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Motorola has dropped the price of its $150 Moto Hint. The tiny device can now be purchased at a much more reasonable $80 from Motorola's website.

In case you are not aware what this is, Moto Hint is a tiny Bluetooth headset that allows you to perform searches on your phone using your voice. You can wake it up using a voice command and then ask queries by speaking them out, without taking your phone out of the pocket. The device automatically detects when it is placed in your ear and switches off when it is removed. The Hint also has a very small footprint and remains discreet most of the time. The small size does come at the cost of battery life, which is only about three hours but the supplied charger can charger it on the go up to two times with its internal battery.

The Moto Hint works best with Motorola's smartphones as they have the voice command app and on other devices mostly functions as a simple Bluetooth headset. It is available in black leather, brown leather, walnut, bamboo, and light fabric…

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Industry sources have revealed some of Google's plans for the future of Android Wear. As most of you surely remember, version 5.1.1 of the wearable OS came out fairly recently and brought about quite a few new gestures and a much-needed rethinking of the main control scheme and menu arrangement. According to some new info, the next iteration promises even more advanced functionality.

One of the main features, said to be in the works is a new single tap gesture, intended for interactive functionality on watch faces. Android Wear users have always been able to bring up the launcher with a single tap on the screen. While that is undoubtedly convenient, is seems that developers have been experimenting with other uses for the single tap, which Google is now picking up on. Currently, there are a few Wear apps in the Play Store that overwrite the aforementioned default behavior and implement some quick toggles or shortcuts, to be activated with a single press.

Apparently the idea has its appeal and has prompted Google to integrate the behavior straight into the OS, so developers won't have to rely on undocumented tricks and hidden buttons to get the effect they desire. This new control scheme might have already been in planning for some time now, since the last Android Wear update made the launcher accessible through a swipe from right to left. Essentially freeing up the single tap. And of course, there is always the familiar "OK Google" voice trigger.

A few leaked pictures provide examples as to what the new single tap gesture can be used for. They include cycling through variants of a watch face and changing up some of its aesthetics. Also, toggling a whole other state on an off. The new control scheme also opens up the possibility to interact with shortcuts on the watch face itself – bringing up more detail, or simply launching an app.

Watch to watch messages is said to be another new feature coming to Android Wear. Apple Watch users already have to possibility to send doodles to one another and Google doesn't want to lack too far behind. The feature is called Together and should allow Wear users to send each other messages, photos, emojis, stickers and also doodles. The following code gives some info on the new feature.

Oddly enough, however, the above snippet is said to come from a single watch face, rather than system-wide code. So, it could turn out to be restricted to a particular watch interface, which is kind of counter-intuitive. In any case, this info is preliminary and while it sounds credible enough, largely unconfirmed and subject to change.

Last, but not least, the next Android Wear update is said to finally put an end to the LG G Watch R Wi-Fi drama and enable the feature. We hope to find more information on the future of Android Wear soon and learn more about the upcoming features, prior to the software rollout, which was initially set for July 28, but will likely be postponed for…

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Microsoft has confirmed that it will be selling Windows 10 on bootable USB flash drives instead of optical media. This will allow consumers to install the OS even on machines that don't have an optical disc drive built-in, such as some of the ultraportable notebooks. The USB drives will also likely be a good bit faster than the discs, making the process quicker.

The OS is now currently up for pre-order on Amazon and is available on a USB drive. You can pre-order the Home edition for $119.99 and the Pro edition for $199.99, if you don't have an existing Windows machine that you can update for…

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Back in May Microsoft introduced one of its interesting new software projects – the Hyperlapse app. It offers a convenient and user-friendly way to build beautiful video sequenced with a hyperlapse effect. The app was originally developed for Windows Phone, along with an advanced paid version for Windows PC – Microsoft Hyperlapse Pro. However, the development team was nice enough to port everything over to Android as well. Now the said app is finished, has shed its beta tag and is available for free through the Play Store.

