Celkon CT111 with 7-inch display, quad-core processor launched for Rs. 2999

Celkon CT111

Celkon has launched CT111, the company’s latest budget WiFi tablet. It has a 7-inch WVGA screen, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS. It has a 2-megapixel rear camera without flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera for video chats. Even though doesn’t have SIM support, it supports 3G dongle via OTG. No details about RAM or internal storage. Continue reading “Celkon CT111 with 7-inch display, quad-core processor launched for Rs. 2999”

Snapdeal secures $200 million in funding from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

Snapdeal has received a funding of $200 million Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), Iron Pillar and other investors. The latest round of funding values the company between $6.5 billion and $7 billion, making it the second-highest valued startup in the country. Flipkart owns the top spot as India’s largest e-commerce company and values at nearly $15 billion.

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BlackBerry Music Gateways Giveaway Winner Announcement

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Hello readers! We started the our BlackBerry Music Gateways Giveaway last month teaming up with BlackBerry India, to giveaway two BlackBerry Music Gateways and BlackBerry Merchandise. As promised, today we reveal the lucky winners. Before that, we would like to thank all the participants who took their time to participate in this giveaway. As a surprise we are giving away BlackBerry Merchandise for two winners, so there are four winners in total. Are you the lucky winner? Find out below. Continue reading “BlackBerry Music Gateways Giveaway Winner Announcement”

Reliance Jio teams up with eight global telecom companies

Reliance Jio and Infocomm has announced collaboration with eight communications services providers across the world. The move comes from the company with an aim to bring better products and services to customers everywhere.

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Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) Unboxing

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Samsung introduced the Galaxy A5 (2016) smartphone back in December last year. It was launched for India at the Samsung Forum 2016 event in Malaysia earlier this month for Rs. 29,400. We brought you the hands-on impressions and photo gallery of the smartphone from the event, here we have the unboxing.

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Huawei Matebook laptop with stylus tipped to be announced on Feb. 21

Huawei has teased an invite for an event at the upcoming MWC 2016 next week, where it is expected to unveil a device that comes with a stylus. The invite states that the company has scheduled an event on February 21.

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Apple is gearing up for a technology development center in Hyderabad, its first outside the US

Apple is already looking forward to open its retail branded stores in India and is waiting for a DIPP approval. However, it looks like the company does not want to stop at that, as it is planning to set up its first technology development center outside the US in Hyderabad, according to a latest report from the Economic Times.

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Lenovo schedules MWC 2016 event on February 22 to launch a new smartphone

Lenovo MWC 2016 smartphone teaser

After teasing a new smartphone launch for the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016, Lenovo today sent out invites for the MWC launch event on February 22nd. Dillion Ye, Vice-President, Asia Pacific, Lenovo, Sudhin Mathur, Director- Lenovo smartphones and Sridhar Ramaswamy, Director – Marketing, Lenovo will be present at the event.  Continue reading “Lenovo schedules MWC 2016 event on February 22 to launch a new smartphone”

ZTE MWC 2016 event scheduled on February 21

ZTE MWC 2016 invite

ZTE has sent invites for its press conference at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona on February 21st. The theme of the event is Imagination and beyond with ZTE to ignite your mobile life. CEO Adam Zeng and head of EMEA and APAC, Jacky Zhang will be speaking at the event. Continue reading “ZTE MWC 2016 event scheduled on February 21”

LINE to shut down Mix Radio

Mix Radio that was acquired by LINE messenger in 2014 from Microsoft is shutting down. The move comes from the company as the service is not turning out to be financially viable. Mix Radio was originally created by Nokia in 2007 and then owned by Microsoft.

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LeEco Le Max goes on sale in India starting at Rs. 32999, 2.2 lakh Le 1s orders in 3 flash sales

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LeEco (formerly known as Letv) has started selling its flagship Le Max smartphone in India, as it had promised at the launch event last month. It also announced that it received 2,20,000 sales orders for Le 1s smartphones and received 2,028,000 registrations in first three flash sales on Flipkart. It sold a new Silver colored version of the phone in today’s sale.

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Sony IMX318 22.5MP sensor with built-in 0.03 second hybrid autofocus, 3-axis image stabilization announced

Sony IMX318 22.5MP sensor with hybrid autofocus

Sony just announced IMX318, a 22.5-megapixel 1/2.6 stacked CMOS Exmor RS image sensor with built-in high-speed hybrid autofocus for fast focus in just 0.03 seconds and built-in 3-axis electronic image stabilization technology for video. It has 1.0μm (micrometers) pixel size, after last year’s Samsung’s 16MP S5K3P3. Continue reading “Sony IMX318 22.5MP sensor with built-in 0.03 second hybrid autofocus, 3-axis image stabilization announced”

Apple to roll out software update to fix 1970 date bug which is bricking the iPhone

Earlier this month Apple acknowledged the Error 53 bug that led to bricking of iPhones. Now, the company has officially acknowledged the existence of a recently-exposed date settings bug and has posted a new support document for the same on its website.

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LG has an entire X series smartphone lineup planned for 2016

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LG announced the X Cam and X Screen smartphones yesterday with dual cameras and dual screens respectively. The smartphones will be showcased at MWC 2016 before they go on sale in March. However, it seems that LG have many more devices coming up in the X series lineup in 2016.

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Xiaomi Mi 4 and Mi 4i available for Rs. 12999 and Rs. 9999 till Feb 19, Redmi Note Prime available for Rs. 7999

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Xiaomi has announced a permanent price cut for the Redmi Note Prime smartphone, which is now available for Rs. 7,999, down from the launch price of Rs. 8,499. As a part of Mi Week on Amazon.in starting today, 16th February till 19th February, both the Mi 4 and the Mi 4i have received a Rs. 2,000 price cut for a limited period. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4 and Mi 4i available for Rs. 12999 and Rs. 9999 till Feb 19, Redmi Note Prime available for Rs. 7999”