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[Rumour] Microsoft Surface Phone Specs are Finally Here!

Surface Phone rumours are so common that we typically ignore them. However, over the weekend the latest round of speculation, spurred by a supposed render of Microsoft’s super phone, have gathered pace. So, is the image you see above the actual Surface Phone, and if it is, what does that mean for the Windows platform on mobile? The render was revealed by Nokibar, a typically solid source, with the outlet showing off a rather generic handset that does support the quirk of a keyboard flip case. This would allow Microsoft to differentiate its Surface Phone has a different category to…

Phonebloks Founder Says Google Can do Better with Ara!

LG released its latest smartphone, the G5 a few weeks ago, which was deemed as the world’s first “Modular” smartphone. A similar idea was put forth by Dave Hakkens, creator and designer of Phonebloks, an open-source modular smartphone concept way back in 2013. He inspired the world with a vision of a wholly modular smartphone, which aimed at reducing electronic waste, and also giving users customizable control over their devices, and let them keep the using the same device for years to come. The concept, Phonebloks, was massively well-received, and also the video describing it has been viewed over 21 million times! Turned out…

Have you heard of Kodi for Android?, No? Then you should!

In the media rich world of today , we humans have a million choices available for enjoying it to the best of our liking.That being said if you’re looking for something that is top notch , can segregate and provide you one of the best quality of music ,photos,videos and podcasts its none other than Kodi . Back in the days of the XBMC(Xbox Media Centre) as it was called , Kodi was the mother of media players for the original Xbox.The thing about Kodi is that it looks really great on the High Definition TV providing you great,versatile and…

Samsung’s 4K 5.5″ Smartphone Display is Here, VR Supported!

After seeing competition from Google’s Daydream announcement and HTC Vive, Samsung decided to step up their Virtual Reality game and unveiled a 5.5 inch 4K panel at the display week in San Francisco. This will be a massive game changer as the pixel density immensely affects the VR experience of consumers. This 4K panel has a PPI of 806, same as that of the 4K Sony xperia z5 premium. Brilliant indeed. Other than that it also has 97% color gamut accuracy. Samsung specifically named the panel “High resolution for VR” and its worth questioning whats special about the VR display…

Ray Kurzweil working with Google to create Chatbots Offering Interesting Conversations!

We have all heard of voice assistants such as Google Now , Siri and Cortana ,but all in all they are just AI assistants and no more.One cant hope to have an illuminating and interesting conversation with them like we can do with people as they clearly lack the human intellect.However you can be sure that they are working on improving the AI of such assistants. Ray Kurzweil renowned American Inventor ,author and futurist is working in collaboration with Google and his team in bringing out chat-bots which can one day make for such interesting conversations.Below is a small video…