Water resistant Xperia ZR launched by Sony

Sony has officially announced the launch of its waterproof Xperia ZR with a 4.6 inch HD display sporting a 720×1280 pixel resolution.

The water resistant feature of Xperia ZR has an IP55 / IP58 protection rating that allows the smartphone to resist water for up to 30 minutes 1.5 meter underwater. Its 13 megapixel fast-capture camera with Exmor RS features 16x digital zoom with auto-focus and allows you to capture photos and HD videos underwater.i

Specifications

• Display: 4.6-inch HD reality display with a resolution of 720×1280 pixels
• CPU: 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 quad-core processor
• RAM: 2 GB
• OS: Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
• Memory: 8GB internal storage expandable up to 32GB via microSD
• Camera: 13-megapixel Exmor RS autofocus camera with LED flash
• 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, EDGE, GPRS, GPS, LTE

Increased storage of 15GB offered by Google

There won’t be a single person using online services who does not like to have free storage. Google knows that trend all too well and consequently increased the size of storage being provided by Gmail, Google Drive and Google+ by 3, from 5 GB to 15 GB.

The changes will be gradual and will be transferred over to all users within the next weeks. It is worth mentioning here that the increased space is not for only a single service but will be shared between all the Google services a customer is using like Google Drive and Gmail. Even with that limitation, Google is way ahead of its competitors iCloud and Amazon Cloud Drive which offer 5 GB while Dropbox gives only 2 GB. Even though a similar service from MediaFire offers 10 GB of free storage, but the free tier includes ads.