone would also support a dual-SIM functionality as well. Other highlights of the smartphone would include: HSDPA (7.2Mbps) and HSUPA (5.76Mbps), Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, as well as FM Radio, microUSB and 3.5mm audio jack. There are hardly any information pertaining to the Lumia 1820. However, speculations are that it would come with a metal-body. Apart from that, the device is expected to come with the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor backed by a hefty 3GB RAM. The screen should be dazzling at 5.2-inch with a 2K resolution. The device could also come powered by a 3400mAh battery and 32GB of expandable storage. It should be noted that these are just the rumored specs with the company yet to disclose the details on specs of both the devices. Availability and pricing would be revealed later next month, most probably at the MWC 2014.

Nokia Asha 503

Key features
Quad-band GSM, GPRS, EDGE
Dual-band 3G with HSPA
Optional dual-SIM support, dual standby, hot-swappable secondary microSIM
Nokia Asha software platform 1.2
3" QVGA capacitive touchscreen, ~133 ppi, Corning Gorilla Glass 2
Proximity sensor
Accelerometer, display auto-rotation
64MB RAM, 128MB ROM, 40MB internal storage
Data-efficient Nokia Xpress browser
Nokia Store and 40 EA games for free
5.0 MP camera, VGA video recording @19fps, LED flash
microSD card support (up to 32 GB) and 4 GB microSD card in the box
Wi-Fi b/g/n connectivity
FM radio with RDS
Bluetooth v3.0
Standard microUSB port, charging
1200 mAh Li-Ion battery
Excellent loudspeaker performance
Solid codec support

LG Nexus 5

Key features

Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
Penta-band 3G with HSPA; LTE cat3
4.95" 16M-color 1080p True HD IPS Plus FullHD capacitive touchscreen
Corning Gorilla Glass 3 display protection
Android OS v4.4 KitKat
Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 CPU, 2 GB RAM, Adreno 330 GPU, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset
8MP autofocus camera with LED flash, geotagging, optical image stabilization, photo sphere, 1080p video recording @ 30fps with continuous autofocus and stereo sound; HDR mode, Dual recording, optical image stabilization
1.3 MP front-facing camera
16GB/32GB of built-in storage
microUSB port, USB host support, USB on-the-go, SlimPort TV-out
Bluetooth v4.0
NFC
Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct and DLNA
GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS
Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
Voice commands
Accelerometer and proximity sensor
Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
2300mAh Li-Po battery, wireless charging

Motorola Moto G Dual SIM

GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA
SIM Dual SIM, (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Announced 2014, January
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2014, January
BODY Dimensions 129.9 x 65.9 x 11.6 mm (5.11 x 2.59 x 0.46 in)
Weight -
DISPLAY Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.5 inches (~326 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
SOUND Alert types Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
MEMORY Card slot No
Internal 8/16 GB, 1 GB RAM
DATA GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
Speed HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB Host
CAMERA Primary 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, stereo sound rec., HDR
Secondary Yes, 1.3 MP
FEATURES OS Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
CPU Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Adreno 305
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5
Radio FM radio
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors Black (front panel), 7 color options (back panel)
  - SNS integration
- Google Drive (50 GB storage)
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP3/AAC+/WAV/Flac player
- MP4/H.263/H.264 player
- Organizer
- Photo viewer/editor
- Document viewer
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail
- YouTube, Google Talk, Picasa
- Voice memo/dial
- Predictive text input
BATTERY Non-removable Li-Ion 2070 mAh battery

Micromax Canvas Turbo

GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 2100
SIM Dual SIM (Micro-SIM)
Announced 2013, October
Status Available. Released 2013, October
BODY Dimensions -
Weight -
DISPLAY Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.0 inches (~441 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
SOUND Alert types Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
MEMORY Card slot No
Internal 16 GB (12.5 user available), 2 GB RAM
DATA GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
Speed HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 11 Mbps
WLAN Yes, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
CAMERA Primary 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps
Secondary Yes, 5 MP
FEATURES OS Android OS, v4.2.1 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset Mediatek MT6589T
CPU Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU PowerVR SGX544
Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5
Radio FM radio
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors Black, White
  - SNS integration
- MP3/AAC/WMA/WAV player
- MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- Organizer
- Document viewer
- Photo viewer/editor
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail, Youtube, Calendar, Google Talk
- Voice memo/dial
- Predictive text input
BATTERY Non-removable Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 105 h
Talk time Up to 7 h

