Popular messaging app Telegram has introduced an update to its bots platform, called Bots 2.0. With this, developers can create more creative bots and users have more functionality at their fingertips.

To demonstrate this, Telegram has some new bots. There is the @music bot, which lets you pull up free to share classical music and paste it within the app. The track keeps playing outside of that particular chat and even if you minimize the app. There is also a @youtube bot that lets you search and post YouTube videos. You can connect the bot to your YouTube account for more options….

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The Meizu m3 note was made official last week, and it went on sale through flash sale model in the company’s home country of China yesterday. Meizu took no time, and has already released the official sales figures for the device, revealing that it sold 100,000 units in the first 7 minutes of the sale.

That’s definitely an impressive number for a company that sold a total of around 20 million handsets last year. Meizu also revealed that the next flash sale for the device is scheduled for April 18, which is coming Monday.

In case you don’t already know, the m3 note starts at $125, for…

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Planning to purchase a Huawei Watch with stainless steel mesh band? Here is some good news, you can currently get the combination at discounted rates from Newegg. The online retailer is running a promo that gets you a Huawei Watch with black leather strap and stainless steel mesh band, all for $300.

Rest assured, the mesh band is the original one from Huawei that otherwise carries a price tag of $99. So, that’s a good $100 savings for you. A quick look at Amazon and Google reveals that the mesh band Huawei Watch model is still priced at $400 there.

The free mesh band is a limited…

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Twitter-owned live video streaming service Periscope is currently testing a new feature that lets you temporarily draw on your live streams. This means you can use the feature to quickly highlight stuff that you want to point out to your audience.

#Periscope tests letting you draw on top of live video streams https://t.co/ghAb1oTf9v http://pic.twitter.com/Obm6qDPC3u— Matt Navarra ⭐️ (@MattNavarra) April 11, 2016

Given that the feature is currently in testing, it’s only available to select Periscope beta users, although the company is promising a wider roll-out soon.

“We’re…

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The successor to the Samsung Galaxy Note5 – which isn’t due anytime soon, but has already been the subject of a few rumors in the last couple of months – will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 823 chipset, according to a new rumor out of China.

The rumor – which seemingly lists common specifications for the Galaxy Note 6 as well as an unknown Sony Xperia device and the LG G Flex3 – also suggests a 25MP camera.

As for the other specs, previous rumors have suggested 5.8-inch QHD display, 6GB RAM, and 64 and 128GB internal storage options for the Note 6. The handset is also said to…

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A new Sony smartphone – alleged to be the Xperia C6 – has leaked online. The leaked images show a handset with large display (said to be 6-inch), very thin side bezels, and a large front shooter with flash.

The phone in question – which is also rumored to offer dual SIM card support and feature a MediaTek chipset – is currently said to be in the testing phase, although there’s no confirmation or whether or not it will ever see the light of day.

For those who missed, back in February, there were rumors that Sony will unveil a phone dubbed Xperia C6 Ultra at this year’s…

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If you’re one of those Facebook Messenger fans who use the Dropbox cloud-storage service for storing your photos, videos, and other files, here’s some good news: now you can share your Dropbox files directly from the messaging app.

To use the new feature, just tap the More button in Messenger, and you’ll see Dropbox as an available source. Select that option, and you’ll be able to share any Dropbox file without having to leave the Messenger app – this is assuming that you already have the Dropbox app installed on your device.

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After the Zenfone Zoom and Zenfone 2 Laser, Asus has now started rolling out an update to its ZenFone 2 (ZE551ML) smartphone. The update is aimed at improving system stability, although no official release notes have been posted yet.

Rolling out over the air, the update – which weighs in at around 103MB – may take some time before it hits your handset. However, if you are feeling impatient, you can manually check for it by heading to the Settings menu on your handset.

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Google is happy to announce new features coming to Android which greatly improves the way that visually or otherwise impaired users can interact with their devices. For the first time, users can navigate their devices by only using their voices.

This feature is available today and all you need to do is download a small app that enables the Voice Access engine that is otherwise baked into Android. We were able to install Voice Access on our Galaxy S7 edge and use our voices to tell the phone what to do, where to go, and what to type.

You can sign up to be a tester for this app (which…

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If you’ve been holding off on purchasing an Apple Watch because you are waiting for the second-generation model, you might be (or might not be) surprised to learn that the new Apple Watch will probably look much like the original one. Apple might be taking a similar approach to the iPhone when it comes to launching a successor meaning we might see something along the lines of ‘Apple Watch S’

Ming-Chi Kuo quoted an investors meeting held earlier today where he states that he expects to see “spec improvements with limited changes to form factor design”. This is nothing new to Apple as they…

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