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Samsung partners with Swarovski for a limited edition Galaxy Note 3 Crystal cover

Samsung has partnered with Swarovski, popular for its crystal and fashion jewelry to launch a limited-edition cover encrusted with Swarovski crystals for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Samsung introduced the Galaxy S4 Crystal edition few months back, but they have planned to sell a crystal cover for the Note 3 separately. Recently Samsung announced the … Continue reading “Samsung partners with Swarovski for a limited edition Galaxy Note 3 Crystal cover”

Paytm launches shopping app for iOS, coming to Android next week

Paytm, one of India’s popular online recharge platforms has launched their own mobile-only shopping app for smartphones. This lets users purchase more than 100,000 items from 250 merchants in a range of categories such as Men, Women, Kids fashion and Home Furnishing. This also has Paytm’s own Mobile and DTH recharge options built-in.

ARM reports earnings of $130.4 million in Q4 2013, falls below analyst expectations

ARM Holdings, the British semiconductor company whose processor chip designs power most smartphones reported its earnings for Q4 2013. While the earnings were up 7% year on year, it fellow below analyst estimates owing to slowdown in smartphone sales. The company was estimated to rake in  $138 million but reported processor royalties of $130.4m in … Continue reading “ARM reports earnings of $130.4 million in Q4 2013, falls below analyst expectations”

Microsoft invests $15mn in Foursquare, enters deal for licensing data

Foursquare, the popular location-based social network, has just received a 15 million dollar investment from Microsoft. This equity investment from the Redmond company comes after a successful $35mn round of VC funding for the New York based Startup in December last year, reports the Wall Street Journal. Along with this fresh investment, Microsoft has also … Continue reading “Microsoft invests $15mn in Foursquare, enters deal for licensing data”

It’s official, Satya Nadella is the new Microsoft CEO

Just as several reports had predicted, Satya Nadella is officially the new Microsoft CEO, succeeding Steve Ballmer as the tech giant’s third Chief Executive Officer. Having led several Microsoft divisions including the wealthy Enterprise and Cloud business, Satya Nadella becomes the insider CEO, after several reports of an outsider being considered as the next CEO. … Continue reading “It’s official, Satya Nadella is the new Microsoft CEO”

Google opens up Chromecast for developers, makes streaming main stream

Google announced their 35$ dongle – Chromecast at the Google I/O 2013 event last year. At launch, Chromecast was restricted to US and eventually started rolling out to other countries. It is officially available in India and is priced around Rs. 3,300 from Amazon. What this Chromecast does is that it lets you stream content … Continue reading “Google opens up Chromecast for developers, makes streaming main stream”

Nokia Lumia 1320 Camera Samples

Nokia Lumia 1320 was announced as one of the two phablets that Nokia unveiled at their Abu Dhabi event in 2013. Nokia Lumia 1320 comes with mid-range specifications and has a 6inch display sporting a HD resolution of 1280×720 pixels. Apart from the mid-range specifications, it comes with a 5MP camera and LED flash. There … Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 1320 Camera Samples”

Nokia Lumia 1320 Photo Gallery

At the Abu Dhabi event in 2013, Nokia announced two phablets – Nokia Lumia 1520 and Nokia Lumia 1320. Among the two phablets, Nokia Lumia 1520 was the high end phablet with top of the shelf specifications and features. Nokia Lumia 1320, on the other hand, was supposed to be the mid-range phablet. Nokia launched … Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 1320 Photo Gallery”

Micromax Bolt A24, A37B, A46 now available, Bolt A37 coming soon

Micromax Canvas Turbo Mini A200, a mid-range smartphone went on sale recently. Now three new Micromax smartphones in the Bolt series, the Micromax Bolt A24, Bolt A37B and Bolt A46 are available online. The Bolt A24 has a 2.8-inch QVGAscreen, powered by a 1 GHz Spreadrtum SC6820 processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It … Continue reading “Micromax Bolt A24, A37B, A46 now available, Bolt A37 coming soon”

BSNL launches free incoming national roaming packs starting from Rajasthan

After MTNL, the State Owned Telecom Operator, BSNL has started rolling out free roaming plans starting from Rajasthan. Unlike MTNL, this service is not free on BSNL. Prepaid customers have to purchase special tariff vouchers (STVs) to avail free incoming calls while roaming across the country. These packs come under One Nation:One number:One rupee and … Continue reading “BSNL launches free incoming national roaming packs starting from Rajasthan”

Satya Nadella all set to be the new Microsoft CEO according to reports

The end to a long CEO search is getting near, as reports are piling up from the other side of the planet that Satya Nadella, a senior VP who heads the enterprise and cloud business at Microsoft, is all set to become the new third CEO, after his predecessors Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. It’s … Continue reading “Satya Nadella all set to be the new Microsoft CEO according to reports”

AOSP commit suggests Android to replace Dalvik with ART in upcoming release

When Android KitKat rolled out we got our first glimpse of what could be the new runtime heading to Android. Dubbed ART, it was introduced as a preview for enthusiast users and came with a fare share of warnings. Code changes spotted in a recent commit to the AOSP ie Android Open Source Project suggest … Continue reading “AOSP commit suggests Android to replace Dalvik with ART in upcoming release”

Samsung Galaxy S4 and S4 Mini go Black with faux leather back

Samsung Galaxy S4 was announced last year and it is all set to be replaced by the Samsung Galaxy S5 which is rumored to arrive on February 23rd. Samsung unveiled various editions of the Samsung Galaxy S4 – Gold Edition, Crystal Edition and now, we have the black edition. What the black edition does is … Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S4 and S4 Mini go Black with faux leather back”

Motorola Moto G coming soon to Flipkart

Motorola may have been sold to a Chinese manufacturer – Lenovo, but Moto G is on its way to India. A few days back, Motorola teased about release details of Moto G on their Facebook page and now we have more. But this time it comes from India’s leading eCommerce portal – Flipkart. Motorola Moto … Continue reading “Motorola Moto G coming soon to Flipkart”

Uber launching in Chennai soon, limited cars are available for trips already!

Uber which is one of my favorite services in USA for commuting is launching in the South Indian city of Chennai soon. The service is already available in Delhi  & Bangalore and the company has announced that it is rolling out the service in Chennai with a limited number of cars. I just opened the app … Continue reading “Uber launching in Chennai soon, limited cars are available for trips already!”