Micromax takes the number two spot in the Indian smartphone market

Micromax went on to become the number two smartphone vendor in India by acquiring 22 % market share in the second quarter according to IDC (International Data Corporation) numbers. Micromax went on to ship 2 million smartphones and grew by 4 % since the first quarter of 2013 .According to IDC, growth in the phablet market and Micromax expanding its Canvas series has led to the growth of the company. Micromax increased its share from 18.8% in the last quarter to 22%.Micromax co-founder Rahul Sharma in an interview said Micromax is poised to become the number one smartphone vendor in India by the Q3. He also said the company will sell 2.5 million handsets by the next quarter and the company is among the two three vendors in Bangladesh and Sri- Lanka and is searching for new markets.

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HTC is developing a mobile operating system for China

Since few years HTC is struggling to gain a respectable position in the mobile industry where companies like Samsung and Apple have become the user’s brand of choice .With decreasing sales in North America and Europe, China is a market where HTC has always experienced growth and with the Chinese market flooded with Google and Apple powered devices with whom the Chinese government has gone into bitter relationship since the past few years ,the need for an indigenous mobile operating system just makes sense . The operating system is supposed to have deep integration with applications and services often used by the Chinese people and is slated for launch at the end of 2013 with a china only exclusive release. HTC is trying to meet all the points the Chinese officials want in developing this operating system .Whether this will be a completely new operating system build from scratch or built over android is not known yet.

 - Written by Randolph Pereira

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Falling Indian Rupee: Samsung hikes prices of its mobile phones.

The falling Indian rupee has started gripping the tech world with Samsung increasing prices of its mobile phones upto 5 %. Samsung has gone on to increase the price of the Galaxy S4 by Rs 1500 , Galaxy S3 by Rs 1850 ,Galaxy Grand duos by Rs 1000 and Galaxy note 2 by Rs. 2500. As the Indian Rupee is expected to fall further rise in prices may also start affecting other electronics goods imported into the country. In the mean while other mobile phone manufactures have still not reacted to the market and are playing a wait and watch game.

 - Written by Randolph Pereira

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India is now the third largest internet user

India has overtook Japan only to become the third largest internet user after China and USA. According to the “2013 India Digital Future in Focus” report, with a growth of 31 % in terms of unique visitors India now has 73.9 million people who access the web. Following are few facts about Internet usage in India for the last year, 60 percent of web users in India visit online retail sites. 

 

Indians spend 217 min on an average every month on Facebook .Social networking has been the top reason that people spend time on the web in India .LinkedIn emerged as number two after Facebook in the social network category .Bollywood videos where the most seen on YouTube. Online video streaming is increased by 27 % last year. 

Three quarters of the web traffic was generated by user below the age of 35 years. The fastest growing category is apparels with 31.4 million unique visitors, the second is comparing shopping with 52 % rise from last year. There is also a huge increase in Indian blogging audience .Non-PC traffic also seen a considerable growth of 14.2 % since last year. 54 million internet users in India watched online videos on their computer with a 27 % rise over last year. 

With India still having only 12.4 % internet penetration as compared to 43.2 % of China and 81.0% of USA India has a lot of web users to add in the coming years.

 - Written by Randolph Pereira

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Launch of BBM for Android and ios may be close

BlackBerry has accidently published user manual for BBM on Android and ios.

Both manuals explain the use of following features:
* Share pictures and messages
* Broadcasting messages
* add BBM contacts
* track to-do
* change BBM profiles and status
* start Multiperson /group chat
* create BBM groups
* plan events
* Chat with upto 30 persons at a time
* Set sounds
* Add emotions
* Troubleshooting
* View BBM profiles

Blackberry had announced BBM for cross platforms at BlackBerry World Live 2013 way back in May and is expected to release somewhere in September .

Note:- Soon after blackberry realized this it has pull-down the manuals.

                                                                                                                                                      - Written by Randolph Pereira

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It's all about the money..

