Android Lollipop 5.1.1 for Huawei Ascend Mate7 is now available

Over a year after its initial release and a couple of substantial price cuts later the Huawei Ascend Mate7 is still a pretty tantalizing offer. It just seems that Huawei though well ahead when designing the Mate and coincidentally or not, it now offers a combination of quite a few trendy features, like a metal body, spacious 6.0-inch display and always-on fingerprint reader, all with the added bonus of a dropping price tag.

Better yet, Huawei hasn’t forgotten about the phablet, as evident by the new Android 5.1.1 update that just popped-up on its support website. The new OS brings an array of core Android improvements to the handset, as well as the updated EMUI 3.1.

Currently the software package is available for two of the most popular variants of the Mate7 – the MT7-L09 and MT7-TL10 and can be downloaded from the source link. Both weigh about 1.20GB, so it should be a more or less complete overhaul. Over the air roll out should be under way as well, but you could just as easily use the default updater to get the job done with the downloaded ZIP yourself.

And for anybody interested in purchasing the premium handset here is a quick rundown of the rest of the specs: The already mentioned 6.0-inch display has a resolution of 1080p and is powered by the company’s own octa-core Kirin 925 processor, featuring four 1.8GHz Cortex-A15 cores and four 1.3GHz Cortex-A7 cores alongside a Mali-T628 GPU. Storage options include 16GB and 32GB and memory is set at 2GB or 3GB, respectively. A 13MP/5MP camera due take care of the shooting department and a 4100 mAh battery powers the…

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ASUS announces plans to begin manufacturing smartphones in India with Foxconn

ASUS has announced that it will start manufacturing smartphones in India in collaboration with Foxconn, to support India’s ‘Make in India’ campaign. The devices will be manufactured in Foxconn’s plant in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh.

The first phone to be manufactured will be the recently launched Zenfone 2 Laser, which will soon be followed by the Zenfone Go. ASUS aims to produce 150,000 smartphones in India per month by the end of the current financial year, which will account for almost 80% of the sales in India.

“India offers us a huge opportunity as smartphone penetration is just 10%. We are excited to announce our local manufacturing facility that will cater to the growing demands of the market”, said Peter Chang, Regional Head – South Asia & Country Manager – System Business Group – ASUS India. “The Indian government’s focus on ‘Make in India’ has opened a plethora of opportunities for international companies. It is an opportune time to make the announcement as it will enable us to bring our cutting edge products to consumers who are looking for features and design sensibilities of a high-end smartphone at an economic price.”

Chang further added, “We are aggressively targeting the Indian market. We aim to achieve 5% market share in the country by next year and empower all our customers with…

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Crea tus propios circuitos para Gran Turismo 6 desde tu tablet

El editor de pistas que Polyphony Digital lleva prometiendo desde hace años ya está aquí. Probablemente no sea la herramienta que habías imaginado en tus sueños, pero al menos ya hay algo con el que poder recrear tu sacacorchos particular. El Track P…

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Raspbian se actualiza a Debian 8

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Raspbian OS, el famoso sistema operativo o distribución Linux para la exitosa Raspberry Pi, se ha actualizado para basarse en Debian 8. Antes estaba basado en Debian 7 Wheezy, y sus desarrolladores han trabajado para que esté disponible la nueva versión con corazón Jessie. Todo listo para utilizar en el mal llamado “miniPC”, la SBC con más prestigio de todas, la Raspberry Pi.

A pesar de su sencillez y los años, la Raspberry Pi continúa en su ascenso de popularidad y se actualiza tanto en hardware como en software. Igual que Arduino, parece una plataforma que ha sabido conquistar a los usuarios, sobre todo para fines educativos y aquellos manitas que les gusta el DIY. Su flexibilidad permite crear proyectos increíbles y su precio tan bajo la hacen perfecta para que cualquiera la vea asequible. 

Pues bien, ahora Raspbian, este Debian tan particular para la placa basada en ARM, también ha dado un pasito de progreso. No solo su “corazón” se ha visto actualizado, también han aparecido mejoras y correcciones de algunos problemas con respecto a versiones anteriores. Por ejemplo, hay varias mejoras en su interfaz y su rendimiento ha sido mejorado, tanto para la placa en su primera versión (con sus respectivos modelos) como para la nueva Raspberry Pi 2.

Los menús y el escritorio también se han modificado. Notarás cambios en el aspecto que parece ahora más moderno. Y no solo eso, algunas aplicaciones como LibreOffice y Claws Mail han visto una subida de rendimiento porque el nuevo tema GTK+3 ha sido optimizado para trabajar mejor con ellas, especialmente en la Raspi 2. Se han integrado también mejoras en cuanto a configuración del sistema, como una GUI para raspi-config, así podrás configurar con una interfaz gráfica de forma más intuitiva.

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Linux Foundation: Companies Are Asking Us How To Use Open Source

The modern CEO needs to find a way to manage the external R&D created by people that don’t work for them [i.e. the code that is available in open source projects]. These firms are ‘getting it’ i.e. they get that they have to ‘take’ the open source code, but also be a contributor and give back — it’s for their own benefit.

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