Uber is getting more people to carpool in India with UberCommute

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Uber, the US based ride sharing service entered India in 2013. The company has been investing and hiring heavily in the country being a potential market. The company currently offers uberPool, uberGo, uberX and uberXL services in India. Earlier this year, it launched a new service dubbed as UberCommute which is a car pooling service that is different from UberPool.

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Weekly Roundup: Xiaomi Mi 5S and Mi 5S Plus, Coolpad Note 5, Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016) and more

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Xiaomi took the spotlight this week by announcing two new flagship smartphones as well as a new Smart TV lineup. We also had interesting announcements from Samsung, Coolpad and many more companies.

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Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale: Best deals on smartphones, accessories and more

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Amazon just started Great Indian Festival Sale, its biggest 5-day sale for the year. As a part of the sale it is offering some great deals on smartphones, accessories, and more that include,  Moto G4 and G4 Plus smartphone, LeEco Le Max2, Xiaomi Mi 10000mAh and 20,000mAh Power banks and lots more. Continue reading “Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale: Best deals on smartphones, accessories and more”

Coolpad Note 5 launched, Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016) announced and more – FoneArena Daily

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Amazon Great Indian Festival: up to 30% off on mobiles, up to 65% off on power banks and more

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Amazon’s Great Indian Festival will begin today midnight that would offer deals on smartphones, tablets, laptops, accessories and more. Amazon has confirmed on its Sale page that there will be up to 30% discount on mobile phones, up to 40% discounts on activity trackers and more. Amazon will offer up to 80% discounts on mobile accessories and cases, up to 65% off on power banks and more. Continue reading “Amazon Great Indian Festival: up to 30% off on mobiles, up to 65% off on power banks and more”

Samsung Galaxy Note7 flight ban lifted in India

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The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has lifted the ban on using the latest Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone in flights. It has issued an advisory to the travelling public and airline companies to allow the usage of Note 7 smartphones, purchased after September 15.
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Adobe Lightroom for iOS is now optimized for iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus

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Earlier this week, Adobe Lightroom added ability to shoot image in RAW format for iOS 10. Now, the app which has been updated to version 2.5.2 is optimized for iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus.

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Xiaomi announces price cuts for Mi 5, Redmi Note 3, Redmi 3S and more during festive sale

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Xiaomi today announced festive sale across partner platforms for 2016 that includes exciting offers across Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal, Paytm and Tata Cliq from 1 October. “This will be the first Mi sale with attractive discounts on all Mi smartphones and accessories that will be held simultaneously across all partner platforms, said the company.
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OnePlus 3 Soft Gold variant launched in India for Rs. 27999

OnePlus today launched the Soft Gold variant of theOnePlus 3 smartphone as it had promised, in addition to Graphite variant the flagship smartphone that was launched earlier this year. Continue reading “OnePlus 3 Soft Gold variant launched in India for Rs. 27999”

Google Maps for Android gets support for ‘OK Google’ voice command

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Google Maps for Android have received an update which brings voice command support. You can now get directions to their destination by simply saying “Ok Google” followed by a voice command. This saves you from the task of actually  tap or even look at the screen.
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Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016) with 5.7-inch 1080p display, metal body, fingerprint sensor announced

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Samsung has announced Galaxy A8 (2016), successor of last year’s Galaxy A8 smartphone in Korea. It has the same 5.7-inch 1080p display has the predecessor, but this is powered by an Octa-Core Exynos 7420 processor instead of Snapdragon 615 SoC on the A8. It runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has a 16-megapixel with LED flash and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. It has metal unibody design with 7.2mm slim frame and a fingerprint sensor on the home button. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016) with 5.7-inch 1080p display, metal body, fingerprint sensor announced”

Next year’s iPhone said to sport glass and metal design

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It has been reported some time back that next year’s iPhone will have a major design shift. Now KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has released a report which says that 2017 iPhones will sport a glass front and back design.
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Amazon Prime Video to release Baahubali: The Lost Legends animated series in India in 2017

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Amazon is all set to launch its Prime Video service in India soon. Amazon Prime Video today announced that it has singed a deal with acclaimed filmmaker SS Rajamouli, Graphic India and Arka Mediaworks for a multi-episode animated series titled – Baahubali: The Lost Legends based on the popular movie Baahubali, which will premiere first on Amazon Prime Video India in 2017. Continue reading “Amazon Prime Video to release Baahubali: The Lost Legends animated series in India in 2017”

Google to open India Cloud Region in Mumbai, to go live by 2017

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Google today announced that it will open a new India Cloud Region in Mumbai by 2017. The India cloud region is aimed at offering Google Cloud Platform services to Indian developers and enterprise customers. Continue reading “Google to open India Cloud Region in Mumbai, to go live by 2017”