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ZTE eyes Southeast Asia, seeking to build its brand with launch of three Android KitKat smartphones

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by on August 13, 2014 at 10:50 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Gadgets, Product Launches

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A market research firm recently pinned Chinese handset maker ZTE as the fourth-largest in the US according to shipment volumes. This came as a bit of a surprise, given that the company hasn’t really built up a reputation among consumers as a smartphone brand holding its own against the likes of Samsung and Apple. ZTE is, however, out to change that perception, and one of the regions it’s targeting is Southeast Asia. Today in Singapore, the company launched three new Android smartphones running KitKat — Blade VEC 4G, Blade L2 and KIS 3 — which will go on sale on…

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WeChat climbs to 438 million monthly active users, closing in on WhatsApp’s 500 million

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by on August 13, 2014 at 10:16 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Asia, messaging apps, Product Updates, wechat

Tencent published its earnings today for the second quarter of 2014, revealing a new milestone for its WeChat messaging app: it has risen to 438 million monthly active users, up from 396 million the previous quarter. The new figure, which covers both WeChat and Weixin – the version Tencent offers in China — means that it is closing in on rival WhatsApp’s 500 million active users. However, it can also be seen that WeChat’s growth is flattening quarter-on-quarter, which means it may struggle to catch up to its Facebook-owned competitor. WeChat is also facing difficulties in China, where its largest userbase is. Recently, the Chinese government…

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Twitter launches data visualization tool for commonly tweeted topics in the UK

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by on August 13, 2014 at 9:42 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates, UK

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Twitter has launched a tool for brands and advertisers in the UK that makes use of its collated ‘Everyday Moments’ data to show exactly how often, where and when people interact when talking about certain topics. For example, you might want to check out the UK’s ongoing war between tea and coffee drinkers or you might want to see how many people around the nation are grumbling about traffic delays. To start with, there are more than 80 preset topics to choose from and using it is really very simple: just select your topics from the left-hand bar and then move…

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Twitter launches data visualization tool for commonly tweeted topics in the UK

Aug13
by on August 13, 2014 at 9:42 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates, UK

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Twitter has launched a tool for brands and advertisers in the UK that makes use of its collated ‘Everyday Moments’ data to show exactly how often, where and when people interact when talking about certain topics. For example, you might want to check out the UK’s ongoing war between tea and coffee drinkers or you might want to see how many people around the nation are grumbling about traffic delays. To start with, there are more than 80 preset topics to choose from and using it is really very simple: just select your topics from the left-hand bar and then move…

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Samsung moves beyond plastic with the Galaxy Alpha, a 4.7-inch smartphone with a metal chassis

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by on August 13, 2014 at 8:42 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Launches

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Samsung has today announced a new handset for its burgeoning ranks of smartphone devices, and this time it has dropped the plastic chassis approach to include a metal frame. Key specs of the device include a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display, an Octa Core processor (a pairing of two 1.8Ghz and 1.5GHz Quad Core processors) and a 12-megapixel camera on the rear. There’s also 32GB of internal storage on board, but no microSD expansion slot, which could perhaps be a little disappointing. Clearly looking to revamp the appearance of its Galaxy line somewhat – the company has come under fire in…

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