What the Microsoft Hyperlapse Mobile app does is provide an almost zero-settings approach to creating beautiful video sequences. The software can either record the raw footage itself, or work with a readymade one and the effect speed is also variable – form 2x, all the way to a nauseating 32x. Achieving a pleasant end result is actually not an easy task. There is a lot more to Hyperlapse than simply speeding up playback. A lot of filtering and smoothing over has to be applied, all calculated specifically to match the giver input footage.

This being said, the Hyperlapse Mobile app does require quite a bit of processing power to do its job. Initially, the Android version was limited to a handful of current devices, like the Samsung Galaxy S6, Nexus 5 and Sony Xperia Z3. Now, it seems to have shed most of these strict requirements, but results can vary if your handset is on the low-end side. As a minimum, you need 4.4 KitKat to run the app and once you get it installed, the rest is pretty straight-forward.

We definitely urge you to give it a shot next time you take a walk, or a bike ride for some eye-catching results. A link to the Play Store can be found below. You can also pick up the Windows Phone version if you are on a Lumia device, or a trial of the full PC suite.

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The Galaxy Note 5 seems to be on everybody's minds lately, ours included and there is a pretty good reason for all the excitement. As far as we currently know, the next model in the legendary Note series is set for an early announcement and will be unveiled on August 12, alongside a beefier version of the Galaxy S6 edge – called the S6 edge Plus.

Seeing how this is only a few weeks away, the rumor mill has been overflowing with specs leaks, speculations and even some pretty detailed renders, which we got the inside track on. But, even though most everything is now clear about the S6-inspired design of the Note 5, we are yet to see in in the flesh.

Today's leak, however, might just bring us one step closer to that goal. A new live photo has popped up online along with the claim that it depicts the Galaxy Note 5. But before you get too excited, or rather endlessly disappointed, form the bulky square design – the device in the photo is for testing purposes only, otherwise known as a "mule". For anyone unfamiliar with the concept – it is a fully-functioning phone, with proper hardware, but encased in a shell to hide its design features. That way a manufacturer can safely distribute new products prior to their release to various parties for testing. Allegedly, this is exactly that – a Note 5 mule, shipped nor network testing in the Czech Republic.

Now, this could very well be true, but even if it is, without any additional specs info or benchmark results from the said unit, the photo is merely a curiosity. Furthermore, the screen appears pretty low-res and brings some doubt as to whether it is the gorgeous 5.7-inch QHD Super AMOLED the Note 5 is said to use.

And, as long as we are on the topic of hardware, let's review what else we currently know about the Note. It will be powered by the in-house Exynos 7422 SoC, a reworked version of the already familiar 7420 inside the Galaxy S6, but with built-in cellular modems this time. The camera setup should consist of a 16MP primary camera with OIS and a 5MP front-facing one. Memory is set at 4GB for RAM and 32GB of onboard storage. Battery capacity should be 4,100 mAh and the exact measurements are 153.3mm x 76.1mm x 7.9mm.

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Six ex-employees of the Italy-based spy software firm Hacking Team are now being probed by the prosecutors in connection with the company's recent security breach that saw hackers allegedly stealing a whopping 400GB of data, according to a Reuters report.

Interestingly, those being investigated now are already being probed for revealing Hacking Team's industrial secrets, an accusation that was levelled by the company's Chief Executive David Vincenzetti back in May this year. Both investigations have now been combined, the report notes.

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India's mobile market has been growing at amazing speeds, but despite the phenomenal rate of tech adoption, there is still a lot of work to be done as far as market reach and network coverage. India's 4G LTE networks are still in their infancy, yet, their growing spread and popularity has prompted Microsoft to push a new update, enabling 4G on select India smartphones.

The said OTA simply enables 4G on a software level, which was hidden on a lot of units, intended for the local market, despite already having the required LTE modem. No official list of eligible devices has been shared yet and lots of user reports have been confirming support for a few models, like the Lumia 930 and Lumia 1520. Other viable candidates seem to be the Lumia 735, 830, 1320, 1020, as well as the new 640 and 640 XL and probably many others (feel free to correct us, if we are wrong).

At this point any user feedback on the matter is appreciated, so if you are in India and received an OTA in the past few days, then be sure to check under network settings and report back if you now have the new 4G and 4G only…

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