Apple has unveiled a new MacBook at its ‘Spring Forward’ event in San Francisco. The all new MacBook is an engineering marvel in a lot of ways and the latest notebook is even thinner than the company’s MacBook Air.
The new 12-inch MacBook is just about 13.1mm at its thinnest point and can it get any thinner than this? Well, we doubt it. The notebook is 907 grams in weight. Continue reading “Apple introduces 12-inch MacBook with all metal, fanless design”
Apple’s event earlier today saw the introduction of ReserachKit, an open source software framework that can be used for medical and health research. The advanced technology will help doctors and scientists get data from their patients and will in turn help them evaluate the disease more accurately.
The ReseachKit currently has 5 applications based on the studies on asthma, breast cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and Parkinson’s disease. Continue reading “Apple’s ResearchKit has the ability to revolutionise medical research”
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook in his presentation at the company’s ‘Spring Forward’ event said that they have now sold over 25 million Apple TV units. According to Tim, the Apple TV is now the ‘industry leader’ in the TV content streaming business.
Furthermore, the executive announced that the Apple TV box will now carry a price tag of $69 instead of its original $99 price tag. Continue reading “Apple TV gets a new HBO Now streaming service, price slashed to $69”
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook at the company’s ‘Spring Forward’ event in San Francisco revealed that they have now sold 700 million iPhones across the globe. The Cupertino giant has achieved the feat in just a little more than seven years after first iPhone went on sale.
Apple iPhone sales had reached about 500 million a year ago, but the growth in the past twelve months has been mind boggling. Continue reading “Apple has now sold 700 million iPhones!”
Micromax Bolt Q324, the company’s latest entry-level smartphone in the Bolt series is now available from eBay. It has a 4-inch WVGA screen, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Micromax Bolt Q324 with 4-inch display, quad-core processor now available for Rs. 3990”
Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge that were unveiled last week at the MWC 2015 have received 20 million pre-orders, 15 million for S6 and five million for the S6 Edge from mobile carriers, worldwide, according to a report from Korea Times. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge receive 20 million pre-orders: Report”
Following months of leaks and rumours, last week HTC unveiled its new HTC One M9 flagship during Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona. Later the same day, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S6 but HTC’s flagship has a key advantage as it is set to go on sale several weeks’ before Samsung’s latest S handset. Today, the One M9 has gone up for pre-order on Vodafone UK ahead of an expected release on March 22nd. Continue reading “HTC One M9 available to pre-order on Vodafone UK”
At IFA last year, Huawei’s new Ascend Mate 7 flagship might have stolen the show but they also introduced the Ascend G7 smartphone which borrowed design inspiration from other flagship smartphones and aimed to deliver a solid experience without requiring a large initial outlay. At a cost of £150-£200 in the UK, the LTE-enabled Ascend G7 is a smartphone with mid-range specifications and a flagship design coupled in a package designed to be affordable for everyone.
On paper, the Ascend G7 offers mid-range specifications without a standout feature but how does the smartphone perform? Is it a mid-range device at a mid-range price with average performance or is it a flagship handset masquerading as a mid-range smartphone? Let’s take a look and find out. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend G7 4G LTE review”
House of Napius is gearing up to launch a radiation safe maternity line that uses NESA technology (Non-Ionizing Electromagnetic Shielding Alternatives).
Continue reading “House of Napius to bring radiation safe maternity line in India”
LG unveiled its Music Flow series of speakers including H4 Portable Wi-Fi Speaker ahead of CES 2015 back in December last year. Today it has launched new Music Flow P7 portable Bluetooth speaker (NP7550) in Korea. It has multipoint connectivity so that you can connect up to three Bluetooth devices at the same time and switch between easily.
Continue reading “LG introduces Music Flow P7 portable Bluetooth speaker”
Huawei introduced the Honor 6 Plus smartphone in China back in December last year. The main highlight of the smartphone is its dual 8-megapixel rear cameras. It was showcased at the MWC 2015, here is the hands on.
Google is working on a virtual reality for Android, according to a latest report from The Wall Street Journal. The company has reportedly hired a team of ‘tens of engineer’ to build a version of the Android operating system for virtual reality headsets.
Continue reading “Google said to be working on virtual reality for Android”
ZTE Nubia announced an event in China on March 26, where it will unveil the most expected Nubia Z9 lineup. According to PCMag ZTE showed off the ZTE Nubia Z9 Max smartphone at a closed event at the MWC 2015. Chinese website Mydrivers has posted several live images of the Z9 Max Continue reading “ZTE Nubia Z9 and Z9 Max with Snapdragon 810 SoC to be unveiled on March 26”
It looks like Xiaomi is gearing up for a flash sale in India. The Chinese smartphone maker has teased an upcoming flash sale in the country by an interesting puzzle on its official Mi India Facebook page.
Continue reading “Xiaomi to likely offer MiPad and Redmi 2 on March 12 in India”
Google has updated Hangouts for Android with a couple of features. The latest update bumps the Hangouts version to 3.0 and brings some UI changes along with new contact cards.
Continue reading “Google Hangouts for Android updated with minor UI tweaks, contact cards and more”
