Microsoft’s digital voice assistant Cortana will be deeply integrated into Cyanogen OS, according to Cyanogen CEO Kirt McMaster. He revealed the same in an interview with the International Business Time.
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OnePlus has just announced the successor to their popular OnePlus One smartphone. We take a closer look at their specifications and put the two smartphones head to head with one another to see what has changed and what remains the same.
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Lenovo introduced the A7000 as the successor to the A6000 at MWC 2015 shortly after the latter’s introduction in January this year. They then introduced the A6000 Plus as an upgraded version to the A6000 and most recently they introduced the K3 Note which is an upgraded version of the A7000. The A6000, A6000 Plus, A7000 and K3 Note are all selling harmoniously at prices of Rs 6499, 7499, 8999 and 9999 respectively. That is quite a lot of choice for consumers and it caters to the needs of a wide variety of customers even though all are quite similarly priced and specc’d. As a result, Lenovo has been doing quite well recently. Micromax’s YU range of devices included the YU YUPHORIA and YUREKA priced at Rs 6999 and 8999 respectively. To up the ante, YU has launched the YUREKA PLUS which is to the YUREKA what the K3 Note is to the A7000. Like the K3 Note, the YUREKA PLUS is also priced at Rs 9999. So let’s see what is different between these two handsets that are going head to head in the market.
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OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has announced that that the much-awaited OnePlus 2 will be priced under $450. The device is scheduled to launch at a virtual reality event on July 27. Continue reading “OnePlus 2 will be priced under $450, promises CEO Pete Lau”
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.
Cyanogen has partnered with Playphone to help bring social gaming to emerging markets. Under the partnership, Cyanogen will pre-install Playphone software on future Cyanogen OS products.
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Cyanogen Inc, which is known to be working on a Platform SDK, has now briefed some of the feature of its upcoming addition to the open source project CyanogenMod. The SDK is currently in alpha stage, and company expects a lot to change in the future. Continue reading “Cyanogen officially introduces upcoming Platform SDK”
With an aim to tap the growing smartphone market in India, Cyanogen is looking forward to open an office in the country. The company which is a developer of an open-source mobile operating system will set up an office in either Bangalore or Delhi in next three months.
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The YU YUPHORIA was launched on 12th of May at an event in Delhi. We brought to you the hands on with the device as well as a spec comparison with its closest rival – the Xiaomi Redmi 2. Now it is time to see how the device stacks up against its older brother, the YUREKA.
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Foxconn has made a strategic investment in Cyanogen, company that makes an alternative version of Google’s Android mobile operating system. The Chinese company is one of the many lead investors in this latest $80 million Series C round of funding in Cynogen.
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Truecaller has partnered with Cyanogen to bring its smart caller ID functionality to Cyanogen powered smartphones. The duo will build a new dialer up under this partnership.
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YU Yureka will be up for grabs without any registration in a two-day open sale on May 6 and May 7. YU on Twitter and Facebook noted that the 48-hours sale on Amazon.in will have ‘no time limits’ to purchase the Yu Yureka smartphone or any pre-registrations for participation. Continue reading “YU Yureka to be available without registrations on May 6 and May 7”
After going through quite a shaky relationship together, Cyanogen and OnePlus are now officially parting ways. Steve Kondik and Kirt McMaster mentioned this while talking about the future of the company in Beijing during the Global Mobile Internet Conference.
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Cyanogen has received $80 million in latest round of funding from Premji Invest. This funding comes just a week after it was reported that the company raised $110 million.
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Cyanogen Inc. is close to raise $110 million in new round of funding, according to a report from Bloomberg. Earlier this year WSJ said that Microsoft is looking invest $70 million in Cyanogen Inc. Microsoft Corp. decided not to invest after negotiations, says the new report. Continue reading “Cyanogen to reportedly raise $110 million funding”
