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Reports and rumors about Walmart acquiring Flipkart go back to a couple of months where Walmart was said to acquire about 40% of Flipkart. A couple of weeks back, it is again reported that Walmart said to acquire 51% stake in Flipkart. Freshly we hear that Walmart might get hold of 73% of Flipkart valued at $16 billion. Continue reading “Walmart said to acquire 73% of Flipkart valued at $16 billion, Alphabet might pitch in $3 billion”
Honor roll out Android 8.0 Oreo update for the Honor 8 Pro in India back in February that brought several new features including option to make VoLTE calls on Vodafone and Jio. Today the company has pushed a new update that adds Face unlock, AR Lens for the camera as well as VoLTE support for Idea Cellular, which started rolling out VoLTE services for consumers earlier this week. Continue reading “Honor 8 Pro gets Face Unlock, AR Lens, Idea VoLTE and more via OTA update in India”
ASUS just launched the most-expected Zenfone Max Pro M1 smartphone in India last week, and the phone went on pre-order today exclusively on Flipkart. The phone went out of stock as soon as the pre-orders opened at 12 noon. The company says that it got tremendous response for the first sale, despite significantly high number of phones that were up for pre-orders. Continue reading “Zenfone Max Pro M1 got tremendous response in first sale says Asus, next sale on May 10”
Reliance Jio has launched JioInteract – world’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) based brand engagement platform. It will start with Live Video Call that features India’s favourite celebrities. Amitabh Bachchan will be the first one will come on live video call to promote his upcoming comedy-drama film ‘102 Not Out’ in the most innovative way. Continue reading “Reliance Jio launches JioInteract world’s first AI-based engagement platform”
Sony has finally launched its new X9000F series of 4K HDR TVs in India, months after it was introduced at the CES 2018. These have X1 Extreme processor that promises striking highlights, deeper darks and vibrant colours. It incorporates technologies like Object-based HDR remaster, Super Bit Mapping 4K HDR and Dual database processing. It runs on Android TV version 7.0 with Sony’s exclusive user interface and also has Chromecast built-in. Continue reading “Sony Bravia X9000F 4K HDR Android TV series with 4K HDR Processor X1 Extreme launched in India”
HDFC Securities today announced that it is rolling out voice-based services on Google Home, Google Assistant, and Amazon Alexa. These voice skills will provide users with a self-service digital channel to interact with HDFC securities. Continue reading “HDFC securities rolls out ‘Arya’ voice-based virtual assistant service on Google Home, Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa”
Huawei launched the P20 Pro, flagship smartphone and the P20 Lite in India last week. As promised, both the smartphones went on sale in the country today exclusively on Amazon.in for Rs. 64,999 and Rs. 19,999, respectively with several launch offers. Continue reading “Huawei P20 Pro and P20 Lite go on sale exclusively on Amazon India with launch offers”
After Bengaluru and Hyderabad, ACT Fibernet has upgraded its plans for Chennai users as well at no extra cost, about 9 months after the last upgrade. In some plans speeds have also been upgraded, and ACT has also introduced a new Blast Promo plan that offers 100Mbps speed and 1000GB FUP. ACT Fibernet’s Retail 1999 plan now offers 2TB (download+upload) of FUP, and the speed has been upgraded to 200Mbps.
Asus launched the Zenfone Max Pro M1 smartphone last week, and the phone will be available for order in the country from tomorrow, May 3rd, exclusively on Flipkart starting at Rs. 10,999. Today the company has rolled out a new update to review units that brings Face recognition, improves gyroscope and audio as well as improvements to the camera and battery during standby. It also brings Android security patch for April, 2018. Check out the complete change log below. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 gets a new update with Face unlock, camera improvements and more ahead of sale”
Xiaomi at its Mi POP event in Mumbai officially launched the new Mi Music app with Hungama Music integration. This was rolled out in beta for Xiaomi users back in March. With the partnership, over 10 million tracks will be available for free for streaming across 13 Indian languages as well as international languages.
The Center has announced that Aadhaar card is no longer mandatory for getting a mobile SIM, meaning that telecom operators can now accept another form of verification like driving license, passport, and voter ID card. The operators have been asked to follow the directive immediately. Continue reading “Government confirms Aadhaar card not mandatory to get mobile SIMs”
Telecom Commission on Tuesday has approved the proposal to allow internet telephony in the country as well as in-flight mobile services. With this new approval, users can now make calls to mobile phones as well as landlines using the Wi-Fi broadband. The proposals were approved by the commission chaired by telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan. Continue reading “Telecom Commission approves internet telephony, use of mobile services in flights and ships in India”
ACT Fibernet has revised its plans for its customers in Hyderabad, in just 7 months of last upgrade. It upgraded plans for Bengaluru users last month. ACT Fibernet’s premium 1 Gbps plan now offers 2TB (download+upload) of FUP, but the company has removed 1TB upload and 1TB download limit. In Bengaluru city, the same ACT Giga plan is now offering 2.5TB FUP for the users. Alongside the ACT Giga plan, it has also upgraded FTTH plans in Hyderabad. Continue reading “ACT Fibernet upgrades existing plans at no extra cost in Hyderabad, Giga Plan now offers 2TB FUP”
Coolpad has launched Note 6, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Note series in India, which is offline exclusive. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 435 SoC, runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat), and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera along with a 5-megapixel secondary front camera along with flash and capability to capture 120-degree wide-angle selfies, making it the first selfie focused smartphone from the brand. Continue reading “Coolpad Note 6 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, dual front cameras, 4070mAh battery launched in India starting at Rs. 8999”
After teasing a new brand yesterday, Amazon India has officially announced the launch of its new Realme brand in partnership with OPPO. It also said that the first phone – Realme 1 will launch with them exclusively on May 15th. This reveals Black Diamond version of the phone with triangular-cut patterns that shimmer bright and dark shades when seen from different angles, same as the OPPO F7. Last week OPPO introduced A3 with similar Diamond patterns on the back, so the Realme 1 could be a cheaper version with a similar design. Continue reading “OPPO and Amazon India partner to launch Realme smartphone brand, Realme 1 launching on May 15”
