Twitter introduces photo tagging and multiple image upload

Taking a page from Facebook (pun definitely intended), Twitter has added two new features to its service regarding the way you upload and share features. Now you can tag people in photos and also upload up to four at once. Before, you had to manually add usernames in a tweet to tag people, which took up precious characters (some of which were already taken by the photo). Now, you can tag up to 10 people in a photo without using any additional characters for the usernames, leaving more room for your tweet. You can also choose who can tag you in a tweet from the Settings.

Secondly, you can now also upload more than one photo at a time, which was so far impossible on Twitter unless you used a third party image uploading service and added links manually. Now, you can choose up to four photos at a time to add to your tweet. The feature currently is available only on the iPhone and will be available soon for Android and other platforms. Even on the iPhone, the feature may not be available immediately after downloading the update, so you’ll have to wait for some time for it to roll out in your region.

Samsung unveils LED Smart Bulb that works over Bluetooth

Not to stay too far behind its domestic rival LG, today Samsung
unveiled a smart LED bulb of its
own. It’s called simply “Smart Bulb” and unlike most of the competition,it’s utilizes Bluetooth in order to connect to smartphones and tablets.
Samsung says you can control up to 64 bulbs via the dedicated app
without any additional equipment or set-up. The bulbs can be dimmed down to 10% and lasts up to 15,000 hours or 10 years if used normally. Home automation is possible if you use a ZigBee Bluetooth hub, but Samsung doesn’t seem to be including it in the bulb’s package.The Smart Bulb has already been awarded a Design Plus award by iF Design, which is noteworthy if you care about the design of your bulbs.
Pricing and availability are yet to be confirmed. We hope going for
Bluetooth instead of Wi-Fi will allow Samsung to place its Smart Bulb below the $32 threshold established by LG’s Smart Lamp.

Samsung Galaxy S5 hit Korea todayto preempt sales ban

South Korean regulators caught the country's carriers violating laws that impose the maximum subsidy for a phone. The resulting 45 day ban of acquiring new customers that starts on April 5 would interfere with the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S5 on April 11. The Galaxy S5 is going to be one of the hottest sellers for both Samsung and the carriers, so SK Telecom "strongly asked" Samsung to launch the flagship earlier. Starting today,SK Telecom stores and website willbe offering the Galaxy S5 at KWR 866,800 ($810) off contract.The other two major carriers – KT and LG Uplus – will also be able to sell the Galaxy S5 under some restrictions. Samsung is "very puzzled" by SK's decision to move up the launch. The phone maker adds that the international launch of the device remains on April 11. Even if the company doesn’t entirely agree with the carrier's decision, investors are obviously quite happy as its stock went up 3.7%.

HTC One (M8) Google Play Edition now available,old One gets a $100 discount

The HTC One (M8) Google Play Edition was announced yesterday alongside the base device and it's
already in stock. The price of GPe phone is $700 - $50 more than the Sense version and the unlocked
Developer edition. Anyway, the HTC One (M8) GPe is unlocked and compatible with the
GSM networks of AT&T and T-Mobile in the US. It's not currently available outside the US but when
(if?) it is, it should work on most GSM networks around the world. Despite running stock Android, HTC
has made sure that the innovative Duo Camera works. You can get the HTC One (M8) Google Play Edition from the Google Play Store for $700. It will ship in 1-2 business days. If $700 is too much or you're fine
with the old HTC One, then you'll be glad to hear it's $100 off – $500 , the same price as the Sense model
(actually a bit cheaper than in somestores).

Galaxy S5 could launch before April5 in South Korea due to ban oncarriers

The Galaxy S5 will have one of thebiggest simultaneous smartphoneblaunch in history when it hits 150markets on April 11, but inSamsung’s home country, an upcoming ban on local network operators
could result in the Galaxy S5 launching considerably earlier. The ban will stop all carriers from selling
smartphones for a 45-day period, which has prompted Samsung to aim for a pre-April 5 launch in South
Korea, according to a source speaking to The Korean Herald . Why April 5? Because that’s the day the
ban goes into effect for the country’s largest carrier, South Korea Telecom, which would be a serious setback for the launch of Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone. If the Galaxy S5 launches on its scheduled date, only South Korea’s smallest carrier, LG U+, will be able to sell the device as it doesn’t have to stop selling phones until April 27.

