China-based Transsion Holdings made its debut in India in August with Infinix Note 4 and Hot 4 Pro smartphones that did not make much of a noise in the competitive domestic smartphone market.

Now, the company has launched Infinix Zero 5 that joins the race of dual-camera devices coming from its Chinese counterparts that have flooded the Indian market. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});

Launched at Rs 17,999(N100,573)  Zero 5 with 64GB onboard storage and 6GB RAM essentially competes with the likes of Honor 9i. Here is how the smartphone fares in everyday usage. Infinix Zero 5 sports a metal unibody design that is free of any creek and felt top-notch. The edges are smooth and offer an ergonomic grip while adding to the premium feel even as the phone sports a big design language. The 5.98-inch Full HD display with 2.5D glass atop it was rich and bright.

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The rear camera placement in the device reminds us of Huawei P9's camera design language sans the "Leica" lens branding. A much-talked-about feature of Zero 5 is its dual-primary camera with 12MP wide-angle lens and 13MP telephoto lens that added good "Bokeh" effect to photos with blurred background. We found the pictures to be satisfactory in proper lighting conditions. Colour reproduction was good; so was the saturation level. Two antenna bands run through the top and bottom of the phone that give a rich look. The fingerprint sensor lies below the camera set-up and was quick to unlock the device.

Samsung is reportedly working on a new version of the DeX Station that was first introduced with the Galaxy S8. The second generation DeX Pad is likely to resemble more of a wireless charging pad than a dock and will accompany the Galaxy S9.

The source comes on the back of reports by popular leaker @evleaks that suggested a revamped DeX station was in the works for the next Galaxy.

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The reason to move to a pad rather than having the phone docked is thanks to enhancements in Android Oreo that could mean the Galaxy S9 can be used as a mouse pad or a keyboard. This would remove the need to have to carry around a separate keyboard and mouse to use your device as a portable computer.

The phone will still need to be connected somehow to the USB Type-C port so Samsung will need to come up with some clever method of making connecting the Galaxy S9 a slick process and also hiding the connecting port when not in use. It’ll probably be similar to the fold-away connector on the Gear VR.

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Certainly including functionality to have the phone function as a mouse of keyboard would widen the use case for DeX meaning you only need a screen.

Unless you're from another planet then I'm sure you know we at Techknowng gives the best tips for Android smartphones, Lifehacks and all things tech.

Today on our top 5, we are sharing 5 very useful apps you don't know about.

1. Shazam

Shazam is one of the world’s most popular apps, used by hundreds of millions of people each month to instantly identify music that’s playing and see what others are discovering. All for free.

And that’s just the beginning: One-tap access to video clips, song lyrics, related tracks and streaming services, where you can listen to your Shazams in full or buy them. 

Top artists like Wizkid, Davido, Adele, Kendrick Lamar, Efe (of course I love him) Demi Lovato, are using Shazam to find new music, and you can follow them to share in the thrill of discovery. 

What's interesting about shazam

MUSIC DISCOVERY

• Identify music with one tap

• Sing along to songs with music lyrics, or watch their videos

• Preview songs and add them to Spotify playlists**

• Shazam Offline: Identify music even when you’re not connected!*

• Check out recommended tracks to find new music

• Stay in the loop with Shazam’s real-time charts

• Simply log in to sync all your Shazams across all devices

• Launch Pandora radio based on artists you Shazam**

• Buy your Shazamed songs in Google Play Music with just one tap

CONNECT & SHARE 

• See what your friends are Shazaming when you connect your Facebook account

• Follow your favourite artists to see what they’re Shazaming

• Share your discoveries through Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Pinterest, Google+ and more…

MORE THAN MEETS THE EAR

• Shazam visual recognition: Tap the camera icon to Shazam posters, magazines, books and so much more! Use it anywhere where you see the Shazam camera logo

• Visual recognition also works as a QR code reader

• Launch Shazam on your Android Wear smartwatch to see the artist and song appear.

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2. Zoto

ZotoPartner app helps you in getting extra income from your customers and growing your business easier than before. By allowing business in Nigeria to recharge airtime for their customers ( Airtel, Etisalat, Glo, MTN) every day, ZotoPartner is successfully helping businesses to provide extra services to their customers.

Recharge airtime 24x7, in less than 5 seconds. Get commissions instantly and attractive rewards with every recharge. Fast. Safe. Secure. Use Your Own Phone. It’s free to download on your own Android device

How it Works? Switch on the ZotoPartner app whenever you want to recharge airtime for your customers. Just enter the mobile number and amount to recharge and get recharge done in less than 5 seconds. Get paid / earn commission instantly for airtime recharge.

How to get started?

- Download the app on your phone and fill in the details required to start the registration process. - One of our super quick agents will contact you in the next 1 hour after your registration process. - Once you are registered and approved, recharge and earn commissions whenever you want.

KEY FEATURES

- 100% Secure: ZotoPartner is PCI-DSS certified and one of the few secure recharge applications. All your transactions are 128 bit SSL secured with trust seal from industry leaders such as VeriSign

- Great customer support to handle any kind of unexpected issues. We promise to get back to you within 24 hours.

- The app is small size, fast and light on your mobile phone and network. Works very well on slow data connections as well. To know more, visit our website www.zoto.com.ng

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3. WPS Office 

WPS Office is the smallest size (less than 35MB) and all-in-one complete free office suite on Android mobile and tablets, integrates all office word processor functions: Word, PDF, Presentation, Spreadsheet , Memo and Docs Scanner in one application, and fully compatible with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Doc and Adobe PDF format.

The aim of WPS Office is to provide you one-stop working solution since 1989. Various of office tools and unique and intuitive UI design ensures you enjoy the best mobile office experience. You could easy to do all office word processing on-the-go on phone, tablet and other portable devices. WPS Office allows you can create, view, edit and share office word documents and homework as handy as you need while out of office, in class,traveling, before bedtime or whenever and wherever you want.

