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Trick to use Google speed test in India

Here's the trick to use Google speed test in India. Open Mozilla Firefox. Install Hotspot shield VPN add-on from Mozilla addons store. Now Hotspot VPN is available on the toolbar. Close all the tabs and go to a new tab. Now click the hotspot VPN icon and enable Hotspot VPN by toggle. Select Virtual Location to US. Now go to https://www.google.com (not google.co.in) Now enter "speed test" in search bar. Now,Internet Speed test tool will appear in the search results. Now Disable Hotspot VPN by toggling off again. Click Run Speed Test to start the speed test. Remember,Google Speed test tool is still in beta.So,the speed will not be accurate. Notably,The download speed is not accurate and the result is the slower download speeds. Upload speed shows accurately.But,Google need yo fix the download speed issue showing slower speeds. It may be a problem with the Google's server which is involved in speed test.The server may be slow as the latency value is hig

Google now rolling out speed test tool in search results.

Google testing its speed test tool in search results by rolling out to users.Users need to enter "Check my internet speed" in search results and click run speed test to start the speed test.This is limited to some users but not all countries.This speed test is currently in beta stage and being tested only by users in US.This feature will also be available to other countries soon.

6 Things to be changed in the Samsung Galaxy S8

4K Display Samsung galaxy S8 to come with 5.5" Super AMOLED Display with Bio Blue technology and 4K Resolution to make more compact for VR. Sound Samsung Galaxy S8 is about to carry a big speakers at the top and bottom which gives 3D experience on audio. Battery Samsung Galaxy S8 packs a massive battery of capacity 4200mAh or more.The device also supports high speed Adaptive Fast Charging. USB Type C Samsung Galaxy S8 is the first device to sport USB Type C in the Galaxy S lineup. Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Samsung Galaxy S8 sports with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 which will be more powerful ever. Dual Camera Samsung Galaxy S8 will have a dual camera module for perfect camera experience.

Snapdragon 830:An Overview

Qualcomm working on its upcoming high end SoC named Snapdragon 830.The high end devices coming out in 2017 will be powered by this SoC.The most expected and notable device powered by Snapdragon 830 is Samsung Galaxy S8.Snapdragon 820 had a great success this year and Qualcomm announced Snapdragon 821 which is a slightly higher variant of Snapdragon 820 with clock speeds increased from 2.15 GHz to 2.3 GHz and some improvements in power efficiency. We can also expect that Snapdragon 830 will also be a great success for Qualcomm.The Snapdragon 830 coming with power packed features rather than its predecessors. Snapdragon 830 is expected to be clocked at 3 GHz based on some rumours.However,this is over expectation which may not be featured in this SoC. Snapdragon 830 is said to be using ARM based cores instead of custom cores.ARM announced its high end core named Cortex A73 which will power the devices in 2017. Cortex A73 gives better support for mobile VR,highest power efficiency an

Samsung develops Both UFS-microSD compliant slot

Samsung develops a slot which is compliant with both UFS and microSD cards.UFS is more faster and power efficient compared to microSD.However,microSD cards are used by many as it is current generation standard and its compatibility with most of the smartphones.It looks like a great move for Samsung for developing a slot compatible with current generation and next generation standards.

Google and Microsoft to face head to head with Apple iPhone 7 Plus

Google is working on its own smartphone with its native hardware.The device may be named Google Pixel Smartphone which will be powered by Android N.The device may sport high end specs.Microsoft Surface Phone to release next year with 8 GB of RAM,Snapdragon 830 SoC and 128 GB onboard storage powered by Windows 10.These two devices will compete with Apple iPhone 7 plus running iOS 10 which comes with 32GB of onboard storage,Apple A10 Chipset,2 GB of RAM,16MP rear camera and 2,800mAh battery.

Best 10 android apps your phone must have

Microsoft Arrow Launcher: This is one of the best launcher I have seen in the play store.The launcher runs more faster and lag free.It reduces your time by making you to get all the things only through swipe.The App sections will hold your favourite apps and recently opened apps.Swiping left will get you to Recent section which will have everything that you have done recently like recently installed apps,downloaded media and other files and recent calls you made or made to you. From the app section,swiping right will get you to contacts section,this will hold your favourite and frequently calling contacts.Tapping the pic will show tasks like calling,messaging and selecting more will open contacts card directly within launcher.Then select to make whatsapp calls and messages.Then swiping right again will display list of documents in your device.You can login to your Microsoft account to have documents in OneDrive right in your launcher.Then swiping right will hold widgets you want.

Samsung introduces UFS memory cards

UFS refers to Universal File System is a type of File System which is widely used in Samsung Galaxy Devices,OnePlus 3,etc... Now Samsung intoduces UFS based memory cards which is more power efficient and faster compared to microSD.Most of the phones support microSD as standard.Maybe, we can expect UFS memory card support in Samsung Galaxy Devices which is set to release in future.

TRAI introduces own Speed test app

TRAI introduced its own speed test app which is accurate as the speed test.net app. As it is the initial version,the app exists with some bugs in it.The app freezes sometimes when it is opened and go into black screen. Unlikr Speedtest.net app,the app makes phone some more laggy when performing speed test.The app may take high resources such as more amount of RAM,so only the app makes phone laggy and also experienced some heat dissipation when using MySpeed(TRAI) app which I didn't get with speed test.net app.The app must improve in memory management and should take less resource of memory to work free from lags and heat dissipation.

Google Music and YouTube Red coming to India

Google Music is a service which combines musics from many places.YouTube Red is an enhanced version of YouTube which can play the video in background and the videos can be played without ads.Both Google Music and YouTube Red is not available in India.These two features are coming to India.

TCL 560 launched for ₹7,999 with iris scanner

TCL launched its entry level smartphone which is priced around ₹7,999.The phone will go on sale from July 5 exclusively in Amazon.The Phone features 5.5" HD Display of resolution 720x1920.TCL 560 is powered by lower end Snapdragon 210 SoC which is a quad core processor clocked at 1.1 GHz with Adreno 304 GPU.The phone packs with 2GB of RAM.The phone features 8MP rear camera with LED Flash and 5 MP front camera with Flash.The phone runs Android 6.0.1 Marshmallows.This Phone supports dual sim with 4G and VoLTE.This phone has 2500mAh battery which is somewhat lower for the phone with 5.5" display and 4G LTE.The device has 16 GB of internal memory which is expandable upto 32 GB via microSD.Those who are having a keen interest on having iris scanner at the cheaper price can go for this phone.The gamers and others who expects performance on phones,it is not right for them.Snapdragon 200 series offers average performance as it is designed as a entry level chipset but it is good for

Vivo unveils X7 and X7 Plus in China

Vivo unveils its new mid range phone in China on July 7.Both the phones to be powered by 1.8GHz Octa Core Snapdragon 652 and 4GB of RAM.X7 features 5.2" Screen with 3,000mAh battery and X7 Plus features 5.7" with 4,000mAh battery.These Phone will be priced around $378 USD(25,000 INR)