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This week, as expected, Apple announced its new 4-inch iPhone with model name ‘SE’ – consider it as the ‘special edition’ or an ‘enhanced’ version of the existing iPhone 5s. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Apple iPhone SE, iPad Pro 9.7, new Watch bands, Xiaomi’s new Mi TV and more”
vivo has launched Y31L, the company’s latest 4G smartphone in India. It packs a 4.7-inch qHD screen, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 SoC, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Funtouch OS 2.1, has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. The vivo Y31 was launched back in September last year. Continue reading “Vivo Y31L with 4.7-inch display, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 9450”
Apple Music has added a bunch of new features and improvements to it’s Android app. The update which bumps the app to version to 0.9.7 gets a homescreen widget that will let you control playback.
Continue reading “Apple Music for Android gets homescreen widget for playback control and more”
Ringing Bells, the maker of Freedom 251 smartphone is facing new troubles as Noida police has registered an FIR against the company for cheating its customers. The FIR was filed based on the complaint lodged by BJP MP Kirit Somaiya.
Continue reading “Noida Police registers FIR against Ringing Bells for cheating”
Paytm has appointed former head of Alibaba Group Holding’s wholesale business, Bhushan Patil, as its new president, as per a latest report from PTI. He will focus on building company’s cross-border commerce.
Continue reading “Paytm ropes in former Alibaba executive Bhushan Patil as president”
Samsung launched its flagship Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge smartphones in India earlier this month for Rs. 48,900 and Rs. 56,900, respectively. Both these were available for pre-order on official site and Flipkart from March 8th and the devices started shipping from last Friday, March 18th. Samsung also announced that all pre-orders get a free Gear VR headset worth Rs. 7900, but it doesn’t come bundled with the phone, you will have redeem it. Check out the procedure. Continue reading “How to claim your free Gear VR with Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge”
Twitter India has created a dashboard for Bengaluru Police to monitor complaints in real time. The specially designed dashboard will help Bengaluru City Police to effectively manage complaints and optimize operations.
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Lenovo launched its Vibe K5 Plus smartphone in India last week. Today the company has started selling the smartphone exclusively on Flipkart for Rs. 8,499. It also offers up to Rs. 6,000 discount in exchange for smartphones, so you can get it for as low as Rs. 2,499 on exchange. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus goes on sale on Flipkart for Rs. 8499, available for Rs. 2499 with exchange”
Spotify, the popular US based music streaming service is exploring entry in Indian markets, as per a latest report from TechCrunch. The move comes from the service as part of it’s expansion plans for Asia.
Continue reading “Spotify is reportedly eyeing Indian foray”
Motorola has started rolling out Android 6.0.1 update for the Moto X Play smartphone in India. Motorola rolled out the Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update for the smartphone earlier this year. In addition to adding support for new emojis, including volleyball, taco, middle finger, champagne bottle, as well as new faces for sickness, thinking, and rolling eyes, this update also brings back camera shutter tone switch that lets you turn off and on the sound of the camera shutter and also lets you launch the camera by double-pressing the power button. Continue reading “Motorola Moto X Play Android 6.0.1 update with new emojis starts rolling out in India”
After the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge smartphones that got the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update in India last week, the Galaxy Note5 smartphone has also received the Marshmallow update in India. The smartphone was launched in the country back in September last year running Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop).
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In a bid to expand Ola Money, Ola has acquired mobile payments firm Qarth. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Apple introduced the iPhone SE, the company’s latest smartphone with almost similar internals as the iPhone 6s, in a smaller 4‑inch form factor few hours back. Apple initially announced that the iPhone SE will start at Rs. 30,000 in India, later it revised the price to Rs. 39,000, which is higher when compared to US price of $399. Continue reading “Apple iPhone SE launching in India on April 8 starting from Rs. 39000”
Xiaomi has started selling its latest Mi Bluetooth speaker in India, as it had promised. The compact speaker was introduced back in September last year, has a full metal body and weighs just 270 grams. It has a built-in microphone so that you can use it for calls when it is connected to your smartphone, but it lacks a microSD card slot that is present in the Chinese variant. It automatically pauses the music when you receive a call and connects to the call with a press of the play button without the need of a mobile phone. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Bluetooth Speaker goes on sale in India for Rs. 1999”
Oppo, the Chinese smartphone maker will kick start manufacturing about 10 lakh 4G phones a month in India, according to a latest report from the Economic Times.
Continue reading “Oppo to manufacture 10 lakh 4G phones a month in India”