Nokia Lumia 930 and 630 may be unveiled at the Build conference

The Windows Phone 8.1 update is expected to arrive at the Microsoft BUILD conference, which starts on April 2. According to rumors it won't come alone – the Lumia 930 (Martini) and Lumia 630 (Moneypenny) may be unveiled at the same conference.

The Nokia Lumia 930 is meant to be a GSM version of the Lumia Icon. There will be differences though, the screen is said to be 4.5" instead of 5". There might be other changes too, similar to how the Lumia 925 differed from Verizon's 928.

T-Mobile and US Cellular detail Samsung Galaxy S5 pre-orders

A few hours ago AT&T announced it will be offering the Samsung Galaxy S5 for $199.99 with a two-year agreement with pre-orders starting today. Understandably, the rest of the carriers are rushing to show that AT&T isn't your only option and have published the pricing and availability details for the Samsung flagship on their networks.

T-Mobile US and US Cellular have also jumped on the Galaxy S5 pre-order bandwagon. T-Mobile will give you the Galaxy S5 for $0 down payment and 24 months of $27.50 (total of $660). No additional contract required if you already have one with T-Mobile. If you are a user coming from another carrier T-Mobile offers to cover all of your early termination fees if you choose to switch.

Oppo Find 7 50MP Camera Samples Leak

Oppo's upcoming flagship device, the Find 7, boasts a 50MP super zoom feature.

There have been some questions as to whether or not the super zoom is akin to zooming in on a picture using computer software, but after taking a look at the samples, it is clear that this not the case.

 Now don't go thinking that the Find 7 has a 50MP sensor, it packs a “proper” 13MP unit, but with the super zoom feature, Oppo claims that the phone can take photographs that are on-par with true, 50MP sensors.

After taking a look at the samples, do you think that Oppo's claims hold weight? Or is it just smoke and mirrors from the manufacturer? Are you more excited for this phone now? Let us know in the comments!

Thanks to Hwgeek for the tip!

AT&T announces pricing and availability for Galaxy S5

AT&T has just announced the pricing and availability of the Samsung Galaxy S5 on its network. The flagship is going to cost $199.99 with a 2-year contract or $649.99 without an agreement. You can also opt for the AT&T Next plans - in that case the Galaxy S5 comes at $25 per month on AT&T Next 18 or $32.5/month with AT&T Next 12.

                                                                                        

China Mobile Sold Just 1 million iPhones, Has First Drop In Profits

China Mobile reports its first loss of annual profits in 14 years as the world's largest carrier by subscribers is heavily investing in its 4G network. The carrier has sold roughly 1.34 LTE-enabled smartphones, most of which were iPhones. It recently made a similar order to Apple, which the company fulfilled in January.

Apple Secures Advanced Multitouch Stylus Patent

Apple is working on a stylus with an extendable nib with multiple tips and a built in light sensor. The information comes from patent images secured by AppleInsider.

The nib on the stylus is flexible and can either work almost entirely from within the chassis of the stylus for drawing thin lines or be extended so as to deliver multiple touch zones like a paintbrush

With the exposed nib protruding more from the stylus' body, the tablet's GUI could produce different output color, opacity, etc.

Samsung Galaxy S5 to be €60 cheaper than S4 at launch

The South Korean publication ZDNet has confirmation on the Taiwanese launch price of the Galaxy S5 - TWD22,800 (KRW800,600 or €540). This is good €60 (KRW90,000) below the Galaxy S4 launch price of €600 from last year.

Apple iPhone 6 tipped to retain 8 MP resolution

Sources with some knowledge of the matter suggest that Apple will not be interested in increasing the megapixel count of its next iPhone smartphone camera. Instead Apple will likely focus on improving the lens system and image quality.

Previous rumors suggested the iPhone 6 camera may be bumped to 10 MP with a faster F/1.8 aperture(the iPhone 5s is currently sporting an F/2.2 lens) so perhaps the aperture will remain.

