Lava KKT Ultra+ Union With Support for 22 Indian Languages Launched at Rs. 1,500

Domestic mobile brand Lava at an event in New Delhi on Tuesday launched a feature phone with support for 22 vernacular languages. Called the Lava KKT Ultra+ Union, the feature phone has been priced at Rs. 1,500. The company claims it’s the first feature phone in India with such a wide range of languages supported, and that it has been launched under the Digital India initiative. Seeking to address the communication gap arising from the multitude of languages in the country, the Lava KKT Ultra+ Union features support for 22…

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Intex Cloud Gem+ With 4-Inch Display, 3G Support Launched at Rs. 3,299

Intex on Monday launched its Cloud Jewel smartphone priced at Rs. 5,999, and within a day ut has launched its second smartphone in the same series – the Cloud Gem+. The handset is available to purchase exclusively from Snapdeal, an e-commerce website, at Rs. 3,299. The Intex Cloud Gem+ is a dual-SIM (Regular-SIM + Micro-SIM) supporting smartphone that runs Android 5.1 Lollipop out-of-the-box. It features a 4-inch WVGA (480×800 pixels) resolution display with Gorilla Glass protection and a pixel density of 240ppi. The handset is powered by a quad-core MediaTek…

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Vivo Y31L With 4G Support, 5-Megapixel Front Camera Launched at Rs. 9,450

Vivo has launched its new 4G-enabled Y31L smartphone in India. Priced at Rs. 9,450, the Vivo Y31L smartphone is now available to buy in Black and White colours. The new Y31L smartphone is an India-specific model of the Vivo Y31A that recently launched in China. The Vivo Y31L is a dual-SIM supporting smartphone that runs FunTouch OS 2.1, based on Android 5.1 Lollipop. The handset features a 4.7-inch qHD (540×960 pixels) resolution IPS display and is powered by 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor, clubbed with 1GB RAM and Adreno…

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Intex Aqua 4G Strong With VoLTE Support Launched at Rs. 4,499

Intex has unveiled its new 4G-enabled budget Aqua 4G Strong smartphone at a price of Rs. 4,499. The smartphone is now listed on the company’s site though no availability details are provided. Intex lately has been expanding its 4G smartphone portfolio with launches in sub-Rs. 10,000 category. Last month, the Intex Aqua Raze and Intex Aqua Wing were launched at Rs. 5,199 and Rs. 4,599 respectively. The biggest highlight of the Intex Aqua 4G Strong is it features 4G LTE as well as voice over LTE (VoLTE), which means it…

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US Government Strikes Back at Silicon Valley Support for Apple

The Justice Department struck back at Silicon Valley’s outpouring of support for Apple Inc., reasserting its claim that forcing the company to help unlock a terrorist’s iPhone is legal. Last week, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft were among the dozens of technology companies that decried what they called an unprecedented expansion of government power that endangers the privacy of hundreds of millions of people. The Justice Department on Thursday tried to narrow the focus back to the iPhone 5c used by a San Bernardino County employee who, with his wife, murdered…

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Google Photos for iOS Gets Support for Live Photos, Split View, and More

Google has consistently been rolling out updates and new features for its Google Photos application to increase its user base. It hasn’t only been focusing on its Android platform, but also on a rival mobile operating system – iOS. The company has this time rolled out an update for Google Photos for iOS with a feature exclusive to Apple iPhone models only. The search giant on Monday rolled out Google Photos on iOS with support for backing up and viewing Live Photos, a feature exclusive to iPhone 6s and the…

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