Micromax launched the Unite 3 Q372 smartphone in India last month for Rs 6,999. We have already seen the unboxing and benchmarks of the third smartphone in the Unite series with support for regional languages. Let’s take a detailed look at the hardware and specs of the phone in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Micromax Unite 3 Photo Gallery”
Homelane has just announced a new VR headset that is aimed at enriching the user experience for the home décor market. The headset is called Kaleido and was launched today in Bangalore and we went ‘eyes-on’ with the device to see how they have implemented it.
Continue reading “Homelane announces Kaleido – A VR headset for the home décor market”
The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) has announced a new version of Qi specification that would deliver 15 watts of power to mobile phones that support wireless fast charging. This would decrease the charging time and bring fast charging capabilities present in devices that offer wired fast charging, to Qi-compatible wireless charging products, said WPC. Continue reading “Qi Wireless standard specification improved for faster charging”
Following its announcement to enter India starting next month, Fitbit has started taking pre-orders for a range of its fitness wearables and activity trackers on Amazon.in.
Continue reading “Fitbit kick-starts pre-orders for a range of fitness wearables on Amazon.in”
Instagram has updated its mobile apps with revamped search and explore tools. The enhanced tools will allow users to find places, people and tags in real time.
Continue reading “Instagram enhances search and explore tools to focus on trends”
Hello our loyal readers! Thanks for your support for all our giveaways. The response had been amazing for all our giveaways. We are back with another giveaway just for you. This time we are teaming up with UCWeb India to giveaway one Lenovo A6000 Plus smartphone and 5 Flipkart e-Gift Vouchers worth Rs. 1000 each. Continue reading “UC Cleaner Giveaway: Lenovo A6000 Plus and 5 Flipkart Gift Vouchers”
Apart from the changes to your smartphone and tablet, the latest v6.0 update for Play Music does bring in other improvements as well. It comes bundled with Android Wear companion app v2.0 that comes with a download manager for music that is synced to your smartwatch.
Continue reading “Google adds ability to manage Android Wear music syncing in Play Music v6.0”
Ily is a new device that is meant to allow users to stay connected to their friends and family while they are at home. It is aimed at replacing your conventional outdated home telephones with something more technologically advanced and useful. Although it functions very similar to a smartphone, it in fact is more similar to a tablet especially in terms of size.
Continue reading “Insensi launches Ily – A smartphone for your home for US$199”
Google has updated Calendar app for iPhone with a number of new features and improvements. The latest update bumps the Calendar app that was launched in March this year to version 1.1.
Continue reading “Google Calendar for iPhone gets 7-day week view, Drive integration and more”
Amazon Echo is a smart speaker that doubles up as a virtual assistant. It was announced by Amazon late last year in November. It was a pretty neat piece of tech but the issue is that hardly anyone had access to it since it was based on an invite only system of purchase. Now happily that invite system has been removed and everyone can get their hands on the device.
Continue reading “Amazon Echo now available without an invite for US$179.99”
Back in March, WhatApp started rolling out voice calling functionality to Android users. The company updated their iOS application next to bring the much awaited feature to the vast number of users of Apple’s hardware. Today, the company is finally bringing voice calling to WhatsApp users on Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform. Continue reading “WhatsApp voice calling now available on Windows Phone”
Another day another foreign company has announced its plans to kick start smartphone manufacturing in India. This time it is the Taiwanese contract manufacturer, Foxconn who will make Xiaomi phones in the country.
Continue reading “Foxconn to manufacture Xiaomi phones in Andhra Pradesh”
Still holding out on the music streaming bandwagon? With the impending launch of Apple Music, Google wants to try to get you onboard first and on that note, the company today announced a new free tier to their music streaming service. Continue reading “Google Play Music update brings free ad-supported streaming for all”
Google X, the not-so-secret lab behind the company’s esoteric technological experiments, has developed a brand new fitness wearable. News has emerged that the life sciences division at Google is developing a highly advanced medical grade fitness tracker that will be intended for use in clinical trials and for medical patients. Continue reading “Google develops medical grade health tracking wearable to be used in clinical trials”
iOS has been notorious for requiring massive amounts of free space available on a handset before proceeding with a software update. This has traditionally proven to be a hindrance for users of iOS devices with low internal storage. Devices like the 16GB iPhone and iPad remain amongst the highest selling devices for Apple and with the limited amount of storage on offer, the devices invariably lack enough free storage onboard to facilitate the update. With iOS 9, Apple is rolling out changes that will make it foolproof for users to get said update. Continue reading “iOS 9 can temporarily delete apps to make space for system update”
