Xiaomi Mi Bluetooth speaker goes on sale in India on March 22 for Rs. 1999

Xiaomi Mi Bluetooth speaker

Xiaomi launched its latest Mi Bluetooth speaker at the Redmi Note 3 launch event in India earlier this month. Now it has announced that the speaker will go on sale in the country in the first flash sale on March 22nd through the official Mi website. The compact speaker was introduced back in September last year, has a full metal body and weighs just 270 grams. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Bluetooth speaker goes on sale in India on March 22 for Rs. 1999”

Twitter to shut down TweetDeck for Windows on April 15

Twitter has announced that it is ending support for its standalone TweetDeck Windows app starting April 15th. Users will have to access the web version of TweetDeck instead of the standalone app.

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200GB SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick launched in India for Rs. 9990

200GB SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick

SanDisk launched its Connect Wireless Stick in India back in September last year. Now it has launched a 200GB variant of the stick in the country that joins the 16GB, 32GB, 64GB and 128GB variants. If you don’t know, Connect Wireless Stick is a small USB flash drive that also doubles up as a Wi-Fi media server so that users can access files stored on the drive over multiple devices. It also has a built-in battery that will keep the device running for around 4 and half hours. Continue reading “200GB SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick launched in India for Rs. 9990”

Samsung Galaxy S7 Benchmarks – Exynos 8890 Octa

Samsung Galaxy S7 Benchmarks_fonearena

Samsung launched its flagship Galaxy S7 smartphone in India last week priced at Rs. 48,900. We already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone, here we have its benchmarks. It is powered by Octa-Core 14 nm Exynos 8890 SoC which has combination of four custom designed CPU cores, two of them clocked at 2.6 GHz per core, other two clocked at 2.3 GHz per core and four ARM Cortex A53 CPUs are clocked at 1.59GHz per core. It has Mali-T880 MP12 GPU and 4GB RAM LPDDR4 RAM. It has a 5.1-inch Quad HD (2560×1440 pixels) Super AMOLED display and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow).

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Worldwide wearables shipments to hit 110 million units, grow 38.2% by the end of 2016: IDC

Worldwide shipments of wearable devices are expected to reach 110 million units by the end of 2016 with 38.2% growth over the previous year, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker.

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Samsung Galaxy TabPro S 2-in-1 launched in the US and UK for $899.99 and £849

Samsung announced the Galaxy TabPro S, it’s first 2-in-1 Windows 10 Tablet with a 12-inch (2160×1440 pixels) Super AMOLED display, 6th Gen Intel Core M processor and 4GB of RAM at the CES 2016 earlier this year. Now it has launched the device in the US and UK. It comes bundled with a full-sized keyboard cover that has a flexible hinge enables optimal, dual-angle viewing and connects via Pogo pin that eliminates the need for pairing or charging separately and also has a touchpad. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy TabPro S 2-in-1 launched in the US and UK for $899.99 and £849”

Uber said to integrate its service into the Snapdeal app

Uber is upping its game in the competitive ride hailing market in India. According to a new report from Re/Code, the company is in talks to integrate its service into Snapdeal’s app.

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Fiber Grid project launched in Andhra Pradesh, 15Mbps for Rs. 149 per month

The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N Chandrababu Naidu and Cisco executive chairman John T Chambers jointly launched the AP Fibre Grid project in Visakhapatnam. The initiative is aimed at providing affordable broadband and net connectivity to all households. Under the project, internet connections would be provided at cheap rate in districts of Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam and Vizianagaram by April.

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Huawei ropes in Lionel Messi as Global Brand Ambassador

Huawei Messi

Huawei has announced that it has appointed FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi as its Global Brand Ambassador. Few hours back some global media speculated that Huawei will pay him €8 million annually, but the company did not reveal an exact figure. Continue reading “Huawei ropes in Lionel Messi as Global Brand Ambassador”

Microsoft finally starts rolling out Windows 10 Mobile update for Windows Phone 8.1 phones

Windows 10 update

Microsoft today announced that it has started rolling out Windows 10 Mobile update to select Windows Phone 8.1 devices, after several delays. “Consistent with our approach to the Windows 10 PC upgrade, we are focused on delivering a high quality experience for our customers,” said Microsoft.

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WhatsApp brings bold and italic text formatting, sharing Google Drive files as PDF and more

WhatsApp is adding a couple of usual text formatting features like bold and italic to its app. Users will now be able to format the text as bold by simply adding asterisks at the start and end of a word.

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Oppo R9 and R9 Plus announced, OnePlus 2 Marshmallow soak test and more – FoneArena Daily

OPPO R9 and R9 Plus

Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of today’s technology news.

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OnePlus users in India get Hungama music downloads and movie streaming worth Rs. 3599

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OnePlus has partnered with Hungama to offer unlimited music downloads and movie streaming services from Hungama worth Rs. 3,599 free for 90 days (from the day you subscribe to the offer).  You need to fill up this form with your details, you will get coupon codes along with procedure to avail it. “PROMO code can be used only once by a user and should be used before December 31, 2016,” said OnePlus.

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Vernee Apollo with 5.5-inch Quad HD force touch display, Helio X20, 6GB RAM announced

Vernee Apollo

Vernee, a Chinese company yesterday showcased its flagship Apollo smartphone at the MediaTek event in China. It has a 5.5-inch Quad HD display with force touch function, is powered by a Deca-Core MediaTek Helio X20 processor, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has 6GB of RAM, a 21-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX230 sensor and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. It has 4G LTE connectivity and a fingerprint sensor on the back. Continue reading “Vernee Apollo with 5.5-inch Quad HD force touch display, Helio X20, 6GB RAM announced”

OPPO F1 Rose Gold edition launched in India for Rs. 15990

OPPO F1 Rose Gold

OPPO launched the F1 smartphone in India in Golden color earlier this year. Today the company has launched the Rose Gold Edition of the F1 in the country. It recently launched exclusive F1 ICC WT20 limited edition smartphone with T20 world cup logo on its rear body, gift kit which includes ICC WT20 2016 key chain, selfie stick to click your selfies with a range and a back cover showcasing the ICC logo in India.

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