January 29, 2015, 10:25 pm
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Google has announced earnings for Q4 of 2014. The company's revenue for Q4 was $18.1 billion, up from $16.86 billion one year ago, and net income of $4.76 billion was up 40 percent over a year ago, when the company pulled in $3.38 billion in profits.
The total revenue of the company was total $66 billion revenue for 2014 up 19 percent year-over-year. Google still did not meet Wall Street Journal's expectation that were predicted at $18.46 in revenue for Q4. Google-owned sites drove $12.43 billion in revenues for the quarter, up 18 percent, while partner sites made up $3.72 billion of the revenues, up 6 percent. $10.23 billion in revenue. Google's revenue outside US were $10.23 billion, representing 56% of total revenues in the fourth quarter of 2014, compared to 58% in the third quarter of 2014 and 56% in the fourth quarter of 2013.
The company'a advertising business garnered maximum revenue that accounted for 89 percent of its total revenues. Google's earnings also reported that the sale resulted in a net gain of $740 million (not including taxes) for Google.This was a major contributor for the Q4 net income. Meanwhile, Apple also reported record $74.6 billion revenue for Q1,2015
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January 29, 2015, 10:51 pm
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Yahoo for iPhone has received update with couple of features that uplifts its overall look. The app is getting beautiful images that enhances digital content from magazines.
Yahoo says that the entire design has been refined, to make sure that one enjoys a more crafted and vibrant experience. The app that bumps to version 6.0 improves magazine reading experience and makes it more interactive by including the ability to vote on Yahoo Style, swipe to see Yahoo Movies info including reviews and analysis, and content from Yahoo Food. The company has also added Yahoo Weather and Yahoo News Digest content above the stream for All Stories and News.
App Changelog:
Vote “who wore it best” on Yahoo Style, then find out what Editor-in-Chief Joe Zee thinks about the most glamorous red carpet looks.
Swipe to see Johnny Depp’s character transformations on Yahoo Movies, then read reviews and analysis curated by Executive Editor Josh Wolk.
See “before and after” shots of the “Cake of the Day” recipe on Yahoo Food, with the trendiest food crazes curated by Editor-in-Chief Kerry Diamond
Unfortunately, the update is only restricted to Yahoo users in the U.S. App Link - Yahoo
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January 29, 2015, 11:07 pm
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ZTE has announced Blade L3, the company's latest smartphone in the L series. It has a 5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) out of the box. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. ZTE unveiled the Blade S6 in the S series with a Snapdragon 615 SoC, 4G LTE and a 13MP camera at just US$ 249.99 (Rs. 15,370 approx) recently.
The Blade L3 comes with 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage with expansion slot and a 2000mAh battery. It is not clear if the smartphone has dual SIM support.
ZTE Blade L3 specifications
5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) qHD IPS display
1.3 GHz Quad-Core MediaTek MT6582 processor with Mali 400 MP2 GPU
1GB RAM, 8GB internal storage, expandable up to 32 GB
Android 5.0 (Lollipop)
8MP rear camera with LED Flash
2MP front-facing camera
3G, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth, and GPS
2000mAh battery
The ZTE Blade L3 would come in a range of colors, including unique pearlescent colors. No word on pricing or roll out details yet.
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January 29, 2015, 11:19 pm
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Huawei Ascend P7
We’re currently on a tour of Huawei’s facilities in China and several company executives have revealed that the company will be launching a follow up to the successful Ascend P7 later this year but the handset won't be launching at the MWC 2015.
Jerry Huang, Director of Marketing Communications at Huawei Global, confirmed that whilst the company will launch three new wearable devices at MWC in a few weeks, the company’s next-generation Ascend smartphone won’t launch until later this year.
We've heard that the Ascend P8 will share several design similarities with the company’s existing P-Series devices but rather than launch at the annual MWC trade show, the company will hold a separate launch event in April to introduce the world to its new device. The P8 is expected to share the same DNA as the P7 (and P6) and will focus on the key ideals of beauty, functionality and performance. Previously the P6 held the title of world’s slimmest smartphone, but the company has confirmed that whilst it endeavours to make its handsets as slim and beautiful as possible, it won’t sacrifice functionality for the sake of build and beauty.
Kevin Ho, President of the handset product line, said:
"We launched ...
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January 29, 2015, 11:59 pm
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Microsoft is looking forward to invest in Cyanogen, according to a latest report from The Wall Street Journal. Cyanogen which ids the principal backer of the popular, open source CyanogenMod distribution of the Android operating system, which is used in the OnePlus One and YU Yureka smartphone.
The WSJ report said that Microsoft will invest roughly $70 million in Cyanogen . It will be buy a minority stake in the company which would then be valued in the “high hundreds of millions” of dollars. Microsoft’s has its own mobile operating system that competes directly with Android howerver,Windows Phone controls only 3 percent of the mobile market. The investment in Cyanogen might be a move from Microsoft to curb Android's dominance.
