LG launches 5-inch phablet Optimus Vu for Rs. 34,500

LG Electronics has officially launched its phablet Optimus Vu in India. This stylish phablet is priced for Rs. 34,500. The smartphone was initially announced by LG at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona in February 2012. And after some time it is available in Indian market.

LG has launched this product to compete with Samsung's Galaxy Note II which is priced for Rs. 39,990. LG Optimus Vu runs on Android Ice Cream Sandwich where as the Samsung Galaxy Note II on Jelly Bean.

The LG Optimus Vu is powered by a 1.5GHz quad core processor and a 1GB RAM. This smartphone boasts of a 5-inch display with a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels with IPS display. It comprises an eight  megapixel rear camera and 1.3 megapixels front camera. This phone comes with an internal storage of 32GB. 

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If Facebook won't succeeded I'd be at Microsoft

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg showed his respect for Microsoft.

Mark Zuckerberg said that if his social networking giant had not succeeded than he would have probably opted foe Microsoft.

" I probably would have taken an engineering job and always had a lot of respect for Microsoft," he told Paul Graham, a co-founder of tech venture capital fun Y Combinator during a 45-minute interview before an audience of 1,700 at Stanford's Memorial Hall.

"A lot of people from Harvard went to work there," the 28-year old added.

Even though Facebook is one of the most visited pages these days, employs nearly 4,000 people and boasts 1 million users worldwide, the founder divulged that he most likely would have made his way Seattle if his idea would have failed.

Zuckerberg provided his account of his school days and was the first to admit he wasn't the model student.

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Bharti Airtel becomes World'd 4th largest mobile operator

Bharti Airtel India's largest telecom operator has overtaken Spain's Telefonica to become the world's fourth largest operator in terms of subscribers.

According to the scoreboard report by analyst firm Wireless Intelligence, the company had oover 250 million mobile subscribers at the end of the quarter ended June 2012, representing an year on year growth of 13 percent. This was the highest subscribers growth among the top five operators globally.

"India's Bharti Airtel is the only other member of the top ten to move up the ranking, recording a 13 percent year on year growth in terms of connections.

In June 2010 Bharti Airtel became the fifth largest mobile operator in the world following its acquisition of Zain Group's mobile operations across 15 African nations.

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LinkedIn unveils new Profile design

LinkedIn on Tuesday started rolling out a revamped design for its profiles which will make it easier for users to build a professional identity. The updated LinkedIn profile is available immediately for English language users, and will be rolled out for all users over the next few months.

Addressing a media presentation at LinkedIn headquarters, the engineering team of the professional networking website said the new profiles come with several enhancements and new features. Some of the notable enhancements are in-line editing. sidebar for adding profile sections, high resolution images and drag and drop profile sections, to sort according to users preferences.

"The ability to follow thought leaders to LinkedIn allows members to engage directly in professional conversations with influences, comment directly on professionally relevant topics, and share them with their peers," LinkedIn said.

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Facebook offering Rs. 50 talktime to new signups for mobile users

Facebook India is currently running a promotion in country, under which every new sign up from social network's mobile website will get Rs. 50 talktime. The social giant is also offering the same talktime if anyone signs up via your referral.

The promotion which seem to have gone live around ten days ago, does not seem like a potent strategy and will only add to more fake profiles on the social network.

On one hand the company seems to be worried about fake profiles and has recently reported the numbers to be as high as 83 million and on the other hand, it is launching offers which are likely to bring in more fake users rather than genuine ones.

New users don't even need email address register a new account, and will only need a mobile number that is not already associated with any other Facebook account. 

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HTC launches Desire X in India at Rs. 19,799

HTC has launched its new smartphone Desire X in India at Rs. 17,799. The phone has a 4-inch super LCD display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. Weighing 114 gm with battery, the phone comes armed with a 1GHz dual core processor.

The phone runs on Android 4.0 with HTC sense 4.0a, and has an internal storage of 4GB. The expansion card slot supports microSD memory card for additional storage. The phone has a 768MB RAM. The HTC Desire X sports a 5 MP camera with autofocus, LED flash. It comes packed with a 1650 mAh battery. HTC unveiled this phone at the IFA 2012 event held in August in 2012.

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HTC slashes prices of Desire V and One S

HTC has slashed prices of its two smartphones - Desire V and One S, which are now are available for Rs. 16,999 and Rs. 25,000 respectively. Online retailers such as Saholic and Flipkart are already selling the One S and Desire V at the new rates.

The HTC One S had originally launched in India with and MRP of Rs. 33,590. The One S is powered by a dual-core 1.5 GHz processor. The device runs on Android 4.03 Ice Cream Sandwich wuth sense UI and has a 16GB of RAM.

The HTC Desire V is the company's first dual-SIM smartphone. It runs on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Sense UI v4.0 

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