Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Leaked- iPad Mini 3 will be 30% thinner

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As per report. iPad Mini 3 will be termed as ‘iPad Mini Air’. It seems like Apple is now using ‘Air’ term in its variants names. Previously, we also learnt that 5.5-inch iPhone would be called ‘iPhone Air’. The new iPad Mini will be thinner than the previous iPad Mini 2 which was 0.29 inches. This will definitely make the new variant lighter. Other details specify regarding the chipset and the screen size. iPad Mini 3 will possible run on new A8 chip. The screen size will be around 7.9-inches.
It’s quite early to say something regarding the new iPad Mini 3. If things goes according to the plan, still the release will be in last quarter of the year. Some reports also say that Apple is now favouring iPad Mini 3 and iPad Air 2, delaying iPad Pro or 12.9-inches iPad.
Microsoft may be in concern, what to bring this year. But well, this is not a matter at all as far as Tech Giant Apple is concerned. This year, Apple has got lot in its pockets. From revamped iOS versions to new Macbooks, the Cupertino is set to launch all. Other than iOS 8, OS X Yosemite, iPhone 6, iPad Air 2 & iPad Pro, Apple may make iPad Mini 3 debut this year. The new report has come from GforGames. The report has also given some leaks regarding the new iPad Mini variant.

Microsoft Will kill Nokia X series, Asha and Series 40 in favour of Windows Phones

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 Quite often, IT companies surprise us with their decisions. Most recently, Apple amazed all of us with its iOS 8 upcoming features. Before that, Nokia (which is now NokiabyMicrosoft) left us in many thoughts when it announced Nokia X series, running on forked Android platform. There were questions, straightaway, by the critics regarding the launch. Even, we were not able to understand the logic behind this. Now, it seems Microsoft has admitted it a ‘miscued’ plan and has decided to kill Nokia X series!


This is leaked by an internal memo of Microsoft. The memo claims that Microsoft has put Nokia X development along with Asha and Series 40 in ‘maintenance mode’, means no more in development. Gradually, Microsoft will kill Nokia X series, Asha phones and Series 40 during 18 months period. Microsoft will replace these handsets with low, mid and high-end Windows Phones.
Nokia X series was launched five months ago at MWC 2014. The company introduced three handsets in the series i.e. Nokia X, Nokia X+ and Nokia XL. Later on, in June, Nokia X2 was also added. The introduction was made during the partnership talks between Nokia and Microsoft. As per Asha and Series 40, both are Nokia’s featured phones for small markets. They will also be ended next year.
The announcement to kill Nokia X series has already affected the sales of the handsets. Surely, this will result in minimizing the prices of Nokia X series too. Moreover, there are also some words regarding Nokia MixRadio service. The service is also now no more in development. Microsoft plans to sell this service to a third party.


Microsoft is takings some big decision to increase its Windows Phone OS popularity. The firm is already in talks with other OEMs to introduce high-end Windows Phones in the market. But well, one thing that I have noted, Microsoft is too slow in updating its Windows Phone platform. WP 8.1 has not been rolled out completely yet. It’s time for Microsoft to speed up its WP updates and equip Windows Phone platform with all the main features.

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Dawn of the Planet of Apes-Overview

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After the rise of planet of apes, the director has finally carved the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes to the big screens. The director accomplishes to do at least three things remarkably well that are hard enough to pull off individually: Maintain a rumbling level of tension without let-up for two hours, seriously rally on a very good first entry in a franchise and produce a authoritative humanistic proclamation using a ominously simian cast of typescripts.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes picks up an intact decade after the end of the earlier film, and the horrors of those tenyears have been alluded to in the trailers by Gary Oldman’s character which is a wise move. Starring impactful characters like Andy Serkis, Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke, Judy Greer, Keri Russell, Kodi Smit-McPhee this movie revolves around a mounting nation of genetically developed apes led by Caesar, is threatened by a band of human stayers of the shattering virus unbridled a decade earlier. They reach a crumbly peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brim of a war that will regulate who will arise as Earth’s dominant species.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is finally arriving in theaters on 11th July. It was made on a comparatively limited budget. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is filled with incredibly powerful and divergent personalities & remarkably many of its performances are digitally constructed. Nothing can stop the hysteria train for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes now, because it is described as everything from ruthless to a true cinematic masterpiece, with splendidness.


Dawn of the Planet of the Apes picks up ten years after the end of Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Human civilization has been emaciated by the spread of the Simian Flu, which scrapped the population of humanity to a mere shadow of its former self, even as Caesar’s community of intelligent apes grew in forte. After years of sickness and in-fighting among humans, the two tribes clash once more and must decide whether to declare war or peace.  Although the trailers and movie title have already kind of given away the direction that they eventually find themselves heading in.



