There's been a plethora of Twitter apps for Windows Phone devices, and a lot of them went packing due to Twitter's API restrictions, but here's another one, and it looks quite good. Aeries has been designed to make using Twitter easier and features a neat and intuitive UI. I've been using a beta version of Aeries for a few weeks, and I can safely say that along with Tweetium, it is...
At a press event in New Delhi, Microsoft formally announced the launch of its latest affordable Windows Phone devices in India – the Lumia 532 and Lumia 435. The two smartphones bring the prices of entry-level Windows Phone devices further down while packing in decent hardware. The phones feature a 4-inch display and are powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 200 CPU with 1GB RAM. The phones...
It was the end of 2014 when we reported that Idea Cellular subscribers in India can now buy app and games from the Windows Phone Store via operator billing (or carrier billing). Idea Cellular is India's 3rd largest mobile operator, with over 150 million subscribers. Microsoft and Idea Cellular introduced operator billing on the Windows Store for Idea subscribers. This partnership...
Comedy Nights with Kapil (CNWK) is an Indian sketch comedy show that features celebrity guests in a talk show format. Conceptualized and anchored by Kapil Sharma, the popular stand-up comic from India, it is one of the leading television shows in India across genres. While there has been a CNWK app for iOS and Android for a while, the app has finally made it to the Windows Phone Store...
Close on the heels of huge promotions for the Xbox One, Microsoft has announced the launch of the Xbox 360 500GB model in India at just INR 19,990 ($ 323). The special bundle for the launch includes two games - Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Call of Duty: Ghosts – as well as one month of Xbox Live Gold membership. Also, all other models of the Xbox 360 will be available at a lower...
On the sidelines of the launch of HDFC Bank's Go Digital campaign in Varanasi, the spiritual capital of India, the bank's Windows Phone app got a fine update as well, with more capabilities coming soon. The launch saw HDFC Bank announcing a technology agnostic Bank Aap Ki Muththi Mein (Bank in your hand) offering which aims to turn a mobile phone into a bank branch. The official HDFC...
In an unusually quiet announcement, Microsoft today launched the most affordable smartphone 4G device in India, the Lumia 638. The latest affordable Lumia on the block, the 638 features a quad-core processor with 1GB RAM. The device sports a 4.5" LCD ClearBlack display. In a first, the Lumia 638 will retail exclusively on the newly launched Microsoft Store at Amazon India at a price of...
Zomato is a popular restaurant finder Windows Phone app that gives you recommendations for restaurants in your area and lets you look at menus, pictures, contact info, and directions. Available in 41 cities across the United Kingdom, India, Brazil, the UAE, New Zealand, South Africa, Indonesia, Turkey, Portugal, the Philippines, Qatar, and Sri Lanka, the Windows Phone app has just been...
In a press event in Hyderabad today, Celkon Mobiles, one of India's largest domestic handset makers, officially launched the Celkon Win 400, the company's first Windows Phone device. The dual-SIM entry-level Windows Phone device packs a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 quad-core processor with 512 MB RAM. The Win 400 will be available in online and offline stores in two color variants –...
Few days ago I wrote about Duolingo, a fun app to learn new languages. The popular app features many languages, but incidentally Chinese is missing. If you'd want to learn Mandarin Chinese, fret not. Available for both Windows Phone and Windows 8 devices, HANYU.CO(hanyu.co) is a great app dedicated to the Chinese language. Brought to you by Spiffy Ventures, the company that developed...
A product from an Indian startup, the GOQii Life includes the GOQii band, an advanced fitness tracker and a GOQii coach, a virtual yet human coach that guides you on daily exercises, nutrition, sleep, stress management, and lifestyle change. The GOQii band is available in India and the Middle East at the moment, and will expand to other markets soon. The official GOQii app for Windows...
Lumia 535, the first Windows Phone from Microsoft, was announced earlier this month adding another affordable Windows Phone device to the budget Lumia range. At a press event in New Delhi today, Microsoft launched the Lumia 535 in India. While the Lumia 535 sounds like an upgrade to the Lumia 530, thanks to 1GB RAM, front camera, and rear camera flash, it is a considerable upgrade over...
We've got some bad news for Lumia and Mix Radio fans in India. According to a new FAQ entry on the support section of Microsoft India's website, users will no longer be able to purchase renewals for unlimited download subscription. While the ability to renew the premium option hasn't been available for several months now, the official word from Nokia/Microsoft was that the team was...
Microsoft India in partnership with Ubisoft, today announced the new exclusive Xbox One Assassin's Creed bundle with Kinect featuring Assassin's Creed Unity. Assassin's Creed Bundle with Kinect is priced at ₹45,990, and will be available in India exclusively on Amazon India. The pre-orders for the same will begin this Thursday, November 20th, 2014 with release day deliveries starting...
Duolingo is a popular way to learn a language online and is created by crowdsourcing pioneer Luis von Ahn. Duolingo has already garnered over 50 million users across the world via popular Android and iOS apps. Selected by Apple as iPhone App of the Year 2013 and by Google as Best of the Best for Android 2013, the free, science-based language education platform began as a research...
It's raining Windows tablets across the world, and it's quite a downpour in India as well! A Pune, India-based IT distribution company, Sakri IT Solutions, launched Windows 8.1-based tablets in partnership with Intel and Microsoft for India, Malaysia, and Bangladesh. The WinTab devices run Windows 8.1 with Bing and are powered by the Intel Atom Z3735D processor. The maiden devices...
Once upon a time, I wrote about mTranslator, an interactive Windows Phone 8 app that allowed you to translate English to nine Indian languages. It was a fine idea since it wasn't just helpful for tourists and expats in India, but even the citizens of the country like me who often struggle with basic communication and instructions when travelling to another state or region. The app is...
Lumia 830, the affordable flagship from Microsoft, is now available for sale in New Zealand. The Windows Phone device is available exclusively from Spark, the leading carrier in New Zealand. The Lumia 830 is the first Windows Phone to use Spark's brand new 700MHz spectrum, which promises blisteringly fast 4G speeds in more places allowing people to do more and get more out of their...
At the Connect() event in New York City, Xamarin extended their partnership with Microsoft and announced a new set of offers for developers. Xamarin enables development of cross-platform mobile applications targeting phones, tablets, and embedded devices running on iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows. Connect(), a developer event hosted by Microsoft outlining the company's next steps with...
After the launch of Notion Ink Cain 2-in-1 couple of months ago, the company has announced the launch of Cain 8, a Windows tablet, exclusively available on Snapdeal.com. The Notion Ink Cain 8, powered by Windows 8.1 and Intel, is an 8-inch tablet featuring a 1280 x 800 IPS display on a 5-point capacitive touch screen and powered by Intel Atom Processor Z3735F. While the device does...