FINALLY FACEBOOK ANNOUNCES THE ACQUISITION OF TECNO SMARTPHONES FOR $3 BILLION

As odd as this may sound, the popular social media network Facebook has officially announced this morning the acquisition of the chinese firm (Tecno).

Mark Zukerberg the CEO of Facebook shocked the whole world to share on his timeline that Tecno smartphones has been bought for a whipping sum of $3 billion. He said

         

           "APRIL FOOL!!!!!"

haha... wait let me laugh more *hehe* I got you there reader... Do you actually think facebook will buy Tecno??? Lol!

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PASSWORDBOX PARTNERS WITH NYMI WRISTBAND THAT ENABLES YOU TO LOGIN ON MOBILE

Bionym the Nymi armband is
teaming up with PasswordBox with the aim  making it possible to authenticate your mobile logins using your heart rate automatically, for super fast
access to websites, devices and services.

This innovation promises to offer secure, unique authentication and identification of its users (Nyim) based on their ECG or heart rate. This partnership allows Nymi to automatically log you into all your stored services, based on proximity and gesture detection, making the need to remember all those things and enter them manually irrelevant. PasswordBox is a login locker app that stores passwords securely and allows you to access them anywhere for quick and easy retrieval.

Nymi works with PasswordBox’s existing “1-Tap” login feature, which normally requires just a
single tap to enter your login info on mobile devices. Which has already removed due to Nymi integration. Which is set to launch later this year.

PasswordBox normally works on a subscription model, but as part of the deal between the app maker and the armband maker, every Nymi pre-order both existing and through July 2015  will receive a free subscription to its services.

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SHOCKING: NOKIA LUMIA 930 MIGHT NOT BE LAUNCHED AT THE MICROSOFT BUILD CONFERENCE

As lovers of Nokia phones and Windows phones users wait patiently for the release of the Lumia 630 and 930 at the Build Conference coming up in April.  But we have only been seeing more of the Lumia 630 and virtually nothing from the 930.

A trusted tipster of NokiaPowerUser claims that the new phone will indeed miss the BUILD conference. Other sources still claim that both phones will launch in April.

Windows Phone 8.1 is a certain participant of BUILD conference, even if we don't see the high-end phones.Many details about it are still unofficial but the new OS version will be available for
Windows Phone 8 devices some time in early May, if rumors are to taken into consideration.

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ANDROID UPDATES: LG G PAD AND VU 3 GETS ANDROID 4.4 KITKAT UPDATE

Good news to all the LG fans in South korea, LG has started rolling out Android 4.4 KitKat firmware for various devices available only in South Korea. The first one to get it is the South Korean model of the LG G Pad 8.3 slate.

The update is available both via OTA service and LG's Mobile Support Tool. LG Vu 3 is also included in the KitKat update. LG Optimus G Pro is also getting Android 4.4, but it is available only in South Korea for now. Its KitKat firmware is available for all three carrier-bound versions in South Korea, but you must get it via the local LG support website.

LG is working on KitKat updates for four more South Korean models - the Optimus LTE2 , Optimus Vu 2, Optimus GK and LG GX. The KitKat
upgrades should be ready later this year. We also know that, LG has already launched KitKat updates for the LG G2 and G Flex worldwide .

Kudos to LG for the firmware updates. We hope more internationally available
smartphones like Tecno and the rest will do the same thing.

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WATCH OUT FOR HTC ONE (M8) MINI, COMING SOON IN MAY

More than six days now after the M8 was officially launched, reports from a UK retailer confirms that HTC is currently working on a mini version of  HTC One (M8) . The HTC One (M8) mini will keep the new 90% aluminum unibody design. The device is rumored to come with a 4.5" display of unknown resolution, but we think HTC will probably stick to 720p for the mini. We have no information on the chipset, but apparently the HTC One (M8) mini will come with a single UltraPixel camera on its back. The UltraPixel duo will be a reserved key feature to the M8 flagship only.

The HTC One mini is also rumored to be launched in May. This means that HTC fans should get ready, and we hope that it'll come in an affordable price that will pocket-friendly.

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MASSIVE DEMAND OF HTC ONE (M8) IN TAIWAN

After the HTC One was released last week in Taiwan. The sales of the device has been massive and huge from consumers. Distributors confirm that the demand for the M8 us more than what they have been supplied. This Asian version of the M8 has a
Snapdragon 801 where the CPU is clocked at 2.5GHz instead of 2.3GHz .

Verizon is now making huge sales of HTC One as confirmed from reports. Sophia Tsai, general manager of PDAKing who made the announcement, didn’t give a
concrete sales count, but apparently orders have been doubling each dayvsince the phone became available on March 25.

Though US operators are still yet to get supplies of the HTC One not until 11th of April when the Samsung Galaxy S5 will also be launched. Still, HTC's stock has been on the rise this last month, so thing might finally be picking up for the troubled company.

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SAMSUNG GALAXY S5 WILL HELP YOU DETECT WHEN YOUR BABY IS CRYING

As the official release of Samsung flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5 on the 11th of April gets closer day-by-day we've heard that some countries have already pre-ordered for it. What we know now is that the Samsung Galaxy S5 will  feature a baby monitor to help detect when your baby is
crying. Galaxy S5 already has multiple great new features in it, this includes:
- heart rate sensor and
- fingerprint scanner.

This new feature called the Baby Monitor helps to alert parents when their babies starts crying. Nursing mothers will find this feature interesting. This new feature is not actually obvious, it is actually kind of hidden inside the “accessibility menu” of the device. The smartphone sends vibrating alerts to the Galaxy Gear that’s paired with the device.

According to Samsung, the feature works best when the
S5 is within 1 meter of the baby and there’s no background noise.

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FACEBOOK BUILDING DRONES TO DELIVER AFFORDABLE INTERNET TO EVERYONE

Facebook is at it again, the most populated social network is inventing new technologies to deliver affordable Internet access to everyone.

Facebook announced on Thursday that it's working to troubleshoot the technical and financial obstacles to bringing the Internet to the rest of the world with a team that it's calling Facebook Connectivity Lab .

The lab, which is closely linked with Facebook's Internet.org which initiative, is building "drones, satellites, and lasers to deliver the internet to everyone," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a post published to his social-network Timeline.

The Connectivity Lab team, is tasked with the invention of new technology to provide affordable Internet access for all. The reveal coincides with the social network's decision to bring aboard five aerospace experts from the UK company Ascenta.

"Our team has many of the world's leading experts in aerospace and communications technology,
including from NASA's Jet
Propulsion Lab and Ames Research Center,"
Zuckerberg said.
"Today we are also bringing on key members of the team from Ascenta, a small UK-based company whose founders created early versions of Zephyr, which became the world's longest flying solar-powered unmanned aircraft. They will join our team working on connectivity aircraft."

To be precise, the Connectivity Lab team is working on something called free-space optical communication (FSO), which uses light to transmit data through space with infrared laser beams. In some suburban areas, Facebook
will use long-endurance aircraft to port reliable Internet connections, and in lower density areas the
company is testing low-Earth orbit satellites to beam Internet access to the ground.