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As the new Android OS is out now, all big OEM’s are deciding to release the update for their flagship smartphones. HTC is planning to update the One series within 90 days, while Samsung is still planning about it. Now we also got to hear from Sony and in past, they have released a set of beautiful Android smartphones. They have announced their plans about Jelly Bean and KitKat. Have a look on what Sony said:

First up, Jelly Bean 4.3

We’re pleased to tell you that we’ll start rolling Android 4.3 for Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR,Xperia Tablet Z, Xperia SP, Xperia Z Ultra and Xperia Z1 from next month.

We also mentioned that a few of our products would be jumping software version â€" so, we can confirm that Xperia T, Xperia TX and Xperia V* will be upgraded to Android Jelly Bean 4.3… also from next month.

And, to Kit Kat 4.4

We’re also happy to tell you about the first raft of Xperia products that we’ll make Android 4.4 Kit Kat available for â€" they are: Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia Tablet Z, Xperia Z Ultra and Xperia Z1.

On that, please stay tuned to the social newsroom and @SonyMobileNews, where we’ll update you with specific info on product upgrade timings & software features as things progress.

Well, it seems by the beginning of next year, we might see Sony smartphones on Android 4.4. Honestly, I must say that Sony is now paying attention towards software updates, as in past they were criticized a lot for not updating their smartphones to the latest OS, even if it matches the requirements.

So Xperia users, are you happy?

Source: Sony

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EBooks and other book offerings through the Kindle or iBooks remove a lot of that publishing overhead and allow readers to quickly get access to great content wherever they are. The next step in that progression is to remove the need to actually read the book yourself and have it auto-read out loud by the system.

Offering a text-to-speech function within electronic devices is certainly nothing new, even in the electronic book world. Amazon has offered this kind of feature through their Kindle devices for quite some time. Not everyone actually uses the Kindle hardware to consume their digital media however, and it seems to be Apple who are bringing in new users with their iBooks option on iOS and OS X. A workaround to reach a similar reading-out-loud achievement has been to use the Voice Over support with the Accessibility options on the device. This actually works but brings with it a myriad of additional issues.

The great news is that Apple’s decision to offer a native iBooks app within OS X Mavericks means that we no longer have to drop down to an iOS device to use Voice Over. iBooks within Mavericks means that is now entirely possible, and very easy, to have the system read the book out to us with minimal fuss. To see exactly how easy it is to get up and running with this kind of functionality then why not open up iBooks and try it for yourself?

Users are able to launch the iBooks app within Mavericks and get a book open on the screen in as little as three clicks. The process then becomes as simple as putting the cursor on the screen to denote exactly where the internal voice should start reading. The next step is to select the ‘Edit’ menu option from the iBooks menu system, select ‘Speech’ from the fourth list segment and then finally select ‘Start Speaking’. The rest, as they say, is academic. Or magic, depends on how you want to look at it.

Having the Mac operating system read the book out loud is a great and very handy little feature of iBooks, but it does come with a few little caveats. Mavericks isn’t capable of turning the page so it does require a little user interaction. It will also keep reading until it’s explicitly told to stop, so be aware of that.

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Google has announced end of support for Internet Explorer 9 for Gmail and other Google Apps. Google has a policy of supporting only the latest 2 versions of browsers, which includes Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari. 

Dropping support for Internet Explorer 9 might come as a big blow for certain enterprises and organizations where users are still stuck even on IE 8. While the basic functionality for Google Apps still works on some older browsers, end of support means that Google would not be rolling out and testing any fixes for them. 

Google mentions on their support page that users might find the following issues with Google Apps on unsupported browsers: 

Gmail: users would be redirected to basic HTML interface for Gmail. This is a stripped down version which does not support most of the features users enjoy.
Calendar: will be displayed in read only mode. Users would not be able to create new events or make edits to current ones.
Drive: drawing and presentations would not display correctly.

If you are unable to use Chrome, which provides the best Google Apps support and experience on any desktop platform, Microsoft recently released Internet Explorer 11 along with Windows 8.1, and soon for Windows 7. 

More details on Google Apps supported browsers can be found here. 

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Remember we said, we will be posting the interview with Anca Ventura (Senior Manager Portfolio, Planning & Analytics, Nokia) soon. Well, here it is. This was taken at the Nokia Lumia launch in Karachi, Pakistan. Let’s get on with the interview now. Q. What is the purpose of this event? The first thing is the [...]

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Mobilink, in its second phase of freeing up the resources, has laid off another at least 100 employees from its technical department, we have confirmed with sources.

With squeezing revenues and high CAPEX pressure â€" thanks to infrastructure “Swap” and “Maintenance” deals with Huawei and Ericsson â€" this was seen coming.

Mobilink is reasoning the lay-offs due to a restricting process of its technology division. As a result, the company said, certain operational areas had become redundant, whereas new functions have also emerged.

“Therefore, headcount is being reduced in areas that are redundant, whereas hiring of different skill set is underway”, said a statement issued by Mobilink.

However, it is unclear that why already serving workforce isn’t trained to fulfil the changing needs of the infrastructure, leaving a question mark on the ability of HR department.