Kirt McMaster, Cyanogen's CEO, is on record saying recently that his company is going to "take Android away from Google." He also had stated that more than 50 million people are using a build of Cyanogen version of Android. Meanwhile, Google's Android is an open source project, but Google has limited what hardware makers can do with the OS. Both the companies have not yet commented on the prospective funding report fro WSJ.
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January 30, 2015, 12:28 am
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Lenovo launched the A6000 smartphone with 4G support in India at a price tag of Rs. 6,999 earlier this month. It went on sale earlier this week exclusively on Flipkart in limited numbers. It is currently the cheapest smartphone with 4G LTE support in India. We managed to get one in flash sale, here is the unboxing of the smartphone.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGg1CFJlrxQ
Box Contents
Lenovo A6000 smartphone in Black
Headset with microphone
2300mAh battery
2 Pin wall charger (5V-1A)
Micro USB Cable
Scratch Guard
Quick Start Guide and Warranty information
The A6000 has a 5-inch HD display, which is bright. It is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor with Adreno 306 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Vibe UI on top. It has a 2MP front-facing camera. It has 4G LTE support, including support for TD-LTE 2300MHz (Band 40) and FDD-LTE 1800MHz (Band 3) for India.
There is a 8MP auto-focus rear camera with LED Flash and a secondary microphone on the back. The back cover has smooth finish that doesn't attract fingerprints. The A6000 has dual SIM support, 1GB RAM, 8GB of internal storage with expansion slot and a 2300mAh removable battery. If you missed to get the smartphone in the first flash sale, you can register ...
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January 30, 2015, 1:06 am
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Microsoft has launched Outlook app for Android and iOS. The move comes from the company after acquiring mobile mobile email start-up Acompli last month.
Outlook will let you manage your work and personal email on your phone and tablet . These new apps will be repackaged versions of the Acompli app and visitors of the app on Android and iOS will be directed to Outlook. The Outlook app separates mail into two tabs — Focused and Other. The important e-mails will be placed in the Focused inbox and everything else in Other. Users can view calendar and suggest a meeting time to a contact by tapping on an available time slot in your schedule right from the emails compose window. It also offers attachment integration that supports OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, and iCloud.
There is also a “Schedule Email” feature that temporarily removes e-mails from your inbox and returns at a time of your choosing. You can do it by swiping left. Previously, Microsoft technically had mobile versions of Outlook through its Outlook web app. Currently, Outlook for Android will be in preview for months while the iOS one is already available.
Microsoft Outlook - Android and iPhone
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January 30, 2015, 1:59 am
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Bharti Airtel Limited has announced that it will apply for payments bank license. The company is seeking to convert its existing Prepaid Payment Instrument license into a payments bank license to be issued by the Reserve Bank of India.
The company also announced that if it is granted the a Payments Bank license to Airtel M-Commerce Services Ltd (AMSL) which offers mobile money services under the brand name “Airtel Money”, Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited will acquire 19.90% stake in AMSL as an investor.
“We welcome the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) initiative on Payments Bank. The RBI’s vision for differentiated banks represents a significant step in furthering India’s financial inclusion agenda. The RBI guidelines provide an exciting and challenging opportunity for an entity like us to contribute in a meaningful manner to drive financial inclusion”.
said Gopal Vittal, MD and CEO (India and South Asia), Bharti Airtel.
Payments banks, led by mobile operators and pre-paid specialists with existing networks, are expected to bring financial services within the reach of hundreds of millions of people. Airtel is the largest mobile services provider in India with over 215 million subscribers and with 31% revenue market share.
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January 30, 2015, 2:30 am
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SwiftKey keyboard is now available in Chinese language. The popular third party keyboard was conducting a beta test with Chinese-speaking users for quite some time.
SwiftKey had introduced Chinese language support for its keyboard in beta on Android in November. The keyboard app is giving it users seven input options such as Simplified Chinese, Tiawan traditional Chinese, and Hong Kong Traditional Chinese input options. Simplified Chinese SwiftKey now supports the QWERTY Pinyin input method as well as the stroke and 12-key Pinyin input methods. For Taiwan Traditional Chinese users there is support for full key Zhuyin, 12-key Zhuyin and stroke input methods. Finally, Hong Kong Traditional Chinese input options includes Cangjie input method, Quick Cangjie input method and Stroke input method.
This update, version 5.2, also adds support for the languages of Khmer and Lao. SwiftKey retains its ability to make smarter auto-corrections based on how you type and still makes faster predictions. Along with language support, SwiftKey has a new theme to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
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January 30, 2015, 3:48 am
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HTC has launched a new Desire 816G dual SIM variant in India. It has the same 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display, similar to last year's Desire 816G Dual SIM, but this is powered by a faster 1.7GHz Octa-Core SoC and comes with 16GB of internal storage, but it has the same 1GB RAM.
Other features are similar including Android 4.4 (KitKat) with HTC Sense 6.0, 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual-front-facing BoomSound speakers, comes with dual (nano) SIM support and has 3G HSPA+ connectivity.
At the launch, Faisal Siddiqui, Vice President & Country Head, India at HTC, said,
The new offering under the HTC Desire series is our next step towards a power packed combination of beautiful design and flagship performance all backed by a powerful 1.7 GHz Octa-Core Processor. The HTC Desire 816G is the best buy amongst big screen devices, packing powerful performance and innovative design perfectly at a great price.
