Crossy Road on Android has got a fun little update that a lot of you should appreciate. The game now supports local multiplayer. Now, up to four people can join in the same game over a local Wi-Fi network and play against each other. The one who goes the farthest wins. The gameplay is similar to that on the Apple TV version, where you can push other players into traffic or water, and even block them from moving, which makes this a bit more fun than just moving forward. The multiplayer is only available on Android for now. Unfortunately, it does not work over Bluetooth, so you have…

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First details regarding of the upcoming 3rd generation Moto E have surfaced thanks to import documents on Zauba. Codenamed “Affinity”, the phone is listed to have a 5″ display and a price of just $78. While it’s clear that this price isn’t the device’s retail one, it’s an indication that the “Affinity” is a low-budget device. The current Moto E (2nd gen) sports a 4.5″ display, so the upcoming model will presumably grow in size. Presumably, the Moto E (3rd gen) will be larger in order to accommodate a fingerprint scanner. As a Lenovo exec said earlier in January, all 2016 Moto…

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Xiaomi has announced that it will launch its own mobile payments service. The Chinese smartphone manufacturer – which is the biggest player in its home market – will partner with the country’s national bank card association China UnionPay for the service. According to the company’s CEO Lei Jun, Xiaomi Pay – or whatever it will be called – will be a Near Field Communication (NFC)-based mobile payments solution, just like Apple Pay. Currently, the Chinese mobile payments market is dominated by local players such as Alibaba and Tencent. Another well known Chinese smartphone vendor…

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Microsoft has released its Q3 fiscal 2016 earnings report, revealing that it sold only 2.3 million Lumia phones in the quarter. The figure is down 73% compared to the same quarter last year, when the Redmond, Washington-based company sold a total of 8.6 million Lumias. Compared to last quarter, when the company sold 4.5 million Lumia units, the number is down around 50%. Microsoft also revealed that the sales of non-Lumia units stood at 15.7 million units, down from the 24.7 million figure it reported the same time last year. Talking of phone revenue, it was down $662 million, which…

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Huawei’s sub-brand Honor has announced that its 5X smartphone will start getting the Android Marshmallow update soon, although no specific date was revealed. The announcement came in the form of a tweet from the brand’s US Twitter handle. It’s sweet. It’s fluffy. And it’s coming soon to Honor 5x. #YouReady? http://pic.twitter.com/uUI06QlMAm— Honor USA (@Honor_USA) April 22, 2016 Running Android 5.1 Lollipop, the Honor 5X launched in the United States back in January this year, carrying a $200 price tag. It has been available in gold, silver, and grey color options from HiHonor, Amazon and…

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In an effort to further improve its service, Facebook has yet again updated it News Feed ranking algorithm. The social networking company says that the algorithm will now also take into account the amount of time users spend reading/watching stuff they click from their News Feeds. “We are adding another factor to News Feed ranking so that we will now predict how long you spend looking at an article in the Facebook mobile browser or an Instant Article after you have clicked through from News Feed,” Facebook said in a press release. “We will not be counting loading time towards this —…

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Xiaomi has announced that its Redmi Note 3 smartphone will be available for purchase in India without any registrations next week – the open sale will kick start on April 27 at 2PM. The announcement came in the form of tweet from the Chinese company’s India unit. The tweet contains a link to mi.com/in, suggesting that the open sale will only be hosted on Xiaomi’s India website. https://t.co/S0qbbVlM73 – More #RedmiNote3 stocked, no registrations required for next sale! Get it 27 April, at 2pm http://pic.twitter.com/zXVoWNNsCG— Redmi India (@RedmiIndia) April 21, 2016 As for the device,…

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Samsung has started pushing out a minor update to its latest flagship smartphones – the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge – in India. Weighing in at 1.06MB, the update includes some bug-fixes as well as stability and performance-related improvements. This update to the latest Galaxy phones follows the one that the South Korean company started pushing out earlier last week, bringing touch and stability-related improvements as well as shape correction for skewed photos and latest Android security patch. Given that this new bug-fixing update has just started rolling out, it may take sometime…

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Sprint has started rolling out Marshmallow update to Samsung Galaxy Note Edge and Galaxy S5 Sport units on its network. The update brings Android version 6.0 to both devices. The Note Edge update also includes latest Android security patches as well as some other bug fixes. The updates are being rolled out in phases, with the Note Edge process completing on May 2 and the S5 Sport process wrapping up on May 11. In case you haven’t received the update notification yet, you can also manually check for the update by heading to the Settings menu on your handset. Source 1 2

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Yesterday Huawei started teasing the launch of its next Honor-branded device. The Honor V8 will become official at an event on May 10, and it will emulate the dual-camera setup of the recently unveiled P9. This will consist of two 12 MP units. The Honor V8 has also been rumored to come with the Kirin 950 chipset, 4GB of RAM, and a fingerprint sensor. Today rumors out of China paint a clearer picture. The handset will apparently have a 5.5-inch 1080p touchscreen, an 8 MP selfie camera, a 3,000 mAh battery, and a USB Type-C port. Its price in China should be around CNY 2,000, which at the…

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