Tier 2 and 3 cities push smartphone sales during festive season sale in India : IDC

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The leading 30 cities of India registered growth of 20.4 percent quarter on quarter in Q3 2016 over Q2 2016, according to the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) monthly city level smartphone tracker.

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Xiaomi introduces new Mi Piston in-ear headphones and over-ear Mi Headphones

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Xiaomi has introduced two new Mi Headphones in China. The latest Mi Piston headphones has a aluminium body, comes in several color versions and third-generation noise cancellation. The new Mi Headphones has a simple design that is comfortable to wear, enclosed sound chamber and comes in several colors. Continue reading “Xiaomi introduces new Mi Piston in-ear headphones and over-ear Mi Headphones”

LYF F1S with 5.2-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 652, 16MP camera, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 10099

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Reliance Retail has launched LYF F1S, the company’s latest smartphone in the LYF F1 series. It packs a 5.2-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 652 processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera that also comes with LED flash.
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LG floating Bluetooth speaker with 360-degree sound announced ahead of CES 2017

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LG has announced that it will introduced new Bluetooth speaker (PJ9) at the CES 2017 next month. This will offer 360-degree sound and uses electromagnet creating a magnetic field for the floating technology. It has a simple Egg-shaped design and has cylindrical woofer station. The speaker grille on the outside is shaped like a turbine engine of an aircraft.  Continue reading “LG floating Bluetooth speaker with 360-degree sound announced ahead of CES 2017”

Xiaomi is looking for Mi Explorers before the launch of Redmi Note 4 in India

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Xiaomi launched its Mi explorer program back in back in January this year before the launch of Redmi Note 3 smartphone in March. Today the company will start taking applications for a new Mi explorer program ahead of the launch of the next Redmi smartphone, which will likely be the Redmi Note 4. Continue reading “Xiaomi is looking for Mi Explorers before the launch of Redmi Note 4 in India”

CyanogenMod is also dead, fork of CM source code will live on as LineageOS

After Cyanogen Inc. announced that it will be shutting down all its services, including Cyanogen-supported nightly builds by the end of the month, CyanogenMod that relied on Cyanogen for monetary support and the shared source base, announced that CyanogenMod will also shutdown, but there is a fork in the road. “Community of developers, designers, device maintainers and translators have taken the steps necessary to produce a fork of the CM source code and pending patches,” said the company. Continue reading “CyanogenMod is also dead, fork of CM source code will live on as LineageOS”

Cyanogen Inc. shutting down all Cyanogen services

After reports that Cyanogen Inc. will be shutting down its headquarters in Seattle and layoff more employees, today the company has announced that it will be shutting down all its services. It also said that Cyanogen-supported nightly builds will be discontinued by the end of the month.

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Karbonn Smart 4G, Viraat 4G, Titanium Vista 4G and Aura Note 4G launched starting at Rs. 5090

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Karbonn Mobiles has launched K9 Smart 4G, K9 Viraat 4G, Titanium Vista 4G and Aura Note 4G, its latest budget 4G smartphones just in time for the festive season. “These are targeted at entry level users and has been especially developed to suit the varied digital and language proficiency of the country’s diverse consumer spectrum,” said Karbonn. Continue reading “Karbonn Smart 4G, Viraat 4G, Titanium Vista 4G and Aura Note 4G launched starting at Rs. 5090”

Strontium Nitro iDrive Card Reader Review

strontium-nitro-idrive-card-reader-5The woes of being limited by the fixed internal storage is something most iPhone users have experienced. Other than resorting to cloud storage, the options however have been fairly limited. While we’ve seen lightning based flash drives for iOS devices, there’s a point to be made for using the ubiquitous microSD cards on your iPhone. The Strontium iDrive Card Reader delivers just that.   Continue reading “Strontium Nitro iDrive Card Reader Review”

LYF Wind 7S with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 5699

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Reliance Retail has launched Wind 7S, a variant of the Wind 7 that was launched back in August. It has 4G VoLTE (Voice over LTE), dual-SIM support, 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 210 SoC, 8-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the Wind 7, but this runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), compared to Android 5.1 (Lollipop).
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Ministry of External Affairs launches Twitter Seva live customer service for your queries

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The Ministry of External Affairs has launched a new platform for customer service solution to provide real-time service delivery and user interaction globally. Dubbed as Twitter Seva, the service will enable Indians here and abroad, tourists and business travellers to tweet for speedy resolution to their visa and passport queries.
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New BlackBerry smartphones made by TCL will be introduced at the CES 2017

BlackBerry already announced that it will end all internal hardware development and will outsource it to partners to focus on software development, including security and applications. Earlier this month it announced that it has signed a deal with China’s TCL Communication to give it exclusive rights to sell BlackBerry-branded phones in most countries. Continue reading “New BlackBerry smartphones made by TCL will be introduced at the CES 2017”

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Pink Gold variant now available in India for Rs. 50900

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Samsung had introduced Pink Gold color variant of Galaxy S7, S7 edge in April this year. Now, the company has finally launched this variant in India. Earlier this month Samsung launched Blue Coral version of the Galaxy S7 edge smartphone in the country. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Pink Gold variant now available in India for Rs. 50900”

Airtel V-Fiber launched in Ahmedabad, offers speeds up to 100Mbps

Airtel launched ‘V-Fiber’ broadband in Chennai back in October, earlier this week it was launched in Mumbai, today it has launched V-Fiber in Ahmedabad. It offers speeds of up to 100 Mbps and is based on Vectorization, which is Europe’s No.1 fixed broadband technology. As Airtel said already, there is no need for wiring or drilling in customer’s premises, just a new modem upgrade is required to experience ‘V-Fiber’. Continue reading “Airtel V-Fiber launched in Ahmedabad, offers speeds up to 100Mbps”

Asus ZenWatch 3 Android Wear Smartwatch launched in India starting at Rs. 17599

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Asus has launched ZenWatch 3, it’s third generation Android Wear smartwatch with a round dial in India. It was introduced at the IFA earlier this year and is crafted from jewelry-grade 316L stainless steel and is just 9.95mm thick.  Continue reading “Asus ZenWatch 3 Android Wear Smartwatch launched in India starting at Rs. 17599”