HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016

Let’s give a warm welcome to the year 2016, cherish each moment that the year shall behold, so let’s come together and celebrate a blissful start to the New Year. Happy New Year to all.

Merry Christmas! 2015

May his love and affection
Fill your soul and spread to others
Merry Christmas To you

Apple: Best of 2015 Apps and Games, Periscope best app

Periscope which offers live video streaming was awarded the best iPhone app of the year 2015 by Apple. The best game of the year was given to Lara Croft GO, a spin-off of the Lara Croft video game series.

Children's education app The Robot Factory was named best iPad app, while the title of most innovative app of the year went to Workflow.

Periscope is an app that let's the user broadcast live video through their iPhones using the internet. It was acquired by Twitter last January.

Apple's top 10 iPhone apps of 2015:

1. Periscope
2. Enlight
3. Robinhood
4. Workflow
5. Instagram
6. HBO NOW
7. Hopper
8. Darkroom
9. Lark
10. The Everything Machine

Apple's top 10 iPhone games of 2015:

1. Lara Croft GO
2. Fallout Shelter
3. Mr Jump
4. Dark Echo
5. Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade
6. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
7. Vainglory
8. Dungeon Boss
9. Puzzle Craft 2
10. PAC-MAN 256

Top 5 iPad Apps:

App of the Year: The Robot Factory
Runners-Up: HBO Now, Patterning
Most Innovative: LiquidText
Best App on iPad Pro: uMake

Top 5 iPad Games:

Game of the Year: Prune
Runners-Up: Rayman Adventures, Implosion
Most Innovative: Her Story
Best Game on iPad Pro: Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey

Top Apple TV Apps:

HBO Now
Zova – Personal Trainer
Kitchen Stories
Netflix
Airbnb

Top Apple TV Games:

Rayman Adventures
Lumino City
Beat Sports
Skylanders SuperChargers
Guitar Hero Live

Apple Watch App of the Year:

Dark Sky

Apple Watch Game of the Year:

Rules!

Best Cheap Smartphones: One Plus $250, Nexus 5X $380

If you are looking for smartphone that will not break your wallet and that offer basic smartphone functions then these smartphones may give you bang for your buck: One Plus $250, Nexus 5X $380

The One Plus X, is powered by a fast Qualcomm SnapdragonTM 801 processor with 2.3 GHz Quad-core CPUs with 3GB RAM. The main camera is 13-megapixel. The 5.0 inch screen resolution is 1080p Full HD, 441 PPI that is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. All of these amazing specs for just $250.

You can choose between fire baked ceramic or Onyx black glass casing.

Basic Specs:

Display: 1080p Full HD, 441 PPI 5.0 inch Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Processor: 2.3 GHz Quad-core CPUs Qualcomm SnapdragonTM 801 processor
Operating System: OxygenOS based on Android 5.1.1
RAM: 3GB LPDDR3
Storage: 16GB eMMC v5.0 (Expandable storage using SD up to 128GB)
CAMERA: Main 13 MP f/2.2 Secondary 8 MP f/2.4
Battery: Embedded rechargeable typical 2,525 mAh LiPo battery

Another smartphone that offers the best value for your money is Google’s $380 Nexus 5X wich is manufactured by LG. To make things even greater, Google is making this phone more cheap by offering a $80 off for Cyber Monday on the Google Store. Though plasticky, it is a powerful phone with Qualcomm Snapdragon™ 808 processor, 1.8 GHz hexa-core 64-bit, while the graphics runs seamlessly with Adreno 418 GPU.

Basic Specs:

Display: 5.2" Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
Processor: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 808 processor, 1.8 GHz hexa-core 64-bit Adreno 418 GPU
Operating System:  Android 6.0 Marshmallow
RAM: 2 GB LPDDR3
Storage: Internal storage: 16 GB or 32 GB
Battery: 2700 mAh Battery
Camera: Rear: 12.3 MP2; 1.55 μm; f/2.0 Front: 5 MP
USB: Type-C for fast charging

Black Friday: Best Apple Watch, Galaxy Gear and iPad Deals

If you are looking for great deals on tech and gadgets, Black Friday is the best time to get them. There are some genuinely good deals out there.

A lot of great deals have already started this week like Amazon.

Here are some of them:

Wearables:

@Best Buy

Apple Watch now at $249, $100 off
Samsung Galaxy Gear S2 now at $249, $100 off
Fitbit Surge now at $199.99 from $229.99 

@Target
Pebble Time Smartwatch now at $129 from $199

@Amazon
Jawbone UP3 now at $99, $89 discount

@Walmart
Fitbit Charge HR now at $119 from  $139.99   

Tablets -

@Costco

Microsoft Surface Pro 3 128GB Type Cover and Surface Pen Bundle: now $899, $250 off

@Target

iPad Air 2: get a free $150 Target gift card when you buy any iPad Air 2 from the store – prices start at $499

iPad Mini 4: get a free $100 Target gift card when you buy any iPad Mini 4- the tablet is not discounted and starts at $399


@Best Buy

Microsoft Surface 3 64GB: priced at $399, $100 off
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 12” -Intel Core i5- 256GB (Silver) and Microsoft Surface Pro 3 12” -Intel Core i7- 256GB (Silver): both Intel Core i5 and Intel Core i7 at up to $300 discount
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 now at $399 from $499


@Staples

Apple iPad air 2 64GB now at $449, $150 discount.
Apple iPad air 2 16GB now at $378, $125 off.


