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Not all smartphones are created equal, but the new OnePlus One (not to be confused with that other One, the HTC One) is roughly equivalent on paper with some of the most expensive smartphones in the world, albeit with a price that puts it much more within reach than most of those. The OnePlus One starts at $299 for a white 16GB version, and will also offer a 64GB variant in black for $349 when it goes on sale in mid-May. It’s a Nexus-killer, with more impressive specs at more affordable prices, running CyanogenMod for a highly customizable user experience.
The OnePlus One features a Snapdragon 801 2.5GHz quad-core processor, like the one powering the Samsung Galaxy S5, 3GB of RAM, a 5.5-inch IPS 1080p display protected by Gorilla Glass 3, a 13MP rear-facing camera supplied by Sony capable of recording 4K video and a 5MP front-facing shooter. It features a 3100mAh battery, offers dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0, plus a wide range of GSM, WCDMA and LTE band support.
The phone isn’t without its downsides – the battery isn’t removable and there’s no microSD card slot for storage expansion, but the use of CyanogenMod as its OS is interesting in itself. OnePlus is founded by former Oppo VP Pete Lau, where he spearheaded preloading that Android fork on the company’s N1 flagship device. The One is emblazoned with the Cyanogen logo on the back, as well as an etched OnePlus mark too, and offers tons of customization options, open access and the ability to flash ROMs, SMS encryption and more out of the box.
The mid-may launch date is for Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom, and the United States. While it’s hard to crack the stranglehold of the top OEMs in the smartphone market, this upstart definitely presents a compelling case – we’ll have to see if that’s enough to rouse consumers from their current OEM comfort zones.

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Supahands Offers Multilingual Virtual Assistants For Clients In Asia

Southeast Asia is the second-largest outsourcing destination in the world, but a new company called Supahands wants to help locals by bringing virtual assistants to the region. Based in Malaysia and Singapore, the startup plans to expand to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Bangkok, and Australia.

Co-founder Mark Koh first thought of launching a virtual assistant startup for Asia in 2010, but decided the market wasn’t ready at that point. Born in Malaysia, but raised and educated in Australia, Koh instead founded a Melbourne-based company called Global Virtual Support that hires Southeast Asia-based employees to handle customer service requests for medium-sized companies.

Last year, however, Koh decided that it was the right time to revisit his original idea. Based in Malaysia, Supahands launched in December. The startup, which is bootstrapped, says it currently has 500 active users.

One of the main things that has enabled Supahands to launch is the rapid increase of smartphone use in Southeast Asia. Most of the startup’s clients use mobile phones to enter tasks, get matched with a virtual assistant, and check on the progress of projects, says co-founder Andrew Tan.

Though 60% of requests are in English, Supahands caters to local customers with assistants who speak Mandarin, Cantonese, Tamil, and Malay, among other languages and dialects.

The startup currently has six full-time assistants, called “agents,” based in an office in Kuala Lumpur, but as the service scales up within Malaysia and Singapore, Supahands plans to train part-time employees who will work from home.

Some clients hire an assistant for a one-time program, like vetting cleaning services, but these turn into recurring tasks, says Tan. For example, a property owner who lives abroad and hires a cleaning team might ask Supahands’ agents to make sure that they show up at the right times. One of the biggest tasks Supahands has handled so far was planning a honeymoon.

Supahands’ chief competitors include freelancing sites like Odesk and Freelancer.com. Tan argues that Supahands makes hiring a virtual assistant easier by training and working closely with its assistants so clients don’t have to interview them.

All communication is done through Supahands’ online dashboard, instead of directly between clients and assistants, which Tan says helps with quality control.

He adds that Supahands’ biggest rival is actually the self-sufficiency of potential clients.

“In Southeast Asia, most locals have the mentality that they want to do everything by themselves, so our challenge is to help them see that they can outsource these tasks and save time for something more valuable,” says Tan.

MediaFire Launches Desktop Apps, Offers 1TB of Space for $2.50 a Month

We thought Google Drive's price drop was impressive (1TB for $9.99 a month), but, heck, 1TB of space for $2.50 a month is even better. That's what MediaFire is offering now to celebrate its launch of new Windows and Mac desktop apps for syncing your files.

MediaFire is one of our favorite online file sharing services, but previously it was only web-based and you had to drag files to upload them. The new desktop apps (now out of beta) provide a syncing folder like other online storage services do. The desktop apps also show notifications on updated shared files and come with a screen clipping tool to quickly share your screenshots.

