Month: May 2015

Taiwan becomes the second country after China to get #Nokia N1 by @Tiwaash #Tablet #Android #NokiaN1

Nokia N1, was first announced in November last year and then first launched in China in January this year is finally ready to leave China. Taiwan has become lucky because after China, N1 is now available in Taiwan. While there are no official details on its global release, it is expected that the company will release it to other Asian markets later.

Priced at TWD 8,199 the tablet can be bought by an online retailer iSunfa.

Nokia N1 specifications

7.9-inch (2048 × 1536 pixels) IPS LED-backlit display at 326 ppi with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
2.3 GHz quad-core 64-bit Intel Atom Z3580 processor with PowerVR G6430 GPU
2GB LPDDR3 RAM, 32GB of internal storage
Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Nokia Z Launcher
8MP rear camera, 1080p video recording
5MP front-facing camera
Dimensions: 200.7×138.6x 6.9; Weight: 318 g
Wolfson WM8958E, independent audio codec
WiFi 802.11/b/g/n/ac Dual Band (2X2 MIMO), Bluetooth 4.0
5300 mAh lithium polymer battery

Nokia CEO says in no hurry to sell mapping unit HERE. #Nokia #HERE #Maps

There has been lots of reports of latest as to the sale of the hugely popular HERE maps which Nokia own,HERE maps has become very popular with many companies and there has been much reports of late as to the company being sold.Personally they should stay put imo but that’s me but if they want to sell and take a huge sum of cash well who is to stop them,there has been some staggering numbers flying around as to what is on the table.

Reuters reports..

Nokia (NOK1V.HE) is in no hurry to sell its mapping unit HERE despite receiving high quality bids, the Finnish company’s chief executive said in a trade magazine interview.

Telecoms network equipment maker Nokia began a strategic review of its maps business last month, setting in motion an auction process that has pitted Internet players like Uber and Baidu (BIDU.O) against German carmakers in a deal that could be worth up to $4 billion.

While declining to comment on bidders, Chief Executive Rajeev Suri acknowledged in trade magazine European Communications that the unit had attracted “significant interest”, and said the quality of the bids was better than expected.

But he added: “Let’s give it more time…We may not end up selling it if we don’t get the right value. It has to be a good competitive deal for Nokia and our shareholders.”

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Video #Nokia150years Past, Present & Future.Take a trip down memory lane. #Nokia

On 12 May 2015, Nokia celebrated the 150th birthday of Nokia. Join them for a trip down memory lane and a look at the future in this new video released. Enjoy..See our full coverage over HERE

YouTube – 60fps Live Streaming now supported on YouTube in HTML5 #YouTube #HTML5

YouTube launched 60fps video playback a few months ago and people have enjoyed it,now they have launched 60fps Live Streaming.

60fps live streaming, launched today as an early preview on HTML5-compatible browsers. When you start a live stream on YouTube at 60fps, it will transcode your stream into 720p60 and 1080p60, which means silky smooth playback for gaming and other fast-action videos. .

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Also added another long-requested feature for live streaming: HTML5 playback. As of this week, YouTube live streams will use an HTML5 player in supported browsers. And because our HTML5 player supports variable speed playback, you can skip backward in a stream while it’s live and watch at 1.5x or 2x speed to catch back up.

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Samsung introduce “Flow” as beta to Fight W10 “Continuity” By @VicenteA_George #Samsung #Android #Flow #App

In the world we live now is almost sure that we always have the need to be “on everything”.

Apple has “Handoff”, Microsoft will have “Continuity” with W10 and now Samsung present us “Flow”

Flow is more than just an app, is a way from Samsung to integrate their devices in a way where you can use each one to do what they are made to do.

Flow is based on two simple things:

Transfer & Dafer

Transfer: is for moving an activity to the right device for a task and pick it up right where you left off rather than starting again.

Defer: is for “pause” an activity when the right device is not at hand or there just isn’t enough time to finish up a task. Then you can resume it when you’re ready.

Another feature that seems to be omitted in the description is “Notifications”

You’ll receive the Notifications on the devices you’re using and choose if take it there or move it to another one.

Let’s take a look at what Samsung wants for us:

Looks nice isn’t it?

But there’s two downsides

1) It’s in Beta only available in the U.S
2) Is not fully compatible with all Samsung devices yet

Here’s a full list of compatible ones:

• Galaxy S4*
• Galaxy S5
• Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge
• Note 4 and Note Edge
• Galaxy Alpha
• Galaxy Tab S
• Galaxy Tab A
• Galaxy Note Pro 12.2¨*
• Galaxy Note 10.1 2014*

* =  experimental; contact flow-inquiries@samsung.com if you have trouble

The future looks bright for us, but we’ll have to wait a little more to enjoy things like this on full capacity.

