PayUbiz launches ‘One Tap’ mobile payment system in India

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PayUbiz India has unveiled a new mobile payment system technology for merchants called ‘One Tap’. This new technology enables all the mobile payments made through debit or credit card to happen by just tapping once on to the screen. Continue reading “PayUbiz launches ‘One Tap’ mobile payment system in India”

Xiaomi’s 12.5 inch Notebook tipped to be available in April

Few months back we had come across the news about the possibility of Xiaomi working on a laptop/notebook. Now, a new report from Digitimes states that Inventec will undertake ODM production of a 12.5-inch notebook for Xiaomi.

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Google Play Music family plan is now available, $14.99 for up to 6 people

Google had announced the Google Play Music family plan in September this year. Now, the music streaming service from Google has gone live and users can sign up for the family plan.

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Uber is testing uberHOP and uberCommute car-pooling service in the US

Uber is looking forward to pilot two new car-pooling services in the US. The popular ride sharing service has announced uberHOP service for Seattle and uberCommute service for Chicago.

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Microsoft Cortana officially launched on Android and iOS

Microsoft has officially launched Cortana, its personal digital assistant on Android and iOS. Announced in May this year, the company has been testing Cortana for quiet some time on both the platforms.

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HTC Perfume tipped to be the next flagship with Android 6.1 and Sense 8.0

HTC’s next flagship device is said to be called as Perfume, as per a latest leak from popular leakster @LlabTooFeR. The HTC Perfume will allegedly offer Android 6.1 out of the box along with Sense 8.0.

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Lenovo Vibe S1 Camera Samples

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Lenovo launched Vibe S1, the company’s latest selfie-focused smartphone in India last month, exclusively on Amazon.in, priced at Rs. 15,999. We recently brought you the unboxing and the benchmarks of the smartphone recently, here we have the camera samples from the smartphone.

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Yahoo suspends plans to spin off Alibaba stake

Yahoo has announced that it has killed its plan to spin off its $32 billion stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. The company will now transfer the assets and liabilities excluding the Alibaba stake to a newly formed company.

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OnePlus X will be available in India without an invite in first open sale on December 10

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OnePlus just announced that it will hold the first open sale for the OnePlus X smartphone in India on December 10th, as it promised at the launch event back in October. The OnePlus X Onyx version went on sale in India last month for Rs. 16,999 and is currently available for purchase only with invites on Amazon.in. Earlier this week the company made the OnePlus 2 invite-free forever in India. Continue reading “OnePlus X will be available in India without an invite in first open sale on December 10”

Sony Xperia Z5 Autofocus Speed Test – Fastest Shooter in town?

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A photograph is as good as the subject in it. An out of focus photo is as good as a nonexistent one and this is a problem that still afflicts smartphone cameras. Anything apart from perfect lighting conditions or equally still subject apart, a majority of smartphones just can’t focus fast enough to capture the subject. So, color us surprised when we learnt that the Sony Xperia Z5 adopted Sony’s blazing Hybrid Autofocus system from it’s DSLR lineup and implemented it in a smartphone. With potentially class leading focus speeds, what better way than to see how much better the Z5 is against the competition than to pitch them head to head?

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Micromax Canvas Mega E353 and Canvas Mega 4G Q417 launched for Rs. 7999 and Rs. 10999

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Micromax Canvas Mega E353 went on sale online last month, today the company has officially launched the smartphone along with the Canvas Mega 4G Q417, its new 4G smartphone. Both the smartphones have 5.5-inch HD screens, 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 5-megapixel front-facing camera, run on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) and have dual SIM support. The Canvas Mega E353 is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592M processor and has 1GB RAM, while the Canvas Mega 4G is powered a quad-core MediaTek MT6735 processor and packs 3GB of RAM. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Mega E353 and Canvas Mega 4G Q417 launched for Rs. 7999 and Rs. 10999”

Facebook for Android gets Security Checkup tool for easy access to security controls

Facebook for Android gets Security Checkup tool

Facebook has updated its Android app with new Security Checkup tool that lets you review and add more security to your account. The Facebook Security Checkup tool was introduced for the web in testing back in May and it was expanded worldwide in July. This toll will be available for the iOS app soon, says Facebook. Continue reading “Facebook for Android gets Security Checkup tool for easy access to security controls”

Opera Mini 13 for Android brings improved download manager, search categories and more

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Opera has updated its Opera Mini app for Android to version 13 that brings new download manager so that you can now control the number of files you download simultaneously, get alerts when downloading large files and more. It also gets updated search bar that now lets you select a category for your search results – web, images, video or news – before hitting the Go button. Check out all the new features below.
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Airtel Project Leap network transformation program begins in Andhra Pradesh & Telangana

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Bharti Airtel announced its network transformation program – Project Leap aimed at improving network quality and also said that will invest Rs. 60,000 crores in the next 3 years. Today the company has announced that it has commenced the implementation of the transformation program  in Andhra Pradesh & Telangana Circle. Project Leap will enable Airtel to take a decisive lead in delivering a differentiated customer experience, the company had said earlier. Continue reading “Airtel Project Leap network transformation program begins in Andhra Pradesh & Telangana”