OnePlus 2 International Giveaway

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Hello our loyal readers! Thanks for your amazing response for all our giveaways. We are back with another giveaway just for you. OnePlus took the wraps off of its latest flagship OnePlus 2 smartphone in July, and it went on sale in August for those who have invites. Instead of just giving away OnePlus 2 invites to purchase the smartphone, we decided to giveaway the OnePlus 2 itself. Unlike our previous giveaways that were restricted only to Indian residents, this one is an international giveaway. Yes, you can win the smartphone even if it is not available for purchase in your country. Continue reading “OnePlus 2 International Giveaway”

Uber now masks phone numbers of riders and drivers in India

Uber secured phone number

Uber has rolled out new safety feature in India that secures the phone numbers of the riders and drives for a better privacy. This feature is already available in OLA, India’s largest cab hire service. This will route the phone call from the driver or from the customer through a private line with anonymous phone numbers, so that both sides can communicate with each other to coordinate a pick-up without revealing their personal phone numbers, said Uber Continue reading “Uber now masks phone numbers of riders and drivers in India”

Google Keep note-taking app is finally available for iOS

Google Keep, the popular note-taking app is is finally coming to iOS. The app that is present on Android and Android Wear will now be available for iPhone, iPad  and iPod Touch users.

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Facebook revamps Internet.org as Free Basics, rolls out 60 new services

Facebook has re-branded Internet.org as Free Basics.  The app and web platform, providing access to over 250 services, is now live in 19 countries including India and will be part of the “larger objectives” of Internet.org.

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Android 6.0 Marshmallow to hit Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 on October 5th, says Telus

We are just days away from the official launch of the new Nexus devices. Meanwhile, some information regarding the software update for the existing Nexus phones has surfaced.

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Samsung and Oculus announce new Gear VR, available in November for $99

Samsung and Oculus has unveiled new version of Gear VR headset. Aimed at consumers, the new Gear VR is compatible with whole 2015 line of Samsung Smartphones including the Note 5, S6, S6 Edge, and S6 Edge+.

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Notion Ink Cain Signature Black Edition with Windows 10, Active Stylus launched for Rs. 20990

Notion Ink Cain Signature Black Edition

Notion Ink has launched new Cain Signature Black Edition version of its 2-in-1 that comes with a Active Stylus pen for sketching, drawing and scribbling and Windows 10 out of the box. The stylus pen that is worth Rs. 3200 is compatible with all other capacitive touch devices as well. It takes in AAA battery and doesn’t require any set up. Other specifications are similar to the Cain 10 or Cain 2-in-1 that was launched last year. Continue reading “Notion Ink Cain Signature Black Edition with Windows 10, Active Stylus launched for Rs. 20990”

Vertu introduces new Signature Touch luxury smartphone with Snapdragon 810 and 4GB RAM

Vertu Signature Touch 2015

Vertu has introduced new Signature Touch with Snapdragon 810 SoC and 4GB of RAM, compared to last year’s Signature Touch that had a Snapdragon 801 SoC and 2GB of RAM. It has a 5.2-inch 1080p display with 5th generation Sapphire Crystal protection, is encased in handcrafted, fine leather and has grade 5 titanium body. It runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) and comes with gull-wing doors on the back that open to house the nanoSIM and microSD cards. Continue reading “Vertu introduces new Signature Touch luxury smartphone with Snapdragon 810 and 4GB RAM”

Xiaomi is working with Inventec to launch it’s first laptop

Rumors about Xiaomi working on a laptop were looming for quite some time. Now it turns out that the rumors were true as the Chinese smartphone maker has confirmed that it is is indeed working on a laptop and is likely to launch in early next year.

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Micromax Canvas Blaze 4G, Canvas Fire 4G and Canvas Play 4G launched, starts at Rs. 6999

Micromax Canvas Play 4G

Micromax Canvas Fire 4G was announced earlier this month at a MediaTek event and the Canvas Blaze 4G Q400 went on sale online yesterday, today the company has launched these smartphones along with another 4G smartphone, the Canvas Play 4G with a 5.5-inch HD screen and a 13-megapixel rear camera. As the name suggests, all these have 4G connectivity with support for 4G LTE bands (TDD B40 2300MHz and FDD B3 1800MHz) for India. Check out the specifications below. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Blaze 4G, Canvas Fire 4G and Canvas Play 4G launched, starts at Rs. 6999”

Alibaba announces Pay Watch smartwatch running YunOS, starts at $110

Alibaba has announced Pay Watch smartwatch that is designed and manufactured by Shenzhen-based company FiiSmart. The smartwatch from the company operates on the new “YunOS for Wear”.

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iBall Slide Brillante and Slide 6351-Q400i tablets now available for Rs. 5740 and Rs. 3796

iBall Slide Brillante

iBall launched Slide Brillante, the company’s first tablet with Intel Atom x3-C3130 chip earlier this week. Now the tablet is available from eBay, along with the iBall Slide 6351-Q400i budget WiFi-only tablet that is also available on eBay. Both these tablets have a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) display, run on Android 4.4 (Kitkat), have a 2-megapixel rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera.  Continue reading “iBall Slide Brillante and Slide 6351-Q400i tablets now available for Rs. 5740 and Rs. 3796”

Specs of alleged OnePlus Mini surface on AnTuTu

OnePlus CEO Carl Pei had said last month that the company will announce another phone by the end of 2015. Now, an AnTuTu benchmark result image has been leaked showing an unknown OnePlus device which is speculated to be the OnePlus Mini.

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WorldSIM Neuvo smartwatch with 3G SIM card announced for $84

WorldSIM has announced the Neuvo Smart Watch that comes with a 3G SIM card slot and enables users to make and receive calls, send SMS messages, get email notifications and browse the web.

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Airtel launches Platinum 3G services in Indore and Haryana

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Airtel has launched of its Platinum 3G services for customers in Indore and Haryana. The Platinum 3G network will boost indoor coverage, enhance voice clarity, deliver faster internet speeds and will also help optimize the back-end engagement between the network and mobile devices, said the company. Airtel’s Platinum 3G is already available in Mumbai, Kolkata and Odisha. Continue reading “Airtel launches Platinum 3G services in Indore and Haryana”