Tag: technology
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Xiaomi’s VP Hugo Barra will now lead Facebook’s VR efforts
The face of MI devices Hugo Barra has quit Xiaomi as Vice President to lead virtual reality efforts at Facebook. Barra served Xiaomi for 3.5 years where to took the Chinese company out to emerging markets like Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and lastly to India. Hugo had tweeted on January 23, 2017 about his decision of…
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In India, Tablet sales to surpass Desktop PCs this year
In a report by industry body MAIT and market research firm IMRB, the tablet sales in India is set to win the race against desktop PC’s, the backbone of India’s IT revolution. We believe this can be due to the change in lifestyle and the necessity of portable devices. The desktop PCs had witnessed a…
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Tablet Market on a downfall?
As per the latest report by BI Intelligence, the tablet shipment seems to have gone down last quarter and has reported a loss. Experts last year mentioned Year 2014 as ‘The Year of Tablets’, which certainly does not hold true looking at the shipment reports. The major cause of the downfall could be due to the fact that the tablets…
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10 Best Tablets of 2013 – iPad Air, Google Nexus, iPad Mini, Kindle Fire HDX and more!
Here is the list of 10 best tablets of 2013. Refer this if you are planning to buy/gift a tablet. No.1: iPad Air The iPad Air is the 5th and newest edition of Apple’s 9.7 inch tablet. The tablet comes with only two major updates from its predecessor – weight and processor. These two virtues…
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Acer quietly launches 8-inch Iconia W4 Windows 8 Tablet
Acer launches Iconia W4 Tablet sequel originally introduced in October 2013 The leading tablet manufacturer Acer has quietly launched the sequel of Iconia W4 tablet which was unveiled back in October. There have been rumors for a late January launch, but the company has launched the 64GB version on Amazon. The other version with less…
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Tesco enters Britain’s tablet market with “Hudl”, 7-inch, low-priced android tablet
In a hope to drive the sales of digital content and power online shopping experience, world’s 3rd biggest retailer Tesco will be entering Britain’s highly competitive tablet market with “Hudl”, Google android Jelly Bean powered 7-inch tablet. The low-budget tablet will have 16 gigabytes of storage and will be priced at GBP 119 (INR 12,000…
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Is Samsung really prepping two 8-inch slates?
As per the online benchmark results, there is a buzz that Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 will be an 8-inch tab. There have been many rumors around the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0, but the manufacturer does not seem to be happy with just one tablet at this size. According to gossips around the internet, it is likely that…
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Beyond launches 7 inch Mi-Book Mi7 Android 4.0 tablet for Rs. 10,999
Beyond added another tablet to its Mi-Book series with the launch of Mi–Book Mi7 for Rs 10,999/- The Mi-Book Mi7 is powered with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with a 7 inch capacitive touch screen. Here, Beyond may have missed the bus as other low budget tablets of same price are coming with Android 4.1…
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Videocon launches VT10, a 10.1inch Android 4.1 tablet for Rs11,200
Videocon has launched Videocon VT10, a 10.1-inch Android tablet. It will come in white colour and will be priced at Rs11,200/- Videocon VT is powered up with the latest Android OS, Jelly Bean(4.1) and 1.5 GHz dual core processor. This tablet will have several pre-burnt apps like “Facebook”,”Nimbuzz”, “NexGtv”, “Saavn” and many more. It also…
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Samsung, Android leaders in US mobile: comScore
The latest study from internet analytics company comScore, reviled that with 29% market share, Samsung is the top handset manufacturer. With 35% share, Apple secured the second spot with Google Android being the leader among smartphone platform accounting 54% market share. The study surveyed more than 30,000 US mobile subscribers. OEM Market Share In the…