The rumor gets life after HTC official announcement of HTC One Mini 2. It is a latest and smaller version of flagship HTC One M8, one of the best smartphones in the world.

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On the official announcement, Mr. Peter Chou the CEO of HTC Corporation stated that, “The HTC One Mini 2’s size and tapered edges fit perfectly in a hand, pocket or purse, making it look great and feel even better to use. It’s the perfect choice for those who love the iconic design of the HTC One (M8) yet want something more compact”

The HTC One Mini 2 condenses the essence of HTC’s flagship into a 4.5-inches form-factor and prominently it espouses the same premium unibody design otherwise it is often the case a few of the smartphones features have been toned down in order to force everything into a smaller chassis by many mobile companies but surely not in the case of HTC One Mini 2.

Specifications:

General – 4G, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and NFC
Unibody aluminium design, offered in the Gunmetal Grey, Glacial Silver and Amber Gold shades.
It’s a little thicker than the HTC One M8 (10.6mm v 9.4mm).
Weighted 137g.
4.5-inch display
Resolution – 1280*720 pixels
Quad-core, 1.2GHz Snapdragon, 400 processor with 1GB of RAM and16GB of on-board memory (with micro SD support).
3 mega-pixel rear-facing camera with LED flash and is capable of recording full 1080p video, while the front-facing 5 mega-pixel snapper.
OS – Android KitKat 4.4.2
Release Date & Price:

At the end of May, the HTC One Mini 2 will be available across Europe, the Middle East and Africa While, North-Americans can have it in June.

The price wasn’t revealed, but it’s expected to retail for around £330.

Good news for the folks, if you are looking to buy an app or other content from Google Play store, you are now able to use PayPal account to pay for your digital needs.

Earlier, there was a facility to pay through debit or credit cards and gift cards or if you are the users of the network T-Mobile (EE) in UK, but now, PayPal has become another availability for the users of UK.

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In fact, PayPal has also been added as a payment mode in twelve other countries. including UK, US, Canada and Ireland, along with the European countries such as Austria, Finland, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands.

The Google Play Product Manager Ibrahim Elbouchikhi announced: “Our goal is to provide our users with a frictionless payment experience, therefore, this new integration is another example of how we work with our partners from across the payment industry to give our users the best experience.”

Google sales are increased by 300% since last year and this is not so surprising actually. Two-thirds of the apps that are being purchased are now outside the US.

While that’s all undoubtedly a great news for the Big G, but it is still behind the Apple’s app store as per the App Annie, which pegs Curpertino’s total revenue of the app at 85% more than Google.

Nathan Han, the 15 years old boy from Boston has been awarded first place for a machine learning software that he made for study mutations of a gene, it is linked to breast cancer, he was awarded first price in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, a program organized for the students of Science and the public.

He used data that is publicly available, Han worked in depth on characteristics of multiple mutations of BRCA1 tumor suppressor gene to teach his software to compare between mutations and to find the cause of that disease. the range of accuracy of his software is upto 81% and can be enhanced to become more accurate to identify the cancer threats from BRCA1 genne mutations. Han has been awarded with 75,000 USDs, the Gordon E.Moore award, in the honor of the Intel co-founder and fellow scientist.

Lennar Kleinwort, also a 15 years old boy from Germany received one of two Intel Foundation Youngest Scientist Award of $50,000 USDs, Kleinwort developed a new tool related to mathematics for tablets and smartphones that enhanced the capabilities of the handheld devices that earlier required more expensive and sophisticated computing tools. His app is going to help users to design draw curves and lines aswell as geometric figures on the touchscreen and monitor the render of the system into shapes and equations that can be manipulated at all.

Shannon Xinjing Lee, the 17 years old girl from Singapore received the other last IFYS Award of 50,000 USDs for making a novel electrocatalyst that can be used for batteries as an advancement in the future. Researchers have been looking for a way to make rechargeable batteries practical with zinc-air, as they would be safer and lighter in weight and will be able to handle and consume six times the energy density of lithium ion batteries, this will make the hybrid cars more better in fact much more better. Lee activated carbon catalyst, which is made with carbonized eggplant of China, greatly performed very well a very sophisticated commercial catalyst in stability and longevity tests and friendly with environment and less expensive to produce.