Nokia Lumia 1320

GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - RM-994
  HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - RM-995
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - RM-996
4G Network LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 - RM-994
  LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - RM-995
SIM Micro-SIM
Announced 2013, October
Status Available. Released 2014, January
BODY Dimensions 164.2 x 85.9 x 9.8 mm, 125 cc (6.46 x 3.38 x 0.39 in)
Weight 220 g (7.76 oz)
DISPLAY Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 720 x 1280 pixels, 6.0 inches (~245 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
  - ClearBlack display
SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
  - Dolby Headphone sound enhancement
MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 64 GB
Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
DATA GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
Speed HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
CAMERA Primary 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features 1/4'' sensor size, geo-tagging, touch focus
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps
Secondary Yes, VGA
FEATURES OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Black
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon S4
CPU Dual-core 1.7 GHz
GPU Adreno 305
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5
Radio FM radio
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Java No
Colors Yellow, white, black, red
  - SNS integration
- Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
- 7GB free SkyDrive storage
- MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
- MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- Organizer
- Document viewer
- Video/photo editor
- Voice memo/command/dial
- Predictive text input
BATTERY Non-removable Li-Ion 3400 mAh battery (BV-4BW)
Stand-by Up to 672 h (2G) / Up to 672 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 25 h (2G) / Up to 21 h (3G)
Music play Up to 98 h

Nokia Lumia 1520

GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - RM-937, RM-939, RM-940
  HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - RM-938
4G Network LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - RM-937
  LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 - RM-938, RM-940
SIM Nano-SIM
Announced 2013, October
Status Available. Released 2013, November
BODY Dimensions 162.8 x 85.4 x 8.7 mm, 120.3 cc (6.41 x 3.36 x 0.34 in)
Weight 209 g (7.37 oz)
DISPLAY Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 1080 x 1920 pixels, 6.0 inches (~367 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 2
  - ClearBlack display
SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
  - Dolby Headphone sound enhancement
MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 64 GB
Internal 16 GB (RM-940 only)/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
DATA GPRS Yes
EDGE Up to 236.8 kbps
Speed HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
NFC Yes
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
CAMERA Primary 20 MP, Carl Zeiss optics, optical image stabilization, autofocus, dual-LED flash, check quality
Features 1/2.5'' sensor size, PureView technology, dual capture, geo-tagging, face detection, panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, video light, stereo sound rec., check quality
Secondary Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps
FEATURES OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Black
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800
CPU Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400
GPU Adreno 330
Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5
Radio FM radio
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Java No
Colors Yellow, white, black, red
  - SNS integration
- Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
- 7GB free SkyDrive storage
- MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
- MP4/DivX/XviD/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- Organizer
- Document viewer
- Video/photo editor
- Voice memo/command/dial
- Predictive text input
BATTERY Non-removable Li-Ion 3400 mAh battery (BV-4BW)
Stand-by Up to 768 h (2G) / Up to 768 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 27 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 25 h (3G)
Music play Up to 124 h

NOKIA LUMIA 525

GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - RM-998
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 - RM-998
SIM Micro-SIM
Announced 2013, November
Status Available. Released 2014, January
BODY Dimensions 119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm, 75.7 cc (4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)
Weight 124 g (4.37 oz)
DISPLAY Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches (~233 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Scratch-resistant glass
SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 64 GB
Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
DATA GPRS Class B
EDGE Up to 236.8 kbps
Speed HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
CAMERA Primary 5 MP, 2592х1936 pixels, autofocus
Features 1/4'' sensor size, geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps
Secondary No
FEATURES OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Black
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8227
CPU Dual-core 1 GHz
GPU Adreno 305
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5
Radio FM Radio
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Java No
Colors Black, White, Yellow, Red
  - SNS integration
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player
- MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- 7GB free SkyDrive storage
- Document viewer
- Video/photo editor
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input
BATTERY Li-Ion 1430 mAh battery (BL-5J)
Stand-by Up to 336 h (2G) / Up to 336 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 17 h (2G) / Up to 10 h 40 min (3G)
Music play Up to 48 h
MISC

Nokia Lumia 1320 Vs Micromax Canvas XL A119: Battle For Supremacy Continues

Operating System
 While the Nokia-based Lumia 1320 runs on the upgraded Windows Phone 8 OS, its Micromax counterpart runs on the Android Jelly Bean v4.2. And while the Windows Phone operating system is currently on the rise with its tile-based setup and a dedicated ecosystem, there's still some time left for it to catch up on Android which offers a host of apps and games that are, otherwise, missing from the Windows Phone OS, providing Micromax a powerful edge in the competition.