According to the Guardian, Facebook data shows that Dhaka is the source of the third-largest number of 'likes' where the 'liking' was done by a team of workers paid $120 a year who worked on a three-shift system. According to the newspaper, Cairo is currently the source of the highest number of Facebook 'likes'.

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Nokia to lunch its first ever tablet

Nokia is expected to launch a windows 8 RT tablet in a event at NYC most probably on 26 September. Recent Leaks have pointed to a Nokia tablet running Windows 8 RT with a 1080 p Full HD display a 1.15GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, 32GB of onboard storage. According to the Chinese website the tablet would be running on Verizon’s LTE network.

- Written by Randolph Pereira

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Nokia Lumia 1020 vs. Samsung S4 Zoom

Two Big companies two great phones let’s see what sets them apart from each other. Where the Lumia 1020 comes with a 41 megapixel camera with 6x optical zoom the Samsung S4 zoom comes with a 16 megapixel camera with 10x optical zoom.

The Samsung s4 zoom looks more like a camera with at a phone measuring 4.9 x 2.5 x 1.06 inches while on the other hand Nokia’s Lumia 1020 looks sexier maintaining a sleek dimensions 5.1 x 2.8 x 0.41inches in this department Lumia 1020 takes a lead.

Coming to the displays both phones have to offer ,the Lumia 1020 sports a bright, colourful, 4.5-inch and 1280 x 768 AMOLED Pure Motion display however the display looks dimmer and oversaturated while on the other hand the Samsung S4 zoom has a 4.3-inch 960 x 540 qHD Super AMOLED screen which shows good saturation and vibrant colors in this department Samsung S4 zoom gets it all right.

 Under the hood the Lumia 1040 sports a 1.5 GHz dual core snapdragon processor with 2GB ram while the Samsung s4 zoom has an 1.5 GHz Dual core processor with 1.5 GB ram however since android phones are more power hungry then windows phones the s4 zoom suffers from some lags while the Lumia 1020 works like a charm, in this department the Lumia 1020 gets a thumbs up.

Now coming to the very reason both these devices where made for , the camera performance of both these phones are good but as usual there will be only one winner where the Samsung S4 zoom shines at zoom the phone takes a hit at daylight and indoor photography where the Lumia 1020 comes out with flying colours , in this department Lumia is a clear winner .

The Lumia comes with an 2000mAh battery while the Samsung S4 zoom comes with a 2330 mAh however given this the Lumia still has a greater battery life , this one again goes to the Lumia 1020. So overall the Nokia Lumia looks a better option .

There are some image samples clicked from both the phones via.

 

 - Written by Randolph Pereira

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The Indian IT Sector – A $100 billion industry

We got independence 66 years ago and come 2013 we are a major player there is one major industry which has played an important role, In the last two decades the Indian IT sector has grown to such a great extent that just within 20 years the revenue generated by the IT sector has grown from $150 million in the 1990’s to $100 billion in FY 2012. In this article we take you through the history of this industry which has made India one of the major players in the IT sector. 

It all started in 1968 when Tata consultancy services was established in SEEPZ, Mumbai back then it was the largest software producer in India. The establishment of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 1951 helped India to produce skilled professionals which would then take advantages of US policies and by 1960 10,000 professionals would have settle in the US. The center for software development and computing techniques was established in 1973 which aimed to get success in software development.

 During 1977- 1980 Information Technology companies Tata InfoTech, ProcSys, Patni Computer Systems and Wipro had become known names .The government established many specialized center’s that aimed to modernize India. Government driven company’s such as MTNL and VSNL were being modernized. 

In the 1990’s government made polices shifts which removed many restrictions to liberalize India, Due to this many industries were benefited   and one such industry was the IT sector .This allowed foreign investments into the country apart from these the other factor that influenced the growth of the IT sector was large manpower of skilled professionals knowing English and wages were just 1/10th of that of US. This also led to great examples of entrepreneurship such as Infosys .Even the creation of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) in 1991 at various States in India played an important role. In 1991 electronic mail service, 64 kbps leased line in 1992 and then commercial internet access in 1991 also allowed the IT sector to penetrate more inside the Indian economy. From 1993 -2002 various other policy changes were made and the country’s domestic IT sector also saw an incredible growth. 

