Apple to increase UK and Europe app prices

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Prices for content and applications in Apple’s App Store in the UK and Europe are to rise this week as Apple compensates for currency fluctuations and changes in taxation rates. The Cupertino company sent a message to Apple Developers on January 7th outlining that the prices would rise in all European Union countries along with Canada but will drop in Iceland. Continue reading “Apple to increase UK and Europe app prices”

Apple smashes App Store sales record

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Apple has started 2015 with a bang as the company announced it broke its own record for weekly App Store sales in the first week of the year. As noted by Street Insider, Apple sold nearly $500 million worth of apps and in-app purchases in the first week of 2015 with its sales on New Year’s Day also breaking the record for sales in a single day. Continue reading “Apple smashes App Store sales record”

Samsung to launch round smartwatch at MWC?

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Samsung looks set to follow rivals LG, Motorola and Acer by announcing a round smartwatch at Mobile World Congress in March. The annual conference is likely to see the introduction of a plethora of new mobile devices, tablets and wearables and Samsung’s first round wearable would run on its Tizen OS (and not Android Wear like its rivals). Continue reading “Samsung to launch round smartwatch at MWC?”

Acer Liquid E700 Camera Samples

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Acer launched the Liquid E700 smartphone with triple SIM support last month for Rs. 12,999. We already brought you the unboxing, benchmarks, photo gallery and the battery test results of the smartphone, here we have the camera samples. It has a 8-megapixel auto focus camera with f/2.0 aperture and LED Flash.

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Ford announces Smart Mobility Plan and Share-Car project in India

Ford has announced Smart Mobility plan and an experimental Share-Car project in India. The company has also revealed a total of 25 global mobility experiments in selected countries.

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Verico forays into Indian market with Uni SHAPE 5V3 smartphone for Rs. 8999

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Verico International, Taiwan-based company popular for its smartphones, tablets and memory products today announced its entry into the Indian market by launching Uni SHAPE 5V3 smartphone by partnering exclusively with Snapdeal. It has a 5-inch qHD display and is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor processor, but this runs on old Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Verico forays into Indian market with Uni SHAPE 5V3 smartphone for Rs. 8999”

20,000 Nokia N1 units sold out in 4 minutes

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The Nokia N1 went on sale in China earlier today and revealed that the Nokia brand still has the market appeal as all 20,000 units in the first batch of Nokia N1 sold out in just 4 minutes after pre-orders opened. Continue reading “20,000 Nokia N1 units sold out in 4 minutes”

Hike Messenger acquires Zip Phone, will debut voice calling in India

Hike Messaging app has acquired US based voice calling company Zip Phone for an undisclosed sum. This is the first acquisition from the messenger that is a product of BSB (Bharti SoftBank, a joint venture between Bharti Group and Japan’s SoftBank).

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Samsung expects 37% decrease in profits for Q4, 2014

Samsung revealed its preliminary earnings guidance that it is expecting 37% decrease in profits for the Q4, 2014. The company stated that operating profit for the October-December period was estimated at 5.2 trillion won (USD 4.7 billion), down 37.4 per cent from the fourth quarter of 2013.

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LG showcases 6 inch Dual Edge P-AMOLED active bending display

LG has already revealed the vertically curved Flex 2 at CES 2015 and now the company has showed off new prototype smartphone sporting a dual-edge display that is curved on two sides. lg-active-bending Continue reading “LG showcases 6 inch Dual Edge P-AMOLED active bending display”

Asus Fonepad 7 FE171CG with 7-inch display, Dual SIM and Voice Calling announced

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Asus has announced Fonepad 7 (FE171CG), a refreshed variant of last year’s Fonepad 7 at the CES this year. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) display and is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2520 processor with PowerVR SGX544 GPU, similar to the Asus Fonepad 7 FE170CG that was launched in India last year, but this runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) out of the box, comes with a 8-megapixel or 5-megapixel rear camera, 1GB or 2GB RAM depending on the region. Continue reading “Asus Fonepad 7 FE171CG with 7-inch display, Dual SIM and Voice Calling announced”

Videocon Infinium Z50Q Star, Z40 Lite and Zest Lite listed on official website

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Four new Videocon Android smartphones, Infinium Z50Q Star, Infinium Z50Q Lite, Infinium Z40 Lite and Infinium Zest Lite have been listed on the official website. These have 5-inch FWVGA, 4-inch WVGA and 3.5-inch HVGA displays, respectively. The Infinium Z50Q Star, Infinium Z50Q Lite, Infinium Z40 Lite run on Android 4.4 (KitKat), while the entry-level Infinium Zest Lite runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). These smartphones have dual SIM support, but only the Infinium Z50Q Star, Z50Q Lite and Z40 Lite have 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Videocon Infinium Z50Q Star, Z40 Lite and Zest Lite listed on official website”