New HTC Desire 816G dual SIM specifications
5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display
1.7 GHz octa-core processor
1GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with micro SD
Android 4.4 (KitKat) with HTC Sense UI
Dual nano SIMs
13MP rear camera with LED Flash, 1080p recording
5 MP front-facing camera, 1080p recording
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January 30, 2015, 7:20 pm
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Lenovo launched the A6000 smartphone with 4G support in India at a price tag of Rs. 6,999 earlier this month. The budget smartphone is currently the cheapest one that offers 4G connectivity in India. We have already seen the unboxing of the phone and now lets see the hardware in detail in this photo gallery.
The Lenovo A6000 has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor with Adreno 306 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Vibe UI on top. It has 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable memory with microSD. The phone has 4G LTE support, including support for TD-LTE 2300MHz (Band 40) and FDD-LTE 1800MHz (Band 3) for India.
It has a 2MP front-facing camera, earpiece, usual set of sensors and Lenovo branding at the center.
The phone has three capacitive touch buttons on the bezel below display. It measures 8.2mm thick and weighs 128 grams.
The volume rockers and the power button are on the right side. There are no buttons on the left side.
The micro USB port is present on the top along with 3.5mm audio jack.
The phone has a removable back cover that has the Lenovo branding at the center and loudspeaker grill ...
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January 30, 2015, 10:14 pm
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iBall Andi 5Q Cobalt Solus, the latest smartphone in the Cobalt series has been listed on the official website. According to Manish Khatri from Mahesh Telecom, the smartphone is priced at Rs. 10,990. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display based on one glass solution (OGS) technology and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), similar to the iBall Andi5S Cobalt3 that was launched last year, but this is powered by a slightly slower 1.4 GHz Octa-Core processor.
It has a 13-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support as usual.
iBall Andi 5Q Cobalt Solus specifications
5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS OGS display
1.4 GHz octa-core Cortex A7 processor
2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
Android 4.4 (KitKat)
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
13MP auto focus rear camera with LED Flash
5MP front-facing camera
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
3G HSPA+ WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
2250 mAh battery
The iBall Andi 5Q Cobalt Solus comes in black color and should launch in a few days at Rs. 10,990.
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January 30, 2015, 11:10 pm
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Flipboard for Android and iOS got a major update back in October last year that brought new features, including Flipboard Topics for readers in the U.S and Canada. Users can choose from over 30,000 topics to follow, with each topic containing stories from publishers, websites, and magazines curated on the digital magazine aggregator.
Recently Flipboard updated its app to support Flipboard topics for India and the UK that would allow them to access topics tailored to local life and culture.
Examples include “Parliament,” “The City,” “Royal Baby,” “English Premier League,” “Lok Sabha,” “Indian Super League” and “Indian food.” You can also search to find a topic or tap on topic tags shown on articles. It’s easy to follow any topic: tap the “follow” button to have stories from that topic—and from magazines the Flipboard community is curating about that topic—added to your Flipboard.
says Flipboard on their official blog.
After the update you’ll be asked to select topics via the new topic picker if you’re using the UK or India version of Flipboard. The Android app also gets performance improvements and the iOS app gets improved performance of YouTube videos and web views in the latest update.
Download Flipboard (Free) - Android | iPhone and ...
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January 31, 2015, 12:00 am
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Samsung is working on the Galaxy Xcover 3 (SM-G388F), the latest rugged smartphone in the Xcover series. GSMArena has got hold of the live images of the smartphone. The Galaxy Xcover 2 was introduced back in 2013.
It has hardware buttons for back, home and menu. Since it is a rugged device, it is likely to be water, dust and sand proof. As usual, the Xcover 3 doesn't come with any groundbreaking hardware.
According to GFXBench listing, the smartphone would come with a 4.8-inch WVGA screen, 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 2-megapixel front-facing camera and 8GB of internal storage. According to the website, it would be powered by a quad-core Marvell Armada PXA1908 chip with Cortex-A53 CPU and 1GB of RAM. It would run on Android 4.4 (KitKat)
No details about the pricing or the launch date yet. Hope we can expect the smartphone at the MWC 2015 in March or earlier.
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January 31, 2015, 2:27 am
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Samsung launched the Galaxy E7 in India recently for Rs. 23,000. The phone that has a unibody design and is another device from company's E series smartphones. We have already seen the unboxing of the phone and now lets take a look at the hardware in this photo gallery.
The Samsung Galaxy E7 has a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD Super AMOLED display and is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 64-bit processor. Running on Android 4.4 (KitKat), it has a 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable up to 64GB with microSD.
The phone has a 5MP front facing camera along with the proximity and ambient light sensors.
At the bottom, the phone has a the traditional home button that is seen on Samsung devices along with the capacitive touch buttons on either sides.
On the right side of the phone there are primary nano SIM slot, a hybrid SIM / microSD slot and a power button.
Micro USB port, 3.5mm audio jack and primary microphone are situated at the bottom.
