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Google’s Android One phones struggle to make sales in India

Android One launched in India with three devices available, the Spice Android One Dream, Karbonn Sparkle V, and Micromax Canvas A1. Google was clear when it first showed off Android One that the company would deliver a unified Android experience


Microsoft Lumia 535 Set to Launch in India on November 26

Microsoft has sent out invites for an event on 26 November, which is expected to be the launch of the company’s first branded smartphone Microsoft Lumia 535. The invite sent by the company reads, “Five days to magic of triple


Motorola Keylink Can Find Your Smartphone or Keys From 100 Feet Away

Motorola has had a busy couple of months (like really busy), but they’ve still got one more little piece of hardware to push out to the masses. This is the Motorola Keylink, a $25 keychain that will help you find


Alcatel Flash, octa-core selfie phone launched at Rs. 9,999

Alcatel launched its selfie-focused smartphone in India, the Alcatel One Touch Flash, at Rs. 9,999, the new Alcatel Flash features a 5MP front facing camera and 13MP rear camera with LED flash. The Alcatel One Touch Flash features dual-SIM support


Chinese developers can now sell paid apps in the Google Play Store

A few hours back, Google announced that, they will now allow developers from China to release paid apps for Android users via Google Play store. The update covers 130 international markets. This is a great news for the global Android


YotaPhone 2 Dual-Screen Smartphone Set for December 3 Launch

Russian phone company Yota plans to unveil its next dual-screen smartphone on December 3rd. Like last year’s Yotaphone, the new Yotaphone 2 appears to have a color screen on one side and an ePaper display on the other. The original


Google Nexus 6 to go on sale in India today

Google’s flagship Nexus 6 is all set to go up for pre-orders in India on today. Flipkart, which listed the Google Nexus 6 as “coming soon” on its website several days ago, has now changed the status of the device


Snapchat launches Snapcash payment feature with Square

Snapchat, is in the news again. Today Snapchat unveiled a partnership with payment processor Square to launch payments inside the Snapchat app. The feature, dubbed Snapcash, allows users to send money to friends and family on the network by simply


Latest WhatsApp now lets you disable read receipts

WhatsApp introduced a new feature recently that showed two blue checkmarks next to messages when a message was read by recipients. Now the newest version of WhatsApp for Android (version 2.11.44) allows you to disable the new receipts under the


Asus Zenfone 2 Series Phones to launch at CES 2015

January next year and will add another chip supplier along with Intel as it expects to double its smartphone shipments. These Second generation Zenfone smartphones will pack Intel processor and will be coming to the United States. The company also