NVIDIA SHIELD. Pre-order yours today!

Today, this year’s hottest portable gaming device sheds the "project" moniker and officially becomes NVIDIA® SHIELD™! Since you signed up for SHIELD updates, you’re the first to know, and can be the first to own one. SHIELD is only available to U.S. and Canadian residents.  Since its announcement at CES 2013 earlier this year, SHIELD has gone through finishing touches like tweaking the buttons and joysticks, optimizing the thermal design, and enhancing software for a more intuitive, comfortable, and lag-free gaming experience. It's not just the most powerful portable gaming device, it's the most powerful Android device ever created.  SHIELD runs the latest Android Jelly Bean OS. It's also powered by the NVIDIA Tegra® 4 mobile processor, clocked up to 1.9Ghz, and paired with 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of onboard storage (expandable with a microSD card slot). The 5-inch 720p HD retinal touchscreen serves up high-resolution eye candy, while the integrated stereo bass reflex speakers pump out loud audio. And a sizable battery rated at 28.8 Watt Hours means you'll enjoy a whole lot more gaming, videos, music, and web browsing.  We're preloading SHIELD with two awesome Android games—Sonic 4 Episode II THD and Expendables: Rearmed. Of course, you can download loads of Tegra-enhanced games through NVIDIA TegraZone™ or directly from Google Play. And, for all you PC gamers out there, SHIELD will connect to your GeForce® GTX-powered desktop to stream your PC games through our lag-free WiFi technology. PC streaming will initially launch as a BETA feature with support for a number of top Steam games, and gamers will receive a free software update once the official release is available.  As a thank you for being a loyal SHIELD enthusiast, we’re giving you a chance to pre-order your SHIELD before the general public—for $349! Quantities are limited, so you'll want to move fast. SHIELD is only available to U.S. and Canadian residents.  Unleash your gaming. Order your SHIELD today at http://store.nvidia.com/buyshield  Check out all the latest SHIELD info at shield.nvidia.com. Related Posts: ‘AFTER EARTH’ Mobile Game Based  Injustice: Gods Among Us - Reviewed Weapons To Die For, Literally – Part 1 HUNT THEM. KILL THEM. From a CELL to CEPH. “Did I Ever Tell You….? The Definition of Insanity

BIGFLIX goes HD on the iOS. Download now for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch

With the launch of BIGFLIX HD app for iOS, Apple users across the world can now enjoy watching movies in high definition on their apple devices i.e iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, laptop and desktop. BIGFLIX HD is the refined and upgraded version of its predecessor. With the iOS app of BIGFLIX being amongst the top grossing entertainment app on iTunes, BIGFLIX HD will continue to allow users to stream over 2000 titles, this time in high definition!

Featuring HD quality content, the iOS app - BIGFLIX HD – offers viewers a seamless viewing experience that is available across multiple devices i.e. Apple users subscribing through iTunes can avail the services across all their Apple devices. This means that you can watch a part of a movie on your iPad at home and then proceed to continue watching it (from where you left off) on your iPhone on your way to office.

BIGFLIX, which is India’s first video-on-demand service, boasts of the largest library of HD quality movies which includes both timeless classics and new releases across Indian languages like Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Punjabi, etc. The company is also the first to start the trend of releasing select new movies within 14 days of their theatrical launch. The thrill of watching an adventure film or enjoying the effects of animated films can now be experienced with the BIGFLIX HD app for iOS.

Speaking on the upgraded version of the BIGFLIX iOS app, Mr. Shreyash Sigtia, Business Head at BIGFLIX said, “The BIGFLIX app for iOS has been designed to offer a user friendly experience featuring high-quality movie content, which makes it easy for users to find their favourite movies as well as discover new launches on the platform. The app has been amongst the top grossing entertainment app on iTunes, hence, we decided to upgrade BIGFLIX HD and offer a high quality entertainment experience to our Apple users.”

To download BIGFLIX HD, CLICK ON : https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/bigflix-hd/id469988374?mt=8

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Nokia launches the all metallic Lumia 925

As we had informed you about the big announcement from Nokia, it's here. Nokia just announced the Lumia 925 'More than your eyes can see' maybe they mean you need Google Glass for it ;)

Jokes apart,  Lumia 925, gets the same PureView camera technology that was earlier seen in the Lumia 920 but in a much thinner frame. The Lumia 925 is also the first device in the series to ditch an all polycarbonate plastic body for a metallic frame that comes with a polycarbonate plastic back. Though we wished it had the Xenon flash like in the recently announced Lumia 928, instead it comes with a dual-LED flash like the Lumia 920.

