Kodak is an iconic brand in photography so when the company announced an Android phonelast year, it seemed like a big deal. The Kodak IM5 didn’t make a dent in the market and has even been taken off the official website (here’s a Google cache link). There’s a new phone coming on October 20. The teaser image shows brushed metal sides and a button (shutter key?) stamped with the famous K logo. There’s not much else to be see, the KodakPhones.com site just holds the teaser image. The previous phone, IM5, had a bog standard 13MP f/2.0 camera. Kodak teased…
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Sony has started rolling out a new update to its Xperia Z5 family of devices that bumps the build number to 32.2.A.0.305. Sadly, nothing else is currently known about the update including what it brings along, although it’s expected that the latest Android security patch will be there. As is usually the case with OTA roll-outs, it may take sometime for the update to hit your device. Meanwhile, if you feel impatient, you can manually check for the update by heading to your handset’s Settings menu. source”cnbc”
Over the past six months, the hacking group OurMine has attacked the social media accounts of some of the biggest names in tech, includingGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick. Lacking a clear raison d’être — OurMine has variously claimed to be raising awareness of security problems and to be charging for its security services — the group has nevertheless established themselves as a nuisance to dozens of tech luminaries and celebrities. And while OurMine comprises an unknown number of hackers, BuzzFeed News can confirm that one of the OurMine crew is likely a…
On Monday morning Facebook launched Marketplace on iOS and Android so its 1.7 billion users could buy and sell stuff to each other right inside the Facebook mobile app. Within hours, Facebook users were selling stuff that Facebook says they can’t. Drugs. Animals. Adult services. Weapons. Themselves. Even body parts (and by body parts we mean crotch shots that would make Anthony Weiner blush.) All of which is pretty much the A to Z of stuff that violates Facebook’s commerce policy and community standards. Mary Ku, director of product management at Facebook, apologized Monday night, saying a technical issue prevented…
Seemingly the commotions spurred within the realm of medical education in India defines no end. Controversy over MBBS admission once again hit the headlines when medical colleges denied domicile reservation in Madhya Pradesh. The prima facie prompted the Vyapam whistle-blowers and social activist, demanding the rights specified for the domicile students in Madhya Pradesh. Anand Rai, an activist, who termed the situation as “emergency-like situation” said, “The government should hold a special session of the state assembly to pass a bill providing reservation of seats for domicile candidates. Students from other states should be granted admission in our medical colleges…
Following the last petition filed by the students challenging the prerogative of Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, the Supreme Court yesterday had uphold the bill safeguarding the interest of the domicile students seeking admission in for medical college. It is then acknowledged that the students have been waiting for month to get admission through NEET Counselling at the Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal. “For the past 10 days, we faced lot of trouble. It was painful to see candidates crying at the gate for admission. The apex court’s judgment has come as a relief even for us,” said one official from the…
Lenovo may be about to grow its share of the shrinking PC business again: Japanese IT conglomerate Fujitsu is considering selling its PC manufacturing business, and Lenovo may be the buyer, Fujitsu said Thursday. As part of a strategy to focus on core activities, in February Fujitsu spun out its PC business as an independent operating unit. Such spin-outs are usually a prelude to a sale. On Wednesday, Japanese media reported that the company was in talks to sell the PC business to Lenovo. “These reports are not based on any official announcement made by Fujitsu,” the company said Thursday,…
Microsoft is serious about putting all its old Windows 10 Insider builds out to pasture, and time is running out for Insiders to upgrade. The company says older Insider Preview builds will stop working on October 15. Since October 1, affected PCs have been rebooting every three hours, Insider program chief Dona Sarkar said in a recent blog post. Once October 15 rolls around, PCs with these old builds will stop booting at all. At that point, you’ll have to reinstall Windows from a USB or DVD drive to get your computerworking again. Anyone running an old Insider Preview build…
If you recall, last month, Google said that the Nexus 6 and LTE Nexus 9 will get Android 7.0 in a few weeks. Inline with that, the Nexus 6 started receiving the update earlier this week. The good news is that now the HTC-manufactured tablet has also officially started getting Nougat. The update bumps the build number to NRD90R, and also includes Android security patch for the month of September – the security level, post update, shows a date of September 6. For comparison, the Nexus 6 Nougat update brought along a security patch dated October 5. It’s worth mentioning…
The Motorola Moto Z has been a Verizon-exclusive in the US so far, but now you can purchase the unlocked variant of the device officially from Motorola as well as third party retailers including Amazon and Best Buy. Priced at $700, the handset is only compatible with GSM networks, meaning Sprint customers are currently out of luck. Those waiting for the unlocked Moto Z Play should know that the phone will go on sale starting October 20. The Moto Z Force will remain exclusive to Verizon. source”cnbc”