Daily Archives: October 26, 2015

OnePlus X will cost $267 according to newly leaked promo image

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The OnePlus X should be announced on October 29 as a smaller Android smartphone than the OnePlus 2. So far we’ve heard it might end up costing either $220 or $249, but now it appears that it could actually be a little more expensive.

What you see to the left is a purported leaked promotional image prepared by OnePlus for its next smartphone. As you can see, it shows us quite a bit of the device’s front, but it also has a price attached: CNY 1,699.

At the current exchange rates, that means $267 or €242. Do note that this pricing is probably only going to be valid for China. Internationally the OnePlus X will surely be close to that amount, but it could be slightly different. We wouldn’t be surprised to see the phone going for $249 to $299, and €249 to €299.

According to past leaks, the OnePlus X will feature a 5-inch 1080p touchscreen, a 13 MP rear camera, and a 5 MP selfie snapper. The source of the leaked promo image also says the handset will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 801 SoC, and will have 3GB of RAM and 16 or 32GB of storage.

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Pyramids of Giza: Technology may unlock secrets of Egypt’s Wonder of the Ancient World

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Pyramids of Giza: Technology may unlock secrets of Egypt’s Wonder of the Ancient World
Experts will use radiography, drone-mounted scanners and thermal imaging in an attempt to answer a question that has puzzled Egyptologists for centuries: how these huge structures were built without the aid of modern technology.

October 26, 2015 at 01:07PM
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Facebook’s getting a ‘more useful’ notifications tab for mobile

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For users of the Facebook Android app, the notifications tab might be somewhere you spend a lot of time. Knowing this, the social network is aiming to make the tab a lot more useful, providing the user with more information than just what it offers now, and hoping to provide a better experience because of it.

Facebook is calling the new notifications tab something that’s more “expanded, personalized,” and based on the information announced in its official blog post, that seems to be the case. After the update rolls out, which Facebook is currently working on, Android app users will see more content within the notifications tab, all of which can be customized to fit what you want to see and, more importantly, what the user wants to get notified about.

That includes family and friends’ birthdays or other life events, but also includes sports scores and TV reminders, all based on information pulled from Pages that the user has liked in the past. The new notifications panel will also show information based on events that the user has signed up for.

If that’s not enough, Facebook will let users add even more information to the list of notifications. That includes even more information based on the user’s surrounding area, as long as they have Location History activated:

  • Things happening around your community, like local events and news that is popular in the city you live in
  • Weather updates, like current conditions and severe weather alerts
  • Movies playing in theaters near you
  • A list of nearby places to eat, with links to the places’ Facebook Pages and reviews

Notifications can be customized to the user’s liking so that they aren’t flooded with information, and only see what they want. Facebook also says that current notifications settings won’t change after the update arrives.

As far as the arrival date, Facebook simply says that it will roll out for Android (and iOS) in the U.S. gradually.

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Download the HTC One A9’s pretty wallpaper pack

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The One A9 comes with some great wallpapers pre-installed. Photo: HTCHTC is ushering in a new design language with its new One A9, and with it comes a whole bunch of pretty new wallpapers. You can download them now for your device right here. Some stock wallpapers aren’t worth using, let alone sharing. For instance, those that come pre-installed on Samsung’s latest device are colorful but incredibly boring,

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Xposed Framework y sus módulos también serán compatibles con Android 6.0 Marshmallow

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Hace tan sólo unos años, requerir de permisos root era algo totalmente necesario y recomendado para deshacerse de las interminables aplicaciones del fabricante, incluso de la operadora y liberar carga al terminal para obtener un aumento del rendimiento.

Lo cierto es que cada vez, a excepción de algunos casos, requerimos menos de los permisos de superusuario para modificar la opción por defecto del terminal recién salido de fábrica, ya que los fabricantes optan por incluir menor número de bloatware y hasta Google nos facilita la tarea con la posibilidad de eliminar sin permisos adicionales muchas de las aplicaciones preinstaladas.

Sea como fuere, nunca está de más disponer de root sea cual sea el objetivo. Si te preocupa que esto no sea posible en la nueva versión Android 6.0 Marshmallow tranquilo, ya que su desarrollador rovo89 ha confirmado que se encuentra en desarrollo y que será una realidad en cualquier momento.

Xposed Framework también llegará a Android 6.0 Marshmallow

Tanto dispongas de la nueva versión de Android actualmente o estés esperando la llegada de ROMs personalizadas, está confirmado que en un tiempo la compatibilidad de Xposed con Marshmallow será posible y podremos comenzar a exprimir todo su potencial gracias al uso de los módulos que también se irán actualizando.

Como bien comenta rovo89 en XDA, dar el salto a Marshmallow no será nada sencillo, ya que Google ha modificado buena parte del código fuente con las novedades presentes y es complicado localizar la ubicación de las nuevas compilaciones para obtener finalmente lo que llamamos el permiso y la compatibilidad suficiente para modificar el sistema operativo sin riesgo alguno.

De hecho, asegura que es incluso igual o más difícil que anteriormente cuanto tuvo que dar el salto de Android 5.0 a Android 5.1 Lollipop, cuando no deja de ser una actualización con cambios menores y sin demasiada importancia.

Buenas noticias y de agradecer el compromiso de este reputado desarrollador con su importante tarea de ofrecer a todos los usuarios de Android la posibilidad de instalar módulos Xposed para modificar cualquier parámetro del terminal. Solo queda esperar pacientemente su lanzamiento, pues el desarrollo continúa.

¿Y tú que piensas? Pásate por Xposed Framework y sus módulos también serán compatibles con Android 6.0 Marshmallow para dejar tu huella.

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Retailer spills Samsung Galaxy View price tag and specifications

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Galaxy View won't come cheap. Photo: AdoramaA U.S. retailer has spilled the price tag and full set of specifications — and already started taking pre-orders — for Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy View tablet ahead of its official unveiling. The listing describes Galaxy View as a “TV reimagined for the streaming age,” delivering “a portable, touchable TV experience plus a bigger window to

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