LINE corporation, popular for its messaging service has launched LINE Music in Japan. It has a catalog of over 1.5 million tracks from top labels including Sony, Universal, and Japan’s Avex. It plans to expand the catalog to 5 million tracks by the end of 2015 and 30 million by 2016. Line messenger users can also send tracks and playlists to their contacts.
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While Microsoft is launching Windows 10 officially on July 29th, users of Windows Mobile will have to wait a bit longer to get access to Windows 10 Mobile as it is apparently scheduled for a launch in late September.
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Xiaomi launched the Mi 4i smartphone in India for Rs. 12999 back in April. Even though the smartphone comes in white, blue, yellow and pink colors, only the white color was launched in India initially. Now the company has announced that it will launch the Dark Grey version of the smartphone in the country starting from June 16th through Mi India website. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4i Dark Grey goes on sale through Mi India website on June 16”
Opera Mini has exited beta and is now officially available for Windows Phone. The popular mobile browser was launched in beta last year.
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Inbox, then standalone email app from Gmail has been updated with a new feature that makes it easy for users to compose mails and create reminders.
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Gionee announced the Marathon M5, the latest smartphone in the M series with a whopping 6020mAh battery at an event in Beijing few hours back. We managed to get our hands on the smartphone, here is a quick look at the hardware.
If you have had frustrating waiting times while searching for something on your mobile phone then Google feels your pain. Google is planning to roll out a new feature that will speed up your search experience on mobile.
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Dell introduced Venue 8 7840 in the 7000 series, as the world’s thinnest tablet at just 6mm thickness, back in September last year. It went on sale in the US earlier this year. Now the company has launched the tablet in India. It has a 8.4-inch (2560 x 1600 pixel) OLED display, is powered by a 2.3GHz Intel Atom Z3580 processor with PowerVR G6430 GPU. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera, two Intel RealSense Snapshot Depth Cameras for depth mapping, measurements and 3D editing and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.
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OUYA was launched back in 2013 as an Android based gaming console and it has had a tough time especially due to its recent financial troubles. But apparently that is set to change thanks to a deal that might take place soon that will lead to Razer acquiring OUYA.
Popular third party keyboard SwiftKey has released a new report that puts light on emoji usage of Hinglish users. SwiftKey analyzed more than a billion pieces of emoji data to learn how speakers of different languages use emoji.
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Apple announced Apple Music, its own music streaming service at the WWDC earlier this week. Apple started rolling out fourth beta of iOS 8.4 to developers recently that adds revamped Apple Music app. New popups for Apple Music sign up pages have started showing up for developers. It is even showing up for developers using the latest iOS 8.4 beta in India that reveals the pricing for individual plan as Rs. 120 ($2 approx.) per month and Rs. 180 ($3 approx.) per month for a family plan that provides service for up to six family members. Apple offers 3 months of free Apple Music trail. Continue reading “Apple Music signup page starts showing up on iOS 8.4 Beta, starts at Rs. 120 for India”
With an aim to make it easy for its users to protect themselves and others from abusive accounts, Twitter has launched a new tool that lets them export and share block lists.
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Gionee introduced the Elife E8, the latest camera flagship in the E series at an event in Beijing few hours back. We got to check out the smartphone at the launch event, here is the hands on and hardware overview of the smartphone.
Samsung and Universal Pictures have come together to enter into a global marketing partnership for Amblin Entertainment’s Jurassic World. If you had seen the trailer for Jurassic World, you would have noticed that characters in the film were using Samsung smartphones.
New code within the developer beta of iOS 9 is hinting that the future iPhones or iPads will get an improved front facing camera. Developer Hamza Sood has found references that hint at additional features for the front facing camera.
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