Lava Iris Icon with 5-inch HD display, 13MP camera launched for Rs. 11990

Lava Iris Icon

Lava has launched the Iris Icon, the company’s latest smartphone in the Iris series. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 3G connectivity similar to most other Lava smartphones. Continue reading “Lava Iris Icon with 5-inch HD display, 13MP camera launched for Rs. 11990”

Skype Translator gets support for Italian and Mandarin languages

Skype Translator that was launched in December last year has added support for two new languages. The real time translation tool now speaks Italian and Mandarin languages.

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Xiaomi sets Guinness World Record for selling 2.11 million phones online in a day

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Xiaomi has entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for selling 2.11 million phones online in 24 hours during its Mi Fan Fest in China yesterday. The company achieved this feat in just 12 hours. It earned revenue of 2.08 billion yuan (US$335 million approx.) in just 12 hours. It made 170 million yuan from accessories alone. It sold 720,000 units of smart appliances, 247,000 set of Mi Power Strip, 208,000 units of Mi Band, 79,000 units of Mi Wi-Fi and 38,600 sets of Mi TVs. It also sold 403,000 Power banks, 336,000 Mi Piston earphones and 3.12 million units of Mi air purifiers.

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LG Innotek introduces 16MP F1.8 OIS camera module for G4

LG Innotek 8M Front-facing Camera and F1.8 16M OIS Camera

LG Innotek, manufacturer of components and materials under LG has introduced its 16-megapixel camera module with an aperture of f/1.8 for the upcoming LG G4 smartphone. Earlier this week LG confirmed that the LG G4 will feature a camera with f/1.8 aperture and also have laser auto focus. This is LG Innotek’s widest aperture camera module every developed. Continue reading “LG Innotek introduces 16MP F1.8 OIS camera module for G4”

Lenovo P70 goes on sale in India for Rs. 15999

Lenovo P70

Lenovo P70, the company’s latest smartphone in P series is now available in India from the official Lenovo online Store. It was announced earlier this year and packs a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display, is powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6752 Processor processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Lenovo’s custom UI on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and has 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “Lenovo P70 goes on sale in India for Rs. 15999”

Samsung tests durability of Galaxy S6 and S6 edge in drop and bend test videos

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge drop test

Samsung has published a new video to test the durability of its new Galaxy S6 and S6 edge smartphones. In the video Samsung drops the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 smartphones on their back and edge from chest height to show how durable the smartphones are. Check out the video below. Continue reading “Samsung tests durability of Galaxy S6 and S6 edge in drop and bend test videos”

BlackBerry introduces Porsche Design P’9983 Graphite Edition

BlackBerry Porsche Design P9983 Graphite

BlackBerry has introduced Graphite Edition of Porsche Design P’9983. The new version has graphite-metallic colored elements and hand-wrapped leather on the back door cover. The keyboard has an exclusive keypad with specially crafted glass-like keys with the durability of rigid synthetic material, blackened glass and a graphite stainless steel color frame. Continue reading “BlackBerry introduces Porsche Design P’9983 Graphite Edition”

Ola secures $315M funding from DST Global

Ola, the online taxi service has raised $315M in latest round of funding from DST Global and existing investors Tiger Global, Steadview Capital and Accel Partners. Existing investors Softbank and Matrix Partners did not participate in the round.
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Twitter kills Discover and Activity Tab, adds Trends on Android and iPhone

Twitter has removed the Discover and Activity Tab on its mobile apps for Android and iPhone. The microblogging site is taking down these features that showed users what topics were trending or most popular within their network.

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Google updates Calendar for Android with Month view

Google is bringing back a popular update to Calendar for Android. The latest update is bringing the Month View feature back that lets users see a broad overview of their month’s appointments in color dots.

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Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM Photo Gallery

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Microsoft launched the Lumia 532 Dual SIM in India back in February for Rs. 6,499. We recently bought you the unboxing of the phone and now lets take a detailed look at hardware and specs of the phone in the form of photo gallery.

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Dell Venue 10 7000 with 10.5-inch WQXGA AMOLED display, Android 5.0 announced

Dell Venue 10 7000

Dell has announced Venue 10 7000, the company’s latest tablet in the Venue 10 series. It has a 10.5″ (2560×1600 pixels) AMOLED display, is powered by a Intel Atom Z3580 processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). The tablet is just 6.2mm thick, has aluminum build and a cylinder on the side, which houses the battery and speakers. It also has Android for Work, targeted at business that lets you separate work data from personal data. Continue reading “Dell Venue 10 7000 with 10.5-inch WQXGA AMOLED display, Android 5.0 announced”

HTC One M9 launching in India on April 14

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HTC has sent invites for its Unveiling Brilliance event on April 14th in India. The  invite says “Brace yourselves as we get ready to showcase the most exciting revelation in the history of smartphones”, which makes it clear that it is launching the One M9 smartphone in India. The One M9 that was announced at the MWC last month has unibody build similar to the One M8, but this comes with a faster Snapdragon 810 Octa-Core SoC with 3GB RAM, 20-megapixel rear camera and an UltraPixel front-facing camera.

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