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Twitter seems to be quite a popular medium for service providers such as banks and now fast food companies to introduce methods to make transactions easier and faster for customers. Domino’s pizza is now allowing users to place their pizza orders simply by tweeting a pizza emoji to @Domino’s.
Continue reading “Domino’s Pizza to introduce tweet-to-buy on May 20th in USA”
Xiaomi launched their Mi Band in India only last month at a price of Rs 999. Now Micromax’s YU has announced their own fitness band called the YuFit which is also priced at Rs 999. Let us take a look at both of them and see which one offers a better deal.
Continue reading “YU YuFit vs Xiaomi Mi Band – What’s Different?”
Spice Fire One Mi-FX2, the second Firefox OS smartphone from Spice is now available from Saholic. It has the same 3.5-inch HVGA screen and is powered by a 1GHz processor, similar to the Mi-FX1 that was launched last year, but this adds 3G support and features a 2-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Spice Fire One Mi-FX2 Firefox OS smartphone now available for Rs. 2799”
Sony has announced Xperia A4 (SO-04G) for NTT Docomo in their 2015 Summer lineup. The Sony Xperia Z1f (SO-02F) was released as Z1 Compact and the Xperia A2 (SO-04F) was released as the Xperia Z3 Compact last year, so the Xperia A4 might launch as Xperia Z4 Compact soon. The Xperia A4 has a 4.6-inch (1280 x 720pixels) Triluminos Display, is powered by 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Back has matte finish, similar to the Xperia A2. Continue reading “Sony Xperia A4 with 4.6-inch HD display, 20.7MP Camera, Android 5.0 announced”
Foxconn has made a strategic investment in Cyanogen, company that makes an alternative version of Google’s Android mobile operating system. The Chinese company is one of the many lead investors in this latest $80 million Series C round of funding in Cynogen.
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Google has expanded its Android One program to Turkey, which becomes the seventh country to get Android One smartphones officially after India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and the Philippines. It has partnered with General Mobile for its latest Android One smartphone that has better specifications compared to its earlier Android One phones. It also has leather-like back cover. Continue reading “Google Android One expands to Turkey, General Mobile 4G with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410, 2GB RAM launched”
There are quite a lot of rumors going around about Samsung’s round smartwatch called the Orbis. The last rumor was that the smartwatch has been delayed and will make an appearance later in the year alongside the Galaxy Note 5 at IFA, Berlin in September. Up until now, we didn’t really have more than a few sketches about the device, but now Samsung’s Gear SDK has revealed the design of Orbis.
Continue reading “Samsung Orbis design and specs leaked through Gear SDK”
Sony has just announced probably a world’s first in Japan; the LED light bulb speaker. Yes you read that right. It is indeed an LED light bulb that has a speaker built right into it along with Bluetooth functionality.
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Microsoft has sent out invites for the launch of Lumia 540 Dual SIM in India that was announced last month. The invite says Come. Meet us to welcome the newest member of the Microsoft Lumia family. It also has an image of the Lumia 540 Dual SIM in Cyan color. Microsoft already said that the smartphone will roll out first in India and other countries in Asia Pacific from early May 2015.
Continue reading “Microsoft Lumia 540 Dual SIM launching in India on May 14”
Verizon has agreed to acquire AOL for $4.4 billion in a bid to tap the growing mobile video and advertising market. The agreement will also support and connect to Verizon’s IoT (Internet of Things) platforms, creating a growth platform from wireless to IoT for consumers and businesses.
Intex has launched Cloud N, the company’s latest smartphone in the Cloud series, exclusively on eBay. It has a 4-inch WVGA screen, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Spreadtrum processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 2-megapixel front-facing camera, dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Intex Cloud N with quad-core processor, 1GB RAM launched for Rs. 4199”
LG has unveiled the QuadBeat 3 (HSS-F630) premium earphones, successor of the LG QuadBeat 2 that was first introduced with the LG G2 back in 2013. The new headset has four layers (Quad Layer) of diaphragm offering rich bass and clear treble. This is better than the first two QuadBeat headsets in terms of sound and design, says LG. Continue reading “LG introduces QuadBeat 3 earphones for the G4”
Google has updated public transport information in Google Maps that now offers Indian Railways schedules for 12,000 trains on Google Transit in eight Indian cities. This helps you plan your public transport trips quickly and easily, says the company. Google Transit has also been updated for bus and metro routes from Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi and Pune. Continue reading “Google Transit in Maps for Android, iOS and web gets Indian Railways schedules”
Yu has launched YuFit, the company’s first fitness band. Yu’s CEO and Founder Rahul Sharma says that it’s not just a health or fitness band, but it’s a lifestyle companion. There is a small OLED display on the band that shows the time, the number of steps and more details. It is powered by healthifyme, Bangalore-based company that it invested in recently. Continue reading “Yu launches YuFit fitness band for Rs. 999”
Micromax’s YU just launched YUPHORIA, the company’s second YU branded smartphone as expected. It has a 5.0-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display with a screen-to-body ratio of 67.1%, is powered by a Quad-Core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor and runs on Cyanogen OS 12 based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It features a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has a metal frame that will give the smartphone a premium feel, says the company. The company has filed 4 patents for the smartphone and the smartphone is assembled in India. Continue reading “YU YUPHORIA with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 6999”
