ACT Fibernet revises broadband plans in Coimbatore, increases speed, data limits at no extra cost

ACT Fibernet

ACT Fibernet has revised its plans for its customers in Coimbatore at no extra cost. Similar to Chennai, Andhra Pradesh and other most other regions, it has increased monthly data limit, which now combines both download and upload, and most plans get upgrade in speed as well. Continue reading “ACT Fibernet revises broadband plans in Coimbatore, increases speed, data limits at no extra cost”

Paytm FASTag for automatic toll fee collection rolls out across India

Paytm FASTag

Paytm today has announced the roll out of FASTag with RFID (radio-frequency identification technology) technology in India which enables electronic toll fee collection on highways across the country. These tags are simple and are also reusable.  Continue reading “Paytm FASTag for automatic toll fee collection rolls out across India”

Micromax Canvas Infinity Pro with 5.7-inch 18:9 display, 20MP + 8MP dual front cameras launched for Rs. 13999

Micromax Canvas Infinity Pro

Micromax just launched Canvas Infinity Pro, successor of Canvas Infinity that was launched back in August. It has a 5.7-inch HD+ 2.5D curved glass screen with 18:9 aspect ratio and minimal bezels and runs on Android Nougat, but this is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 430 Mobile Platform, instead of Snapdragon 425 and also comes with a 20-megapixel front-facing camera along with a secondary 8-megapixel camera offering Portrait Mode that blur the background in selfie images. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Infinity Pro with 5.7-inch 18:9 display, 20MP + 8MP dual front cameras launched for Rs. 13999”

Airtel acquires stake in Juggernaut Books

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Airtel today announced that it has acquired stake in Juggernaut, which is a digital platform to read high-quality books and also submit your writings. Airtel’s move comes in a bid to create to build an open content ecosystem and the investment from Airtel will help Juggernaut to ramp up content acquisition, digital marketing and prepare for a subscription offering that is set to launch in the next few months. Continue reading “Airtel acquires stake in Juggernaut Books”

Xiaomi Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus with full-screen display teased in official images

Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus

Last week Xiaomi confirmed the announcement of  Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus smartphones at an event in China on December 7th. The invite showed-off the phone’s design, now the company has released set of images of the phones to show the full-screen display.

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Google Safe Browsing to restrict apps that collect personal user data without consent

Google Safe Browsing

Google in an effort to take on unwanted and harmful mobile behaviors on Android, will now show warnings on apps and on websites leading to apps that collect user’s personal data without consent. The new rules of the Google’s Safe browsing team will restrict Apps and their behavior while handling personal user data. Continue reading “Google Safe Browsing to restrict apps that collect personal user data without consent”

Twitter Lite for Android expands to 24 more countries

Twitter Lite for Android

Launched back in April, Twitter Lite brings features like new web experience, minimized data usage, faster loading speed on slower connections or unreliable mobile networks. The company back in September has made the app available on Google Play Store in the Philippines. Starting today, the app is now available on Google Play Store in 24 more countries. Continue reading “Twitter Lite for Android expands to 24 more countries”

Panasonic Eluga A4 First Impressions

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Panasonic is planning to up their smartphone game especially in the mid-range segment through online as well as offline sales of its mobile phones under the Eluga brand. Panasonic recently launched Eluga A4 smartphone with a humongous battery pack of 5000mAh capacity. This smartphone will now compete against the likes of other devices in this range including Moto E4 Plus,  ZenFone 3s Max and other smartphones that have a huge battery. Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga A4 First Impressions”

Google Chrome for Android to get HDR Video Playback support soon

Google Chrome Android

Google Chrome for Android will get HDR video playback support soon, and it is about time given that Android operating system officially supports HDR playback since Android 7.0 Nougat. Though the OS might support HDR playback, it all depends on the hardware of the device to support a high color depth format and individual applications to support extracting HDR metadata from videos. Continue reading “Google Chrome for Android to get HDR Video Playback support soon”

Kult Ambition with 5-inch display, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor launched for Rs. 5999

Kult Ambition

After launching Gladiator, a budget smartphone with a 4000mAh battery recently, Kult has launched Ambition, another budget smartphone in the country. It has a 5-inch HD on-cell display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6737 SoC, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and an 5-megapixel front-facing camera that also has an LED flash for capturing better selfies even in low lighting conditions. Continue reading “Kult Ambition with 5-inch display, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor launched for Rs. 5999”

OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition India launch event set for Dec 14, goes on sale from December 15

OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition

OnePlus introduced the OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition smartphone at the Comic Con India in Bengaluru on Saturday. Today the company has announced that the smartphone will launch in India at an event in Carnival Cinemax Wadala, Mumbai on December 14th. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition India launch event set for Dec 14, goes on sale from December 15”

Apple said to be working on most affordable 9.7-inch iPad for 2018

Apple iPad

According to sources of upstream suppliers, Apple is said to be working on an inexpensive 9.7-inches iPad that will be launching in 2018. The low-cost model is aimed at attracting more buyers and will also allow Apple to maintain its present 10 million-unit tablet shipments a quarter. Continue reading “Apple said to be working on most affordable 9.7-inch iPad for 2018”

BlackBerry loses dispute against Nokia, agrees to pay $137 million

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BlackBerry has announced that the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Court of Arbitration has ruled against the company in a contract dispute with Nokia Corporation and has agreed to pay $137 million.  Continue reading “BlackBerry loses dispute against Nokia, agrees to pay $137 million”

OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition announced in India

OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition

OnePlus, one of the sponsors of Comic Con India that is happening in Bengaluru, just introduced the OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition smartphone at the event. This comes after the Lava Red OnePlus 5T that was introduced in China earlier this week. The OnePlus 5T was launched in India and other countries only in Midnight Black color. The phone went on open sale in the country earlier this week. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition announced in India”

Apple releases iOS 11.2 with Apple Pay Cash, faster wireless charging and more

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Apple just released iOS 11.2, a major update for iPhone and iPad, a month after the release of iOS 11.1.  The update brings Apple Pay Cash, peer-to-peer money transfer feature in iMessage in the U.S. The update also brings faster 7.5W wireless charging on iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X with compatible third-party Qi-based wireless charging accessories.

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