Lenovo Z2 Plus Unboxing

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Lenovo launched the  Z2 Plus, successor of last year’s Z1 in India last week, which went on sale earlier this week exclusively on Amazon.in starting at Rs. 17,999 with several launch offers. It is the same ZUK Z2 smartphone that we had unboxed back in July, but this has Google Now Launcher by default instead of ZUI’s launcher. Check out the unboxing below.

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Lava A97 with 5-inch display, Android 6.0, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 5949

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Lava has launched A97, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone with VoLTE support in the A Series. It has a 5-inch FWVGA display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and 5-megapixel front-facing camera that also has an LED flash for capturing better selfies even in low lighting conditions.  Continue reading “Lava A97 with 5-inch display, Android 6.0, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 5949”

Qualcomm Snapdragon 600E and Snapdragon 410E processors for IoT announced

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Qualcomm has announced two new processors – Snapdragon 600E and Snapdragon 410E for Internet of Things (IoT). Both the chips are aimed for embedded applications in digital signage, set-top-boxes, medical imaging, point of sale systems, industrial robotics, and other Internet of Things (IoT) related applications.

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BlackBerry will stop in-house smartphone development, outsource it to partners

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BlackBerry CEO John Chen today announcing the second fiscal quarter 2017 earnings confirmed that the company will end all internal hardware development and will outsource it to partners to focus on software development, including security and applications.  “This allows us to reduce capital requirements and enhance return on invested capital,” said the CEO. Continue reading “BlackBerry will stop in-house smartphone development, outsource it to partners”

Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus pre-orders begin September 29 midnight on Flipkart

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Last week Apple partnered with Flipkart to make it authorized online reseller in India, ahead of the launch of iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus smartphones in India next month. Today Flipkart has announced that it will start taking pre-orders for both the phones starting tomorrow midnight. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus pre-orders begin September 29 midnight on Flipkart”

Google introduces Neural Machine Translation to enhance Google Translate

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Google has announced a Neural Machine Translation (NMT) system for improved translation. The NMT is said to reduce translation errors across its Google Translate service by between 55 percent and 85 percent.

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BlackBerry DTEK60 press images surface, could go on sale from Oct 11 for CA$ 699

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BlackBerry DTEK60, the company’s top-end smartphone surfaced the official website recently confirming all the entire specifications of the smartphone. It recently passed through FCC and WiFi Alliance certification. Now the press images of the smartphone has surfaced on a German site. Continue reading “BlackBerry DTEK60 press images surface, could go on sale from Oct 11 for CA$ 699”

OnePlus X OxygenOS 3.1.2 Android 6.0 Marshmallow update starts rolling out

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OnePlus has finally started rolling out Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update for the OnePlus X smartphone in the latest OxygenOS 3.1.2 stable update that also includes October Android security patch. It released OxygenOS 2.2.3 OTA update for the phone last week that included September Android security patch. Check out the complete changelog below. It released  OxygenOS 3.1.1 Community Build earlier this month. Continue reading “OnePlus X OxygenOS 3.1.2 Android 6.0 Marshmallow update starts rolling out”

Ambrane BT-6000 Bluetooth speaker with LED lamp launched for Rs. 1999

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Ambrane India, popular for its computer peripherals and mobile accessories has launched BT-6000, its first Bluetooth speaker lamp that has unique touch controlled LED Light. Continue reading “Ambrane BT-6000 Bluetooth speaker with LED lamp launched for Rs. 1999”

Ola app now lets you book a ride with Siri, gets Maps integration

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Ola has updated its iOS app which adds the ability for users to book a ride using Siri from their iPhone or iPad. Users will have to update their Apple devices to iOS 10 in order to use this feature.

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Airtel launches new International Roaming packs with data, free incoming calls

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Airtel today launched new International roaming packs that offers bundles of data, free India calling minutes, free incoming calls and free texts to India. Charges for calls to India and local in-country calls have been reduced to as low as Rs. 3/min across popular destinations. Continue reading “Airtel launches new International Roaming packs with data, free incoming calls”

Google Play Music finally goes live in India

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Google made a slew of announcements targeted at Indian users yesterday on its 18th birthday. Today, the company is introducing one of its much awaited products for the Indian market. Google Play Music has finally launched in India on web and mobile. Continue reading “Google Play Music finally goes live in India”