Do you have more than one of the device mentioned above and want to give a try?

You can download Flow Here

Let us know in the comments what you think! or tweet us using #techbuzzireland

Stay tuned for more Buzz

#MobieFit enters the #mFitness league with #FirstRun by @Tiwaash #Fitness #Android #Startup

How often do we get a celebrity who takes interest in taking care of the fitness of their followers??? Well this doesn’t happen quite often but it just so happened. The renowned celebrity from India, Gul Panag, has taken up this task to encourage and train her fans & followers with her latest venture in tech, MobieFit. “MobieFit is a venture, incubated by Prototyze, focused on mobile fitness powered by celebrity trainers. It helps you become as fit as you want, in the way that you want”.

MobieFit launched their first of the mFitness app FirstRun, with Gul Panag being the Chief Fitness Officer. FirstRun is focused on people who have never took up running and to encourage them to run. Gul says “Our debut product FirstRun has launched on the Google Play Store. It is specifically designed to take people who’ve absolutely never run before and get them running many kilometres within just a few weeks. Among a dozen unique features is a personal trainer (yours truly!) who will guide you through the entire journey. I am now the CFO, yes that’s right, the Chief Fitness Officer.
Not tomorrow, not next week, not after the vacations…Start your FirstRun today!”

Features of FirstRun:

  • Personal Running Coach, Gul Panag
  • Built for Beginners (not that seasoned runners cannot use it, but main focus is to encourage people to run more to become fit)
  • Train for either 5K or 10K run
  • All season app
  • Run to your Beat with in-built music player
  • Your Running Diary (log with graphs of your runs)

Download your copy of FirstRun for free from the Google Play Store & hit the park with your jogging shoes on and start running with Gul Panag. There is no news of the app coming to other platforms but we are sure users of iOS & WindowsPhone would definitely appreciate it.

Let us know your experience with FirstRun in the comments below or tweet us using #TechBuzzIreland

Stay tuned for more tech buzz.

Source : FirstRun Blog

Vodafone Ireland loses 37,000 customers. #Vodafone #Mobile #Ireland

The mobile market today is very competitive and with the recent deal with 3,Vodafone still remains on top with 3 being the 2nd largest provider in Ireland and with more MVNOs launching soon the competition is only set to stiffen up. Today we are using more data than ever and this seems to be where seeking deals as we use data more than ever and there is some gap in prices and allowances.

The evening herald reports….

Vodafone lost 37,000 Irish mobile customers in the first three months of the year and 110,000 mobile customers over the last 12 months, according to its most recent set of financial results.

The company remains Ireland’s largest mobile player with 2 million customers and 38pc market share here, and gained 7,000 landline customers in the quarter.

Vodafone’s Irish revenue fell 2.6pc to €936m. Its international revenue posted a modest rise in its quarterly sales measurement for the first time in nearly three years.

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Twitter and Google team up for real time tweets in google search. #Google #Twitter

Starting today, U.S. users searching in English will see relevant Tweets in their search results within the Google app (iOS and Android) and mobile web. The desktop web version is coming shortly, and we have plans to bring this feature to more countries in the coming months.This enhaces search results for those searching on the both platforms bringing the latest news up right in google search.

On a blog bost it says…

For example, if you’re interested in hearing more from Taylor Swift, a quick search on Google will pull up her most recent Tweets. Or, if you’re a TV buff, a search for#MadMen will bring up the most relevant news and Tweets about Sunday’s series finale.

When tapping on a Tweet in Google search, you’ll be taken directly to Twitter where you can view the Tweet and discover additional content.

By deeply integrating Twitter’s real-time content into Google search, we hope you find it easier than ever to explore your interests across both Twitter and Google.

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Apple watch gets its first update.Apple Watch OS 1.0.1 #AppleWatch #Update

For those luckily enough in Ireland to have an Apple watch there is now an update so for those around the world its good news i guess.

This release includes performance improvements and bug fixes including the following:

Improved performance for:

  • Siri
  • Measuring stand activity
  • Calculating calories for indoor cycling and rowing workouts
  • Distance and pace during outdoor walk and run workouts
  • Accessibility
  • Third party apps

 

Display support for new Emoji characters

 

Additional language support for:

  • Brazilian Portuguese
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • Swedish
  • Russian
  • Thai
  • Turkish

 

For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

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