Innelo 1 smartphone with a notch launching exclusively on Amazon in India this September

After teasers, iVOOMi has officially launched its Innelo sub-brand that will be backed by supply chain, operations and service infrastructure of iVOOMi in the Indian market. The company said that it has a network of 500+ service centres across the country.

Xiaomi Redmi 6 series smartphones will launch exclusively on Amazon India on September 5

Xiaomi already confirmed that it will launch three new smartphones in the Redmi 6 series in India on September 5th. Now Amazon.in has confirmed that the phones will be available exclusively with them. The teaser shows only two phones, one with a notch and the other without it, so the third phone could be exclusive to … Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 6 series smartphones will launch exclusively on Amazon India on September 5”

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Red Edition launching in India on September 4

Xiaomi India today teased the launch of new Red version of its Redmi smartphone. The company introduced flame red variant of Redmi Note 5 (called Redmi note 5 Pro in India) back in June, so this could be it. The company currently sells Black, Blue, Gold and Rose Gold variants of the Redmi Note 5 Pro in … Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Red Edition launching in India on September 4”

Indian wearables shipments cross 1 million in Q2 2018, Xiaomi leads with 45.8% share: IDC

According to the latest report from International Data Corporation (IDC), the wearables market in India has witnessed a growth in the second quarter of 2018 (2018Q2) as the overall wearables market grew 66% year-over-year (YOY) and 40% sequentially, making it the biggest quarter for the wearables category in India.

Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro with full-screen display, Kirin 980 7nm SoC to be announced on October 16

Huawei at the IFA 2018 announced its flagship Kirin 980 7nm SoC with dedicated dual neural network processing units. At the end of the event it also confirmed that the Mate 20 series – Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro powered by Kirin 980 will be announced at an event in London on October 16th, same date as last … Continue reading “Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro with full-screen display, Kirin 980 7nm SoC to be announced on October 16”

iVOOMi to launch a new smartphone with a notch under Innelo brand exclusively on Amazon India

After several teasers on social channels, Innelo, a new sub-brand by iVoomi, whose parent company is Suntex with ‘17 years of Legacy’ that has presence in 21 countries,  has confirmed that it will launch a new smartphone with a notch in India soon exclusively on Amazon.in.

YouTube starts testing New Explore tab on iOS [Update: Being tested on Android]

Update – August 30: A month after testing on iOS, YouTube has announced that the new Explore tab is now being tested on Android. It recently expanded to 2% of iOS users. The company might release it to everyone in the coming months based on the feedback from users since this is still an experimental feature.

POCO F1 first sale generated over Rs. 200 crore in less than 5 minutes

Xiaomi’s sub-brand POCO launched the F1, the company’s first smartphone in India last week, and has promised, it went on sale for the first time today at 12PM. The company has announced that it sold over Rs. 200 crore worth of smartphones in just 5 minutes. It said that this made it the biggest and fastest … Continue reading “POCO F1 first sale generated over Rs. 200 crore in less than 5 minutes”

Sony posts ‘Seeing is believing’ teaser ahead of Xperia smartphone announcement at IFA on August 30

Sony Mobile is expected to introduce Xperia XZ3, the company’s next-generation flagship smartphone at the IFA in Berlin on August 30th. Today it has posted the first teaser image that shows Xperia along with the date and it says ‘Seeing is believing’ hinting at AMOLED display for the smartphone.

Samsung Galaxy S8+ gets another price cut in India, now available for Rs. 39990 [Update: Select regions only]

Update: Discounted price is only available in the Maharashtra and Goa region through offline stores, confirmed the dealer, hence the source Tweet has been deleted to avoid the confusion. Hope Samsung expands it to other regions as well in the future.

Google Go gets AI-powered ‘read out loud’ feature in 28 languages, Maps Go gets turn-by-turn navigation

Google at the ‘Google for India’ event announced ‘Read out Loud’ feature for Google Go browser that lets listen to web pages out loud in 28 languages including Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam, Marathi and Tamil in a natural sounding voice. It is powered by natural language processing and speech synthesis AI and works even in 2G … Continue reading “Google Go gets AI-powered ‘read out loud’ feature in 28 languages, Maps Go gets turn-by-turn navigation”

Google Tez rebranded to Google Pay, will be available at over 15,000 retail stores across India soon

Earlier this year Google announced that it will be combining Android Pay and Google Wallet, into a single brand – Google Pay, making it an unified payment solution, and it started rolling out from February. At that time the experiences will be coming to Tez users in India soon. Today at the Google for India event the company said that Tez … Continue reading “Google Tez rebranded to Google Pay, will be available at over 15,000 retail stores across India soon”

Government allows commercial operation of drones in India from December; adopts all-digital process

Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) today released Drone Regulations 1.0 to fly commercial drones from December 1 and also introduced Digital Sky Platform is the first-of-its-kind national unmanned traffic management (UTM) platform that implements “no permission, no takeoff” (NPNT), an all-digital process offering one-time registration of their drones, pilots and owners.