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
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 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
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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YU YUPHORIA is the name of YU’s Project Caesar smartphone
YU started a contest last week to find a name for its upcoming Cyanogen-powered YU series smartphone . Today it has revealed that Project Caesar will be called YUPHORIA that has been selected through its crowd-sourcing campaign #YUNameIt. It received 1,00,000 entries, out of which 5 names (YUPHORIA, YUKNIGHT, YUNICORN, YUNITY, YOUTH) made it to the voting stage from 4th to 6th April. Continue reading “YU YUPHORIA is the name of YU’s Project Caesar smartphone”
HTC Desire 626G+ dual sim with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core SoC launched in India for Rs. 16900
HTC has launched Desire 626G+ dual sim, the company’s latest smartphone in the Desire series in India. It has a 5-inch HD IPS display, powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-Core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with HTC Sense on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 1080p video recording and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “HTC Desire 626G+ dual sim with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core SoC launched in India for Rs. 16900”
Reliance Jio launches Jio Chat with messaging, voice and video calling for Android and iOS
Reliance Jio, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has launched Jio Chat, a new chat apple for Android and iOS platforms. In addition to instant messaging, the app also offers voice & video calling, one-to-one & group chats, conference calling, stickers and Channels that lets you follow your favorite brands. Continue reading “Reliance Jio launches Jio Chat with messaging, voice and video calling for Android and iOS”
UC Browser coming to desktop in public beta
UC Web is bringing the first public beta of its UC Browser for PCs in international markets. The company is known for its popular mobile browser.
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Apple hits $1 billion in revenues for FY 2014-15 in India
Apple has clocked $1 billion in revenue in the Indian market for the fiscal year 2014-15, according to a report from The Times Of India. The company has reported a good revenue owing to strong sales of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
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OPPO N3 launched in India for Rs. 42990
OPPO has finally launched the OPPO N3 smartphone in India. It was unveiled last year at an event in Singapore and packs a 5.5-inch 1080p display, features a 16-megapixel 206-degree motorized rotating camera that can rotate to 0.012 degrees accurately to capture selfies easily. It is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor and runs on Color OS 2.0 based on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “OPPO N3 launched in India for Rs. 42990”
Google app for Android brings wider release for nicknames feature
Google Search app for Android is expanding its nicknames feature to more users. As the name suggests, Nickname allows users to add a nickname to people in your contact list.
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Huawei SnapTo with 5-inch HD display, 4G LTE available for pre-order in the US for $179.99
Huawei SnapTo, a new budget smartphone is now available order in the US from Amazon. It has a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It doesn’t have dual SIM support, but it comes with 4G connectivity. Continue reading “Huawei SnapTo with 5-inch HD display, 4G LTE available for pre-order in the US for $179.99”
Samsung Gear A smartwatch to support 3G and calling functionality
More details about Samsung’s upcoming smartwatch are out. The latest report from SamMobile says that Samsung is calling this smartawatch as Gear A.
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