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Lycos started off as a search engine and over time has pivoted into multiple verticals like web hosting, mail and even entertainment content. With Lycos Life, the company is aiming to get a foothold into the fast growing wearables segment. On that note, with the launch of their Lycos Life initiative, the company has introduced the Lycos Band and Ring wearables in the Indian market. Continue reading “Lycos Life Ring and Band wearables now available in India”
The Microsoft Band, launched in October, is gradually becoming quite a comprehensive fitness tracking platform. The company’s first effort in the fitness wearable space, the Band stood out for the sheer number of sensors on offer. Redmond has stood behind their product and has regularly added compelling features to the Band making it a fairly compelling offering. Continue reading “Microsoft Band gets automated golf tracking through partnership with TaylorMade”
Microsoft India has partnered with iBall to launch iBall Splendo, a PC stick running full Windows, similar to the Intel Compute Stick. This tiny dongle will transform your TV or monitor with a HDMI port to a full-fledged PC.
Continue reading “iBall Splendo Intel-powered Windows PC stick launched for Rs. 8999”
BlackBerry teased a dual-curved slider smartphone with a large touch screen display running on BlackBerry OS 10 at the Mobile World Congress earlier this year. Now specifications and release date of the smartphone has surfaced online. According to the leak, the Slider is codenamed Venice. Continue reading “BlackBerry Venice with 5.4-inch Quad HD display, Snapdragon 808 rumored for November 2015”
Skype real time translator preview app can now speak in two more languages. The real time translation tool is getting support for French and German languages.
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Airtel has launched its 4G LTE trails in Delhi-NCR, as expected. The National Capital Region becomes are the first in the country to get integrated 4G services that uses both 2300MHz TDD-LTE (band 40) and 1800MHz FDD-LTE (band 3). This will deliver the fastest 4G experience and superior network coverage, says the company. For existing Airtel customers, the company is offering a complimentary upgrade to Airtel 4G at same price as 3G. Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G LTE trials in Delhi NCR”
Meizu m2, successor of the Meizu m1 that was introduced earlier this year, has been certified on TENAA (via) in China. The listing reveals that the smartphone will feature a 5-inch HD screen, will be powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735 64-bit processor, compared to the MT6732 SoC on the predecessor and run on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with FlyMe OS. Continue reading “Meizu m2 with 5-inch HD display, quad-core 64-bit SoC, 4G LTE gets certified in China”
Motorola started Android 5.1 (Lollipop) soak test for Moto X (2nd Gen) last month in Brazil. It started Android 5.1 soak tests in France and Germany for the Moto X (1st) gen last week. Now, Motorola’s Senior Director of Software Product Management, David Schuster has announced that the soak tests has been expanded to several countries. Continue reading “Motorola Moto X 1st and 2nd Gen Android 5.1 soak test expanded, wide roll out starts next week”
Samsung has launched Galaxy Tab A and Galaxy Tab E, two new tablets in India. The Galaxy Tab A has a 8-inch display with a resolution of 1024×768 pixels, is powered by 1.2GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). The Samsung Galaxy Tab E has a 9.6-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) display, is powered by 1.2GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab A and Galaxy Tab E launched in India for Rs. 20500 and Rs. 16900”
Nest Labs, a Google company has officially introduced Nest Cam, a security camera, after it was leaked last week. It can stream 1080p videos at 30 fps directly to a phone, tablet or a laptop. This is somewhat like a successor of the Dropcam that the company acquired last year. It has also upgraded Nest app to version 5.0 for iOS, Android and Web that now lets you control your Nest Thermostat, Nest Protect, Nest Cam and Dropcam from one place. Continue reading “Nest Cam smart security camera goes official”
Intel has acquired smart eyemaker Recon Instruments for an undisclosed sum. The Canadian company is known for making popular fitness-centric smart eyewear.
Micromax has launched Canvas Sliver 5, the company’s slimmest smartphone in the Canvas series. It has a 4.8-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by a 1.2 GHz Quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX219 sensor, Blue Glass Filter, LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Micromax says that it is the slimmest smartphone ever at 5.1mm thickness end-to-end without any bumps. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Sliver 5 with 4.8-inch HD AMOLED display, 5.1mm thickness, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 17999”
OnePlus One has received a new Cyanogen OS 12.0 incremental update to fix touchscreen sensitivity issues, as the company promised last month. The company already said that it has been working with Synaptics, developer of touch and biometrics hardware to fix the bug. The build YNG1TAS2I3 also fixes Bluetooth connectivity when connecting to in-car system and issues in sending MMS. Continue reading “OnePlus One gets a new Cyanogen OS 12 incremental update to fix touchscreen issues”
Twitter has announced the acquisition of a Whetlab, a startup focused on machine learning technology. Whetlab confirmed the acquisition on its website while Twitter announced it via an official tweet.
Continue reading “Twitter buys artificial intelligence company Whetlab”
Earlier this month, we had told you that the Motorola Moto 360’s Android Wear 5.1.1 update was being delayed due to performance issues. Now it seems that the update has been fixed as they’re now rolling out the update to the devices.
Continue reading “Motorola Moto 360 gets Android Wear 5.1.1 update”
