Ford SYNC 3 in-car technology forays in India with Ford Endeavour

Ford has introduced the next-generation of its voice activated in-car technology SYNC 3 in India. The new communications and entertainment system has debuted on SUV Ford Endeavour. Continue reading “Ford SYNC 3 in-car technology forays in India with Ford Endeavour”

Google releases Android 7.1.2 beta, Razer acquires Nextbit and more – FoneArena Daily

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Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of today’s technology news. Continue reading “Google releases Android 7.1.2 beta, Razer acquires Nextbit and more – FoneArena Daily”

Telstra launches world’s first commercial Gigabit LTE Network in Sydney

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Telstra, Ericsson, Qualcomm and NETGEAR has introduced the world’s first commercial Gigabit LTE network and device. Australian operator Telstra confirmed at the Gigabit LTE Experience event in Sydney that their Gigabit LTE service has launched in select state capital city CBDs, with more to follow. This was demoed in Nighthawk M1 Mobile Router (MR1100). Telstra was the first globally to launch 600Mbps download speeds back in September 2015. Continue reading “Telstra launches world’s first commercial Gigabit LTE Network in Sydney”

Nintendo records $569M profit, Super Mario Run brings more than $53M in revenue

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Nintendo has announced quarterly profits in a year by delivering profit of 64.7 billion yen ($569 million) for the period ending in December. It exceeded analysts’ average projection for 20.5 billion yen. Revenue for the quarter fell 21 percent to 174.3 billion yen. Continue reading “Nintendo records $569M profit, Super Mario Run brings more than $53M in revenue”

Dropbox launches Smart Sync for Windows and Mac, note-taking app Paper exits beta

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Dropbox has launched Smart Sync feature that allows users to see and access all of their files, whether stored in the cloud or on a local hard drive, from their desktop. The Smart Sync is available for business users.

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NETGEAR Nighthawk M1 mobile router will bring Gigabit LTE speeds to the palm of your hand

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Ericsson, Qualcomm, and NETGEAR has launched world’s first commercial Gigabit LTE Network in Australia on Telstra’s network, which has extended its download speed leadership to Gigabit speeds to 1Gbps whilst doubling upload peak speed to about 150Mbps. Continue reading “NETGEAR Nighthawk M1 mobile router will bring Gigabit LTE speeds to the palm of your hand”

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Teardown

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Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 4 smartphone with Snapdragon 625 in India earlier this month starting at Rs. 9999. It is a minor upgrade compared to last year’s Redmi Note 3 since the display, design and few features remain the same. However, there are a lot of components that go into making the device what that might not be revealed on a regular specs sheet. We did a teardown of the device, similar to the Redmi Note 3 to see what it packs on the inside. Let’s take a peek. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Teardown”

Samsung might launch Level in ANC wireless noise cancelling headphones with Galaxy S8

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Samsung is expected to announce Galaxy S8 on March 29. Now, it is tipped that the company will also release a ANC wireless noise cancelling headphones with the flagship phone.  Continue reading “Samsung might launch Level in ANC wireless noise cancelling headphones with Galaxy S8”

Intex Aqua Amaze+ with 4.7-inch HD display, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6290

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Intex is on a roll. After launching Cloud Style 4G and Cloud Q11 4G smartphones with 4G VoLTE support last week, Intex has launched Aqua Amaze+, another budget smartphone with VoLTE support. It has a 4.7-inch HD screen, is powered quad-core Spreadtrum processor, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has a 5-megapixel rear camera with  LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera that also has LED flash. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Amaze+ with 4.7-inch HD display, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6290”

Idea to launch VoLTE services across its 4G circles by this year

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Few months back there was a report that said Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular were gearing up to launch VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) services to take on Reliance Jio who launched pan-India 4G LTE services with VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) back in September last year. Idea Cellular at an event to launch ‘Digital Idea’ yesterday said that  it will launch VoLTE services for its customers in all of its 4G Circles within this year. Continue reading “Idea to launch VoLTE services across its 4G circles by this year”

OPPO A57 with 5.2-inch display, 16MP front camera, fingerprint sensor launched in India for Rs. 14990

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OPPO just launched A57, its latest selfie-focused smartphone with a 16-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture and 1.12um pixel size in in India, as it had promised. It was introduced in China back in November last year and packs a 5.2-inch HD display, Octa-Core Snapdragon 435 processor, Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with ColorOS 3.0 and a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF). Continue reading “OPPO A57 with 5.2-inch display, 16MP front camera, fingerprint sensor launched in India for Rs. 14990”

Fitbit to slash 6% of workforce, 6.4 million devices sold in Q4 2016

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Fitbit has announced preliminary results for Q4 2016. The company is slashing 6 percent of its global workforce which is 110 of its employees as a result of disappointing fourth quarter financials.
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Honor 6X Camera Review

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The Honor 6X is one of the very few smartphones that seems to pack in quite an impressive set of camera features and specifications. The new entrant in the Honor family is the first offering to provide a dual camera setup at this price range. However, specifications are not necessarily any guarantee for a great outcome. Let’s examine the smartphone in detail to see just how good it is.

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Karnataka government orders Uber Pool, Ola Share to halt ride-sharing services from Friday

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The Karnataka government has ordered cab aggregators Uber and Ola to put a halt to their respective ride sharing services by Thursday, February 2nd. The state transport department have termed Uber Pool and Ola Share services as illegal.

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