Qualcomm has entered into a deal with China’s biggest semiconductor foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC). The SMIC will form a joint venture company with Qualcomm, Huawei Technologies Co. and Belgian chip research center Imec to develop advanced 14-nanometer chips.
The joint venture company will be majority owned by SMIC, while Huawei, Qualcomm and Imec will be minority shareholders, SMIC noted. Continue reading “Qualcomm collaborates with SMIC to develop chips”
Fitbit has officially announced its launch in India. Just yesterday, the US based largest fitness wearable and activity tracker company was reported to foray in the country next month.
Last week it was rumored that BlackBerry is developing an Android smartphone that might be the same or a variant of the touchscreen slider that was shown off by BlackBerry a couple of months back. Today, BlackBerry CEO is commenting about its plans about the Android phone from the company.
Continue reading “BlackBerry will make an Android smartphone provided it offers security: CEO”
Micromax launched the Unite 3 Q372 smartphone in India last month for Rs 6,999. We have already seen the unboxing and benchmarks of the third smartphone in the Unite series with support for regional languages. Let’s take a detailed look at the hardware and specs of the phone in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Micromax Unite 3 Photo Gallery”
Following its announcement to enter India starting next month, Fitbit has started taking pre-orders for a range of its fitness wearables and activity trackers on Amazon.in.
Continue reading “Fitbit kick-starts pre-orders for a range of fitness wearables on Amazon.in”
Instagram has updated its mobile apps with revamped search and explore tools. The enhanced tools will allow users to find places, people and tags in real time.
Continue reading “Instagram enhances search and explore tools to focus on trends”
Google has updated Calendar app for iPhone with a number of new features and improvements. The latest update bumps the Calendar app that was launched in March this year to version 1.1.
Continue reading “Google Calendar for iPhone gets 7-day week view, Drive integration and more”
Another day another foreign company has announced its plans to kick start smartphone manufacturing in India. This time it is the Taiwanese contract manufacturer, Foxconn who will make Xiaomi phones in the country.
Continue reading “Foxconn to manufacture Xiaomi phones in Andhra Pradesh”
Specifications of the Meizu MX5 have been spotted at GFX benchmark. The phone that is set to launch on June 30th was leaked in photos yesterday that showed its metal build.
Continue reading “Meizu MX5 specs spotted in GFX benchmark listing”
Pebble Time, the smartwatch with e-ink display has kick started to take pre-orders from BestBuy and Pebble.com. The smartwatch was launched in February this year on Kickstartet for $159.
Continue reading “Pebble Time pre-order available at BestBuy and Pebble.com for $199.99”
Fitbit, the largest wearable band maker is entering India next month. The company will start selling its fitness bands and activity trackers in Indian market starting July 1, as per The Indian Express.
Continue reading “Fitbit to foray in India from July, will bring four wearables in the market”
It looks like Apple is planning to remove the home button from the next iPhone. A report from DigiTimes is stating that the company is working on a new iPhone design that would get rid of the physical home button.
The iPhone currently uses a physical home button that acts a menu button and also acts as a Touch ID fingerprint sensor. The company says it is developing a new in-house touch and display driver integration (TDDI) single-chip solution for the iPhone. Continue reading “Apple said to be working on iPhone without the home button”
Foursquare is bringing an old but important feature back to its Swarm app. The Swarm app is getting the mayorship feature that was popular on Foursquare before it got split up with Swarm in May last year.
Continue reading “Foursquare brings back Mayorship to Swarm”
Flipkart is gearing up for its next milestone. The homegrown e-commerce player is eyeing to hit $10 billion GMV in a year’s time, according to a latest report from The Economic Times.
Continue reading “Flipkart eyes $10-12 billion GMV in a year’s time”
Is Samsung already working on a successor of the Galaxy S6 Edge? A new image leak by @OnLeak shows that there is a possibility of a new flagship phone – the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus and it will sport a 5.5 inch screen.
Continue reading “Leaked image of Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus shows 5.5 inch screen”
