New York: While Apple attempted to manufacture a TV product and own a complete ecosystem — both hardware and software — in the past, owing to stringent conditions the US tech giant put on cable operators, the deals did not materialise, media reported on Friday. “Company approached all negotiations with cable network and content owners […]

The telecom story in India, generally speaking, has been a “success story” the vexed issue of “call drop” has hit it like a black spot, new Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha told parliament on Wednesday. Replying to supplementary questions from members during question hour in Lok Sabha, Sinha, who was recently given independent charge of the […]

Riding on the strong sales of its Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge smartphones, Samsung Electronics on Thursday declared 8.14 trillion won ($7billion) year-on-year operating profit – 18 percent – in the second quarter results. Touted as a bad news for Apple that saw a 15 percent decline in iPhone sales in its second quarter […]

With a strong revenue and profit growth, social networking giant Facebook has added 60 million monthly users in the second quarter of 2016 to reach 1.71 billion users while scoring $6.44 billion in revenue – blowing the earlier estimates of $6.02 billion. Its social network Facebook operations raked in $2.05 billion in profit compared to […]

Cloud computing is the future and unleasing its power on your smartphone is the next big thing. San Francisco-based device maker Nextbit has made a quick switch with its flagship “Cloud first” Android device Robin in India. Did we say US-based? Yes, amid the sea of Chinese players, Robin, the first Android smartphone with integrated […]

Online marketplace Snapdeal on Thursday launched an in-app integration with Uber that will enable Snapdeal App for customers to book a cab. “Our unique partnership with Uber, a global leader in smart mobility, is an important step in that direction. We are confident that this integration will further provide an exemplary experience to our customers,” […]

Route Mobile Limited, a messaging and voice API company, on Thursday announced it has acquired Mumbai-based Cellent Technologies, a mobile marketing solution company that offers SMS and VAS (value-added service) solutions for enterprises and multinational corporations. “We are making strategic acquisitions to strengthen our presence in markets globally. This is our first such acquisition and […]

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) on Thursday unveiled G20CB — a powerful, compact and console-sized gaming desktop with first the PC in India equipped with a unique “NVIDIA Pascal GeForce GTX1080 GPU”. At a starting price of Rs 1,85,990, the gaming desktop will be available for purchase at the ASUS website. “The latest NVIDIA GeForce […]

Chinese global consumer electronics brand TCL Corp on Thursday launched TCL 562 smartphone, two TV models in P1 series – one curved and one flat Ultra HD – and two TV models in D2900 series for Indian consumers. All the devices will be available on Amazon. “Our entry into the smartphones and television category in […]

Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays will replace liquid crystal display (LCD) screens as the leading smartphone display technology in 2020, a media report has said. Samsung Electronics has already adopted OLED displays in its flagship smartphones such as the Galaxy S7 and there is increasing demand for OLED displays from Chinese vendors Huawei, OPPO Electronics, […]