Samsung rules the smartphone market with quarterly shipments of 88 million units

According to a recent report, Samsung Electronics has posted a record 88.4 million smartphone shipments in Q3 2013 increasing the company's market share to more than 35 percent worldwide. Research firm Strategy Analytics stated that Samsung's smartphone shipments in the July-September period surged 55 percent compared to last year. It's market share has increased to 35.2 percent from 32.9 percent in the third quarter of 2012. Apple has reported a third consecutive quarterly decline in earnings [...]

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Sony introduces VPL-VW500ES 4K projector for Rs. 7,99,000

Sony has launched a new 4K home cinema projectors, called the VPL-VW500ES. The projector comes with 4K SXRD panels, which the company claims are capable of delivering DCI based 4096 x 2160 resolution. The project comes with HDMI 2.0 standard. The VPL-VW500ES also comes with a 4K up-scaling algorithm that has been designed for “Mastered in 4K” Blu-ray discs from Sony Pictures Entertainment. The projector features 1,700 ANSI-lumen brightness, 200,000:1 contrast ratio and TRILUMINOS d [...]

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Instagram to arrive on Windows Phone soon

Instagram is one of the most anticipated apps on Windows Phone platform. If Nokia's new teaser image is to believed, the wait for Instagram app on WP is going to be over pretty soon. Nokia has tweeted an image of two Lumia 1020 smartphones, with one of them running Instagram for Windows Phone. Nokia, however, hasn't provided any date of availability for the app, but just says it's “coming soon”. At the company's recent Nokia World event, it confirmed some major apps including the l [...]

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Homeworld: Revisiting the classics

Homeworld tells possibly the greatest story ever told in any game. Yes we know many would give that honour to something like Bioshock but before rushing to the comments to in a rage fit, hear us out. There are things other than the story arc itself that added to the whole experience with Homeworld. The Homeworld franchise not only told a beautiful playable story complete with spectacular visuals, artistic cut-scenes and immersive music, it also introduced players for the first time ever to a tr [...]

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Active mini appears on Benchmark site

Samsung is reportedly working on a mini version of the Galaxy S4, which ended up being quite a success when launched this summer. Identified by its model number GT-I8580, the Active mini will have specifications smaller than its counterpart - the Galaxy S4 mini. Its not as mini as it sounds as it will come with 4.65-inch screen. According to GFXBench benchmark data, the Active mini (GT-I8580) will be powered by a dual-core QualComm Snapdragon processor cloocking at 1.2 GHz. The screen wil [...]

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Spice Android Smart Flo Ivory 2 and Flo Edge budget smartphones available online

Two new Spice smartphones- Spice Smart Flo Ivory 2 and Smart Flo Edge - are now available on Saholic.com for Rs 4,099 and Rs. 3,099 respectively. The smartphones feature Android OS, dual-core processor and dual-sim connectivity. The Spice Smart Flo Ivory 2 (Mi-423) has a 4-inch TFT LCD display with 320x480 pixels resolution. It has a 1GHz dual-core processor and runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. The smartphone comes with 256MB of RAM and 512MB of inbuilt storage, expandable via microSD card up to 32 [...]

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Snapdeal launches 'price search on SMS' service

Online marketplace Snapdeal has introduced a new “Price Search on SMS” service. The new initiative allows users in India to search information about any product on Snapdeal before buying them. To avail this service, users need to send a SMS (Standard SMS charges apply) with the name of product they want information about to 92789-92789 and Snapdeal would send them the top results along with their prices and a link for instant purchase. “Furthering Snapdeal’s vision of p [...]

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Indian youth prefers to watch movies, TV serials on mobile phones: Vuclip survey

Vuclip, mobile video and media company, has released its third quarter 2013 Global Video Insights covering over 50,000 people globally, including approximately 8,000 from India. The survey reveals a high consumer appetite for watching full-length movies and television shows on their mobile phones even in areas lacking fast network speeds. According to the survey, 62% of Indian respondents prefer to view movies or TV serials instead of short movie clips on their phones. At 79%, this preference f [...]

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Nokia Lumia 929 hands-on video leaks; reveals 5-inch 1080p display, 20MP camera

Finnish telecom giants Nokia is currently preparing to unveil its second aluminum Windows Phone - Lumia 929, designed to be a substitute for the Lumia 928 in the Verizon wireless lineup. A teaser video has appeared that shows the device in black, sporting a 5-inch 1080p display and support for the three new columns of Live Tiles. There is a high probability of the device being launched in an aluminum frame with black and silver colour variants available in the initial stage. The smartphone will [...]

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Users report system freeze issues with latest MacBook Pro Retina models

Quite a few of those who have purchased the recently launched MacBook Pro Retina versions are reporting system freeze and other issues with their systems. While the issues seem to be largely affecting the Haswell powered Retina MacBooks, some users with the 2012 version are also chipping in with their anguish and frustration. There is now a 30 page long thread on Apple’s Support Communities. Users are reporting system freeze issues, which may include the entire system not responding, or c [...]

