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About sherly

I am Sherly, living in the city of Alappuzha, which known as the 'Venice of the East'.

End of an era: Goodbye Nokia smartphones, hello Microsoft Mobile

Everyone has a favourite Nokia phone. It doesn’t matter if you back the friendly Nokia 5110 or the feature-rich Nokia N95, somewhere lodged in your memory lies a Nokia smartphone that brings about a sense of nostalgia. Microsoft’s global head


Xiaomi working on 9.2-inch tablet, Specs and Release date Leaked

Xiaomi 9.2-inch Tablet Specs and Release date Leaked – Xiaomi tablet with 9.2-inch display, Snapdragon SoC 410 shows up in benchmarks. Xiaomi is rumored to be launching a tablet-sized 9.2 inch, which is known from a benchmarks GFXBench. We do


How to extend the life of your Laptop Battery

* Defrag regularly – The faster your hard drive does its work – less demand you are going to put on the hard drive and your battery. Make your hard drive as efficient as possible by defragging it regularly. (but


LinkedIn reports Q3 loss but sales climb

Corporate networking site LinkedIn Corp has reported better-than-expected quarterly profit and revenue as more businesses used its services to hire staff. LinkedIn on Thursday posted a loss of $US4.3 million ($A4.65 million), or 3 US cents per share, in the


Apple CEO Tim Cook says Apple watch will have to be charged everyday

Apple unveiled its new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, which have quickly become a huge sales success. Alongside the two new handsets, the company also showed off its Apple Watch, which will go on sale sometime in early 2015 with


Truecaller launches new app, Truedialer, a smart dialer app for Android

Developers of Truecaller Caller ID app has launched Truedialer, a smart dialer app for Android. It was launched for Windows Phone 8 few months back, it recently got updated with real-time Caller ID features for Windows Phone 8.1 users. It


Sony to appoint new president of Mobile division

Sony is shuffling around management within its mobile division in an effort to revitalize the ailing unit.Finance and New Business, has been lined up to replace Kunimasa Suzuki as the new president of Sony Mobile Communications. Totoki is currently serving


Android 5.0 Lollipop Release Date confirmed for Asus ZenFone Smartphones next year

Taiwanese giant Asus has confirmed that the timeline of Android Lollipop OS update release to Zenfone series smartphones. The Nexus 7 maker has revealed that the Google’s latest mobile OS update ( Android 5.0 Lollipop) roll out process will begin


YouTube To Offer A Paid, Ad-Free Subscriptions

YouTube, the video-streaming service owned by Google (GOOG), is exploring whether to offer paid subscriptions that would let users watch content without advertising. “YouTube right now is ad-supported, which is great because it has enabled us to scale to a


Idea Cellular working on launching of 4G service, Kerala may get it first

Telecom operator Idea Cellular is apparently busy working to set up its 4G services in India, according to its Deputy Managing Director, Ambrish Jain. No specific details have been volunteered apart from the fact that the company’s contribution to the