Instagram has announced a big update for its mobile apps today. This affects users on both Android and iOS, and the newest version of the app should have already been offered to you as an update through the iOS App Store or the Google Play Store.

The first thing you’ll notice once you install the new iteration is that the app has a different icon. Instagram has gone through a lot of ideas until it settled on the colorful new logo you can see below.

Not only the main Instagram app has received a new icon – the same treatment has been applied to Layout, Boomerang, and Hyperlapse, the…

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Analysts from Kantar Worldpanel have the mobile OS market share numbers for Q1 2016 and they show the largest growth of Android in two years. Google’s mobile OS grew by 7.1% points to 75.6% in the EU5 (UK, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain). In China, Android rose nearly 6% points to 77%, while in the US its market share is 65.5%, up by 7.3% points.

Android’s market share in China is going up year-over-year

Lauren Guenveur, a mobile analyst for Kantar Worldpanel, says that Android’s growth comes not just from one or two players, but from different brands and ecosystems, which vary…

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Next-gen Motos have been occupying the rumors section these past few days. The flagship of the line, the Moto X 2016, was previously seen in leaked renders, but now the front of a prototype has been caught on camera.

Like the upcoming Moto G, the X will have a 5.5″ display. It will reportedly resemble the Moto X Force/Droid Turbo 2 display – AMOLED, with Shattershield protection.

You can also see the square fingerprint reader, a design feature it shares with the G model. Two round holes above the screen suggest a front-facing flash like on the Moto X Style. Also note the “Moto” logo,…

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Microsoft has released the Windows 10 Mobile Cumulative Update for May. The firmware update brings the software version to 10.0.10586.318.

Here’s the changelog from Microsoft.

Reliability, performance and stability improvements.Fix for a problem that could result in unexpected battery drain while the phone screen is off. Improvements to the update system to prevent phones getting into a state where attempting to take an update may lead to errors 0x800f081f or 0x80070570. Fix for a problem that caused some phones to finish the initial setup wizard with an incomplete set of app…

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The Samsung Galaxy C5 – which has been the subject of several leaks and rumors so far – has now received certification from the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), indicating an imminent launch.

Multiple image leaks have already confirmed a metallic body for the device. Rumors say that it will be powered by a Snapdragon 617 chipset, and sport a 5.2-inch 1080p display. RAM is 4GB, while OS is Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

The phone expected to go official in China sometime this month. There’s, however, currently no information on if and when it will be launched outside of the world’s…

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A teaser image of ZTE’s upcoming Axon 2 flagship was shared by the Chinese company’s CEO Zeng Xuezhong on Weibo. While the device’s TENAA listing already revealed the front and the back of the device, the new teaser image focuses on the phone’s bottom, and compares it with the bottom of the iPhone 6s and the Huawei P9.

One can’t help but notice the minimalistic design (sans any screws and speaker) that differentiates the Axon 2 from the other two flagship smartphones. However, it’s worth mentioning that this design is not new to ZTE phones, as – for example – the Axon and Axon Elite…

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Serial flashers (not that kind) are already aware of Google’s factory images for Nexus devices, that let you download the full ROM and flash it to your Nexus device. The downside to doing this was you needed an unlocked bootloader, and doing that would wipe your device.

Enter OTA binary image files. These allow you to sideload the image to your device without having to bother with the bootloader. This means you can upgrade easily without having your data wiped (although it wouldn’t hurt to backup, just in case).

As before, these are only available to Nexus devices for now.

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Samsung’s next-gen fitness band may arrive sooner than expected – as soon as next month. The Samsung Gear Fit 2 is spearheaded by SVP Rhee In-jong, who also leads Samsung Pay.

The new band will add GPS to existing formula as well as the bio-processor Samsung announced late last year. The processor goes beyond the usual heart rate tracking, it promises to measure body fat and skeletal muscle mass. It’s questionable how accurate those measurements will be, but the GPS will definitely improve run and biking tracking.

The Gear Fit 2 will use an updated 1.84″ Super AMOLED screen that…

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The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) has made the next logical step from yesterday’s full reveal, and is now official. As you can imagine, the final specs are entirely the same as the ones leaked yesterday.

That means a 10.1-inch display with 1,920×1,200 pixel resolution. The technology is Samsung’s own PLS (Plane to Line Switching), a variation of the popular IPS panels.

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016)

On the inside, an octa-core 1.6GHz processor churns, and even if it’s not mentioned explicitly in the press release, it more than likely means the Exynos 7870 with 8…

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HTC has started rolling out an update to its newly-launched 10 smartphone in the US. As per the change-log, the update brings enhancements related to camera performance and WiFi stability, as well as improvements related to system stability.

The update (which is currently only hitting unlocked units of the device) might appear to be similar to the one that was rolled out early last week in Europe, but is certainly more heavier than the latter – it weighs in at around 395MB, compared to the 85MB European update.

It bumps up the software version to 1.53.617.5, and also brings along…

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