Microsoft has rebranded Lync with Skype for Business. The company is promising Skype for Business will remain an Office 365 service when it replaces Lync sometime “in the first half of 2015.
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Xiaomi continued to sell its smartphones like hot cakes but this time in China. The company clocked $163 million (¥1 billion) in 12 hours by selling 720,000 phones.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and the Galaxy Note Edge have received an eco-friendly carbon labeling certification in several countries. The Note 4 has received the certifications in Korea, United States, United Kingdom, and Russia, while Galaxy Note Edge won the green label in Japan. The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 has become the first smartphone certified by Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute for low carbon emissions, said the company. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note Edge receive eco-friendly carbon certification”
Facebook has partnered VivaConnect to launch ‘Missed Call’ ad unit business in India. The new ad unit from Facebook is aimed specifically at helping advertisers reach their consumers in developing markets.
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A new malware vulnerability called as “Masque attack” is targeting iOS devices, as per a security firm FireEye. Masque Attack allows malicious parties to install duplicate versions of third-party apps on your iPhone or iPad, replacing your original app with theirs, which can access and monitor your data.
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Microsoft introduced the Microsoft Band, a fitness tracker for US$ 199. This is the first fitness band from Microsoft, and it works with Android and iOS devices too, in addition to Windows Phone 8.1 devices. We managed to get one from the U.S. Here is the unboxing of the Microsoft Band.
Google Voice has announced that it now supports MMS on Verizon. The MMS support was announced to Google Voice last month to almost all the carriers in the US and Canada except Verizon.
Spice Stellar 517 and Stellar 470, two new smartphones in the Spice Stellar series are listed on the official website. The Stellar 517 is a minor variation of the Stellar 518 that went on sale few weeks back. It has the same 5-inch FWVGA screen, has an 8-megapixel camera, but this has a 2MP camera compared to the 1.3MP camera and a 3000mAh battery instead of 4000mAh battery on the Stellar 518. The Stellar 470 has a 4.7-inch qHD screen, comes with 8-megapixel rear camera and a 3.2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Spice Stellar 517 and Stellar 470 with Android 4.4 listed on official website for Rs. 7999”
The latest app to receive Material Design update is Android Wear companion app, as per a report from Phandroid. Background of the app has been changed from black to white, says the report.
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Huawei launched Honor Holly, the company’s latest budget smartphone in India at a price tag of Rs. 6,999. Here we have the photo gallery and a hardware walk-through of the smartphone.
Sony’s Smartwatch 3 is now available on the US Google Play Store for $249.99. The smartwatch announced in September was available for pre-order in the US Play Store last month.
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Lava has launched Iris Selfie 50, the company’s latest selfie-focused smartphone after the Iris X5 that was launched back in September. It has a 5-inch HD display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4.2 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash to capture better selfies, similar to the Iris X5. Continue reading “Lava Iris Selfie 50 with 5-inch HD display, 5MP front camera with LED flash launched for Rs. 7699”
Facebook has announced that more than 500 million users are using its standalone Messenger each month. The social network removed the Messenger from main Facebook app in July and started urging users to download the Facebook Messenger app.
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LG has released four smartphones under its Aka line of smartphones in Korea today. Announced last month, the smartphones have animated eyes above the interchangeable protective panel that express different emotions.
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A long due and much needed update is finally rolling to Instagram’s Android and iPhone apps. Users can now edit photo captions after they are updated which means all your typos can be deleted and a fresh comment can be added instead.
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