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The Department of Telecom (DoT) has announced the winners in the spectrum auctions in various circles that ended after 115 rounds. At the end of the auction for 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2100 MHz government got bids worth Rs 1.098 lakh crore. Idea Cellular bid a maximum of Rs. 30,306.98 crore, Airtel bid Rs. 29,130.20 crore and Vodafone bid Rs. 29,959.74 crore to buy spectrum in the 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2,100 MHz bands.
Amazon Cloud Drive has launched two new unlimited Cloud Drive plans and has removed the current 5GB free plan. These new plans include Unlimited Photos plan for $11.99 per year, plus 5 GB for videos and files, and Unlimited Everything plan for $59.99 per year that offers unlimited storage for photos, video, files, and documents. Continue reading “Amazon Cloud Drive moves to unlimited subscription-only storage plans”
WhatsApp is looking forward to bringing a simpler way for its more than 700 million users to save their chat history. The popular mobile messaging app could bring Google Drive integration to restore you conversations.
Continue reading “WhatsApp likely to backup chat history with Google Drive integration”
Xolo announced the Win Q1000 Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone last month, now the smartphone is available for order exclusively on HomeShop18. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 (MSM8212) processor with Adreno 302 GPU, comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has Dual SIM support with dual standby and has 3G support. Continue reading “Xolo Win Q1000 Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone now available for Rs. 6999”
Following up our Bangalore meet up, Team FoneArena paired up with the guys at Intel once again to host yet another gathering in Delhi. With tempered expectations, we decided to host our meet up on 26th March and what followed can only be termed as a resounding success! We witnessed a packed house with an eclectic mix of engineers, students, advocates and business owners, all ardent fans of FoneArena and more so of technology.
Continue reading “Here’s what happened at the Intel powered FoneArena Readers meet up in Delhi”
Microsoft is planning to offer free version of Office for devices with small screens. The company has announced that Microsoft Office is going to be available for free on devices with a screen size of less than 10 inches.
Continue reading “Microsoft to make Office free for devices under 10.1 inches”
Twitter has launched Periscope, a new app for iPhone that lets you stream live videos. You can sign up using Twitter and share the broadcast link to your followers, but you can’t watch the stream directly on Twitter yet. Twitter silently acquired Periscope earlier this year. This app competes directly with Meerkat, and the Periscope app lets you replay the broadcasts when it’s over, which the Meerkat app lacks. Continue reading “Twitter launches Periscope live streaming app for iPhone”
ZTE today announced two new smartphones nubia Z9 Max and nubia Z9 mini in the nubia series. The nubia Z9 Max is the company’s first smartphone with a Snapdragon 810 SoC. It has a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD CGS (Continuous Grain Silicon) OGS display with 75.1% screen-to-body ratio, while the Z9 mini has a 5-inch 1080p display CGS (Continuous Grain Silicon) OGS display with 74.1% screen-to-body ratio and is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 SoC. These have aluminum alloy frame .
Continue reading “ZTE nubia Z9 max and Z9 mini with Android 5.0, 16MP camera announced”
Facebook has introduced two new tools at its F8 Developer Conference. The social network has launched Businesses on Messenger and Messenger Platform.
Continue reading “Facebook unveils Messenger Platform and Businesses on Messenger”
LG unveiled the Watch Urbane LTE at the MWC earlier this month, today LG has launched the smartwatch in Korea. The LTE version of the Urbane smartphone has a new design, runs on LG’s own wearable platform, comes with voLTE voice calling support and also comes with NFC support for easy payments. It has the same 1.3-inch (320 x 320 pixels) P-OLED Display, metal build, 1.2GHz Snapdragon 400 SoC, 4GB internal storage and IP67 ratings for dust and water resistance. Continue reading “LG Watch Urbane LTE launched in Korea”
Lenovo just sent out invites for the a launch event on April 7th in India. The invite just shows Dolby Atoms Theater with text Save the Date, 7 April 2015. It is expected to launch the A7000 smartphone at the event, since it is the only smartphone to feature Dolby Atmos audio. Continue reading “Lenovo A7000 expected to launch in India at April 7th event”
Lava has announced Iris 414, the company’s latest budget smartphone with 3G support in the Iris series. It has a 4-inch WVGA screen, is powered by a 1GHz processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It has Dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Lava Iris 414 with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 announced for Rs. 4049”
Xiaomi is entering into its 5th year next month, to celebrate it the company plans to launch new products on March 31 in China, says the company’s CEO Lei Jun. He will also be having a conversation with the Chinese media. Continue reading “Xiaomi to introduce new devices on March 31”
HTC just scheduled an event to unveil the next One series smartphone in Beijing, China on April 8th. The invite says More than One along with an image of the back of the smartphone with two cameras that hints at the rumored HTC One M9+. Design of the smartphone is similar to the One M9 with brushed metal unibody build. Continue reading “HTC schedules ‘More than One’ event in Beijing on April 8th, One M9+ expected”
Google is working on a tool that will allow Gmail users to manage, pay, and receive all their bills directly within Gmail according to a report from Re/Code. Dubbed as “Pony Express” the service is expected to roll out in the fourth quarter of 2015.
Continue reading “Google working on “Pony Express” service to pay bills directly from Gmail”
