Beijing: Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi released its new smartphone Mi5 on Wednesday, after a year of attempting to maintain its dominance in the world’s largest smartphone market with budget devices. The Mi5, which is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, remains true to the brand’s pricing strategy, with the basic version available for around […]
New Delhi: After receiving a tremendous response in India, leading Chinese smartphone brand Meizu on Wednesday made its debut for sale on the e-commerce platform Flipkart, the company said in a statement. Already available on Snapdeal for Rs.6,999, Meizu m2 has been acknowledged as one of the most budget-friendly smartphones of 2015. Meizu m2 has […]
New York: Affordable data plans and rising global incomes saw nearly 3.2 billion people going online from desktop to smartphones and ipads in the year 2015 — Up from three billion in 2014 — Facebook’s latest report on global internet access has revealed. Over the past 10 years, connectivity increased by approximately 200 to 300 […]
Barcelona: Chinese smartphone maker LeEco has announced the sale of its first smartphone powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chipset — Le Max Pro, a month after the device was first unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2016 in Las Vegas. The company made the announcement on Monday at the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) […]
New York: The reach of the Islamic State (IS) on micro blogging site Twitter has stopped growing and slowly rolling back, said a new report from George Washington University in the US. J.M. Berger, a fellow with George Washington University’s Programme on Extremism, and Heather Perez, a law enforcement analyst, tracked a curated list of […]
New Delhi: Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Sunday announced it has commercially deployed LTE-Advanced (4G+) in Kerala, which enables the operator to provide data speeds of up to 135 mbps. “Bharti Airtel Ltd has become the first mobile operator in India to commercially deploy LTE-Advanced (4G+) technology on a LIVE 4G network,” the company said […]
New York: In its bid to further explore immersive new virtual reality (VR) experiences that will help people connect and share, Facebook has created a social VR team focused entirely on exploring the future of social interaction in VR. This team will explore how people can connect and share using today’s VR technology, as well […]
Barcelona: Building the heat at the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, the leading Korean smartphone maker Samsung released its flagship smartphone Galaxy S7, its curved-screen companion Galaxy S7 Edge and Gear 360 camera that will take the high-end smartphone war to a new high. According to the tech website www.igalaxys7.com, Galaxy S7 […]
New York: US technology giant Apple has reportedly announced to launch iPhone 5se and a new iPad Air on March 15, a media report said. The new 4-inch iPhone would be available online and in retail stores on March 18. Apple is unlikely to offer pre-orders for the new devices, tech website 9to5mac reported on […]
(Tech Review) New Delhi: At a time when deskjet printers globally are getting cheaper and easier to operate, finding the best deal is also becoming increasingly difficult. Keeping the changing priorities of consumers in mind, global printer major Hewlett-Packard (HP) has launched an all-in-one stylish machine for Indian users that will surely ease your life. […]
New York: Free-software community Mozilla will soon end support for Firefox OS on smartphones after release of the operating system’s latest version 2.6, a media report said. “We are announcing our plan to end-of-life support for smartphones after the Firefox OS 2.6 release,” said the Mozilla community announcement, according to venturebeat.com. “This means that Firefox […]
New Delhi: US-based tech giant InFocus on Friday launched its BINGO series of smartphones targeted at young users in India. “BINGO series of smartphones from InFocus stands for unmatched quality and design, coupled with latest features that inspires young mobile users to do crazy, silly, fun things with their device,” said Sachin Thapar, country head […]
San Francisco: Twitter said on Friday it has suspended 125,000 accounts primarily related to the terrorist group Islamic State (IS) since the middle of 2015. The social media network that has more than 500 million users worldwide, said in a tweet that its policy does not permit the use of Twitter to promote terrorism, Xinhua […]
New York: US tech giant Apple has launched a new app “Airmail”, a lightning fast mail client for Mac and the iPhone to help user manage emails without any hassle by making them in-charge of customisation, including the way to read and respond to messages. Airmail for iOS, a new email app launched on Monday […]
New Delhi: Chinese smartphone maker LeEco on Tuesday sold a whopping 70,000 units of its Le1s smartphones in just two seconds during a flash sale on Indian e-tail major Flipkart, a top company official said. “We have sold 70,000 phones in two seconds in our first flash sale and are extremely happy about it. I […]