【WPS Office Features】

All-in-one Complete Free Office Suite App • Integrate with Memo, Document, Spreadsheet, Presentation and PDF • Fully compatibility with Microsoft Office( Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Txt), Google Docs, Sheets, Slide, Adobe PDF and OpenOffice.

Free PDF Converter, PDF Reader and PDF Editor • Convert all office docs ( word, text, excel, PowerPoint,doc ) to PDFs • Scan paper docs to PDFs/images using mobile camera • Support PDFs viewing, Add bookmarks and Annotations Viewing • Support PDF Signature,PDF Extract/Split, PDF Merge, PDF to Word

Make Presentations on-the-go • Dozens of new Presentation layouts, animation and transition effects • Make presentations using WIFI, NFC, DLNA and Miracast • Touch controlled laser pointer, Ink feature lets you draw on slides while in presentation mode

Easy to Use and Powerful Spreadsheets • Complete predefined formulas makes you do basic data and digital operation more conveniently

Connect to Cloud Drive (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); • Automatically save office documents to the clouds: Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, Evernote and OneDrive. Keep your all documents always up-to-date via cloud service. • Easily access and edit office documents directly from any devices

Documents Encryption&Recovery • Support documents encryption, keep your office documents &data safe • Easily recover deleted documents in 30 days as you want

Easy to Share/Transfer Documents • Easy to share office documents via WIFI, NFC, DLNA, Email, Instant Messaging, Whatsapp, Telegram, Facebook and Twitter

Fully supports Multi-window mode • Allows you easy to deal with different tasks at the same time

Unique and Intuitive Mobile Office Experience • Special Night Mode and Mobile View mode for Documents viewing and PDFs reading

Supports 51 languages and All Office File Formats • File Formats: doc, docx, wpt,dotm,docm, dot, dotx / xls, xlsx, xlt, xltx, csv, xml , et, ett / PDF / ppt, pot, dps, dpt, pptx, potx, ppsx / txt / log, lrc, c, cpp, h, asm, s, java, asp, bat, bas, prg, cmd, Zip

Ensure Hardware Device’s Power Saving • The unique software coding promises never lagging the operation of your mobile operating system.

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4. Google Classroom 

Classroom is a free service for schools, non-profit organsations and anyone with a personal Google account. Classroom makes it easy for learners and instructors to connect with one another – inside and outside of schools. Classroom saves time and paper, and makes it easy to create classes, distribute assignments, communicate and stay organised. 

Google Classroom Features 

There are many benefits of using Classroom:

• Easy to set up – Teachers can add students directly or share a code with their class to join. It takes just a few minutes to set up.

• Saves time – The simple, paperless assignment workflow allows teachers to create, review and mark assignments quickly, all in one place.

• Improves organisation – Students can see all of their assignments on an assignments page, while all class materials (e.g. documents, photos, videos) are automatically filed into folders in Google Drive.

• Enhances communication – Classroom allows teachers to send announcements and start class discussions instantly. Students can share resources with one another or provide answers to questions on the stream.

• Affordable and secure – Like the rest of G Suite for Education services, Classroom contains no ads, never uses your content or student data for advertising purposes, and is free.

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5. Photomath

Simply point your camera toward a math problem and Photomath will magically show the result with a detailed step-by-step instructions.

Photomath provides:

∙ Camera calculator

∙ Handwriting recognition (NEW)

∙ Step-by-step instructions

∙ Smart calculator

∙ Graphs (NEW)

Photomath supports arithmetics, integers, fractions, decimal numbers, roots, algebraic expressions, linear equations/inequalities, quadratic equations/inequalities, absolute equations/inequalities, systems of  equations,  logarithms, trigonometry, exponential and logarithmic functions, derivatives and integrals.

We all love the next generation flagship smartphone from Apple, dubbed as the Apple iPhone X (except for the price tag). The main reason that the flagship from the Cupertino tech giant caught our attention for the fact that, the smartphone offers an almost bezel-less design with a notchy notch. If we think Samsung as the stark laboratories, then this will be the Iron Man’s smartphone.

If we look at the Apple iPhone X, the OLED display on the device is manufactured by Samsung, so, now they know it all and the Korea is ready to take on the United States (Not Kim Jong Un’s Korea, but the other one). If the rumours are to be believed, Samsung is working on a revolutionary smartphone (word is inspired by Apple keynotes), which completely changes the perspective of a smartphone with all aspects. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); As a matter of fact, the Samsung smartphones already have a truly bezel-less design (just has top and bottom bezels). However, the upcoming (no speculated time frame) Samsung smartphone will have a quad-curved display, so, for this smartphone, there are no bezels what so ever.

Achieving this engineering marvel is not easy as it looks. In fact, the technology behind this idea involves of bending the actual display from all the corners to give it a proper shape. After the display, other technical challenges for this smartphone is the placement of sensors, selfie camera, main microphone, and the fingerprint scanner. Samsung might try to solve these puzzle in the following fashion. As the current generation flagship smartphones already have a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, the company is expected to leave that feature undisturbed, however, there are chances for the display mounted biometric scanner as well. So, for the phone might use a Piezoelectric Ceramic Acoustic Technology instead of the microphone (which was used on the Xiaomi Mi MIX). Just like the display mounted biometric scanner, the company might offer a display mounted the front-facing camera as well (Samsung has all the resources it needs to develop out of the box technology). (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); As we recently said, this smartphone might use a graphene ball based batteries, which is expected to offer faster-charging speed (takes 12 minutes to charge from nothing to 100 percent). So, this will be a truly next-generation smartphone with each one of the parts re-engineered to work with the new ecosystem.