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Internet giant, Yahoo! India has said that it will soon organise its `Open Hack India' event in the southern city of Hyderabad during the month of July or August this year.

Yahoo!'s second largest global research and development (R&D) facility is located in Bangalore and the company generally holds the event in the city. The event had recorded a participation of 800 developers in the Open Hack competition in the previous year but the company expects only a modest participation this year in Hyderabad.

XOLO has announced the launch of its Q700 smartphone that the company claims is the world's first multi profile Android smartphone with a Quad-core processor.

The XOLO Q700 has a 4.5 inch qHD IPS display with One Glass Solution (OGS) Technology with a resolution of 960x540 with 245 PPI and can play 720p videos. It has Android Jelly bean v4.2 and powered by 1.2 GHz Quad-core processor with 1 GB of RAM. It comes with 4 GB of internal storage. It will come with a 2400 mAh battery for extended battery life.

Luxury phone maker, Vertu has announced the launch of its new unique offering, Vertu TI with attractive features in the India market.

The new Vertu TI will come with a price tag of a whooping Rs 6,49,990. The company's devices are popular with celebrities like Madonna and David Beckham. It launched the new TI in February this year. The Vertu TI is packed with titanium and has a ruby key for access to concierge services. The device's outer casing is created from grade 5 titanium so that to make it lightweight and durable for the custoemrs.

According to some reports, the Samsung Galaxy Note III, which is expected to be launched in the coming months, will come with a 6.0-inch display.

Media reports indicate that the phablet will feature a 6.0 inch screen and is expected to release in the second quarter of 2013. A report suggests that Samsung has started production of the display in a new line at the company's display production unit. Samsung's Display unit is planning to produce flexible AMOLED panels but the capacity is not likely to meet the requirement for flagship device like the Galaxy Note III.

Finnish handset giant, Nokai might be planning to release the much anticipated Lumia 925 smartphone powered by Windows Phone 8 in the UK today.

Reports suggest that details of the device also called Nokia Catwalk have been leaked to the internet in the previous few days. Some suggest that the Nokia Lumia 925 will be a global edition of Lumia 928, which was recently announced by the company. The device will come with brushed aluminum chassis instead of polycarbonate plastic body.

Gurgaon, May 14 : The 14th International Indian Film Academy awards (IIFA) will be held in Macau from June 4 it was announced here Tuesday. This is the second time that the event will be held in the city.

The three-day event will take off at The Venetian Macao.

"IIFA is a pioneering initiative that opens new doors and creates myriad opportunities for the film industry, taking it to new shores each year," actor Abhishek Bachchan told reporters at a press meet at the Kingdom Of Dreams here.