Laptops -

Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro 2-in-1 13.3” Touchscreen Laptop 8GB (platinum silver): now at $749.99,  $250 off
Dell Inspiron 15.6” Touch-Screen Laptop 8GB (black gloss): now just $299.99, $130 off
Macbook Pro 13.3” 8GB ( 2015 model): down to $1349, $100 off
HP Envy x360 2-in-1 15.6” Touch-Screen Laptop 8GB (natural silver): now at $549.99, $250 discount

TVs -

@Amazon

Samsung 75” 1080p Smart LED TV: will be on sale for less than $2,000

Amazon Fire TV - $74.99, which is $25 discount

@Target

Westinghouse 55” 1080p LED TV: now at $249.99, $350 off
Samsung 60” 1080p LED TV: now just $679.99, $320 off
Element 43” LED TV: on sale for $169.99
Element 55” 4K TV: on sale for $399.99

@Costco

Samsung 65” 4K Ultra HD Smart LED LCD TV: now just $1,199 from Costco, $700 off
Samsung 75” 4K Ultra HD Smart LED LCD TV: $2,579.99 from Costco, which is $1,200 off regular price
Vizio 43” 4K TV: $489.99 from Costco, which is $90 off regular price

@Best Buy

Sony 75” 4K UHD 3D Smart TV: now at $2,999.98, with $2,000 discount
LG 49” 4K UHD Smart LED TV:  now at $499.99, $400 off
Toshiba 49” 1080p LED HDTV:  now at $149.99, $280 off
Vizio 65” 4K UHD Smart LED TV: now at $999.99, $500 discount
Amazon Fire TV (2015 Model): now at $74.99,  $25 off
Amazon Fire TV Stick- now at $24.99,  $15 off

@Walmart

Samsung 40” 1080p 60Hz Smart HDTV: now at $298, $80 off
Vizio 70” 1080p 240Hz LED Smart HDTV: now at $898, $300 off

MORE BLACK FRIDAY DEALS HERE AT AMAZON

Huawei Fast-Charging Batteries Under 2 Minutes

Huawei develops super fast charging method to charge a cellphone in under 2 minutes flat! How many times you have been desperate to recharge your dying smartphone when you are in the office or coffee shop and it takes you forever to breach 10%. This will be a thing of the past soon with Huawei's new quick-charging batteries, unveiled last week during an event (56th Battery Symposium Nagoya) in Japan.

According to the China based smartphone company, the lithium-ion batteries can charge up to 10x faster than normal batteries and can reach 50% capacity in 5 minutes.

On the video that Huawei showed in the event, they presented videos of 2 fast-charging power packs. The first is a 600mAh capacity battery, which can be charged to 68% in 2 minutes. The other one is a 3,000mAh battery that can be charge to 48% in 5 minutes. This will get you up to 10 hours of calls on Huawei phones.

The batteries were built by Watt Lab—part of the Central Research Institute at China's Huawei Technology Corporation. The batteries allow for an increased charging rate without decreasing energy density or long-term battery life.

This will be a game changer according to Huawei. The breakthrough with the quick-charging batteries will lead to a new revolution in electronic devices from mobile smartphones, electric vehicles, wearable devices, and mobile power supplies.

However, Huawei did not give any date on when will they offer the new batteries for commercial use.

Huawei unveils Latest Flagship Smart Phone: Mate S

China based tech company Huawei unveiled their new flagship device Huawei Mate S. This will be the latest addition to their premium Huawei Mate line.

The new smartphone has an ergonomic design and innovative technology. It also offers a personalized experience. They added innovative touch features that enhance ease of use, functionality and creativity.

The device is equipped with Fingerprint Sense 2.0 which is an upgraded version of the Huawei Mate 7’s advanced chip level security and single-tap unlock technology. Fingerprint Sense 2.0 is faster, more sensitive and has more accurate self-learning functions to improve recognition speeds by 100%. The sensor also let the user control notifications, scroll through photos, take selfies, answer phone calls and even dismiss an alarm clock.

I has Knuckle Sense 2.0 advances the Knuckle Sense technology first introduced in the Huawei P8.
The professional camera mode allows manual adjustment for ISO, exposure compensation, exposure time, white balance and focusing and functions such as the grid, and flash-assisted focusing.

Specs:

Display: 5.5 inches AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors 1080 x 1920 pixels
         Corning Gorilla Glass 4
CPU: Quad-core 2.2 GHz & quad-core 1.5 GHz, Mali-T628 MP4 GPU
Operating System: Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow)
RAM: 3 GB RAM
Storage: Choice of 32/64/128 GB equipped with microSD slot, up to 128 GB
CAMERA: Primary - 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, optical image stabilization, autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash
        Secondary - 8 MP, LED flash
Battery: Non-removable 2700 mAh battery