It still sport a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor clocked at 1.5GHz, 1GB of RAM, a 8.7-megapixel PureView camera with OIS, an 4.5-inch AMOLED Clear Black Display and 16GB of internal storage. In order to maintain the slimness, the Lumia 925 ditches built-in wireless charging and comes with optional wireless charging covers. The Lumia 925 will be available in white, black and grey colors while the wireless charging covers will be available in white, black, red and yellow.

Apart from the Lumia 925 launch Nokia introduced the Smart Camera mode that clicks ten images at once and edit the pictures with options like Best Shot, Action Shot, and Motion Focus. The smart camera will be passed on to all Lumia devices via the Amber Update.

The Nokia Lumia 925 is expected to start selling in June first in UK, Germany, Italy and Spain with Vodafone and other operator and retail partners; and in China with China Mobile and China Unicom, followed by the US with T-Mobile. It will be priced at around 469 EUR.

For more info read All about the Nokia Lumia 925

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All about the Nokia Lumia 925

The Nokia Lumia 925 comes with a sleek, metal-finished design, a new AMOLED display to make it possible to view the content from more angles, and new features and advances in our PureView imaging technology for capturing even clearer, sharper pictures.

The design is quite clearly stunning, and in a first for the Lumia range, features metal. The metal frame on the Lumia 925 not only draws attention to the phone’s slim-line good looks, but also lends robustness and functions as an antenna. The polycarbonate body and metal frame are fused together to create a perfect whole.

Tech Specs

Networks: GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900, WCDMA, 2100, 1900, 850, 900, LTE 2100, 1800, 2600, 900, 800

Memory: 1GB RAM, 16 GB user memory

Display: 4.5-inch AMOLED WXGA (1280×768)

Processor: 1.5 GHz dual-core Snapdragon

Camera: PureView 8.7-megapixel with OIS, Autofocus, dual LED flash. 2nd camera: HD 1.2MP wide angle

Size: 129 x 70.6 x 8.5* mm (*volumetric). Weight: 139g

Connectivity:  USB 2.0, BT 3.0, NFC, WLAN a/b/g/n, A-GPS and Glonass, 3.5mm audio connector

Battery: 2000 mAh

Audio: -IHF speaker, 2 microphones, HD voice compliant, 3.5mm AV connector

Snappy features

At the heart of the new camera improvements is the next generation of image processing software and the most advanced lens technology to make every shot clear and sharp.

One of the new features is the new Nokia Smart Camera mode that allows you to create the perfect high quality image. Nokia Smart Camera offers an easy way to take ten shots at once and then edit them afterwards with tools and effects like Best Shot, Action Shot and Motion Focus.

As well as updated software, the camera on the Lumia 925 also comes with the most advanced lens technology. Together, the improvements deliver clearer and sharper pictures and video. And allow you to capture the best pictures in the dark. Even better, the imaging software improvements will be made available to existing compatible Windows Phone 8 Lumia smartphones in an update called Nokia Lumia Amber, which will be rolling out this summer.

Bright spark

The Nokia Lumia 925 also boasts a new 4.5-inch AMOLED display which offers superior brightness and sunlight performance making it easy to see the content even on the sunniest summer day. Add-on covers, sold separately, can add wireless charging to the phone and will come in yellow, red, white and black.

And, of course, the Nokia Lumia 925 comes with all the exclusive Nokia services that contribute towards making our phones better than the rest. Notably, you’ll find the HERE suite of location services for always finding your destination, and Nokia Music for free, unlimited streaming of music playlists, even when offline.

Source: Nokia Blog

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Google Cloud integrates and now offers 15GB

Google's capacity to store your files will jump by a factor of three, the company said Monday, rising from 5GB to 15GB shared across Google+, Drive, and Gmail.

Google made the announcement just before Google I/O developers conference begins this week. The changes will "roll out over the next couple of weeks," Google said in a blog post. Businesses using Google Apps will see their storage go up across Google Drive, Google+, and Gmail from 25GB to 30GB.

