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Sony SmartWatch 3 up for pre-order in the US for $249.99, shipping October-end

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Sony introduced the SmartWatch 3, the company’s first Android Wear-powered smartwatch at the IFA last month. At the announcement Sony just said that it would go on sale later in Autumn 2014 without any price tag. Now the company started taking pre-orders for the smartwatch at Verizon Wireless in the U.S, which would ship by October 30th. It is priced at $249.99 ( Rs. 15,299 approx.). Sony says it would go on Google Play Soon in select countries. Continue reading “Sony SmartWatch 3 up for pre-order in the US for $249.99, shipping October-end”

LG G Watch R to roll out globally starting from November

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LG G Watch R rolled out in Korea last week, today the company has announced that it would roll out in Europe starting from November. It was unveiled ahead of IFA and has a 1.3-inch (320 x 320 pixels) P-OLED Display, powered by a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor and is based on Android Wear platform. It has photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor to measure heartbeats. Continue reading “LG G Watch R to roll out globally starting from November”

LG NUCLUN Octa-Core processor announced, debuts in G3 Screen smartphone

LG NUCLUN

LG just announced NUCLUN (pronounced NOO-klun), the company’s first SoC targeted at high-end smartphone. It is an Octa-Core processor with four 1.5GHz cores ARM Cortex-A15 cores and four 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A7 cores. It is based on ARM big.LITTLE technology for better multitasking capabilities and even has LTE-A Cat.6 support for maximum download speeds of up to 225Mbps. Continue reading “LG NUCLUN Octa-Core processor announced, debuts in G3 Screen smartphone”

Facebook Rooms anonymous app released for iPhone

After Paper, Slingshot and Mention, Facebook has released Room, an anonymous chat app for iPhone developed by Facebook Creative Labs team. As the name suggests, it’s a chat room app that was popular a decade back. It lets you create rooms for the things you’re into, and invite others. You can add text, photos, videos and more. Continue reading “Facebook Rooms anonymous app released for iPhone”

New Dell Venue 7 and Venue 8 tablets now available in India, starts from Rs. 11999

New Dell Venue 7 and 8

Dell introduced new Dell Venue 7 and Venue 8 tablets running Android 4.4 (KitKat) back in June. Now these tablets are available in India from official Dell website. The Venue 7 has a 7-inch HD (1280×800) display, powered by a dual-core Intel Atom (Z3460) processor, while the Venue 8 comes with a 8 inch full-HD (1920×1200) display and a dual-core Intel Atom (Z3480). Both the tablets have 1 GB RAM with 16GB inbuilt storage that can be expanded upto 64GB via microSD slot. Continue reading “New Dell Venue 7 and Venue 8 tablets now available in India, starts from Rs. 11999”

Google Earth for Android gets improved 3D experience, faster map updates and more

Google has released a major update to Google Earth on Android by enhancing the 3D rendering technology. This is the biggest feature of the latest update that further highlights mountains, cities, rivers in the map.

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Uber slashes fares in Mumbai by 25% and uberX rates in Bangalore by 45% for a limited period

Uber Delhi price cut

After the 25% price cut for both Uber Black and uberX in Delhi, Uber has slashed rates for both these in Mumbai too by 25%. When Uber expanded to Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh and Kolkata, it slashed prices on both UberBLACK and uberX by 25% in Bangalore for a limited period. Today Uber has reduced uberX price by an additional 20%, so totally now users in Bangalore get 45% off on uberX fares. Continue reading “Uber slashes fares in Mumbai by 25% and uberX rates in Bangalore by 45% for a limited period”

Rovio’s RETRY game released for Android and global iOS users

Rovio RETRY

Angry Birds creator Rovio released a new game called RETRY, an 8-bit game similar to the Flappy Bird back in May for limited iOS users. Now the game is available for iOS users globally and is also available for Android users. In this game you fly through treacherous obstacles, and earn stars to unlock new levels. This is the first game to be released by Rovio Entertainment’s experimental publishing arm, Rovio LVL11. Continue reading “Rovio’s RETRY game released for Android and global iOS users”

Xiaomi migrating user data from China to international servers

In a bid to boost global expansion, Xiaomi is migrating international user data outside of China. Data belonging to the privately owned company’s non-Chinese users will be moved in several phases to Amazon Inc servers in the United States and data centres in Singapore.

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LG L45 Dual and F60 LTE listed on official website for Rs. 6500 and Rs. 15000

LG L45 Dual

LG L45 Dual and F60 LTE smartphones have been listed on the official LG India website. The L45 Dual (X132) is an upgraded version of the L40 with the same 3.5-inch HVGA screen, similar size and Android 4.4 (KitKat), but this is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor, has a 5MP rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “LG L45 Dual and F60 LTE listed on official website for Rs. 6500 and Rs. 15000”

Samsung quietly announces Galaxy Note 4 duos in China

Samsung introduced its flagship phablet, the Galaxy Note 4 about a month ago and today, the company has announced three dual-SIM variants of its Note 4 phablet in China. Continue reading “Samsung quietly announces Galaxy Note 4 duos in China”

Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 expected to launch in India soon for Rs. 21499

Samsung Galaxy Mega 2

Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 went on sale in several Asian countries last month. Manish Khatri from Mahesh Telecom reports that the smartphone will launch in India later this week priced at Rs. 21,499 (MOP) and the MRP would be Rs. 24,300. It packs a 6-inch HD ( 1280 x 720 pixels) display, powered by a quad-core Cortex processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8MP auto-focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 2.1 MP front-facing camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 expected to launch in India soon for Rs. 21499”

Intex Aqua Amaze with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core processor, 13MP camera launched for Rs. 10690

Intex Aqua Amaze

Intex Technologies has launched Aqua Amaze, the latest smartphone in the Aqua series. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display based on one-glass-solution, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. These specifications are similar to the Aqua Star HD that was launched last month, but this has a 1.4GHz Octa-Core processor, instead of a 1.3GHz quad-core processor. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Amaze with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core processor, 13MP camera launched for Rs. 10690”

Toshiba unveils 11.6 inch Satellite Radius 11 convertible notebook for $329.99

Toshiba has introduced Satellite Radius 11, a new tablet convertible laptop that sports an 11.6 inch display. Priced at $329.99, the 2-in-1 device can be converted to a tablet thanks to 2 hinges that rotates 360 degrees. Toshiba satellite 11 Continue reading “Toshiba unveils 11.6 inch Satellite Radius 11 convertible notebook for $329.99”

Google Play Music updated with Material Design UI, integrates Songza

Songza, the music streaming service that was acquired by Google in July has been integrated into Play Music. Songza’s key feature- contextual playlist that are pre set with activities like driving, working out or waking up are now added to Play Music.

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