Microsoft’s patent licensing business has been known to be one of the more profitable ventures for the company. Indeed, the acquisition of Finnish giant Nokia was to a large degree for its large patent portfolio which would open more revenue streams for Redmond. Microsoft’s patent portfolio stretches across multiple verticals within the telecom industry due … Continue reading “Microsoft & Kyocera enter patent cross licensing deal”
Xiaomi launched Mi LED, a portable USB light in India last month for Rs. 199. It recently introduced Mi Portable USB fan and Mi Selfie Stick in India that are yet to launch in India. Check out a quick look at these accessories.
OnePlus One’s successor the OnePlus 2 is getting quite a lot of hype these days both from the company officially as well as from leaks. Latest news suggests that the handset will be available in 3 variants including one version with 4GB RAM.
Snapdeal has appointed Amit Choudhary as Senior Vice President Corporate Finance. In his new role, Amit will be responsible for driving overall Controllership in Finance, FP&A and Taxation at the group level to ensure seamless implementation and integration of financial controls and policies.
Microsoft is releasing Office 2016 Preview Update 2 with some new features for Word, Excel and PowerPoint. The latest update comes after the company had launched Office 2016 in May.
Xiaomi has been hard at work to make a successor to the Mi Band. New photos of shows us that the successor which will reportedly be called the Mi Band 1s, will house a heart-rate monitor.
Xiaomi has announced that it has sold 34.7 million smartphones in the first half of 2015. This is a 33% increase compared to its sales in the first half of last year, which was 26.11 million. It sold 61.12 million smartphones in 2014, exceeding ts 60 million target. Xiaomi founder Lei Jun already announced that the company aims to sell 100 … Continue reading “Xiaomi sold 34.7 million smartphones in the first half of 2015”
OnePlus recently announced that it will unveil its second flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 2, at a virtual reality event on July 27th. It also said that it has created a custom cardboard VR headsets that has been tailored perfectly for the OnePlus One smartphone. Today the company has announced that OnePlus Cardboards will be available in limited quantity on July 3rd through global … Continue reading “OnePlus Cardboard headset will be available on July 3, coming to India July 3rd week on Amazon”
Flipkart has introduced its new Image Search feature for its apps. This is uniquely designed for Flipkart’s fashion category and will allow you to search for visually similar products on Flipkart just by uploading a photo. This will let you find fashion products of same color, pattern or style on Flipkart, said the company.
While we still wait for a full fledged upgrade to the Microsoft Surface Pro 3, Redmond has released yet another SKU for the surprisingly popular tablet. The new SKU of the Surface Pro 3 integrates the Core i7 processor of the higher end version while cuts down on storage to make it just that much … Continue reading “Microsoft Surface Pro 3 variant with i7 processor and 128GB storage announced, priced at $1299”
The team behind CyanogenMod have just teased their upcoming browser called Gello. The new browser is based on Chromium’s open source code and is developed by CyanogenMod.
Xiaomi has expanded to Brazil on Tuesday, as expected, which is the company’s first expansion outside Asia. Hugo Barra launched the Redmi 2 smartphone in the country. Xiaomi has partnered with Foxconn International Holdings to locally manufacture all handsets sold in Brazil to avoid import duties.
Xiaomi has appointed Shou Zi Chew as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He was a former partner at DST Investment Management Ltd, which has invested in several companies, including Xiaomi. Before joining DST in 2010, he worked at Goldman Sachs. Shou Zi will support tech innovation, ecosystem development and global expansion plans, said the company.
Airtel has announced that it has become third largest mobile operator in the world in terms on subscribers, based on the latest ranking from World Cellular Information Service (WCIS). China Mobile is the top mobile operator in the world with over 626 million customers followed by Vodafone Group with over 403 million customers.
The Samsung Z1 which is powered by Samsung’s own Tizen OS was launched in January 2015 and since then, the company has managed to sell over 1 million units of the smartphone.
