Few hours back Motorola announced that they would unveil the company’s next smartphone at an event in London. Motorola has just sent us an invite for the India launch event on the same day as the London event. Yesterday LG announced several simultaneous events on May 27th and 28th to unveil their upcoming flagship, the LG G3. Continue reading “Motorola schedules an event in India on May 13th to launch affordable smartphone”
Facebook updated Messenger app for iOS with some great features earlier this week. Now, the social network is bringing these features to Android. The latest update allows users to share photos, videos and other types of media content faster with others.
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At the f8 developer conference in San Francisco Facebook has introduced several new features for the web and mobile. In addition to App Links, an open-source, cross-platform solution for mobile deep linking and Anonymous Login for third-party apps without sharing your personal information, it also unveiled new features such as Mobile Like Button, Message Dialog and Send To Mobile at the conference. Continue reading “Facebook unveils Mobile Like Button, Message Dialog and more”
Google, which already takes care of your many day-to-day activities will now even help you remember where you have parked your car. The tech giant has updated its Search app on Android with Parking Location card that offers the ability to automatically detect where you have parked your car and help you find that spot later.
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Huawei Ascend P7, the successor of the Ascend P6 was expected to be unveiled at the MWC 2014 earlier this February when the live images of the phone leaked, but Huawei unveiled the Ascend P7 mini at the MWC ahead of Ascend P7. The company recently announced that it would unveil the Ascend P7 at an event Paris on May 7th. A week before the launch, @evleaks has posted some press shots of the smartphone. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend P7 press shots leaked ahead of official announcement on May 7th”
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has introduced Anonymous Login for third-party apps at the F8 Developer Conference. With Anonymous Login, users can login to new apps without having to create a new account. The feature which is available on both web and mobile is specially for those users who are not comfortable to sign in by providing real information.
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Google has launched Docs and Sheets apps for Android and iOS. These standalone apps will enable users to edit, create, and view files both on and offline. In addition, the company said that its will soon launch Slides, an app for editing PowerPoint-style presentations.
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Qualcomm today announced its intentions to spin off it’s bluetooth beacon business into a separate entity dubbed as Gimbal Inc. Gimbal was Qualcomm’s take on Apple’s iBeacon and the company had started selling the proximity beacon in December.
While Qualcomm will remain a substantial stakeholder in the business, it plans to sell off the Gimbal business to third party investors. Working in the same vein as iBeacon, the technology allows stores to create proximity based networks that can communicate with consumer smartphones. With location information of each shopper within the a store, it will be possible for retail locations to notify the consumer of special offers or to perhaps load up a loyalty card. Because iBeacon uses bluetooth positioning to narrow down your location instead of GPS, it can be a lot more accurate when used indoors. Continue reading “Qualcomm spins off location aware business into separate entity”
Facebook just unveiled “App links”, an open source solution that works across all the major mobile platforms, to solve a longstanding problem. This is perhaps the biggest and boldest move we have seen Facebook take, in mobile. Why? Well, because it aims to fix a problem that has been lingering over mobile, ever since the inception of the app store – interlinking of applications. Remember the time your phone took you to the web browser for seeing a Facebook photo instead of the app, even when the first party app was installed? The company aims to solve this exact problem by directly linking users to apps, or part of them, hence enabling the “Internet of Apps”. Think of it as the web hyperlink, but for apps, so you will tend to start browsing apps rather than websites.
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When Google’s Android Wear project went official, LG was amongst the first to announce its take on wearables with the G Watch. Today in an official announcement, the Korean company said that it plans to launch the G Watch in June at an estimated price point of 199 Euros. Continue reading “LG G Watch to launch in June for 199 Euros”
With the Windows Phone 8.1 update in the hands of developers in the form of a preview, Microsoft has chosen to release some of its own apps that take advantage of the new OS features and the APIs. Movie moments, a basic video editing app that takes advantage of the video editing APIs and reading List, a Read-it-later style service, have been made available for Windows Phone 8.1 as universal apps on the store. These apps were part of the Windows 8.1 update that launched for the bigger screened devices in October last year, which means we are finally starting to see some parity within Windows. If you are one of the many developer preview users, download these two apps from the Windows Store and test them out –
Reading List for Windows Phone 8.1
Movie Moments for Windows Phone 8.1
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Motorola definitely created a splash in the market when it launched it’s surprisingly affordable yet capable Moto G. Now, the company is all set to announce its next device which is expected to “connect more people to the world’s information and each other.” Continue reading “Motorola set to launch its next affordable device on 13th May”
Acer launched the Iconia W4, the successor of the Iconia W3 in India back in December last year. The company has launched 3G enabled ICONIA W4 tablet in India after a tremendous response for the WiFi variant. The Iconia W4 has a 8-inch (800 x 1280 pixels) multi-touch IPS display, powered by a 1.8 GHz quad-core Intel Atom Bay Trail T processor with integrated Intel HD Graphics and runs on the latest Windows 8.1. Continue reading “Acer Iconia W4 3G 8-inch Windows 8.1 tablet launched in India for Rs. 29999”
Samsung and Apple are still the leading smartphone vendors by shipments in Q1 2014, according to a report by Research Firm IDC (International Data Corporation). The worldwide smartphone market grew 28.6% year-over-year in the Q1 2014, with shipments of 281.5 million units in the quarter, down 2.8% compared to last quarter. Continue reading “More than 280 million smartphones shipped in Q1 2014, up 28.6% YoY: IDC”
Xolo had launched the Q1010 back in February, but they already came back with an updated model, the Xolo Q1010i, in April, with a slightly higher price tag of Rs. 13,499. The very similar Q1010i sports an upgraded camera module, packing a Sony EXMOR R sensor, that used to be all the rage when Sony had it on the Xperia Arc, its yesteryear flagship device. While we will definitely let you know how the camera is, lets start with the usual unboxing routine so you can get acquainted with the retail box contents of this device, in case you are planning to buy one. It naturally includes a hardware and a quick software walkthrough, so here’s our unboxing video of the Xolo Q1010i –
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