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In January, Xiaomi announced the Mi Note and the Mi Pro but did not reveal a successor to their victorious Mi 4, which came out last year in January. However, this can change as the new device, tentatively named as the ‘Mi 5′, may arrive this summer. Recently leaked photos reveal new details about the new phone. The phone looks a lot like its predecessors in terms of its body design, only molded a bit more taller and thinner. Below are the alleged specs of the device. The phone is expected to have a 5.2-inch QHD display, 4GB RAM and powered by a 2.7GHz Snapdragon 810 chipset. The rest of the rumoured specs include a 16MP primary camera, integrated with an Optical Image Stabilisation for steady shots, a fingerprint scanner via the handset’s button and a 3,000mAh battery. All these were tipped off by a Chinese blogger. If true, this will be a significant upgrade over the Mi 4.a

Microsoft will launch applications on its Outlook.com email service. The company is expected to show some apps and add-ins for Outlook.com this week and some of the sessions at Build 2015 deal with the software. Apps and add-ins are currently only available for the Office 365 version of Outlook. Developers will soon be able to make an application that runs on Outlook for desktop, Office 365, and Outlook.com. A single store for these apps would be used across platforms. Since apps are limited right now, most of the ones that exist are for the enterprise, not regular users. The apps for Outlook move is part of a larger decision at Microsoft to turn Office into a platform.

After a week of teasing, LG has finally unveiled its new G4 smartphone. This new flagship smartphone from LG comes with a 5.5-inch of Quantum IPS QHD Display screen and an awesome camera on the back.  “We are living up to our promise of Innovation for a Better Life with a fashionable, premium smartphone that is more focused on delivering a balanced user experience that can compete with the best of the best,” said Juno Cho, president and CEO of the LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “We wanted to give consumers a truly human-centric device that combined the analog sensibilities with technologies that delivered real world performance. From the design to the camera to the display to the UX, this is the most ambitious phone we’ve ever created.” The new LG G4 will feature genuine full grain leather and will be available for purchase in six different colors. According to the company, LG G4 as Slim Arc, running along the entire body with a subtle curvature. This Slim

While we are just a day away from Microsoft Build 2015 Keynote, it seems like Microsoft has plenty of features to show us. According to the recently leaked screenshots of Windows 10 OS, we are expecting to see a new blurry glass effect in the OS. This glass effect seems to be only present in the Start Menu. It looks cool, but disappears when you switch full-screen mode. Along with that, we are also seeing new 3D Live tiles in the start menu. It appears like a 3D flip and is better than the previous version. Microsoft has also updated the UI for Cortana. It is now more closely integrated into the Start Menu. We are expecting to see new Windows 10 Build tomorrow at the BUILD 2015 developers conference. So, stay tuned for more updates.

Facebook is finally adding the much-awaited video calling feature in its Facebook Messenger app. This latest version is now available for download on both Google Play Store for Android users and Apple Store for iOS users. But this service is currently only available for Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Laos, Lithuania, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, the UK, the US and Uruguay.  To get started, just make sure that you have downloaded and installed the latest update on your phone. If you are running the latest version then you should see a video icon at the top of the conversation you of the person you want to call. So, now with voice calling support, video calling support, a GIF store, Hello Dialer and Payments, Facebook Messenger is currently the best app for Android and iOS.

Earlier this month, Microsoft introduced the Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 XL in India carrying a Rs. 11,999 and Rs. 15,799 respectively. If you're still on the fence, now might be a good time to get your hands on the Lumia 640 as it's price has been reduced to Rs. 9,999 ($158), making it an extremely attractive option for users on a tight budget.  The Lumia 640 is without a doubt an excellent handset, featuring a 5-inch 720p display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor coupled with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage. There's a microSD card slot should you ever require more storage.  Other features include an 8MP camera, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, a user replaceable 2,500 mAh battery, Bluetooth 4.0 and ships with Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim. Microsoft did confirm that Lumia 640 will be upgradeable to Windows 10 for phones once it's ready for prime time later this year.   Buy Now

Xiaomi’s Mi 4 successor was expected to be launched in January, but that certainly didn’t happen. Three months later, the phone is still in the rumor mill, with new reports suggesting the Mi 5 could come with a fingerprint scanner. First spotted by GizmoChina, Xiaomi has filed a patent application with the State Intellectual Property Office in China. The patent deals with a method to integrate fingerprint scanning into the touch buttons on a handset. The fingerprint scanning technology will most likely be embedded into the Mi 5′s home button at the bottom. The patent application reads as follows:  “The device comprises a bottom fingerprint sensors and optical sensor provided in the terminal equipment of the cover glass; fingerprint identification circuit connected fingerprint sensor for fingerprint recognition sensor and the fingerprint information analysis and processing, obtain fingerprint analysis; host processor, and an optical sensor and fingerprint identification cir