MRCA deal:

 Govt to hold fresh discussions with Dassault to break Rafale logjam

With no significant headway in negotiations for the purchase of 126 multi-role combat jets since July because of a logjam over France's reluctance to give an assurance for Rafale aircraft produced in India, another round of discussions has been scheduled for next month.

LAPD overtime

LAPD overtime for Made in America festival exceeds $475,000

The crowd grooves as Kendrick Lamar performs at the Made in America festival over Labor Day weekend at Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

HTC Desire 820s

HTC Desire 820s With 64-Bit MediaTek Octa-Core SoC Launched

 

 
HTC on Tuesday announced a variant of the Desire 820, dubbed the HTC Desire 820s, on its Weibo account. HTC hasn't detailed the price and availability of the Desire 820s, nor if it will be sold outside of China.

The Desire 820s packs almost identical specifications to the Desire 820, apart from sporting a 64-bit 1.7GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6752 processor with 4G LTE connectivity and Mali T760 GPU instead of the 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC (1.5GHz quad-core + 1.0GHz quad-core) of the original. The octa-core MediaTek SoC is coupled with 2GB of RAM, as per the Weibo post by HTC.
The dual-SIM HTC Desire 820s runs Android 4.4 KitKat and features a 5.5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) display. It packs a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, and an 8-megapixel secondary front-facing camera, just like the Desire 820.

Gionee Marathon M3

With 5000mAh Battery Available Online at Rs. 13,999

 

Gionee has introduced the successor to its M2 smartphone, dubbed Marathon M3, by listing it on its India website. Notably, no pricing or availability information is listed alongside, however the smartphone is available to purchase via an e-commerce site at Rs. 13,999.

The major highlight of the Gionee Marathon M3 is that it packs a massive 5000mAh battery, compared to the 4200mAh battery in the M2. The company listing claims the battery can deliver up to 32.46 hours of talk time on 3G, and up to 51 hours of talk time on 2G networks, or 32.8 days of standby time. Gionee had launched the M2 in February this year, alongside the Gpad G4.

Android 5.0

Android 5.0 Lollipop Starts Rolling Out

 

Google, after introducing its Android L and the new Material Design interface back in June this year, and officially launching Android 5.0 Lollipop it last month alongside the Nexus 6 smartphone and Nexus 9 tablet, has on Monday finally commenced the roll-out of the operating system to users worldwide.
Android 5.0 Lollipop features the new Material Design philosophy. "Design is a major focus for Lollipop-the latest version of Android-which begins to roll out today," added Nicholas Jitkoff, an Android Designer at Google, via the official company blog post on Monday.
Jitkoff however, failed to give details on which regions will be the first to get the update. The Android 5.0 Lollipop update will roll out first to the Nexus 4, Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 (2012 and 2013), and Nexus 10, apart from Google Play Edition devices. Android One smartphones should be next in line to receive the update.