Reliance Jio to launch 4G services by December 2015, 4G smartphones below Rs. 4000

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Reliance Jio Infocomm, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) would begin commercial operations around December. This was announced by Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of the Reliance Industries at its 41st Annual General Meeting today. At the last AGM last June, the company announced that it will start expanded trials in August 2014 across multiple cities, which would continue through the end of 2014 and early 2015. Continue reading “Reliance Jio to launch 4G services by December 2015, 4G smartphones below Rs. 4000”

Microsoft to shut down Skype for modern Windows on July 7

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Microsoft has announced that it will shut down Skype for modern Windows or touch app after July 7th in favor of Skype for Windows desktop. The company says that this move is to simplify user’s PC experience down to one app. It will still work on Windows RT tablets.

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Unique use cases of the Intel Compute Stick

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The Compute stick from Intel is a great proof of concept for mobile-driven x86 computing. Atom chips are now so small that, accompanied by smaller fans, they are now in extremely portable devices like the aptly named compute stick. This small stick turns any HDMI display into a full blown computer, thereby enabling unique use cases. Let’s talk about some of them now.

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First look of Google Hangouts 4.0 on Android and Android Wear surfaces

Google is all set to release Hangouts 4.0 for Android and Android Wear. Folks over at Android Police has released a first look at the revamped UI of both versions of Hangout 4.0.

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Brothers – A Tale of Two Sons is coming to Android, iOS and Windows Phone this year

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Brothers – A Tale of Two Sons, an adventure puzzle game developed by Starbreeze Studios and published by 505 Games is coming to Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone this holiday season. It will also be available for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. According to IGN, the new-gen version will feature director’s commentary mode, soundtrack, and gallery of concept art. Continue reading “Brothers – A Tale of Two Sons is coming to Android, iOS and Windows Phone this year”

Twitter will remove the 140 character limit on Direct Messaging next month

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Users of twitter will be familiar with the 140 character limit that is set for tweets. The same rule applies for direct messages as well and that is weird as it doesn’t necessarily have to be that short and most often people resort to multiple DMs to get their message across. That is all set to change as Twitter is planning to remove the character limit sometime next month.

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Sony Xperia C4 Dual launched in India for Rs. 29490

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Sony Mobile announced the Xperia C4 Dual, a new mid-range smartphone in the Xperia series for India, along with the M4 Aqua last month. Today the company has launched the smartphone in the country. It is a selfie-focused smartphone that comes with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with 25mm wide-angle lens along with a soft LED flash. It also has It has a 5.5-inch 1080 display, 1.7 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek processor, Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash. Continue reading “Sony Xperia C4 Dual launched in India for Rs. 29490”

Cyanogen teams up with Playphone to bring Game Store to Cyanogen OS

Cyanogen has partnered with Playphone to help bring social gaming to emerging markets. Under the partnership, Cyanogen will pre-install Playphone software on future Cyanogen OS products.

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Xiaomi Mi 4 64GB gets another price cut in India, now available for Rs. 19999

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Xiaomi recently announced a permanent price cut of Rs. 2000 on both the 16GB and 64GB variants of the Mi 4. Now the 64GB variant has received another price cut of Rs. 2000 and is available for Rs. 19,999, down from Rs. 21,999. It was launched at a price tag of Rs. 23,999. Price of the 16GB variant still remains the same at Rs. 17,999. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4 64GB gets another price cut in India, now available for Rs. 19999”

Foxconn said to build first Apple iPhone plant in India

Foxconn is eyeing to open its first Apple iPhone plant in India, as per a latest report from Reuters. The Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn is reportedly in talks with the Indian government officials for the same.

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Nine Disney Games are free on Windows Phone Store till June 17

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Microsoft has partnered with Disney once again to offer popular Disney games for free free on the Windows Phone platform for a limited time in the Summer Sale. Some of these include Where’s My Perry?, Where’s My Water?, Lost Light and more. These games usually cost between $0.99 and $2.99 and the total worth is more than $17.  Microsoft offered 7 Disney games for free last year.

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Google launches new online tool to help you find the right smartphone

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The great thing about Android is that you have tons of different smartphones to fit your every need. They come in all shapes and sizes from different manufacturers. However sometimes having too much choice is a problem as well as it becomes hard to pick just one device or even narrow it down to a few. Google seems to have recognised this issue and have just released an online tool that helps you find the right smartphone for you.

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