BlackBerry 10.3’s UI to Introduce “Signature Action”

Canadian mobile phone maker BlackBerry has long confirmed the upcoming availability of a new flavor of its BlackBerry 10 operating system, in the form of BlackBerry 10.3, and some more info on what it might have to offer has been provided today. Apparently, the upcoming OS flavor will feature a certain “Signature Action” on the user interface, which translates into highlighting most used actions on the platform. The info comes from BlackBerry’s Michael Clewley, who posted info on this on his BBM Channel (PIN C00014277), as N4BB reports. “Basically we’ve pulled out the most used action to the center and highlighted it. Using a “Classic BlackBerry Blue” color to highlight the action more,” he said. For those out of the loop, we should...

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Xiaomi Mi3S with 2.5GHz Quad-Core CPU, 3GB of RAM Launching on May 15

Chinese company Xiaomi is expected to introduce a new high-end Android smartphone next week in Beijing, China. The company has recently confirmed that it will announce new products on May 15, so there’s a chance that Xiaomi will launch more than one device. Dubbed Mi3S, the next Xiaomi flagship smartphone leaked several hours before the Chinese company confirmed the press event in Beijing, which is why we suspect that this is one of the devices to be announced next week. Xiaomi did not unveil any details on the Mi3S, but rumors coming from sources close to the matter claim that the smartphone will be equipped with Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 801 processor clocked at 2.5GHz. In addition, the smartphone will pack no less than 3GB of...

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BlackBerry Might Turn BBM into Skype-Like VoIP Service

BlackBerry’s BBM is one of the most popular products that the company is offering at the moment, with tens of millions of people already enjoying its capabilities on their devices, and it seems that the vendor is determined to grow the service into something more. According to a recent report coming from N4BB, it would not come as a surprise if the company actually went for a Skype-like approach with the BlackBerry Messenger, turning it into a VoIP service. In fact, David Proulx, BlackBerry’s Senior Director of BBM Business Development, actually confirmed that this was one possibility that the Canadian vendor was taking into consideration, although no specific plans on the matter have been laid down as of now. According to him, BlackBerry...

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ASUS' New Z97 and H97 Motherboards Ship with SATA Express

We've already taken a look at the three ROG Z97 motherboards from ASUS, but those aren't the only mainboards that the company has prepared. Indeed, the company has introduced quite a few more mainboards, not all of them designed with the Z97 chipset. You see, the Z97 chipset is made for people who want to eventually get a CPU they can upgrade, like the upcoming Devil's Canyon Core-series bearing the K suffix. The H97 chipset doesn't support overclocking (or isn't supposed to) and is a bit less rich in “embellishments.” ASUS still implemented a bunch of assets that aren't exactly “normal” for platforms of this sort. Though it's a pretty necessary thing really. After all, the company had to differentiate its products from those of rival...

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ASUS Releases Three ROG Z97 Gaming Motherboards for Intel Devil's Canyon CPUs

The LGA 1150 socket has been showing up on pretty much every Intel-ready motherboard of this year, and the latest set of mainboards from ASUS is no exception. And it's a pretty powerful set too. We are, of course, referring to the new Republic of Gamers motherboards, specifically the Maximus VII Gene mATX, Maximus VII Hero ATX, and the new Maximus VII Ranger ATX. Their names say what form factor they use: the first of the series is a micro-ATX mainboard, while the other two are full-sized ATX models. It's a pretty standard move, this, to release at least two platforms, covering the two most popular motherboard types in the world. The trend was followed for the other ASUS motherboard product releases of the past couple of days, but...

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PowerColor Radeon R9 295 X2 Devil13 Dual-GPU Graphics Card Needs Four 8-Pin Power Ports

The new dual-GPU graphics card from Advanced Micro Devices, called Radeon R9 295 X2, has a pair of 8-pin PCI Express power inputs, but PowerColor decided they were not enough, so it set about customizing the thing. Massively. It's reasonably safe to say that the PowerColor board, called PowerColor Radeon R9 295X2 Devil13, is the first board that needs so many 8-pin power connectors. Although saying it “needs” them all might be something of a stretch, considering that the card should still be able to work on the energy supplied by a single pair. However, PowerColor wasn't thinking of just the base specifications of the board. It has taken into account the people who like to overclock the living lights out of their hardware. And the...

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LG G3 Leaks in More Press Renders: Black, White and Colorful

LG’s next flagship Android smartphone, the G3, has recently been confirmed to go official on May 27, but the device is likely to hit shelves only next month. There have been quite a few leaks showing the LG G3 in live pictures, but thanks to @evleaks, we now have the chance to see some press renders of the high-end smartphone. Three images showing the alleged LG G3 have recently been published online and while two of them are simply showing the smartphone in both white and black colors, the third one has the smartphone captured with the display on. Obviously, it’s just a photoshopped image merged with the black version of the LG G3, but at least we now have an idea of what the smartphone may look like with the screen lit. LG G3...

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Google to Finally Cut Down on Android Bloatware with the Silver Series Phones

The days of the popular Nexus series of smartphones appear to be numbered as the sixth and the last handset launched as part of it is nearing its release, though this will not mark the end of Google phones out there. Nexus 6 was rumored a while ago to be the last device in the lineup, and all returned to the headlines earlier this week, when a report coming from The Information suggested that the Nexus family would be replaced with a new series of smartphones, called Silver. These phones, supposedly set to arrive on the market as soon as the next year, are expected to provide users with exactly the same experience that Nexus and Google Play Edition devices can offer at the moment and to feature high-end hardware capabilities. Basically,...

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First HTC One Mini 2 Press Render Leaks

HTC fans rejoice, as the first press image of the so-called One Mini 2 is here. The smartphone that's rumored to arrive later this month, the mini version of HTC One M8 seems to feature the same aluminum chassis. The One Mini 2 does not come with dual-camera on the back, instead HTC is said to pack the smartphone with a 13-megapixel rear-facing photo snapper and secondary camera in the front. It's unclear whether or not the camera on the back is an UltraPixel one or just an ordinary 13-megapixel shutter. However, courtesy of @evleaks, we do know that the smartphone will be available in multiple colors, such as gold, gunmetal, white and silver. We can safely assume that the HTC One Mini 2 will ship with Android 4.4.2 KitKat operating...

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HTC One M8 Unlocked and Developer Edition Receive Extreme Power Saving Mode

More owners of HTC One M8 devices out there can now enjoy the Extreme Power Saving Mode feature that HTC designed for the device, as it has started to arrive on more phone models today. The handset vendor has kicked off the deployment of a software update for the Unlocked and Developer Edition HTC One M8 devices, and this Extreme Power Saving Mode is the main feature packed inside it. The functionality was included in this smartphone in other markets out there, but it was not present on the phone when it landed in North America. However, it seems that HTC is finally ready to make it available for all HTC One M8 devices, after pushing it to Sprint’s version only a few weeks ago. As TalkAndroid notes, the phone has received the same...

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