Amazon has launched three Alexa powered smart speakers – Echo, Echo Plus, and Echo Dot in India. The devices were expected to be launched in the country before Diwali. The new Echo and Echo Plus smart speakers were announced last week in the US.
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OPPO has received approval by the Indian government to set up its single-brand retail stores in the country. The Chinese smartphone maker will now be able to sell directly to consumers in India. Continue reading “OPPO gets approval to open single-brand retail stores in India”
Amazon launched its Prime delivery service in India last year in July for an introductory price of Rs. 499. However, the membership price is soon about to change. Amazon India will soon increase the subscription fee for its ‘Prime’ service to Rs 999 in India in the coming days. Continue reading “Amazon to soon hike Prime membership price from Rs. 499 to Rs. 999 per year”
HOOQ, video-on-demand service that was launched in India in 2015 has announced new plans for the Indian market. As a result of growing demand for Hollywood content in the country, HOOQ will now focus Hollywood movies and TV shows. Continue reading “HOOQ debuts Rs.89 per month subscription plan, will focus on Hollywood movies and TV shows”
HMD Global is expected to launch Nokia 8 in India next week. The launch event might be scheduled on either September 26 or September 27. Nokia 8 is the flagship phone from HMD Global that was announced last month.
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It looks like Google is the latest entrant to foray into the buzzing digital mobile payment scene in India. The is looking forward to launch a localized mobile payment service in the country. According to a latest report by The Ken, Google is all set to launch a Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based digital payment service called “Tez” as early as next week.
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Google has updated the Translate app by bringing offline translation support to more Indian languages. Starting today, users in Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu can experience offline translations and instant visual translation in their preferred language. Continue reading “Google Translate gets offline translation, conversation mode for more Indian languages”
Apple just announced the Apple TV 4K at the Apple event. The company has also revealed prices for the device in India. It supports HDR or High Dynamic Range videos from Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, HDR10 and Dolby Vision. Apple says that it offers sharp, crisp images, richer, more true-to-life colors and more. Continue reading “Apple TV 4K price in India starts at Rs. 15900”
Google rolled out the new personalized feed in India for its search app for Android and iOS. The feed will enable you to see cards containing the latest sports highlights, top news, engaging videos, new music, stories about your hobbies and more. Most importantly, the new feed will be available in English and Hindi.
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ASUS has launched ROG G701 gaming laptop in India. It sports a 4k UHD display that features 120Hz panel with NVIDIA G-SYNC technology. The laptop is powered by Intel Core i7 processor and comes with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 graphics. Continue reading “ASUS ROG G701 with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 launched for Rs. 3,49,990”
Nikon had announced D850 DSLR professional camera with a 45.7 megapixel CMOS sensor last month. Now the company has launched the Nikon D850 DSLR in India. Continue reading “Nikon D850 with 45.7 MP sensor, 4K video recording launched in India starting Rs. 2,54,950”
Uber has announced a phased roll out of two new features – in-app chat and multi-destinations to its app in India. The in-app chat feature aims to help riders and driver partners get in touch with one another to get in touch to find the exact location right inside the Uber app. Continue reading “Uber debuts in-app chat and multi-destination feature in India”
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has entered into strategic alliances with Ola and Uber that will provide passengers the option to hire these cabs at select airports. Passengers will now be able to book both Ola and Uber cabs at five airports – Chennai, Kolkata, Pune, Lucknow and Bhubaneswar airports which are run AAI. Continue reading “Five airports in India get Uber, Ola kiosks for easier cab booking”
Uber has officially launched Unified Payments Interface (UPI) integration in India in partnership with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and banking partners Axis Bank and HDFC Bank. The ride hailing service had rolled out UPI for some users in the country last month. Continue reading “Uber integrates UPI payments in India. Here’s how it works”
A total of 28 million smartphones were shipped to India in Q2 2017, which is a modest 3.7 percent Quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) growth and a meagre 1.6 percent Year-on-year (YoY) growth, according to the latest International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Continue reading “Indian smartphone market growth sluggish at 3.2% in Q2 2017 : IDC”
