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In just a couple of days Samsung is going to take the stage in Barcelona before Mobile World Congress 2015 kicks off to unveil its two new smartphones, the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge. Multiple renders of both devices have been leaked many times over the past few weeks but today we might be getting our best look yet at Samsung’s new devices. Pictures of both the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge placed side by side have appeared online.

Screenshot images of both devices were leaked online by an XDA member who goes by the user name graaler. Just yesterday multiple photos of the Galaxy S6 were also leaked on XDA forums.

Both the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge appear to be similarly sized in this pictures which suggests that there’s really no major difference in display size between these two devices.

We can see the curved screen on Galaxy S6 Edge, which would be similar to that on the Galaxy Note Edge, and a slightly taller home button is present on both home devices which was linked to a rumor recently that Samsung is going to opt for a touch based fingerprint sensor instead of the swipe based one it introduced with Galaxy S5.

It can not be confirmed if the software seen in these pictures is the final build of TouchWiz that will ship with these devices or a pre-release build, nevertheless, if recent reports are true Samsung is going to offer a truly bloatware free software with its new devices.

Galaxy S6 And Galaxy S6 Edge Pictured Side By Side , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

Samsung has announced today that it is now mass producing the industry’s first ever 128-gigabyte (GB) ultra-fast embedded memory based on the much-anticipated Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 2.0 standard for next-generation flagship smartphones. The new embedded memory’s UFS 2.0 interface is said to be the most advanced JEDEC-compliant, next-generation flash memory storage specification currently in the market.

Through ‘Command Queue’; the technology that UFS memory uses to accelerates the speed of command execution in SSDs through a serial interface has significantly increased data processing speeds compared to the 8-bit parallel-interface-based eMMC standard. Results, Samsung UFS memory conducts random reading at 2.7 times faster (19,000 input/output operations per second (IOPS)) than the most common embedded memory for high-end smartphones available today, the eMMC 5.0.

In addition to a 50 percent decrease in energy consumption, it also delivers a sequential read and write performance boost up to SSD levels with its random read speed 12 times faster than that of a standard high-speed memory card (which runs at 1,500 IOPS), and is expected to greatly improve system performance. As for random writing it is clocked at 14,000 IOPS which is 28 faster than conventional external memory card,

Samsung anticipates that UFS will support all future high-end mobile market needs, while eMMC solution are kept for the mid-market, value products.

The three version of the Samsung’s new UFS embedded memory are: 128GB, 64GB and 32GB versions. Currently, eMMC line-up produce only half of it.

In an attempt to provide more design flexibility to global customers, Samsung’s UFS embedded memory package, a new ePoP (embedded package on package) solution, can be stacked directly on top of a logic chip, taking approximately 50 percent less space.

Samsung has already planned ahead for the next several years, continuing its pace on the memory solution endeavor, combining truly high-performance with high capacity.

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We often see Spotify update its mobile applications and add new features in the process. On the other hand Spotify for desktop does not receive updates as frequently as the mobile apps. Now there is some good news for people who use Spotify for desktop. The music streaming service has released a new update for its desktop software which brings new features and improvements, the biggest being seamless integration of lyrics in the Spotify experience on desktop.

The lyrics feature is powered by Musixmatch, which is the world’s largest lyrics catalogue, users can easily sing along to their favorite songs by just clicking on a button to bring up the lyrics. Using the Explore feature users can also search and browse popular lyrics from the top songs on Spotify.

Spotify for desktop now has a new and improved Friend Feed, making it easier for users to find out what their friends are listening to, all they need to do is scroll down the sidebar to see what songs, playlists and artists their friends are listening to.

Daily viral charts have also been added to Spotify for desktop which would highlight most shared tracks around the world and particularly in a user’s region. All charts will have indicators that highlight new music and how individual tracks perform on a daily basis.

Over the coming weeks this latest Spotify for desktop update will be rolled out for all users around the globe.

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Motorola has an online tool called Moto Maker which you can use to customize a smartphone that you purchase from the company. So far the tool has only been limited to smartphones but next month this is going to change. Motorola is going to open up Moto Maker to its Moto 360 smartwatch, allowing you to add your own personal touches to the wearable device, before it gets shipped to your doorstep.

Moto Maker will provide three options for the watch case: silver, black and champagne gold. The band will be offered in two sizes, in either leather or metal, and finally you’ll be able to pick one of the 11 watch faces which will come preinstalled on your Moto 360.

When Moto Maker is opened up to the Moto 360 next month the company will also introduce some new watch faces as well as the single-link metal band that it teased about a year back.

This was clearly the next step for Motorola’s online customization suite, many had wondered previously if and when it would be opened up to the company’s smartwatch, which many believe was the best looking wearable device introduced in 2014.

So far Motorola has not detailed its plans for a second generation Moto 360. Hopefully Moto Maker support for the existing one will keep customers busy till the time its ready to show off the new wearable device.

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One of several startups endeavoring to build Elon Musk’s Hyperloop vision thinks it can start building a test track to demonstrate and develop the idea next year. That’s a lovely sounding idea, but let’s file this plan under “insanely hypothetical.”

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