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  • Commodore launches a new smartphone; who are they actually?

    Commodore launches a new smartphone; who are they actually?

    A new smartphone is launched in the market with pretty mediocre specs, which is Meh! for most of us. The company that launched this new device — Commodore is unknown to me, as well as most of the people who wasn’t born in the 80s.

    Commodore may seem like an unknown name in the industry, it is a Guinness World record holder. The company was included in Guinness Book of world Records for being a pioneer in selling single Computer model of all time, which was the only success they could achieve.

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    The company went bankrupt almost 20 years  ago, forcing them to back away from the Industry. Nobody ever expected that the company will be able to make a comeback, that too after more than 20 years.

    Fast forward to 2015, Commodore launched PET based on their 1977 PET computer in hope to get back into the game once again. 

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    PET is powered by 1.7GHz Mediatek 64-bit Octa core processor with ARM Mali T760 GPU for graphics. It is packed with 3,000 mAh battery, 13-MP read camera with Sony sensor and 8MP front camera with an 80-degree wide angle lens.

    The smartphone has dual Sim card slot and support 4G connectivity. On the software side, it runs Android Lollipop 5.0. The phone will be available in two variants – 16GB storage/2GB RAM and 32GB/3GB RAM. The former costs around $300 while the latter will cost $65 more.The phone will be available in a variety of colours, such as white, black and classic biscuit-beige.

    Commodore will release PET  in Italy, France, Germany, and Poland later this week. The company is planning on expanding to international markets soon.

  • Install FireChat if you want to chat with people around without any internet!

    Install FireChat if you want to chat with people around without any internet!

    Nowadays chatting with people is a common scenario but it all requires one thing without which nothing can be done. Its the Internet. But now a new app has been launched in the market which allows people to chat with others around in a particular range even when there is no internet connection.

    Firechat is the name of the new app, which sounds quite fabulous. The creators of this app are known as ‘Open Garden’ and using the company;s mesh networking technology this app was made successful.

    The app can be easily used wherever there are people around and then a user has the power to chat with them without any internet connection. The capability of this app shows us how limitless are the applications of peer to peer networking. The best places where this app can be used are Beach, subways, At a big game, trade show, camping in the wild or even a concert etc.

    firechat imagesFirst the app was launched only for iPhones but now it has now been made available for Android devices also since it became really popular after it was launched two weeks ago. The app actually broke many records since it is now among the top 10 social networking apps and has already spread across 80 countries.

    In the words of Open Garden’s CEO, ” I am proud to say that we are now able to deliver a best-in-class peer-to-peer chat experience to anyone with an Android device. And thanks to its multi-hop capabilities, FireChat may extend the range of peer-to-peer communications significantly.”

    One can also consider the importance of this app since it doesn’t require any internet, it can be very helpful during the conditions of emergency, disasters or any other common place where you don’t know if you are going to get a reliable connection.

    FireChat has many other features that makes it better than other messaging apps. The app also works as easily with internet as it does without it. One can talk to everybody at a time or only the people present nearby using the different modes. The app is really user friendly since it does not require any email logins, no passwords etc and all of that without any significant amount of Battery loss.

    If you are wondering where the hell did this company suddenly pop up on the tech radar, then its important that we inform you that this was the company who won the Grand prize at the GMIC Startup competition in October 2013. Within this small time only, there are about 4 million users of apps made by this company around the world.

  • Mega launched the Firefox extension for easier cloud file management

    Mega launched the Firefox extension for easier cloud file management

    Mega launched a new Firefox extension for the better experience with their online file storage service. The browser extension, which has been ‘preliminary reviewed’ by Firefox maker Mozilla, is billed as ‘secure and invisible’.

    digitfreak 00071 mega homepageOn your next visit you will notice that Mega has changes the notification window for the browser suggesting you to install Firefox extension (if you are using mega on Firefox), rather than prompting you to install Google Chrome to enjoy the service at its best.

    The browser extension, the dialog box promises, brings “vastly improved download performance” and will allow users to “batch-download an unlimited number of files without any size restrictions”.

    digitfreak 00069 firefox addonMEGA just got a new CEO, open Internet advocate and entrepreneur Vikram Kumar, after a successful launch that saw over 1 million users upload approximately 50 million files so far.

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