In a surprising move, Facebook has announced that it would acquire WhatsApp for $19 billion, including $4 billion in cash, about $12 billion Facebook shares and $3 billion worth of stock units to WhatsApp employees, that is likely to be paid over 4 years. WhatsApp has 450 million monthly active users worldwide and over 320 million daily active users. It is currently adding more than 1 million new registered users per day. Continue reading “Facebook to acquire WhatsApp for $19 billion”
Samsung launched the Galaxy Note 3 Neo in India at a price tag of Rs. 40900, at the Samsung Forum Asia 2014 in Bali yesterday. We got to check out the device at the event. The Note 3 Neo looks exactly like the Note 3 and comes with all the S Pen features such as Action Memo, Scrapbook, Write Screen, Finder, Pen Window and also has all the Samsung-specific software features. Check out the hands-on below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo Hands On”
We all know that HTC is going to announce its next flagship, the HTC One successor at an event on March 25(almost a month after the MWC 2014) and by now, almost the core specifications of the device have leaked. There were leaked pictures of the smartphone and all leaks have pointed to a build quality and design language quite similar to the original HTC One.
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We started the LG G Flex Giveaway, in association with LG India, over a week back, and as promised, today we reveal the lucky winner. Before that, we’d like to thank all the participants who took their time to participate in this contest, the response has been amazing with over one lakh entries. A lot of you answered the questions correctly, but we could select only one winner. Are you the lucky one? Find out below. Continue reading “LG G Flex Giveaway Winner Announcement”
Gionee has just announced the Elife S5.5, the company’s thinnest smartphone at an event in China. It is said to be the world’s thinnest phone that has 5.5mm thin magnesium alloy frame. It has a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD Super AMOLED touch screen display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The display module is just 0.55mm thick and the back cover is 0.40mm thick, that is also protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3, making the phone very slim. It It is powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-core MediaTek MT6592 processor and runs on Android 4.2 with Amigo 2.0 UI on top. Continue reading “Gionee Elife S5.5 with 5-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, 5.5mm thin metal body announced”
Micromax unveiled the Canvas Knight A350 at an event in Russia last month. The company has announced that the smartphone would hit the Indian market soon and has also released a teaser video. The Canvas Knight has a 5.0-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display, powered by a 2 GHz octa-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It features a 16-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Knight with Octa-Core processor launching in India soon”
LG has finally made the G2 Mini official ahead of Mobile World Congress 2014. It has a 4.7-inch (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor (Snapdragon 400 or Nvidia Tegra 4i options), and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. You have rear mounted power and volume keys. Unlike the G2, the G2 Mini has matte back. Continue reading “LG G2 Mini with 4.7-inch qHD display, quad-core Snadpragon 400 processor, Android 4.4 announced”
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note 3 in 3 new accents – Rose Gold White, Rose Gold Black and Merlot Red back in December. At the Samsung Asia Forum 2014 in Bali, we got to check out the Rose Gold Black Edition of the Note 3. It has soft leather-like back cover similar to the original Note 3 and also comes with a S Pen stylus in matching color. Check out the video below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Rose Gold Edition Hands On”
Nokia has announced a new accessory – Nokia Treasure Tag, to keep your accessories close and safe. Nokia Treasure Tag is a rectangular cuboid like accessory that allows users to pair the Treasure Tag to their valuables so that they keep it near.
Airtel has announced that it has crossed 200 million mobile subscriber mark in India. It is the largest mobile operator in India and fourth largest mobile operator in the world in terms of subscribers. It has 1.5 million outlets and serves 86.7% of the country’s population. It crossed 60 million mobile customer mark in 2008 and reached 100 mobile subscriber base in India in 2009. It took just 5 years for Airtel to add 100 million customers.
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Nokia has finally unveiled their plans for the MWC 2014 next week. It sent out Invites for the event last week. Now the company has posted a large image in green color that indicates the letter X. We already know that Nokia is planning to release the Nokia X phone at the MWC. It was previously called Project Normady. Evleaks already revealed a range of press shots. It recently posted an image of the phone in green color, that matches the teaser. It also revealed the complete specifications of the phone. Continue reading “Nokia MWC 2014 teaser hints at Nokia X Android smartphone”
Microsoft was involved in a Trademark fight over the name “SkyDrive” and it lost. So, they had to rebrand it and from now on, Microsoft’s SkyDrive will be called as “Microsoft OneDrive”. Microsoft’s OneDrive is one among the many cloud storage options offered by big companies of the Internet – Google offers Google Drive, Dropbox, Box and many others.
HTC has announced two separate events on March 25th, 2014 in the U.S. and UK. The invites doesn’t reveal anything, but the company is likely to unveil the most expected HTC One successor. Most of the specifications of the smartphone had been leaked already. We had also seen some press shots and live images of the upcoming flagship HTC smartphone that reveals dual cameras on the back and on-screen buttons, replacing the hardware touch buttons. Continue reading “HTC schedules events in the US and UK on March 25th, HTC One successor expected”
HTC One family is a series of three similar looking smartphones that come at different sizes, different specifications and definitely different price points. HTC One, the company’s current flagship, was launched more than a year ago and is still the company’s flagship. In the interim, HTC has managed to push two HTC One lookalike devices in the form of HTC One Mini and HTC One Max.
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When BlackBerry announced that it is making its popular messaging service, BBM, into a cross platform service, the entire tech industry erupted in euphoria. And when BlackBerry finally released their BBM Chat for Android, there was so much rush that a lot of people had to wait to try out BBM and that indicated a clear interest of the crowd in BBM.
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