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Twitter revamps homepage to attract more users

Twitter has redesigned homepage of its web client with aim to lure non-Twitter users.It features topics that point to timelines of tweets from popular Twitter accounts and a prominent search bar that makes suggestions, as well as a way to login.

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The new homepage shows curated content streams and this does not require users to sign in to Twitter. The content ranges from various sections like TV Shows and Stars, Cute Animals, Business news, Pop Artists and so on. Once you click one one of those topics, you’ll see a stream of popular tweets within the category. The new homepage also includes a prominent search bar that suggests queries for popular trends and hashtags.

The redesigned page will allow you to check out real time news and conversations even if you do not plan on creating an account. Twitter had announced in November that 125 million users visit the Twitter homepage which is half of its actual user base. The micro blogging site said that the new Twitter.com is first coming to the U.S and will bring it to more users over time.

Xiaomi Mi Note Black Edition announced

Xiaomi Mi Note Black Edition

Xiaomi has introduced special Black Edition of Mi Note smartphone in China. Announced by Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun with Chinese famous singer Jason Zhang, the leather box which is handmade has Jason Zhang’s new music album and a special photo album. Xiaomi recently introduced Cherry Pink Mi Note for Women for its 5th anniversary and Special Bamboo Edition of Mi Note last month.

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Xiaomi Mi 4 16GB and 64GB price drops to Rs. 17999 and Rs. 21999 in India

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Xiaomi recently announced a temporary price cut of Rs. 2,000 for Mi 4 variant during Mi Fan Festival on April 8th. Today the company has implemented permanent price cut for both the variants of the Mi 4. The 16GB variant is now available for Rs. 17,999, down from the launch price of Rs. 19,999 and the 64GB variant is available for Rs. 21,999, down from the launch price of Rs. 23,999. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4 16GB and 64GB price drops to Rs. 17999 and Rs. 21999 in India”

Google rolls out Handwriting Input Keyboard app with support for 82 languages

Google has launched Handwriting Input Keyboard app that supports 82 languages and 20 distinct scripts. As the name suggests, the app lets you handwrite text on your Android phone or tablet without the use of a stylus.

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Ola raises $400 million in latest round of funding from DST Global and others

Ola has secured $400 million in latest round of funding from DST Global with participation from GIC, Falcon Edge Capital and existing investors SoftBank Group, Tiger Global Management, Steadview Capital and Accel Partners US.

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 code named Xiaomi H3Y, may sport 1080p display

A latest rumor has suggested that Xiaomi is expected to launch a new phone at the event. Specs of a Xiaomi H3Y have been leaked which is said to be the Redmi Note 2.

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Huawei P8max with 6.8-inch 1080p display, Octa-Core 64-bit processor announced

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Huawei also announced P8max, a new smartphone in the P series along with the P8. It has a 6.8-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) JDI IPS-Neo full HD display with 83% screen-to-body ratio and Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection, is powered by Huawei’s own Octa-Core Hisilicon Kirin 930/935 processor with Mali-T628 MP4 GPU and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Huawei own Emotion UI 3.1 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with OIS, dual-tone flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Huawei P8max with 6.8-inch 1080p display, Octa-Core 64-bit processor announced”

Huawei P8 with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 6.4mm slim metallic body announced

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Huawei has announced P8, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the P series. It has a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) full HD IPS display with 78.3% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Huawei’s own octa-core Hisilicon Kirin 930/935 processor with Mali-T628 MP4 GPU and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Huawei own Emotion UI 3.1 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with OIS, dual-tone flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has spill-resistant nano coating. Continue reading “Huawei P8 with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 6.4mm slim metallic body announced”

Infocus M2 Benchmarks

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Infocus launched its Infocus M2 smartphone in India last month for Rs. 4999. We already brought you the unboxing and photo gallery of the smartphone. Here we have the benchmarks.  It is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor with four ARM Cortex A7 cores and Mali 400 GPU, similar to most other budget smartphones.It has 4.2 Inch (1280 × 768 pixels) display, 1GB RAM and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with InLife UI. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.

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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Photo Gallery

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Samsung announced the Galaxy S6 Edge at MWC last month and was launched in India starting Rs 58,900. We already went hands on with the phone at MWC event and have seen the unboxing and benchmarks of the phone recently. Now let’s take a look at the hardware of the phone in the form of photo gallery.

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Angry Birds Fight! for Android, iPhone and iPad launching globally this Spring

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Rovio has officially announced Angry Birds Fight!, the first cultural mash-up game from the company after it was soft launched in Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. It is a match-3 frenzy where you take on other players in real-time battles of strategic, bird swapping agility.You need to race against the clock to match as many panels as possible to power up your bird for the fight. Continue reading “Angry Birds Fight! for Android, iPhone and iPad launching globally this Spring”

30,000 Lenovo A7000 units sold out in 4 seconds, next sale on April 22

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Lenovo has announced that it sold 30,000 units of Lenovo A7000 smartphones in its first flash sale in India on Flipkart today at 2PM. The smartphone was launched in India at an event earlier this month at a price tag of Rs. 8,999. It has a created lot of stir in the smartphone market and has received overwhelming response from the consumers, said the company. Continue reading “30,000 Lenovo A7000 units sold out in 4 seconds, next sale on April 22”

LG Volt with 4.7-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE announced

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LG has announced Volt, a variant of LG Spirit that was announced ahead of MWC in February. It has a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core 64-bit Snapdragon 410 processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It packs an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1-megapixel front-facing camera. It has 3000mm radius curve offering sleeker, more attractive profile. It also comes with 4G LTE-A support. Continue reading “LG Volt with 4.7-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE announced”

Xiaomi Redmi 1S gets global MIUI 6 beta ROM

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Xiaomi has released a global beta build of its MIUI 6 ROM for the Redmi 1S smartphone. The company introduced MIUI 6, a major upgrade to MIUI ROM last year, but only few Mi devices such as Mi 4, Mi 3, Redmi Note, Redmi 2 and MiPad run on the stable MIUI 6 ROM. Developer ROMs are available for Mi devices in China, but this is the first time the company is releasing beta version of its ROM for global markets. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 1S gets global MIUI 6 beta ROM”