New Delhi: Tablet shipments in India grew 7.8 percent in the third quarter of 2016 owing to the preparation for the festive season, a report said on Thursday. Datawind continues to lead the tablet market with 26.1 percent share with its volume growing 73 percent over the same period last year, said the report by International Data Corporation (IDC). Samsung Read More

New Delhi: Mobile phone industry body Indian Cellular Association has asked the government to allow use of old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes for the purchase of handsets and claimed that their sales have come down by 50 percent due to cash crunch post demonetisation. In a letter to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, the association said, “The mobile handset Read More

New Delhi: Chinese technology giant Lenovo is all set to launch its brand new smartphone, the K6 Power in India on November 29. Announcing the launch, the company on Friday said the Lenovo K6 Power smartphone will be available exclusively with etailer Flipkart. “We are the top online smartphone brand in India with one out of four shoppers choosing to Read More

New Delhi: HTC just launched its latest smartphone in India, the HTC Desire 10 Pro and its user-friendly features are just what this technology-driven world needs. It fulfills all the needs of a gadget freak, yet subtly satisfies the requirements of the not so tech savvy. Following are the top five key features of the HTC Desire 10 Pro: 1. Read More

San Francisco: Microsoft is putting its machine brains into a Liebherr refrigerator. The US technology giant and Liebherr are collaborating on a new “SmartDeviceBox” that take the kitchen appliance beyond cooling comestibles to reminding people what they need at the market, Microsoft principal data scientist TJ Hazen said in a blog post yesterday. The box is an internet-connected module that Read More

New Delhi: In the latest, some leaks in the online space have sent strong hints about the most probable release date of Xiaomi Mi Note 2 launch date. If the information (in form of links), provided by Weibo, is to be believed, Mi Note 2 will be released on September 14. However, another leak which is a leaked promo image Read More

New Delhi: Smartphone maker Xolo will ramp up its 4G portfolio with handsets priced between Rs 4,500-10,000 over the next few months to cash in on the burgeoning demand for LTE-supporting devices following the commercial rollout of Reliance Jio’s service. Xolo, a sub-brand of home-grown handset maker Lava, is also looking at entering the wearables category this fiscal. “Come September, Read More

New Delhi: Electronics company Ringing Bells on Saturday announced that its `Loyalty Card` programme cards in denominations of Rs 500 (silver), Rs 1,000 (gold) and Rs 2,000 (platinum) are now available on the basis of cash on delivery (COD). The company said customers who purchased cards from its website last week would start getting loyalty cards from September 5. With Read More

Barcelona: If a slide from Nokia’s Capital Markets Day 2016 is anything to go by, the one-time famous smartphone maker is planning to re-enter the business in 2017. The event that was held on November 15 for investors, the company stated that 2017 will represent “Nokia brand`s return to smartphones.,” Phone Arena reported on Friday. Since it does not have Read More

Tata Motors and Fiat Chrysler Automobile (FCA) association is not new and until now have been known for their joint manufacturing initiatives. This time around, both the companies intend on strengthening their partnership to enhance technology, engine and transmission sharing between the two. The stronger association will also strengthen FCA plans to generate volumes from the Jeep brand in the Read More