Microsoft revenue up 12% YoY in FYQ2 2018, cloud platform continues to grow

  Microsoft today has reported a 12% YoY increase in revenues in FYQ2 2018 in the latest earnings report for the quarter that ended December 31, 2017. The company’s total estimated revenue is close to $28.9 billion and a net income of $7.5 billion with a solid 12% increase. Cloud platform still continues to grow and … Continue reading “Microsoft revenue up 12% YoY in FYQ2 2018, cloud platform continues to grow”

Xiaomi Redmi 5A Rose Gold variant launched in India, available from today starting at Rs. 4999

After teasers, Xiaomi has launched the Rose Gold variant of the Redmi 5A  smartphone. The smartphone was introduced back in November last year in Dark Grey, Champagne Gold and Rose Gold colors, but only the Gold and Grey color variants of the smartphone went on sale starting from December. Earlier this month the company said that it has … Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 5A Rose Gold variant launched in India, available from today starting at Rs. 4999”

Apple’s manufacturer Wistron nears land deal in Bengaluru, to invest $157 million: Report

Apple’s Taiwan manufacturer Wistron Corp is said to be on the verge of closing a land deal in Bengaluru and is also is likely to invest about $157 million to develop the site, according to a latest report from Reuters.

Airtel, Jio commit to invest Rs. 74,000 crore to expand infrastructure over call drops

  Airtel and Jio have readily committed to investing Rs. 74,000 by next fiscal year to upgrade and expand infrastructure and address the issue of call drops said Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan post the DoT review. 

Xiaomi opens its first Mi Home Store in Coimbatore

Xiaomi today announced that it has opened its first Mi Home Store in Coimbatore. This is the third Mi Home store in Tamil Nadu, after two Mi Home Stores in Chennai, and it is the 21st Mi Home Store in India after Mi Home stores in Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune and Madhya Pradesh. It has also silently opened its 22nd store … Continue reading “Xiaomi opens its first Mi Home Store in Coimbatore”

Xiaomi finally releases kernel source for Mi A1

Xiaomi has finally released kernel sources for the Mi A1 Android One Smartphone, after about five months of the launch of the phone in September 2017. But it is still based on Android 7.1 (Nougat) and not Android 8.0 (Oreo) that was recently rolled out to all the users after several issues.

Instagram might get video calling feature soon

  Instagram is already feature-rich with stories, stickers, live, and it recently launched a standalone Direct messaging app which is under testing. Today we are seeing yet another new feature; video calling which is under testing by the internal Instagram team. 

Microsoft acquires cloud-based gaming startup PlayFab

Microsoft today announced that it has acquired the cloud-based gaming startup PlayFab. It is a complete back-end platform provider of services to build, launch and grow cloud-connected games. The tool that PlayFab offers is designed to for developers to use across all platform including mobile, PC, console. 

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 MIUI 9.2 update starts rolling out [Update: Now Available for all]

[Update 2: The update is now available for all the users] [Update: Download link for the Redmi Note 3 MIUI 9.2 zip file is available here. You can download and flash it manually, if you don’t have the update yet.]

Xiaomi Mi Box 4 and Mi Box 4c Smart 4K HDR TV box announced

Xiaomi just announced Mi Box 4 and Mi Box 4c, the company next-generation smart TV box with support for 4K HDR videos. It comes with the same AI-based PatchWall interface as the predecessor that learns your viewing habits and offers content based on your liking

Xiaomi to open its first Mi Home Store in Kolkata on January 26

After Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune and Madhya Pradesh, Xiaomi is all set to open a new Mi Home Store in Kolkata in South City Mall tomorrow, January 26th. This will the company’s twentieth Mi Home Store in the country, after five stores in Bengaluru, two stores in Chennai, Pune, New Delhi, Mumbai, and one in Hyderabad, Gurugram, Noida, Pune, Bhopal and Thane.

Reliance Jio reportedly in talks with Xiaomi to sell Mi TVs and smartphones on its retail platform

Reliance Jio is said to be in talks with Xiaomi for exclusive rights to sell smartphones and TVs in India similar to what it has with Apple. If everything works out, Jio will exclusively sell Xiaomi phones and TVs through the Jio retail network and the Reliance Digital chain of stores, according to a new report from … Continue reading “Reliance Jio reportedly in talks with Xiaomi to sell Mi TVs and smartphones on its retail platform”

Qualcomm inks $2 billion sales MOUs with Lenovo, Xiaomi, Vivo and OPPO

At the Qualcomm, China Tech Day event in Beijing, Lenovo, Xiaomi, Vivo, OPPO have shown interest in Qualcomm to support the 5G initiative named as “5G Pioneer” in China and introduce 5G New Radio (NR) standard-compliant commercial devices expected as early as 2019. ZTE Corporation and Wingtech Technology have also extended their support.

Xiaomi Mi 6X with 6-inches FHD+ 18:9 display, dual rear cameras live images surface

Xiaomi Mi 5X aka the Mi A1 for the Indian market might be getting a successor dubbed as Mi 6X, unsurprisingly. The phone leaked in case renders a while ago and today it has again surfaced in hands-on live images revealing the design in its full glory. Going by the looks, the Mi 6X looks … Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 6X with 6-inches FHD+ 18:9 display, dual rear cameras live images surface”