Telecom

Xiaomi is on a roll these days. If it plays its card right (or as it is playing right now), it should become one of the fastest growing companies and one of the most important and powerful companies in mobile hardware. They have launched…

So, it is not Mi 5 that was widely expected to be announced, but Mi Note series that will take the position of Xiaomi Flagship device. And before we move forward, please keep in mind that it is not the same as Redmi Note – Mi Note is…

After being rolled out in more than a dozen countries across the globe, Directi has now introduced Ringo (the international voice calling app which does not require an internet connection) to India on Wednesday. The app which was launched…

The decline in the messaging technology has been quite evident since the advent of messenger applications. Since 2011, the messaging figures have been prominently declining according to the figures from Ofcom. WhatsApp is now used to…

  Micromax Yu Yureka Sale concluded today – and from what I can gather, the sale turned out to be a cruel joke played on interested buyers – nearly 3,00,000 of them who had registered for it! And let me tell you, I am not one of the…

TRAI has released their monthly telecom subscription report for the month of November 2014, and according to it, India now has a total of 937.06 million mobile subscribers. up 1.71 million compared to previous month. Interestingly, TRAI…

CES, the annual consumer electronics show for all companies except apple, started off with the bang showcasing 4K TVs and world’s thinnest tablet and laptops on Day 1. The same trend continues in day 2 with more exciting twists. Here are…

Popular Indian mobile Instant Messenger Hike is prepping itself to start offering free Voice Calling – To facilitate this, they seem to have acquired US based free VOIP calling app – Zip Phone. While there has been no official…

CES is one of the biggest events for Consumer Electronics and besides Apple, almost all hardware making companies bring their best (almost) to this show. While many companies (especially smartphone making companies) have started their own…

Xiaomi Corp, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer, announced having sold 61.12 million smartphones during CY 2014 on Sunday, which is a phenomenal increase over the 18.7 million devices sold by them during 2013. The company founder and Chief…

First there was opera, then cassettes followed by CDs and DVDs. We enhance our techniques of listening to songs with each passing year. Currently, we are using music players and phones to listen to music on the go. We are stepping in the…

Airtel has quickly withdrawn the VOIP charges that they were going to levy (see news report we wrote earlier). Airtel has seen universal backlash from consumers and strong reaction can be seen on Online/Social Media channels in this…

Amazon is offering $220 worth of paid premium Android apps for free on Amazon Appstore. You can get the free apps only till December 26th. You can grab this offer right now by clicking here (You will be directed to the Amazon Appstore)…

Remember the day when Samsung launched the successful 5.3” Note. It was a good phablet and started the craze for phablets in India (and the world). It was followed by the next variations - Note2, 3, 4 all around 5.5” screens with latest…

WhatsApp is all set to introduce voice calling feature, which would be completely free. Leaked images collected by a technology blog based in Netherlands suggest that the feature is currently being tested among employees. Here are the…

India is one lucrative market no smartphone manufacturer, eCommerce player or biggie in the tech world can afford to leave unexplored. Sounds strange that the very huge numbers making up the country which were once seen as one of its…

Emarketer, a leading research and analysis firm, has revealed that the world will have 2 billion smartphone users by 2016. India will be a leading catalyst in this tremendous technological push, as it will overtake USA to become world’s…

With the incidence of the Uber taxi rape, concerns about women’s safety have taken front seat. After the Delhi rape case in 2012, there was a surge in women’s safety apps that hit the market. Use of technology to ensure the safety of women…

The research consultancy firm PwC predicts the 4G subscriber base in India to touch 10-15 million within a year. Thanks to superior networking experience, competitive internet usage plans (tariff battles among the leading player already…

Microsoft today announced that they have become the first global smartphone platform to enable carrier billing for app purchases in China through China Mobile, India with Idea and Brazil via Claro. For a country like India, where Credit…