iF Design Awards 2017 – Apple, Samsung, LG, Xiaomi, Sony, BMW and more win awards

iF design award 2017

Last week winners of the 64th annual iF DESIGN AWARD were announced under different categories including Product Design, Communication Design, Packaging Design, Service Design, Architecture, Interior Architecture and Professional Concept. Samsung won 49 iF Design Awards, including one Gold award. These awards were for superior product design, four for professional concept design, seven for communication design, and three for packaging design for Galaxy S7 Series, Gear S3, Galaxy C9 Pro, SUHD TV KS9500, RB38K7998S4 and Activewash series. Continue reading “iF Design Awards 2017 – Apple, Samsung, LG, Xiaomi, Sony, BMW and more win awards”

Hangouts is not going anywhere, confirms Amit Fulay

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Recently, the search engine giant Google launched Hangouts Meet video conferencing service in an attempt to focus more on enterprise users yesterday. There is a separate Hangouts Chat app. During the event, Google’s Head of Product for Allo and Duo also cleared the air about Hangouts saying it’s ‘not going anywhere’. Continue reading “Hangouts is not going anywhere, confirms Amit Fulay”

Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro Battery Life Test

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Samsung launched the Galaxy C9 Pro (SM-C900F) in India in January for Rs. 36,900. We recently brought you the review of the smartphone, here we have the battery life test results of the phone. It packs a 4000mAh battery with support for adaptive fast charging using the bundled charger (5V-2A/9V-1.67A). It has a 6-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 653 processor and runs on Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow). Check out the test results below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro Battery Life Test”

​Samsung completes $8 billion HARMAN acquisition, its biggest acquisition ever

Samsung Harman

Back in November last year Samsung Electronics said that it has agreed to acquire Harman International Industries, Incorporated for $112.00 per share in cash, or total equity value of approximately $8 billion. Today Samsung announced it has completed the acquisition. This is the biggest overseas acquisition ever by a South Korean firm. Continue reading “​Samsung completes $8 billion HARMAN acquisition, its biggest acquisition ever”

Weekly Roundup: Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), Galaxy C5 Pro, BlackBerry Aurora, Fitbit Alta HR and more

Samsung Galaxy C5 Pro

This week Samsung launched the Galaxy A5 (2017) and Galaxy A7 (2017)smartphones in India, introduced Galaxy C5 Pro in China, BlackBerry introduced Aurora Android smartphone in Indonesia, Lenovo launched Vibe B in India, and more that happened this week in our roundup. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), Galaxy C5 Pro, BlackBerry Aurora, Fitbit Alta HR and more”

Stuffcool Monk portable Bluetooth Speaker Review

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Nowadays, not all the smartphones and tablets come with good external speaker. For that matter, we have Bluetooth speakers which exactly serves the purpose when you want to carry a wireless and compact sound system while we are on the go. One such speaker is the Stuffcool’s Monk portable Bluetooth speaker. Let’s jump into it and see how it performs. Continue reading “Stuffcool Monk portable Bluetooth Speaker Review”

Stuffcool Miles Wireless Bluetooth Speaker Review

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Stuffcool, popular for its computer and mobile accessories recently launched its wireless Bluetooth Speaker dubbed as Miles with waterproof (IPX5) and Splash-proof boxy. We have got our hands on Stuffcool Miles Bluetooth Speaker which we have been using for some time. Let’s check out if the speaker offers best audio experience in the range. Continue reading “Stuffcool Miles Wireless Bluetooth Speaker Review”

Xiaomi Mi In-Ear Headphones Pro HD launched Rs.1999, Lenovo Vibe B launched and more- FoneArena Daily

Lenovo Vibe B

Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of the latest technology news. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi In-Ear Headphones Pro HD launched Rs.1999, Lenovo Vibe B launched and more- FoneArena Daily”

WhatsApp brings back old text status message to Android beta

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WhatsApp rolled out Snapchat like Status update last month but the feature was not well received by users and many of them requested to bring back the old status update with simple text. It looks like WhatsApp is all set to bring back the old status update. WhatsApp Android beta has received an update that sees revival of the old status message feature. Continue reading “WhatsApp brings back old text status message to Android beta”

The Elder Scrolls: Legends launched for PC, coming to iOS, Android and Mac OS starting this month

The Elder Scrolls Legends

Bethesda introduced The Elder Scrolls: Legends strategy, a competitive strategy card game set in the Elder Scrolls universe last year and also ran closed beta for a few month. Today it officially launched the game for PC as the game out of beta. It also confirmed today that the game will be coming to Android, iOS and macOS soon along with roll out details. Continue reading “The Elder Scrolls: Legends launched for PC, coming to iOS, Android and Mac OS starting this month”

Samsung Pay might come to non-premium Galaxy smartphones in India

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Samsung launched Samsung Pay, its mobile payment service in India earlier this week which works on premium range of Galaxy smartphones. Now a latest report from Mashable suggests that Samsung Pay will be available soon for budget and mid-range smartphones including the J series. Continue reading “Samsung Pay might come to non-premium Galaxy smartphones in India”

Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ pass through FCC

Samsung Galaxy S8

Samsung already confirmed its Galaxy Unpacked 2017 event on March 29th in New York where it is expected to unveil flagship Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones. Earlier this week we saw live shots of the Galaxy S8 smartphone in video. Now both the smartphones have been certified by the FCC in the U.S. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ pass through FCC”

Gboard for Android gets automatic GIF and emoji suggestions, voice typing and more

Gboard Android

Google is updating Gboard for Android with bunch of new features to bring it in line with the iOS counterpart. The app will now offer automatic emoji and GIF suggestions, voice typing, new themes and more. Continue reading “Gboard for Android gets automatic GIF and emoji suggestions, voice typing and more”

Lenovo Vibe B with 4.5-inch display, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 5799

Lenovo Vibe B

Lenovo has launched Vibe B, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone, according to Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom. It will like  Voice over LTE (VoLTE) support. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA display, is powered by 1 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735M 64-bit processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe B with 4.5-inch display, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 5799”

Xiaomi’s smart shoes powered by Intel connects to mobile app to offer distance covered, speed and more

Xiaomi Smart Running Shoes Xiaomi has introduced 90 Minutes Ultra Smart running shoes powered by Intel Curie module under its Mi Ecosystem which is also known as MIJIA on its Mi Home crowd funding platform.   Continue reading “Xiaomi’s smart shoes powered by Intel connects to mobile app to offer distance covered, speed and more”