Microsoft has acquired popular third party keyboard app Swiftkey for $250 million, according to a latest report from the Financial Times. Swiftkey specializes in predictive typing which is powered by artificial intelligence.
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India has become the second largest smartphone market in the world, according to Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service. The country surpassed US in terms of active unique smartphone user base with over 220 million users.
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Facebook has made some changes to its News Feed algorithm, yet again. The social network is tweaking the News Feed this time to eliminate the posts which are not relevant to you.
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Worldwide tablet market declined yet again in the fourth quarter of 2015 with 65.9 million units shipped, down 13.7% year over year, according to latest report from the International Data Corporation (IDC).This is the fifth straight quarter where tablets have reported a decrease year over year. In Q3, 2015 tablet shipment had declined by 12.6%
Jet Airways has announced that it will soon introduce a WiFi based in-flight streaming service for passengers. The domestic carrier will bring streaming of movies, TV programmes, a wide genre of music, interactive games, and children’s programmes directly to wi-fi enabled personal devices such as smartphones, tablets and personal laptops of the passengers.
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Truecaller is the popular phone directory app that allows users to identify unknown numbers, block unwanted calls, and search contact information among people and businesses. The company announced in October last year that it has crossed 100 million users in India. Truecaller has been focusing on tier II and III markets in India. In December Intex teamed up with Truecaller to integrate its service along with the Truedialer app on its Aqua Young smartphone.
It looks like Samsung will unveil a virtual reality camera along with Galaxy S7 and S7 edge on February 21. A new report from SamMobile states that the company will introduce the Gear 360 VR camera at the event.
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Alphabet, the parent company of Google has exceeded Wall Street expectations and recorded $21.3 billion of revenue with profits of $4.9 billion for Q4 ended December 31, 2015. With the strong revenues, Alphabet is now worth around $568bn, compared with Apple, which has a value of $535bn.
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Google is planning to tighten its grip around the Nexus line of smartphones and tablets. The company is apparently looking forward to take Apple-like approach and control the design and build of the Nexus phones, according to a latest report from The Information.
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Xiaomi and Meizu, two popular Chinese smartphone brands are entering the US market. Both the companies have partnered with US Mobile to bring some of their devices to the country. US Mobile is a prepaid carrier that uses T-Mobile’s network for service.
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India has become a hot bed for mobile manufacturing plants, buoyed by a positive response from mobile phone makers to Governments ‘Make in India’ initiative. Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the country is now producing 100 million mobile phone units.
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WhatsApp has joined the billion users club. The Facebook owned messaging service now has over 1 billion monthly active users which translates to one in seven people on Earth. WhatsApp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum announced the latest milestone via an official post on Facebook.
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Panasonic has launched hi-resolution HD5 headphones and BTD5 Bluetooth headphones in India. The company claims that the new headphones offer superior sound quality and portability.
Chinese smartphone shipments grew 3 percent annually to hit a record 438 million units in 2015, according to the latest report from Strategy Analytics. Xiaomi maintained the top spot by shipping 17.5 million smartphones and captured 15 percent market share in China in Q4 2015, up 11 percent annually.
Apple is planning to sell refurbished iPhones in India and is seeking approval from the Government for the same, according to a latest report from the Indian Express. The company is also planning to set up a facility in the country to restore used mobiles shipped from China.
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