Amazon launched its Prime delivery service in India last year in July for an introductory price of Rs. 499. Earlier this month the company said that it will increase the subscription fee for its ‘Prime’ service to Rs. 999 in India in the coming days. Today the company has announced that the offer will end on October 30th, 2017 after which the program will move to the full price of Rs. 999 a year. Continue reading “Amazon Prime membership introductory price of Rs. 499 ends October 30”
Apple started taking pre-orders for the iPhone X in more than 55 countries including India starting today. Reliance Jio has announced 70% buyback on the iPhone X, similar to what it had announced for the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus. Under this offer, customers who pre-book the iPhone X by paying Rs. 1999 and opt for the Rs. 799 or higher Jio tariff plan would be eligible for 70% of the MRP as buyback amount on return of the device after a year. Continue reading “Apple iPhone X pre-orders begin: Reliance Jio offers 70% buyback, Rs. 10000 cashback and more”
NVIDIA launched GeForce GTX 1070 last year. Now it has introduced the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti and the GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition has been priced in India. It is based on new Pascal architecture and is built on TSMC’s 16nm FinFET process, similar to the GTX 1070, but this is more powerful with 2,432 cores. NVIDIA says that it will offer double the performance of the GeForce GTX 970. Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti announced, price starts at Rs. 39000 in India”
Uber today added a new feature that lets users in India add extra stops to their trip. This feature will be useful to pick up and drop off friends anytime during your ride, and is already available in several countries. You can add up to 3 stops in India and your fares will continue to include time and distance rates on trips with multiple stops.
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OPPO just announced F5, the company’s latest selfie-focused smartphone at an event in Philippines, as it had promised. It has a 6-inch full HD+ 18:9 full-screen display and has a 20-megapixel front-facing camera with A.I. beauty recognition technology that scan 200 facial recognition spots to beautify a selfie shot perfectly and also offers bokeh effect. It also has face unlock feature to quickly unlock the phone. Continue reading “OPPO F5 with 6-inch FHD+ full-screen display, 20MP front camera announced”
OPPO recently confirmed that it will unveil the R11S, successor of R11 at an event in China on November 2nd. Today it has listed the phone on its official OPPO Shop that shows its unibody metal design in a range of images. The company has also confirmed 16MP + 20MP dual rear cameras with f/1.7 aperture and a 20-megapixel front-facing camera with A.I. Beauty Recognition technology, similar to the OPPO F5 to recognize skin tone and type, the gender and age of all subjects within an image and analyze environment lighting conditions.
Vivo launched the V7+ selfie-focused smartphone in India last month for Rs. 21990. We already brought you the review of the phone, here we have the battery life test results of the phone. It packs a 3225mAh battery, but lacks support for fast charging. It has a 5.99-inch HD+ FullView display, is powered by Snapdragon 450 14nm Mobile Platform, has 4GB of RAM and runs on Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) with Funtouch OS 3.2 on top. Check out the test results. Continue reading “Vivo V7+ Battery Life Test – #OneChargeRating”
LG Electronics has reported revenues of 15.22 trillion won (US$ 13.44 billion) in the third quarter that ended September 30, 2017, which is up 15.12% compared to the same quarter last year. This is due to strong sales in home entertainment and appliances sector despite the gloomy business environment resulting from increasing international trade concerns, said LG. It has reported operating income of 516.1 billion won (US$ 455.7 million), up 82.26% for the same quarter in 2016, as it had reported in preliminary results. Continue reading “LG profits up 82%, mobile revenue up 8% YoY in Q3 2017”
Vodafone today launched a new Vodafone SuperWeek pack that offers unlimited local and STD calls to any network along with 500MB data at Rs. 69 with 7 days of validity. Vodafone said that customers can make unlimited repeat purchases of the pack. Continue reading “Vodafone SuperWeek pack offers unlimited calls to any network, bundled data for 7 days at Rs. 69”
Xiaomi just sent out invites for the launch of a new series on November 2nd. The company has also tweeted from its Redmi India handle with “Your best self is within you!” and #YourBestSelfie hashtag so it will likely be the top-end version of the Redmi Note 5A with a 16-megapixel front-facing camera that was introduced back in August.
Google released final Android 8.0 (Oreo) update back in August. Today it has released the first Android 8.1 Developer Preview for Pixel and Nexus devices. The latest update includes a set of targeted enhancements including optimizations for Android Go and a new Neural Networks API to accelerate on-device machine intelligence. Continue reading “Google releases Android 8.1 Developer Preview for Pixel and Nexus devices”
MIUI is amongst the most popular android skins but there are few things we do not like about MIUI and one of them is MIUI notification panel because it lacks basic stock android features like Quick reply and painful two finger swipe down to expand notifications gesture.
If you ever missed quick reply feature and want a not so difficult way of expanding notification on your Mi/Redmi device, this tutorial is a must read for you because we have found an interesting app that replaces the notification panel with a stock like notification panel and at the same time gives you freedom of customization. Continue reading “Get Stock Android-like Notification Center in MIUI with Material Notification Shade”
Reliance Communications (RCOM) called off the merger with Maxis Communications Berhad (MCB), promoters of Aircel earlier this month. Today multiple reports say that the company will shut down its 2G business by November 30th citing “creative destruction” by Reliance Jio. The company this week confirmed that it will be shutting down its direct to home (DTH) business Reliance Digital TV from 18 November due to the expiry of its DTH licence.
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Sony just announced a7R III (ILCE-7RM3), the company’s latest camera in the mirrorless camera lineup and the successor of a7R II that was introduced back in 2015. It has a 42.4 MP back-illuminated Exmor R CMOS image sensor with shooting speeds at up to 10 fps with full AF/AE tracking, 4K video recording, wide 15-stop dynamic range, high sensitivity with noise reduction of almost a full stop and more. It has the same compact, lightweight body as the predecessor. Continue reading “Sony a7R III 42MP full-frame mirrorless camera announced”
After Mumbai, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra & Goa, Airtel today launched Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services in Gujarat. This lets Airtel customers enjoy HD quality voice calls along with faster call set up time compared to normal voice calls on their VoLTE-compatible 4G handsets. Continue reading “Airtel launches VoLTE services in Gujarat”
