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Google at the ‘Google for India’ event announced ‘Read out Loud’ feature for Google Go browser that lets listen to web pages out loud in 28 languages including Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam, Marathi and Tamil in a natural sounding voice. It is powered by natural language processing and speech synthesis AI and works even in 2G connections with minimal cellular data use.
Amazon India today officially launched Bill Payments facility that lets you pay Electricity, Landline, Broadband, Gas & Postpaid bills across 100+ billers on Amazon India. You can also pay these bills via one-click experience. Some of them include billers like BSES, Tata Power, BESCOM, BSNL, Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance Jio, ACT, Hathway, IGL and MGL. Customers can now do mobile recharge or pay bills using their credit and debit cards, UPI, net banking and Amazon Pay balance. Continue reading “Amazon Pay gets Electricity, Landline, Broadband, Gas and Postpaid bill payments, offers up to Rs. 75 cashback for limited period”
Xiaomi India today announced that it has sold more than 500,000 or 5 lakh units of Mi LED TVs in about six months of launch back in February. This includes Mi LED TV 4 55″, Mi LED TV 4A 32″ and Mi LED TV 4A 43″ sold across mi.com, Flipkart and Mi Home stores. The company said that it has become one of the fastest growing smart TV brands in India
Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi TV sales cross 500,000 units in India in over 6 months of launch”
Earlier this year Google announced that it will be combining Android Pay and Google Wallet, into a single brand – Google Pay, making it an unified payment solution, and it started rolling out from February. At that time the experiences will be coming to Tez users in India soon. Today at the Google for India event the company said that Tez will be rebranded as Google Pay.
Realme today launched the Realme 2, the company’s second-generation smartphone as it had promised. It has a 6.2-inch HD+ 19:9 aspect ratio display with a notch and 88.8% screen-to-body ratio, Snapdragon 450 SoC with up to 4GB RAM, ColorOS 5.1 based on Android 8.1 (Oreo), 13-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 2-megapixel camera for portrait shot and 8-megapixel front camera with AI beautify features that intelligently recognizes 296 facial features as well as face unlock. It has similar specifications as the OPPO A5 which was launched last week.
Update: The company has now sent out invites for the launch event and has also confirmed YU ACE name for the phone.
Continue reading “YU ACE with big battery launching on August 30”
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) today released Drone Regulations 1.0 to fly commercial drones from December 1 and also introduced Digital Sky Platform is the first-of-its-kind national unmanned traffic management (UTM) platform that implements “no permission, no takeoff” (NPNT), an all-digital process offering one-time registration of their drones, pilots and owners. Continue reading “Government allows commercial operation of drones in India from December; adopts all-digital process”
ASUS launched the Zenfone Max Pro M1 in India back in April in Deepsea Black and Gray color variants, and the phone went on sale in May. The 6GB RAM version of the phone went on sale last month. Today the company has launched the Blue color variant of the smartphone.
Continue reading “ASUS Zenfone Max Pro (M1) Blue color variant launched in India”
Samsung India has launched Onyx Cinema LED with PVR Cinemas starting from PVR Icon in Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, after it was introduced in May. This promises unparalleled picture quality, true colours, and greater vibrancy and accuracy, exactly how the director intended it to be seen. Continue reading “Samsung, PVR launch India’s first Onyx Cinema LED Theater”
Last week Reliance Communications (RCOM) announced the completion of the sale of its Media Convergence Nodes (MCNs) and related infrastructure assets, worth Rs 2,000 crore, to Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIO). Today the company announced the completion of the sale of its fiber and related infrastructure assets, worth Rs 3,000 crore, to Reliance Jio.
Continue reading “RCOM completes sale of fiber assets worth Rs. 3000 crore to Reliance Jio”
Apple on Saturday announced that it will be donating Rs 7 crore towards the ongoing relief work in Kerala. To remind you, Apple started accepting Mercy Corps Donations through the App Store and iTunes Store for Kerala floods. Users can donate up to $5, $10, $25, $50, $100, or $200, 100% of which goes to Mercy Corps. Continue reading “Apple donates Rs. 7 crore to Kerala flood relief”
Huawei’s sub-brand Honor announced discounts and offers on Honor’s smartphones as a part of ‘The Great Honor Sale’ exclusively on Flipkart next week. he three-day sale will offer 1-hour flash sale on the recently launched Honor 9N as well as discounts on Honor 9 Lite and Honor 10. Continue reading “The Great Honor Sale on Flipkart from August 27 to 29 – Rs. 5000 off on Honor 10, offers on Honor 9 Lite, Honor 9i and more”
After the A3s that was launched in India recently in two version, OPPO has launched the A5 smartphone in that was introduced in China last month. It has similar specifications as the A3s, including a 6.2-inch HD+ 19:9 aspect ratio display with a notch and 87.8% screen-to-body ratio, Snapdragon 450, ColorOS 5.1 based on Android 8.1 (Oreo), 13-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 2-megapixel camera for portrait shot and 8-megapixel front camera with AI beautify features that intelligently recognizes 296 facial features, but this has 4GB of RAM.
Shenzhen-based HOMTOM has forayed into the Indian market with H1, H3 and H5 series of smartphones with 18:9 aspect ratio display, feature dual rear cameras, run Android 8.1 (Oreo), comes with a fingerprint sensor on the back as well as face unlock. The company said that it has a global presence, across varied geographies like South Asia, Middle East, Russia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and North America and has opened office in Noida, India. It aims to manufacture in India in order to endorse ‘Make in India’. Continue reading “HOMTOM forays in India, launches H1, H3 and H5 with 18:9 display, dual rear cameras, Android 8.1 starting at Rs. 7490”
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) today has announced its plans and measures to mandate facial recognition by taking on-the-spot live pictures for every authentication that requires Aadhaar. The facial recognition will join as an additional authentication method which currently relies on fingerprints or iris (eye) scans. Continue reading “UIDAI mandates new facial recognition for all Aadhaar authentications”
