Xiaomi to open India’s first Mi Home Store in Bengaluru on May 20

At an event Xiaomi India has unveiled its first Mi Home Store – exclusive offline retail store in Bengaluru today, as it had promised. The store is located at Phoenix Market City Mall, Whitefield in Bengaluru and will let customers experience as well as buy smartphones, power banks, headphones, fitness bands, air purifiers as well as other … Continue reading “Xiaomi to open India’s first Mi Home Store in Bengaluru on May 20”

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).

Microsoft takes on Alexa by launching Cortana Skill Kit in public preview

Microsoft has released Cortana Skill Kit in public review at the Build 2017 conference. Developers will be able to build skills for Cortana by creating a bot and publishing it to the new Cortana channel of the Bot Framework. This is available across Windows 10, Android, iOS and the new Cortana-powered Harman Kardon Invoke speaker.

Xiaomi’s upcoming Redmi smartphone will launch exclusively on Amazon India, Redmi 4 expected next week

Last week Xiaomi announced that it will launch a Redmi smartphone in India soon, which is expected to be the Redmi 4 was announced back in November in two variants. Now Amazon India has started teasing the launch of the smartphone that will be available exclusively with them, after the successful Redmi 4A.

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”

Xiaomi officially expands to Mexico, launches Redmi 4X and Redmi Note 4

Xiaomi is officially entering Latin America by introducing two smartphones in Mexico. The Chinese smartphone maker would start selling two of its phones, the Redmi Note 4 and the Redmi 4X, in Mexico. Both the devices will be available for online and offline purchase.

Samsung Pay expands to over 2 lakh Mswipe PoS terminals

Samsung has expanded support for Samsung Pay to Mswipe PoS (Point of Sale) terminals across India. The mobile payment service will now be available at over 200,000 terminals of Mswipe PoS terminals in the country. As these terminals are NFC enabled, they can now accept payments through Samsung Pay compatible smartphones.

WhatsApp’s 200M MAUs in India clock over 50 million video calling minutes per day

WhatsApp has revealed some important insights about its video calling feature specific to Indian users. The Facebook owned instant messaging site says India is the top country for the video calling feature in terms of total minutes per day.

Xiaomi India teases new Redmi smartphone is launching soon, Redmi 4 expected this month

Xiaomi launched its budget Redmi smartphone –  Redmi 4A in India back in March, now it is gearing up to launch a new Redmi series smartphone, which is expected to be the Redmi 4, according to a latest teaser. Redmi 4 was announced back in November in two variants, the standard variant has a 5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass … Continue reading “Xiaomi India teases new Redmi smartphone is launching soon, Redmi 4 expected this month”

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.

Micromax Evok Power Review

Stepping out from their slumber, Micromax is finally introducing a range of new smartphones. A play in the online-only space, the Evok series is aimed directly at competitors like Xiaomi. With the Evok Power and Evok Note, the first wave of phones target both the large battery and large display wanting market segments. A budget device that … Continue reading “Micromax Evok Power Review”