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Web Apps Like Flipkart Lite Are the Only Logical End for Apps

April 5, 2016 SrijitaApps, Are, End, Flipkart, for, Like, Lite, Logical, Only, The, Web

Look at your phone right now, and aside from a few games and media players, you’ll find that most of the apps that are sitting in your storage eating up space are basically containers for the Web. Do we, for example, really need separate apps for Amazon, Flipkart, and Snapdeal, all installed on our phones? The apps that are available on our smartphones are what make them useful for every task – Android and iOS have thousands to choose from, and although Windows Phone trails a little on this front,…

What’s Inside the iPhone SE? Teardown Reveals Exact Specifications

April 1, 2016 SrijitaExact, Inside, iPhone, Reveals, SE, Specifications, Teardown, The, What's

Apple says the newest addition to its smartphone lineup – the iPhone SE – is largely the same as last year’s iPhone 6s, only in a 4-inch form-factor. It has detailed a few specifications of the iPhone SE, but characteristically, not all. If the little information we had wasn’t good enough for you, good thing the hard-working souls at Chipworks have cracked open the iPhone SE to reveal all the innards. So what are we looking at? The PCB that sits at the heart of the iPhone SE looks very…

Samsung the Third Most Reputed Firm in the US: Report

April 1, 2016 SrijitaFirm, In, Most, Report, Reputed, Samsung, The, Third, US

South Korea’s No.1 tech firm Samsung Electronics Co. was named the third-most reputable company in the US, an industry tracker said on Wednesday. Samsung’s rival, the top tech giant Apple Inc., remained out of the top 100, Yonhap news agency reported. According to research conducted by US-based Reputation Institute, the South Korean tech giant came in behind Amazon.com Inc. and Hallmark Cards Inc. in terms of reputation in the country. Foodstuffs maker Kellogg Company, Japanese tech giant Sony Corp. and Johnson & Johnson followed Samsung on the list. Switzerland-based watch…

Surprise! Apple iPhone SE Actually Rated to Give Better Battery Backup Than the iPhone 6s

March 28, 2016 Srijita6s, Actually, Apple, Backup, Battery, Better, Give, iPhone, Rated, SE, Surprise!, Than, The, to

Apple at its ‘Let Us Loop You In’ event on Monday unveiled the new iPhone SE apart from a smaller iPad Pro. The company also announced several updates on its product portfolio including a major price cut on the Apple Watch. The latest 4-inch iPhone shares innards similar to the iPhone 6s but sport a design that’s reminiscent of the iPhone 5s – the company’s last 4-inch iPhone launched in 2013. The Cupertino-based company usually doesn’t share battery capacity of its iOS devices, and this time is no exception. However,…

With the iPhone SE, Apple Hopes Small Is Big Again

March 28, 2016 SrijitaAgain, Apple, Big, Hopes, iPhone, Is, SE, Small, The, With

Apple Inc on Monday launched its least expensive iPhone, the $399 (roughly Rs. 27,000) iPhone SE (Pictures), filling a hole in its product lineup with a small-screen model that targets new customers in emerging markets and fans of smaller phones as the company tries to reverse falling phone sales. The low-key launch, held at the technology company’s Cupertino, California campus rather than its traditional splash at a much larger venue in San Francisco, did not wow tech experts or investors. But the new mid-range model was seen as necessary to…

Calcium Could Be the Answer to a Good Night’s Sleep

March 22, 2016March 22, 2016 Srijitaa, Answer, be, Calcium, Could, Good, Night's, Sleep, The, to

Calcium has been known long as good for our bones, but it might also be the key to a good night’s sleep, says a new study, unveiling a new theory how sleep works. The study showed that sleep depends on the activity of calcium inside neurons. Moreover, it was also revealed that a mechanism regulated by calcium ions is indeed responsible for controlling the sleep duration. The study, published in the journal Neuron, contributes to the understanding and treatment of sleep disorders like insomania and sleep apnea and other associated…