Amazon India eyeing to launch a digital wallet in Q2, 2016

It looks like Amazon India is the latest entrant in the effervescent digital wallet market. The e-commerce giant is gearing up to launch its own digital wallet in the country by Q2 2016, according to a latest report from the Times of India. The news comes only days after its rival Flipkart launched the Flipkart Money Wallet.

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Airtel corporate post-paid customers can now use pre-paid data packs

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Airtel has introduced Prepaid on Postpaid plan for its corporate customers. Since some companies don’t allow or limits the use of mobile data under corporate plans, Airtel is now allowing those corporate customers use prepaid data packs for 3G and 4G services on top of their respective postpaid corporate plans. Continue reading “Airtel corporate post-paid customers can now use pre-paid data packs”

Reliance Jio to offer free unlimited WiFi at 6 stadiums for T20 Worldcup

Reliance Jio will offer free unlimited WiFi service at 6 stadiums during the upcoming T20 WorldCup. Dubbed as Jio Net, the service will be available at Ferozshah Kotla,  Kolkata’s Eden Gardens, Mumbai’s Wankhede and Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore and stadiums in Mohali and Dharmashala.

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OPPO R9 and R9 Plus launch event scheduled for March 17

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OPPO today officially scheduled the launch of its upcoming flagship R9 and R9 Plus smartphones at an event in China on March 17th. We had already seen several leaks for the R9 and R9 Plus smartphones, both these phones were also certified by TENAA in China last week. Continue reading “OPPO R9 and R9 Plus launch event scheduled for March 17”

Motorola Moto X Force Benchmarks

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Motorola launched its flagship Moto X Force smartphone with Moto ShatterShield shatterproof display in India last month, starting at Rs. 49,999. We already brought you the hands-on and photo gallery and the unboxing, here are the benchmarks. It is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 64-bit 20nm processor that has four bigger ARM Cortex A57 cores clocked at 1.96GHz per core and four smaller ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.56GHz per core with 630 MHz Adreno 430 GPU. It has 3GB DDR4 RAM, 5.4-inch Quad HD AMOLED display and runs on  Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores.

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BlackBerry seeking other options after WhatsApp withdraws support

BlackBerry is actively looking for other options following last week’s announcement from WhatsApp which said it will end support for BlackBerry including BlackBerry 10, Symbian S60 and few other older platforms by the end of this year.

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Xiaomi 10000 mAh Mi Powerbank Pro with two-way fast charging, USB Type-C announced for $22

Xiaomi 10000 mAh Mi Powerbank Pro

After 5200mAh, 10400mAh16000mAh and 20000mAh power banks, Xiaomi has introduced its 10000mAh Mi Powerbank Pro in China. It has USB Type-C support and fast charging (5V/2A 9V/2A 12V/1.5A) and also charges faster so that it takes only 3.5 hours to charge the power bank fully with 18W charger. It is just 12.58mm thin, weighs 223 grams and has a Aluminum alloy body. Continue reading “Xiaomi 10000 mAh Mi Powerbank Pro with two-way fast charging, USB Type-C announced for $22”

Asus ZenWatch 2 Review

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The original ZenWatch from ASUS was a breath of fresh air in the smartwatch industry thanks to its new and beautiful design. However, it wasn’t without faults and the lack of WiFi was a bummer to many especially after the Android 5.1.1 update. The new ZenWatch 2 comes with 2 different models that target different audiences and better protection against the elements thanks to the IP67 rating compared to the IP55 rating of the original. On paper, the smartwatch seems to be a winner but how does it fare in real life? Let’s find out.

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Adcom to sue Ringing Bells over Freedom 251 smartphone

Ringing Bells, the maker of the Freedom 251 smartphone is continuing its fall in the pool of controversies. Advantage Computers (Adcom) has announced that it is planning to take a legal action against Ringing Bells.

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HTC reports record low revenue for February 2016

HTC has posted a record low revenue for February 2016 which is lowest for the company in nearly 11 years. The Taiwanese smartphone maker posted NT$4.2 billion in revenues for February 2016 which is down from about NT$9.2 billion for same period in 2015.

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Fitbit Blaze Smart Fitness Watch launched in India for Rs. 19999

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Fitbit introduced Blaze smart fitness watch at the CES 2016 earlier this year, it is now available in India, as it had promised. It has a color touchscreen with a variety of clock faces, automatic exercise recognition, tracks steps, distance, calories and floors climbed, keeps tabs on your sleep, and can wirelessly sync with your phone or computer. It also offers smartphone notifications and music controls once connected to a smartphone, similar to the Fitbit Surge. Continue reading “Fitbit Blaze Smart Fitness Watch launched in India for Rs. 19999”

Huawei P9 expected to launch on April 6

We have already seen a couple of press renders of the Huawei P9 and now a possible launch date is revealed by @evleaks. According to the popular tipster, the upcoming flagship from Huawei is expected to launched on April 6th.

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HTC 10 tipped to be launched on April 19

Last week, we saw a couple of live and press images of the HTC 10, thanks to popular tipsters @evleaks and @onleaks. Today, Evan Blass aka @evleaks has revealed a possible launch date of the company’s upcoming flagship.

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Flipkart Big Shopping Days Sale: Best deals on Smartphones, Tablets and Wearables

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Flipkart is back with Big Shopping Days Sale. As a part of the sale it is offering some great deals on smartphones, tablets, wearables and mobile accessories that include, Nexus 6P, Moto X Play, Mi 4 and more. All these offers including exchange offers are available on the web, Flipkart app and Flipkart Lite. 

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Samsung Galaxy S7 India launch, HTC 10 live images surface and more – FoneArena Daily

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Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of today’s technology news. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S7 India launch, HTC 10 live images surface and more – FoneArena Daily”