Stephen Elop will lead Microsoft’s Expanded Devices team, working on Xbox, Surface and Nokia

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Stephen Elop, the ex-CEO from Nokia, will be heading the expanded devices team at Microsoft, as per reports. Previously rumoured to be in the running for the top job at Microsoft, Stephen Elop now gets to lead the newly formed team, like previously agreed upon. This is pretty obvious now, as Microsoft just announced its newest CEO, Satya Nadella, who takes over the position from Steve Ballmer. Elop stepped down from his role as the CEO of Nokia immediately after the announcement of Nokia-Microsoft acquisition, to avoid a conflict of interests.

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Google Maps for iOS and Android updated with faster route notification

Google Maps for iPhone and Android Faster route notfication

Google Maps app for iPhone, iPad and Android already shows you alternate routes when you request for it while navigating. Google has updated these apps to show notifications if there’s a faster route. Google maps already shows bands of red, yellow and green along your route based on traffic conditions. The new notification option now lets you reach the destination faster with dynamic rerouting so that you can avoid heavy traffic in your chosen route. Continue reading “Google Maps for iOS and Android updated with faster route notification”

HTC M8 – HTC One successor, leaked online with two cameras on the back

Things haven’t really gone HTC’s way since the rise of droids and HTC is trying to pull back things with their premium offerings. Last year, HTC announced their current flagship – HTC One to the delight of many Android lovers. HTC One defined styled in the Android smartphone market and came with an exceptional build quality and aluminum unibody. But the problem with the HTC One was their new UltraPixel technology which din’t harness the results they would have expected. HTC went on to use the same HTC One design and build for the HTC One Mini and HTC One Max. Suddenly we had three similarly built devices lurking in various price ranges.

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier Official game being developed by Gameloft

Gameloft is usually the game making company that brings around official games for Marvel Super Hero based movies and they will be doing it again. This time, it will be Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The second iteration of the Captain America movie series is all set to be released at the end of March. Gameloft has confirmed that they will be producing and releasing the official Captain America: The Winter Soldier game in late March. captain-america-the-winter-soldier-game Continue reading “Captain America: The Winter Soldier Official game being developed by Gameloft”

Samsung partners with Swarovski for a limited edition Galaxy Note 3 Crystal cover

Galaxy Note 3 Swarovski cover

Samsung has partnered with Swarovski, popular for its crystal and fashion jewelry to launch a limited-edition cover encrusted with Swarovski crystals for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Samsung introduced the Galaxy S4 Crystal edition few months back, but they have planned to sell a crystal cover for the Note 3 separately. Recently Samsung announced the Galaxy Note 3 in Rose Gold White, Rose Gold Black and Merlot Red colors, in addition to Jet Black, Classic White and Blush Pink colors. Continue reading “Samsung partners with Swarovski for a limited edition Galaxy Note 3 Crystal cover”

LG Optimus L1 II Tri Android smartphone with Triple SIM support announced

LG Optimus L1 II Tri

LG launched the Optimus L1 II, an entry-level 3G smartphone with dual SIM support in India back in November last year. The LG Optimus L1 II Tri (E475) with triple SIM support has been listed on official LG Brazil website. It has similar specifications as the dual SIM variant including a 3.0-inch (320 x 240 pixels) capacitive touch screen  display, 1 GHz processor and runs on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 2-megapixel rear camera with VGA video recording. It also has a dedicated SIM switch key as seen on dual SIM L Series II devices. Continue reading “LG Optimus L1 II Tri Android smartphone with Triple SIM support announced”

Moto G Back Cover, Grip Cover and Flip Cover get priced in India

Motorola and Flipkart partnered to launch the most expected Moto G in India earlier today starting at Rs. 12,499. The Moto G comes only with a back rear cover. You can buy the rear sells and Flip covers separately. Moto G accessories, including the Back Cover, Grip Shell and the Flip Cover has been priced on Flipkart. Motorola started selling Grip shells for Moto G in the US last month at $19.99.

