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Google launches Tez mobile payments app in India

Google Tez

After reports, Google has officially launched Tez, its latest payments app in India. It uses UPI (Unified Payments Interface) and works with all major banks and Google also has Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and soon State Bank of India as partners. You can pay directly from your bank account, so you don’t need to open a separate account recharge wallets. It has several offers such as Scratch Cards offer, Lucky Sundays Lucky Draw Offer and referral rewards for users.

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Airtel now offers 60GB free data for postpaid customers, here’s how to claim it

Airtel 60GB free data

Earlier this year Airtel introduced Airtel Surprise offer for post-paid customers by offering up to 30GB data for 3 months at up to 10GB per month free of cost through MyAirtel app. After extending the offer in April, it extended the offer for 3 more months in June. Since the 3 months are over, it has extended the offer again for 6 more months, so you can enjoy up to 60GB of data. Continue reading “Airtel now offers 60GB free data for postpaid customers, here’s how to claim it”

Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus pre-orders begin September 22 on Flipkart and Amazon.in

Apple iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus

Apple unveiled the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus smartphones earlier this week. Several distributors such as Redington India, Ingram Micro and Brightstar Telecommunication already said that the phones will be available for pre-order from September 22nd, Friday across India and will go on sale from September 29th. Now Flipkart, who became authorized online reseller in India last year.  announced that it will start taking pre-orders for both the iPhones starting from September 22nd midnight. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus pre-orders begin September 22 on Flipkart and Amazon.in”

OnePlus 5 will be available at select Croma stores starting September 19

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OnePlus is expanding its offline presence in India. The Chinese smartphone maker has teamed up with Croma stores to increase the retail availability of its flagship OnePlus 5. Continue reading “OnePlus 5 will be available at select Croma stores starting September 19”

HP Sprocket compact photo printer with Bluetooth launched in India for Rs. 8999

HP Sprocket

HP has launched Sprocket, a Pocket Photo Printer in India. The pocket photo printer offers high quality photo prints and provides Bluetooth connectivity. This supports both Android and iOS smartphones and has a compact design. It uses Zink Zero Ink Printing technology and the photos printed are smudge-proof, water-resistant and tear-resistant.
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Xiaomi Mi Band HRX Edition launched in India for Rs. 1299

Xiaomi Mi band HRX Edition

Xiaomi has launched Mi Band HRX Edition in India in partnership with HRX by Hrithik Roshan, after teasing it earlier this week. This has almost similar specifications as the Mi Band 2, including an OLED display and is splash resistant, but the HRX edition will offer an improved tracking algorithm to accurately monitor your activities and promises up to 23-days of battery life, compared to 20 days on the Mi band 2, however it doesn’t have a heart rate sensor. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Band HRX Edition launched in India for Rs. 1299”

Kult Gladiator with 4000mAh battery, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6999

Kult Gladiator

After launching Beyond smartphone with 13-megapixel front and rear cameras last month, Kult has launched Gladiator, another new budget smartphone with 4000mAh battery. It has a 5.5-inch HD on-cell display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6737 SoC, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera that also has LED flash. Continue reading “Kult Gladiator with 4000mAh battery, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6999”

Moto G5S Plus Review

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Moto launched the G5S Plus as a special edition smartphone in India last month priced at Rs. 15,999. Even though the phone is a minor upgrade to the G5 Plus, the company has managed to pack dual rear cameras to capture images with depth effect and it also has an improved front camera. Is the phone worth the price? Let us find out.

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NETGEAR R6080 and R6120 802.11ac Dual Band Wi-Fi routers launched in India starting at Rs. 2700

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NETGEAR today launched R6080 and R6120 802.11ac Dual Band AC1000 & AC1200 Wi-Fi routers for home. As per the company claims, the R6080 & R6120 is expected to deliver Wi-Fi speeds up to 700mbps and 900mbps, respectively. The R6120 also has an USB 2.0 port on the back that allows users to find photos, videos and music stored on a shared USB hard drive and enjoy them on a DLNA TV or share them with others wirelessly. Continue reading “NETGEAR R6080 and R6120 802.11ac Dual Band Wi-Fi routers launched in India starting at Rs. 2700”

BookMyShow will now send you WhatsApp message for ticket booking confirmation

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BookMyShow has announced integration with WhatsApp. The popular online ticketing said it has become the first Indian online ticketing brand to participate in the recently announced WhatsApp business pilot.
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Lenovo K8 Note will go on open sale on Amazon India from September 15

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Lenovo launched the K8 Note smartphone in India last month starting at Rs. 12999. After selling limited units through flash sale every week on Amazon.in for four weeks, the company has announced that the phone will be available through open sale from tomorrow, September 15th. Continue reading “Lenovo K8 Note will go on open sale on Amazon India from September 15”

Nubia Z17 mini Limited Edition with Snapdragon 653, 6GB RAM, 128GB storage launched in India for Rs. 21499

Nubia Z17 mini Limited Edition

Nubia has launched Nubia Z17 mini smartphone in India with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage in India back in June. Today it has launched the Limited Edition 6GB RAM and 128GB storage version of the phone in the country that comes in new Aurora Blue color. The new version is also powered by Snapdragon 653 instead of Snapdragon 652. Continue reading “Nubia Z17 mini Limited Edition with Snapdragon 653, 6GB RAM, 128GB storage launched in India for Rs. 21499”

YU YUREKA 2 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 625, 3930 mAh battery launched for Rs. 11999

Yu Yureka 2

YU Televentures has launched YUREKA 2, the company’s latest smartphone in the YUREKA series. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by Snapdragon 625, has 4GB of RAM, has 16-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and an 8-megapixel front camera, but it still run on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Continue reading “YU YUREKA 2 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 625, 3930 mAh battery launched for Rs. 11999”