Apple’s App Store shatters record on New Year day with $240 million in purchases

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In a recent announcement, the Cupertino giant Apple revealed that the company has generated revenue of more than $20 billion for developers in 2016. Since 2008, developers have earned over $60 billion, creating apps across iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV and Mac. Continue reading “Apple’s App Store shatters record on New Year day with $240 million in purchases”

Alcatel A3 XL with 6-inch display, fingerprint sensor, Android 7.0, 4G LTE announced

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Alcatel today announced A3 XL at the CES 2017 in the “A” series. It has fingerprint support, LTE connectivity, comes with a 6-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT8735 and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat). It is 7.9mm thick  Continue reading “Alcatel A3 XL with 6-inch display, fingerprint sensor, Android 7.0, 4G LTE announced”

Misfit Vapor Smartwatch with 1.39-inch circular AMOLED display, heart rate sensor, GPS announced

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Misfit today at the CES 2017 announced Vapor, it’s first touchscreen smartwatch. It has a 1.39-inch circular AMOLED display with 326ppi pixel density, is powered by the latest Snapdragon Wear 2100 processor, has a traditional watch band so it can fit a wide range of users. It can track fitness, sleep, heart rate, and active times automatically. Continue reading “Misfit Vapor Smartwatch with 1.39-inch circular AMOLED display, heart rate sensor, GPS announced”

Honor 6X with 5.5-inch 1080p display, dual rear cameras launching in India on January 24

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Huawei’s Honor brand introduced the Honor 6X smartphone for global markets yesterday at the CES 2017. Today the company has sent out invites for the launch of the smartphone in India on January 24th. It was introduced in China last year, has a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core Kirin 655 16nm processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with EMUI 4.1. Continue reading “Honor 6X with 5.5-inch 1080p display, dual rear cameras launching in India on January 24”

Xolo Era 2X with 5-inch HD display, 2GB/3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched starting at Rs. 6666

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Xolo just launched Era 2X, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone in the Era series with 4G VoLTE support, as it had promised. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core MeditaTek MT6737 processor, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xolo Era 2X with 5-inch HD display, 2GB/3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched starting at Rs. 6666”

LG introduces new Gram ultra-lightweight laptops with 7th gen Intel Core i7 processor, built-in fingerprint reader

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LG has refreshed its Gram ultra-lightweight and ultra-slim laptop lineup for 2017 at the CES 2017. It comes in 13.3-inch and 14.0-inch models that weigh just 940 grams and the 15.6-inch model weighs just 1,090 grams. All these have 7th generation Intel Core i7 processors, up to 512GB SSD and up to 16GB DDR4 Dual Channel Memory. Continue reading “LG introduces new Gram ultra-lightweight laptops with 7th gen Intel Core i7 processor, built-in fingerprint reader”

ZTE Blade V8 Pro with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 625, Dual 13MP rear cameras announced

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ZTE at the CES 2017 announced Blade V8 Pro, its latest mid-range smartphone in the Blade series. It has 5.5-inch 1080p display with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 processor, runs on Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow), has a 13-megapixel dual rear cameras with dual LED flash offering bokeh effect, PDAF and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “ZTE Blade V8 Pro with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 625, Dual 13MP rear cameras announced”

Android 7.0 Nougat beta test program for Honor 5C starts in India

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Huawei’s Honor has announced Android 7.0 Nougat beta test program for Honor 5C in India. The beta test program that will take place in 2 batches will offer participants to experience, collaborate, and help identify bugs in the Preview versions of Honor’s EMUI Software. Continue reading “Android 7.0 Nougat beta test program for Honor 5C starts in India”

Xiaomi India hits $1 billion revenue mark in 2016

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Xiaomi India has crossed more than $1 billion (about Rs 7,000 crore) revenue milestone in 2016. The latest achievement was revealed by Xiaomi India head Manu Jain in a Facebook post. Xiaomi has achieved this feat just two years after its foray in India. Continue reading “Xiaomi India hits $1 billion revenue mark in 2016”

Samsung Chromebook Plus, Chromebook Pro announced

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Samsung has announced Chromebook Pro and Chromebook Plus at CES 2017. The new Samsung Chromebooks also offer a 360-degree rotating touchscreen, quad HD screen, built-in digitized pen and new lightweight metal design.

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Samsung Notebook Odyssey Gaming Notebook with HexaFlow Vent cooling announced

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Samsung today at the CES 2017 announced its first Gaming Notebook dubbed Samsung Notebook Odyssey. It comes in 17.3-inch (300 nits) and 15.6-inch (280 nits) models with a 1080p, Wide-View Angle, Anti-Glare display, is powered by a 7th Generation Intel Core i7 processor (Quad Core 45W) and has  HexaFlow Vent, an advanced cooling and ventilation system that helps the device remain cool. Continue reading “Samsung Notebook Odyssey Gaming Notebook with HexaFlow Vent cooling announced”

NVIDIA GeForce Now Gaming on Demand service announced, turns any PC or Mac into a powerful gaming machine

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NVIDIA today at the CES 2017 unveiled NVIDIA GeForce NOW service, which delivers on demand a high-performance NVIDIA Pascal gaming PC from the cloud to millions of PC and Mac computers. It connects gamers to GeForce GTX 1080 PCs in cloud data centers, renders games with the latest NVIDIA GameWorks visual technology and streams them in high definition to PCs and Macs.

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NVIDIA introduces new SHIELD Android TV console with Tegra X1 and 4K HDR support, SHIELD SPOT AI mic accessory

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NVIDIA today at the CES 2017 introduced a new SHIELD console. It is powered by NVIDIA Tegra X1 processor with 256-core Maxwell architecture GPU, 64-bit CPU, has 3GB RAM and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat) powered by Android TV. GeForce NOW game-streaming service delivers Pascal-powered GPU performance, from the cloud, to SHIELD users. It also has 4K HDR support for Netflix, YouTube, Google Play Movies and VUDU.  Continue reading “NVIDIA introduces new SHIELD Android TV console with Tegra X1 and 4K HDR support, SHIELD SPOT AI mic accessory”

Casio WSD F-20 smart outdoor watch with GPS, Android Wear 2.0 announced

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At CES 2017, Casio unveiled its second product under its Smart Outdoor Watch category dubbed as WSD-F20 with water resistance. The successor of WSD-F10 features low-power GPS and new color map functionality that can be used offline as well. Continue reading “Casio WSD F-20 smart outdoor watch with GPS, Android Wear 2.0 announced”

HTC One X10 could be announced in Q1 2017

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HTC is all set to introduce One X10 this quarter as the successor of One X9 that was introduced back in December 2015, according to @evleaks. According to the rumor, the phone will come with a 5.5-inch 1080p display, similar to the predecessor, but this is said to be powered by MediaTek Helio P10 processor, similar to the Desire 10 Pro. Continue reading “HTC One X10 could be announced in Q1 2017”