DARAZ MOBILE WEEK – THE BIGGEST MOBILE PHONE SALE EVER

Pakistan’s largest online shopping mall, Daraz.pk, wants to celebrate Ramadan festivities with the entire nation and is set to offer customers a week of jaw-dropping deals and mouth-watering sales during Daraz Mobile Week, the largest mobile phone sale ever. The massive sale event which will be hitting the online store on June 20 and is expected to break the internet, with an unimaginable mobile phone price slash, new product launches and mega flash sales.

It will be a week of crazy deals and exclusive phone launches from top mobile phone brands at  www.daraz.pk/mobile-week  and the Daraz.pk mobile phone app.

The Daraz Black Friday sale that happened in November last year has become a household name and Pakistan’s biggest and most anticipated annual retail extravaganza – Daraz.pk claims that the Mobile Week sale will be just as good, if not better, with unimaginable deals and discounts on all mobile phone brands.

Mobile Week  will be bringing together the biggest international mobile phones at incredibly low prices in order to make premium mobile phones available to Pakistanis at the highest value for their money. As part of some pre-hype activities for the week-long sale on June 20, the company has started running weekly contests, offering a free smartphone on sign ups at www.daraz.pk/mobile-week. The buzz has already started on social media as people are clamoring to get in on the deals.
Just like Black Friday, Easypay will be providing customers with additional discounts on all phones purchased during the Mobile week, making the week even more exciting.

Commenting on the occasion, Jonathan Doerr, Co-CEO Daraz said, “Mobile Week is an incredible opportunity to partner the A-list brands to give our customers value for their money. As a pioneer of the e-retail sector in Pakistan, Daraz.pk has created a niche for itself by continually setting up the pace as evidenced in our previous events. In Mobile Week, there is a mobile sabkayliye.”

The countdown for the biggest mobile sale has begun, for customers to be a step ahead in availing the best deals during the Daraz Mobile Week, they should download the Daraz App from the Google Play Store for Android and iTunes for Apple phones, monitor updates on the Daraz.pk website and watch out for their favorite brands set to go on sale.

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INFINIX ZERO 3 SET TO MAKE WAVES WITH A 20.7MP CAMERA

Daraz and Infinix collaborate once more to make a difference for smartphone users

Infinix Mobility has yet again proven that innovation and top-notch quality can be afforded at an incredibly low price by launching their flagship phone, Infinix Zero 3, exclusively on Daraz.pk at https://www.daraz.pk/infinix-zero3. TheInfinix Zero 3 is revolutionizing perceptions of the modern smartphone user with an incredible 20.7 megapixel Sony camera, making the concept of high quality professional photography from a lean, sexy device a cemented reality.

This phone is a significant upgrade on its previous model, the Infinix Zero 2 - the high quality metal casing is evident of the quality of the product’s exterior and housing. The device is durable and has an elegantly stylish look, offered in two color variants, black and gold. Boasting a 5.5inch FHD Display with a whopping 1080 x 1920 pixel resolution, the phone allows users to have a display perfect for high resolution games, watching videos or just being in awe of the high-quality screen display.

The Infinix Zero 3 is known for its high speed operating capabilities, powered by a 3GB RAM and a 2.1GHz octa-core processor. The 4G LTE enabled, dual-sim phone is available in 16GB and 32GB models, as well as a 128GB external memory, giving you ample space for a plethora of applications, songs, videos and pictures.

Infinix has crossed leagues to ensure incredible camera quality by installing Sony’s Exmor RS IM X230 20.7MP rear camera. The picture quality not only surpasses that of most leading smartphones today, rather, it has gone head-to-head with a DSLR camera. To sweep the picture and video enthusiasts off of their feet, Infinix has installed dual color LED flashlight for the camera, as well as 4K video capturing, enabling users to make ultra-high-definition videos anywhere, anytime.

Keeping up with the age of selfies, the 5MP front camera is complemented by a front-facing LED flashlight, vanquishing your selfie nightmares. Now users can take selfies in dim lighting and outdoors during nighttime without a hitch.

