SoftBank is currently looking forward to acquire a 20% stake in Micromax, according to a report from Reuters. A group of investors led by Japanese telecom giant will make an investment of $1 billion in the Indian mobile manufacturer Micromax.
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The Department of Telecom (DoT) has announced the winners in the spectrum auctions in various circles that ended after 115 rounds. At the end of the auction for 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2100 MHz government got bids worth Rs 1.098 lakh crore. Idea Cellular bid a maximum of Rs. 30,306.98 crore, Airtel bid Rs. 29,130.20 crore and Vodafone bid Rs. 29,959.74 crore to buy spectrum in the 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2,100 MHz bands.
We have heard a couple of rumors about the LG G4 that is scheduled for a launch next month. Today, some images have been leaked that are said to be of the LG G4.
The design (materials used as well) is probably the most discussed and criticized aspect of Samsung phones for quite some time now. Ever since the Galaxy S3, every design has been more of an update/refinement rather than a revolution as we had come to expect with every new flagship till then. While most manufacturers do recycle their design a lot especially Sony, one did not expect Samsung to do so at least not with their flagships and that right there was the first issue with the Galaxy S5 and why it failed to make an impact.
Google is adapting Internet Explorer’s tech to fix the issue of scrolling on Chrome. Rick Byers, Google Chrome software engineer has announced through the Chromium developer mailing list that Chrome will be embracing the Pointer Events API of Microsoft Internet Explorer in the Blink rendering engine.
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Amazon Cloud Drive has launched two new unlimited Cloud Drive plans and has removed the current 5GB free plan. These new plans include Unlimited Photos plan for $11.99 per year, plus 5 GB for videos and files, and Unlimited Everything plan for $59.99 per year that offers unlimited storage for photos, video, files, and documents. Continue reading “Amazon Cloud Drive moves to unlimited subscription-only storage plans”
WhatsApp is looking forward to bringing a simpler way for its more than 700 million users to save their chat history. The popular mobile messaging app could bring Google Drive integration to restore you conversations.
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Xolo announced the Win Q1000 Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone last month, now the smartphone is available for order exclusively on HomeShop18. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 (MSM8212) processor with Adreno 302 GPU, comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has Dual SIM support with dual standby and has 3G support. Continue reading “Xolo Win Q1000 Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone now available for Rs. 6999”
It looks like Apple will launch not one, not two but three iPhones this year. A new report from DigiTimes is stating that Apple will launch three iPhones in the second half of this year – the iPhone 6S, the iPhone 6S Plus, and a 4 inch iPhone 6C.
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It’s still very early days for the “Internet of things” movement which seems to have caught everyone’s fancy. Intel, like every other company today, wants in on it, so they had a whole section dedicated to connected devices at their MWC booth this year. We checked some devices out, to give you an idea of what Intel powered connected devices are like.
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Last week it was reported that OnePlus will launch a new gaming related device in April. Now a latest report is stating that OnePlus is not working on a gaming controller but a drone.
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Infocus launched Infocus M2 smartphone in India earlier this month on Snapdeal for Rs 4,999. We have recently seen the unboxing of the phone now lets take a detailed look at the hardware and specs of the phone in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Infocus M2 Photo Gallery”
Following up our Bangalore meet up, Team FoneArena paired up with the guys at Intel once again to host yet another gathering in Delhi. With tempered expectations, we decided to host our meet up on 26th March and what followed can only be termed as a resounding success! We witnessed a packed house with an eclectic mix of engineers, students, advocates and business owners, all ardent fans of FoneArena and more so of technology.
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The mobile gaming industry is expected to touch Rs 2,620 crore by 2019, as per a latest report from KPMG. The industry will report a year-on-year growth of 20 per cent over the next five years, added the report.
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Microsoft is planning to offer free version of Office for devices with small screens. The company has announced that Microsoft Office is going to be available for free on devices with a screen size of less than 10 inches.
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