Worldwide wearable shipments to reach 76.1 million units in 2015: Report

Global wearable device shipments will reach 76.1 million units in 2015, up 163.6% from the 28.9 million units shipped in 2014, as per the latest report from International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker

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Apple grabs No. 2 spot in global wearables market, Fitbit maintains lead: Report

Apple has become the second largest wearable maker in the world, according to a latest report from IDC. The company sold 3.6 million Apple Watches in the second quarter of 2015 just 0.8 million units behind Fitbit which maintained the top spot with 4.4 million units.

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Global smartphone growth expected to slow, shipments hit 10.4% in 2015 : Report

The research firm IDC has updated its forecast about worldwide smartphone growth as it is now expected to grow just 10.4% in 2015 as compared to the original forecast of YoY growth of 11.3%.

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Global smartphone sales report a slow growth, sales in China take a nose dive: Gartner

Smartphone sales recorded the slowest growth rate since 2013 in the second quarter of 2015 globally, as per a latest report from Gartner. Worldwide sales of smartphones to end users totaled 330 million units, an increase of 13.5% over the same period in 2014.

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Worldwide dual SIM smartphone sales to reach 514 million units in 2016: Report

Worldwide dual-SIM smartphone sales will grow 19 percent to 514 million units in 2016, as per a latest report from Strategy Analytics. The report states that China and India are the largest country markets for dual-SIM smartphones.

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Indian mobile internet users to hit 236 million by 2016: Report

India will have 236 million mobile internet users by 2016 and this base will hit 314 million by 2017, according to a latest report from  IAMAI & KPMG. The latest report titled “India On The Go – Mobile Internet Vision Report 2017” states that India will have over 500 million internet users by 2017.

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Android Wear major update next month tipped to bring watch-to-watch sharing and more

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Google’s Android Wear will reportedly get a new watch-to-watch sharing feature and interactive watch faces in a major update next month. Continue reading “Android Wear major update next month tipped to bring watch-to-watch sharing and more”

Is Google Play Music bug silently wiping your downloaded music too?

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Google’s Play Music app reportedly has a bug that apparently deletes your downloaded and cached music stored on the microSD card whenever your device gets reboot. Continue reading “Is Google Play Music bug silently wiping your downloaded music too?”

India to surpass U.S to become second largest smarthphone market by 2017: Report

India is expected to become the second largest smartphone market in the world by 2017, as per a latest report from Strategy Analytics. The country is behind China and but has surpassed U.S which is the third largest smartphone market.

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