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Oppo Find 7a review: There’s no 2K display, but this huge Android smartphone is still a home run

May06
by on May 6, 2014 at 5:33 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Product Reviews

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In Europe and the US, Oppo is an underdog. You won’t find its smartphones in a carrier store, or promoted with big-budget ads on TV. The Chinese firm just doesn’t command the same influence as Android rivals Samsung, Sony and HTC in these markets. Yet Oppo is making some inroads with the core Android community. The Find 5 (review) and N1 (review) were stellar handsets with attractive designs and competitive specs. It even partnered with CyanogenMod, a wildly popular Android ROM, for an exclusive version of the N1 last year. For its latest flagship smartphone, Oppo is offering two different…

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Oppo Find 7a review: There’s no 2K display, but this huge Android smartphone is still a home run

May06
by on May 6, 2014 at 5:33 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Product Reviews

oppofeat2
In Europe and the US, Oppo is an underdog. You won’t find its smartphones in a carrier store, or promoted with big-budget ads on TV. The Chinese firm just doesn’t command the same influence as Android rivals Samsung, Sony and HTC in these markets. Yet Oppo is making some inroads with the core Android community. The Find 5 (review) and N1 (review) were stellar handsets with attractive designs and competitive specs. It even partnered with CyanogenMod, a wildly popular Android ROM, for an exclusive version of the N1 last year. For its latest flagship smartphone, Oppo is offering two different…

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OneDrive gets bigger thumbnails, custom covers, video posting to Facebook, better sharing on Android, and more

May06
by on May 6, 2014 at 4:49 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Microsoft today updated its OneDrive service with four new features for its Web app as well as significant improvements to its Android app. You can check out the former at onedrive.live.com and the latter by getting the latest version from Google Play. First up, the Web app now has bigger thumbnails for your photos and videos. Microsoft has also added videos to the All Photos view, which should make it easier to find and watch your clips, but without a name change the category will be rather confusing. Microsoft says it has improved video playback in this release, but wouldn’t…

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PlayStation Vita Slim on sale in the US from today via $200 Borderlands 2 special edition bundle

May06
by on May 6, 2014 at 4:44 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Product Updates

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The slimline PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) that’s already been on sale in Japan and the UK is today going on sale in the US as part of a special Borderlands 2 bundle available for just under $200. While it keeps the same core experience as the previous generations of Vita handheld gaming consoles, the WiFi-only device has a thinner and lighter chassis than the older models. The new Vita ‘Slim’ also includes 1GB of onboard storage out of the box, and there’s also an 8GB PS Vita memory card included as part of the bundle, which will come in handy for downloading that…

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$8m to be pumped into Mexico’s startup ecosystem as NXTP Labs and naranya*LABS team up

May06
by on May 6, 2014 at 4:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Latin America

Argentina-born seed fund and accelerator NXTP Labs has joined forces with Mexico-based seed fund and mobile-focused corporate accelerator naranya*LABS to create a new early-stage fund that will invest at least $8 million in Mexico (disclosure: NXTP Labs is an investor in my company, MonoLibre). The announcement was made today in Miami during the first edition of the eMerge Americas conference. Part of the fund will come from public funding granted by Mexico’s National Entrepreneur Institute (INADEM). According to Naranya Ventures’ managing partner Pablo Salazar, the $8 million will be used to invest in 48 startups in Mexico, while also covering follow-on…

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