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 reports $101 million loss for Q4 2015, down 46% YoY
HTC today reported a net loss of NT$ 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 records $12.9 billion in revenue, down 8 percent year-over-year in Q3 2015
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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Microsoft officially confirms it has acquired SwiftKey
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”
Global wearable device sales to soar 18.4% in 2016: Gartner
Worldwide wearable devices sales to hit 274.6 million in 2016, up 18.4 percent from 232.0 million units in 2015, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. The market is further expected to grow to 322.69 million wearable electronic devices in 2017 from 232.01 million units in 2015.
Meizu MX5 Flyme OS 5.1.3 update starts rolling out in India
Meizu launched the MX5 smartphone running Flyme OS 4.5 based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) in India back in August last year, priced at Rs. 19,999. Today the company has released Flyme OS 5.1.3 stable update based on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) for the Indian users finally. The Flyme OS 5.0.0.1A stable update for the Chinese users was released in October last year. Continue reading “Meizu MX5 Flyme OS 5.1.3 update starts rolling out in India”
Microsoft Lumia 850 with 5.4-inch display, Iris scanner surfaces in live images
Microsoft Lumia 850 render based on factory-acquired schematics surfaced back in December last year, later the case of the smartphone leaked. Now live images of the smartphone have surfaced in a new leak from China (Via). The leak also says that the phone will have a 5.4-inch display compared to 5.5 / 5.7-inch screen as rumored earlier. It shows the smartphone’s metal frame and Iris Scanner at the top right corner.
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Mediatek Helio X20 reportedly facing heating issues
The Mediatek Helio X20 can claim to being the world’s first 10 core processor and benchmarks have shown that the processor is quite capable. However, it seems that the processor is facing issues with overheating.
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Twitter brings trending tweets and Moments on mobile without logging in
Twitter is bringing some new improvements to its desktop client and mobile website. The micro blogging site is rolling out home timeline across 23 countries including India that will allow users to access trending tweets and Moments without logging in.
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Coolpad Note 3 Lite Battery Life Test
Coolpad launched the Note 3 Lite smartphone with a fingerprint sensor and 3GB of RAM at a price tag of Rs. 6,999. We already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone, here we have the battery life test results. It packs a 2500mAh built-in battery, slightly less than the 3000mAh battery on the Coolpad Note 3. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.3GHz Quad-Core 64-bit MediaTek MT6735 processor with Mali-T720 GPU and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Cool UI 6.0 on top. Check out the test results below.
Vodafone launches 4G LTE services in Delhi & NCR
Vodafone has launched its 4G LTE services in Delhi and NCR, as it had promised last week, after launching it in Kerala, Mysore and Kolkata. It is based on 1800MHz FDD-LTE band 3, which the company acquired last year. Vodafone said that it is now available in prominent business and residential corridors of Guragon, and the the roll out will be completed in all parts of Delhi & NCR in phased manner. It is built on strong fiber back-haul, and is supported by its 3G services. Continue reading “Vodafone launches 4G LTE services in Delhi & NCR”
Android Marshmallow adoption finally crosses 1%, Lollipop grows to 34.1%
Google is out with its Android distribution data for the month of February. Marshmallow is now finally present on 1.2% of devices, up from 0.7% since last month. The latest version of Android had debuted the distribution chart in November last year with 0.3%.
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Apple tipped to unveil iPhone 5se, iPad Air 3 and Apple Watch band updates on March 15
Microsoft said to acquire Swiftkey for $250 million
Microsoft has acquired popular third party keyboard app Swiftkey for $250 million, according to a latest report from the Financial Times. Swiftkey specializes in predictive typing which is powered by artificial intelligence.
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Samsung 360 camera, Alphabet most valuable company and more: FoneArena Daily
Hope you are liking our new FoneArena Daily videos that gives you a quick roundup of everyday’s technology news. Here is a new video for today.
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