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Motorola Moto G launched in India starting at Rs. 12499

Motorola has partnered with Flipkart to launch the Moto G, the company’s latest budget smartphone in India as it promised earlier this week. It was announced back in November 2013 and packs a 4.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) edge-to-edge display at 329 ppi with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor and run on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean), upgradeable to Android 4.4 (KitKat) in a few weeks. Continue reading “Motorola Moto G launched in India starting at Rs. 12499”

Paytm launches shopping app for iOS, coming to Android next week

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Paytm, one of India’s popular online recharge platforms has launched their own mobile-only shopping app for smartphones. This lets users purchase more than 100,000 items from 250 merchants in a range of categories such as Men, Women, Kids fashion and Home Furnishing. This also has Paytm’s own Mobile and DTH recharge options built-in. Continue reading “Paytm launches shopping app for iOS, coming to Android next week”

Flipkart’s launch day offers for the Motorola Moto G detailed

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Just after revealing the prices of the highly awaited Motorola Moto G in India, Flipkart, the exclusive launch partner for the device, has also revealed new launch day offers for its customers. Expected to be a timed exclusive, Flipkart is pulling all stops to sell out the most hotly anticipated Indian smartphone launch in the recent times, with bundled offers that might make sense for its own customers. Motorola, a company that exited the Indian smartphone business years back, is now firmly back in play with its successful budget smartphone, but obviously, they had to look at building new distribution channels for the re-entry in the Indian market. Flipkart has obviously capitalized on this opportunity to have Moto G as an exclusive, especially with Amazon India as a growing competitive threat.

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Motorola Moto G gets priced in India at Rs. 12,499 for 8GB and Rs. 13,999 for 16GB

Flipkart and Motorola are all set to announce the budget Moto G in India. Just hours before the official announcement, Flipkart has thrown light on the pricing details which was the most expected announcement. Motorola Moto G comes in two variants – 8GB and 16GB and the pricing of 8GB is Rs. 12,499 while the 16GB version costs Rs. 13,999. Motorola Moto G is exclusively available only on Flipkart on launch day and it will be gradually available to other sellers.

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ARM reports earnings of $130.4 million in Q4 2013, falls below analyst expectations

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ARM Holdings, the British semiconductor company whose processor chip designs power most smartphones reported its earnings for Q4 2013. While the earnings were up 7% year on year, it fellow below analyst estimates owing to slowdown in smartphone sales. The company was estimated to rake in  $138 million but reported processor royalties of $130.4m in the fourth quarter of 2013.  Continue reading “ARM reports earnings of $130.4 million in Q4 2013, falls below analyst expectations”

Android leads with 51.8% US Smartphone market share, Motorola jumps to 3rd place

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comScore published its quarterly report for the period of Q4 2013 today and the results show a slight dip in market share for Android. Compared to Q3 2013, Android showed a 0.3 percent dip to reach 51.5 percent market penetration. Trailing Android is Apple with 41.8 percent of the smartphone market being powered by iOS. This was a slight rise from the 40.60% market share it enjoyed in Q3 2013. The launch of the iPhone 5s and 5c are expected to have played a role in this rise. The remaining marketshare was split between with BlackBerry and Microsoft which are at third and fourth spots respectively with 3.4%, 3.1% penetration. Continue reading “Android leads with 51.8% US Smartphone market share, Motorola jumps to 3rd place”

Google Nexus 5 in Bright Red goes official, available in India now

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Hankering for a bit of color in your favorite Google edition device? The Nexus 5 in red is now available on the Play Store in the same 16 and 32GB capacities as the other variants. The phone has a dual tone finish with the front being black, and the matte red finish extending to the edges. The specifications of the phone remain identical to the black and white versions and are detailed below.  Continue reading “Google Nexus 5 in Bright Red goes official, available in India now”

Microsoft invests $15mn in Foursquare, enters deal for licensing data

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Foursquare, the popular location-based social network, has just received a 15 million dollar investment from Microsoft. This equity investment from the Redmond company comes after a successful $35mn round of VC funding for the New York based Startup in December last year, reports the Wall Street Journal. Along with this fresh investment, Microsoft has also entered into a multi-year deal with Foursquare for licensing its vast location-based data. This will apparently be put to use in its Search Engine Bing, and naturally in Windows Phone too, as an extension. Foursquare has a massive point of interest database that’s heavily crowd sourced with tips, check ins, comments and so forth, hence we think this deal is a biggie for Microsoft.

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