Motorola Moto G gets a Rs 2000 price cut for a limited time

Motorola’s Moto G, the most successful Moto phone in India just turned into an even better deal.

Flipkart, Motorola’s exclusive sales partner for India, just announced that the Moto G will now be available for a starting price of 10,499 INR for the 8GB variant. On the other hand, the 16GB variant will cost 11,999 INR, getting an equal price cut. However, there’s a catch; the discounted price will apply only to limited stocks of the device, which means it probably won’t stay long!

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Xiaomi responds to privacy concerns: “MIUI does not secretly upload photos & messages”

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Thanks to whistle-blowers like Edward Snowden, privacy has become a public topic of discussion these days, which is always a good thing. On that note, earlier today, an article from ocworkbench claimed that Xiaomi’s Redmi Note smartphone is uploading data to Chinese servers, without explicit user permission. Considering Xiaomi is from China, a country which has been accused of spying on civilians in the past, the issue made its way to mainstream internet thanks to the virality of social media. But it was just one part of a story. We had reached out to Xiaomi to understand what the other side of the story is like, and they finally have an answer. Hugo Barra, the company’s public face for its International operations, has taken to social networks, to explain how the company is, in fact, not invading user privacy.

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Karbonn Titanium S19 with 5-inch HD display, Android 4.4 and 13MP camera now available for Rs. 8999

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Karbonn Titanium S19, the company’s latest smartphone in the Titanium series is now available from online retailer HomeShop18. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display based on one-glass-solution, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Karbonn Titanium S19 with 5-inch HD display, Android 4.4 and 13MP camera now available for Rs. 8999”

Samsung Galaxy Alpha could be announced on August 4th

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Samsung plans to announce the Galaxy Alpha on August 4th, according to Sammobile. Unlike the Galaxy S series or the Galaxy Note series, the Galaxy Alpha would have aluminium build on the sides, but it would come with mid-range specifications, according to earlier reports. Live images of the smartphone showed up online last week, confirming the Galaxy Alpha name and Android KitKat OS.

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Samsung patents Gear S name and new smartwatch designs with round faces

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Recently Samsung applied for Gear S patent at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) . This is likely to be a wearable device since it has Gear in its name, so it could be a smartwatch. Yesterday, Samsung applied for new smartwatch design patents at USPTO. All these have rounded or circular faces, unlike square faces present in its current Gear smartwatches.

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Xiaomi Mi 10400mAh Power Bank Unboxing

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Xiaomi unveiled its Mi Power Banks at the Mi3 launch earlier this year. It comes in 10400mAh and 5200mAh capacities. We managed to get a 10400mAh power bank and unbox the charger recently. It has anodised aluminium finish on the outside. The battery pack is compact, even though it packs 10400mAh battery. Check out the unboxing below. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 10400mAh Power Bank Unboxing”

HERE Maps for Windows 8.1 get major update, now available globally

HERE Maps on Windows 8.1 has just received a bunch of new and important features. For starters HERE Maps get manual positioning which adds the ability to manually set your position even thought the app detects your location automatically. Users will simply have to tap on the green dot on the map or in its setting panel to indicate their position.

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SwiftKey for Android updated with performance improvements, themes and more

SwiftKey has been updated with a slew of new features on Android. The popular third party keyboard has undergone a major performance improvement along with speed in the latest update.

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Xiaomi Mi 10400 mAh and 5200 mAh power banks listed on Flipkart for Rs. 999 and Rs. 799

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Xiaomi launched its Mi3 smartphone at a competitive price tag of Rs. 13999 in India. It sold 20,000 units of the smartphone in the first two batches of sale. At the launch the company announced that it would launch several accessories such as Power Banks, In-the-ear headset and flip covers for the Mi3. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 10400 mAh and 5200 mAh power banks listed on Flipkart for Rs. 999 and Rs. 799”

Record 295.3 million smartphones shipped in Q2 2014: IDC

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Worldwide smartphone market grew 23.1% year-over-year in the Q2 2014, with record shipments of 295.3 million units in a single quarter in Q2 2014, up 2.6% compared to last quarter, according to a report by Research Firm IDC (International Data Corporation). The main reason for increase in shipments is rapid growth of low-end smartphones and decrease in shipments of feature phones. Continue reading “Record 295.3 million smartphones shipped in Q2 2014: IDC”

Facebook Messenger for Windows Phone updated with video sharing and more

Facebook has updated Messenger for Windows Phone with video sharing and video playback feature. This will enables users to send photos and videos with a single tap from the app.

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Windows Phone 8.1 Update brings Live Folders and Cortana to India

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Microsoft has just announced the next minor update to their mobile platform, called the Windows Phone 8.1 Update. The update brings the highly awaited Cortana personal assistant to markets like China, with extra localization, as a beta and countries like India, Australia and Canada, as an alpha. Apart from Cortana rolling out to other countries, the update also brings some extra user-facing additions like support for Live Folders on the start screen and better VPN support and so on. The update is rolling out next week for phones running on the developer preview and will eventually roll out later to Windows Phone 8.1 devices in the coming months.

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BlackBerry acquires mobile security and encryption startup Secusmart

BlackBerry has bought mobile security firm Secusmart with an aim to secure voice and data. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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Panasonic Eluga U officially launched in India for Rs. 18990

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Panasonic has officially launched the Eluga U, the company’s latest smartphone in the Eluga series in India. It was spotted online yesterday and packs a  5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display based on one-glass-solution with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga U officially launched in India for Rs. 18990”