Twitter music app to launch this weekend

According to sources close to Twitter, the microblogging service is going to release a standalone music app this weekend

This morning a web page music.twitter.com with a music hashtag and a sign-in has appeared which means that the app is going live soon.
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival starts today and it will be a great place for Twitter to introduce its new service.

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Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 and 6.3 officially announced

After all the leaks of the Galaxy Mega 5.8 and the Mega 6.3, today Samsung and officially has announced its new lineup of smartphone called Mega.

The Samsung Galaxy 5.8 Mega features a 5.8-inch display with qHD (960 x 540) resolution, 1.4GHz dual-core processor, 1.5 GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage expandable via microSD card, 8-megapixel back camera, 1.9-megapixel front facing camera, 2,600 mAh battery and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean out of the box.

The Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 features 6.3-inch HD display, a 1.7GHz dual-core processor, 1.5GB of RAM, it will come in two variants with 8GB and 16GB, microSD card slot, 8-megapixel camera on the back, 1.9-megapixel front facer, 3,200 mAh battery and run Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.

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Samsung puts 128-gigabit 3-bit cell flash into production

 

Plans to build more memory cards 

Flash memory advancements usually sing the same tune: faster, smaller and high-density. Improve one of these attributes, and you've go the makings of a better chip on your hands. Samsung is focusing on the latter, announcing the mass production of its 10 nanometer 128-gigabit three-bit multi-level-cell NAND flash. 

 That mouthful translates into flash chips with more memory per cell in a small form factor. Sammy says the new chip is capable of 400Mbps, and claims the highest density in the industry. The new silicon will be used to expand the company's supply of 128GB memory cards and high-volume solid state drives. 

It's also well positioned to be a better part for devices with embedded NAND storage, which Samsung hopes will keep it competitive. You'll find Samsung's announcement and all the granular details after the break.  

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Nokia Lumia 521 coming to T-Mobile

T-Mobile has announced the availability of the upcoming budget friendly Windows Phone 8 smartphone, the Lumia 521.

The Nokia Lumia 521 is a T-Mobile variant of the most affordable Windows Phone 8 smartphone, the Lumia 520 and features a 4-inch (800x480) display, 1GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, 512MB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage expandable via microSD card, 5-megapixel back camera and a 1,430 mAh battery.

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Viber Brings Voice Calls To BlackBerry OS

Just a few months ago, Skype competitor Viber previewed voice calling on the BlackBerry platform. Viber is available on a multitude of platforms, including iOS, Windows Phone 8, Bada, S40, Symbian, and the list goes on.

However, BlackBerry represents a good chunk of Viber’s user base (it’s their third largest platform behind iOS and Android), and yet it’s still in the minority of Viber apps that don’t have access to voice calls. Today all that changes. Viber has pushed out an update for BlackBerry users to version 2.4 of the Viber app, finally bringing free voice calls to BlackBerry users for the first time. At first, the update will roll out in a beta version to push the feature out as quickly as possible. Later on, Viber will release the official update.

The update to version 2.4 also squashes some performance bugs for BlackBerry OS 5 users, and has sped things up for users who are sending stickers to their friends.

In terms of voice calling, users running OS 5 and OS 7 will have access to free voice calling on both WiFi and 3G.

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