The volume rockers are present on the left side. The phone measures 151.3 x 77.2 x 7.3mm.
At the top it has a microphone and Qualcomm sticker.
At the back, the phone has 13MP camera ...
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January 31, 2015, 3:13 am
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We reviewed the Lenovo S580 smartphone recently, and as promised, here are the battery test results. The S580 has a removable 2150mAh Lithium-Polymer battery. The 5-inch display and the 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 SoC should make the phone's battery drain much. Let us check out the battery test graphs.
Talk Time
It lasted for 16 hours and 40 minutes in our talk time test.
3G Browsing
In the 3G browsing test it lasted for 4 hours and 20 minutes and lies behind the Honor Holly.
WiFi Browsing
It managed 5 hours and 15 minutes in the WiFi browsing test, similar to Honor Holly and YU YUREKA.
Video Playback
Finally, in our Video Playback test, the Lenovo S580 lasted for just 6 hours and 15 minutes.
As you can see from the chart, the S580 offers great talk time, but it doesn't perform well in other tests. Overall, the Lenovo S580 achieves a One Charge Rating of 7 hours and 58 minutes, which is the total time the smartphone is likely to last on a single charge continuously. This might vary depending on the usage.
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February 2, 2015, 12:40 am
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The next Android 5.0 Lollipop build of Cyanogen OS for the OnePlus One CM12S is on right schedule. Cyanogen Inc.has announced that the Lollipop build for the OnePlus One has entered the Quality Assurance/Quality Engineering stage.
Cyanogen confirmed via an official tweet that the latest Cyanogen OS build for the OnePlus One smartphone has entered final testing. If the testing goes well Cyanogen Inc. will be able to start rolling out CM12S, which is based on Android 5.0.2, for the OnePlus One. The update includes all the usual CyanogedMod features that are present CM-based custom ROMs.
CyanogenMod 12S is more stable and packs more proprietary features. Unfortunately, Cyanogen has not revealed any specific date for the release of the final build based on Android Lollipop for One smartphones. OnePlus announced last week that it will call its own ROM OxygenOS that will be open, customizable, and free of bloat and unnecessary features. The Indian variant of the OnePlus One will get OnePlus's own OxygenOS ROM based on Android Lollipop and not the CM12S.
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February 2, 2015, 1:02 am
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Snapdeal has introduced a new‘Scan and Sell’ feature for its seller mobile app that will enable the sellers to list their products for sale on the platform with a simple scan of the products barcode and keying in the pricing details.
"Introduction of ‘scan and sell’ significantly simplifies the process for sellers to list their products on the platform, thereby enabling them to maximize the impact of reach and scale offered by Snapdeal. We believe that mobile is a key contributor to the growth of ecommerce and we have been continuously working on enhancing the seller and buyer experience on the mobile. The addition of this hassle-free mobile products listing feature for a best-in-class seller experience is keeping in line with our philosophy of creating life changing experiences for our sellers.”
said Ankit Khanna, Senior Vice President, Products Management, Snapdeal.com in a press release.
Snapdeal claims that Scan and Sell is the first such initiative by any Indian e-commerce platform to simplify and automate the process of listing products for sale. Snapdeal has tied up with GS1, a leading global organization dedicated to the design and implementation of global standards in order to assist in the creation and maintenance of large volumes of ...
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February 2, 2015, 1:54 am
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Lenovo launched the A6000 smartphone with 4G support last month for Rs. 6,999. We brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartphone recently. Here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. The phone is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) SoC that has four ARM Cortex-A53 CPUs clocked at 1.21GHz per core, slightly faster than 1.19 GHz in the Samsung Galaxy Mega 2, A series and E series smartphones. It has Adreno 306 GPU clocked at 4000 MHz. It has a 1GB RAM, 5-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Let’s find out how the smartphone performs in a range of synthetic benchmark tests.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQwO0uuElCo
Quadrant Benchmark
It scored 11408 points in the Quadrant benchmark and grabs the third spot.
AnTuTu Benchmark 4
It scored 20974 points in the AnTuTu Benchmark 4 and grabs the second spot, just behind the Mega 2.
Vellamo 2.0 HTML5
It managed to score 1557 points in the Vellamo 2 HTML5 browser benchmark.
Vellamo 2.0 Metal
It scored 625 points in the Vellamo 2 Metal CPU subsystem performance test.
Linpack Single Thread
It managed to clock around 112.9 MFLOPS in the Linpack Single Thread benchmark.
Linpack Multi-Thread
It managed to clock around 240.9 MFLOPS in the Linpack Multi-Thread benchmark.
NenaMark 2
It clocked exactly ...
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February 2, 2015, 3:10 am
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Dixons Carphone has signed a deal with Three UK owner Hutchison Whampoa to offer mobile phone services to its customers. Under the agreement, Dixons Carphone customers will be offered a plan that allows them to tailor their own price, minutes and data.
Customers buying connected devices such as laptops, tablets, TVs or appliances from any of the firm's high street brands - Carphone Warehouse, Currys or PC World - will be able to take out a contract at the same time.
