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Airtel and Telecom Egypt have announced a strategic partnership, wherein, Airtel will get IRUs (Indefeasible Right of Use) on Middle East North Africa Submarine Cable (MENA Cable) and TE North Cable Systems. Airtel will also take large capacities on a long-term basis on two new state-of-the-art Cable Systems (SMW5 & AAE1). Continue reading “Airtel increases data capacity to Europe, Africa via Telecom Egypt deal”
Xiaomi today announced that Holitech Technology which is its key component supplier will start smartphone component manufacturing in India. Holitech has signed an MOU with the state of Andhra Pradesh and will start local manufacturing in the city of Tirupati for Xiaomi. Continue reading “Xiaomi teams up with Holitech Technology to manufacture smartphone components in Tirupati”
Leica today has launched the C-LUX camera in India. It is the company’s newest addition to its compact camera segment. It features Leica DC Vario-Elmar 8.8–132 mm f/3.3–6.4 ASPH and a high-performance 20-megapixel sensor that is capable of shooting 10 frames per second. Continue reading “Leica C-Lux compact camera with 15x Optical Zoom, 4K Video recording launched in India for Rs. 85000”
Amazon and Flipkart have announced their Independence Day sale for this year. Amazon’s Freedom Sale n Sale is scheduled from August 9th till 12th. Flipkart’s 72-hour Big Freedom Sale starts a day later on August 10th and continues till 12th. Continue reading “Amazon Freedom Sale scheduled from August 9, Flipkart Big Freedom Sale from August 10”
There’s no denying that Honor is making an aggressive play for a share of the Indian smartphone market. With a steady spate of launches, there’s now an Honor phone at almost every price point. Enter the Honor Play, a solid device that brings high end specifications at a very affordable price point. Here’s our first impressions. Continue reading “Honor Play Hands On Impressions”
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”
