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.
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“A band without a display is like a car without wheels!” claimed Rahul Sharma, CEO of Yu, when announcing the Micromax subsidiary’s first entry into the fitness band market, the YuFit. Shots were fired. Let’s face it, one would need to wear a special tin foil hat to not draw similarities between the YuFit and the Mi band. Not only do they look similar, they share the same price tag as well. All this, after launching the Yu Yuphoria, a direct competitor to the Redmi 2. Previously, in our interview with Rahul Sharma, the introduction of Yu smartphones was shrugged off as “adapting to new market realities”, which is somewhat true, but with the announcements of Yuphoria and the YuFit, it has become clear that they are taking the “Yu vs Mi” rivalry to the next level.
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Xiaomi has launched three new accessories – Wood Back cover for the Mi 4 smartphone, Hard Case and a Smart Flip Case for the Xiaomi Mi 4i smartphone. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4 Wood Back cover, Mi 4i Hard Case and Smart Flip Case launched in India”
Just yesterday, Samsung released an update for the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge that improves fingerprint sensing but that’s still on version 5.0.2. Most users are keenly waiting for the update to Lollipop 5.1 and according to sources, that update should be coming to the S6 and S6 Edge sometime next month.
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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.
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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”
Google has launched its first app for Apple Watch. The company has rolled out News & Weather app for the Apple Watch that will allow users to access news instantly.
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Micromax unveiled it’s latest addition to the YU series of smartphones yesterday called the YUPHORIA at an event in Delhi. It’s main competitor is the Xiaomi Redmi 2 which has been around in the market for quite a while now. Let us compare and see the differences between both and what new things the YUPHORIA brings to the table.
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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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Samsung has taken wraps of its new platform that aims to tap the promising Internet of Things market. The South Korean internet giant has launched Artik chips that are designed to power everything from wearable devices to home appliances.
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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.
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Samsung has released yet another update for users of the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. The XXU1AOE3 build is around 159 MB in size and will be available as an OTA update.
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Just yesterday, we brought to you a report that said that Qualcomm is working on a 10 core SoC which is likely to be the Snapdragon 818. Now MediaTek have just outed the Helio X20 SoC and the world’s first to have 10 cores and a tri-cluster CPU design.
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