Author: Tarandeep Kaur

Custom kernel from Deds allow you to control the clock frequencies of CPU and GPU and thus overclock / underclock. Here are the features of the kernel:

* CPU Governors: Performance, Powersave, Conservative, Inter active, Ondemand, Hybrid
* CPU I/O Schedulers: Noop, Deadline, CFQ, Sio, FIOPS
* GPU Governors: Simple Ondemand, Performance, Powersave, Userspace, Adreno TZ
* Frandom.Read more about it here
* O3 Optimizations
* Many performance tweaks
* Kernel version 3.4.98

• You can download the required files from here.

This is a TWRP of Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 SM G7102 and it will allow you to flash custom firmwares onto the device. You will also be able to root the Galaxy Grand 2.

Here are the steps on how to do it.

1. Install Samsung USB drivers. Download Odin and my TWRP recovery.
2. Open Odin 3.07
3. Switch off and Go into download mode(Home+Vol down+ power).
4. Put the recovery.tar file in PDA.(leave other options as they are)
5. Start and let it flash. After pass you can boot into TWRP by Volume up + power + home.

That is it – you have successfully installed TWRP on your phone.

A few weeks ago Microsoft launched Windows 8.1 with Bing which is 100 percent identical to usual Windows 8 we have to know from the past two years.

The only difference is the fact it comes with Bing as the search engine by default. Microsoft is offering heavy discounts to the OEMs who are offering this OS on their laptops.

The Asus F200MA is one of the first to be launched with this new operating system and is already up for sale on a French online retailer for about €250.

Asus F200 MA specifications include 11.6 inch display, 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, 500 gigabyte hard disk drive, 2GB RAM, Intel Celeron N2830 bay trail processor, 1x USB 3.0 and 2x USB 2.0 ports.

MSI Primo 82 and Primo 83 are two upcoming tablets with eight inch displays. Both run Android operating system and come in variety of processors. 

MSI Primo 82 Specifications

This comes with a quad core Intel Atom Z3735G processor clocked at 1.33GHz with turbo boost of 1.83Ghz. The graphics are handled by built in Intel HD graphics clocked between 311 – 646 MHz.

A gigabyte of RAM accompanies the rest of the hardware. As mentioned earlier the MSI Primo 82 comes with a 8 inch IPS display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. For storage you get 8 GB storage which is expandable via micro SD card slot.

MSI Primo 83 Specifications

The Primo 83 is powered by MediaTek MT6592 which is clocked at 1.3 GHz and has four cores. The CPU is accompanied by 1 gigabyte of RAM and 16 GB of flash storage backed by micro SD card slot to expand internal storage.

Other specifications include 5 megapixel rear camera, a 2 MP front webcam and 3800 mAh battery. 

Right now there is no word on their price tags.

• Via notebookitalia

HP is on the verge of releasing not one but three new Android tablets. All of these tablets namely HP Slate 8 Plus, HP 10 Plus, and HP Slate 10 Plus will be manufactured by Chinese company Huawei and will be sold as mid range tablets with decent specifications.

HP Slate 8 Plus Specifications

* 8 inch 1280 x 800 pixel IPS display
* A 1.6 GHz HI silicon Kirin 910 quad-core processor
* 1GB of RAM
* 16GB of storage
* Micro SD card reader
* 802.11n Wi-Fi
* Bluetooth 4.0
* Optional 3G support

HP 10 Plus Specifications

* 10.1 inch 1920 x 1200 pixel IPS display
* A quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 processor
* 2GB of RAM
* 16GB of flash storage
* 5 megapixel rear camera and 2MP front webcam
* A 7700 mAh 28Whr battery
* Android 4.4 KitKat operating system

HP Slate 10 Plus

* 10.1 inch 1280 x 800 pixel IPS display
* HiSilicon quad-core processor
* 1GB of RAM and 16GB of flash storage
* A microSD card reader
* On board WiFi, Bluetooth and optional 4G LTE
* 3MP rear camera, 0.3MP front-facing camera
* 23.24 Whr battery with up to 6 hours of continuous run time

All of these tablets are expected to be launched in coming months.

• Via mobilegeeks (German)

Nokia HERE services have gained a lot of popularity on Windows Phone and eventually became available on iOS and Android as well.

One of its best features is the LiveSight that allows you simply point your camera on the road and learn about the places in front of you.

The Finnish giant has now decided to expand its reach to Android users. The developers can now download HERE software development kit for the Android.

The kit allows devs to use LiveSight augmented reality feature on third party applications.

This is a smart move by Nokia as it make devs use their HERE services instead of Google Maps. Here is a quote from the blog.

These apps can be as similar to or different from the existing LiveSight uses as the developer wants. How about a ‘beer-finder’ app (for those emergency moments) that would lead you by the nose to the nearest watering hole? Or a virtual guide for a museum that would explain the sculptures around a garden when you hold up your phone? Or even a more business oriented app for electrical engineers that would show a street’s wiring?

While it will take some time for the developers to consider making applications that make use of this feature but a “beer finder” application sounds like a great idea.

• See the press release on 360.here.com