In some cases, all the preparations are done by a specialized event planner, but these services can cost quite a lot, but also, if the wedding is planned by those who are getting married, it would be much more fun and special. Those who have taken on this task will attest to this, and although at that time, the entire process seemed very stressful and tiring, now they have the best memories of their wedding, planned by them....

Also, since school is just around the corner, updating your gadget collection must be a priority. This is another place where some of these services will excel. If you plan on being in the center of attention, enhanced by silicon chips and GHz of processing power, then some websites where you can buy geeky tech toys will help you out. Why buy geeky tech toys online? Well, any self respecting geek has a lot more love for the virtual world, than the real world....

But little did we realize that on a global level, feature phones outnumber smartphones 4 to 1. And it’s normal, because some of the best feature phones have smartphone-like features and can connect to the Internet via 2G networks. Although these networks are slow, and users have to grow a beard before they can actually do anything, there is still a solution. Here is biNU biNu is a Java service that gives regular phones smartphone like features and blazing fast connections and apps....

Very recently, this editor met with the India country head of a smartphone company, and caught him using a BlackBerry Bold 9790. Intriguing, since the outfit referred to isn’t BlackBerry, but one that makes touchscreen Android devices. When asked why he uses a BlackBerry as his daily driver and not a handset that bears the name of his own brand, his reply was, “I’ll switch, as soon as I can find something that can give me a matching email and typing experience....

BlackBerry said that’s currently in talks with regulatory authorities and telecom operators in India to launch its virtual SIM solution by the end of this year. The Virtual SIM Provisioning (VSP) is a virtual identity solution for mobile operators which enables multiple numbers to be active on a single device or SIM card. And now BlackBerry is interesting in bringing this technology on Indian soil be the end of this year....

The Coolpad Note 5 Lite C comes fitted with a 5-inch HD display and is powered by the Quad-Core Snapdragon 210 Mobile Platform paired with 2 GB of RAM. On the storage front, the device offers 16 GB onboard memory expandable via a microSD card slot. The camera options on the Coolpad Note 5 Lite C include an 8-Megapixel primary sensor with LED Flash and F/2.4 and a 5-Megapixel secondary/selfie sensor....

CrossOver is merely a reformed and less powerful extension of Wine that allows users to run Windows programs on Chromebooks and x86 Android devices, basically, handhelds functioning on an Intel processor. Therefore, you can’t use it on the Nexus 9 or Pixel C. After three years of development and reboots, the application is finally in early beta and is taking registrations for access. However, there are a couple of caveats and limitations to it mostly because Android doesn’t really support freeform windows yet....

If you are an Apple TV user, you can also grab iOS 5 for Apple TV (2nd gen models) now, which allows you to use AirPlay Mirroring. Make sure you have downloaded and installed iTunes 10.5 before you try updating to iOS 5. You must expect flaky connections due to heavy demand for these Apple software all over the world. Moreover the update file is around 900 MB, so be prepared to get tested for your patience....

Like the Xiaomi and YU devices, the Lenovo A6000 remains an online exclusive, and has been selling out in seconds on Flipkart. The reason is not difficult to find: it offers staggeringly good specs for its price – a 5.0-inch 720p HD display, a quad core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor clocked at 1.2 Ghz, with 1 GB RAM, 8 GB storage (expandable up to 32 GB), an 8.0-megapixel camera at the rear and a 2....

1. New Phone Every Month Well, to be frank, I was skeptical of the monthly update and it seemed so much similar to what Nexus and the Cyanogen OS already get. But the thing is that updates for Fuel OS are much more than just security updates or bug fixes. They try to involve the users and use the interaction for the updates. Believe me, every time my Nexus 5X gets updated I rarely succeed in figuring out the changelog....

A hacker named ikex has created what’s apparently the first iPhone worm, and it’s currently infecting jailbroken iPhones across Australia. The “ikee” worm, as it’s being called, takes advantage of the fact that jailbroken iPhones with SSH installed all have the same default root password of “alpine,” and once in the system it changes your wallpaper to an image of Rick Astley and then tries to install itself on other jailbroken iPhones on the network....

The Mountainview based giant has been actively working in the field of artificial intelligence for quite some time now and has till now made a number of strategic hire in this field. For those unaware, Artificial Intelligence is being touted as a thing of the future that will help change the way we work. It is being reported that Google is developing an image search feature for their app that will allow users to dig up something on the web by scanning the subject....

Google has now announced that the Cardboard is compatible with Street View, allowing user to wear the headset and experience Google Maps Street View in a new, immersive way. Described as a easter egg (or Christmas egg?), users just have to double-tap the navigation circle in the lower right corner of Google Maps, and then the app will show a stereoscopic 360-degree view of the location they have chosen. If you are a Google Cardboard owner, for this feature to work, you just need to make sure that you have updated both your Google Cardboard and Google Maps apps....

The Sprayscape is basically a mishmash of two things, VR and pictures. It makes use of the phones inbuilt gyroscope sensor to park images inside a 360-degree sphere. All one needs to do is point the phone’s camera and tap on the display to spray faces, locales and much more. The stuff you have captured is then hosted on a link that can be shared via the social media with family and friends....

“We created Thync to help people better access the power of their mind. We believe that when you conquer your mind, you can conquer your day.” The company has been founded by engineering and neuroscience experts from ASU, Stanford, Harvard, and MIT but is yet to unveil their first device to sport the innovative technology. Khosla partner Samir Kaul said: “We share Thync’s belief that unlocking the power of the mind will be a great advancement and a frontier that consumers should have access to....

The Honor View 20 comes with Sony’s IMX586 sensor which is the world’s first mobile camera with a resolution of 48-megapixels. Of course, more pixels don’t necessarily mean better picture quality since smaller pixels can, in fact, let in more noise under dimly lit scenarios and the new IMX586’s 0.8-micron pixels is the smallest in the industry. To counter that, Sony is making use of a quad Bayer color filter array....

The Control Centre, accessible anywhere on the device with a swipe up from the bottom of the screen provides easy access to some of the basic functionalities which would otherwise require going into the Settings every time. Though Apple says having Wi-Fi and Bluetooth turned on all the time does not affect the battery life, it’s hard to believe so. Plus, people don’t like walking around with their Bluetooth and Wi-Fi turned ON all the time on their devices and be vulnerable to possible attacks....

If you are reading a really interesting book that you cannot bear to put down or you want to settle in bed after a long day and just read and relax without disturbing others around you, this is THE feature for you. It allows you to read in the dark without attracting much attention and without putting too much strain on your eyes. How to activate Kindle Dark Mode? It is pretty easy to activate as well....

Fingerprint sensors have many uses depending on how the OEMs implement it using their custom skin. As an example, Honor’s EMUI 4.1, Coolpad Life UI use it for accepting calls, taking selfies, stop alarm, and so on. Google has also also added native support for fingerprint scanners in Android M aka Marshmallow which third-party developers can leverage to extend the capability. Coming back to the topic, in case your smartphone doesn’t provide you with an option to lock apps and open them using the Fingerprint Sensor out of the box, you still have a way around....

So, here we are, finally! A rooting tutorial. Now, before you say “there are tons of such tutorials on the web!”, know that many do not work properly or do not have the hole information you need to successfully root your Ice Cream Sandwich Android smartphone. What does “rooting” even mean? Well, in short, rooting is the process that allows you to use apps that require special permissions to access protected data on your phone, normally locked by the Android OS....