BLU Life Mark with 5-inch HD display, 4G, fingerprint sensor launched in India for Rs. 8999

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BLU Products has launched its BLU Life Mark smartphone in India. It packs a 5-inch HD display, is powered by an Quad-Core 64-bit MediaTek 6735 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “BLU Life Mark with 5-inch HD display, 4G, fingerprint sensor launched in India for Rs. 8999”

Google, Facebook, Microsoft and others support Apple in FBI privacy battle

Silicon Valley stalwarts Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon and Twitter are joining forces to offer legal support to Apple in the battle with Department of Justice over iPhone backdoor case.

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Epson Moverio BT-300 augmented reality smart glasses announced

Epson has announced the third generation of its Moverio smart glasses for augmented reality at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The smart glasses features silicon-based OLED digital display by Epson that is suitable for augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality technology.

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Indian Railways with Google will offer Wi-Fi at 400 stations in 2 years

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Today, Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu while presenting Railway Budget 2016-17 in Parliament said that the Indian Railways in partnership with Google offer Wi-Fi services at 400 stations across India in the next 2 years. Indian Railways, RailTel and Google launched free Wi-Fi service at the Mumbai Central station last month. Continue reading “Indian Railways with Google will offer Wi-Fi at 400 stations in 2 years”

Lava Twinpad Windows 10 2-in-1 with 10.1-inch display, built-in 3G launched for Rs. 15999

Lava Twinpad

Lava has launched Twinpad, its latest Windows 10 2-in-1 with inbuilt 3G SIM support and a detachable keyboard with trackpad. It has a 10.1-inch (1280×800 pixels) IPS 5-point capacitive touch screen with a stylus support and the screen can be reversed. It is powered by a quad-core Intel Atom processor, has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, has 32GB of built-in storage with expansion slot and a 7400mAh battery. Continue reading “Lava Twinpad Windows 10 2-in-1 with 10.1-inch display, built-in 3G launched for Rs. 15999”

Huawei partners with Leica to boost camera on its smartphones

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Huawei today announced that it has entered into a long-term partnership with Leica for enhancing the camera on its smartphones. The company said that it aims to “create a powerhouse in the reinvention of smartphone photography”. Continue reading “Huawei partners with Leica to boost camera on its smartphones”

Worldwide wearables market soar 126.9% in Q4 2015, Fitbit continues reign: IDC

Buoyed by the growing popularity of fitness trackers and the Apple Watch, the worldwide wearable device market showed a notable increase in Q4 2015.  As per the International Data Corporation (IDC)Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker, vendors shipped  27.4 million units in the Q4 2015, a 126.9 percent increase from the year before.

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Telegram hits 100M MAU, releases Channels 2.0 with new features

Popular instant messaging app, Telegram has announced that it has crossed 100 million monthly active user mark. The app says that it sees 350,000 new users sign up each day, and is delivering 15 billion messages daily.

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Ringing Bells announces cash on delivery for Freedom 251 orders

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Ringing Bells today announced that it will be accepting Cash on Delivery (COD) for the customers who ordered the Rs. 251 Freedom 251 smartphone last week. Earlier this week the company said that it received over 6.17 crore registrations (over 60 millions) for the smartphone in total, few days after the payment gateway crashed after 30,000 transactions in day 1. Now it said that is in the process of compiling emails and will be issuing this to first 25 lakh registrations soon.
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Microsoft acquires cross platform software tool developer Xamarin

Microsoft has acquired Xamarin which creates software tools for making mobile apps for iOS, Android and Windows platforms. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016) Benchmarks

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Samsung launched the Galaxy A7 (2016) smartphone, along with the Galaxy A5 (2016) earlier this month for Rs. 33,400. We recently brought you the unboxing, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by an Octa-Core Exynos 7580 64-bit processor that has eight ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.6 GHz per core, has Mali-T720 GPU, 3GB of RAM, 5.5-inch 1080p screen and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016) Benchmarks”

Google Docs adds the ability to edit and format text with your voice

Google has added a new functionality to Docs that lets you edit and format text with your voice. The company is building on the voice typing feature it had introduced in September last year.

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TP-LINK Archer MR200 802.11ac Dual Band router with 4G SIM support launched for Rs. 8999

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TP-LINK has launched Archer MR200 (AC750) Wireless Dual Band Wireless Router in India. It also has a 4G SIM slot, in addition to Ethernet port, so that you can also share 4G LTE/3G connection with other devices.  Continue reading “TP-LINK Archer MR200 802.11ac Dual Band router with 4G SIM support launched for Rs. 8999”

Moto X Force now available from over 400 retail stores across India

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Motorola launched the Moto X Force, it’s flagship smartphone swith a 5.4-inch Quad HD AMOLED screen with Moto ShatterShield display technology, which is essentially made of an integrated system of five layers that absorbs shock from impact and is guaranteed not to shatter. It went on sale through online retailers FlipkartAmazon.in and Snapdeal stating at Rs. 49,999, earlier this month. Continue reading “Moto X Force now available from over 400 retail stores across India”