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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”
Google today announced that it has worked with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to launch to make the JEE Main exam results available on the Google Search results page as soon as they are announced. You can just search “JEE Main results”, enter the roll number and date of birth, and the individual results will be displayed.
Continue reading “Now you can get JEE Main exam results, GATE, SSC CGL, CAT test dates within Google Search”
After increasing the price of its Mi Power Bank 2i models earlier this month by Rs.100, Xiaomi today announced that it will increase the price of its Redmi Note 5 Pro 4GB RAM with 64GB storage model by Rs. 1000, which will now cost Rs. 14,999 and the Mi TV 4 55-inch 4K HDR TV is getting Rs. 5,000 price hike and will cost Rs. 44,999. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro (4GB + 64GB) and Mi TV 4 55-inch 4K TV get a price hike by Rs. 1000 and Rs. 5000”
Update: Both the smartphones are now available for purchase in India. The Nokia 7 Plus is available from Amazon.in and the Nokia 8 Sirocco is available from Flipkart. You can also get these phones from Nokia Shop as well as offline stores in India. Check out our Nokia 7 Plus and Nokia 8 Sirocco reviews, if you are planning to get the phones.
Reliance Jio has launched a new, limited period exchange offer that lets you exchange your old dongle or modem for a new JioFi at Rs. 999 and get a instant cashback of Rs. 2,200 in your account in the form of vouchers instantly. This is not the new JioFi 6 (JMR815) that went on sale last month. This is called the JioFi M2S that lets you connect to up to 32 devices (10 recommended) and has a 2300mAh that supports up to 6 hours of battery life.
Continue reading “Exchange your old dongle or modem for JioFi at Rs. 999 and get Rs. 2200 cashback”
Apple introduced special edition (Product) Red iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus smartphones earlier this month and said that they will go on sale in India in May. Now these new phones are already available from through Apple Authorised Resellers in the the country, few days before announced date and are also available for pre-order from Flipkart that ships from April 30th.
Continue reading “Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus Special Red Edition launched in India”
Reliance Jio today reported Rs. 7,128 crore revenue, up 3.6 % QoQ and a net profit of 510.44 crore, up 1.2% QoQ for its third quarterly financial performance for the period that ended 31st March, 2018. Jio’s rival Airtel earlier this week reported 652.30 crore crore net loss for the same quarter. Continue reading “Reliance Jio reports Rs. 510 crore profit in Q4, has over 186 million customers”
Google India has hosted a four-day workshop which is a mentorship boot camp for around ten Indian startups this week. This initiative was launched last year and was initially aimed at an India-only pilot for mentorship and engagement by Google Developers Launchpad team. Continue reading “Google ‘Solve for India’ mentoring program to support startups”