On other hands, as we reported before, plentiful of tasks in technical department are being outsourced to vendors with a aim to reduce costs.

Once vendor contracts will be fully in place, Mobilink, as part of group strategy, will outsource major technical activities, while in-house staff will, just be, carrying out level 1 maintenance on site intervention for core network, alarm monitoring and KPI (Key Performance Indicators) review.

If sources are to be believed then more lay-offs are expected at Mobilink in coming months.

Mobilink has said that outgoing employees have been given the benefit of severance packages that are above and beyond the contractual obligation undertaken by the company at the time of hiring.

It maybe recalled that Mobilink had fired around 100 employees earlier in May 2013.

With Alcatel Lucent, Nortel, Motorola and Nokia Siemens Network out of business, these lay-offs by telcos are putting fierce pressure in the sector with growing pool of unemployed resources in the country.

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Samsung has proven its mettle in the smartphone arena and that’s the reason why its sets are so much in demand. It has already set very high standards for its competitors. Its latest avatar Samsung Mega from the flagship galaxy series is ready to take on the market contemporaries and today we bring an exclusive review of this brilliant innovation by Samsung.

Initially which was rumoured to be just a single handset, surfaced two different variants at inception. The Galaxy Mega 6.3 and Mega 5.8. As their names suggest the only visible difference between them is the screen size.

Both the devices flaunt the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean with dual core processors. The latest version of the Android has been coupled with Touch wiz‘s bright and a vibrantly peppy User Interface. There seems to be some nifty changes or additions to the interfaces of the sets, due to which it claims to provide a grand and wonderful experience for the end users. Its home screen looks really clean and tidy. The cosmetic changes have remained the same as there have been no changes adopted in these prospects. Mega 6.3 also enables tabbed browsing which lets you scroll through the screen without much problems or ado. Innovation and sophistication is the natural forte of this handset.

Samsung has taken innovative measures for the next step in the logical manner and have enhanced them with technicality and functionality.  The handset seamlessly lets you handle the functions with the help of two fingers in various drag and drop options. Alongside it features multiple window options which were first visible in the Galaxy Note 2.

Mega 6.3 features the S Translator, snappy camera applications and health applications from S4 etc.  It’s going to come with the connectivity of LTE. But in case your region doesn’t provide you with 4G infrastructure then it will be supporting the connectivity of HSPA. The phone does supports Cat 3 LTE and also to theoretical records; you will enjoy high speed download speeds of around 100 MBPs, and 50 Mbps for uploading.

It has a giant display option available. 6.3 inch display is one of the largest screens which have been visible on the mainstream Smartphone. Its display has the resolution of around 720p which sports pixel of around 233 ppi.

The phone supports a micro SD card slot through which you can expand the storage capacity to around 64GB.  Users can pick the option of either the 8 GB or 16 GB, toting Galaxy Mega included in it. Due to its expandable memory it will be allowing the user to download FULL HD movies on the hand set supported by a vibrant screen. This enhances the phone’s entertainment quotient to a great extent.

It packs a punch with the 3200 mAh battery, which was earlier considered a “prototype” only. But currently going to face reality.  The back portion of the set is easily removable. You will be able to remove the battery without much fuss. The galaxy is going to please those users who were really waiting for a note-like device but without the additional luggage of S-pen or the ridiculously high price .With a marvellous design it surely looks like a winner at face value. It could be priced somewhere between Rs 25000, to 27000 and is all set to hit the market very soon.

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Samsung just can’t help itself these days. Seemingly more important than extolling the virtues of its own handsets, the bashing of Apple and more importantly, the users of its smartphones, is target numero uno. At least, that’s what you could be forgiven for thinking if you’ve ever seen the company’s new Galaxy S4 ads.

The first of those ads, as we told you recently, centers around a pool party and a group of supposedly uncool parents all using iPhones. The aim of the ad is to get users to switch from their Apple devices to, obviously enough, a Samsung one.

But Samsung couldn’t just stop there. On it went, ad agency in tow, intent on kicking Apple as fast and as hard as it could. Cue two new ads, both of a similar ilk as their predecessor, and both as irritatingly awkward.

One of the ads sees a suitably confused dad having a Galaxy S4 thrust upon him, with a younger guy trying to smooth over the switch from an iPhone. On this occasion, it’s the S4′s ‘Easy Mode’ that seals the deal thanks to its oversized icons and simplified usability. Another satisfied customer, apparently.

The other new ad sees a mother taking a photo of her son at a graduation, only for one of his so-called friends to photo bomb the occasion. It’s OK though, ‘cos the camera of choice is a Galaxy S4 and its ‘Eraser Shot’ mode lets little old mother erase that nasty young man from her son’s photo. The iPhone can’t do that, apparently, though we’re dubious that there isn’t an app in the App Store that would at least do something very similar. Answers in the comments if we’re right!

Ironically, that’s actually quite a cool feature, if one that we’re not convinced would get that much use. We just wish Samsung would concentrate on telling potential customers about what its phone can do, rather than try to tell them what Apple’s iPhone can’t do. Call us old fashioned, but that’s what advertising is all about.

Maybe we’re just out of touch.

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