The move to offer mobile services is part of Dixons Carphone's expansion into the Internet of Things arena and a logical step for the firm's mobile services is to bundle these connected devices with mobile contracts which will appeal to those customers who prefer to spread the cost of their device.
The firm's chiefs say that the IoT space is expanding rapidly and becoming a service provider could be worth in excess of £5 billion to the retailer. There's no confirmed name for the new network but it is expected to launch in the summer.
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Google has announced earnings for Q4 of 2014. The company's revenue for Q4 was $18.1 billion, up from $16.86 billion one year ago, and net income of $4.76 billion was up 40 percent over a year ago, when the company pulled in $3.38 billion in profits.
The total revenue of the company was total $66 billion revenue for 2014 up 19 percent year-over-year. Google still did not meet Wall Street Journal's expectation that were predicted at $18.46 in revenue for Q4. Google-owned sites drove $12.43 billion in revenues for the quarter, up 18 percent, while partner sites made up $3.72 billion of the revenues, up 6 percent. $10.23 billion in revenue. Google's revenue outside US were $10.23 billion, representing 56% of total revenues in the fourth quarter of 2014, compared to 58% in the third quarter of 2014 and 56% in the fourth quarter of 2013.
The company'a advertising business garnered maximum revenue that accounted for 89 percent of its total revenues. Google's earnings also reported that the sale resulted in a net gain of $740 million (not including taxes) for Google.This was a major contributor for the Q4 net income. Meanwhile, Apple also reported record $74.6 billion revenue for Q1,2015
Yahoo for iPhone has received update with couple of features that uplifts its overall look. The app is getting beautiful images that enhances digital content from magazines.
Yahoo says that the entire design has been refined, to make sure that one enjoys a more crafted and vibrant experience. The app that bumps to version 6.0 improves magazine reading experience and makes it more interactive by including the ability to vote on Yahoo Style, swipe to see Yahoo Movies info including reviews and analysis, and content from Yahoo Food. The company has also added Yahoo Weather and Yahoo News Digest content above the stream for All Stories and News.
App Changelog:
Vote “who wore it best” on Yahoo Style, then find out what Editor-in-Chief Joe Zee thinks about the most glamorous red carpet looks.
Swipe to see Johnny Depp’s character transformations on Yahoo Movies, then read reviews and analysis curated by Executive Editor Josh Wolk.
See “before and after” shots of the “Cake of the Day” recipe on Yahoo Food, with the trendiest food crazes curated by Editor-in-Chief Kerry Diamond
Unfortunately, the update is only restricted to Yahoo users in the U.S. App Link - Yahoo
ZTE has announced Blade L3, the company's latest smartphone in the L series. It has a 5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) out of the box. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. ZTE unveiled the Blade S6 in the S series with a Snapdragon 615 SoC, 4G LTE and a 13MP camera at just US$ 249.99 (Rs. 15,370 approx) recently.
The Blade L3 comes with 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage with expansion slot and a 2000mAh battery. It is not clear if the smartphone has dual SIM support.
ZTE Blade L3 specifications
5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) qHD IPS display
1.3 GHz Quad-Core MediaTek MT6582 processor with Mali 400 MP2 GPU
1GB RAM, 8GB internal storage, expandable up to 32 GB
Android 5.0 (Lollipop)
8MP rear camera with LED Flash
2MP front-facing camera
3G, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth, and GPS
2000mAh battery
The ZTE Blade L3 would come in a range of colors, including unique pearlescent colors. No word on pricing or roll out details yet.
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Huawei Ascend P7
We’re currently on a tour of Huawei’s facilities in China and several company executives have revealed that the company will be launching a follow up to the successful Ascend P7 later this year but the handset won't be launching at the MWC 2015.
Jerry Huang, Director of Marketing Communications at Huawei Global, confirmed that whilst the company will launch three new wearable devices at MWC in a few weeks, the company’s next-generation Ascend smartphone won’t launch until later this year.
We've heard that the Ascend P8 will share several design similarities with the company’s existing P-Series devices but rather than launch at the annual MWC trade show, the company will hold a separate launch event in April to introduce the world to its new device. The P8 is expected to share the same DNA as the P7 (and P6) and will focus on the key ideals of beauty, functionality and performance. Previously the P6 held the title of world’s slimmest smartphone, but the company has confirmed that whilst it endeavours to make its handsets as slim and beautiful as possible, it won’t sacrifice functionality for the sake of build and beauty.
Kevin Ho, President of the handset product line, said:
"We launched ...
Microsoft is looking forward to invest in Cyanogen, according to a latest report from The Wall Street Journal. Cyanogen which ids the principal backer of the popular, open source CyanogenMod distribution of the Android operating system, which is used in the OnePlus One and YU Yureka smartphone.
The WSJ report said that Microsoft will invest roughly $70 million in Cyanogen . It will be buy a minority stake in the company which would then be valued in the “high hundreds of millions” of dollars. Microsoft’s has its own mobile operating system that competes directly with Android howerver,Windows Phone controls only 3 percent of the mobile market. The investment in Cyanogen might be a move from Microsoft to curb Android's dominance.
