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Top 5 smartphones for an office on the move.

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Employees carrying their smartphones and using them for office work is a common practice these days. It is a lot easier for most professionals, as they do not need to carry multiple devices, particularly when they are travelling or running from one meeting to the other. The reality is that phones can work brilliantly for e-mails, document editing and conference calls, for example, and can replace a laptop in most cases. Here are some smartphones that can double up as great productivity phones for work on the move. Microsoft Lumia 950XL Price: Rs 34,999 Besides being the only major Windows 10 based flagship smartphone, the Lumia 950XL comes with a 5.7-inch display with a resolution of 2560x1440p. The Windows 10 OS looks a lot more sophisticated than its predecessor and offers some handy new features such as the personal assistant Cortana, the iris scanner and USB type-C fast charging. The phone’s biggest bonus is that it works with Microsoft’s new display dock which transfor

Brazil is blacking out WhatsApp for 72 hours, thanks to an encryption battle.

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Bad News for Brazil,  A Brazilian judge ordered wireless phone carriers to block access to Facebook Inc's WhatsApp for 72 hours throughout Latin America's largest country starting Monday afternoon, the second such incident against the popular messaging application in five months. Judge Marcel Montalvao issued the order because the app’s parent company, Facebook, refuses to give information to the government regarding a criminal investigation. This is not the first time WhatsApp has been in hot water in Brazil. In December it was ordered to be blocked for two days over another similar case, but access was restored after just 12 hours. At the time, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said it was “a sad day for Brazil.” The free app is very popular in Brazil and is estimated to be installed in over 90 percent of cell phones there. That translates to roughly 100 million phones. According to Bloomberg News , neither Facebook nor WhatsApp has commented on the case. Sources