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Syska Smartlight Rainbow LED smart bulb launched for Rs. 1999

Syska Smartlight Rainbow LED smart bulb

Syska India, popular for its LED Lighting has launched Rainbow LED Bulb, which is a smart bulb that can be controlled wirelessly over Bluetooth. You can choose up to 3 million colors using the Android or iOS app. You can also color pick from Camera or photo, which will be sensed as per the visual perception of the snapshot and also set timer. It is a 7W bulb which provides 480 Lumens brightness and promises a lifespan of 25000 hours. Continue reading “Syska Smartlight Rainbow LED smart bulb launched for Rs. 1999”

Motorola Affinity surfaces in import listing, could be Moto E 2016

Motorola has recently imported a smartphone code-named Affinity with a 5-inch screen, reveals Zauba. This doesn’t reveal any other details phone, which could be Moto E (2016) that surfaced on GFXBench as Lenovo XT1700 / XT1706. The phone has imported for Rs. 5164, so it could be priced less than Rs. 6,000. Continue reading “Motorola Affinity surfaces in import listing, could be Moto E 2016”

Microsoft Surface revenue up 61%, Lumia revenue declined 73% YoY in Q3 FY 2016

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Microsoft has announced earnings for the financial year Q3 2016, in which it reported $20.5 billion in revenue and $3.8 billion in net income. Surface revenues are up again, which is $1.1 billion for the quarter, up 61% from the same quarter last year. Phone revenue continues to decline, which is down 46% YoY. Microsoft sold only 2.3 million Lumia devices in the quarter, compared to 8.6 million in the same period last year, a massive 73% drop. Continue reading “Microsoft Surface revenue up 61%, Lumia revenue declined 73% YoY in Q3 FY 2016”

iBall Slide Co-Mate and Slide Snap 4G2 tablets launched for Rs. 6999 and Rs. 7999

iBall Slide Co-Mate

iBall has launched Slide Co-Mate tablet that surfaced on the official website recently and also the Slide Snap 4G2 tablet with 4G support. Both the tablets come with dual SIM support and have voice calling capabilities. Both these have a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. The Slide Co-Mate comes with 1GB of RAM with 8GB of internal storage, while the Slide Snap 4G2 packs 2GB of RAM and comes wtih 16GB of internal storage. Continue reading “iBall Slide Co-Mate and Slide Snap 4G2 tablets launched for Rs. 6999 and Rs. 7999”

Acer Predator 17 X VR-ready notebook, Switch Alpha 12 liquid-cooled 2-in-1 announced

Acer Predator 17 X

Acer at its next@acer event in NYC introduced new Predator gaming line with notebooks and desktops ready for virtual reality and Switch Alpha 12 liquid-cooled 2-in-1 notebook. The new Predator 17 X notebook also has custom triple-fan cooling system, compact Predator G1 desktop supports full-sized GeForce GTX graphics (up to Titan X) and new Predator Z1 series of monitors includes Acer’s first curved 27-inch gaming monitor featuring NVIDIA G-SYNC technology that matches the monitor’s refresh rate with the PC’s powerful GPU, to eliminate screen tearing and minimize stuttering Continue reading “Acer Predator 17 X VR-ready notebook, Switch Alpha 12 liquid-cooled 2-in-1 announced”

Acer Liquid Zest Plus with 5.5-inch display, 13MP tri-focus camera, 5000mAh battery announced

Acer Liquid Zest Plus

Acer at its New York event introduced Liquid Zest Plus, months after it introduced the Liquid Zest and Liquid Zest 4G smartphones at the MWC. This has a 5.5-inch HD IPS Zero Air Gap display, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with laser auto focus, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and contrast detection, which Acer is calling hybrid tri-focus system and packs a 5000mAh battery with Quick Charge and promises up to 3 days of battery life Continue reading “Acer Liquid Zest Plus with 5.5-inch display, 13MP tri-focus camera, 5000mAh battery announced”

Amazon’s affordable 7-inch Fire tablet gets 3 new colors, 16GB version

Amazon Fire

Amazon introduced its most affordable Fire tablet last year for $49.99. Today it has added magenta, blue, and tangerine colors for the tablet and has also added a 16GB version for $69.99. Other specifications are the same that includes a 7-inch (1024 × 600 pixels) WSVGA IPS screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on new Fire OS 5 ‘Bellini’ based on Android Lollipop. Continue reading “Amazon’s affordable 7-inch Fire tablet gets 3 new colors, 16GB version”

ZTE Blade A910 and Blade V7 Max with fingerprint sensor, 4G LTE announced

ZTE Blade A910 and Blade V7 Max

ZTE yesterday announced Blade A910 and Blade V7 Max smartphones in China. The Blade A910 has a 5.5-inch HD AMOLED display, is powered by a MediaTek MT6735 SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with MiFavor 3.5 UI. It also has a fingerprint sensor on the back. The ZTE Blade V7 Max has a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a fingerprint sensor on the side. Both the phones have dual SIM support and 4G LTE connectivity.

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Micromax Canvas Spark 2 Plus with 5-inch display, 1GB RAM, Android 6.0 launched for Rs. 3999

Micromax Canvas Spark 2 Plus

Micromax has launched Canvas Spark 2 Plus, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Canvas series and the upgraded version of last year’s Canvas Spark 2. It has a 5-inch FWVGA display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 5-megapixel fixed-focus camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Spark 2 Plus with 5-inch display, 1GB RAM, Android 6.0 launched for Rs. 3999”

Corning introduces Vibrant Gorilla Glass

Corning Vibrant Gorilla Glass

Corning Incorporated, popular for its Gorilla Glass has announced Vibrant Corning Gorilla Glass, a new decorative design technology that lets the company print colorful, customized design for smartphones, tablets or notebooks on Corning Gorilla Glass using its proprietary process, ink and equipment. This also includes gradient colors and logos, photo-quality images and multi-color decorations. Continue reading “Corning introduces Vibrant Gorilla Glass”

ZUK Z2 Pro with 5.2-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 820, 6GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced

ZUK Z2 Pro

Lenovo’s ZUK today introduced Z2 Pro, the company’s flagship smartphone at an event in China. It has a 5.2-inch 1080p Super AMOLED 2.5D curved glass display with 1.41mm narrow bezel on the side, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 820 SoC and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with ZUI 2.0 on top that also lets you sync with Apple’s iCloud. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and hybrid phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) that can focus in 0.1 seconds and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “ZUK Z2 Pro with 5.2-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 820, 6GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced”

LeEco introduces new earphones and noise-cancelling headphones with USB Type-C

LeEco USB Type-C earphones

LeEco yesterday announced three new smartphones – Le 2, Le 2 Pro and Le Max 2 that replaces the 3.5mm audio for USB Type-C audio. It also introduced its own CDLA (Continual Lossless Digital Audio) technology for an enhanced audio experience. At the event it also introduced new earphones and noise-cancelling headphones. The noise-cancelling headphones draw power from the phone over USB Type-C so it doesn’t need a battery. JBL introduced Reflect Aware C, its first noise-cancelling earphones in partnership with HTC recently. Continue reading “LeEco introduces new earphones and noise-cancelling headphones with USB Type-C”

Opera browser for desktop gets free built-in VPN

Opera desktop VPN

Opera has added a free VPN client with unlimited data usage in its newest developer version that offers 256-bit encryption. This allows you to browse the web more private, helps you to access region-restricted websites or shields your browsing when on public Wi-Fi. It recently added built-in ad blocking to its desktop browser. Continue reading “Opera browser for desktop gets free built-in VPN”