Update: Flipkart has put up a promo page that reveals that the Thomson TV are launching exclusively with them.
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Google Home and Home Mini India launch offers – Free JioFi with 100GB data, offers from Flipkart, ACT Fibernet and more
Google today launched the Home and Home Mini smart speaker in India for Rs. 9,999 and Rs. 4,499, respectively. It is already on sale in the country online on Flipkart as well as 750+ retail stores across the country including Reliance Digital, Croma, Bajaj Electronics, Vijay Sales, Sangeetha, and Poorvika. Reliance Jio, Flipkart and ACT Fibernet have announced several offers. Google already announced that all buyers get six months free Google Play Music subscription till October 31, 2018.
Panasonic Lumix G7 and Lumix G85 Mirrorless cameras with 4K video launched in India starting at Rs. 53990
Panasonic India today launched the new Lumix G7 and G85 Digital Single Lens Mirrorless (DSLM) cameras. The company says that they are aimed at quality of videos for filming, YouTube and still photography. These come equipped with 4K video recording & editing capabilities. Continue reading “Panasonic Lumix G7 and Lumix G85 Mirrorless cameras with 4K video launched in India starting at Rs. 53990”
Google Home and Home Mini launched in India for Rs. 9999 and Rs. 4499
Google today launched Google Home and Google Home Mini smart speakers in India, as it had promised. Google introduced its Google Home smart speaker back in October 2016 and the Google Home Mini was introduced in October last year.
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Apple introduces Red iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, available in India in May
Apple has officially unveiled special edition (Product) Red iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus Special Edition smartphones. The new (Product) Red iPhone 8 marks the latest in Apple’s longstanding 11-year partnership with (Red), which supports HIV/AIDS programs. Continue reading “Apple introduces Red iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, available in India in May”
Snapchat announces partnership with four IPL teams, introduces custom Stickers, Filters and Lenses
IPL 2018 has kickstarted and on this occasion, Snapchat has announced a partnership with four teams; Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Daredevils and Rajasthan Royals and these teams have joined the platform as Official Stories. Continue reading “Snapchat announces partnership with four IPL teams, introduces custom Stickers, Filters and Lenses”
ACT Fibernet offers 250GB free data for IPL 2018
ACT Fibernet is the official Fibernet partner for Chennai Super Kings for the upcoming 11th season of IPL that started last week. To celebrate this and allow users to easily stream the IPL matches when they are home, ACT is offering 250GB additional data for this month. ACT recently introduced 25GB, 50GB, 100GB, 200GB and 500GB FlexBytes+ top-up plans at Rs. 225, Rs. 400, Rs. 600, Rs. 1250 and Rs. 2500, respectively with 90 days validity. Continue reading “ACT Fibernet offers 250GB free data for IPL 2018”
Samsung Galaxy S8 Burgundy Red Limited-Edition smartphone launched in India
Samsung launched its flagship Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones back in April last year in Midnight Black and Maple Gold colors, later it launched the Orchid Gray color variant of the smartphones in July last year. Today it has launched Burgundy Red color variant of the Galaxy S8, a month after the launch of its successor, the Galaxy S9. The color variant was introduced in November last year. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S8 Burgundy Red Limited-Edition smartphone launched in India”
Logitech K120 Hindi keyboard and MK235 Wireless Hindi keyboard combo launched in India starting at Rs. 695
Logitech today has launched the first of its kind Logitech MK235 Wireless Devanagari Keyboard Combo, as well as wired Devanagari keyboard K120 under the Digi Bharath campaign which is a part of the flagship Digital India initiative. With the Devanagari Keyboard, the company is aiming to reach 40-crore Hindi speaking people in India. Continue reading “Logitech K120 Hindi keyboard and MK235 Wireless Hindi keyboard combo launched in India starting at Rs. 695”
Uber now holds upfront fare amount for credit and debit card payments in India
Uber India has announced that is has started rolling out payment authorization hold feature that allows Uber to authorize hold your upfront fare amount before your trip begins for non-cash credit and debit card payment method for every trip requested. Uber says that this is to confirm that a user’s account is active and available to fund their trips. Continue reading “Uber now holds upfront fare amount for credit and debit card payments in India”
Patna emerges as top city in India in terms of 4G availability: OpenSignal
The Indian City Patna is now the top city in terms of 4G availability beating major tech hubs like Hyderabad, Bangalore, etc. according to the latest OpenSignal report. Patna has 4G availability of 92.6% while Bangalore comes in at 10th place with 88.3%. The report states that the 4G availability between India’s cities is getting slimmer. Continue reading “Patna emerges as top city in India in terms of 4G availability: OpenSignal”
Nokia 6 2018 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 16MP camera with ZEISS optics, Android 8.1 goes on sale in India for Rs. 16999
HMD Global announced the new Nokia 6 Android One smartphone at the MWC, which was launched in India earlier this week. Today the company has started selling the smartphone across the country. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by Snapdragon 630 Mobile platform, runs on Android 8.1 (Oreo), has a 16-megapixel rear camera with f/2.0 aperture, dual-tone LED flash, ZEISS optics and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera.
Vodafone launches VoLTE services in UP East
After Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa and Rajasthan,Haryana, Uttar Pradesh (UP) west, and Karnataka, Vodafone has launched its VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) services in Uttar Pradesh (UP) East in India. It is currently available in cities of Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Allahabad and Faizabad, and, around 26,000 towns and villages in the UP East circle. Continue reading “Vodafone launches VoLTE services in UP East”
American Express launches Amex Pay mobile payment solution in India
American Express has introduced the ‘AMEX Pay’ mobile payment solution in India that allows eligible Cardholders to make contactless or QR code-based payments to merchants using the mobile app. The AMEX IN mobile app is available for Android and iOS. Continue reading “American Express launches Amex Pay mobile payment solution in India”
RBI orders banks to stop services to those dealing in crypto currencies
At its first Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Press Conference for the financial year 2018-2019, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked banks to stop having business relationship with the entities dealing with virtual currencies with immediate effect. Regulated entities which already provide such services are also ordered to end relationship within a period of three months. Some of the banks have already banned buying cryptocurrencies using credit and debit cards. Continue reading “RBI orders banks to stop services to those dealing in crypto currencies”