Vodafone expected to launch 4G services in India on December 8 starting from Kerala

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Vodafone India has sent out invites to announce a “new strategic national initiative to enhance mobile internet experience” at an event in Kochi, Kerala on December 8th. It is expected to launch its 4G services in the country on Tuesday, starting from Kerala. Sunil Sood Managing Director & CEO, Vodafone India will be present at the event, Suresh Kumar, Operations Director –South and Abhijit Kishore, Business Head –Kerala will also be present at the event. Continue reading “Vodafone expected to launch 4G services in India on December 8 starting from Kerala”

Buy OnePlus X from Ola app on December 8 and get it delivered within 15 minutes

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OnePlus has partnered with OlaCabs and Amazon India that lets you buy the OnePlus X smarrphone, on-demand, straight from the Ola app without an invite, and get it delivered at the doorsteps within 15 minutes of placing the order. This is available through Ola mobile app only on December 8, 2015 between 10:00 AM and 7:00 PM, across seven cities in India viz. Delhi/NCR, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Ahmedabad. Continue reading “Buy OnePlus X from Ola app on December 8 and get it delivered within 15 minutes”

Weekly Roundup: Microsoft Lumia 950, 950 XL, Moto 360 (2015), Galaxy A series (2016), LG Zero and more

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This week Microsoft launched its all new Windows 10 flagship smartphones – the Lumia 950 Dual SIM and Lumia 950 XL Dual SIM – in India. Both these smartphones were announced at an event in New York last month. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Microsoft Lumia 950, 950 XL, Moto 360 (2015), Galaxy A series (2016), LG Zero and more”

Facebook updates News Feed algorithm to surface viral stories

Facebook has yet again tweaked its News Feed algorithm in order to serve only the important viral stories. The latest update to the News Feed will help users to leave out certain viral posts that are not relevant.

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Google Chrome 48 beta for Android gets custom notification buttons, cast presenting and more

Google has released Chrome 48 beta for Android with a bunch of new features. The latest release comes just two days after Google had rolled out the stable version of Chrome 47.

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Reliance JioChat messaging app now present across 9 countries

Jio Chat, the instant messaging app from Jio is now available across nine countries, including India, Canada, United States of America (USA), United Kingdom (UK), United Arab Emirates (UAE), South Africa, Singapore, Australia and China. The messaging app claims to have over 2 million subscribers.

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Worldwide smartphone shipments will grow 9.8% in 2015: Report

2015 will be the first full year of single-digit worldwide smartphone growth, according to a latest forecast from IDC. The research firm has predicted that worldwide smartphone shipments will grow 9.8% in 2015 to a total of 1.43 billion units.

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Huawei Enjoy 5S with 5-inch HD display, 7.6mm metal body, fingerprint sensor announced

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Huawei has introduced Enjoy 5S, an enhanced version of the Enjoy 5 that was introduced back in October, in China. It has a 5-inch HD display, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Emotion UI 3.1 Lite, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the Enjoy 5, but this is powered by a faster 1.5 octa-core 64-bit MediaTek MT6753T processor, has 7.6mm slim full metal unibody design and also comes with a fingerprint sensor. Continue reading “Huawei Enjoy 5S with 5-inch HD display, 7.6mm metal body, fingerprint sensor announced”

Samsung agrees to pay Apple $548M over patent lawsuit

The San Jose federal court has ordered Samsung to pay Apple $548M for infringing company’s smartphone patents. Started in 2011, the patent war is still not over as next year, the court will decide if Apple deserves more damages.

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Celkon CT722 with 7-inch display, Intel Atom x3 SoC launched for Rs. 4999

Celkon CT722

Celkon launched CT722, the company’s latest tablet powered by Intel Atom SoC earlier this week. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) display, is powered by a Quad Core Intel Atom X3 C3230RK processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It comes with a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and has a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It has single SIM support, 3G connectivity and has voice calling capabilities. Continue reading “Celkon CT722 with 7-inch display, Intel Atom x3 SoC launched for Rs. 4999”

Xiaomi Mi 4 and Mi Note to receive Android Marshmallow update soon

Android 6.0 Marshmallow update will soon hit two Xiaomi devices. The Chinese smartphone maker has announced that Mi 4 and Mi Note will receive the latest Android OS update.

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Asus ZenFone 2 Laser 6 with 6-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM launched in India for Rs. 17999

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Asus launched the Zenfone 2 Laser in India at the ZenFestival. The Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 (ZE550KL) went on sale in September, and the Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 (ZE550KL-1B122IN) went on sale in October, now Asus has launched the Zenfone 2 Laser 6 (ZE601KL) in India. It packs a 6-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 616 SoC, runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Zen UI 2.0 on top. It has dual SIM support and 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “Asus ZenFone 2 Laser 6 with 6-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM launched in India for Rs. 17999”