We are not yet sure if Samsung is going to call its next Note smartphone the Galaxy Note 6 or the Galaxy Note 7, but we already have a leak that claims to show us the next Note's blueprints! According to those blueprints, it will borrow design elements heavily from the S7 Edge and will be released in the form factor of 153.5mm × 73.9mm × 7.9mm.

If the blueprints are authentic, then the next Note will not only be the first Samsung device to host a USB Type-C port, but also the first Samsung device to sport an iris scanner. The S-Pen can also be seen tucked away at the bottom on the right side, just like the Note 5.

Even though the blueprints indicate that the Note 6 is heavily inspired by the S7 Edge, the bad news is that it does not indicate a similarly curved display. That is not to say that there won't ever be such a device, it's just that there has not been enough evidence to support that theory yet. What are you expecting when Samsung unveils the mysterious Note at the "Next Big Thing" event in August?

Author: Saikat Kar (Tech-journalist and enthusiast)

It seems every year we hear about the death of PC gaming and how it is coming to an end. Evidently this is not the case as we see the improvements in hardware and the thriving gaming community around it. The question is what is happening to PC gaming and where is it heading?

The answer to that is that the PC is become a more mobile device. The time when laptops were underperforming options for gaming are gone,and if you are willing to pay the price then you can have a powerful gaming machine. Whether you want to explore options with bingo games, casual games, or the latest Triple-A releases, the options are there.

While gaming may have a focus on pushing the extreme of performance there are also the less powerful, but still more useful choices for mobile devices. Chromebooks have seen a rise in popularity lately, especially based on the fact that it gives the user the freedom away from Windows 10. With the choice of processor though being an ARM processor, there is a lack of power in this option so it may restrict the game choices somewhat to the more casual game.

If you are looking for a gaming machine though there are Ultrabooks that can provide the performance, and laptops specifically designed for playing the latest games. These laptops can hold more mobile versions of the latest GPUS and have the required processing power and provide everything a gamer will need. Even for the more sociable and casual style of games.

So the answer to where the PC is heading is more mobile, but nowhere near dead just yet. With gamers looking for more and more power to run the latest games at higher resolutions and high frame rates too, the PC will always have the answer. It is fair to say that that fan of the PC has nothing to worry about just yet, the reported death of the PC seems still a long way off.

LTE has changed both the way and the quantity in which smartphone users consume data nowadays and recent studies suggest that it will only continue to increase. With the likes of Netflix, Spotify and YouTube being used so frequently by users all over the world, it isn't really a surprise though.

The latest Ericsson Mobility Report indicates that the monthly data consumption rate will hit the 8.9GB mark by 2021 for the average smartphone user. Considering the fact that as of now, the average monthly data consumption for smartphone users is currently 1.4GB, that is a big hike!
According to the report, the huge change will be brought forth by the following factors.

1) A significantly more number of people will start using smartphones.
2) 4G LTE will become available in areas where it was previously unavailable.
3) At least some of the carriers will make 5G speeds available to the consumers by 2020.

As one would expect, North America and Western Europe tops the chart in this report as prime data consumers, followed by Central and Eastern Europe and South America. The types of content which will be most responsible for consuming all that data are predictably, video content and social networking.

Which app hogs the most data in your smartphone?

Author: Saikat Kar (Tech-journalist and enthusiast)

If you have a phone with insufficient internal memory, Uninstall Manager will help you out. Those of us out there who are still using a smartphone with 8GB or even 4GB internal storage, the struggle for space is a real and constant problem. With games like N.O.V.A. 3 taking up about 2.4GB of space in your phone alone, even 16GB variants may not be enough for power users. This is where Google's new Uninstall Manager comes in. It is a new additional feature that's embedded within the Google Play Store itself. It tries to help you find more space by simply suggesting applications which you can uninstall in order to make room for the new one that you are trying to install.

Android Police further reports that the user will see a popup menu within the Play Store which will show all the uninstall suggestions, along with the size of the installed files and the amount of space you are currently lacking for the new application to be installed on your phone. The suggestions are of course, based on the usage statistics data of the consumer and therefore they will consist of apps that you rarely or never use. In order to get the Uninstall Manager on your system, you don't need to download anything, just update the Play Store to its latest version and you are all set.

Author: Saikat Kar (Tech-journalist and enthusiast)