Kirt McMaster, Cyanogen's CEO, is on record saying recently that his company is going to "take Android away from Google." He also had stated that more than 50 million people are using a build of Cyanogen version of Android. Meanwhile, Google's Android is an open source project, but Google has limited what hardware makers can do with the OS. Both the companies have not yet commented on the prospective funding report fro WSJ.
Lenovo launched the A6000 smartphone with 4G support in India at a price tag of Rs. 6,999 earlier this month. It went on sale earlier this week exclusively on Flipkart in limited numbers. It is currently the cheapest smartphone with 4G LTE support in India. We managed to get one in flash sale, here is the unboxing of the smartphone.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGg1CFJlrxQ
Box Contents
Lenovo A6000 smartphone in Black
Headset with microphone
2300mAh battery
2 Pin wall charger (5V-1A)
Micro USB Cable
Scratch Guard
Quick Start Guide and Warranty information
The A6000 has a 5-inch HD display, which is bright. It is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor with Adreno 306 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Vibe UI on top. It has a 2MP front-facing camera. It has 4G LTE support, including support for TD-LTE 2300MHz (Band 40) and FDD-LTE 1800MHz (Band 3) for India.
There is a 8MP auto-focus rear camera with LED Flash and a secondary microphone on the back. The back cover has smooth finish that doesn't attract fingerprints. The A6000 has dual SIM support, 1GB RAM, 8GB of internal storage with expansion slot and a 2300mAh removable battery. If you missed to get the smartphone in the first flash sale, you can register ...
Microsoft has launched Outlook app for Android and iOS. The move comes from the company after acquiring mobile mobile email start-up Acompli last month.
Outlook will let you manage your work and personal email on your phone and tablet . These new apps will be repackaged versions of the Acompli app and visitors of the app on Android and iOS will be directed to Outlook. The Outlook app separates mail into two tabs — Focused and Other. The important e-mails will be placed in the Focused inbox and everything else in Other. Users can view calendar and suggest a meeting time to a contact by tapping on an available time slot in your schedule right from the emails compose window. It also offers attachment integration that supports OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, and iCloud.
There is also a “Schedule Email” feature that temporarily removes e-mails from your inbox and returns at a time of your choosing. You can do it by swiping left. Previously, Microsoft technically had mobile versions of Outlook through its Outlook web app. Currently, Outlook for Android will be in preview for months while the iOS one is already available.
Microsoft Outlook - Android and iPhone
Bharti Airtel Limited has announced that it will apply for payments bank license. The company is seeking to convert its existing Prepaid Payment Instrument license into a payments bank license to be issued by the Reserve Bank of India.
The company also announced that if it is granted the a Payments Bank license to Airtel M-Commerce Services Ltd (AMSL) which offers mobile money services under the brand name “Airtel Money”, Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited will acquire 19.90% stake in AMSL as an investor.
“We welcome the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) initiative on Payments Bank. The RBI’s vision for differentiated banks represents a significant step in furthering India’s financial inclusion agenda. The RBI guidelines provide an exciting and challenging opportunity for an entity like us to contribute in a meaningful manner to drive financial inclusion”.
said Gopal Vittal, MD and CEO (India and South Asia), Bharti Airtel.
Payments banks, led by mobile operators and pre-paid specialists with existing networks, are expected to bring financial services within the reach of hundreds of millions of people. Airtel is the largest mobile services provider in India with over 215 million subscribers and with 31% revenue market share.
SwiftKey keyboard is now available in Chinese language. The popular third party keyboard was conducting a beta test with Chinese-speaking users for quite some time.
SwiftKey had introduced Chinese language support for its keyboard in beta on Android in November. The keyboard app is giving it users seven input options such as Simplified Chinese, Tiawan traditional Chinese, and Hong Kong Traditional Chinese input options. Simplified Chinese SwiftKey now supports the QWERTY Pinyin input method as well as the stroke and 12-key Pinyin input methods. For Taiwan Traditional Chinese users there is support for full key Zhuyin, 12-key Zhuyin and stroke input methods. Finally, Hong Kong Traditional Chinese input options includes Cangjie input method, Quick Cangjie input method and Stroke input method.
This update, version 5.2, also adds support for the languages of Khmer and Lao. SwiftKey retains its ability to make smarter auto-corrections based on how you type and still makes faster predictions. Along with language support, SwiftKey has a new theme to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
HTC has launched a new Desire 816G dual SIM variant in India. It has the same 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display, similar to last year's Desire 816G Dual SIM, but this is powered by a faster 1.7GHz Octa-Core SoC and comes with 16GB of internal storage, but it has the same 1GB RAM.
Other features are similar including Android 4.4 (KitKat) with HTC Sense 6.0, 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual-front-facing BoomSound speakers, comes with dual (nano) SIM support and has 3G HSPA+ connectivity.
At the launch, Faisal Siddiqui, Vice President & Country Head, India at HTC, said,
The new offering under the HTC Desire series is our next step towards a power packed combination of beautiful design and flagship performance all backed by a powerful 1.7 GHz Octa-Core Processor. The HTC Desire 816G is the best buy amongst big screen devices, packing powerful performance and innovative design perfectly at a great price.
