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After shocking users all around by announcing the shutdown of Cyanogen services yesterday, the CM team has some good news. The CyanogenMod team, what’s left of it, will use the CM source code and transition it into Lineage OS. The CyanogenMod ROM was and is still one of most used custom Android ROMs. A lot of users rely on the CM ROM to get the latest Android OS on their devices. When the OEM doesn’t support a device anymore, users could go to CyanogenMod to get the latest version Android running on their devices. Lineage OS will be a continuation of CyanogenMod, although it will be slightly different. It will still rely on the CM source code, and as Cyanogen mentioned in their obituary, anyone can use the open source-code to continue the work. The CM team realized that a lot of users still relied on CM to get the latest Android update and so have formed the new OS. “Embracing that spirit, we the community of developers, designers, device maintainers and translators have ta

PayTM (One97 Communications) has introduced their own Payments Bank, approved by Reserve Bank of India. With this PayTM Payments bank, you can create a savings or current bank account, get your debit card, withdraw money from atm, send to and receive money from other banks and do internet banking and other banking services easily. This is a blessing for a lot of individuals, especially students who can now get a bank account with debit card easily and shop from anywhere in India. As a student myself, I feel this new feature introduced by PayTM Is very useful. I study in college, and still have friends who don’t have a bank account, or have one, but don’t have a debit card or internet banking facility. There are several restrictions from family for using them, hence, paying online for services isn’t always very easy to them. But, with the launch of PayTM Payments Bank Service, I am pretty sure these issues will finally get eradicated. Every person can at least have a secure

2017 is going to be a great year for Nokia lovers, As the Finnish Company is finally going to make a comeback in Smartphone industry with two new Android Smartphones.Rumors says that the Nokia-branded Android Smartphones could have 5-inch and 5.5-inch variants,The same will be named as Nokia D1C or D1 and Nokia E1. According to latest rumors by Nokiapoweruser, the Nokia D1 will feature a front facing rectangular fingerprint sensor which will also act as a home button. While the Nokia E1 is the one without fingerprint sensor!.Previously leaked Nokia D1C AnTuTu benchmark also reveals device specification. According to the AnTuTu Screenshot, The Nokia D1C features a 1920 x 1080 resolution display, 8 MP front and 13 MP rear camera. As leaked earlier, the device will be powered with Snapdragon 430, Adreno 505 GPU paired with 3GB of RAM. There is going to be a 32GB Internal storage, which may or may not be expendable. 

OnePlus has finally started rolling out OxygenOS 3.5.5 for OnePlus 2, the new update also adds most awaited VoLTE support to the device. The new update costs 1.2GB and adds below new features to the OnePlus 2 Enabled VoLTE functionality for select carriers Added App Lock Added Battery Saving Mode ( Settings > Battery > More ) Added Gaming Mode ( Settings > Developer Options ) Added Additional Options for the Alert Slider. Redesign of the Volume Adjustment Bar Shelf Optimizations Updated OxygenOS UI Updated Interface and UI of the Clock app Updated Android Security Patch Level to 1/12/16 Increased System Stability General Bug Fixes This new update is rolling out via OTA. The OTA will reach a small percentage of users today, and we'll begin a broader rollout in a few days.

Jeff Chang, the product manager of Android Wear at Google, has confirmed that Google will launch two new flagship watches early next year. An important thing to note is that these watches will not feature Google or Pixel branding and will instead be branded by whichever company is manufacturing them. Chang did not disclose who the manufacturer is, but he did say that they have produced Android Wear devices in the past.  In addition, after the launch of these two flagship smartwatches, Android Wear 2.0 will also be rolled out to existing Android Wear watches. Here is the list of watches that will receive the upgrade to Android Wear 2.0: Moto 360 Gen 2 Moto 360 Sport LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE LG Watch Urbane LG G Watch R Polar M600 Casio Smart Outdoor Watch Nixon Mission Tag Heuer Connected Fossil Q Wander Fossil Q Marshal Fossil Q Founder Michael Kors Access Bradshaw Smartwatch Michael Kors Access Dylan Smartwatch Huawei Watch Huawei Watch Ladies Asus Zen

Asus has announced the ZenWatch 3 in India, which is a stylish and customizable wearable device powered by Android Wear. Crafted with premium materials, the ZenWatch 3 comes in two strap variants i.e. Leather and Rubber. The Leather variant is priced at ₹18,999, while the Rubber variant costs ₹17,599. The device will go on sale exclusively on Flipkart from 23rd December. “The launch of ZenWatch 3 is the perfect culmination of a successful year for ASUS in India. Consumers are increasingly adopting wearables to help simplify their lives and boost productivity. The powerful ZenWatch 3 combines luxury and functionality to provide users with a device that allows them to manage their lives comfortably. We are sure that the combination of specs and design in this smartwatch will be appreciated by our users.” - Peter Chang, Region Head – South Asia & Country Manager for ASUS India The ZenWatch 3 comes with latest Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2100 and is compatible with Android 4.3