Sony Corp aims to boost operating profit 25-fold within three years by growing its camera sensors and PlayStation units, its chief executive said, outlining a strategy that could see the company exit the cut-throat TV and smartphone sectors. CEO Kazuo Hirai said on Wednesday the Japanese consumer electronics firm would no longer pursue sales growth in areas such as smartphones where its has suffered... 

Microsoft India has announced ‘guaranteed cashback offers’ on its high-end Lumia 930 and Lumia 830 smartphones. The offer introduced for the Holi festive season in India is valid starting Friday till stocks last, says the company. The cashback on both the Lumia 830 and Lumia 930 smartphones can be availed by any consumer upfront via physical retail stores. Unfortunately, the company has... 

Domestic smartphone brand, Wickedleak on Thursday launched a new octa-core smartphone dubbed Wammy Titan 4 in India at Rs. 14,990. The company is claiming the smartphone to have the “world’s biggest battery”, which is 5330mAh, that is rated to deliver up to 43 days of standby time, apart from 28 hours (3G) and 31 hours (2G) of talktime. The smartphone also features an ‘Advanced... 

Asus was one of the players responsible for upending the Indian smartphone market in 2014. After years of missteps entering the smartphone space, the Taiwanese PC component giant finally hit it big with its ZenFone lineup – the ZenFone 4, ZenFone 5, and ZenFone 6. Each of the three served a different market, giving customers plenty of choice under Rs. 20,000. Now, following plenty of positive... 

The cheapest smartphones don’t have all the gizmos of Apple or Samsung models, but I’m impressed by how many features you do get for roughly a third of the price. Processors are slower, yet that’s not so noticeable for basic tasks such as email, Facebook and weather checks. Video and audio are also enjoyable, as long as I’m not expecting the same performance I get on high-end... 

One of the best things about Android is how easy it is to customise just about every aspect of your device. Nothing shows this quite as well as the very many launchers you can download on Google Play. Launchers are basically apps that let you completely change the look of your ‘home screen’ – the interface that you see when you press the home button. However, Launchers are more than... 

Digital security company Gemalto NV was hacked by American and British spies to steal encryption keys used to protect the privacy of cellphone communications, news website Intercept reported, citing documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden. The hack by the National Security Agency (NSA) and UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) allowed the agencies to monitor a large portion... 

Motorola India seems to be gearing up to launch its high-end Moto Maxx in India via its exclusive online retail partner, Flipkart. The online retailer on Thursday teased the launch of the Motorola Moto Maxx in India via a tweet that read, “There’s a Moto beast coming your way… exclusively on Flipkart. Stay tuned for more details. #MotoOnFlipkart.” The tweet was accompanied by... 

Videocon Telecom on Thursday said it has plans to invest Rs. 1,200 crores over three years on high-speed 4G mobile services to be launched in UP and Bihar by December at rates at par with 2G and 3G Internet services. The company will also offer 4G mobile Internet plans bundled with mobile devices in these service areas. “We have partially launched our 2G services in UP East, UP West and Bihar... 

We were fairly impressed with the Dell Venue 7 and Venue 8 which we reviewed almost exactly a year ago. Dell has only just decided to get serious about the Android tablet world, and despite some flaws, the first two Venue models were pretty good for their asking prices. In the time since then, Dell has launched an updated model in India. These were first shown off at Computex 2014, and are currently... 

OnePlus, as promised, on Thursday revealed more details about the upcoming OxygenOS and also introduced the team behind the new OS. The company showcased the new logo for the OxygenOS while also announced March as the release month for the new OS for OnePlus devices during a Reddit AMAA session. Carl Pei, the Co-founder, Director of Global at OnePlus in a blog post introduced the team working on the... 

Motorola, as promised, has started rolling out the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for the budget Moto E and high-end Moto Maxx smartphones. The company announced the rollout on Twitter. Notably, the Android 5.0 Lollipop update is rolling out to limited Moto E and Moto Maxx users who are under the company’s soak test. The Lenovo-owned company confirmed soak test for the Moto Maxx in Brazil and Mexico...