This has helped many cities such as Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad to grow and has caused a infrastructure boom in various cities Bangalore has become the silicon valley of India with 33% exports of software while Mumbai also offer a fair bit of share in IT exports .The city of Pune has also witnessed a large investment of various IT companies. Over the years many foreign companies have also setup headquarters such as Microsoft , Google , EBay ,Amazon to name a few . Recently NASSCOM estimated the Indian IT sector to be valued at $100 billion in Fy 2012, just adding to what major role it plays in Indian GDP. 

Currently the IT sector is growing at a rate of 30% and still remains one of the major employment generator. Whatever way one look at the IT sector, it is contributing to the growth of the Indian economy.  It is being predicted that India is going to be a major developed power possibly in the next 20 year’s time and the information technology sector could very well be one of the major contributing factors for getting India into that enviable position.

 - Written by Randolph Pereira

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Sony's new phone – The Sony Xperia M

Sony has unveiled it's latest smartphone in indian market – the Sony Xperia M. This Android smartphone can be pre-ordered through major e-retailers such as FlipKart, Infibeam etc. Flipkart and Infibeam is offering it at Rs 12,990 and this device will be made available on August 18.

  

The Sony Xperia M is an Android Jelly Beans smartphone that comes with a 4-inch (854 x 480) TFT display. It comes equipped with a 5MP camera with an LED flash and 0.3MP front camera. Both cameras are capable of recording 720px HD videos.

Display

Sony Xperia M comes with 4 inch capacitive touchscreen display offering a resolution of 854 x 480 pixel and color depth of 16M color. Other Display features are Scratch Resistant, Backlit, 4 point Multi-touch, Auto Rotation, Handwriting Recognition, Gesture input and touch panel cover glass.

Processor

Sony Xperia M comes equipped with Dual core 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor.

Memory and Storage

Sony Xperia M has 1GB RAM and 4GB internal memory and can be expanded up to 32GB with microSD.

Camera

It has 5 Megapixel back camera with LED flash and 0.3 Megapixel front camera. Both cameras are capable of recording 720 x 1280p HD videos. It's has 4x digital zoom. And it's other features are Auto focus, Geo-tagging, touch Focus, HDR, Fast Capture, Touch Capture, Face Detection, Red-eye Reduction etc.

Dimension

Sony Xperia M comes with 62 x 124 x 9.3 size. And weight of this device is 115g.

Battery

Li-lon 1750mAh battery which offers 10hrs 2G talk time, 9 hrs 3G talk time, 498 hrs 2G standby time and 454hrs 3G standby time.

Sensors

It comes with different sensors such as Magnetometer, Ambient Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, eCompass etc.

Color

It comes with Black White, Yellow and Purple color.

Applications

PlayStation Certified, Motions gaming, 3D games, Sony Entertainment Network.

Other features

USB connectivity, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPRS, EDGE, DLNA, Tethering etc.

Lastly, the Xperia M comes with 1 year manufacturer warranty for phone.

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How to protect your privacy?

Few weeks before the concern’s about privacy were again all around the web thanks to the US government and its policy to use tech giants of the Silicon Valley to spy on people and governments all around the web .This led to a lot of debates and various countries taking a stern action against the US . But what one should do to protect his or her own privacy at home from intruders? There we will shed some light on few basic things you can do to protect your privacy.

1] Sign out of Google while browsing

While browsing refrain from logging into Google as all your data will be stored as history by Google while searching on Google. In order to delete your browsing history go to your Google account setting there you will see Account activity under the account tab just go there and delete all your data. There are many cases where governments all around the world have required for user data.

2] Encrypt your drives

This may sound difficult but there are inbuilt features in both Windows and Mac. Windows user can use the bit locker software found in windows 7 and windows 8 .Mac user can also do the same.

3] Use a ip masking Software

Visiting an unknown website think twice, you might be leaving your digital footprint like your ip address, web browser, location etc. To prevent your information from getting tracked you can use an ip masking software or for that matter even an proxy website that will act as an intermediate between you system and the website by shielding your actual information .Making an Google search for ‘proxy websites’ will return a lot of website which will complete your needs.

