Facebook Lite for Android clocks 100 million monthly active users, gets video, emojis and more

Facebook rolled out Facebook Lite version of Facebook for Android built for emerging markets back in June 2015. Today it has announced that the app has crossed 100 million monthly active users. “It’s the fastest-growing version of Facebook to reach 100 million users in under nine months,” said Facebook. The app is aimed at offering lightweight, fast, and … Continue reading “Facebook Lite for Android clocks 100 million monthly active users, gets video, emojis and more”

Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) with 4.5-inch Super AMOLED display, 4G and Galaxy J1 mini announced

Samsung has introduced Galaxy J1 (2016) (SM-J120), it’s latest budget 4G smartphone in Russia and also Galaxy J1 mini (SM-J105), a budget 3G smartphone in Philippines and Russia (Via). The Galaxy J1 was first shown off in Dubai, while the Galaxy J1 mini surfaced in benchmarks last year. Both these phones come with dual SIM support. The Galaxy … Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J1 (2016) with 4.5-inch Super AMOLED display, 4G and Galaxy J1 mini announced”

Garmin vivosmart HR activity tracker with heart rate sensor launched in India for Rs. 14999

Garmin India has launched its vivosmart HR activity tracker in India, after a year it launched its vivosmart fitness band in the country. In addition to activity tracking and heart rate monitoring, this also offers smart notifications such as vibration alerts for calls, texts, calendar reminders, emails and more when connected to a smartphone.

Opera Mini 15 for Android brings Video Boost to compress videos

Opera has updated its Opera Mini app for Android to version 15 that brings a new video boost feature that offers smoother video viewing using Opera’s video boost technology that reduces the size of video data, to lessen video loading time and combat buffering delays and also extend save data. The update also adds option to save files to … Continue reading “Opera Mini 15 for Android brings Video Boost to compress videos”

Microsoft to reportedly delay Windows 10 Redstone 2 until 2017

Microsoft’s next update for Window 10 which is code named as ‘Redstone 2’ will be delayed until early 2017, according to a latest report from ZDnet. The company had initially planned to release the update by the end of 2016 but as per the report it has been delayed in order to coincide with the … Continue reading “Microsoft to reportedly delay Windows 10 Redstone 2 until 2017”

Intex Aqua Twist with rotating camera now available for Rs. 4999, Cloud Force coming soon

Intex Aqua Twist, the company’s latest smartphone with a 5-megapixel rotating camera is now available from HomeShop18. Another budget smartphone, Cloud Force has been listed on the official website. Both the phones pack a 5-inch FWVGA screen, are powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core SoC, pack 1GB of RAM, run on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), have dual SIM support … Continue reading “Intex Aqua Twist with rotating camera now available for Rs. 4999, Cloud Force coming soon”

Xiaomi launches Powerbank with USB Type-C, Upcoming phone launches and more – FoneArena Daily

Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of today’s technology news.

Reliance Jio to offer free unlimited WiFi at 6 stadiums for T20 Worldcup

Reliance Jio will offer free unlimited WiFi service at 6 stadiums during the upcoming T20 WorldCup. Dubbed as Jio Net, the service will be available at Ferozshah Kotla,  Kolkata’s Eden Gardens, Mumbai’s Wankhede and Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore and stadiums in Mohali and Dharmashala.

Xiaomi 10000 mAh Mi Powerbank Pro with two-way fast charging, USB Type-C announced for $22

After 5200mAh, 10400mAh, 16000mAh and 20000mAh power banks, Xiaomi has introduced its 10000mAh Mi Powerbank Pro in China. It has USB Type-C support and fast charging (5V/2A 9V/2A 12V/1.5A) and also charges faster so that it takes only 3.5 hours to charge the power bank fully with 18W charger. It is just 12.58mm thin, weighs 223 grams and has a Aluminum alloy body.

Windows 10 Mobile roll out could hit Lumia phones by next week

Microsoft said in December last year that the Windows 10 update for the Lumia devices has delayed till early 2016 following which it said that the roll out is further delayed till February. Now, it is reported that the update will hit the Lumia phones as early as next week.

Weekly Roundup: Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, Mi Bluetooth speaker, Raspberry Pi 3 and more

This week, popular Chinese company Xiaomi finally launched its Redmi Note 3 smartphone in India. The firm also announced its Mi Bluetooth speaker and the 20000mAh power bank. The Xiaomi Mi 5 will be launched next month.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Pro) Review

Has Xiaomi lost its mojo? Is India no longer as big a priority for the messiah of the affordably priced quality smartphones? We’ve personally had quite a positive outlook towards the upstart but we’d be remiss not to mention that the public sentiment has been ebbing to a degree thanks to the proliferation of competitors … Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Pro) Review”