Jay

Jay

Jay has been reviewing various crypto currency related hardware over the years. He also posts various guides and how-to articles from time to time.

He is also a founding member of Techzei and is a Doctor by profession.

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2013
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  • Android One Smartphones To Enter Indian Market in September

    Android One Smartphones To Enter Indian Market in September

    “Android One” programme was announced at the Google’s I/O 2014, It gained the attention of all tech enthusiasts and it seems to be the best shot for Google to offer cheap smart phones with the latest Android software updates which would allow a uniform user experience. Sadly, almost all phones, irrespective of the OEM, within…

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  • Google Now Launcher Now Available For All Android Devices

    Google Now Launcher Now Available For All Android Devices

    Until today,  Google Now Launcher remained exclusive to the Nexus range and the Google Play edition devices. Google has finally decided to change that with today’s update it’s Launcher app on the Google Play Store. Google Now Launcher app is now available for all Android devices running on 4.1 Jellybean and above. This was a…

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  • Xiaomi To Launch Its Flagship Mi3 in India for ₹14999

    Xiaomi To Launch Its Flagship Mi3 in India for ₹14999

    Xiaomi, popularly called as “Apple Of China” has finally revealed its plans for India. Xiaomi confirmed that its smartphone Mi3 would be the first device to be made available in India. Xiaomi Mi3 is priced at a mere ₹ 14,999. Given the specs and the build quality, the phone is totally worth it. The Mi3 is Xiaomi’s flagship…

  • How to NSA Proof Android

    How to NSA Proof Android

    As of today, Privacy is something everybody lacks. Thanks to Edward Snowden we no longer live with the myth that governments don’t invade into our privacy without proper procedure. Smartphones are being tracked like never before, the information which we consider to be ours is not only held by us but also by the government organisations.…

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  • Android 4.4.4 Now Rolling Out For Nexus Devices

    Android 4.4.4 Now Rolling Out For Nexus Devices

    Android 4 .4 .4 KTU84P Factory Images & Driver Binaries Are Now Available for Nexus Devices! Just over sometime ago 4.4.3 was launched after many leaks, while the next big version is being awaited at the I/O later this month, the update has taken everyone by surprise. Seriously, No one saw it coming with Google I/O…

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  • Google Releases Its Stock Android Email App To Play Store

    Google Releases Its Stock Android Email App To Play Store

    Google has been at work to push the stock Android apps to the play store. This move is highly welcomed since one does not require to wait for the major OS update to get a small bug fixed. It makes a lot of sense to put these apps onto the play store in an effort to provide…

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  • Motorola Moto E Vs Micromax Unite 2 A106

    Motorola Moto E Vs Micromax Unite 2 A106

    Micromax announced its first KitKat based phone to compete with the rise of Motorola. Motorola has been successful in piercing the budget segment market ruled by local manufactures like Micromax, Karbonn and XOLO. Micromax finally took on Motorola with the all new Unite 2 which is targeting the successful Moto E from all ends. We decided…

  • Micromax Announces KitKat based Unite 2 A106 at 7,000 INR

    Micromax Announces KitKat based Unite 2 A106 at 7,000 INR

    Motorola has been taking the market by storm with its cost effective phones Moto G and the Moto E. One thing that keeps Motorola ahead of the competition is the software. All the phones released by Motorola in the recent past have come out with the latest iteration of Android along with a promised future updates.…

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  • Flappy48 : The Ultimate Mashup Of 2 Addictions

    Flappy48 : The Ultimate Mashup Of 2 Addictions

    After hundreds of frustrated users coupled with broken phones and keyboards, the 2 most simple yet addictive games of the present are starting to lose their sheen. While it is indeed good to see less people being frustrated and destroying their phones, there are people who think otherwise. Dan Moran is one such guy who…

  • Popular Chinese Manufacturer Xiaomi All Set To Enter India

    Popular Chinese Manufacturer Xiaomi All Set To Enter India

    Almost every Android enthusiast would have already heard of Xiaomi, or at least their MIUI OS built based on Android Open Source Project(AOSP), which is 2nd only to CyanogenMod in user base. Indian users have always been in the top 5 of MIUI ROM users since the days it was made widely available. The craze for chinese…

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  • Take Selfies On Your Android With A Whistle Using Whistle Camera

    Take Selfies On Your Android With A Whistle Using Whistle Camera

    Gone are the days when you had to hand over your device to someone to click a pic of you. Front facing cameras are now considered as a “basic” feature in any smartphone (except for Nokia X), this has lead to an another new fad, welcome to the world of selfies! Personally, clicking selfies has…

  • Protect Your Privacy With Lockdown Pro For Android

    Protect Your Privacy With Lockdown Pro For Android

    We all have those annoying friends who love to poke their nose into our personal data including images & videos. It would be too harsh to lock things down and then handover the phone but we still need our privacy. Lockdown Pro offers to solve the above problem, it is available for free and doesn’t…

  • Developer Gears Up To Take On MediaTek For GPL Violations

    Developer Gears Up To Take On MediaTek For GPL Violations

    Android runs on the Linux kernel which is open source and is also protected by the GNU General Public License, version 2. Technically, it implies that any chipset vendor / OEM who makes use of android falls under these laws and has no choice but to comply with them and release the source code to…

  • Download Latest Whatsapp For Android To Hide “Last Seen at” Timestamp

    Download Latest Whatsapp For Android To Hide “Last Seen at” Timestamp

    It’s been quite some time since leaked screenshots started appearing confirming the entry of the iOS exclusive privacy features of Whatsapp into the android counterpart. The latest version of whatsapp now is v2.11.169 but it has not yet been rolled out to end users via the play store yet for various reasons (Testing in Progress). The…

  • Update Moto G Dual Sim XT1033 To KitKat 4.4

    Update Moto G Dual Sim XT1033 To KitKat 4.4

    India is yet to receive the official Kitkat 4.4 OTA update for the Moto G which was only released last week in collaboration with Flipkart. Our sources confirm that the update will roll out in a few days and Motorola is working all out to push the update as soon as possible. The other Asian countries…