Airtel introduces new postpaid and prepaid packs with unlimited calls, national roaming and bundled data

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Airtel today announced new postpaid plan and prepaid pack for its customers that allows them to enjoy free outgoing (Local + STD) calls, national roaming and bundled data. Continue reading “Airtel introduces new postpaid and prepaid packs with unlimited calls, national roaming and bundled data”

Opera 49 for desktop brings new snapshot tool, VR player, customized start page and more

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Opera has updated its browser for desktop with new snapshot tool, VR player and several improvements and features. Opera says that new update aims at making web browsing even more interactive and convenient. It includes a handy search pop-up tool, integrated popular social messengers and support for watching online video content using VR headsets.

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Google to add restaurant wait times on Search and Maps

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Google  has announced that it will show estimated wait times at restaurants soon on Google Search and to Map later. This lets you decide whether the food is really worth an hour wait or plan ahead to get your fix at a time when you can avoid a wait entirely. Continue reading “Google to add restaurant wait times on Search and Maps”

Instagram Stories now lets you import photos and videos more than 24 hours old

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Instagram Story feature had a restriction of uploading photos or videos that you took in the last 24 hours. However, from today that isn’t the case as the company now lets you upload or post stories with photos and videos which you took more than 24 hours ago just like you normally do.

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Snapchat to bring completely redesigned app to make it easier to use

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Snapchat CEO, Evan Spiegel in earnings letter to investors today has announced that the company is working on a completely new design for the Snapchat app on hearing the feedback over the years that said that the app is difficult to use or hard to use. He confirmed that a completely redesigned easy to use app UI is coming soon.

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Apple Pay Cash now available with iOS 11.2 beta and WatchOS 4.2 beta

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Apple has silently launched the Pay Cash beta; peer-to-peer money transfer in an iMessage on iOS 11.1 and WatchOS 4.2. This feature was announced earlier this year and it only now the feature is being available in beta which you need to opt-in.

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Twitter doubles Tweet limit to 280 characters for everyone

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Twitter back in September has launched 280 character limit per Tweet for few users, and today the company has made it official by launching it for almost everyone based on the results and goals it achieved during the initial phase.

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Apple India supplier planning on expanding its iPhone assembly facility

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Apple.Inc primary assembler in India is said to be planning on expanding its facilities in Bengaluru and is scouting for land in about 100 acres according to the people who are familiar with the matter. Wistron Corp. executives have shortlisted few spots including one that is very close to the airport.

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PayPal launches domestic payments in India

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A year after demonetisation, Digital payments company Paypal today launched its domestic operations in India that would allow Indian consumers use Paypal to shop online with select Indian merchants such as BookMyShow , Yatra, PVR , MakeMyTrip, Thomas Cook and more. From January 2018 it will be open to all merchants. It has been offering cross border payments in India for close to a decade and claims to control a third of India’s B2C export payments.  Continue reading “PayPal launches domestic payments in India”

Moto X4 with dual rear cameras launching in India exclusively on Flipkart on November 13

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Motorola India recently sent out invites for the launch of Moto X4 smartphone in India on November 13th. Today Flipkart has announced that the phone will be available exclusively with them. The smartphone was unveiled IFA event recently and packs dual 12MP and 8MP rear cameras to take images with blurred background, portraits, selective black and white and has dual Autofocus Pixel technology for faster focus in low light.

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Vivo Y79 with with 5.99-inch FullView display, 24MP front camera, Snapdragon 625 announced

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Vivo launched V7+ selfie-focused smartphone in India back in September. Now it has introduced Y79 smartphone with similar specifications. It has a 5.99-inch (1440 x 720 pixels) FullView display with 18:9 aspect ratio, narrow bezels and 84.4% screen-to-body ratio, 24-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash and 16-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and LED flash, similar to the V7+, but this is powered by Snapdragon 625 instead of Snapdragon 450. Continue reading “Vivo Y79 with with 5.99-inch FullView display, 24MP front camera, Snapdragon 625 announced”

Honor Gala from Nov 7 to 11: Rs. 3000 off on Honor 8 Pro, discounts on MediaPad T3 and more

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Huawei’s Honor brand today started Honor Gala sale across Amazon, Flipkart, Official Honor Online Store & Offline Retail from today, November 7th till November 11th.  The Honor 8 Pro is available  at a discount of Rs 3000 and the Honor 6X (both variants 3+32GB and 4+64GB) get a Rs. 2000 discount. O fficial Honor online store offers Rs. 500 discount on Honor Power Banks and  offers on accessories and Flipkart is offering Rs. 1000 discount on Honor MediaPad T3 tablet.

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Airtel Broadband customers get ‘data roll over’ to carry forward unused data

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Airtel introduced ‘Data Roll over’ feature to carry forward their unused monthly data quota to the next billing cycle for post-paid customers so data is not wasted. Now this feature is available for Airtel Broadband customers, making it first to introduce the feature in the fixed home broadband segment in India. Continue reading “Airtel Broadband customers get ‘data roll over’ to carry forward unused data”

Ola partners with Microsoft for connected vehicle platform

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Ola has partnered with Microsoft to build a new connected vehicle platform for future. Microsoft will be the cloud partner as Ola said to use Microsoft Azure to power Ola Play its existing connected car platform.

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Huawei Band 2 and Band 2 Pro fitness trackers, Huawei Fit watch launched in India starting at Rs. 4599

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Huawei today launched Band 2 and Band 2 Pro fitness track and Huawei Fit fitness watch in India. The Band 2 series come with 24X7 heart rate monitoring and Band 2 Pro features VO2 Max which measures the amount of oxygen your body can take in and also has GPS. These also come with 5ATM water-proofing technology which protects it for up to 50 meters inside the water The Huawei Fit fitness watch has heart rate monitoring, automatic step counting, sleep tracking and support for multi-sport activities. Continue reading “Huawei Band 2 and Band 2 Pro fitness trackers, Huawei Fit watch launched in India starting at Rs. 4599”