Google introduces a trio of low-priced Android One phones in New Delhi

Google has introduced the first three models created under its Android One program. In New Delhi, the Karbonn Sparkle V, Spice Android One Dream UNO Mi-498, and the Micromax Canvas A1 were all introduced. The latter handset is the most expensive of the trio at $106 USD. Karbonn's model is priced at $104 USD while Spice's phone is $103 USD.



Google's plan is to help local manufacturers build low cost Android phones in emerging markets. The Micromax handset is now available from Amazon, Spice's device is available from Indian online retailer Flipkart, and Karbonn's offering can be purchased ... Drop your comments and additions..Below

You can now flash stock Android 4.4 on your Xiaomi Mi 3 or Mi 4

MIUI is one of the most popular custom ROMs for Android around. It brings an array of various settings and tweaks to the Android experience, yet it treats the Home screen to a simplified, cleaner look, while getting rid of the App drawer altogether – iOS style. In fact, the latest MIUI skin is probably the most reminiscent of Apple's operating system – with through-the-glass looks of its backgrounds, flat icons, and apps like the calendar and calculator sporting pretty familiar aesthetics – the custom ROM looks a lot like a re-skin of iOS 7.



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YouTube's offline feature is coming, but may only appear in emerging markets

YouTube's often teased, but not released, offline viewing feature for its mobile apps is finally going to make an appearance, Google promises. Alas, it seems the company decided to enable the function for emerging markets only.



Today, Google announced the launch of the first devices to be released in India, under the Android One program. If you are not familiar with it – it is an effort by Google to bring low-priced phones to emerging markets. To do that, the search giant partners up with OEMs in its target regions and helps them in the development of phones, which offer features that are ... Drop your comments and additions..Below

Rumors: HTC Eye selfie phone and HTC Windows-based phablet

We've been hearing about HTC and Microsoft being in great relations for a while now and rumors, regarding HTC's roadmap for this year, have been suggesting that there will be more Windows Phone devices coming from the manufacturer, covering different price points.



Of course, we already saw the arrival of HTC One (M8) for Windows, though, the rumor mill suggests that this is only the beginning. News website GantDaily states that HTC is preparing a phablet-sized device, running Microsoft's OS.



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PDP Accuses Dimeji Bankole Of Planning To Dump Party

The Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State has asked a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, to desist from visiting party formations in the state.



The party alleged that such visit was causing disaffection within the party and urged him to put a stop to it.



To express their dissatisfaction, the party’s state secretary, Mr. Semiu Sodipo, wrote a letter to him, stating this position.



The letter dated September 12, 2014, was titled ‘Stoppage of Your Unapproved Tours/Political Campaigns.’



Sodipo also copied the National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Adamu Mua’zu and the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Prof Rufai Alkali.



The letter read in part, “This is to inform you that the party is being inundated with reports that your tour of some local governments is causing disaffection among party members and thereby creating disharmony and threatening the peace in the rank and file of the party membership.



“Also, it is believed that all your actions are being perpetrated so that you can divide the party before moving to another party since you have yet to obtain the party’s State Expression of Interest Form. For your attention, the party is united, cohesive and have all that it takes to win the 2015 general elections with a landslide.”



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10 great images captured with smartphones #93

We're back with the 93rd post in our special photographic-centric series where we present you with a number of awesome images taken by... well, you (and your cell phones).



So, which picture did you like most last time? The answer is Niko Lindstrom's photo, taken with the Nokia Lumia 1020. And a pretty well-deserved first place it is, we should say!



Of course, there are many other incredible images left to be seen. Let's continue with another set of 10 pics, each of which can easily convince even the most professionally-inclined photographer that cell phones are more than ... Drop your comments and additions..Below

Android One: No microSD card? No camera then

Google has officially launched Android One handsets in India, and the goal is to help manufacturers produce low priced Android phones in emerging markets. But that means that these handsets are light in the specs department. Three models were unveiled at the event, phones from Spice, Karbonn and Micromax, and all three have 4GB of storage available to users. Of that amount, only 2.3GB is available to users.



But that is not the big news about the microSD slot on the phones. The phones from Spice and Karbonn would not take pictures unless a microSD card was inserted into the slot. Without ... Drop your comments and additions..Below

Android One: No microSD card, no camera

Google has officially launched Android One handsets in India, and the goal is to help manufacturers produce low priced Android phones in emerging markets. But that means that these handsets are light in the specs department. Three models were unveiled at the event, phones from Spice, Karbonn and Micromax, and all three have 4GB of storage available to users. Of that amount, only 2.3GB is available to users.



But that is not the big news about the microSD slot on the phones. The phones from Spice and Karbonn would not take pictures unless a microSD card was inserted into the slot. Without ... Drop your comments and additions..Below

Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus pre-orders breaking records: surpassed 4 million in first 24 hours

The Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus finally became official last week, and after all the rumors, leaks and anticipation people were desperate to reserve their iPhone 6 on opening day. So much that Apple has now issued a statement for record-breaking pre-orders of the two iPhone 6 models in the opening 24 hours: customers pre-ordered a whopping 4 million iPhone 6 in that time period.



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Synagogue Collapse: LASG Tells Church Staff To Leave

Synagogue: Fashola orders church staff out



Chukwuma Okparaocha -Lagos, with Agency Report



LAGOS State governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Sunday, directed all staff of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Ikotun Egbe, to leave the site of the collapsed building, to allow rescue workers do their job.

Fashola, during his visit to the church, on Sunday, expressed sadness at the loss of lives, adding that the incident was unfortunate.

He urged the General Overseer of the church, Prophet Temitope Joshua, to ask all his staff to step down from the collapsed building site until rescue work was finished.

“When we finish, if you have any person, whether an engineer or a medical person who you want to be on the site and working with them, so as to know what they are taking there, then it is easier; they can report to you and then report to me. But we can’t continue rescue operations with your men hanging around here,” he said.

While commiserating with Prophet Joshua, who came to meet him at the site of the collapsed structure, Governor Fashola, however, directed that the staff of the church should give way for the rescue workers to be able to carry out the job of evacuating the debris and rescuing possible victims still trapped under the collapsed building.

The governor, who was received at the site by the state Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Olutoyin Ayinde, told Prophet Joshua “what you need to understand now is that this place is now an accident scene and so all your staff must leave this place. We need to take control of this place and let people who are trained to do this job to do so.”

Meanwhile the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Sunday, said 44 dead bodies had been recovered, while 130 people trapped in the collapsed building had, so far, been rescued.

The Public Relations Officer of the agency, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Lagos.

Farinloye said 80 per cent of people rescued from the building were women.

He said two female children, aged four and eight, were also among those rescued.

According to him, the continued rescue exercise had increased the number of dead persons from 17 to 44.

God will strike back at my enemies –TB Joshua

Pastor Joshua has said God will get back at those he believed were behind the building collapse incident recorded on his church premises on Friday.

The cleric insisted that the incident was the handiwork of those bent on destroying his reputation and the church, saying that “God will get back at them.”

According to him, the collapse of the guest house which had, so far, reportedly killed over 44 people, was part of a grand scheme to destroy him.

“A big head wears the lion heart. Don’t quickly forget the incident of Boko Haram here, even though it was televised, they said it was a lie, but they later realised it was true. Don’t also forget the Ebola issue here too, they sent messages to all of you, to scare you from coming to this church,” he stated.

“Don’t be scared, you are not the target, I am the target,” he told the congregation, adding that “I know my hours have not yet come. I have not yet finished my job; I have not finished my job.”



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