Matt Reeves’ phenomenal feature weaves the technological mastery of Weta together with uniformly strong performances and an intellectual script, for a film that is as opulent philosophically as it is aesthetically. Though speckled with moments of flippancy, DOTPOTA is a thought provoking and striking dialogue on the concept of trust which hits no wrong notes. Full reviews for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes are almost universally positive.
For more information visit IMDB – The Internet Movie Database.



Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Angry Birds Transformers Announced.

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Rovio recently released Angry Birds Epic and now its time for the next Angry Birds announcement. Rovio has announced yet another game in the series called Angry Birds Transformers.
Angry Birds Transformers will feature Autobirds and Deceptihogs. Rovio has partnered with Hasbro to feature Telepods in the latest game. It is not the first time that Rovio has partnered with Hasbro.

Later this year Hasbro will introduce a product line featuring Telepods technology which will enable fans to teleport their favorite Angry Birds Transformers characters into the game and gain unique powers.
Rovio is releasing the new Angry Birds games very quickly and people are loving it too. Rovio introduced Telepods in Angry Birds Star Wars not a long time ago. And now the latest game in the series, Angry Birds Transformers will also feature Telepods.
The release date of game is not yet announced by Rovio. We’ll update you as soon as release date get announced.

Facebook Messenger For iPad Launched

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Facebook Messenger has at last made its way to the iPad as well. Till now it was only available for iPhone in iOS. Now it is the universal iOS app. Facebook messenger is widely used by millions of people around the World.
Facebook for iPad is specially designed for big screen. It shows you the list of conversations as well as your current conversation on the single screen. Messenger for iPad comes with most of the messenger features for iOS including VoIP calling, Stickers and group chat navigation. So you do not need to look for your phone to reply to some message from your Facebook friend while using your iPad. It also support the latest feature, The split screen camera and tap and hold video feature. Facebook has not mentioned anything about Android tablet version yet.

Facebook is entering into the messaging World very quickly. Recently it has bought WhatsApp for more than $19 Billion, which shows how desperate is Facebook to own the messaging World. WhatsApp has now over 500 million monthly active users whsich shows that how people are loving it as a SMS replacement.



Fast & Furious 7 Release Date Announced

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Fast & Furious has always been a joy to watch. Not only for car lovers, but also due to the chemistry on the set of movie. Although mishaps happened and we lost Paul Walker along the way. Although the fictional Fast world turned upside down. But this did not stopped the production of Fast & Furious 7.

But the question is, could Fast & Furious 7 be the gang’s final ride? No one would have assumed that after the critically acclaimed and financially successful Fast & Furious raced through multiplexes in 2013. On almost every level, the sequel looked like an upswing and Fast & Furious 6 was primed to be a hit.
The series regained enough of its footing to complete the movie, with a lot of moving parts. But there is hopefully enough stability to give Walker’s character, Brian O’Conner, a proper farewell. Will it be the finale of the Fast franchise as well? For now, that is a question for another day. Let’s talk about the release date of the movie, which has been delayed:
Release Date:
The date, as mentioned, has been changed. Even after the delay created by the death of Paul Walker, Universal felt comfortable to announce April 10, 2015 as the release date of Fast & Furious 7. It has been now a trend of the Hollywood industry system to push the “Summer” blockbuster season a little earlier each year. Captain America: The Winter Soldier is an example to that, which was released on April 4.
Maybe Universal realized that the date can really help out for a sequel? And maybe the seventh installment is farther along in production than was believed. This is because the studio just announced that fans will get to see the movie one week earlier. This means, Fast & Furious 7 will hit the theaters on April 3, 2015.
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Microsoft to launch two 3D Touch phones

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As per rumors, Microsoft is currently working on 3D Touch user interface. The new touch interface will come with APIs that includes gestures, side interactions and heat maps.  Third party developers will also be able to make use of this new 3D Touch technology. Microsoft will unveil this new 3D Touch technology with two handsets. The two 3D Touch phones, possibly Microsoft Mclaren and Lumia 1525m will arrive later this year.

The first one will release in October this year. The 3D Touch phone Mclaren will feature some real powerful specs i.e. 5.2-inch quad-HD display with 2560×1440 resolution and 20 MP camera. The 3D Touch device will have internal storage up to 64GB. As per second 3D Touch phone, Lumia 1525 is scheduled to launch at the end of the year. It will come with 6-inch display and updated hardware i.e. Snapdragon 801 (as compared to Lumia 1520). Most probably, Microsoft will equip this giant handset with its new 3D Touch interface.
It seems like this 3D Touch feature will only be included in high-end Lumia devices so to justify their price. Both 3D Touch phones will be pricy due to the 3D touch technology and high-end specs. Microsoft is trying to provide all available latest features so that to remain in competition with Android and iOS devices.
That’s all, we have at the moment! We will keep you aware of more updates as we get our hands on them! Stay tuned to TheNerdMag!