Paytm Payments bank launched, offers 4% interest, no minimum balance and more

Paytm Payments bank has finally gone live in India making it the third payments bank in the country, after Airtel and India Post. The first physical branch of Paytm Payments Bank will go live in Noida today. Initially, the service will be available on an invite-only basis. In the first phase, Paytm Payments bank will roll out … Continue reading “Paytm Payments bank launched, offers 4% interest, no minimum balance and more”

Weekly Roundup: Honor 8 Lite, Asus Zenfone Go 5.5, Qualcomm Snapdragon 660, Snapdragon 630 and more

This week Honor launched Honor 8 Lite in India, Asus Zenfone Go 5.5 was also launched, Micromax launched Canvas 2 (2017), nubia launched M2 Lite and much more. Let’s take a look at all the announcements and launches that made news this week.

Micromax Canvas 2 2017 with 5-inch display, Android 7.0, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 11999

Micromax just launched Canvas 2 (2017) it’s latest smartphone in the Canvas lineup. It is using the same Canvas 2 name that was introduced back in 2012. This has a 5-inch HD display with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection, is powered by a Quad-core MediaTek MT6737 processor and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat).

Amazon Fire TV Stick Review: A value for money streaming device

Amazon entered India in mid-2013 and soon became one of the biggest e-commerce players in the market. Last year, the company launched its Prime video subscription service in the country to create ripple in the online streaming market and locked horns with the likes of Netflix and Hotstar. It is pretty clear that Amazon considers … Continue reading “Amazon Fire TV Stick Review: A value for money streaming device”

Weekly Roundup: OPPO F3, UberEATS, Smartron srt.phone, Microsoft Surface Laptop and more

This week OPPO launched F3 selfie-centric smartphone, Smartron launched srt.phone, Facebook launched Express WiFi in India and more. Let’s take a look at all the launches and announcements that took place this week.

Amazon Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote launched in India for Rs. 3999

Amazon today launched Fire TV Stick, its latest streaming device  that plugs into an HDTV that lets you watch movies, TV shows, use apps and play games. It is powered by quad-core MediaTek processor and has 802.11ac dual-band WiFi. It also comes bundled with a voice remote that lets you search Amazon Video content using just … Continue reading “Amazon Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote launched in India for Rs. 3999”

Truecaller 8 launched with SMS Inbox, Truecaller Pay, UPI Payments and more

Truecaller has launched Truecaller 8 for Android with a bunch of new features. The app is getting SMS inbox, flash messaging, and Truecaller Pay. In addition, Truecaller has teamed up with Airtel and Google for more features.

Vodafone, Idea announce merger to become India’s biggest telecom operator

[Update] – Kumar Mangalam Birla will be chairman of the merged company, and Vodafone will appoint a CFO. Couple of months after Vodafone confirming merger talks with Aditya Birla Group’s telecom arm Idea Cellular, Board of Directors of Idea Cellular  at its meeting held today, 20th March have approved amalgamation of Vodafone India Limited (VIL) and … Continue reading “Vodafone, Idea announce merger to become India’s biggest telecom operator”

TDSAT asks TRAI to re-examine Reliance Jio’s free offers

The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) in an order today has asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to re-examine issues relating to the approval granted to the operator to continue with the freebies and apprise it of the “outcome and findings of the examination” within two weeks.