Skype adds video message filters to Android and iOS, updates iPhone app with 3D Touch

Skype has added video message filters for Android, iPhone and iPad in the latest update. Video filters are essentially video effects that let you add more fun to your Skype video messages.

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Flipkart teams up with Spice Hotspot to showcase smartphones in retail stores

Flipkart has joined hands with smartphone retailer Spice Hotspot to showcase its smartphone portfolio in retail stores across India. Under the partnership, the duo will set up exclusive experience zones with live demo phones on display.

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Samsung Exynos 8890 with custom cores for Galaxy S7 said to enter mass production in December

Samsung’s Octa-Core Exynos 8890 SoC also called the Exynos M1 with custom CPU cores surfaced in benchmarks last month. There were reports that Samsung is also testing Snapdragon 820 SoC for the upcoming Galaxy S7 flagship smartphone and it might also release another variant with the high-end Snapdragon processor that will release sometime in the first half of 2016. Continue reading “Samsung Exynos 8890 with custom cores for Galaxy S7 said to enter mass production in December”

Motorola Moto X Style Battery Life Test

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Motorola launched the Moto X Style, the company’s high-end smartphone in the X series earlier this month. It went on sale couple of weeks back on Flipkart starting at Rs. 29,999. We brought you the review of the Moto X Style recently, here we have the battery test results of the smartphone. It has a 3000mAh built-in battery, packs a 5.7-inch Quad HD display,  is powered by a Hexa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 SoC and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Check out the test results below.

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Toshiba agrees to sell image sensor business to Sony

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Toshiba Corporation today confirmed earlier reports that it will sell CMOS image sensor business to Sony Corporation. It will help it to overhaul its unprofitable semiconductor businesses after the company shared that it overstated earnings by $1.3 billion going back to fiscal 2008-2009. Even though the company did not confirm how much the deal is worth, it is worth around 20 billion yen ($166.15 million) according to Reuters. Continue reading “Toshiba agrees to sell image sensor business to Sony”

14,000 Lenovo Vibe P1m units sold out in 10 seconds in first flash sale on Flipkart

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Lenovo launched the Vibe P1m smartphone in India last week.  It went on sale on Flipkart through flash sale at 3PM today. Today the company said that it sold 14,000 units of Vibe P1m smartphones in less than 10 seconds in the first flash sale. It received over 1, 75,000 registrations registrations for the sale, said Lenovo.  Continue reading “14,000 Lenovo Vibe P1m units sold out in 10 seconds in first flash sale on Flipkart”

Oppo Neo 7 with 5-inch display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 9990

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Oppo has launched the Neo 7, the company’s latest smartphone in India, as expected. It was announced earlier today and packs a 5-inch qHD screen, is powered by an quad-core Snapdragon 410 64-bit SoC, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) OS with Color OS 2.1 on top, has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Oppo Neo 7 with 5-inch display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 9990”

Xolo BLACK 1X Unboxing, First Impressions and Photo Gallery

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Xolo launched the BLACK 1X, the company’s latest smartphone in the BLACK series earlier today, priced at Rs. 9999. It will go on sale on Snapdeal through flash sale starting from November 6th. We got our hands on the smartphone, here is the unboxing and first impressions of the smartphone.

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Apple adds carrier billing for iTunes and App Store in Germany

Apple has started rolling out carrier billing for iTunes and App Store in Germany with carrier O2.  Customers can now link a phone number to their iTunes account and use carrier billing for purchases, as per a report from TechCrunch.

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ZUK Z1 Photo Gallery

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ZUK is a new company that has received backing from Lenovo and the Z1 is their first smartphone. We’ve prepared a photo gallery of the device for your viewing pleasure. In case you haven’t seen our review of the smartphone yet, then do check it out here.

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OPPO R7 Plus Photo Gallery

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The OPPO R7 Plus is one of the successors to the OPPO R5. The R7 Plus is a 6 inch phablet with a great screen and premium build. We’ve already done the review of the phone, so if you haven’t seen it already, do check it out here. We’re now going to let the pictures do the talking as this is quite a beautiful phone.

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Twitter records $569 million in revenues for Q3 2015, claims 320M MAU

Twitter has announced its earnings report for the third quarter and recorded $569 million in revenues, up 58% year-over-year. It had issued guidance that it would generate $545 to $560 million in revenue.

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Xolo BLACK 1X with 5-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 9999

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Xolo just launched BLACK 1X, its second BLACK series smartphone, as it promised last week. It packs a 5-inch 1080p display with Asahi Dragon trail Glass protection, is powered by an Octa-Core 64-bit MediaTek MT6753 SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with HIVE Atlas UI on top. Xolo has promised that it will be upgradable to Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) in future, but no details about the time frame yet. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) that lets you focus in just 0.15 seconds, LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash. Continue reading “Xolo BLACK 1X with 5-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 9999”

Snapdeal is eyeing to secure Rs 2,000 Cr in funding for FreeCharge

Snapdeal is said to be in talks with existing and new investors to raise about Rs 2,000 crore ( $300 million) for its digital services platform FreeCharge, according to a latest report.

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