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Has Importance Of Mobile Accessories Increased With Emergence Of Smartphones?
Mobiles have taken over the world and soon we would be doing their bidding. The only issue is they do not have the power to last more than a day. On one hand they are almost as powerful as the low class laptops, with almost all the apps…
Truecaller’s Twitter Integration: What It Means To Indian Users
Truecaller is very popular with Indian smartphone users – the popularity of this reverse phone lookup app can be judged from the fact that half of all the new users added on Truecaller network are from India.
According to Techcrunch…
Viber Launches Viber Out With Ultra Low Cost International Calling
Mobile Messaging clients are the flavour of the season – Whatsapp, Line, Wechat and our very own homegrown Hike are at war with each other to garner global market share. Each one of them are coming up with features and schemes to entice…
Qualcomm Brings Snapdragon 410 64-bit Chip For Emerging Markets. My Question – Why?
64 bit chipset in mobile is pretty much useless as of now. Even Apple has no use for it even though they have already introduced it to the market. That isn’t to say that the move in itself is a bad one though. Eventually the RAM would…
ZTE To Launch 4G Handsets In India; Targets Rs 4800 Crore Revenue
If you are still considering whether 3G would be good for your mobile or not, then please stand aside and give some room for others; 4G has almost arrived and it is soon going to change the telecommunication industry, globally.
ZTE…
BSNL Launches ‘Bharat Phone’ Range: Low Cost Smart Devices With Free 3G Data
In an inauguration ceremony in Delhi today, BSNL announced launch of range of ‘Bharat Phones’. The range includes a feature phone, a 5” smartphone, 6.5” phablet and 7” Voice-Calling tablet.
Bharat phones are not only priced quite…
ISRO’s Bhuvan Goes Google Maps Way; Crowdsources Local Data Mapping With New Android App!
You remember the controversial Google Mapathon contest, where Google had asked users to help build location point of interest data. Google had got into trouble with it, as security agencies were of the opinion that it may be a threat to…
OfficeChat: The New Private Messenger Mobile App For Your Business!
Mixing work and pleasure can prove to be disastrous sometimes, as I discovered last month. I had asked my boss for a leave in the middle of a week, as my ‘aunt was not well and needed immediate medical attention’. Things were going on fine,…
Android 4.4 KitKat: Best Android OS, And Lots Happening Behind The Scenes
Android started as a very meek OS to be honest. Compared to the first iteration of iOS, Android was to use the right word, half baked. It was akin to what Apple maps were at the launch. However, it was under Google, a company known for…
Mobile Payments Company Fortumo Opens India Office!
Fortumo, Estonia / US based mobile payments company has announced opening up of their office in India. In September of this year, Fortumo became one of the first mobile payments company to offer direct billing support for in-app purchases…
Feature Phone Sales Drop For The First Time In India!
Lo and Behold! It has finally happened. Feature phones, which have been on the rise since the start of mobile revolution in India have for the first time seen a drop in their sale.
According to CMR report, in the last quarter,…
Viber Instant Messenger Comes To Desktop!
Seamlessness is the need of the hour. Whether it is completing one level of Candy Crush on your mobile and continuing from the next level on your desktop, our expectations are raised by such innovative methods which make us seek the same…
India’s First Octa-Core Smartphone All Set To Be Launched By Intex
When Samsung launched its Galaxy S4 series smart phone with octa-core processor early this year, Indian mobile manufacturers were stunned by this technological advanced unit. We were still playing around with single core and dual core…
Mobile App Insights: India 2nd Largest Mobile Apps Downloader After US
Ever wondered who pays for the awesome game you just downloaded from the Google Play store for free? Or how does the mobile game developer get his costs back and manages to stay alive while you are playing for weeks and months without…
Lenovo Beats LG To Become 3rd Largest Smartphone Vendor, Android Has 82% Market Share!
For the first time in the history of smartphone sales, Lenovo has become world’s third largest smartphone vendor, as it surpassed LG Electronics and sold 12.8 million units in the third quarter of 2013.
Android remains world’s most…
Motorola Coming Back To India With Moto G & Moto X!
It was soon after Motorola was bought by Google that they uprooted themselves from India completely, breaking a lot of hearts in the process. According to them, they wanted to streamline the company and the way the company was struggling,…
Micromax To Assembles Phones In India, Looking At Billion Dollar Revenue By Year End
Micromax is going global and local at the same time. While there are plans in place for the company to launch in Russia in the near future, company is also planning to start the assembling of the phones in India.
According to Micromax…
WhatsApp Messages Volume Reaches 14 Bln A Day, Nearly 70% That Of SMSes
The ubiquitous ‘What’s Up’, meaning what is going on/how are you was exploited beautifully by the King of Beers Budweiser in their WASSUP campaign. Then, in 2009, two former employees of Yahoo! created something on the same name which…
Videocon Telecom Launches Ayurvedic Mobile Health Service – ‘M-Health’
With the call rates lowest in the world and people shifting to apps like Whatsapp from messaging, the telecom sector needs to come up with innovative Value added services (VAS) for people to use and generate revenues for the company.…
How To Buy Nexus 5 In India From US Play Store For Under Rs. 26,000/-
Nexus 5 was launched today and it will be atleast a couple of months before it arrives in India. So, if you want to order Nexus 5 immediately from US play store, this is the ultimate guide you need to follow.
And the best part is,…