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Back in June, Samsung launched the BTS Edition of the Galaxy S20+ and Galaxy Buds+ wireless earbuds priced at Rs. 87,999 and Rs. 14,990, respectively. After 5 months of launch, now the Galaxy S20+ BTS Edition has got a massive price cut of Rs. 10,000 in India. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S20+ BTS Edition gets Rs. 10000 price cut in India; now available at Rs. 77999”
Dyson, makers of many popular consumer electronics, has announced the launch of their latest air purifier and heater in India called the Dyson Pure Hot+Cool Cryptomic. It features vacuum-sealed H-13 Glass HEPA and Activated Carbon filters, and is capable of purifying air of PM2.5, PM10, VOCs, NO2 pollutants.
Recently, PUBG Corporation terminated all service and access to users in India to PUBG MOBILE Nordic Map: Livik and PUBG MOBILE Lite after the Indian Government announced a ban. Following that, now PUBG Corporation has announced that it is preparing to launch PUBG MOBILE INDIA, a new game created specifically for the Indian market. Continue reading “PUBG Mobile India customized for Indian gamers to launch soon”
The government of India has issued an order to regulate over-the-top (OTT) media services like Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Prime Video etc. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting will regulate Films and Audio-Visual programmes made available by online content providers and News and current affairs content on online platforms, according to the order. Continue reading “Netflix, Amazon Prime, other OTT platforms now under government regulation”
Earlier this year during CES 2020, Samsung introduced a rather interesting take on the TV design, showcasing a very unique TV that could rotate to display both horizontally and vertically. The TV, called The Sero, is Samsung’s vision for a future where vertical content, primarily smartphone content can be viewed on TVs without the annoying black columns, and now they have launched The Sero in India.
Continue reading “Samsung launches The Sero 43-inch rotating TV in India for Rs. 1,24,990”
Along with the MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro, Apple introduced the new Mac mini with its new M1 chip with 8-core CPU offering up to 3x faster performance than the previous generation with Intel Core processor. The 8-core GPU promises up to 6x increase in graphics performance for performance-intensive tasks like complex 3D rendering with ease. It offers up to 15x faster performance in ML and consumes 60% less energy than the previous generation. Continue reading “Apple introduces new Mac mini with M1 chip, India price starts at Rs. 64900”
At its ‘One More Thing’ event today, Apple unveiled its all-new 5nm M1 chip for Macs and launched new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini with the latest chip, improved battery life, and more. Continue reading “Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch with M1 chip, up to 20 hours of battery life announced, India price starts at Rs. 1,22,900”
Apple today introduced its new MacBook Air powered by the new M1 chip with 8-core CPU offering up to 3.5x faster performance than the previous generation and the 8-core GPU is up to 5x faster. ML workloads are up to 9x faster, and the chip’s storage controller and latest flash technology deliver up to 2x faster SSD performance. Apple said that the MacBook Air powered by M1 is faster than the chips in 98% of laptops sold in the past year. Continue reading “Apple introduces new MacBook Air with M1 chip, fanless design, up to 18h battery life, India price starts at Rs. 92900”
Google is not only fighting anti-trust lawsuits in the USA it seems, but now in India too as the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has launched a new investigation into Google, for allegedly using its Android market dominance to promote its own payment app known as Google Pay.
The Indian PC market that includes desktops, notebooks, and workstations posted 9.2% year-over-year (YoY) growth with 3.4 million shipments compared to 3.1 million a year ago making it the biggest quarter in the last seven years in India, according to International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. Continue reading “India PC market soars 9.2% YoY in Q3 2020; biggest quarter in the last 7 years: IDC”
ASUS has announced refreshes to their premium Zenbook and mid-tier VivoBook lineups, bringing Intel’s 11th Gen Core CPUs and accompanying Intel Iris Xe graphics. All of these laptops, namely the VivoBook Ultra 14/15, VivoBook Ultra K15, and the ZenBook 14, come with ultra-slim designs, better cooling solutions, faster RAM, and of course, ASUS’s Nano-Edge displays.
With the myriad of OTT platforms like Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, etc. available to us these days, discovering and finding content has become a bit of a hassle. Mitigating this problem is the purpose of Frenzi, which is a new community-based OTT content discovery and engagement platform app that is launching for Indians.
Continue reading “Frenzi is a new one-stop-shop app for discovering OTT content in India”
Last month, Apple announced a new ecosystem of charging accessories, collectively called MagSafe, along with their iPhone 12 series of smartphones. At launch, Apple revealed a few new first-party accessories designed for the iPhone and now, two new MagSafe accessory have popped up in the Apple store, namely the MagSafe Duo Charger and Leather Sleeve with MagSafe.
Micromax launched the new IN 1B and IN Note 1 smartphones in India last week. It announced that the phones will be available by the end of November. Today it has announced pre-bookings for the phones will begin tomorrow, November 10th from 12PM on Flipkart. Continue reading “Micromax IN Note 1 and IN 1B pre-booking starts November 10 on Flipkart”
The International Data Corporation (IDC) has released its report of the state of the Indian smartphone market for the third quarter of 2020. Shipment numbers were recorded at 54.3 million units, which calculates to a YoY growth of 17%. The top 5 manufacturers were Xiaomi, Samsung, Vivo, realme and OPPO.
Continue reading “India smartphone market ships 54.3 million units in Q3 2020, growing 17% YoY: IDC”