“The world eagerly deserves more scientists, creators and entrepreneurs to go ahead, improve economic growth and solve pressing global challenges,” Wendy Hawkins said, Intel’s executive director. “Young people are the key to innovation, that is what Intel believes, and they think that this will inspire the students of the rest of the world too and get them involved in the field of technology, science, math and engineering, the foundation of creativity.”

In present year, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair featured over 1,700 young scientists chosen from 435 affiliate fairs in over 70 countries, regions and territories, except those top selectors, the other over 500 finalists received different awards and prizes for their innovative research, including “Best Of Category” winners, each of them received $5k prize from Intel, The Intel Foundation awarded $1k to each winner’s school and to the affiliated fair they represent. Also, the Intel Foundation presented experiential awards to the selected number of students, which includes the new 11-day trip to China to take in part to the country’s largest competition in national science, negotiate with researchers at Intel’s lab in Shanghai, and to take a survey of Panda Research Base in Chengdu.

The list of finalists (as a whole) is available in the event program. The Intel Science and Engineering Fair 2014 is funded by Intel jointly and the additional awards and support by the Intel Foundation from so many other corporate, governmental, academic and science focused organizations. In present year, over $5 million was awarded.

Apple users and soon Android aswell will be able to broadcast live videos real-time from anywhere throughout the world.

Video sharing and photo sharing has been striving to stay in competition with famous brands such as Instagram, but the recent update will definitely make it unique than all others.

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Now, users of iOS are able to broadcast their videos live real-time using their phone from anywhere throughout the world. The version of android only supports watching live videos; it is said that the live broadcasting update will be released soon for Android too.

“We have been working hard on version 4.0 of mobli for a long time.” the company mentioned in their blog post. “We’d like to hear your thoughts on this new version.”

As of now, the thoughts about their new update is positive. “Sick update,” the user of iOS MouseMeetCheese wrote in a five-star app review. “Love it! It is brilliant!.”

Another user Malers said aswell, additing that “This app is quite innovative and cool,” and added a five stars too.

However, right now, not everyone is thrilled with this update, which includes fixture of minor bugs and more intuitive UI design. The Photographer Ira Lens complaint that he waited for almost three months for this update and was looking to get the bug fixed related to image loading is very much disappointed, wrote in a blog comment.

Those who are looking to facilitate themselves with this exciting new update can get this app from iTunes App Store and the users of Android must keep an eye on Play Store for the update, mobli is also available for the Windows Phone users however, it doesn’t include the live video broadcasting feature yet.

“The live streaming apps that are standalone like Quick are boring,” CEO Moshe Hogeg written at techcrunch. “It’s a full pack featured plan that includes posting pictures, videos and going live with the ultimate feature of live video broadcasting, that is something users will be attracted from for sure.”

Apple users and soon Android aswell will be able to broadcast live videos real-time from anywhere throughout the world.

Video sharing and photo sharing has been striving to stay in competition with famous brands such as Instagram, but the recent update will definitely make it unique than all others.

mobli-live-broadcasting-123

Now, users of iOS are able to broadcast their videos live real-time using their phone from anywhere throughout the world. The version of android only supports watching live videos; it is said that the live broadcasting update will be released soon for Android too.

“We have been working hard on version 4.0 of mobli for a long time.” the company mentioned in their blog post. “We’d like to hear your thoughts on this new version.”

As of now, the thoughts about their new update is positive. “Sick update,” the user of iOS MouseMeetCheese wrote in a five-star app review. “Love it! It is brilliant!.”

Another user Malers said aswell, additing that “This app is quite innovative and cool,” and added a five stars too.

However, right now, not everyone is thrilled with this update, which includes fixture of minor bugs and more intuitive UI design. The Photographer Ira Lens complaint that he waited for almost three months for this update and was looking to get the bug fixed related to image loading is very much disappointed, wrote in a blog comment.

Those who are looking to facilitate themselves with this exciting new update can get this app from iTunes App Store and the users of Android must keep an eye on Play Store for the update, mobli is also available for the Windows Phone users however, it doesn’t include the live video broadcasting feature yet.

“The live streaming apps that are standalone like Quick are boring,” CEO Moshe Hogeg written at techcrunch. “It’s a full pack featured plan that includes posting pictures, videos and going live with the ultimate feature of live video broadcasting, that is something users will be attracted from for sure.”

Mobli took time to respond to PCMag’s comment request.