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Microsoft’s latest Lumia phone brings dual SIM slots and a 5″ HD screen for $150

Apr16
by on April 16, 2015 at 5:55 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, lumia, Mobile, Product Launches, Windows Phone

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Microsoft just launched its new Lumia 540 Dual SIM Windows Phone, that features a 5-inch HD display and an 8-megapixel rear camera. For $150, you also get a 5-megapixel front camera, 8GB of onboard storage and 30GB of free OneDrive cloud storage. The device comes with Window Phone 8.1, along with the Lumia Denim update. The Lumia 540 is powered by a quad-core 1.2 GHz processor, along with 1GB RAM. It also includes a microSD slot that supports high-capacity cards for up to 128GB of extra storage, and a 2,200mAh that boasts nearly 15 hours of talk time. Sadly, it’s…

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Jawbone’s $200 UP4 fitness tracker lets Amex users make payments

Apr16
by on April 16, 2015 at 5:13 am
Posted In: American Express, Around the Web, Fitness Trackers, Gadgets, payments, Product Launches, wearables

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Jawbone has announced its new UP4 fitness tracker that monitors users’ activity, sleep, heart rate and also allows payments via American Express. The $200 wrist-worn device lets users with an eligible American Express Card connect their accounts with Jawbone’s app and tap the UP4 on a store terminal to pay for their purchases. With its payments-enabled wearable, Jawbone poses a challenge to Apple, whose Watch allows for cashless transactions too. The UP4 will go on sale on the company’s site this summer. In addition, Jawbone has also launched its UP2 tracker. Yes, there’s already an UP3. Yes, it’s kind of…

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Google’s Android for Work app brings business users enterprise-grade data security on older devices

Apr16
by on April 16, 2015 at 3:58 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, enterprise, Product Launches

Google has launched its Android for Work App to allow business users to securely access their contacts, email, calendar and files in a managed IT environment, on devices running Android 4.0 or newer. Launched in February, Google’s Android for Work program allows companies’ IT administration to enable and manage access to work-related data and approved apps on users’ personal Android devices. It also keeps users’ personal and business data separate, and encrypts the latter for increased security. The feature is already baked in on Android 5.0 Lollipop. Users can run secure, IT-admin-managed versions of Google’s Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, Camera, Docs,…

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Meerkat launches public beta on Android

Apr16
by on April 16, 2015 at 2:22 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, video

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The arrival of Twitter’s Periscope live-streaming video app, directly on the heels of an impressive debut for the tiny startup Meerkat, seemed at first to signal a death knell for the company that first took personal mobile streaming video to the masses. Not so fast. The tiny upstart that generated the big buzz has announced that not only is it heading to the Android platform (as it promised), but that an Android beta is now available for people to try out, Mashable reports. If you’re interested, just fill in the Google form to request access. While arguably, the buzz surrounding the launch of…

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