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Wynk Music, the music streaming service from Airtel is now reported to be India’s #1 music when considering Daily Active Users (DAU). This performance metric is driven massively by regional music streaming seeing a surge, with some languages seeing over 150% increase, popular even outside their home state.
Xiaomi’s Redmi brand launched the Redmi Note 8 smartphone in India last month in Neptune Blue, Moonlight White and Space Black colors, now it has launched the Cosmic Purple version of the phone in the country. This will go on sale on Amazon.in, Mi.com and Mi Home stores from November 29th, priced starting at Rs. 9999. Continue reading “Redmi Note 8 Cosmic Purple color variant launched in India”
TECNO, popular for its budget phones has launched Spark Power with a 6000mAh battery and a triple rear camera system. It flaunts a 6.35-inch HD+ dot notch AMOLED display, is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Helio P22 processor paired with 4GB RAM with 64GB storage and runs on Android 9 Pie on top of TECNO’s HiOS 5.5. Continue reading “TECNO Spark Power with 6.35-inch AMOLED display, triple rear cameras, 6000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 8499”
Black Friday Sale is around the corner and many brands are offering discounts on their product lineup. Similarly now, HMD Global has announced its Black Friday offers in India and users can get up to Rs. 5000 gift card on purchasing select Nokia smartphones.
Portronics, a digital portable product manufacturer has launched their new ILUMI multi-coloured, multi-purpose lamp that doubles as a Bluetooth speaker. ILUMI gives the option to change the colour of the lamp with 5 choices and has a 2000 mAh in-built battery.
Continue reading “Portronics ILUMI LED Lamp with in-built Bluetooth speaker launched”
Xiaomi has been introducing smart home products in India through crowdfunding lately like Mi Smart Bedside Lamp 2, LED Smart Bulb and more. Similarly, Xiaomi has just started crowdfunding for the all-new Mi Smart LED Desk Lamp 1S in India and this is the successor to the LED Desk Lamp launched earlier this year.
Continue reading “Xiaomi starts crowdfunding for Mi Smart LED Desk Lamp 1S in India for Rs. 1999”
It has been over 5 years since Nokia’s Sriperumbudur plant shut down production due to a tax dispute. Now, Finnish based firm Salcomp, manufacturer of chargers/adapters for mobile phones and other electronics for companies like Apple, has bought the defunct plant for about Rs. 215 crores.
Google has introduced new integrations for the Google Shopping experience for Indian users, namely Google My Business and Google Translate integration. These changes are aimed at making Google Shopping more accessible for new small to medium businesses and non English speaking Indian users.
Xiaomi’s Redmi brand launched Redmi Note 8 and Note 8 Pro smartphones last month in India. Both the smartphones witnessed a huge demand and the company has conducted several sales every week so far. Today, Xiaomi India has announced that Redmi Note 8 Series sales have surpassed 1 Million or 10 lakh Units in a month. Continue reading “Redmi Note 8 and Redmi Note 8 Pro sales cross 1 million units in India in a month of launch”
Tenda, the company known for its wide range of networking devices and smart home devices has now launched its smart home security camera in India — Tenda C80. It features night vision, motion alarm sensors, digital zoom, and more.
Continue reading “Tenda C80 smart night vision home security camera launched in India for Rs. 6500”
Earlier this year, WhatsApp partnered with The Indian School of Public Policy for a privacy education program. Similarly now, WhatsApp has partnered with Startup India to launch Ad Credit Challenge and the company has invested US $2,50,000 (Rs. 1,79,23,230 approx.) into the Indian Startup Community.
Noise, popular for its accessories has introduced new Tune FLEX Bluetooth neckband Headphones with a playback time of 12 hours on a single charge and 180 hours of standby. It is made from silicone gel making it skin friendly, and the company says that it is designed to be perfectly ergonomic and sits so comfortably around your neck. Continue reading “Noise Tune FLEX offers Bluetooth 5.0, Qualcomm CVC tech and 12 hours of playback at Rs. 2199”
Through a new financing round, the Noida-headquartered firm, Paytm has raised $1 Billion in its latest equity fundraise, named Series G funding. The company, now valued at $16 Billion, had its funding led by U.S. asset manager T Rowe Price with existing investors Ant Financials (contributed $400 million), SoftBank Vision Fund (contributed $200 million), and Discovery Capital also participating in the round.
Xiaomi introduced the Mi CC9 Pro as the world’s first 108MP penta camera phone in China earlier this month, which was introduced as Mi Note 10 for the global markets. Today Mi India and the company’s India head and VP Manu Jain has started teasing the launch of 108MP camera phone, and the company has also added ‘108MP IS COMING’ to its Twitter handle. So we can expect the Mi Note 10 to launch in India soon.
Continue reading “Xiaomi India teases launch of 108MP camera phone soon, Mi Note 10 expected”
Google has launched the Nest Mini, successor to Google Home Mini in India, after it was introduced at the Pixel event last month. It has been completely re-engineered with Google Assistant to make everything users love about the original, even better, said the company. Continue reading “Google Nest Mini launched in India for Rs. 4499”
