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Customers will not be able to shop from Myntra’s website as the fashion portal is shutting down its website on May 1st, as per a report from The Economic Times. Myntra will now be a mobile app retailer and allow purchase only from its dedicated mobile app.
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Sharp is planning to spin off its smartphone LCD panel unit owing to financial downslide. The Tokyo based company is seeking help from government-supported Innovation Network Corp. of Japan to invest in its small and medium LCD unit, sources told The Wall Street Journal and Reuters.
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Facebook announced the WhatsApp acquisition in February last year that finally completed in October for $22 billion. Now the social network its testing WhatsApp integration for its Android app, as per a latest report from Geektime.
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LG has introduced its LG UX 4.0 for its upcoming flagship smartphone, the LG G4 that will be unveiled on April 28th. The LG UX 4.0 will have easy-to-use interface and offer high level of functionality through user settings, says the company. As you can see from the image, this is based on Android Lollipop. The UX 1.0 brought Q memo and Q Slide, UX 2.0 introduce Knock On, Knock Code and Quick Cover support and last year’s UX 3.0 on the LG G3 introduced Gesture Shot and Touch and Shoot, the new UX 4.0 brings Quick Shot, New camera modes, new gallery, Smart Notice and more. Continue reading “LG UX 4.0 for LG G4 with Quick Shot, Expert camera mode and more introduced”
Infocus entered into the Indian smartphone market with the launch of Infocus M2 smartphone that has 8-megapixel front and rear cameras with LED flash at an affordable price tag of Rs. 4,999. Now its official partner Snapdeal has listed the Infocus M330, a mid-range smartphone with a 5.5-inch HD display and an Octa-Core MediaTek processor. It runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, Sony Exmor R sensor and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Infocus M330 with 5.5-inch HD display, 13MP camera launching in India soon for Rs. 9999”
OnePlus has finally released their own OxygenOS ROM based on Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop), after a few days of delay. The OxygenOS is almost stock offering beautiful, clean, and simple interface without any bloatware. Continue reading “OnePlus One OxygenOS ROM based on Android 5.0 Lollipop released”
Gionee has launched the Elife S7, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the S series. It was announced at the MWC last month and packs a 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-core MediaTek MT6752 64-bit processor and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop with Amigo 3.0 UI on top. Even the back is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. It is 5.5mm thick and has aircraft grade Al-Mg alloy frame.
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Vine for Windows Phone has been updated to version 2.5 that brings several new features, including option to import videos from the camera roll. It also brings option to send and receive direct messages that is already available for Vine on iOS and Android. The update adds several other features, check out the complete changelog below. Continue reading “Vine for Windows Phone gets messages, import from camera roll and more”
HTC has officially launched the Desire 826 smartphone in India, as expected. It was announced at the CES earlier this year and packs a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display, is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor ( four Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.7 GHz per core and four clocked at 1.0 GHz) with Adreno 405 GPU and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop with HTC Sense UI on top. It adopts the Desire 820’s design and even has dual front-facing stereo HTC BoomSound speakers with Dolby Audio. It comes with dual SIM support and has 4G connectivity. Continue reading “HTC Desire 826 launched in India for Rs. 25990”
LinkedIn has acquired Refresh, a startup that provides predictive insights before professional meetings with its iOS app. The financial terms of the deal has not been disclosed.
LG Display has introduced a 5.5-inch QHD (Quad High Definition) IPS display panel for mobile devices. LG display has confirmed that the new Quad HD LCD panel will be unveiled with the forthcoming LG’s flagship smartphone to be launched at the end of the month. It is clear that the LG G4 scheduled to be unveiled on April 28th will use this display. Even the LG G3 used a 5.5-inch Quad HD display, but this will offer richer and more accurate colors with a 120 percent color gamut, compared to the 100 percent gamut that was present in the LG G3’s display , says LG Display. Continue reading “LG Display announces 5.5-inch Quad HD display, to be used in LG G4”
Microsoft has sent out invites for the launch of its new Lumia smartphone. The invite Lumia 640 with a tag line Inspiration doesn’t only work 9 to 5! Lumia 640 Dual SIM, Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM and Lumia 640 XL LTE Dual SIM are listed on the official Microsoft India website, so we can expect all these smartphones to launch next week. These smartphones were announced at the MWC last month.
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Samsung has started rolling out Android 5.0.1 (Lollipop) update for the Galaxy Note 4 in India. The Galaxy Note 4 smartphone was launched in India running on Android 4.4 (KitKat) back in October last year. The Samsung Galaxy Note Edge and the Galaxy S5 got the Android 5.0 Lollipop update in India last month. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Android 5.0 Lollipop update starts rolling out in India”
Micromax has announced that it will start rolling out Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update for its Unite 2 A106 smartphone starting from April 7th. It is one of the most successful smartphone from the company, which sol sold over 1.5 million units its since its launch last May. Micromax rolled out Lollipop update for its Canvas Xpress smartphone earlier this year, at that time it promised that it will roll out Lollipop update for Canvas series soon. Continue reading “Micromax Unite 2 Android 5.0 Lollipop update to roll out starting April 7”
HTC unveiled the Desire 826 smartphone at the CES earlier this year. It is launching in India soon, according to Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom. It has a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display, is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor ( four Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.7 GHz per core and four clocked at 1.0 GHz) with Adreno 405 GPU and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop with HTC Sense UI on top. Continue reading “HTC Desire 826 coming to India soon for Rs. 26200”