The new amount of storage space will give people who use Google services the most generous storage capacity of any player in the free online-storage game. A quick look at competitors shows that Dropbox currently starts free subscribers at 2GB, Microsoft SkyDrive users get 7GB, and Apple iCloud, Amazon Cloud Storage, and SugarSync offer 5GB for free. The announcement follows a Google Drive update from last week that allows you to save files from the Web directly to Drive.

Life surely gets a bit easier when your Google products work well together—whether that’s inserting a Drive file into an email or sharing a photo from Drive on Google+. As this experience becomes more seamless, separate storage doesn’t make as much sense anymore. So instead of having 10 GB for Gmail and another 5 GB for Drive and Google+ Photos, you’ll now get 15 GB of unified storage for free to use as you like between Drive, Gmail, and Google+ Photos.

With this new combined storage space, you won’t have to worry about how much you’re storing and where. For example, maybe you’re a heavy Gmail user but light on photos, or perhaps you were bumping up against your Drive storage limit but were only using 2 GB in Gmail. Now it doesn’t matter, because you can use your storage the way you want.

We’ll also be making updates to the Google Drive storage page, so you can better understand how you’re using storage space. Simply hover over the pie chart to see a breakdown of your storage use across Drive, Gmail, and Google+ Photos. And if you need more storage, this is your place to upgrade, with plans starting at $4.99/month for 100 GB.

Source: Google Blog

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The QWERTY BlackBerry10 is up for pre-order - BB Q10

A while back BlackBerry India launched the first BB10 device in India, the BlackBerry Z10. Though it was well received by the audience and the tech fraternity, the hardcore BB QWERTY user itched for Bold 9900-esque touch+keyboard combo.

Well the time has come as the much awaited BlackBerry Q10 is up for pre-order on SnapDeal by making a payment of Rs.1000/- 

Refer to the screenshot below for reference: 

If you notice the Release Date is mentioned: '4th week of May' though there is still no word on the official price or release date.

The Q10 features a 720×720 pixels resolution 3.1-inch Super AMOLED display (this works up to 330ppi), a dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot that supports up to 64GB of storage, a 8-megapixel rear camera, a 2-megapixel front facing camera and an 2,100 mAh battery.

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‘AFTER EARTH’ Mobile Game Based on the Official Movie

+Reliance Home Video & Games (Reliance Games), a leading international developer and publisher of mobile games, +Sony Pictures Entertainment (Sony Pictures Consumer Products) and Overbrook Entertainment, recently announced a creative collaboration to bring the action-packed +After Earth (After Earth) digital mobile game, based on the upcoming movie that releases internationally in theatres on May 31 and in India on June 07.  Reliance Games is working closely with Sony Pictures and Overbrook Entertainment to craft an interactive experience to supplement the movie; Reliance Games has partnered with Behaviour Interactive to develop the game.

The action packed runner game features two modes: one that lets users play the story and a second that challenges their skill with an endless level.  Players must confront and defeat an array of vicious enemies in epic battles and explore the stunning environments inspired by the film.

“We are thrilled to work with Reliance Games to bring a high-quality, immersive experience to our fans,” said After Earth Producer, Caleeb Pinkett. “The game brings to life lots of the action and suspense of the After Earth universe.”

Throughout the After Earth gaming experience, players must show no fear as they dodge attacks and collect hidden and unique artifacts to enhance the game experience.

“We’re excited about this great opportunity to bring After Earth to mobile by creating a challenging game with stunningly beautiful 3D environments that were inspired by the film,” said Manish Agarwal, CEO of Reliance Games. “We have experience translating popular IPs into mobile and we aim to continue that success with our partnership with Sony Pictures and Overbrook.”

The After Earth game will launch this summer on smartphones and tablets. For more information, watch the teaser video:

In After Earth, a crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige +Jaden Smith (Jaden Smith) and his legendary father Cypher +Will Smith (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape. With Cypher critically injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help, facing uncharted terrain, evolved animal species that now rule the planet, and an unstoppable alien creature that escaped during the crash. Father and son must learn to work together and trust one another if they want any chance of returning home. Columbia Pictures presents an Overbrook Entertainment/Blinding Edge Pictures production directed by M. Night Shyamalan from a screenplay by Gary Whitta and M. Night Shyamalan and a story by Will Smith, and produced by Caleeb Pinkett, Jada Pinkett Smith & Will Smith, James Lassiter, and M. Night Shyamalan.

