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Micromax Canvas Knight A350 now comes with Android 4.4 KitKat

Micromax launched the Canvas Knight A350 earlier this year running Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Soon after the launch Unite 2 A106, its first smartphone running Android 4.4 (KitKat), Micromax released Canvas Entice A105 and Canvas Gold A300 running Android 4.4 KitKat out of the box. Now it is advertising on its Facebook and official website that the Canvas Knight … Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Knight A350 now comes with Android 4.4 KitKat”

Spice Stellar Mi-600 with 6-inch qHD display, Android 4.4 listed online for Rs. 9999

Spice Stellar Mi-600, the company’s first smartphone running Android 4.4 (KitKat) has surfaced on HomeShop18. It has a 6-inch (960 x 540 pixels), powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor, has a 8-megapixel rear camera and a 3.2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby, similar to other Spice smartphones.

Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Unboxing and First Look

Microsoft announced the Surface Pro 3, the latest iteration of its own hybrid efforts under the “Surface Pro” moniker, at an event in New York last month. Panos Panay, the guy heading the Surface group, kept referencing the Macbook Air as the Surface Pro 3’s competitor and got the audience intrigued, including us, watching the … Continue reading “Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Unboxing and First Look”

Microsoft will pay you $650 when you trade in your Macbook Air for a Surface Pro 3 in the US and Canada

I was at the Microsoft Store in downtown San Francisco yesterday and store employees were readying a new sign at the entrance of the store. It read “Trade in your MacBook Air and get up to $650 toward a Surface Pro 3”. Microsoft has been heavily comparing its latest Surface Pro 3 Tablet with the … Continue reading “Microsoft will pay you $650 when you trade in your Macbook Air for a Surface Pro 3 in the US and Canada”

Motorola Droid Ultra, Maxx and Mini to get Android 4.4.4 KitKat update skipping 4.4.3

Motorola is giving Android KitKat 4.4.4 update to Droid Ultra, Maxx and Mini. The company is skipping 4.4.3 update entirely on all these devices. All of these device users were eagerly waiting for the update which has been cancelled by Motorola in order to work on the latest update which will take some more time.

HTC Volantis with 8.9″ display, Tegra K1 processor leaked as upcoming Nexus tablet

HTC hasn’t been entirely secretive about their plans to launch a new tablet later this year and the latest rumors seem to corroborate those whispers. It is believed that the company might have been tasked with the production of Google’s next Nexus tablet. HTC had been responsible for making the first Nexus handset ie the … Continue reading “HTC Volantis with 8.9″ display, Tegra K1 processor leaked as upcoming Nexus tablet”

Mozilla working on Firefox OS streaming stick

Mozilla is developing a streaming stick similar to Google’s Chromecast according to a report from GigaOm. The stick which will run on Firefox OS will allow users to stream videos and content.

Xiaomi Mi3 Benchmarks

Xiaomi announced Mi3, its high-end smartphone back in September last year. We brought you unboxing of the smartphone recently, here we have its benchmarks. It is powered by quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM 8274AB) 28nm HPm Krait 400 CPU clocked at 2.3 GHz power core and has Adreno 330 GPU. 5-inch full HD display and runs … Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi3 Benchmarks”

Nest acquires home surveilance company Dropcam for $555 million

Google’s gradual move into the connected home space seems to be picking up steam. Nest, a Google company that specializes in internet connected smoke detectors and smart thermostats, just announced that it is acquiring Dropcam in a deal estimated to be worth $555 million in cash.

BlackBerry Messenger crosses 85 million MAU, Hits Windows Phone in July

At BlackBerry’s earnings call earlier this week, CEO John Chen revealed some vital statistics relating to their popular messaging application. Called BlackBerry Messenger or BBM, the service has crossed 160 million registered users. Out of these 85 million are active monthly users. While this number might appear large at first glance, it is merely a … Continue reading “BlackBerry Messenger crosses 85 million MAU, Hits Windows Phone in July”

BlackBerry announces 2.6 million smartphones sold as part of Q1 2015 earnings report

Canadian smartphone manufacturer, BlackBerry, announced its financial results for Q1 2015 earlier today. The results while not entirely positive, prove to be marginally encouraging. BlackBerry has managed to stem its losses for the most part. Revenues were $966 million which is a 1% drop Quarter on Quarter. The revenue breakdown can be explained as 39% … Continue reading “BlackBerry announces 2.6 million smartphones sold as part of Q1 2015 earnings report”

Micromax Unite A092 with quad-core processor, Android 4.3 now available for Rs. 6499

Micromax Unite A092 that surfaced on the official website last week is now available from online retailer Flipkart. It has a 4-inch WVGA screen, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 (MSM8212) processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera.

LinkedIn India has 26 million users, 43% of traffic comes from mobile

With 26 million users, India has the second largest user base of LinkedIn behind the US. The largest professional social network said that India accounts for 8.6% of the global user base. In February, LinkedIn announced that it had 24 million users in India, which means the social network garnered about 2 million users in … Continue reading “LinkedIn India has 26 million users, 43% of traffic comes from mobile”

Adobe Lightroom mobile arrives for iPhone, Sketch, Line and Photoshop Mix apps released for iPad

Adobe released Lightroom mobile, a companion app to the Lightroom desktop software for iPad back in April, now the company has released the app for iPhone users. In addition it also released three new apps – Sketch, Line and Photoshop Mix for the iPad. The company also began shipping new creative hardware called Adobe Ink, … Continue reading “Adobe Lightroom mobile arrives for iPhone, Sketch, Line and Photoshop Mix apps released for iPad”