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HTC has announced that it will renew its lead sponsor partnership with NorthEast United FC for season-2 of ISL (Indian Soccer League) at an event in Taipei, Taiwan. It has also signed John Abraham as its brand evangelist for India. HTC became lead sponsor for North East United FC (NEUFC) for last season of Hero ISL back in October last year. Continue reading “HTC renews partnership NorthEast United FC, signs John Abraham as brand evangelist”
In a bid to build its own mapping technology, Uber is acquiring part of mapping assets from Microsoft’s Bing, as per a latest report from Tech Crunch. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Continue reading “Uber acquires mapping assets from Bing, hires 100 engineers in a new deal”
TP-LINK has launched TL-WR720N, the company’s latest 802.11n wireless router that provides up to 150Mbps wireless connection with other 802.11n wireless clients. It supports up to 4 SSIDs so that users can set up additional wireless networks with additional SSIDs and Passwords for guests or friends. This ensures users are safe and there are no performance conflicts with different networks, says the company. The latest version of TL-WR720N router has a external fixed antenna, while the older version of the router has a internal antenna. Continue reading “TP-LINK TL-WR720N 802.11n Wireless router launched for Rs. 735”
Last month, sources stated that the Motorola DROID Turbo which is on the Verizon network in USA will receive the update to Android Lollipop 5.1 sometime in June. Just as we reported, the soak test update is now rolling out and users can expect a final build sometime next week.
Xiaomi has reduced the price of Redmi Note 4G in India. It was launched in India back in December for Rs. 9,999 and went on sale at the end of December. Today the company has announced Rs. 2000 price cut for the smartphone, which is now available for Rs. 7,999. 16GB and 64GB variants of the Xiaomi Mi 4 received a second price cut recently and are available for Rs. Rs. 14,999 and Rs. 19,999, respectively. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G gets a price cut in India, now available for Rs. 7999”
Live images and video of upcoming Motorola Moto G (2015 / 3rd Gen) XT1540 codenamed Osprey surfaced last week along with rumored specifications. Now press images of the smartphone have surfaced online. Last week’s leak showed the smartphone in Black, the new renders of the smartphone shows it in White color. Continue reading “Motorola Moto G (2015) press images surface”
LG Chemical has come up with the world’s first hexagonal battery and are already shipping it to globally to different brands to help them in their smartwatch businesses.
Continue reading “LG Chemical develops world’s first hexagonal battery”
OnePlus has confirmed that the OnePlus 2 smartphone will have a fingerprint sensor. The company already revealed that the OnePlus 2 smartphone will be powered by improved Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2.1 SoC and will come with USB Type-C connector. This will be the most advanced fingerprint sensors out there and will unlock your device faster than Apple’s TouchID, said the company. Continue reading “OnePlus confirms fingerprint sensor for the OnePlus 2”
Up until now, for users in India, the only official portal from Xiaomi to buy products in India was through their Indian website. Now, users will be delighted to hear that Xiaomi have released a Global Beta version of their Mi Store app for Indian customers.
Continue reading “Xiaomi launches Global Beta version of its Mi Store App in India”
Motorola XT1585 for Verizon surfaced last month along with XT1578 and XT192A smartphones. This revealed a Quad HD display and Android 5.1.1. Later the reddit user revealed the codename of the smartphone as Kinzie and said that the smartphone will be powered by a Octa-Core Snapdragon 810 SoC. Now the smartphone has showed up in GFXBench (Via) listing that reveals its specifications. Continue reading “Motorola DROID Kinzie XT1585 with 5.5-inch Quad HD display, Snapdragon 810 shows up in benchmarks”
ASUS has launched two new X555 series of notebooks running Windows 8.1 in India. These are powered by Intel Core processors, have ASUS SonicMaster and AudioWizard technologies for an immersive and crystal audio experience. The Splendid technology has four optimized modes such as Normal mode for daily work, Theater mode for the ultimate movie experience, Vivid mode for photographs and Intense image viewing, and Manual mode for the ultimate user experience. The IceCool technology would prevent heat build-up and Smart Gesture technology offers quick navigation. Continue reading “Asus X555 notebooks launched in India starting at Rs. 28999”
Truecaller launched Truedialer app for Android last year. It got updated with a new design earlier this year, now the Truedialer 3.0 update for Android and Windows Phone brings another design change. The new update for Android and Windows Phone also brings a dedicated search box to find people quickly and is also faster. The Android version gets material design. Continue reading “Truedialer 3.0 for Android and Windows Phone brings new design and features”
Xolo announced its online-only sub-brand Black last month. It also said that the first smartphone smartphone under Black will launch in June. Now the company has released a teaser video of the smartphone and also says Experience the design that is stain free and smudge free. The teaser shows the smartphone’s glass back, dual rear cameras and a brushed metal frame.
Apple was quick to get onboard the music locker service game when it launched iTunes Match back in 2011. As the name suggests, a music locker service lets you match or upload your own music to the company’s cloud storage and you can then stream the music from any supported device. To curb unintended use, there have always been limits to the amount of music you can upload to Apple’s service. Looks like that is about to get a major upgrade. Continue reading “iTunes Match song limit to be bumped up to 100,000 tracks”
iBall has launched Avonte 5, the company’s first smartphone with a 180-degree rotatable 8-megapixel camera with dual-LED flash for capturing better selfies. It has a 5-inch (480 x 854 pixels) FWVGA PS display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat). It has chambered stereo speakers. Continue reading “iBall Andi Avonte 5 Android smartphone with 8MP rotating camera launched for Rs. 5999”
