The number of Internet users in India will hit 302 million by December 2014, registering a Y-o-Y growth of 32% over last year, revealed a latest report from the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB International.
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Uber has launched UberGO, a low-cost Uber service cheaper than the UberX in India. Uber entered India last year with its UberBLACK service and launched its UberX service back in June. The base fare for UberGO is just Rs.20 or Rs. 40 depending on the city. Rate per minute and kilometer are also cheaper in UberGO compared to UberX. It is now available in all the 10 cities where Uber is operational, across India that includes, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi and Pune. Continue reading “UberGO cheaper version of UberX launched in India”
Mozilla has announced that it is replacing its default search engine from Google to Yahoo in the U.S. The company has entered into a five year partnership with Yahoo to be the default search engine on mobile and desktop.
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O2 has followed in the footsteps of its rival networks and today has launched data sharer plans for individuals and families in the UK. The new plans, which start at £6 per month, offer up to 8GB data which can be shared across multiple devices or between family members. The Sharer Plan and Family Sharer Plan uses a customer’s data bundle and allows them to share it either across multiple devices and smart technology or between devices owned by different members of the family. Continue reading “O2 launches data sharer plans for individuals and families”
Royal Mail on Wednesday warned that online giant Amazon’s own delivery service and increased competition from rival couriers has hampered progress and impacted revenues. The former state-owned British company said that Amazon’s plans to launch their own delivery service would cut the growth in the British parcel market for it and its rivals from 4-5 percent down to 1-2 percent. Continue reading “Online giant Amazon spells trouble for UK Royal Mail growth”
Ofcom has begun repurposing some TV spectrum in the UK for use with mobile services in a bid to free up unused spectrum and increase the allowance available to UK consumers. The regulator today said it would make the 700MHz spectrum, currently used for digital terrestrial television, available for mobile broadband use by 2022. Continue reading “Ofcom repurposes 700MHz digital TV spectrum for mobile”
Alcatel One Touch unveiled the Alcatel One Touch Flash smartphone back in September. Today Flipkart has started teasing the launch of the Alcatel One Touch Flash smartphone in India. It packs a 5.5-inch HD display, powered by a Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592M processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Alcatel One Touch Flash with 5.5-inch HD display, Octa-Core processor launching in India soon on Flipkart”
Celkon has launched Millennia Epic Q550, the company’s latest smartphone in the Millennia series. It has a 5.5-inch 720p screen based on One Glass Solution (OGS) technology, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Celkon Millennia Epic Q550 with 5.5-inch HD display, 3500mAh battery launched for Rs. 10499”
Huawei launched the Honor Holly smartphone in India recently. We brought you the photo gallery, battery test results and the benchmarks of the smartphone recently. Here we have the camera samples from the smartphone. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, f/2.0 aperture and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Unlike Huawei smartphones like the Ascend Mate, this has a MediaTek camera UI seen on several MediaTek-powered Android smartphones. You get HDR, Panorama, Face Beauty and several modes. Check out the camera samples (Click the image to view full resolution sample).
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Karbonn ST72, the company’s latest tablet is now available from online retailer Snapdeal. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.4..2 (KitKat). It has a 3.2-megapixel rear camera and a front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and has 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Karbonn ST72 with 7-inch display, 3G and voice calling now available for Rs. 6800”
Logitech has announced AnyAngle Case for iPad Air 2 and the iPad Mini 2 in India. It has also announced the Big Bang rugged case for Apple iPad Air 2. The Big Bang for iPad Air and iPad mini not only provides military class protection and has a versatile design that lets you adjust the tablet in different comfortable viewing angles. This was launched for the iPad Air earlier this year. The Logitech AnyAngle protective case has an any-angle stand for the iPad Air 2 and all iPad mini models. Continue reading “Logitech AnyAngle Case for iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini announced in India for Rs. 2995”
When considering the performance of a handset, attention is inevitably turned towards benchmarking applications such as GeekBench 3, 3D Mark and AnTuTu (to name but a few). When comparing performance across iOS and Android, the benchmark applications that can be used are limited but both GeekBench 3 and 3D Mark reveal some interesting facts. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs Huawei Ascend Mate 7 Benchmarks”
Rising need for data usage among Indian consumers have opened tremendous opportunities for Indian Data Card market. India Data Card market shipment reaches 1.58 million units in Q3 2014, as per a latest report from 6Wresearch.
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A day after Nokia introduced its N1 tablet, Jolla has announced the Jolla Tablet with a similar 2048 x 1536 display. Jolla has taken Indiegogo route for crowdfunding to develop the tablet. In terms of specifications, the Jolla tablet has a 7.89-inch (2048 × 1536 pixels) display at 330 ppi, powered by a 1.8GHz quad-core Intel Atom processor and runs on Jolla Sailfish OS 2.0. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Jolla Tablet with 7.85-inch 330ppi display announced, starts at $189 on Indiegogo”
With an aim to protect user conversations from unwanted surveillance and snooping, WhatsApp messenger has rolled out end-to-end encryption with TextSecure protocol from Open Whisper Systems.
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