Kult Beyond with 13MP front and rear cameras, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6999

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Kult is back with its new budget smartphone – Beyond. It has a 5.2-inch HD on-cell display and has a 13-megapixel front and rear cameras with LED flash. It is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6737 SoC and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat). Continue reading “Kult Beyond with 13MP front and rear cameras, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6999”

Coolpad Note 5 Lite C with Android 7.1, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched in India for Rs. 7777

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Coolpad has launched Note 5 Lite C, the company’s latest budget smartphone for the offline market.  It has a 5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by a Quad-Core Snapdragon 210 Mobile Platform and runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat) with Cool UI on top. Continue reading “Coolpad Note 5 Lite C with Android 7.1, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched in India for Rs. 7777”

Ola employee arrested for stealing Aadhaar KYC data

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Abhinav Srivastav, an IIT-Kharagpur graduate, has been arrested by the Bengaluru city police on the charge of stealing Aadhaar data. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has registered a case against the 31-year old Ola employee who is also the founder of Qarth Technologies that was acquired by Ola.

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BlackBerry KEYone Review

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BlackBerry KEYone is the second Android smartphone from the company after the Priv to come with BlackBerry’s signature physical QWERTY keyboard that you rarely see on Android smartphones these days. TCL Communication Technology (TCT) made the phone in some countries like the U.S. but the phone is made and sold by Optiemus in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. How good is the smartphone? Let us find out in the review.

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OnePlus teases new OnePlus 5 is coming to Amazon India, Mint Gold version expected on August 7

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OnePlus recently teased a new color variant of the OnePlus 5 smartphone in China. Even OnePlus global teased something new is coming on August 7th along with caption Power in Elegance. Today OnePlus India has released a teaser similar to one in China that has a link to Amazon.in site that mentions gold in the header image URL so we will likely see the Mint Gold version of the phone next week. Continue reading “OnePlus teases new OnePlus 5 is coming to Amazon India, Mint Gold version expected on August 7”

Global tablet shipments declines 3.4%, Apple continues to lead in Q2 2017: IDC

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Despite notable product launches like the new lower priced iPad and products from other top-tier vendors, worldwide shipments for tablets declined 3.4% year over year in 2Q17, reaching 37.9 million, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker.

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Motorola beefs up retail presence in India with six Moto Hub stores

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Motorola Mobility India forayed into offline retail with exclusive stores. The company inaugurated six Moto Hub experiential retail stores – 3 in Mumbai and 3 in Delhi. The Moto Hub stores will feature range of Motorola’s smartphones that are available exclusively online along with accessories.

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Samsung SM-G9298 Android flip phone with dual 4.2-inch 1080p Super AMOLED displays announced

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Samsung has announced Flagship 8 (SM-G9298), its latest premium Android Flip phone and the successor of last year’s W2017 (SM-W2017) in China. It got certified by TENAA back in May and has dual 4.2-inch 1080p Super AMOLED displays, so that you can use the phone even when it’s closed,  has a 12-megapixel rear camera and a fingerprint sensor on the back.

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Fitbit to launch a new health and fitness smartwatch later this year

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Fitbit reported $353M in revenue, down 40% and sold 3.4M devices, up 14% sequentially in Q2 2017. The company recorded a loss of $58.2 million and a profit of $6.3 million.  Fitbit has been working on a new smartwatch and it will be released later this year.

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Bose SoundLink Revolve+ Review

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Bluetooth speakers are here for a long time now with various improvements since its inception. Having said that, there are various types of speakers including — rugged, waterproof, lightweight, at various price segments. Today, we have for review is the SoundLink Revolve+ from none other than U.S-based Bose. Continue reading “Bose SoundLink Revolve+ Review”

Uber completes over 500 million trips in India

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Uber has announced that it has completed 500 million trips in India. The cab aggregator reached this milestone four years since its entry in the country. Uber has also registered a double digit growth in India and almost 2.5 times YoY growth as of June’ 2017.

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Karbonn Aura Note Play with 6-inch display, Android 7.0, fingerprint sensor launched for Rs. 7590

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Karbonn has launched Aura Note Play, a new smartphone in the ‘Aura Note’ series. It has a 6-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.3GHz Quad-Core processor and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has a fingerprint sensor on the back. Continue reading “Karbonn Aura Note Play with 6-inch display, Android 7.0, fingerprint sensor launched for Rs. 7590”

Google Earth app for iOS updated with 64-bit support, Voyager, 3D View and more

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Google Earth has updated its iOS app with a couple of features. The redesigned app for iPhone and iPad includes the new interactive stories feature Voyager, 3D maps and more. Continue reading “Google Earth app for iOS updated with 64-bit support, Voyager, 3D View and more”