OPPO and Vivo reach top 5 smartphone makers in Q1: IDC
OPPO and Vivo are the two new smartphone makers in the chart prepared by IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker for the first quarter of...
Apple iPhone sales surge 56% in India, 11% drop in China
Apple CEO Timothy Cook says the device company’s iPhone sales in India rose 56 percent in the second quarter of fiscal 2016 from a...
Apple revenue drops 13% to $50.6 billion in Q2
Apple said its revenue fell 13 percent to $50.6 billion in second quarter of fiscal 2016 from $58 billion, while net income dropped to...
HTC starts $100 mn investment fund for VR start-ups
HTC Corporation on Tuesday announced its $100 million investment fund targeted at start-ups operating in the virtual reality (VR) space.
Vive X program is designed...
LeEco to set up manufacturing, research unit in India
LeEco is eyeing a manufacturing base along with research and development centres in the country, the company's vice chairman and co-founder has said.
LeEco sees...
India wants panic button in all phones from next year
In a bid to make a mobile phone handset an effective tool for self-protection, especially for women, the government has said no such device...
LeEco launches new smartphones to take on iPhone 6 plus
LeEco launched three smartphones in China on Wednesday -- throwing a direct challenge to the Apple iPhone 6 plus.
LeEco group founder and chairman Jia...
LeEco to invest more, plans own retail stores in India
LeEco is looking at setting up single brand retail trading of electronic products both through retail stores and e-commerce portal in India.
Filing an application...
Apple may cut iPhone SE manufacturing
Technology giant Apple is reportedly not planning to produce a large volume of the iPhone SE that it released last month to offset the...
Micromax opens manufacturing facility in Hyderabad
Mobile phone manufacturer Micromax on Thursday opened its new manufacturing facility which will have the capacity to manufacture one million mobile phones per month.
The...
Micromax announces new strategy, brand and investment
Indian smartphone and tablet maker Micromax, which does not have a full time CEO at present, today announced its new strategies.
Micromax, as per Micromax...
Telangana signs MoUs with IT, electronic firms
The Telangana government on Monday signed a series of MoUs with various IT companies, mobile phone and electronic manufacturers.
As many as 28 agreements were...
Xiaomi leads $25 mn investment in Hungama Digital
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has made a $25 million investment into Hungama Digital Media Entertainment.
Other investors include Intel Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners and Indian...
Apple turns 40, sets eyes on emerging markets like India
From setting out in life on April 1, 1976 from a garage in Los Altos, California, to a new disc-shaped headquarters in Cupertino city...
LeEco to invest $10 mn to set up cloud, content network in India
Chinese smartphone maker LeEco on Thursday announced it would invest $10 million to set up in-house Cloud and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) in 10...
Xiaomi Mi 5 targeting 4G subscribers launched in India
Xiaomi has unveiled its latest flagship Mi 5 smartphone -- powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor -- targeting 4G subscribers in India.
Mi 5 supports...