Samsung has expanded support for Samsung Pay to Mswipe PoS (Point of Sale) terminals across India. The mobile payment service will now be available at over 200,000 terminals of Mswipe PoS terminals in the country. As these terminals are NFC enabled, they can now accept payments through Samsung Pay compatible smartphones.
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LG had announced X power2 smartphone in the ‘X series’ in February ahead of MWC 2017. Now, the company has started global roll out of the phone with North America followed by Asia, Europe, Latin America and other regions. Continue reading “LG X Power 2 with Android 7.0 Nougat, 4500mAh battery starts shipping globally”
Amazon has introduced its next generation smart speaker dubbed as Amazon Echo Show, as expected. It sports a 7-inch touchscreen display and is powered by Alexa smart voice assistant. Continue reading “Amazon Echo Show with 7-inch touchscreen display, Alexa announced for $229.99”
WhatsApp is taking further efforts to make its app even safer. The Facebook owned messaging service has discreetly added end-to-end encryption to iCloud backup. The latest move comes from WhatsApp an year after it rolled out end-to-end encryption for all communication.
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HTC has given its latest flagship phone U Play a major price cut. HTC U Play smartphone was launched in India in February for Rs. 39,990. With the latest price cut, it will now be available for Rs. 29,990. This means, the HTC U Play has received a price cut of Rs. 10,000. Continue reading “HTC U Play gets Rs.10,000 price cut in India, now available for Rs. 29990”
Intex has launched a new smartphone in its Aqua series. The company has released Aqua A4 that runs Android 7.0 Nougat and supports 4G VoLTE. It sports a 4-inch WVGA (480 x 800 pixels) display and is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor.
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Google Chrome for Android has received an update that makes it easier to download pages offline for viewing it later. The offline feature was first introduced to Chrome last year in December. According to Google, over 45 million web pages are being downloaded with Chrome each week.
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Instagram has added the ability to upload images from its mobile website. The move comes from the Facebook owned photo and video sharing app as it targets users from countries with expensive data and slower internet speeds. According to TechCrunch, Instagram was testing this functionality since March. Continue reading “Instagram adds ability to upload photos and videos from its mobile website”
WhatsApp has revealed some important insights about its video calling feature specific to Indian users. The Facebook owned instant messaging site says India is the top country for the video calling feature in terms of total minutes per day. Continue reading “WhatsApp’s 200M MAUs in India clock over 50 million video calling minutes per day”
Qualcomm just announced Snapdragon 660 and Snapdragon 630 high-end Mobile Platforms, successors of last year’s Snapdragon 653 and Snapdragon 626. The Snapdragon 660 is the first processor in the lineup to come with Kryo CPU that promises 20% better performance compared to Snapdragon 653. It also has new Adreno 512 GPU that offers 30% better performance compared to Adreno 510 and the new Adreno 508 GPU on the Snapdragon 630 offers 30% better performance compared to 506. The Snapdragon 630 uses the same Cortex A53 CPUs, but its arranged in performance and efficiency cluster arrangement. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 and Snapdragon 630 with X12 LTE modem, Bluetooth 5, Quick Charge 4 announced”
Harman Kardon has officially taken wraps off its Cortana powered speaker dubbed as Invoke. The popular audio company had teased the speaker back in December. The Invoke speaker competes directly with the likes of Google Home and Amazon Echo. Continue reading “Harmon Kardon’s Invoke speaker with Cortana unveiled”
Shyam Telecom Limited, the exclusive brand licensee of Moto Companion Product Portfolio in India has launched Motorola HK255 and Motorola HK115 Bluetooth Headsets. These headsets are successor to last years Motorola HK 110 and Motorola HK 255.
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Bharti Airtel has teamed up with Ola to offer a range of digital services. Under the strategic partnership, Airtel Payments Bank will integrate with Ola app while Ola Money will integrate with Airtel digital properties. This will allow Ola users an additional digital payment mode while booking rides. Continue reading “Bharti Airtel, Ola team up for integrated digital services”
nubia M2 Lite, the company’s latest smartphone in the latest ‘M2 Series’ has been launched in India, couple of months after its was introduced in China. It has a 5.5-inch HD display with 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6750 processor, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with nubia UI 4.0 on top. It has a 16-megapixel front-facing camera with ISOCELL CMOS sensor, f/2.0 aperture, 79.8-degree wide-angle lens and a soft LED flash. It also has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and PDAF. Continue reading “nubia M2 Lite with 16MP front camera, 4GB RAM launched in India for Rs. 13999”