4] Google- 2 step verification

Google is offering a service where you will be provided an authentication code on your phone every time you try to login from an system which you have never before which eliminates the possibility of your e-mail account to be hacked. This option can be activated by going into your Google account setting where you will find it under the security tab.

5] Don’t save password on your browser

Maximum number of credit cards frauds and account hacking takes place due to very reason. So don’t save your passwords on your browsers.

6] Google alert on your name

This may sound silly but can create a search alert for a particular query on Google where every time the specified query is searched by someone it will alert you .You can find this service here .

7] clear all your history and cookies

You can do so by going to your browser setting and tell it to automatically delete your browsing history and cookies or use a third party application like Ccleaner.

- Written by Randolph Pereira

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Top 10 free new android application

1. Bike Xtream

2. Photo Editor

3. Voice lock screen

4. Air call accept

5. Jungle Flying

6. Temple Run Castle

7. Stunt Dirt Bike

8. Face Swap

9. Angry run

10. Sniper shooting

 
The first new application in the Android market is Bike Xtream. Bike Xtream is a side-scrolling bike racing game available on Android. This game will gives you a level of control that you won't believe what you are playing.

 
Photo Editor is a free Android application which automatically identifies the face in the photo and then you can add cool photo effects.

Beautiful Voice Lock Screen is an android application. Main feature of this application is that you can unlock the screen of your android phone with voice. You need to set a voice password and use it to unlock your device. Also there are other way to unlock it. It has simple and easy to use interface.

Features of this application are really interesting. First features of this application is Answer call – you can answer or reject your phone calls without touching it. It uses the proximity sensor on your phone to detect the movement of your hand over the screen. It also detects when you place the phone over your ear. There are two version of this application. One is Free and the other one is paid. The paid version supports all features such as reject calls, Speaker on when answer call, send SMS when reject call. While the free version can only answer your calls.

 
Jungle Flying is a free Android game which looks like Temple Run. But this game is different. There are three games or levels inside it. First is a memory game – Unfold the block to match similar picture. Second is a Puzzle Game – Swift each block to the correct place. And last is a Block game – Change the block to fit each other. You require android 2.2 + to play this game.

Temple run castle is another free Android game. This game is similar to Jungle Flying. Also, like Jungle Flying, Temple run castle includes three games or levels inside it. First is a memory game – Unfold the block to match similar picture. Second is a Puzzle Game – Swift each block to the correct place. And last is Block game – Change the block to fit each other.

 
Stunt Dirt bike is a challenging bike game. This game looks somewhat like Hill Climb Racing.So you can ride your bike and become the ultimate rider. You can unlock one of the many bikes present in the game with which play easy, moderate and complex levels.

 
Face swap is a photo editor application. The features of this application are Flip faces, Swap faces, Automatic face detection, face adjustment, face scaling and rotation. You can share your photos on Facebook, twitter, Google+ etc. It is of 2.5m.

Sniper shooting is free Android game. This game looks like counterstrike (CS) which you play on the PC and the size of this game is 2.5M.

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The patent war: Samsung might be in serious trouble

The patent war: Samsung might be in serious trouble

The fight against the two tech giants of the world is no secret. This all started when apple filed a 38 page federal complaint on April 15, 2011 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California alleging Samsung had infringed a large number of its patents , in counter Samsung too filed various complaints and law suits against apple in courts all around the world including Seoul ,Germany ,Tokyo and many more countries by now it was clear the battle for the top spot in the ever growing mobile computing was intensifying with Android becoming a great threat to Apple which before had a full dominance in the smart phone category , both the company’s had their own share of ups and downs in the own going patent battle and now come 2013 the war is still on with the US International Trade Commission’s(US ITC) finding Samsung to infringe apple patents in its mobile ,tablets and media player categories. Now the ITC has sent the order to the president of the United States Barack Obama who will have to review the order within 60 days and if he gives a nod Samsung would be banned from importing a large number of its products in its tablet and smartphone categories.

