Oppo N1 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 3 vs Nokia Lumia 1520

January end marked the official entry of China’s popular phone maker Oppo in the Indian market. The company forayed into the growing and competitive Indian mobile space with its Oppo N1 priced at Rs 39,999. Considering its 6-inch display and the price tag, the device outright competes with the Nokia Lumia 1520 and the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Here’s a quick specs comparison of the three massive devices, to find who has the best specs on paper.

Microsoft close to naming India-born Nadella as new CEO

Microsoft Corp, world's largest software company, is likely to appoint its India born cloud-computing head, Satya Nadella, as its next chief executive officer, according to reports in the US media on Thursday.

The reports also indicated, citing unidentified company sources, that Microsoft chairman and co-founder Bill Gates may also be replaced.

Nadella, 46, was among three internal candidates said to have been in the running for last several weeks.
The other two were strategy head Tony Bates, former CEO of Skype, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2011; and Stephen Elop, former head of Nokia acquired by the giant in 2013. But the reports did not say the search was conclusively over.

Chinese firms bet big on Indian market

After Gionee which recently launched its smartphones in India, it is now the turn of another Chinese handset maker Oppo to foray into the Indian market. The company has launched Oppo N1phablet in the Indian market. The device was unveiled globally in China in September last year.

The smartphone with a price tag of Rs 39,999 sports a 13-megapixel camera which can rotate up to 206 degrees. According to the company this feature is the main highlight of the device.

Oppo N1 which comes in 16 and 32GB storage variants features a large 5.9-inch full-HD IPS display and runs on Android 4.2 (Color ROM). It is powered by a 1.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor and 2GB RAM.
The Oppo N1 which weighs 213 grams will come in White colour and dimensions 170.7x82.6x9mm.
The smartphone packs in a 3610mAh battery and WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC and DLNA as connectivity options. Top Bollywood actors Hrithik Roshan and Sonam Kapoor have been roped in as brand ambassadors in Indian where it would be available in 12 major cities which include  Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai Bangalore, Chennai. 

With the entry of Chinese handset makers in India, the domestic manufacturing such as Micromax and Karbonn are likely to face tough competition.

Yahoo email account passwords stolen

Yahoo says usernames and passwords of its email customers have been stolen and used to access accounts, but the company isn't saying how many accounts have been affected.

The company said in a blog post that "the information sought in the attack seems to be names and email addresses from the affected accounts' most recent sent emails.''

Yahoo says it believes the usernames and passwords weren't collected from its own systems, but from a third-party database. The company says it is resetting passwords on affected accounts and has "implemented additional measures'' to block further attacks.

The company would not comment beyond the information in its blog post. It says it is working with federal law enforcement.

Google selling Motorola phone business to Lenovo

Google is selling Motorola's smartphone business to Lenovo for $2.9 billion, a price that makes Google's biggest acquisition look like its most expensive mistake.

 The deal announced Wednesday will rid Google Inc. of a financial headache that has plagued the Internet company since buying Motorola Mobility for $12.4 billion in 2012. Motorola has lost nearly $2 billion since Google took over, while trimming its workforce from 20,000 to 3,800.

Google had previously recovered some of the money that it spent on Motorola by selling the company's set-top operations last year to Arris Group Inc. for $2.35 billion. Google is also keeping most of the patents that came with the Motorola purchase.

Here’s how to check if your Gmail account has been hacked

Google has provided users with tools right within the Gmail inbox that can help keep your account secured. Here’s how it works:

To check if your account has been targeted and hacked into without your knowledge, you need to log into your Gmail account using a desktop browser.

Now scroll down to the bottom of your inbox and locate a link called “Details”. When you click on it, a pop-up window will appear, and it will show you a detailed list of the last ten times you – or anyone else –has accessed your account. It will also show you not just when your account was accessed but also how it was viewed. You’ll know if the inbox was opened using an email app, browser, smartphone app and the IP address through which it was accessed.

If you see a suspicious device or IP address, you may want to change your password as soon as possible.

To strengthen the security on your Gmail account, you can even turn the two-factor authentication system on. You can store your IP addresses of the various computers and devices you use to access Gmail, in order to ensure nothing fishy is going on around your account.

While Google has been very particular about ensuring account safety from sleuths, it has been going through a rough couple of weeks with Gmail. An outage late last week caused about 10 percent of Google’s global users to lose access to their Gmail accounts for a good 30 minutes or so. This week, it was also revealed that a bug affecting certain Gmail apps was marking out wrong messages to be deleted or sent into spam folders.

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