Sharing is one of MediaFire's best features. You can "follow" files from other users, track downloads and access to shared files, and also set sharing permissions on specific folders. The file size limit, by the way, is 20GB.

You can sign up for the 1TB plan for $2.50 a month or save a few bucks with a yearly plan for $25. Business plans for 100TB of space are also half off at $24.99 a month. This promotion is good through the summer and, I'm told by a MediaFire rep, that if it's popular (which it seems to be), they'll continue to price it at $2.50. Of course, they recommend you sign up for the yearly plan, though.

MediaFire's iPhone and Android apps are also being updated over the next few weeks to include things like automatic photo syncing.

Read more about the updates at MediaFire's blog or sign up with the link below.

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Scanbot Offers High-Quality, Hands-Free Document Scanning on the Go

iOS (Android coming soon): Whether you're saving notes or receipts, or just want a shot of the whiteboard before your class or meeting ends, Scanbot takes high-quality snapshots with your phone's camera. Then the app saves them to your preferred web service, including Google Drive, Evernote, Dropbox, and more.

You could always just take a picture of that receipt, or those meeting notes, with your camera app, but what makes Scanbot so special is its image quality (up to 200dpi, even if you hold your camera away from the document), blur correction, and text sharpening. It can also optimize its scans for black and white, grey, or color. All you have to do is hold your phone over the item to be scanned, and Scanbot finds the best shot and takes it—you don't even have to tap the screen.

Once Scanbot has your scanned item, it can auto-upload it directly to Dropbox, Google Drive, Evernote, OneDrive, Box, or Yandex.Disk, whichever you prefer to use. Alternatively, you can edit the image—as a JPG or a PDF—right in Scanbot. The app lets you highlight important things (like prices, for example, or names) or add your digital signature before sending it on. The app is brand new, launching today with its iOS app first. The Android version is in beta (I've been testing it) and should be out in a few weeks. You can snag it in the iTunes App Store at the link below—it'll set you back $5, but during launch week it's on sale for $1—not bad if you use your phone's camera to capture notes regularly.

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Numari Offers Affordable Luxury With Custom-Fit Women’s Dresses

“Fast fashion” has made it easy to stay on top of trends, but drastically lowered the quality of clothing available in mass market stores. Several startups, include Bonobos, Indochino, J. Hilburn, and Trumaker, are trying to reverse the trend by offering custom-made menswear. Now a new startup called Numari wants to do the same thing for women.

To purchase a dress from Numari, customers fill out a measurement profile (the site says doing this takes less than 15 minutes) and pick details like hemlines and sleeve length.

Garments are made-to-order in Asia and take about three weeks to process and ship, which co-founder Arti Anand says is about the same as for men’s custom brands. As Numari scales up, it hopes to reduce that time to 10 to 14 days.

Standard sizing for women’s wear often ignores the differences in body proportion and height, says Anand.

“I have personally met a ‘fit model’ (someone who helps guide a brand on how a certain size should fit) for my standard size and this woman was 6 inches taller than me with completely different proportions,” she wrote in an email.

“It’s no wonder that while apparel is one of the largest and fastest growing e-commerce categories, it suffers from high return rates.”

If a Numari garment’s fit is off but fixable, the company will reimburse the customer up to $30 for alterations, remake the garment for free, or offer a full refund. Prices range from about $160 to $280, about the same as mid-market brands like Ann Taylor and J. Crew.

Numari is able to keep costs down with a “tech-enabled operational work flow” and because it doesn’t have to carry finished inventory, says Anand, who is currently bootstrapping Numari with co-founder Komal Kushal Raj.

Anand says the rise of startups that offer men’s custom clothing is also “fueling some of the pent-up demand in the women’s market.”

To be sure, there are already several notable startups offering custom clothing for women, like Bow & Drape and eShakti. There are also sellers on Etsy and eBay who make bespoke garments for women at similar price points and turnaround times to Numari.

Bow & Drape, however, focuses on casual clothing with customizable details, but not fit, and Anand says that Numari offers higher-end clothing and more classic styles than eShakti.

Numari also gives customers a more convenient and streamlined shopping experience than buying from individual vendors on Etsy or eBay.

“We aim to serve the affordable luxury market who is looking to keep these garments for a longer period of time, and thus require better materials, quality, and finishing,” says Anand.