Apple is planning to buy Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion, according to a report from the Financial Times. Announced as soon as by next week, the deal will be Apple’s biggest acquisition to this date. The report was further confirmed by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and re/code.
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Gameloft released the first trailer of the Modern Combat 5, the next First Person Shooter (FPS) game in the Modern Combat franchise back in June last year. Recently the company announced that it would be called Modern Combat 5: Blackout and revealed the plotline of the game. It has revealed more details about the game including the single and multiplayer progression and soldier classes. Continue reading “Modern Combat 5: Blackout will have unified game progression and four soldier classes”
Gionee P2S, successor of the P2 is now on sale from the official Gionee India eStore. It has a 4-inch WVGA display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor with Mali 400 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Gionee CTRL V5 went on sale in India last week. Continue reading “Gionee P2S with 4-inch display, Android 4.2 goes on sale in India for Rs. 6499”
Sony has announced Xperia ZL2 (SOL25), the successor of last year’s Xperia ZL for Japanese operator KDDI in their Summer line-up. It has a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Triluminos Display powered by X-Reality, powered by 2.3 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “Sony Xperia ZL2 with 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 801 announced”
In a bid to enhance its offerings, Gaana has updated its app on Android and iPhone with several features. The app has integrated music videos and lyrics into its popular music streaming service. Gaana has added a music videos section that features hand-picked, popular music videos that can be accessed from the home screen of the app.
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Samsung is pushing Android KitKat update to a line of Galaxy devices, as per leaked document shared by SamMobile. Devices like the Galaxy S3 LTE, Galaxy S4 Mini, Galaxy Grand 2, Galaxy Mega 5.8 and Galaxy Mega 6.3 will get the latest Android KitKat 4.4 update by June. Continue reading “Samsung to reportedly roll out Android 4.4 update for Grand 2, S4 mini and Mega series by June”
Lava Iris 504Q+, the company’s camera-centric smartphone was launched last month. It has a 10-megapixel camera with Sony Exmor RS sensor, LED flash and 1080p video recording. We already brought you the unboxing, benchmarks and the photo gallery of the phone recently. Here we bring you the camera samples from the phone in all the conditions such as daylight, macro and flash. Continue reading “Lava Iris 504Q+ Camera Samples”
For the past 4 years, there is an event that most phone geeks look forward to; the announcement of the latest Samsung Galaxy S flagship. Ever since the launch of the original Galaxy S smartphone which was a big success for a flagship device at the time, we have all waited to see what Samsung brings in new every year with the successor to the previous model. Samsung have a history of providing a do it all device with every feature you could imagine packed into a single device. Naturally this year also everyone expected the same.
Each year Samsung manages to sell more and more of it’s flagship device and this year it’s expecting to do the same. However it does have some fierce competition from the likes of HTC and Sony. Only time will tell how it stands against them but let’s take a look at the S5 and how it performs.
With an aim to research on 5G technologies Nokia and NTT DOCOMO have announced a collaboration. The duo will work on research and standardization of 5G mobile communication technologies to work on a 5G proof of concept (PoC) system.
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LG Isai FL (LGL24) for Japanese operator KDDI that leaked last month is now official. It has a 5.5-inch (2560×1440 pixels) Quad HD IPS display, powered by a 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor with Adreno 330 and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with LG’s own skin on top. It has a 13.2-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash, 4K video recording and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “LG isai FL with 5.5-inch Quad HD display, Snapdragon 801 announced”
Yahoo News Digest, a product of its Summly acquisition, took form as an iOS app back in January, when it debuted as a beautiful news reader with many sources. The same app is now available for Android, and it looks almost exactly like its iOS counterpart, pixel to pixel, which is a good thing because we think the app is beautiful. However, you do get a really nice home screen widget that lets you browse the feed at a glance. Previously limited only to the US and the UK, the News Digest app goes global this time around with an International Edition and another country-focused Canadian edition. Users in US, UK and Canada will all get local editions along with the International edition, which in turn will be available for all the worldwide users.
Download Yahoo News Digest on Google Play
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Since Marissa Mayer joined Yahoo in 2012, she had concentrated on mobile and mobile related features and services. All the acquisitions made by Yahoo last year were entirely focused to enhance its mobile offerings. Speaking in an interview at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference Mayer said that mobile traffic on Yahoo will outnumber that on desktop by the end of 2014.
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Sony has launched its SmartBand SWR10, its first SmartWear along with the Xperia Z2 in India. It is flexible, lets you record your activities and comes with a removable core unit. It connects to your smartphone over Bluetooth, using the Lifelog application on Android. The SmartBand also lets you track of entertainment and information. Continue reading “Sony SmartBand SWR10 launched in India for Rs. 5990”
Microsoft is the latest company that is entering the wearable market which is flooded with devices from companies like Samsung, Pebble, and others. The software and tech giant has patented a smartwatch which highlights fitness tracing.
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Sony has launched the Xperia Z2, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in India. It was announced at the MWC 2014 earlier this year and packs a 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Triluminos Display with Live Colour LED powered by X-Reality, powered by 2.3 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z2 launched in India for Rs. 49990”
