Snapchat has rolled out a new feature that offers multimedia content from renowned publishers. The new section dubbed as Discover will curate articles, videos, photos from publications and networks like National Geographic, People magazine, Comedy Central, The Food Network, and ESPN.
Sony to reportedly slash 1000 jobs in smartphone division
Sony Corp is said to be planning to cut 1000 jobs in its struggling smartphone division, according to a latest report from Reuters. The move comes from the company as it is tries to garner profits.
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Xiaomi Mi 4 launched in India for Rs. 19999
Xiaomi just launched the Mi 4 smartphone in India, as expected. It was announced back in July last year, packs a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display with 441 PPI, based one-glass solution (OGS), is powered by a 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor and runs on MIUI 6 on top of Android 4.4 (KitKat). Xiaomi plans to roll out MIUI 6 for Mi 3 and Redmi Note 4G in February, Redmi 1S and Redmi Note late March in India. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4 launched in India for Rs. 19999”
Apple Watch to start shipping from April: Tim Cook
Apple Watch will go on sale from April, revealed Apple CEO Tim Cook during a conference call. The company reported all-time record revenue of $74.6 billion with a record net profit of $18 billion in their earnings for the financial year Q1 2015 that ended December 27, 2014.
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Apple releases iOS 8.1.3 update
Apple has released an iOS 8 update that bumps to version 8.1.3. The update includes “bug fixes, increased stability and performance improvements.”
Twitter rolls out Group Direct Messaging and Video Sharing service
Twitter has launched a couple of major features that will be important for the service. The microblogging site has introduced group direct messaging and video sharing service.
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Apple reports record $74.6 billion revenue in FY Q1 2015, record 74.5 million iPhones sold
Apple has reported all-time record revenue of $74.6 billion with a record net profit of $18 billion in their earnings for the financial year Q1 2015 that ended December 27, 2014. Revenues were up 30% and earnings up 38% year-over-year. The international sales in this quarter is 65% of the quarter’s revenue, up 5% up compared to last quarter. Apple sold a record 74.5 million iPhones, compared to 23.4 million over last year, representing 46% growth, 21.4 million iPads, compared to 26 million year-over-year and 5.5 million Macs during the quarter. Continue reading “Apple reports record $74.6 billion revenue in FY Q1 2015, record 74.5 million iPhones sold”
Asus Zenfone C with 4.5-inch display, dual-core Intel Atom SoC announced
Asus has announced Zenfone C (ZC451CG), the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Zenfone series in Malaysia. It has almost similar specifications as the Asus Zenfone 4 (A450CG) that was launched last year, but the camera has been downgraded to 5-megapixel and the battery has been upgraded to 2100mAh. This was leaked through several certification websites last month. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone C with 4.5-inch display, dual-core Intel Atom SoC announced”
Xolo Q520s with 4-inch display, 1820mAh battery now available for Rs. 5699
Xolo Q520s, the company’s latest smartphone in the Q CORE series is now available from eBay.in. It has also been listed on the official website. It has a 4-inch (480×800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display based on One Glass Solution (OGS) technology, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT 6582M processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). The main highlight of the smartphone is the 1820mAh battery that promises up to 11 hours of talk time and 527 hours of standby on 3G, 19 hours of talk time and 610 hours of standby on 2G. Continue reading “Xolo Q520s with 4-inch display, 1820mAh battery now available for Rs. 5699”
Logitech announces portable video conferencing solution in India
Logitech has announced a new portable video conferencing solution in India. Dubbed as Logitech ConfernceCam Connect, the business tool is targeted at both enterprises and small-to-medium-sized businesses.
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Lava Iris X1 Mini and Iris X1 Grand launched for Rs. 4348 and Rs. 7326
Lava has launched Iris X1 Mini and Iris X1 Grand, the company’s latest budget smartphones in the Iris X1 Series. It Iris X1 mini has a 4-inch WVGA screen and is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, while the Iris X1 Grand has a 5-inch FWVGA IPS screen and is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor. Both the smartphones run on Android 4.4.2 (KitKat). It promises Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update for the Iris X1 Grand. Both these smartphones have the same design of last year’s Iris X1. Continue reading “Lava Iris X1 Mini and Iris X1 Grand launched for Rs. 4348 and Rs. 7326”
1Password for iOS gets one time password tool for two factor authentication
1Password for iOS has received an update to make the password management process even more easy. The app has been bumped to the version 5.2 with the addition of new one-time password tool for two-factor authentication.
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Spice Group to invest Rs. 500 crores to set up mobile manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh
Spice Group today announced an investment of Rs 500 crores to set up a mobile manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh. It has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Uttar Pradesh for setting up the manufacturing unit in the state. Under the MoU, the Government of UP will support Spice Group in establishing the facility in the state of Uttar Pradesh in a time bound manner and facilitate the necessary infrastructure, ecosystem and incentives under various schemes announced by the State and Central Government. Continue reading “Spice Group to invest Rs. 500 crores to set up mobile manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh”
Lava Iris 470 with 4.5-inch display, dual-core processor now available for Rs. 4399
Lava Iris 470, the company’s new smartphone in the Iris series is now available from Indiatimes Shopping and eBay. It has a 4.5-inch (854 ×480 pixels) FWVGA IPS display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash and a 0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lava Iris 470 with 4.5-inch display, dual-core processor now available for Rs. 4399”
Samsung Exynos 7420 visits Geekbench 3.0
Samsung Exyos 7420 has made a visit to Geekbench 3.0 site. The upcoming Galaxy S6 is said to run on the Exynos 7420 processor under the hood.
