Pulse News reader acquired by LinkedIn for $90 Million

LinkedIn acquires Pulse

LinkedIn, the world’s biggest online professional-networking service has acquired Pulse, a startup Pulse, a Newsreader and mobile content distribution. It had costed LinkedIn $90 million, and they would pay 90 percent in stock and 10 percent in cash for the application, which is owned by Alphonso Labs Inc, according to Bloomberg. Pulse was started in 2010, as a class project, which rose to top in the iTunes store few years back. Continue reading “Pulse News reader acquired by LinkedIn for $90 Million”

Nokia Lumia 720 gets listed on Flipkart at Rs. 18999


Nokia launched the Lumia 720 in India last month along with the Lumia 520.  The Lumia 520 went on sale from retail stores last week. Now, online retailer Flipkart has listed the Lumia 720 on their website for Rs. 18,500 Rs. 18,999. The Lumia 720 was unveiled at the MWC 2013 last month along with the Lumia 520. It has a 4.3-inch  (800 x 480 pixels) ClearBlack display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8227 processor and runs on the latest Windows Phone 8 OS. It has a 6.7-megapixel auto focus camera at the back with LED Flash, Carl Zeiss optics and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 720 gets listed on Flipkart at Rs. 18999”

Micromax Funbook Talk P362 with Voice calling, Android 4.1 now available for Rs. 7499

Micromax Funbook Talk P362

Micromax Funbook Talk P360 went on sale online earlier this week for Rs. 7,049. Now the Micromax Funbook Talk P362 is up for sale from online reatiler Saholic in India. Even though it has a 7-inch (480 x 800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display and voice calling support through the SIM card slot, similar to the P360, it has a slightly better single-core processor clocked at 1.2 GHz and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Other features are similar including a 2-megapixel rear camera, VGA front-facing camera, 1 GB RAM and a 3000 mAh battery. Continue reading “Micromax Funbook Talk P362 with Voice calling, Android 4.1 now available for Rs. 7499”

Airtel can continue 3G Intra-circle roaming, but cannot add new 3G customers in 7 circles, says SC

Supreme Court has ordered Bharti Airtel not to extend its 3G Intra-circle roaming services to new customers in the 7 circles, where it did not have licences for 3G spectrum, according to a report from The Economic Times. Airtel got a temporary relief earlier this week, when Supreme Court allowed them to continue their 3G intra-circle roaming till April 11th. Last month DoT had asked Bharti Airtel to stop 3G services in 7 circles and asked them to pay Rs. 350 crore (Rs. 50 crore per circle) for illegal roaming pact with Vodafone and Idea . Delhi High Court temporarily stalled the execution of DoT’s order until the final hearing, after Airtel appealed against it. Continue reading “Airtel can continue 3G Intra-circle roaming, but cannot add new 3G customers in 7 circles, says SC”

Celkon A119 Signature HD Benchmarks

Celkon A119 Signature HD Benchmarks

Celkon launched the A119 Signature HD last month for Rs. 13,499. We brought you unboxing of the Celkon A119 earlier this week, here we have the benchmarks of the device. The Celkon A119 packs a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display at 295 PPI, powered by a dual-core MediaTek MT6577 processor clocked at 1 GHz with PowerVR SGX 531 GPU and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). We reviewed the Xolo A1000 recently which has a similar processor and a HD display. Let’s see how the device performs in the benchmark tests.

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Xolo B700 Unboxing

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Xolo launched the Xolo B700 with a last month for Rs. 8,999.  Here we have the unboxing video of the device. The Xolo B700 features 4.3-inch (960 x 540 pixels) 16M color IPS display with 256 ppi pixel density, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core Mediatek MT6577 processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).

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Vodafone to power Mahindra Reva e2o with M2M services

Mahindra Reva and Vodafone Business Services today announced a partnership to share technological expertise. Vodafone will be providing Machine to Machine communication services to power Mahindra’s e2o electric vehicle. The e2o has been launched as a connected car in India and features telematics.