Display and Dimensions
Although both the devices sport a 6-inch display to begin with, Micromax's Canvas XL A119 comes with a qHD (960x540p) resolution display with 183 ppi (pixels per inch). Nokia's Lumia 1320, on the other hand, while also sporting a 6-inch size, offers an HD (1280x720p) display resolution with pixel density of 245 ppi.



Camera 
It seems like Micromax has the upper hand in this respect with the company offering a decent 8-megapixel camera that's assisted via LED flash and HD video recording, alongside a 5-megapixel camera on the front. The Lumia 1320, however, sports a 5-megapixel primary camera that offers two-stage auto focus, LED flash and full HD (1080p) video recording features.


Processing Power 
Again, Micromax gets to boast the upper hand here with a quad-core processor assisted by 1.3GHz CPU speed. Nokia's Lumia 1320, meanwhile, comes with a not-so-special dual-core chipset, although it makes amends to it with a faster 1.7GHz CPU speed.


Price
 As mentioned earlier, Nokia has a major drawback in this respect with its Lumia 1320 handset showing a price tag of Rs. 23,500. Micromax's Canvas XL A119, meanwhile, is available for a price that's under Rs. 14,000 - which is, at least, 10k less than what Nokia is charging.

Bangalore Treated to Free Wi-Fi for Users

Here's a treat for all you internet geeks out there in Bangalore. According to reports, the Karnataka government has started offering free Wi-Fi to citizens in the city to remain connected with their friends and family, apart from the freedom to browse the web at any given time.

The facility - called Namma Wi-Fi - tagged as the first of its kind in the country, will look to allow the public to use different devices like smartphones, tablets, laptops and others that can be connected to internet when they are in and around MG Road and Brigade Road or even at Shantinagar or Yeshwantpur bus terminals, apart from offering the service in Indiranagar as well, which is located in the city's eastern suburb.

The facility is a first step to make Bangalore a smart and connected city," internet and Wi-Fi service provider D-VoiS Broadband Ltd managing director Ramesh Satya told IANS. Started as an initiative via the state IT department and the state government's ICT (information and communications technologies) group, the new free internet facility is currently aiming at extending to up to 10 other hotspots across the city later in 2014. 

Winners of 59th Idea Filmfare Awards

Best Film - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Director - Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
Best Actor - Farhan Akhtar (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
Best Actress - Deepika PAdukone - Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela

Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Supriya Pathak Kapur (Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Nawazuddin Siddiqui (The Lunchbox)

Best Music - Mithhoon, Ankit Tiwari, Jeet Ganguly (Aashiqui 2)
Best Playback Singer (Male) - Arjit Singh - Tum hi ho - (Aashiqui 2)
Best Playback Singer (Female) - Monali Thakur - Sawaar (Lootera)
Best Lyrics - Prasoon Joshi - Zinda (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)


Best Debut (Male) - Dhanush (Raanjhanaa)
Best Debut (Female) - Vaani Kapoor (Shuddh Desi Romance)
Best Debut Director - Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox)

Best Actor (Critics) - Rajkumar Rao (Shahid)
Best Actress (Critics) - Shilpa Shukla (BA Pass)
Best Film (Critics) - The Lunchbox


Lifetime Achievement Award - Tanuja
RD Burman Award - Sidharth Mahadevan

Best Action - Thomas Struthers and Guru Bachchan (D Day) 
Best Background Score - Hitesh Sonik (Kai Po Che)
Best Choreogrpahy - Samir and Arsh Tanna – Lahu muh lag gaya (Goliyon Ki Raasleel Ram-leela) 
Best Cinematography - Kamaljit Negi (Madras Cafe) 
Best Costume - Dolly Ahluwalia (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag) 
Best Dialogue - Subhash Kapoor (Jolly LLB) 
Best Editing - Aarif Sheikh (D-Day)
Best Production Design- Acropolis Design (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag) 
Best Story - Subhash Kapoor (Jolly LLB) 
Best Sound Design - Bishwadeep Chatterjee and Nohar Rajan Samal (Madras Café) 
Best Screenplay - Chetan Bhagat, Abhishe Kapoor, Supratik Sen and Pubali Chaudhari (Kai Po Che)

