San Francisco: Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook, opening the iPhone maker’s annual developers’ conference on Monday, said the iPhone maker has sold more than 800 million mobile devices. Some 130 million customers bought their first Apple mobile device in ...
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India’s online retailers are bulking up on acquisitions and funding as they battle the world’s biggest Internet shopping giant, Amazon, for supremacy in the hyper-competitive domestic market. Late last month, Flipkart, India’s largest e-shopping portal, announced the takeover of rival ...
Read More »Samsung Launches World’s First Tizen Smartphone
Samsung Electronics said it will begin selling a smartphone that runs on its Tizen operating system in the third quarter of this year, advancing the company’s plans to reduce dependence on Google’s Android software. Samsung, the world’s top smartphone maker ...
Read More »Why people buy big screens smartphones
WASHINGTON: Do you know why people prefer smartphones with bigger screens? It is to fulfill their emotional needs. People may find bigger screens more emotionally satisfying because they are using smartphones for entertainment as well as for communication purposes, a ...
Read More »iOS 8 Announced: Release date, key features and everything else you need to know
Apple has unveiled a much-anticipated major software update for mobile devices at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco. Here is a rundown of the key features announced for iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite: iOS 8 HomeKit ...
Read More »Samsung launches Tizen-powered smartphone Z
SEOUL: Samsung on Monday announced the launch of a new smartphone based on its own operating system, in a step towards independence from the Google Android platform that dominates its popular handsets. The Samsung Z, which has been specially developed ...
Read More »Idea hikes monthly rentals by Rs 50
Idea Cellular has hiked the monthly rentals of its post-paid customers by Rs 50 from June. “Effective from the June bill cycle, the monthly rental will have a nominal increase of Rs 50 per month,” Head of Service Delivery, Mumbai ...
Read More »Smartphone battery that gets charged in 30 seconds
London: While experts the world over are looking for ways to stop smartphone batteries from dying within a few hours of charging, a Tel Aviv-based start-up StoreDot is developing a battery that would get fully charged in 30 seconds. Based ...
Read More »Marco Polo app helps you locate your misplaced phone
Misplaced your phone? Just yell and hear your phone yell back at you. Marco Polo app, created by designer and developer Matt Wiechec based in Toronto, can help you find your misplaced smartphone by allowing your device to respond when ...
Read More »Google’s driverless car!
Driver less car! Google Inc is building cars that don’t have steering wheels, accelerator pedals or brake pedals, in an ambitious expansion of the Internet company’s efforts to develop self-driving cars. The small electric cars, which seat two passengers, are ...
Read More »Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ Available Exclusively On Flipkart For Rs 16999
Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ is now available in India. Priced at Rs. 16999 the smartphone will be offered starting June 3. Also it’s listed on online shopping mart Flipkart only. The device brings along Alcatel’s very own wearable ‘Boomband’ ...
Read More »Samsung to manufacture phones, tablets in Venezuela
South Korean electronics group Samsung Electronics expects to begin production of cellular phones, tablets and home appliances in Venezuela during the second half of 2014 once it finishes building a factory there, a local company executive said. Samsung and Venezuela ...
Read More »Motorola is shutting down its US smartphone factory
FORT WORTH: Motorola Mobility handset unit has announced it will close its Texas factory by the end of this year, barely a year after it opened as the first smartphone factory in the US. Sales of its flagship phone, the ...
Read More »Samsung Galaxy S5 mini specs, photos leaked
NEW DELHI: With Samsung Galaxy S5, S5 Active and K Zoom already launched, the tech community is now waiting for the launch of the Galaxy S5 mini. The smaller version of flagship model Galaxy S5 has been leaked several times ...
Read More »Flipkart buys online fashion retailer Myntra
In what is the biggest consolidation in India’s e-commerce sector, homegrown e-retailer Flipkart is buying Bangalore-based online fashion store Myntra. “It’s a 100 percent acquisition and going forward we have big plans in this segment,” said Sachin Bansal, co-founder of ...
Read More »Facebook to expand video ads to seven countries outside US
San Francisco: Facebook Inc is expanding its new video advertising service, allowing marketers to show the television-like spots to users of the social network in Britain, Brazil and five other countries, the company told Reuters. The move marks a significant ...
Read More »eBay hacked, asks 145m users to change passwords
New York: US online giant eBay on Wednesday said cyber attackers broke into its database with customer passwords and other personal data in what could be one of the biggest breaches of its kind. The California company said it was ...
Read More »Google overtakes Apple as world’s top brand
Paris: US search engine Google has overtaken rival technology titan Apple as the world’s top brand in terms of value, global market research agency Millward Brown said on Tuesday. Google’s brand value shot up 40 percent in a year to ...
Read More »BSNL launches locally developed e-mail service
State-run BSNL has launched a locally designed and developed e-mail service — XGen personal and enterprise — in partnership with IT firm Data Infosys. “Customers will have a wide range of features in the new service,” said BSNL CMD R ...
Read More »Apple, Google settle smartphone patent litigation
Apple Inc and Google Inc`s Motorola Mobility unit have agreed to settle all patent litigation between them over smartphones, ending one of the highest-profile lawsuits in technology. In a joint statement on Friday, the companies said the settlement does not ...
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