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Twitter announced its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2015. The micro blogging site reported that the revenue was $436 million in Q1, an increase of 74 percent on a year-over-year basis however, well below estimates of $456 million.
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Dropbox is going social. The file sharing service has introduced Dropbox Comments feature that allows users to add comments to Dropbox files.
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After teasing its flagship device for quite a while, LG has officially introduced the fourth iteration of its G smartphone.
As one can expect, LG G4 continues the trend set by the second generation G smartphone with rear-mounted volume rockers and power button. However, the overall design has been refined a bit. Continue reading “LG G4 with 5.5-inch QHD display, Snapdragon 808 processor goes official”
Google on Monday announced an experimental marketplace, called the Patent Purchase Promotion, for those who want to sell-off their patents directly to Google. Company believes that this will help “remove friction from the patent market” and complications of working with “patent trolls”. Continue reading “Google wants to buy your patents with new Patent Purchase Promotion program”
Huawei has introduced the Honor 4C, the company’s latest Honor series smartphone in China. It is the successor of last year’s Honor 3C and the design looks similar to the Honor 4X. It has a 5-inch HD display and is powered by Huawei’s own Kirin 620 chipset 64-bit A53 Octa-core processor instead of a Quad-Core Snapdragon 410 chip, other features are similar to the Honor 4X, including Android 4.4 (Kitkat) with Emotion UI 3.0, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, 2GB RAM and 8GB internal memory with expansion slot. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 4C with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core SoC, 4G LTE announced”
China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd has launched an operating system for internet connected devices, smartphones and TV. The move comes from the company as it wants to take on rivals like Alibaba and Xiaomi.
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Microsoft has begun the transition of Nokia branded stores to Microsoft ones. The world’s first Microsoft Priority Reseller Store was opened today at Ambience Mall in Gurgaon, India by Mr Chris Weber (Corporate VP, Mobile Device Sales at Microsoft).
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While Samsung, Qualcomm, Nvidia and MediaTek use ARM reference designs to make their chipsets, Apple is known for using custom cores for its chipsets. It has been rumoured for a while that Samsung are also working on their own next generation chipset with custom cores. Now it’s naming has been leaked in a document and apparently it will be called the Exynos M1.
Microsoft has lost the latest round in a patent-infringement case against U.S. International Trade Commission. According to the judge, Theodore Essex, Microsoft has infringed two wireless cellular patents owned by InterDigital, which is a company that designs technologies and licenses them to third parties.
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Previously we reported that Oppo’s upcoming R7 smartphone could feature a bezel-less/ edge-to-edge display. The speculation has now been confirmed by Oppo itself. Continue reading “Oppo R7 with bezel-less display teased officially, Launching next month”
Facebook has introduced free video calling to its standalone Messenger app. Users can now make video calls using data or WiFi on Android and iOS app.
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Apple has reported revenue of $58 billion with a net profit of $13.6 billion in their earnings for the financial year Q2 2015 that ended March 28, 2015. Revenues were up 27% and earnings per share up 40% year-over-year. Apple sold 61.2 million iPhones, compared to 43.7 million over last year, representing 40% year-over-year growth, 12.6 million iPads, compared to 16.3 million year-over-year and 4.6 million Macs during the quarter. Continue reading “Apple reports $58 billion revenue in FY Q2 2015, 61.2M iPhones and 12.6M iPads sold”
Sony is looking to revive its old ‘P’ series again with the new Xperia P2, suggests latest leak out from China. Continue reading “Sony Xperia P2 leaked with flagship Xperia Z4 like specifications”
Cleartrip has given its mobile website a major makeover. The company has taken cue from its desktop client and added the Tuxedo project redesign to its mobile website.
Swipe has launched Konnect ME, the company’s latest budget phone in the Konnect series. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity, similar to most other Swipe smartphones. Continue reading “Swipe Konnect ME with 4.5-inch display, 1GB RAM launched for Rs. 3999”
