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Camera majors to flex muscles with wi-fi soon
Samsung's Galaxy lets the user share photos on various social media sites directly from the camera once they are clicked
Soon, smart household appliances that text you
Whirlpool, LG are unveiling new washers, dryers, refrigerators that connect with their owner's smartphones or tablets through home-based wi-fi networks
Now, flexible 'paper tablet' that can be twisted and dropped
The screen will be launched later this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
Nokia's breakthrough results buys it time and options
Improved performance gives it time to carry on marketing the new Lumia handsets on which it is staking future smartphone success
Nokia's 'Your wish is my app' contest receives 35,000 app ideas
The initiative gave consumers a new opportunity to submit mobile app ideas that have potential to be developed into successful apps
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Samsung launches Galaxy Grand at Rs 21,500
The dual-SIM smartphone is powered by Android jellybean operating system, and runs on 1.2 Ghz dual core processor
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Hyderabad to play host to India's first AppFest
It is estimated that in the US alone, apps have generated half a million new jobs between 2007 and 2012
Sony emerges as the most popular gadget brand: eBay India
Sony has 20% of market share across the gadget categories of mobile phones, laptops, tablets, cameras and TVs on eBay
Tablet sales outpace mobile phones in Indian online space: study
The study also finds that around 80% of the mobile phones sold were priced below Rs 5,000
Sale transactions completed via mobile to grow 20% by 2015
Companies reporting greatest success with digital mobile consumers are those that are quickest to adapt to new platforms such as the tablets
iPhone 5 hits China, as Apple market share slips
China is Apple's second-largest and fastest-growing market - it brings in around 15% of total revenue
More life, power to computing in India in 2013
Laptops with all-day battery life, devices that understand gestures to hit Indian market in 2013
Samsung sells 10 mn Galaxy devices in India
Galaxy Y series, Note series and SIII together contributed more than 50% of the sales
Slimmer, powerful gizmos lineup for 2013
Smartphone lineup for gadget freaks includes Apple iPhone 5S, Samsung Galaxy S4 and Nokia Lumia 920 and 820
Aakash 3 may come with SIM slot, more exciting apps
About 50 lakh 'Aakash 3' tablets are expected to be rolled out in the next phase
RIM starts carrier testing on BlackBerry 10 devices
RIM, which once commanded the lead in the smartphone market, has rapidly lost ground to Apple's iPhone and Samsung's line of Galaxy products
Lenovo forays into Indian smartphone market
Launches a series of smartphones including the fully featured Lenovo A60+
iPhone 5 sales start tomorrow in India
Only customers who had pre-booked the device a week ago will get to pick it up tomorrow
