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Apple is working on a P2P money transfer service similar to Venmo, according to a report from Recode. Venmo is PayPal’s digital wallet that allows users to transfer funds out of their Venmo account, bank account or debit card. Continue reading “Apple is reportedly working on a P2P money transfer service”
Zen Mobile has launched Admire Metal, the company’s latest smartphone with 4G VoLTE support. It packs a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core processor, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) and has 5-megapixel front and rear cameras with LED flash. Continue reading “Zen Admire Metal with 5-inch HD display, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 5749”
Acer has announced Swift 1 and Swift 3 Ultraslim Notebooks and Switch 3 and Switch 5 2-in-1 Notebooks at its next@acer press event in New York. These run Windows 10. The Swift 3 is a sleek, portable device with lightweight design weighing just 1.8 kg).It features a sturdy brushed-aluminium body. There is also a special edition Swift 3 with Corning Gorilla Glass cover customize it with photorealistic images that are highly durable and damage-resistant.
Continue reading “Acer Swift 1 and Swift 3 Ultraslim Notebooks with fingerprint reader, Switch 3 and Switch 5 2-in-1s announced”
Acer has announced Predator Triton 700 and Predator Helios gaming notebooks at it’s next@acer global press conference. The Predator Triton 700 notebook sports a 15.6-inch FHD IPS display and has a thin design with 18.9 mm (.74 inch), 2.6kg (5.7 pound) aluminum chassis . Continue reading “Acer Predator Triton 700 and Predator Helios 300 gaming notebooks announced”
Xiaomi has officially forayed into Russian market this week with the launch of three new smartphones – Mi MIX, Mi Note 2 and Redmi 4X, six months after it started selling products in the country through a partnership with distributor RDC. Xiaomi’s Senior VP Wang Xiang attended the Mi launch event in Moscow. Continue reading “Xiaomi officially expands to Russia, launches Mi MIX, Mi Note 2 and Redmi 4X”
Acer has announced a new fitness themed smartwatch dubbed as Leap Ware that can monitor your heart rate, stamina, stress / fatigue levels and exposure to UV rays. Continue reading “Acer Leap Ware fitness smartwatch with heart rate sensor announced for $139”
Smartphone vendors shipped a total of 347.4 million smartphones worldwide in the first quarter of 2017 (1Q17), as per the latest International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. In light of what might seem like a slowing market, consumers continue to show demand for smartphones and OEM flagship hype seems strong as ever.
Continue reading “Worldwide smartphone shipments up 4.3% in Q1 2017: IDC”
Renders of Moto E4 and Moto E4 Plus first surfaced earlier this month. More images of the phones surfaced last week. Earlier leaks revealed Moto E4 will pack 2800mAh battery, 16GB of internal storage and Android 7.0 (Nougat), and Moto E4 Plus could pack 5000mAh battery with MediaTek SoC and Android 7.0 (Nougat). Earlier images showed front flash, fingerprint sensor and dual tone LED flash for the rear camera. Now detailed specifications of the phones have surfaced. Continue reading “Moto E4 and Moto E4 Plus detailed specs surface, could come with metal back, run Android 7.1 Nougat”
Samsung is all set to launch Samsung Z4, the company’s new Tizen OS smartphone and the successor of Samsung Z3 that was introduced back in October 2015. User manual of the phone with model number SM-Z400F/DS has surfaced revealing separate dual LED flash present on the back on either side of the cameras as well as flash on the front. Continue reading “Samsung Z4 user manual reveals dual LED rear flash, selfie flash, India launch expected soon”
Nintendo’s classic game Super Mario Run is available on Android and iOS and since some time it has already seen huge number of downloads. Now, Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima has revealed during a financial earnings call that Super Mario downloads is nearing 150 million download mark across Android and iOS. Continue reading “Super Mario Run inches closer to 150 million downloads”
Uber has shared invite for an event on May 2nd where it is set to launch UberEats food delivery service. The company had announced at the beginning of this year that it will soon launch UberEats in India.
Continue reading “UberEats food delivery service set to launch in India on May 2”
Vivo just launched V5s, the company’s latest selfie-focused smartphone in the ‘V series’ in India, few months after launching the V5 smartphone in the country. It has a 20-megapixel front-facing camera with Sony IMX376 1/2.78″ sensor, f/2.0 aperture and 5p lens. It also has ‘Moonlight Glow’ that induces a natural glow on the face that lights up the picture irrespective of the lighting conditions. Continue reading “Vivo V5s with 20MP front camera, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage launched in India for Rs. 18990”
LG Electronics has reported revenues of 14.66 trillion won (US$ 12.70 billion) in the first quarter that ended March 31, 2017, which is up 9.7% compared to the same quarter last year. It has reported operating income of 921.5 billion won (US$ 798.3 million), up 82.4% for the same quarter in 2016, after a operating loss of 35.2 billion won in the last quarter. This is LG’s highest quarterly operating income in eight years, driven by increase in sales in Home Appliance & Air Solutions Company. Continue reading “LG posts highest quarterly operating profit in 8 years in Q1 2017”
Twitter has announced financial earnings for Q1 2017. The micro blogging platform reported $548 million in revenues, a drop of 8 percent from the same period a year ago. Twitter added 9 million monthly active users over the quarter which is 7 million more than expected.
Continue reading “Twitter reports $548 million in revenues, 328 million MAUs in Q1 2017”
Amazon has introduced a new device dubbed as Echo Look that comes with a voice controlled camera. Powered by Alexa, Echo Look will use the camera that helps catalog your outfits and rates your look based on “machine learning algorithms with advice from fashion specialists.” Continue reading “Amazon Echo Look is a voice-controlled camera that will advise you on your outfits”
