Lenovo has teamed up with Intel, PayPal, and Synaptics to bring FIDO authentication to laptops. The collaboration will enable Lenovo customers to be able to authenticate to online FIDO ((Fast Identity Online) )-enabled services like PayPal by using a fingerprint instead of a password.
Last month Reliance Jio unofficially started offering Jio Preview Offer with free 90 days of unlimited data, calls and messaging to all 4G smartphones. Now the company has officially announced that its Jio Welcome Offer that would offer free Jio SIM with free Data, Voice, SMS and the full bouquet of Jio applications and content till December 31st 2016 will be available for all 4G smartphones. Continue reading “Reliance Jio welcome offer now officially available for all 4G smartphones”
Twitter is reportedly in talks with top tech companies for a potential buyout. A recent report from CNBC says that Google, Salesforce and others are eyeing to acquire the micro blogging site.
Samsung is getting into another controversy after its ongoing Galaxy Note7 battery issue. A Samsung Galaxy Note 2 smartphone caught fire inside an Indigo flight bound to Chennai from Singapore on Friday.
Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 2 catches fire on flight to Chennai”
Lenovo launched its flagship the Z2 Plus this week in India. The smartphone is powered by high-end quad-core Snapdragon 820 processor. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Lenovo Z2 Plus, Mi Air Purifier, Mi Band 2, Nokia 216, Moto E3 Power and more”
Idea Cellular on Friday said that it will be providing over 230% additional capacity to Reliance Jio, saying that Quality of Service for its customers is top priority. Reliance Jio later said that it has been intimated by Idea Cellular regarding Idea’s decision to provide additional POIs in the next few days. Continue reading “Reliance Jio: Over 4 crore calls to Idea failing every day, proposed augmentation by Idea inadequate”
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Lenovo (Moto) just sent out invites for the launch of Moto Z smartphone along with Moto Mods in India. It was introduced back in June at the Lenovo Tech World 2016. Continue reading “Moto Z with Moto Mods launching in India on October 4”
Micromax has launched Canvas 5 Lite Q462, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone with Voice over LTE (VoLTE) support in the ‘Canvas 5 series’. It has a 5-inch HD IPS display, is powered by 1 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor, has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, but it still runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). Continue reading “Micromax Canvas 5 Lite with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6499”
Google had announced Daydream its own virtual reality platform in May at the I/O conference. The company has now launched its virtual reality software development kit (SDK) out of beta.
Continue reading “Google VR SDK 1.0 exits beta, now available for developers”
Last week Samsung and United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) officially recalled 1 million Galaxy Note7 phones sold from August 2016 through September 15, 2016 due to battery issues. Now the company has announced that about half of those recalled units have been exchanged. Continue reading “About half of recalled Galaxy Note7 units in the U.S. already exchanged, says Samsung”
Sony had unveiled the Xperia XZ flagship smartphone at IFA 2016 in Berlin. The company has now revealed the pricing and availability details of the phone.
Continue reading “Sony Xperia XZ to be available in the US from October 2 for $699.99”
Huawei has announced that it will start to manufacture smartphones in India in collaboration with Flex starting next month. Starting from the first week of October 2016, the Flex manufacturing plant in Chennai will manufacture one of the Honor smartphones models.
Continue reading “Huawei to start smartphone manufacturing in India from October”
Ultimate Ears, a brand of Logitech has launched UE ROLL 2, its latest portable waterproof Bluetooth speaker in India, which is the successor of last year’s UE ROLL. It promises 15% more sound and an increased wireless range of 100-feet with the same sleek, disc shape design of the original UE ROLL. Continue reading “Ultimate Ears launches UE ROLL 2 waterproof Bluetooth speaker in India for Rs. 8495”
Apple has partnered with Flipkart to make it authorized online reseller in India, ahead of the launch of iPhone 7 in India next month. Previously only Infibeam was Apple’s authorized online reseller in the country to sell iPhone and iPad. Now Flipkart will also sell Mac officially. This was first reported by BGR.in. Continue reading “Apple partners with Flipkart to sell iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus online in India”