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Change Firefox New Tab Page Background Using New Tab Tools Extension

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While more and more PC users are using Google Chrome as their default web browser these days, a significant number of users still prefer Mozilla Firefox over other browsers for a couple of well-known reasons. By default, Mozilla Firefox offers limited number of options to customize the New Tab page that appears when you open […]

Get Into The Halloween Spirit With The Best Horror Films Ever Made

Looking for a terrifying horror film to watch this Halloween? Thanks to sites that aggregate movie reviews, we now can get the scariest ever made, without tons of searching. Sites such as Metacritic, Rotten Tomatoes, and Reddit keep vast databases of compiled film reviews. These sites then handily synthesize lists containing the top genre films of all time. To get the absolute scariest films, though, you need to filter out other genres. In this article I’ve already filtered out other search results. The movies listed are, according to their respective sites, the best reviewed horror films ever made. Metacritic Metacritic...

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Clip, Save, And Tag Your Way To A New Language With Phraseum

The Web is the new language tutor you should pay attention to. In most cases, it does not charge a dime. You only need to charge yourself up so you can supplement your language learning routines with the many online aids that are at your disposal. Phraseum is a simple but handy browser tool that turns your day-to-day browsing into a language learning class. But only if you are thinking of learning something new. We can harp on the fact that learning a new language improves the way our brain works; we can dwell on its benefits while travelling; we...

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Xbox-style game controller for iPhone leaks

Today @eveleaks revealed that Moga is working on a gamepad for iPhone, one that can charge while you play, dubbed as the 'Moga Ace Power'. The gamepad includes an 1800mAh battery pack alongside a set that looks pretty close to Xbox 360 style controls. All you need to do is to simply pull two halves of your controller apart wide enough to fit your device. There is also a video on YouTube that confirms the controller's existence, and establishes its compatible devices, however the video has been [...]

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Samsung Galaxy Golden with dual 3.7-inch displays launched at Rs. 51,900

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd has introduced its Galaxy Golden smartphone in India. Priced at Rs. 51,900, the smartphone features two 3.7-inch slim Super AMOLED screens. While the outer screen enables users to make and receive calls, flipping the phone open brings up the inner screen that has a 3x4 keypad. The Samsung Galaxy Golden is powered by a 1.7GHz dual-core processor with 1.5GB of RAM. It runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, and comes with 8MP front and 1.9MP front camera. The smartphone comes wi [...]

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PlayStation Plus monthly subscription introduced for Rs. 410

With the gaining popularity of the PlayStation Store subscription among Indian gamers, a recent subscription has been introduced for Rs.410 a month. PlayStation Plus is already available in in two basic offers, Rs. 2,950 for an annual subscription and Rs. 885 for a subscription for 3 months. The subscription has also been extended to the PS4. According to Atindriya Bose, Country Manager, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE), “PlayStation Plus membership entitles gamers to a broad r [...]

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Zen Ultrafone Amaze 701 FHD with 5-inch full HD display launched at Rs. 17,999

Zen Mobile has introduced a new Android smartphone, called the Amaze 701 FHD. Priced at Rs. 17,999, the Zen Ultrafone Amaze 701 FHD runs Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean and is powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core processor along with 1GB of RAM. The Zen Ultrafone Amaze 701 FHD comes with a 5-inch full HD display, featuring Corning Gorilla Glass 2. The smartphone supports dual-SIM (GSM+GSM). It has 13MP rear camera and 8MP front-facing camera, 16GB of inbuilt storage with 64GB microSD card slot and comes wit [...]

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Vodafone announces new affordable international roaming plans

Vodafone India has announced new and affordable international roaming packs for its postpaid and prepaid customers travelling abroad. Vodafone's new packs cover 53 countries including UK, USA, UAE, Thailand and Singapore. The operator says new international roaming packs give up to 95 percent discount on data and up to 78 percent discount on outgoing local and international calls as compared with prevailing rates. The international roaming packs are available for a rental of Rs. 599 and Rs. 149 [...]

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Pinterest partners with Getty Images to Pin data

Pinterest has announced a partnership with Getty images which holds digital rights to more than 80 million still images, illustrations and over 50,000 hours of stock film footage. Pinterest will pay Getty a fee in exchange for metadata. The financial details about the deal were not disclosed, however the companies stated that the Metadata will start getting added in the coming months. According to the deal, Pinterest will draw on Getty’s massive amount of image data to do reverse image se [...]

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Google enables Snapseed photo editing tool for ARM-based Chrome OS machines

Google+ users can now access the new Snapseed-powered photo editing features introduced in September this year. Earlier, ARM-based Chrome OS machines could not use the Snapseed-powered tools, considered a must-have app for mobile photographers. They provide advanced image editing functions above and beyond the basic editing tools available to users. Brian Matiash, a community manager for Google+ Photos, announced the additional support over on Google’s photo-friendly social network, calli [...]

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