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HARMAN International which is a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has launched JBL’s online brand store; www.JBL.com in India. This move comes as a part of the inaugural promotion of the two new JBL products; JBL Go+ Bluetooth speaker and JBL T205BT headphone launch. Continue reading “JBL T205BT headphones and JBL GO+ Bluetooth speaker launched in India starting at Rs. 2999”
LG just launched the company’s flagship G7+ ThinQ smartphone in India. It was introduced back in May and has a 6.1-inch QHD+ 19.5:9 FullVision LCD Super Bright display that can be viewed easily even under direct sunlight with brightness up to 1,000 nit, displaying 100 percent DCI-P3 color gamut. It is powered by Snapdragon 845 with 6GB of RAM.
A new report suggests that the panel working on the Indian government’s cloud computing policy wants data generated in India to be stored within the country. This proposal comes as a big blow to global technology giants such as Amazon and Microsoft who offer cloud services. Continue reading “Indian Govt plans localization of cloud storage data within the country: Report”
Huawei’s Honor brand just launched the Honor Play, the company’s latest gaming-centric smartphone in India, as it had promised. It was introduced in China last month, packs a 6.3-inch Full HD+ 19:5:9 display with a notch and a 89% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Kirin 970 10nm processor with 6GB of RAM, NPU as well as GPU Turbo graphics processing acceleration technology that increases graphics processing efficiency of mobile phones for smoother and faster mobile experience, especially for mobile games. Continue reading “Honor Play with 6.3-inch Full HD+ display, up to 6GB RAM, AI dual rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 19999”
Garmin has launched vivoactive 3 Music,a GPS-enabled smartwatch with integrated Music support that lets you store up to 500 songs by downloading offline music playlists from select music streaming services, or transfer music from a computer directly. It has the same fitness features that was introduced with the vivoactive 3. Continue reading “Garmin vivoactive 3 Music with integrated music, GPS launched in India for Rs. 25990”
This week Android users in India reported Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) toll-free helpline number saved in their phonebook automatically. After a sudden uproar on Twitter, UIDAI responded saying that it has not asked or communicated with any manufacturer or service provider for providing any such facility and the said ‘18003001947’ is outdated and invalid UIDAI toll-free number. Continue reading “Google acknowledges it is responsible for UIDAI helpline number added to Android phonebook, will roll out a fix soon”
Asus today teased the launch of a new laptop in India on August 13th. According to the teaser and the official listing on Asus India website, it is confirmed that it will be ZenBook Pro 15, which was introduced at the Computex in June. This has a 5.5-inch Full HD resolution ScreenPad, an interactive display that intelligently adapt to match whatever you’re doing, making it easier and quicker to multitask and get things done. It can change functions automatically when you switch apps, and you can create your own shortcuts.
Continue reading “Asus ZenBook Pro 15 with 15.6-inch 4K display, interactive ScreenPad, Nvidia GTX 1050Ti launching in India on August 13”
Panasonic today has launched the VL–SW274 video door phone that is targeted at Single house Apartment and Condominium residential market. It comes with features like wireless monitoring, night vision with LED lights, voice change function, picture recording and electric lock release support. Continue reading “Panasonic VL–SW274 video door phone launched in India”
Update: OPPO has launched the 3GB RAM and 32GB storage version of the A3s smartphone in India for Rs. 13990. It is now available from offline stores, and should be available from Flipkart as well soon.
Several Android and some iOS users in India are reporting about the sudden Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) toll-free helpline number being saved in their contacts by default. UIDAI has replaced the helpline number with new 1800-300-1947 that got into people’s phonebooks without their consent. Continue reading “UIDAI says it has not asked telcos to save toll-free number in phonebooks”
Jio Payments Bank is a 70:30 JV between RIL and SBI, today Jio and SBI have signed MoU to deepen digital partnership, in aim to increase SBI’s digital customer base multi-fold. SBI YONO is a omni channel platform offering digital banking, commerce and financial superstore services to customers. YONO’s digital banking features and solutions will be enabled through the MyJio platform for a seamless, integrated and superior customer experience. MyJio will now bring in financial services capabilities of SBI and Jio Payments Bank.
Continue reading “SBI YONO to integrate with Reliance MyJio app to boost digital payments”
Infinix has launched Smart 2, the company’s latest smartphone in its new ‘Smart series’ in India. It has a 5.45-inch HD+ 18:9 aspect ratio display, is powered by MediaTek MT6739 with up to 3GB of RAM, runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with XOS 3.3 on top, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and 8-megapixel front camera with dual LED flash. Continue reading “Infinix Smart 2 with 5.45-inch HD+ display, Android 8.1 , Dual 4G VoLTE, Face Unlock launched in India starting at Rs. 5999”
Xiaomi is celebrating 5th anniversary of Redmi phones, as first Redmi device was announced on 31st July 2013. In a tweet, the company’s VP and India Head, Manu Kumar Jain shared a picture of Redmi devices he used till date, surprisingly, the picture shows a device with red rear panel which is yet to be introduced in India. Continue reading “Xiaomi planning to launch Red version of Redmi smartphone soon?”
Vivo India today announced its Freedom Carnival, Independence Day offers starting from 7th to 9th August exclusively on its e-commerce store, shop.vivo.com/in. During the sale, it offers discounts, coupon deals and cashback offers on select range of Vivo smartphones and accessories. Continue reading “Vivo Freedom Carnival from August 7 to 9: NEX and V9 at Rs. 1947 via flash sale, discounts, no-cost EMI and cashback”
Optiemus just launched the BlackBerry Evolve and EvolveX smartphones in India, as expected. Both the phones have a 5.99-inch Full HD+ 18:9 aspect ratio display with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection, run Android 8.1 (Oreo) with secured DTEK app and feature a 16-megapixel front camera. The Evolve is powered by Snapdragon 450 with 4GB of RAM and dual 13-megapixel rear cameras, while the EvolveX is powered by Snapdragon 660 with 6GB of RAM, and has a 12-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 13-megapixel camera with real-time depth of field effect for portrait shots. Continue reading “BlackBerry Evolve with 5.99-inch FHD+ display, dual rear cameras, EvolveX with Snapdragon 660 launched in India for Rs. 24990 and Rs. 34990”