Common concerns with smartphones of such high capabilities is the battery life or the lack thereof that plagues most consumers with high smartphone usage. The Infinix Zero 3 is armed with a 3030mAH Li-Po battery which means that battery draining issues are a notion of the past.

Infinix, as most users need high speed data accessibility, has a dual-sim system with 3G/4G and LTE capabilities. The ease of use for consumers with such specs is significant and makes Infinix Zero 3 highly appealing for its quality and consumer ease to price ratio.

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Mobitunes Mobile Application Offers Unlimited, Free Mobitunes

Mobilink has announced a limited time promotional offer to celebrate the launch of its Mobitunes Mobile Application; the first of its kind initiative in the industry. This promotional offer allows subscribers to download the Mobitunes of their choice through the Mobitunes App - completely free of cost. The Mobitunes Mobile App was recently released on all versions of Android smartphones and allows subscribers to search, download, access and listen to a database consisting of over 150,000 Mobitunes.  Mobitunes, a popular value added service of Mobilink, allows subscribers to greet incoming callers with the tune of their choice instead of the conventional ringing tone.

Wasif Mustafa Head of Marketing, Mobilink commenting on the promotional offer said "This promotional offer is our way of thanking subscribers for continuing to support our innovation throughout the years. We constantly look to offer the best deals in a bid to promote our latest offerings and through this Mobitunes promotional offer we expect an even greater response than we have gotten so far regarding the Mobitunes Mobile app. The app is Mobilink's testament to the continued commitment of providing convenience through innovation to its customers by allowing them to choose the right Mobitunes with just a touch of a finger."

The mobile application allows customers to first listen to each Mobitune from the vast Mobitunes database which is categorized under Bollywood, Pakistani, Hollywood, and religious genres. Whenever the subscriber feels like downloading a particular Mobitune, the app shall allow them free download instead of the previous standard charge of PKR 9.55. Through this promotional offer, subscribers are allowed unlimited, free downloads for a limited time.  Only standard data charges for the use of the Mobitunes App shall apply. PR

To download the application, subscribers using Android smartphones need to visit Google Play Store or click on the following link: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=mobitune&hl=en 

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Google Gives Mobile Search a Tidier Look

Google have announced that they have started replacing the URLs found beneath website titles in mobile search results by the site name and a categorized breadcrumb path. The current roll out is for mobile users only, with an expected wider expansion soon.

Google states that starting from today:

“algorithms that display URLs in the search results to better reflect the names of websites, using the real-world name of the site instead of the domain name, and the URL structure of the sites in a breadcrumbs-like format.”

The procedure has been under testing for several years now and has been seen by several Google search users over the years.

This is a much better presentation of website details as mobile screens are much smaller compared to desktop screens and usually URLs are cut off midway and the viewer can’t know where the page is being retrieved from. This neater manner of presentation will let the users know which section of the particular website they are about to visit.

This change might not effect websites without a layered structure. Websites like Wikipedia, organisational or shopping websites are better suited for this presentation as their URLs can be replaced by their page hierarchy giving easy demonstration of the path used to get to that page from the homepage of the website.

Google has also announced support for schema.org structured data for websites to let the Google algorithms retrieve certain data from websites. The data will include the website name to be used instead of the domain name and the structure of the websites URL as breadcrumbs. Google has provided further details and code examples for web developers and webmasters to better understand how they can employ this structured data scheme.

The changes are rolling out gradually where the ‘.com’ mobile domain will see the change first which has started rolling out, beginning from the US and expanding worldwide. Other Google search country domains will see the change in the second stage of the roll out expected soon but there is no exact timeline provided.

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Mobilink Launches Mobitunes Mobile Application

Mobilink has launched its very own Mobitunes Mobile Application; the first of its kind initiative in the industry. The App allows subscribers to search, download, access and listen to a database consisting of over 150,000 Mobitunes and is available for download on all Android smartphones through the Google Play Store.  Mobitunes, a popular value added service of Mobilink, allows subscribers to greet incoming callers with the tune of their choice from over 150,000 Mobitunes available instead of the conventional ringing tone.

