Lenovo is gearing up to launch a new device unit that could be worth a couple of billion dollars, according to a new report from Bloomberg. Dubbed as ‘Shenqi’, the new unit will focus on online only smartphone brand and smart home devices.
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Twitter is apparently working on negotiations to buy ZipDial,a mobile marketing startup from India. The size of the deal is estimated to be between $30-40 million.
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Google has launched its popular Flight Search tool in India that will allow users to search for flights, their prices, timings, etc directly within the search engine.
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Zomato has continued its expansion and this time the popular restaurant guide has forayed into US markets. The company has also acquired US based bar and restaurant guide Urbanspoon.
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Motorola has promised that Android 5.0 Lollipop update to its devices from 2013 and 2014 will come “really soon”. This was announced by Motorola software engineer Luciano Carvalho on a Google+ post.
Google has launched Chrome Remote Desktop that allows Chrome users to access their Mac or PC desktop computers remotely using an iOS device.
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MediaTek is said to be working on chips with 10 and 12 cores, according to a report from Chinese blog MyDrivers. The powerful chips will be likely ready by the end of this year.
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Idea and Microsoft have joined hands to debut operator billing. The collaboration will enable Idea Cellular subscribers to purchase paid apps from Windows Store through operator billing.
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Samsung might soon unveil a low end smartphone dubbed as Galaxy J1, according to a new report. The device has surfaced online in images and specs under model number SM-J100.
Alibaba is investing $575 million in Paytm, according to a latest report from The Economic Times. The Chinese e-commerce giant is investing the sum in Indian e-commerce company and digital payments company, One97 Communication.
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OnePlus has sold close to one million units of OnePlus One in 2014. The Chinese smartphone maker made its debut in April 2014 with its critically acclaimed OnePlus One.
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Samsung may launch Windows powered smartphones this year, according to a new report from Korea Times. The report said that the company is currently testing stability on Windows 8.1 devices.
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CyanogenMod has officially added support for Android One smartphones. This means users can install official builds of CyanogenMod 11 based on Android 4.4 KitKat.
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Huawei is working on a mid range smartphone that will reportedly sport a 64 bit MediaTek processor. The company’s next smartphone, Huawei G628 was spotted in China as per a new leak.
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Xiaomi is expected to announce its flagship device this week. It was touted that the Chinese smartphone maker will launch Redmi Note or Mi 5 but a teaser from the company along with specs leak from @upleaks has almost confirmed the launch of Redmi Note 2 on January 15.
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