Xiaomi has announced MIUI 7, the latest MIUI ROM at an event in Beijing on the fifth anniversary of MIUI. It is based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop), has personalized UI with thousands of themes, new Mi roaming, faster response speed and better battery life compared to MIUI 6. MIUI has 750 research and development team and more than 150 million users worldwide in 156 countries, said CEO Lei Jun. Continue reading “Xiaomi introduces MIUI 7 with personalized UI and new features”
With an aim to further strengthen account security, Dropbox has added support for Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) security keys as for two-factor login. Security keys provide stronger defense against credential theft attacks like phishing.
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Roll on the commoditization of hardware and the progress of manufacturing processes that makes technology accessible. A point that has been advoated by me personally over the last few years and one that we as a technology forward company believe in, high quality yet low cost handsets are the future and are fast becoming the reality. With the launch of Xiaomi’s new Redmi Note 2 handset, this stand has been proven true once again. Continue reading “Xiaomi’s $125 Redmi Note 2 challenges the need of a $600 smartphone”
Airtel has launched its 4G LTE services in Sonipat. Airtel said that it had received great response during trail period in Ambala, Panipat, Hisar, Rohtak, Karnal and Yamunanagar. Airtel 4G is available to customers across mobile phones, dongles, 4G hotspots and Wi-Fi dongles in the city. For existing Airtel customers, the company is offering a complimentary upgrade to Airtel 4G at same price as 3G. It launched 4G services in 296 towns across India last week, after running 4G LTE trails in the country. Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Sonipat”
Google has launched Android Experiments, a new website that showcases unique and innovative apps for Android devices such as smartphones, tablets, and Android Wear smartwatches.
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Xiaomi has introduced Mi Wi-Fi nano, the company’s latest compact wireless router, smaller than the Mi Wi-Fi mini router. It’s in the size of your palm, can be carried in your pocket and weighs just 100 grams. The main highlight of the wireless router is that it has micro USB input that lets you power it using a power bank since it consumes just 36W power. A 10000 mAh Mi Power Bank can power the router for up to 30 hours, says Xiaomi. Continue reading “Xiaomi introduces Mi Wi-Fi nano compact wireless router that can be powered by a power bank”
Lenovo has reported $10.7 billion in revenue for Q1 ended June 30, 2015 for FY 2015-16, a mere three percent increase year-over-year. The company’s net income declined 51% year-over-year to US$105 million.
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Xiaomi just announced the Redmi Note 2 smartphone at its MIUI 7 event, as expected. It packs a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display, is powered by a octa-core MediaTek Helio X10 processor and runs on MIUI 7 based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), resulting in a quick focus of just 0.1 second. It also has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has a Magnesium alloy frame and is 8.25mm thick.
Paytm has surpassed 100 million mobile wallet users in India who are carrying out 75 million transactions every month. The popular mobile commerce marketplace and digital wallet company claims that its wallet is now accepted by over 80,000 merchants across the country.
A new smartphone from Huawei with model number CRR-UL00 has received certification at TENAA in China. The device in the question could possibly be Mate7 Plus, Mate8 or Mate (7)S.
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LG has announced that it will expand its high-fidelity (Hi-Fi) music service globally starting from this month for its customers who uses premium smartphones. This service was first introduced in Korea back in March 2014, where the cumulative downloads has topped 25 million. This will offer 24 bit/192kHz Hi-Fi studio-like audio experience, about 6 times the sound quality of a typical CD (16bit/44.1kHz). Continue reading “LG to expand its Hi-Fi Music Service for premium smartphones globally”
Periscope has announced that it currently has 10 million registered users. The live streaming app from Twitter said that users are watching 40 years worth of content on its platform on a daily basis.
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Twitter has removed the 140 character limit for Direct Messages. With the latest update Twitter users can now send other users direct messages with more than 140 characters.
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Long rumored and long awaited, the Snapdragon 820 processor is finally official. The current top end chipset, the Snapdragon 810, has been widely panned for the problems that accompanied it and this has directly resulted in a drop off in sales. With the Snapdragon 820 and the mid-range 618, 620 chipsets the company aims to change that. Continue reading “Snapdragon 820 processor goes official, Adreno 530 GPU onboard”
Xiaomi launched the Redmi 2 Prime, the company’s first smartphone that is Made in India. It is the enhanced version of the Redmi 2 that was launched in the country earlier this year. It is priced at Rs. 6,999 in the India and is currently on sale on Mi.com and across all Mi India partners including Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal.
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