Speaking about this latest innovative offering, Wasif Mustafa, Head of Marketing, Mobilink commented, “Mobilink is focused to providing the best experience to customers by offering innovative and convenient solutions and packages. We believe in making our customers’ lives simpler by empowering them through cutting-edge technological solutions. The launch of Mobitunes App is yet another testament to our continued commitment of allowing greater freedom to our customers which allows them to choose the right Mobitune with just a touch of their finger.”

The latest mobile application shall allow customers to first listen to each Mobitune available before setting it up as their caller greeting tone. The Mobitunes Mobile Application has been custom designed to enrich the user’s experience and make it easy to choose a tune of their liking from the vast Mobitunes database which is categorized under Bollywood, Pakistani, Hollywood, and religious genres.

Standard data charges for the use of the application will apply, while the subscriber will be charged PKR 9.55 (inclusive of tax) for each downloaded Mobitune. -PR 

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How is the World’s First Ubuntu Phone Different from Android, iOS and Windows?

By Gulshan Naz: The world's first Ubuntu phone – the Aquaris E4.5 – has arrived and it will be available through a series of flash sales in upcoming weeks. I've previously written about the specs and details about the sales, read it here. Here I'll be talking about the difference this Ubuntu phone brings to the smartphone scenario.

Why the new smartphone players don't succeed?

The current smartphone market is ruled by Android and iOS, and this market doesn't allow the new players to establish themselves. It has been a long time since Windows Phone was launched and it is yet to make a significant user base. The problem that engulfs the aspirations of newer operating systems is the need of an efficient and supportive app ecosystem. Without apps, users won't support the new OS. The Linux-based open source OS Ubuntu tries to tackle this problem in a different manner.

The world's first Ubuntu phone won't be having apps. Instead, the Aquaris E4.5 will be having a new user environment called Scopes.

What is Ubuntu's Scope and what's new about it?

Jane Silber, CEO Canonical calls the first Ubuntu smartphone a "significant milestone." It will feature Scopes – Scopes are contextual home-screen dashboards which are a lot simpler and faster to develop than the usual intrinsic apps. Scopes are kind of a reinvention of mobile user interface by presenting a faster way to access the important services like social, music, internet, pictures etc. They do it by putting the content from different providers together on a single screen. The photo Scope will feature pictures from your phone library as well as the Picasa and Flickr web albums – all on the same screen.

"Ubuntu presents users with an entirely different way to engage with their devices – Scopes guide you to content you want – in the same way you think about it – to deliver a smooth, engaging experience," says Cristian Parrino, VP Mobile of Canonical.

While all the operating systems depend on the apps to interact with users and provide them services, Ubuntu has tried to offer them something different. Forget all the sugar-coated terms like material design, tiled layout, and whatnot; Ubuntu has tried to provide something different in a real sense with Scopes. Apps offer different content on different screens, whereas user just wants to access the information provided by the apps.

How is it beneficial for developers?

Canonical has tried to go with the Scopes by keeping in mind the flooded smartphone market. Developers are busy making apps for Android and iOS which account for about 90 percent of all the devices. Parrino says that Scopes can be developed with a fraction of the cost of conventional app developing. It is simple to make new Scopes with an easy to use and cheaper user interface toolkit.

Right now, it has managed to score some well knows partners like Facebook, Twitter, eBay, Yelp, Grooveshark, SoundCloud, Amazon, Dropbox, Spotify and Time Out. This has been possible due the tag Canonical and Linux attached to it. It's clear that Canonical will rely heavily on a vast and dedicated community of Linux coders for more Scopes.

What to expect from the world's first Ubuntu phone?

Ubuntu is a whole new concept and Canonical is targeting the developer and open-source enthusiasts with this phone. I won't expect this to top the sales or break any records. Instead, it will show how tired of the app interface the users are.