The gamer who wants to change the 'Gaming' scene in India

Meet Navin Rajendaran, a passionate traveller, photographer, published poet/writer and of course a hardcore gamer.

Navin has over 12 years of experience of the Indian IT industry, he has worked for companies like CGI, Wipro and ITC Infotech and playing various roles from engineer to manager working across geographies/countries, Navin took a break from his career in 2010 to pursue an MBA at IIM, Ahmedabad.

An avid gamer for over 25 years Navin has enjoyed playing on platforms ranging from micro-computers like ZX81 (with a mere 4K memory), ZX Spectrum (48k memory), the ever-changing PC platform – starting from the humble 286 all the way to PCs with dual-core processors and on to powerful gaming console systems. He believes that gaming has tremendous potential to enhance lives for the better.

Was it his MBA at IIM, that made him turn the tables from being an employee to an employer by launching Gamineazy?

According to Navin and his partner Chirag Gaglani, the gaming industry in India is a very viable option if utilized properly. They strive to provide innovative gaming options and promote entertainment avenues where gaming is part of a lifestyle. That’s how Gamineazy was BORN!

Why Gaming?

Entertainment is an under-served market in India and consumers crave for exciting new entertainment options that are easily accessible and affordable. Gaming as a mode of entertainment and social engagement is gaining more acceptance among Indians than ever before.

The FICCI-KPMG Indian Media and Entertainment Industry report of 2011 indicates that the Indian Gaming industry is valued at INR 10 billion and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 31% to INR 38.3 Billion by 2015. Of this market, Console gaming has a CAGR of 20%. We believe Gamineazy can contribute significantly to this growth by the creation of innovative Gaming entertainment avenues for Indian consumers in markets just waiting to be tapped, including corporate/ commercial establishments and apartment complexes.

What is Gamineazy all about?

Gamineazy is an endeavor to enable people to rediscover the joy of gaming. A unique Startup company focused on Gaming-services rather than products. Gamineazy strives to make high quality gaming experiences accessible and affordable for Indians, through an innovative lounge/retail/event management model. Their motto reflects their passion.

"To be the company of choice for all Indian gamers looking to fulfill their videogame entertainment needs. We shall strive to not only achieve this but also exceed their expectations, delight them and become a market leader, through state-of-the-art technology, innovation, leadership and long-term partnerships."

• Incorporated in 2011, Gamineazy is a startup with 5 different service streams:
• Gaming Lounge:  From health to experiencing motion pictures in a lounge
• Retail: An array of gaming accessories for sale
• Corporate Services: In-house high-tech entertainment/recreation facility which they are presently providing to many corporates
• Event Management: Gamineazy provides a wide variety of Gaming-based activities for corporate events, parties, weddings, etc. 
• Brand Promotion Services: Gamineazy also engages in activities that involve co-branding with companies wanting to reach out to hard-to-attract segments, like residents in apartment complexes. 
• Brand Promotion Services: Gamineazy also engages in activities that involve co-branding with companies wanting to reach out to hard-to-attract segments, like residents in apartment complexes. 

Gamineazy has been one of the promising startups and one of the final shortlisted companies in 2012 edition of Economic Times Power of ideas of contest.

          Gamineazy - Rewards and recognition

• Gamineazy was one of 25 promising startups (from the hundreds of companies who applied from all over India) to be selected for the first ever Reverse-pitch event in India, where investors pitched to companies, instead of the other way around.
• Gamineazy was part of the first shortlist of 504 companies in the 2012 edition of the acclaimed Economic Times Power of Ideas contest, selected from around 20,000 applications country-wide
• Gamineazy stood 2nd in an Entrepreneurship competition held among IIM alumni from all over India in 2011. The panelists included senior management from the angel/VC firms like IAN, IDG Ventures, Ojas Ventures, etc.

          Recent Achievements

• Opened their first innovative gaming kiosk model store in November, 2012
• Partnered with a church-NGO to create a gaming event in March-2013, entertaining hundreds of children and adults at this year’s St. Thomas Parish feast celebrations.
• Setup a classy 2-unit Integrated Gaming Facility on the campus of a leading international MNC in Bangalore in Jan, 2013, with a 1-year lease and maintenance contract. Discussions are in progress with other firms.