Xiaomi today announced that it has sold 26.11 million smartphones in the first half of 2014. This is a 271% increase compared to its sales last year. In the year 2012 the company shipped 7.19 million units, and in 2013 it shipped 18.7 million units, so it has already exceeded the combined sales of both 2012 and 2013 within the first half of 2014.
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With an aim to expand its music offering, Google has acquired music streaming service Songza. The official news comes weeks after there were reports that Google is going to buy Songza. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Disney has tied up with Japan’s LINE Corporation to launch the popular Disney Tsum Tsum puzzle game globally. This was published by LINE in Japan last year and holds the number 1 free app spot on both iOS and Android in Japan. Disney has also launched stackable Tsum Tsum toys in select stores in North America and at Disney Parks. Last year Gameloft teamed up with LINE to launch LINE Let’s Golf game. Continue reading “Disney launches LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum puzzle game for Android, iPhone and iPad”
Asus has released the Android 4.4 (KitKat) update for the Padfone 2, the company’s second Padfone device that was launched back in 2012, as it promised earlier this year. The KitKat update also brings new Asus ZenUI 1.1 with a new user interface. The ZenUi brings clean layout, flat icons, new color themes, animations, new ringtone and notification tones. ZenUI also has two features, What’s Next and Do It Later. Continue reading “Asus Padfone 2 gets Android 4.4 KitKat with ZenUI”
Twitter is continuing its shopping spree with another acquisition. The micro blogging firm has acquired ad tech firm TapCommerce to expand its mobile marketing platform. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed by either of the company, however Re/code reports that the deal is worth $100 million.
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Zomato has acquired New Zealand-based restaurant discovery and reviews site MenuMania, for an undisclosed amount. This is the first acquisition of the popular online restaurant guide service.
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Xiaomi is all set to enter India really soon, with a portfolio of devices to be sold using the online-only business model, but in anticipation, we had already gotten the Mi3, the company’s flagship device. Selling for a low price, the Xiaomi Mi3 hopes to offer what every other flagship offers, but at a fraction of the price, much like the recently launched One Plus One. The Mi3 has a nice minimalistic design and solid build, but also packs powerful internals including a Snapdragon 800 processor that drives a 5″ 1080p display and also powers the camera experience on the device. We are going to focus on the camera part in this post specifically, to show how it performs in different conditions. So, skip past the break to view all the full resolution camera samples from the Xiaomi Mi3.
Samsung has just announced the Galaxy S5 mini (SM-G800H), a smaller variant of the Galaxy S5. It has a 4.5-inch (720 x 1280 pixels) Super AMOLED display, powered by a 1.4 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with new Touchwiz UI. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash, 1080p video recording and a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera. It has IP67 ratings for dust and water resistance, similar to Galaxy S5. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S5 mini with 4.5-inch HD display, 1.4 GHz quad-core processor announced”
Google added FIFA world cup schedule and live update to Google Now and now Microsoft is doing its bit to add fervor in the ongoing football carnival. Cortana, Microsoft’s personal digital assistant has been updated with predictions for the winner of the matches from the ongoing football World Cup at Brazil.
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Lenovo has unveiled A805e, the company’s latest smartphone in the A series at the Tianyi Mobile Phone Trade Exhibition held in China. It has a 5.5-inch qHD screen, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) processor based on ARM’s Cortex A53 cores with Adreno 306 GPU and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Lenovo A805e with 5.5-inch display, Snapdragon 410 SoC unveiled”
Last month reports surfaced online stating that Microsoft is planning to launch a fitness focused smartwatch. The patent images of a possible smartwatch also gave us an idea of the look of the device. Now, a latest tit bit on the smartwatch is coming from Tom’s Hardware saying that Microsoft Smartband will be launched in October.
Samsung has launched Galaxy Tab S series in India as it promised last week. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 were announced last month and comes with a 8.4-inch and 10.5-inch Super AMOLED displays at WQXGA resolution with Adaptive Display for automatic adjustment, 90% of Adobe RGB color coverage for accurate color output, powered by Octa-Core Exynos (A15 1.9 GHz ＋ A7 1.3 GHz) processor and runs Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and Galaxy Tab S 10.5 launched in India for Rs. 37800 and Rs. 44800”
Android KitKat 4.4.4 update is hitting Moto G Google Play Edition users. The over the air update does not bring any UI or other feature changes. It only adds security and stability improvements along with bug fixes which might improve your Android experience.
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Google is finally pulling the plug on Orkut, its first effort in social network. The ten year old social network will shut down its operations on September 30 and existing users will be able to export their information using Google Takeout until September 2016. However, new users will not be able to create accounts.
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