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realme Band which is the company’s first fitness product was launched earlier last month. Post-launch, the company has been pushing OTA updates to iron out bugs, add new features, and more. Similarly, realme has pushed a new v6.0 update for the realme Band which brings new weather features, find my phone, several optimizations, and more. Continue reading “realme Band v6 update adds weather features, find my phone, and more”
Facebook today announced that it will buy 9.99% equity stake in Jio Platforms Limited, part of Reliance Industries Limited on a fully diluted basis for $5.7 billion or INR 43,574 crore, making Facebook its largest minority shareholder, the largest investment for a minority stake by a technology company anywhere in the world and the largest FDI in the technology sector in India. Continue reading “Facebook buys 9.99% stake in Reliance Jio for Rs. 43,574 crore”
ColorOS 7 that was launched last year came with a lighter UI, several new features, etc, and Soloop video editing app was one among them. It has been available on a range of OPPO devices running ColorOS 7 and it was added through an update for realme devices. In order to make it available for several realme devices, the company has made the app available on the App Market, finally.
Continue reading “Soloop video editing app for realme devices now available on App Market”
Update: 21st April 2020 – Following the announcement by Airtel and Vodafone IDEA, now BSNL and Reliance Jio have announced validity extension for prepaid users. Unlike Airtel which has increased validity only for limited number of users, Jio is extending incoming call validity for all users. Similarly, BSNL is extending prepaid pack validity till May 5th, 2020. Continue reading “Airtel further extends prepaid validity till May 3; Vodafone Idea extends validity for feature phone users [Update: Jio and BSNL]”
Jabra’s Evolve series of headphones were highly popular among businesses and corporations for its feature rich design and support for integration in business applications like Teams. As its successor, Jabra has launched the Evolve2 series of headphones which consists of its flagship Evolve2 85, the Evolve2 65 and the corded Evolve2 45.
Cred Fintech firm was launched back in 2018 as a members-only app offering users with rewards for paying their credit card bill. The company has been refreshing the app design, introducing new features lately and on similar lines now, CRED has introduced two new financial products along with a new design experience.
OnePlus introduced its flagship OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro flagship smartphones at its online event earlier this week. As announced yesterday the company has announced the pricing for the phones Red Cable Club. Continue reading “OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro India price start at Rs. 41999 and Rs. 54999”
Update: realme just announced that it has now postponed the online launch of Narzo 10 series in India that was scheduled for April 21st to a later date.
Continue reading “Realme Narzo 10 and Narzo 10A India launch postponed again”
Government of India extended nationwide lockdown till May 3rd 2020 to prevent the spread of coronavirus and as a result of lockdown, e-commerce companies were not selling non-essential goods like electronics. After making an announcement regarding the sales of electronic items starting April 20, the Government of India has now revised its guidelines.
Continue reading “E-commerce companies in India cannot deliver non-essential items till May 3”
OnePlus introduced the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro smartphones and the OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z neckband earphones in an online event last week, but it did not reveal the price in India. Today the company has announced that it will announce the price of the phones and the earphones at 8PM on Red Cable Club. Continue reading “OnePlus 8, OnePlus 8 Pro and Bullets Wireless Z India price to be announced on Red Cable Club at 8PM on April 19”
Xiaomi has opened crowdfunding for Mi Robot Vacuum-Mop, the company’s latest Multifunctional vacuum cleaner in India, as it had promised. It has 2-in-1 sweeping and mopping function, 2100Pa powerful suction, intelligent mapping and route planning, automatic recharge and resume, Smart app control and 12 high precision sensors.
An APK teardown of the Google Phone app earlier this year revealed the addition of built-in call recording feature. Following the availability of Google Phone app for non-Pixel devices, the latest beta update now brings call recording feature for some of the Nokia smartphones in India.
Back in 2018, Xiaomi opened the Mi Home Experience Store where it showcased several of its smart home products that were launched in China and lately, the company has been rapidly expanding that lineup as well. On similar lines, Xiaomi is introducing its Mi Robot Vacuum Cleaner in India tomorrow.
Continue reading “Xiaomi to launch Mi Robot Vacuum Cleaner in India tomorrow”
Discovery Plus streaming service made its debut last month in India at an introductory price of Rs. 299/year. Less than a month since launch, the company has now launched a limited time annual subscription for Rs. 99 amid nationwide lockdown.
YouTube has finally added UPI as a new form of payment for both YouTube and YouTube Music in India. In addition to the earlier options of credit and debit cards, YouTube users can now use Unified Payment Interface (UPI) payment method allowing users to make their transactions, directly from their bank account, using their unique UPI ID. Continue reading “YouTube finally gets UPI payment support in India”
