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Twitter to set up R&D facility in Bangalore

According to a report in the Financial Times, the move is a part of the company's wider plans of accelerating its growth in emerging markets

Maxx Moblink looks to maintain edge in feature phone sales

Ratio of feature phones to smartphone sales for the company stands at 80:20 with a bag of 25 feature phone models and 15 smartphones

Indians to download around 9 bn mobile apps in 2015: Deloitte

The number of app developers in the country is likely to increase manifold and the country may have the largest base of developers by 2017, said the consultancy

Microsoft slashes XBox prices by 19%

The 4GB version of the standalone XBox 360 was earlier being sold for Rs 15,990

Samsung's 'Edge' over tomorrow's smartphones

The Galaxy Note Edge's curved display increases the scope for multitasking

Spice Group to set up e-waste plant in UP

Plant would recycle discarded mobile phones to form the backend integration chain for proposed cellphone manufacturing unit

JNU launches Google-like search engine for its students

This service linked with remote access facilities will enable students and teachers access the search option from their cellphones, tablets and laptops

Uber, other taxi-hailing apps hit new roadblock in Delhi

The aggregator restarted operations last week after applying for a radio taxi licence, though govt said Uber was still blacklisted

Xiaomi launches Mi4 in India, to go on sale on Feb 10

Registrations began on Flipkart from 6 pm on Wednesday

Hike Messenger introduces free voice calling on app for Android

Launch comes just 3 weeks after company acquired US-based free voice-calling app Zip Phone

Redington expects to continue benefiting from Apple distribution

The share prices plunged in the morning, recovering a little bit after company's clarification on exchanges

Google gets competition in new search engine

People using SciNet can get relevant and diverse search results faster, especially when they do not know exactly what they are looking for

Shaadi.com to pick 25% in dating start-up Thrill

Thrill allows women to request an audio or video verification call from men, thereby providing an additional level of safety

BlackBerry Classic: QWERTY days are here again

In the Classic, QWERTY lovers might have finally found a device to look up to

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Oppo R5: Size-zero obsession

Oppo R5 is a good smartphone, but the company has made some compromises to make the device look sleek

New app may help parents check child abuse

SafeParent app created by Jeff Herman has a quiz for parents to take with their kids

Trai's android app for feedback on telecom service quality

Operators will invite penalty if they fail to meet minimum service quality benchmarks set up by Telcom Regulatory Authority of India

Microsoft to release Office 2016 later this year

The company is planning to preview Office for Windows 10 in the coming weeks

India to have largest Facebook users on mobile by 2017

Of the 112 million users in India, more than 99 million users are using the platform on their mobile phones at least once a month