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Huawei Ascend G510 and Ascend Y300 officially launched in India for Rs. 10990 and Rs. 7980

Huawei G510

Huawei has officially launched the Ascend G510 and the Ascend Y300 Android smartphones in India. Both these smartphones went on sale online last week. The Huawei Ascend  G510 has a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display and is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core  processor. The Huawei Ascend Y300 has a 4.0-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor. Both these phones run on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) with Emotion UI that also features a Smart Tutorial that offers comprehensive assistance to help entry-level users to learn and get the most out of their smartphone. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend G510 and Ascend Y300 officially launched in India for Rs. 10990 and Rs. 7980”

Intex PLAYER Gaming Phone launched for Rs. 2790

Intex PLAYER

Intex has launched the Intex PLAYER a new gaming phone with Dual SIM support. It has a 2.8-inch touch screen display, 1.3MP camera and FM Radio with recording. Intex launched the SENSE 3.0 dual SIM feature phone last year. It has 2 dedicated gaming buttons on the top to play over 1000 pre-loaded games. Several Indian mobile phone manufactures including Lava, G’Five and Maxx have released gaming phones in the past. Continue reading “Intex PLAYER Gaming Phone launched for Rs. 2790”

Sony Xperia E Dual Review

The entry level smartphone segment is littered with devices from both recognized brands and a growing group of indigenous manufacturers. Micromax in particular has taken this market by storm and introduces devices at a breakneck pace.

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When Sony announced the Xperia E Dual, we were quite interested in seeing if Sony could disrupt the market with a great product and solid after sales backing. We’ve just spent a few days with the handset and our experience has been rather interesting. Read on to find out more! Continue reading “Sony Xperia E Dual Review”

Foursquare for iPhone v6.0 brings new check-in button, easier Explore and more

Foursquare for Android v6.0

Foursquare for iPhone has been updated to version 6.0 that brings a new check-in button, easier way to explore nearby places, a new slide out drawer to access your Profile & History, To-Do List and more, instead of bottom buttons and a new Maps in the home screen that shows your friends near by, The previous v5.3.5 update for iPhone brought new check-in screen and check-in highlights. Foursquare for Android got these features in an update back in February. Continue reading “Foursquare for iPhone v6.0 brings new check-in button, easier Explore and more”

Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 with 5.8-inch qHD display, 1.4 GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.2 announced

Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8

Samsung has also announced the Mega 5.8 along with the Galaxy Mega 6.3 in their new Galaxy Mega line-up. The Galaxy Mega 5.8 has a 5.8-inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.4 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8MP auto-focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 1.9 MP front-facing camera. similar to the Galaxy Mega 6.3. It also has dual SIM support with dual Standby and dual SIM Always On feature.

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Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 with 6.3-inch HD display, 1.7 GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.2 announced

Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3

Samsung has finally announced the rumored Galaxy Mega line of smartphones. The Galaxy Mega 6.3 is the high-end device in this series that has a 6.3-inch HD ( 1280 x 720 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.7 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8MP auto-focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 1.9 MP front-facing camera. This phone lies between the 5.5-inch Galaxy Note 2 and the 7-inch Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 / Galaxy Tab 2 310. Huawei unveiled the Ascend Mate with a 6.1-inch HD display at CES 2013 earlier this year. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 with 6.3-inch HD display, 1.7 GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.2 announced”

Zen Ultrafone 701 HD with 5-inch HD display, 1.2 GHz quad-core processor, Android 4.2 coming soon

Zen Ultrafone 701 HD

Zen Mobiles is all set to release their flagship Android smartphone, Zen Ultrafone 701 HD this month. It has a It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8MP rear camera with LED Flash, BSI sensor,  and a 3.2MP front-facing camera. Most of the specifications are similar to the Micromax A116 Canvas HD. The company launched the Ultraphone U4, a budget Android smartphone earlier this year. Continue reading “Zen Ultrafone 701 HD with 5-inch HD display, 1.2 GHz quad-core processor, Android 4.2 coming soon”

Chrome Beta v27 for Android brings fullscreen support for phones, Tab history on tablets and more

Chrome Beta 27 for Android

Google has updated the Chrome Beta browser app to version 27.0.1453.49 that brings new features including full screen support for phones, simpler browsing that shows search terms in the omnibox, instead of the long search URL and the in-page Google search box. Chrome Beta version 26 brought data compression experimental feature, now you can can go to Bandwidth Management in Settings and enable Reduce Data Usage to enable this feature instead of enabling it from chrome://flags/ This version also bring Tab history on tablets. Continue reading “Chrome Beta v27 for Android brings fullscreen support for phones, Tab history on tablets and more”