Samsung Hired PCB Factory Fire Raises ConcernAbout Galaxy S5 Availability

A huge fire has destroyed a factory in Anseong, South Korea, which has been hired by Samsung to manufacture a number PCBs (printed circuit boards) for the upcoming finger print included flagship device the Samsung Galaxy S5. The damage was estimated to be around a whooping $1 billion in equipment,
despite strong effort of  the 287 firefighters on the ground to contain the fire which gutted the factory in Anseong .The fire was detected around 7AM on Sunday and even though the fire brigade

LG G Flex To Get 4K Video In Its 4.4 KitKat Update

There has been an anonymous tip containing a leaked User Agent profile of the LG G Flex suggesting that  the bendable phone is going to get be able to shoot 4K video recording as part of its Android 4.4 KitKat update.

A screenshot of the leaked  User Agent profile in question revealed all the video recording modes that the bendable LG G Flex is going to support, 2160p. The exact schedule of the LG G Flex Android 4.4 KitKat update isn't yet known.

Samsung Reportedly HadIssues With The Galaxy S5 Production

The Samsung Galaxy S5 got announced some few days ago at the MWC in Barcelona.According to a new report, it seems that Samsung is having some trouble putting together its new flagship the Galaxy S5. The main point of focus on this device was the fingerprint scanner, or rather the lack of supplier for it.

Samsung was reportedly planning on having a fingerprint scanner on its third generation Phablet the Note 3 smartphone last year but those plans fell through when Samsung could not get satisfactory results from its suppliers.

After that un appealing experience Samsung decided to head into production of its own fingerprint scanners for the next flagship Galaxy S5 but that seemingly didn’t go quite so well either  the company had to resort to once again on a supplier for the scanners, but in this case Crucialtec.

Alleged Apple iPhone 6 front panel surfaces

The beans have only just began to settle in the post-MWC 2014 mobile world and we already have the next storm coming in violenty. A front panel allegedly belonging to the Apple iPhone 6 has shown its face and has led further rumors that iOS fans will finally be getting their overdue screen size upgrade we first heard about it that the new iPhone will come in two sizes and maybe we might have the first iPhone phablet.

The leaked panel features has far slimmer bezels (actually non-existent on the sides), allowing for a notably larger screen to fit in the same footprint. However even so our calculation show that the new panel can only accommodate a 4.3” display – far smaller than the initially rumored 4.7”-5” screens.

What we are seeing up there might be one of the many prototypes Apple will be working on. It is also possible that this might be a fake bunch of photos, so take it with a pinch of salt, but if legit the photo shows that at least one of the upcoming Apple smartphones will still be firmly planted in the compact territory.

Nokia X gets rooted, runs Google apps with no fuss

The inevitable thing happened. Google apps got installed on the freshly announced Nokia X after a crafty member of XDA Developers rooted the Android handset .The Nokia X code named Normandy was like a device that would never be released just like the many other Nokia Phones

The root was achieved via the Framaroot app. The bootloader of the device is unsurprisingly locked as most phones are, so instead of flashing a single zip file, users need to copy the apk files for Google apps via a root explorer application.

After the root, Nokia X also runs Google Now Launcher without breaking a sweat. You can see a short video of the device in action below.The above root method is surely the first of many. Considering the highly affordable price tag of the Nokia X, I Know for a fact that this device will we greatly supported by the developers community.This device also got rooted before its release just like the Google Nexus 5 soo it is obvious that it will get massive support from XDA.
The Link To The Video is below:Click Here

Project Ara Component Swapping Gets A Demo

Google's Project Ara has gotten a lot of attention recently with the announcement of the developer conference due on April 15-16. Happily, at the launch of the  tech conference one of the Project Ara team members spent a juicy 25 minutes to talk about the Google  modular phone concept. He even went on to demonstrate how the swapping components really work works.The Project Ara Modular Smartphones Started as an Internet sensation but is has now become a big real life event.

Google Targets A $50 Entry Price Tag For Project Ara Smartphones

According to a report by Time, Google’s Project Ara modular smartphone could arrive in early 2015 with an awsome entry price tag of $50. The search giant retained the team behind the Ara project when it sold Motorola to Lenovo a month ago.