Alberto Mendez, CEO at BQ says: "Ubuntu is a totally different concept in mobile operating systems and we are proud of the fact that our customers will get to enjoy it before anyone else in the world. At BQ, we support diversity in operating systems because it brings positive benefits for the technology sector and also for the user, who has the freedom to choose."

via insights.ubuntu.com

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Microsoft to Offer its Own Payment Solution

By Gulshan Naz: After Apple, Google and Samsung, Microsoft is getting closer to its own payments solution. The so-called "Microsoft Payments" is all but confirmed now and can make an appearance once Windows 10 for phones hits the market.

A similar "tap to pay" feature has already been shown at a Windows hardware partners' conference in China. The service,  like Apple Pay and others uses NFC for payments and supports Host Card Emulation on Windows 10, which means you won't need a SIM card or carrier support in order to carry out transactions.

It's still not known whether some sort of secondary encryption in the form of fingerprint scanners will be mandatory, but Windows 10 does support a wide range of encryption methods, including iris, face and biometric-sensor support.

That's not to say that wireless payments haven't been available on Windows Phones up till now. Microsoft has already partnered with PayPal to support PayPal Here while a few third-party app developers such as Softcard already have their solutions for Redmond's Mobile OS.

However, this will be the first time that Microsoft itself is working as a primary entity in this cause. With a comparatively limited reach until now, it will be interesting to see whether the new service, which will get a formal launch soon catches fire or not.

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Google Release 5.1 update to Android Lollipop

By Gulshan Naz: Google rolled out "tasty additions" to its Android Lollipop mobile operating system, adding some new capabilities like multiple-SIM card support. First major update to Android 5.0 Lollipop to supported devices, including Motorola's Nexus 6 and HTC's Nexus 9.

Android 5.1 "improves stability and performance" in phones and tablets running Lollipop, Google Android Platform executive Dave Burke said

The Device Protection feature is Google's answer to Apple's Activation Lock and works on the same anti-theft idea. It basically makes stolen phones "useless" to whoever took it. The feature will keep your stolen device locked unless you sign in with your Google account, even if someone resets your device to factory settings.

There are some additional new capabilities made possible with the update, including "crystal-clear" HD Voice calling between phones running Android 5.1 and serviced by T-Mobile and Verizon, and the addition of controls in Quick Settings letting users join Wi-Fi networks and manage paired Bluetooth devices.

Device Protection would be "available on most Android phones and tablets shipped with Android 5.1" as well as in Nexus 6 Phablets and Nexus 9 slates which are upgraded with the software update. Google exec said

Benchmarking and crash testing of the patched version has resulted in positive reviews for Lollipop, though as of early March, research suggested that Android 5.0 was only running on 3 percent of Android phones.

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World’s First Phone with Eyeprint ID Announced

As recently in Pakistan we all are facing Biometric re-verification process. but what will happened when i say ZTE Grand S3 Eye biometric Smartphone has been announced.

If you thought that having a fingerprint scanner on your phone was cool, then this new phone from ZTE will blow your mind. The new Grand S3 is the world’s first phone with Eye-print ID 
biometric system, which scans your eye for verification.
Device Preview:

The system is more reliable since it actually scans both your eyes. It was developed by Eye Verify and can be used for a number of processes including online payments.
unlocking and authorization. It uses the front 8 megapixel camera for the process.

ZTE Grand S3 has 5.5 Display with 1080 Pixels. running customized Android 4.4 KitKat. Underneath, you get a 2.5 Ghz Snapdragon 801 processor with Krait 400 CPU and Adreno 330 GPU. There’s 3 GB memory and 16 GB expandable storage onboard.

Camera:

ZTE Comes with 16 MP camera with duel-LED flash in Back, and a 8 MP camera in front which is used for verification purposes. but the problem is that the front camera doesn't comes with Flash.  there can a bit of reliability worries though we can’t say anything right now.

Other Features of ZTE:

LTE has new Wi-Fi ac, LTE, and GPS, Dolby Sound and 3,100 mAh battery.

Price:

ZTE Grand S3  there can a bit of reliability worries though we can’t say anything right now.

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