New HTC Desire 816G dual SIM specifications
5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display
1.7 GHz octa-core processor
1GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with micro SD
Android 4.4 (KitKat) with HTC Sense UI
Dual nano SIMs
13MP rear camera with LED Flash, 1080p recording
5 MP front-facing camera, 1080p recording
7.9mm-thick ...
Lenovo launched the A6000 smartphone with 4G support in India at a price tag of Rs. 6,999 earlier this month. The budget smartphone is currently the cheapest one that offers 4G connectivity in India. We have already seen the unboxing of the phone and now lets see the hardware in detail in this photo gallery.
The Lenovo A6000 has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor with Adreno 306 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Vibe UI on top. It has 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable memory with microSD. The phone has 4G LTE support, including support for TD-LTE 2300MHz (Band 40) and FDD-LTE 1800MHz (Band 3) for India.
It has a 2MP front-facing camera, earpiece, usual set of sensors and Lenovo branding at the center.
The phone has three capacitive touch buttons on the bezel below display. It measures 8.2mm thick and weighs 128 grams.
The volume rockers and the power button are on the right side. There are no buttons on the left side.
The micro USB port is present on the top along with 3.5mm audio jack.
The phone has a removable back cover that has the Lenovo branding at the center and loudspeaker grill ...
iBall Andi 5Q Cobalt Solus, the latest smartphone in the Cobalt series has been listed on the official website. According to Manish Khatri from Mahesh Telecom, the smartphone is priced at Rs. 10,990. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display based on one glass solution (OGS) technology and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), similar to the iBall Andi5S Cobalt3 that was launched last year, but this is powered by a slightly slower 1.4 GHz Octa-Core processor.
It has a 13-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support as usual.
iBall Andi 5Q Cobalt Solus specifications
5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS OGS display
1.4 GHz octa-core Cortex A7 processor
2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
Android 4.4 (KitKat)
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
13MP auto focus rear camera with LED Flash
5MP front-facing camera
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
3G HSPA+ WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
2250 mAh battery
The iBall Andi 5Q Cobalt Solus comes in black color and should launch in a few days at Rs. 10,990.
Flipboard for Android and iOS got a major update back in October last year that brought new features, including Flipboard Topics for readers in the U.S and Canada. Users can choose from over 30,000 topics to follow, with each topic containing stories from publishers, websites, and magazines curated on the digital magazine aggregator.
Recently Flipboard updated its app to support Flipboard topics for India and the UK that would allow them to access topics tailored to local life and culture.
Examples include “Parliament,” “The City,” “Royal Baby,” “English Premier League,” “Lok Sabha,” “Indian Super League” and “Indian food.” You can also search to find a topic or tap on topic tags shown on articles. It’s easy to follow any topic: tap the “follow” button to have stories from that topic—and from magazines the Flipboard community is curating about that topic—added to your Flipboard.
says Flipboard on their official blog.
After the update you’ll be asked to select topics via the new topic picker if you’re using the UK or India version of Flipboard. The Android app also gets performance improvements and the iOS app gets improved performance of YouTube videos and web views in the latest update.
Download Flipboard (Free) - Android | iPhone and ...
Samsung is working on the Galaxy Xcover 3 (SM-G388F), the latest rugged smartphone in the Xcover series. GSMArena has got hold of the live images of the smartphone. The Galaxy Xcover 2 was introduced back in 2013.
It has hardware buttons for back, home and menu. Since it is a rugged device, it is likely to be water, dust and sand proof. As usual, the Xcover 3 doesn't come with any groundbreaking hardware.
According to GFXBench listing, the smartphone would come with a 4.8-inch WVGA screen, 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 2-megapixel front-facing camera and 8GB of internal storage. According to the website, it would be powered by a quad-core Marvell Armada PXA1908 chip with Cortex-A53 CPU and 1GB of RAM. It would run on Android 4.4 (KitKat)
No details about the pricing or the launch date yet. Hope we can expect the smartphone at the MWC 2015 in March or earlier.
Samsung launched the Galaxy E7 in India recently for Rs. 23,000. The phone that has a unibody design and is another device from company's E series smartphones. We have already seen the unboxing of the phone and now lets take a look at the hardware in this photo gallery.
The Samsung Galaxy E7 has a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD Super AMOLED display and is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 64-bit processor. Running on Android 4.4 (KitKat), it has a 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable up to 64GB with microSD.
The phone has a 5MP front facing camera along with the proximity and ambient light sensors.
At the bottom, the phone has a the traditional home button that is seen on Samsung devices along with the capacitive touch buttons on either sides.
On the right side of the phone there are primary nano SIM slot, a hybrid SIM / microSD slot and a power button.
Micro USB port, 3.5mm audio jack and primary microphone are situated at the bottom.
The volume rockers are present on the left side. The phone measures 151.3 x 77.2 x 7.3mm.
At the top it has a microphone and Qualcomm sticker.
