Microsoft recently announced that Lenovo will build Windows 10 smartphone for China. This is the first time that Microsoft is looking towards Chinese manufacturers to use its operating system in their phones. The devices will be available through the telecom carrier China…
With the landing of Solar Impulse 2 in Ahmedabad, it is firmly on course to complete the first Round- The- World flight solely on solar energy! The mission of this outlandish adventure that covers 35,000 Kilometers is to prove that…
Silent Circle has released an upgrade to its previous Blackphone at this year’s ongoing Mobile World Congress, the Blackphone 2 with upgraded hardware and software. It also announced the Blackphone+ tablet which will ship later this year. Blackphone is known…
Previously we had reported the Yezz-Ara collaboration which is developing modules for the first consumer ready version of a modular smartphone. As suggested earlier, Yezz displayed some interesting and innovative unitary modules at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC). With modules…
There is boom in the Android world with new devices getting launched every now and then. Be it at the MWC or in other parts of world. But ditching the trend is Alcatel’s OneTouch Hero 2+ which is based on Cyanogen OS. This smartphone…
Updated in September 2020. The under- Rs 8k smartphone market in India is very crowded. There are plenty of brands offering devices with decent specifications in the price bracket. The smartphones are ideally suited for budget or first-time users. With…
Did you know that there is a phone releasing every alternate day by the 100+ brands present in India. When PC and tablet sales are on a decline, the smartphone sales are constantly on rise. And the reason for the…
After spending over 6 months with the Moto X, as planned I also got an additional iPhone 5s 32GB. Thus ending up with two SIM cards and phones for the first time since 2006. My primary SIM goes in the…
Google is already geared up to bring a lot to the tech world – the very interesting Project Ara, its Project Loon’s commercial deployment or the latest advancements to its Knowledge Graph. And now, Google owned YouTube, which is already…
Ever wondered to play a game of cricketer-heartthrob, Virat Kohli? Well, you soon will be able to do that. Over the next three years, cricketers management company, Cornerstone Sport & Entertainment and India-based mobile games developers, Nazara Technologies have tied up to create and…
Project Ara is a modular phone concept that Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) team is working on. The whole world has its eyes on this concept as the idea of a customizable phone is very interesting. FOSSEE Project based…
Wouldn’t you be interested in a device which would let you ditch your smartphones and still enable you with all the features? Isn’t the idea of a smartwatch which can replace a smartphone all together intriguing enough? If yes, Neptune…
There are projects which one can’t get enough of. Right now, Project Ara is the talk of the town. The last update on the project was an Indian company partnering up with Toshiba for manufacturing and testing of modules. It…
Although one might know the tech world to be fiercely competitively place but there is no scarcity on philanthropic projects too. Check the proceedings of Project Ara if in doubt. Or read more on the recent project of Facebook launching…
The results are out and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has comprehensively defeated all other political parties in the Delhi elections. Political Pundits attribute this landslide victory to Arvind Kejriwal’s drive for corruption free governance and the common man connect.…
One of the most popular shopping website, Myntra may shut down its web presence by the end of this year if it acquires 90% of its traffic from the mobile app. The decision was taken as a result of the exponential…
In times when every smartphone user wants a device best suited for his needs, the manufacturing companies are trying their best to cater to these needs. But, Google on other hand has a completely different approach to this. It is in…
With smartphone industry growing under a knife sharpened with competition, applications are no exception due to which they are improvising like never before. Hike, an Indian messenger, has already introduced free voice calling feature. And now WhatsApp messenger, a cross…
Lately there has been a lot going on with Cyanogen Inc and OnePlus. A public spat between the two made it obvious that end to their partnership is near and imminent. All these speculations were put to rest yesterday (30th…
Hike, the Indian instant messenger has introduced free voice calling feature on 26th Jan. The feature lets you call other hike users over the Internet. The update is not done On-Air and one needs to update the app in order to…
Motorola confirmed that the Android 5.0- Lollipop update has started to roll out for the Moto G (1st and 2nd gen) in India. The company further revealed that the update will be rolled out in phases which means some users…
WhatsApp was previously in news for the controversial ‘Read Reciepts‘ but it silently also rolled out a feature which lets you turn it off. Here comes another news from WhatsApp which will make you smile – WhatsApp is now available…
While CES’15 is still fresh and buzzing with all the flashy gadgets trying to make their way out, it is impossible to not mention ‘Drones’. There was so much happening in the field of drones and many companies showcased their…
It’s that time of the year when the grand predictions from ‘Gurus’ come out. After years of industry experts predicting the next big thing, here is what we think is a more realistic take at what would happen in 2015.…
What strikes you first when I ask you to name your go-to music-listening app: Spotify? Er… Gaana? Saavn? Dhingana? With majority of smartphone users having a monthly internet data connection, the number of subscribers to music streaming apps is on the rise and…
Net Neutrality means keeping the Internet unbiased and open to all. No Telecom operators can command a authority to differentiate the data based on its website, its use, its time, its users etc. If a user buys an Internet package,…
If you look back there are tonnes of apps which we did not know about and now form a integral part of our mobile experience. Apps like WhatsApp, Truecaller, and tonnes of Google apps, to name some few. We have found out one…
Taiwanese smartphone maker Asus has been in the Indian Smartphone market for a while now. The ZenFone series was first showcased at Consumer Electronics Show early this year and is now officially available on Flipkart. We got our hands on…
Updated in September 2020. Gone are the days when looking for mobile phones unde Rs 15000 you would see homegrown brands such as Micromax, Karbonn, Spice, Lava etc. These brands offered value for money phones but then most of these…
There is no denying the fact that WhatsApp is the most dominant messenger among the other messaging apps when it comes to carrying out daily conversations. But what it lacked so far was a desktop client through which one need not…
The smartphone market in India has changed drastically over the last few years. There are smartphones been launched every alternate days, the number of people adopting to new technology has constantly been on rise. And with affordable Indian and China-based…
CAPTCHA is an acronym for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. It was a means to an end for preventing large-scale automated spam. CAPTCHA showed distorted text which a robot cannot decipher. These distorted texts…
Facebook is working on extending its network beyond the social realm and into the professional world. Facebook aims to gain a foothold in your office space too now. The social networking giant is working on its new offering called “Facebook…
Consumer electronic giants Google and Apple have now introduced a new encryption technology in their smartphones in an attempt to protect the privacy of their users. This new encryption technology makes it almost impossible for external entities to access and…
Asus has entered the Indian market with the ZenFone series of smartphones aimed at different price segments. The phones are selling exclusively on Flipkart and Asus has got the pricing spot on. All the ZenFones share the same design language;…
With every new version of Android, we have rising expectations of some different, perhaps new features. And, Google has surely lived upto the mark with the introduction of Android 5.0 Lollipop. When announced we were curious about these new features but…
WhatsApp which recently crossed a 70 million mark of active users in India has a new update! WhatsApp which shows you two ticks if your message is delivered to the recipient, now turns them into blue if the person has read…
Truecaller, the online Caller ID for our phones has now launched a new app named Truedialer. It claims to be a smart dialer for your smart phone. The app is available for free on Android and Windows Phone. A user…
YouTube, the online video-sharing website owned by Google has plans to save you from watching the ads before you stream your video. You read it correct! YouTube is about to offer paid, ad-free subscription version. In its attempt to establish…
Microsoft acquired Nokia’s mobile phone division in September 2013 for 7 billion dollars. Today, they have officially announced that all new Lumia phones will be called Microsoft Lumia rather than Nokia Lumia. Thus, Nokia will no longer be known as…