- Written by Randolph Pereira

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IPhone 5s September launch date?

IPhone5s September launch date?

When it comes to rumour’s there is no device on earth that can be compared to an iPhone let it be release dates ,specs or even pricing the phone is always in the media spotlight .This time the news comes from allthingsd who claims that the iPhone 5s we be launched at a September 10^th press conference this sounds possible because of the company’s history which have released the previous generation iPhone’s somewhere around the 3rd quarter . However no indication has been given about the release of the low cost iPhone. The specs included iOs 7 and all new processor the phone will however inherit the design of the Iphone5 and is rumoured to have a finger print scanner. At this point of time there are also various speculations about the launch of other Apple products which include the iPhone 6, iPhone 5c (low cost iPhone) and for that matter even the iPad 5 to take place somewhere in September.

- Written by Randolph Pereira

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Surface RT 2 even when the company pose a loss of $900 million on the first variant

As many you must be knowing that Microsoft had launched a Windows 8 variant called the “Windows 8 RT” on the Surface RT tablet alongside Windows 8, primarily meant for running on tablets powered by the ARM Architecture .It seems that this Variant of the OS has been taking the hit from the very time it launched, It seems Microsoft’s gamble on producing an operating system for low cost tables has gone all wrong with just a few days back news coming out that the company took a loss of $900 million on unsold Surface RT tablets and now ASUS washing it hands off from producing an new tablet based on windows 8 RT. But on the midst of all this reports Microsoft is supposedly going to launch the second variant of its Surface RT tablet (Surface RT 2) somewhere in October alongside windows 8.1. Some known details about the tablet state that it will be running on Tegra 4 SOC with Intel’s bail trail.

- Written by Randolph Pereira

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Android 5.0 Key Lime pie spotted in the wild

 Android 5.0 Key Lime pie spotted in the wild

With Google releasing an iteration of the Jellybean flavor Android 4.3 just last week, Google has been delaying the Launch date of Android 5.0 named Key Lime pie.

But this week compelling evidence was found when a user running test in the chromium bug tracker found the nexus 7 and nexus 4 running Android 5.0 (Key Lime Pie)

The ‘J’ in JDQ39 and the others stands for Jellybean while the ‘k’ in KRS368 and KRS36B is supposed to be Key Lime Pie.

Android 4.3 was too discovered in a similar fashion in April , so taking this in mind the new iteration of android will supposedly release somewhere in October or November. The same time when the nexus 10 is going to release this makes sense. As all the versions of android have lately been released with a nexus device. 

- Written by Randolph Pereira 

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LG’s new flagship phone: The LG G2

LG has gone out great guns in making its new flagship phone The LG G2 a success .The  android  4.2.2 phone comes with an 5.2 inch 1080p IPS LCD display with an impressive 423 ppi (pixel per inch) it is  still  behind the Samsung Galaxy S4 which has an 440 ppi but anything above 400 ppi would anyways look great. The company claims that its display consumes the same amount of power that a 4.7 inch display consumes. Under the hood there is the standard 2GB ram now found in almost all the high end flagship device out there, however it sport the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Quard core processor clocked at 2.26 Ghz and will be the only worldwide available phone that sports the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, it has an 13 megapixel rear camera and an 1.2 megapixel front facing camera. A massive 3000mAh keeps this Phone going.

LG’s new flagship phone:  The LG G2

The overall design is not something that will blow you away and LG has gone on to place the power and the volume buttons at the back of the phone under the camera lens which for some reason will irritate you .Though the phone has an Qualcomm snapdragon 800 processor LG gave a miss on the touch less control feature the processor has to offer which was shown off at the launch of Motorola X. LG too like many other manufacture’s has gone on to put a lot of software which is nothing revolutionary. 

In an era where hardware is no longer a problem, manufactures are trying to differentiate their products by creating new features and software’s this is where LG has failed .By providing the hardware which is already in the market and failing to create something new in the software department the New LG G2 has a stiff competition ahead.

- Written by Randolph Pereira

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