At the back, the phone has 13MP camera ...
We reviewed the Lenovo S580 smartphone recently, and as promised, here are the battery test results. The S580 has a removable 2150mAh Lithium-Polymer battery. The 5-inch display and the 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 SoC should make the phone's battery drain much. Let us check out the battery test graphs.
Talk Time
It lasted for 16 hours and 40 minutes in our talk time test.
3G Browsing
In the 3G browsing test it lasted for 4 hours and 20 minutes and lies behind the Honor Holly.
WiFi Browsing
It managed 5 hours and 15 minutes in the WiFi browsing test, similar to Honor Holly and YU YUREKA.
Video Playback
Finally, in our Video Playback test, the Lenovo S580 lasted for just 6 hours and 15 minutes.
As you can see from the chart, the S580 offers great talk time, but it doesn't perform well in other tests. Overall, the Lenovo S580 achieves a One Charge Rating of 7 hours and 58 minutes, which is the total time the smartphone is likely to last on a single charge continuously. This might vary depending on the usage.
The next Android 5.0 Lollipop build of Cyanogen OS for the OnePlus One CM12S is on right schedule. Cyanogen Inc.has announced that the Lollipop build for the OnePlus One has entered the Quality Assurance/Quality Engineering stage.
Cyanogen confirmed via an official tweet that the latest Cyanogen OS build for the OnePlus One smartphone has entered final testing. If the testing goes well Cyanogen Inc. will be able to start rolling out CM12S, which is based on Android 5.0.2, for the OnePlus One. The update includes all the usual CyanogedMod features that are present CM-based custom ROMs.
CyanogenMod 12S is more stable and packs more proprietary features. Unfortunately, Cyanogen has not revealed any specific date for the release of the final build based on Android Lollipop for One smartphones. OnePlus announced last week that it will call its own ROM OxygenOS that will be open, customizable, and free of bloat and unnecessary features. The Indian variant of the OnePlus One will get OnePlus's own OxygenOS ROM based on Android Lollipop and not the CM12S.
Snapdeal has introduced a new‘Scan and Sell’ feature for its seller mobile app that will enable the sellers to list their products for sale on the platform with a simple scan of the products barcode and keying in the pricing details.
"Introduction of ‘scan and sell’ significantly simplifies the process for sellers to list their products on the platform, thereby enabling them to maximize the impact of reach and scale offered by Snapdeal. We believe that mobile is a key contributor to the growth of ecommerce and we have been continuously working on enhancing the seller and buyer experience on the mobile. The addition of this hassle-free mobile products listing feature for a best-in-class seller experience is keeping in line with our philosophy of creating life changing experiences for our sellers.”
said Ankit Khanna, Senior Vice President, Products Management, Snapdeal.com in a press release.
Snapdeal claims that Scan and Sell is the first such initiative by any Indian e-commerce platform to simplify and automate the process of listing products for sale. Snapdeal has tied up with GS1, a leading global organization dedicated to the design and implementation of global standards in order to assist in the creation and maintenance of large volumes of ...
Lenovo launched the A6000 smartphone with 4G support last month for Rs. 6,999. We brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartphone recently. Here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. The phone is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) SoC that has four ARM Cortex-A53 CPUs clocked at 1.21GHz per core, slightly faster than 1.19 GHz in the Samsung Galaxy Mega 2, A series and E series smartphones. It has Adreno 306 GPU clocked at 4000 MHz. It has a 1GB RAM, 5-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Let’s find out how the smartphone performs in a range of synthetic benchmark tests.
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Quadrant Benchmark
It scored 11408 points in the Quadrant benchmark and grabs the third spot.
AnTuTu Benchmark 4
It scored 20974 points in the AnTuTu Benchmark 4 and grabs the second spot, just behind the Mega 2.
Vellamo 2.0 HTML5
It managed to score 1557 points in the Vellamo 2 HTML5 browser benchmark.
Vellamo 2.0 Metal
It scored 625 points in the Vellamo 2 Metal CPU subsystem performance test.
Linpack Single Thread
It managed to clock around 112.9 MFLOPS in the Linpack Single Thread benchmark.
Linpack Multi-Thread
It managed to clock around 240.9 MFLOPS in the Linpack Multi-Thread benchmark.
NenaMark 2
It clocked exactly ...
Dixons Carphone has signed a deal with Three UK owner Hutchison Whampoa to offer mobile phone services to its customers. Under the agreement, Dixons Carphone customers will be offered a plan that allows them to tailor their own price, minutes and data.
Customers buying connected devices such as laptops, tablets, TVs or appliances from any of the firm's high street brands - Carphone Warehouse, Currys or PC World - will be able to take out a contract at the same time.
The move to offer mobile services is part of Dixons Carphone's expansion into the Internet of Things arena and a logical step for the firm's mobile services is to bundle these connected devices with mobile contracts which will appeal to those customers who prefer to spread the cost of their device.
The firm's chiefs say that the IoT space is expanding rapidly and becoming a service provider could be worth in excess of £5 billion to the retailer. There's no confirmed name for the new network but it is expected to launch in the summer.
