Google’s senior vice president for Search, Amit Singhal is bidding adieu to the company after a 15 year long stint. Singhal, who joined Google in 2000 will be replaced by John Giannandrea, currently vice president of engineering and head of artificial intelligence.
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Samsung had announced the Galaxy A5, A7 and A3 2016 edition smartphones in December last year. Today, the company has officially launched Galaxy A5 (2016) and A7 (2016) smartphones in India. The second generation of Galaxy A series smartphones come with premium design and enhanced camera features.
After the teaser last month, LG today sent out invites for announcement of its flagship G5 smartphone on February 21st, ahead of Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 in Barcelona, the same day Samsung has scheduled its Galaxy Unpacked 2016, where it will introduce the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge smartphones. Continue reading “LG G5 announcement set for February 21 at MWC in Barcelona”
Here is the new FoneArena Daily video for today that gives you a quick roundup of everyday’s technology news. Continue reading “Microsoft buys SwiftKey, Apple event on March 15 and more: FoneArena Daily”
Fitbit today introduced Alta, its latest slim, sleek and fashionable fitness tracker. It has satin finish, stainless steel body and has a range of optional stylish interchangeable bands in multiple popular colors and premium materials. In addition to activity, exercise and sleep tracker, it offers reminders to move to motivate you to stay active throughout the day, while providing visual feedback on your progress and keeping you connected with the smart notifications. Continue reading “Fitbit Alta sleek and fashionable fitness tracker announced, coming to India in March for Rs. 12999”
Idea Cellular has launched its 4G LTE services across 12 towns in Orissa, after it launched 4G services in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Punjab regions. It launched 4G services across five states in South India – Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana in December last year. Continue reading “Idea launches 4G LTE services in Orissa”
It seems like the Apple iPhone rumour season has begun as we have more information regarding the upcoming iPhone. The next generation Apple iPhone 7 will reportedly have a flush camera just like the older generations and Apple might also get rid of the antenna bands.
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While we know almost for certain that Samsung will be introducing the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge next month Barcelona, nothing is really official till it is official. So, now that Samsung has accidentally leaked the Galaxy S7 edge on their website, the existence of the device is certain.
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Huawei launched the Honor 5X smartphone in India at a price tag of Rs. 12999 last week. It went on sale yesterday. We already brought you the photo gallery of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks. It is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 64-bit processor (Even though CPU-Z shows it has Snapdragon 615) that has four ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.50 GHz per core and other four Cortex A53 cores are clocked at 1.21 GHz per core. It has Adreno 405 GPU clocked at 550 MHz, 2GB RAM, 5-inch 1080p screen and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with EMUI 3.1 Lite. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 5X Benchmarks”
Zagg, the popular smartphone accessory maker has acquired battery case maker Mophie for $100 million. Mophie is the company behind phone battery cases for the iPhone and select Android devices.
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Singtel today announced that it will offer Singapore’s first 10Gbps fibre broadband service to residential customers starting this month. It was piloted for a selected group of customers last year and uses next-gen 10GPON or Gigabit Passive Optical Network. It also features four 1Gbps ports so that it multi-user environments such as home offices and large households. Continue reading “Singtel introduces Singapore’s first 10Gbps residential fibre service”
Uber has announced that it is getting a makeover. The popular ride hailing service is adorning a new logo and branding. Uber started as a way to hail private black cars and had a red magnet as a logo at the time. However, with its new logo, Uber says it wants to better represent the company it is now.
HTC today reported a net loss of NT$ 3.4 billion ($101 million), on revenue of NT$ 25.7 billion ($766 million) for its fiscal 2015 fourth quarter that ended December 31, 2015. This is the third consecutive loss for the company. Even though the operating profit is up 20% quarter-on-quarter, it is down 46% year-on-year. Continue reading “HTC reports $101 million loss for Q4 2015, down 46% YoY”
Lenovo has announced results for its third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2015. The company recorded quarterly revenue of $12.9 billion, an 8 percent year-over-year decrease. The company said net profit reached $300 million, up 19% from $253 million in the same period.
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After reports, Microsoft has officially announced that it has acquired SwitKey, one of the popular keyboard app makers. The exact amount of the deal is not disclosed, but it is said to be $250 million, according to an earlier report. Microsoft said that it will continue to develop SwiftKey’s keyboard apps for Android and iOS and will also explore scenarios for the integration of the its core technology in its products. Continue reading “Microsoft officially confirms it has acquired SwiftKey”
