Flipkart is inching closer to secure $550 million (Rs 3,300 Cr) in latest round of funding, as per a latest report from the Economic Times. If the latest deal goes through, the homegrown e-commerce firm will reach a valuation of nearly $16 billion.
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Airtel has reportedly started 4G services trial in Chennai from today, May 14, and is said to follow trial in Mumbai and Hyderabad later this month. Continue reading “Airtel 4G trial starts in Chennai on May 14, Hyderabad and Mumbai to follow later this month”
The Delhi Government has finally taken a stern action against online taxi hailing services like Ola and Uber. Both the companies were requested in March by the authorities of the Delhi Government to cease their operations in the capital.
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Samsung launched the Galaxy S6 smartphone in India starting at Rs. 49,900 back in March. Now the base 32GB variant in Black retails for Rs. 43,330 on Flipkart and Amazon in India. Samsung is running an offer for the Galaxy S6, so you also get a free Samsung Wireless Charger worth Rs. 2,999 free with the smartphone. This variant still retails at the same price on the official Samsung India eStore. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S6 32GB Black with Wireless Charger now available in India for Rs. 43300”
After a rather pronounced series of tweets and hype building, Yu finally let loose the Yuphoria earlier this week. The handset is a comparatively lower end device compared to the Yureka launched earlier this year and in some ways complements it. The promise is quite enticing. Fast updates via CyanogenMod and best in class hardware for as low a cost as possible. However in that race, compromises have to be made. We took some time out to check out the Yuphoria and here’s what we thought. Continue reading “Yu Yuphoria Hands On Impressions”
Motorola has started rolling out Android 5.1 Lollipop update to Moto E (2nd Gen) LTE. Some Moto E (XT1527) users have been receiving the update over the air in the United States.
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Just yesterday, we brought to you information that the HTC Desire 816 has started receiving the update to Lollipop 5.0 in India. Now HTC has posted on its official Indian Facebook page stating that the update to Lollipop has started rolling out to the One E8, One M7 and the Desire Eye.
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Meizu, one of the popular Chinese smartphone makers already announced that it will enter the Indian market soon. Today the company has announced on its social channels it will finally be coming to in India on May 18th. The new teaser says Are you ok? 5.18 See! See! We’ve heard you and here is the date. #0518 – J. Wong, a message from Meizu’s founder Jack Wong. Meizu has not revealed which smartphone it will launch in India first. It started teasing the M1 Note smartphone since last month on its social channels and we also got to check out the smartphone last month.
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Google is bringing few improvements and new functionality for Gmail on Android. The email app from Google is making it easier for users to view contact information and find recent conversations.
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In yet another pivot, Microsoft has finally announced that it will rebrand Windows Phone as Windows 10 Mobile. This practically brings it full circle to the first effort that the company had made in the mobility space. Some of the earliest PDAs and smartphones out there were running on Windows Mobile which is based on the Windows CE kernel. Continue reading “Windows 10 Mobile to be the new name for Windows Phone”
Samsung has developed a bit of a habit of launching ruggedized versions of their high end handsets post launch and it certainly seems that the Galaxy S6 Active will follow that tradition. Earlier this week we showed you a couple of suspected shots of the handset and now prolific leaker, Evleaks, has revealed the press renders of the handset. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S6 Active press renders leaked ahead of launch”
Taneli Armanto, the creator of the original Nokia Snake recently announced that the classic Snake game will be released as Snake Rewind this week in partnership with Rumilur Design. Now the game is out for Android, iOS and Windows Phone platforms. It has the same elements with intuitive gameplay from the original Snake with added visual effects, sounds and more features. Continue reading “Snake Rewind for Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone released”
Microsoft has just revealed the various Windows 10 version that will be available across different platforms and the naming scheme that they will be following. Despite the OSes all being the same, there still are different editions available that will be catered specifically to different customers and devices.
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Skype’s real-time Translator app is now available to all users for a preview. Microsoft on Tuesday announced that the Skype Translator preview app now doesn’t require sign-up and is simply available to download from the Windows Store. Continue reading “Skype Translator preview app for Windows now available for all”
