There’s a shift of command in the house of Xperia. The Sony Xperia X and its two siblings are taking over from the Xperia Z. A dynasty has come to an end. We hear the C and M families are being put out to pasture as well, soon it will be all X top to bottom.

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LG has announced that its flagship device, the modular LG G5, will go on pre-bookings starting May 21 in India.

The pre-bookings will go from May 21 till May 30. Customers eager to buy the phone will be able to pre-book from retail outlets, LG branded stores, and online exclusively through Flipkart.

As a bonus, LG is giving away a LG CAM Plus – a camera grip for the G5 that gives you a better grip as well as physical buttons for the camera, and also includes a built-in battery to extend the battery life of your phone – to everyone who is pre-booking the G5 in India.

You can…

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The teasing of the ZUK Z2 by high-ranking company officials continues. After the render shared yesterday by a Lenovo VP, today it is the ZUK CEO that took it to Weibo to share that the Z2 will be powered by Samsung’s Exynos 8890 chipset (best known from its starring role in the Galaxy S7).

With a hat tip to Meizu VP Li Nan for thinking alike, ZUK’s Chang Cheng has labeled the SoC “good” after spending a day with the smartphone. So far Meizu has been the only manufacturer to use Samsung chipsets, other than the Korean company itself, hence the pleasantries between the two Chinese…

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Google announced a bunch of new features in the upcoming Android N during the Google I/O keynote, one of which was seamless updates. With this, new Android devices running N will be able to download the updates in the background and the next time you restart the device you will be running the new version.

Turns out, the key word here is ‘new’. According to Android Police, the seamless update features won’t be coming to existing Android devices.

The feature requires two partitions, one offline and one online, and it installs the update on the offline partition and then switches it to…

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Ride sharing service Uber is currently running a promotion where-in it’s offering $10 off a ride if you pay using Google’s mobile payments service Android Pay.

To avail the deal, first download the Android Pay app from the Play Store and set up the service (if you haven’t done that already). Then open your Uber app, and enter “ANDROIDPAY” promo code in the Promotions section of your app.

The offer – which is valid for a single trip (per account) requested via UberBLACK, UberX, UberSELECT, or UberPOOL options – is limited to the US only, and expires May 31.

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Microsoft is working on adding native call and SMS blocking capability to the Windows 10 Mobile platform. This was revealed by a leaked set of screenshots that show an app named ID & Filter offering the aforementioned functionality.

“ID & Filter provides info about numbers known to send spam, and shows caller ID info about businesses who contact you,” says the app description. ID & Filter also allows you to block calls from a specific category of business, such as advertising, real estate, couriers, finance, and taxi.

There’s currently no information on when the app will be released…

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BlackBerry’s debut Android smartphone Priv has started receiving yet another Marshmallow beta update, making it the fourth beta build that has been rolled out to the device. The update weighs in at 1.8GB.

Like it has been the case previously as well, the update is not hitting all Priv variants – this time around models STV100-1 (purchased from ShopBlackBerry or Amazon), STV100-3 (Canadian carrier variants and those available within Asia-Pacific), and STV100-4 (available in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) are getting the new beta build.

It’s worth mentioning that BlackBerry has…

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Market research firm comScore’s latest report reveals that Microsoft’s Bing is continuing to gain market share in the United States, although slowly and steadily. On the other hand, market leader Google’s share has dropped a bit.

The latest numbers reveal 21.6% market share for Bing, up slightly from the previously revealed 21.4% share. Google, meanwhile, saw its market share dipping from 64.0% to 63.8% during the same time period.

Yahoo came in at number three with 12.2% share, while Ask Network and AOL rounded up the top 5 with 1.5% and 0.9% share, respectively. In case you don’t…

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With Google confirming Play Store’s arrival on Chromebooks, we’re sure most of you will be waiting to know exactly which Chromebooks will support Android apps. Well, the wait is over as the Mountain View, California-based company has released the list.

The list of Chromebooks that Google says will work with Android apps starting next month currently includes Acer Chromebook R11, Asus Chromebook Flip, and of course Google Chromebook Pixel (2015).

The search giant also released a long list of Chromebooks that will get the Play Store later this year (head to the Source 2 link below)….

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I am confused as I write this. Before reading ahead, you need to see the same video that left me with a baffled look on my face. I feel as if I just got back from my own high school days once filled with acne, confused teenagers, long hair, and Motorola RAZRs. The video is titled “Moto 06.09.16”, likely the date for a new phone to launch or to hold an unveiling event.

Lenovo quietly released this ad, on Motorola Mobility’s YouTube channel, set in a high school with a bunch of adolescents living through their high school phases. The ad starts with a girl sending a text message to…

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