Bieber Claims Michael Jackson's Throne via Instagram

The 19-year-old singer made his first public comment since being arrested Thursday on charges of driving under the influence, resisting arrest and driving with an expired license. Bieber chose to speak out on Instagram, where he has more than 13 million followers.

Bieber posted an image of himself, taken outside the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami, Fla., after being released on $2,500 bail, next to a picture of Michael Jackson. The caption read "What more can they say" with an emoji of a crown.

The picture, posted around 1:30 p.m. ET, has more than 700,000 likes at time of publishing.

The image of Jackson was taken in 2004 outside of a California courthouse after he pleaded not guilty to seven counts of child molestation. The Instagram picture's caption is supposedly a lyric from Jay Z's The Black Album.

While it seems odd for Bieber to compare his driving arrest to Jackson's legal troubles, the unapologetic nature of the image and comment does seem in line with the smug mugshot Miami Beach police tweeted after the pop star's arrest.

Google Responds to Massive Gmail Outage

"An internal system that generates configurations — essentially, information that tells other systems how to behave — encountered a software bug and generated an incorrect configuration," said Ben Treynor, Google's VP of Engineering, on the company's blog. "The incorrect configuration was sent to live services over the next 15 minutes, caused users’ requests for their data to be ignored, and those services, in turn, generated errors."

Google apologized for the outage, which, it reported, lasted 25 to 55 minutes and affected as many as 10% of users. The company also said they are in the process of putting systems in place to prevent any similar problems in the future.

The outage began Friday at 10:55 a.m. PST, according to Google. The sudden crash of multiple Google services at once caused an an uproar on Twitter, where affected users quickly pointed the finger at Google.

Yahoo was briefly involved in the Twitter firestorm when it dissed Google in a tweet, which was eventually removed. Yahoo later apologized from the same Twitter account saying the tweet "reflected bad judgment."

Elsewhere on social media, an unfortunately timed Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) with Google's Site Reliability Engineering team was happening during the outage, though the team declined to comment directly on the ongoing outage during the AMA.

Google offers $2.7 million in rewards at Pwnium 4 hacking contest for Chrome OS

Google today announced it is hosting its fourth Pwnium competition, aptly named Pwnium 4, this March. The security contest’s main focus will be Chrome OS, for which the company will be offering up to a total of $2.71828 million in rewards for security researchers (Google loves using geeky numbers for its prizes, such as those related to leet and pi – this one is for the mathematical constant e).

The breakdown for the winnings are the same as last year:

$110,000 USD: Browser or system-level compromise in guest mode or as a logged-in user, delivered via a web page.
$150,000 USD: Compromise with device persistence: guest to guest with interim reboot, delivered via a web page.
Again, just like in 2013, if you can hack Chrome OS, you’ll walk away with a six-figure check. Furthermore, this year Google is also planning to give out significant bonuses for demonstrating “a particularly impressive or surprising exploit.” The company offers three examples: defeating kASLR, exploiting memory corruption in the 64-bit browser process, or exploiting the kernel directly from a renderer process.

Also new in 2014, security researchers can choose between an ARM-based Chromebook (the WiFi-only HP Chromebook 11) or the Acer C720 Chromebook (the WiFi-only 2GB version) that is based on the Intel Haswell microarchitecture. Last year, only Intel-based Chrome OS devices were allowed to be hacked for prize money.

There is one other rule worth emphasizing: the attack must be demonstrated against one of the two aforementioned devices running whatever the Chrome OS stable version is at the time. All software included with the default installation of those devices may be used as part of the attack.

The full exploit must be given to Google, with explanations for all individual bugs used (all of which must be unknown), and exploits should be served from a password-authenticated and HTTPS-supported Google App Engine URL. Last year, no exploits for Chrome OS were found.