Smartron t.book 12.2-inch Windows 10 2-in-1 launched for Rs. 39999

Smartron t.book

Smartron recently received investment from Sachin Tendulkar, who also became its brand ambassador. Today the company has launched its first Windows 10 2-in-1, t-book with a keyboard. It has a 12.2-inch WQXGA display, is powered by Intel Core M processor, has 4GB of RAM, 128GB of built-in SSD storage and microSD expansion slot. Continue reading “Smartron t.book 12.2-inch Windows 10 2-in-1 launched for Rs. 39999”

Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) with 5-inch HD display, S bike mode, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 8990

Samsung Galaxy J3 2016

Samsung has launched Galaxy J3 (2016), the company’s latest 4G smartphone in the J series and the successor of last year’s Galaxy J3. The main highlight of the smartphone is the new S bike mode for bikers that lets them activate pre-recorded message for all callers, motion lock feature to ensure rider comes to a halt before answering, urgent calls filter and more just by activate the mode by tapping on the NFC tag. It also has Ultra data saving (UDS) mode powered by Opera Max that compresses cellular data across all contents. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) with 5-inch HD display, S bike mode, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 8990”

Microsoft previews Cortana Intelligence Suit and Cognitive Services with Seeing API

Microsoft-Cognitive-Services

Microsoft has introduced the ‘Cortana Intelligence Suite’, formerly known as the Cortana Analytics Suite at the // Build 2016 conference. The Suite is powered by research into big data, machine learning, perception, analytics and intelligent bots.
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CREO Mark 1 with custom Android-based OS launching on April 13

CREO Mark 1 launch invite

Teewe creator CREO (formerly Mango Man) introduced Mark 1, its first flagship smartphone with its own OS based on Android, couple of weeks back. Today the company has announced that it will launch the smartphone on April 13th. The company aims to keep the phone running like brand new for months together, and more significantly deliver a breakthrough feature every month. Continue reading “CREO Mark 1 with custom Android-based OS launching on April 13”

Honor India ropes in Saina Nehwal as brand ambassador, launches honor online store

Allen Wang with Saina Nehwal

Honor, the e-brand from Huawei has  appointed Saina Nehwal as its India brand ambassador. “The partnership with Saina Nehwal coincides with Honor’s next phase of growth in India, as the e-brand aims to significantly strengthen its market share in India, post the very encouraging response from the India market,” said the company. Huawei recently signed Lionel Messi as its global brand ambassador. Continue reading “Honor India ropes in Saina Nehwal as brand ambassador, launches honor online store”

Microsoft announces Windows 10 Anniversary update with improved Hello and Cortana

Microsoft W10 update-2

Microsoft made a slew of announcements at its //Build 2016 conference yesterday. The company even officially announced the next major update to Windows 10 which is coming later this year. Continue reading “Microsoft announces Windows 10 Anniversary update with improved Hello and Cortana”

Microsoft partners with Canonical to bring Linux command line to Windows 10

Ubuntu Bash command line Windows 10

Microsoft has partnered with Canonical to bring support for native Bash with access to the Windows file system and open source command line tools in an aim to bring Linux users to the Windows platform. You won’t need third-party tools like Cygwin anymore to run Bash commands. This was announced at the //build 2016 event by Microsoft’s Kevin Gallo. Continue reading “Microsoft partners with Canonical to bring Linux command line to Windows 10”

Windows 10 now running on more than 270 million devices, fastest Windows growth ever

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Few hours back at the //Build 2016 in San Francisco, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 is now running on more than 270 million active devices worldwide after 8 months of its launch. Earlier this year Microsoft announced that it was running on more than 200 million active devices worldwide. Windows 10 is the fastest growth on any Windows ever, outpacing Windows 7 in the same timeframe by 145%. Continue reading “Windows 10 now running on more than 270 million devices, fastest Windows growth ever”

OnePlus 2 OxygenOS 3.0 Beta based on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow released

OnePlus 2 Oxygen OS 3.0 Android 6.0.1

OnePlus has finally released OxygenOS 3.0 Beta based on Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) for the OnePlus 2 smartphone, after the soak test. The update also brings new OnePlus Camera UI, new wallpaper picker, performance improvements, fingerprint performance improvement and several new features and improvements. It also includes Android security patch for March. Continue reading “OnePlus 2 OxygenOS 3.0 Beta based on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow released”

Acer Chromebook 14 with full metal body, 14h battery life released

Acer Chromebook 14

Acer has released Chromebook 14, its first Chromebook with all-aluminum chassis and it also promises up to 14 hours of battery life. It comes in 14-inch full HD (1920 x 1080) or HD (1366×768) resolutions with wide viewing angles up to 170 degrees, is powered by an Intel Celeron quad-core or dual-core N3060 processor and comes with 4GB or 2GB dual channel LPDDR3 SDRAM with 32GB and 16GB storage, respectively. Continue reading “Acer Chromebook 14 with full metal body, 14h battery life released”

Reliance Jio 4G roll out to begin soon, Vodafone to buy YOU Broadband and more – FoneArena Daily

Reliance Jio new logo

Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of today’s technology news. Continue reading “Reliance Jio 4G roll out to begin soon, Vodafone to buy YOU Broadband and more – FoneArena Daily”

Foxconn agrees to acquire Sharp for $3.5 billion

sharp-logo

After a delay of a month, Foxconn has finally agreed to buy Sharp at a price lower, as expected. The Taiwanese contract maker confirmed that it is paying close to 389 billion yen ( $3.5 billion approx.) for a majority 66 percent stake in Sharp. Continue reading “Foxconn agrees to acquire Sharp for $3.5 billion”

Xiaomi MIUI global beta ROM 6.3.17 based on Android 6.0 for Mi 3, Mi 4 and Mi Note released

MIUI Android 6.0 Global Beta ROM

Xiaomi has released MIUI global beta ROM 6.3.17 for Mi 3, Mi 4 and Mi Note smartphone. This is based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) and also brings several new features, fixes and optimizations. Xiaomi released MIUI 7.2 update for some of its devices in China earlier this month. Continue reading “Xiaomi MIUI global beta ROM 6.3.17 based on Android 6.0 for Mi 3, Mi 4 and Mi Note released”