Google has announced over twitter that the Nexus 9 will soon be receiving an update to version 5.1, starting today. Until today, the latest software version that was available for the Nexus 9 was Andoird Lollipop 5.0.2 while most of it’s counterparts received 5.1 quite a while back.
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Truecaller has partnered with Cyanogen to bring its smart caller ID functionality to Cyanogen powered smartphones. The duo will build a new dialer up under this partnership.
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Nokia’s Here Maps have suddenly become the talk of the town with an increased demand from a number of buyers. Now, Uber has become the latest interested buyer, as per a latest post from the New York Times.
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Announced in March 2015, the BlackBerry Leap is making its way to India later this month. The handset combines mid range specifications, solid reliability of BlackBerry OS with it’s enterprise credentials and a low enough price to offer a gateway product for mid level executives. The core specifications make it sound like a not so modern handset but give the Leap a chance and it is greater than the sum of it’s parts. The BlackBerry Leap employs a compact 5 inch 720p display. It is powered by a 1.5Ghz Snapdragon S4 processor and has 2GB of RAM onboard. An 8MP camera is placed at the rear while a 2MP camera can be used for video calling purposes. The phone is powered by BlackBerry OS 10.3.1 OS. Continue reading “BlackBerry Leap with 5 inch 720p display, 1.5Ghz Snapdragon S4 processor launched in India”
Back in 2014, BlackBerry acquired a UK based startup called Movirtu that enabled multiple numbers to be used on a single device. Today they announced plans to bring the service to India by the end of the year.
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Basemark today announced that it has acquired the benchmark business unit from Rightware, which was founded by Tero Sarkkinen five years ago. It offers performance measurement tools and services for smartphone, tablet and other embedded industries. Continue reading “Basemark acquires benchmark unit from Rightware”
Lava International on Thursday announced that it has crosses US$ 1 billion (Rs. 6300 crore approx.) in revenue in FY14-15, registering more than 100% growth over last year. Overall smartphone sales witnessed a three-fold growth with 300% increase in volume (YoY), compared to FY 2013-14 said the company. It sold 26 million handsets and recorded group sales of INR 70 billion in FY 14-15. Continue reading “Lava to invest Rs. 1,200 crore for manufacturing”
Rovio has launched its Angry Birds Fight!, the first cultural mash-up game from the company in Asia Pacific countries, including India after it was launched in Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. It is a match-3 frenzy where you take on other players in real-time battles of strategic, bird swapping agility.You need to race against the clock to match as many panels as possible to power up your bird for the fight. Continue reading “Angry Birds Fight! for Android, iPhone and iPad launched in Asia Pacific”
So ‘Here’ it is. Now the three biggest German auto makers along with China’s Baidu are looking to purchase Nokia’s Here mapping unit, just like the tech giants – Google, Apple, and Facebook. Continue reading “Three-big German auto makers wants to buy Nokia’s Here mapping unit: WSJ”
Micromax just announced that it has invested in HealthifyMe, one of the leading digital fitness providers in India. Based in Bengaluru, the company is focusing on mobile services to motivate people towards healthy behavior. This investment is part of Micromax’s vision of creating a mobile ecosystem that brings unique and innovative technologies from around the world to its consumers, said the company. Continue reading “Micromax invests in Bengaluru-based digital fitness company HealthifyMe”
Nubia, one of the popular Chinese smartphone makers under ZTE has announced that it is all set to enter the Indian market soon. It has also opened accounts on its social channels and also has a separate website for India, nubia.in. The website just shows a box with the caption Now, There is no limit to what you can achieve. This doesn’t give any hint about the smartphone that will launch in the country first. Continue reading “Nubia set to enter Indian smartphone market soon”
Samsung will be hosting an event on the 12th of May in San Francisco to announce new processors codenamed Artik for the internet of things. Artik is being developed by Samsung’s Menlo Park, their Strategy and Innovation Center that is based in California.
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The successor to the OnePlus One is probably one of the most hyped devices of the year owing to the success of the original last year. The handset which is likely to be called OnePlus Two is most likely to be priced around the $400 mark.
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All this while if you have missed playing the old classic ‘Snake’ game on your phone or have tried something similar but still preferred the original, then here’s good news for you. Taneli Armanto, the creator of the original Nokia Snake – released with Nokia 6110 in late 1997, has announced that the sequel called Snake Rewind is on its way. Continue reading “Most popular classic ‘Snake’ is coming to smartphones as ‘Snake Rewind’ on May 14”
Sony is expected to introduce a mini variant of the latest flagship Xperia Z4, dubbed the Sony Xperia Z4 Compact next Wednesday on May 13, according to a report by Russian tech blog on Wednesday. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z4 Compact expected to launch on May 13”
