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Paytm has appointed former head of Alibaba Group Holding’s wholesale business, Bhushan Patil, as its new president, as per a latest report from PTI. He will focus on building company’s cross-border commerce.
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Samsung launched its flagship Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge smartphones in India earlier this month for Rs. 48,900 and Rs. 56,900, respectively. Both these were available for pre-order on official site and Flipkart from March 8th and the devices started shipping from last Friday, March 18th. Samsung also announced that all pre-orders get a free Gear VR headset worth Rs. 7900, but it doesn’t come bundled with the phone, you will have redeem it. Check out the procedure. Continue reading “How to claim your free Gear VR with Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge”
Twitter India has created a dashboard for Bengaluru Police to monitor complaints in real time. The specially designed dashboard will help Bengaluru City Police to effectively manage complaints and optimize operations.
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Lenovo launched its Vibe K5 Plus smartphone in India last week. Today the company has started selling the smartphone exclusively on Flipkart for Rs. 8,499. It also offers up to Rs. 6,000 discount in exchange for smartphones, so you can get it for as low as Rs. 2,499 on exchange. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus goes on sale on Flipkart for Rs. 8499, available for Rs. 2499 with exchange”
Spotify, the popular US based music streaming service is exploring entry in Indian markets, as per a latest report from TechCrunch. The move comes from the service as part of it’s expansion plans for Asia.
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Motorola has started rolling out Android 6.0.1 update for the Moto X Play smartphone in India. Motorola rolled out the Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update for the smartphone earlier this year. In addition to adding support for new emojis, including volleyball, taco, middle finger, champagne bottle, as well as new faces for sickness, thinking, and rolling eyes, this update also brings back camera shutter tone switch that lets you turn off and on the sound of the camera shutter and also lets you launch the camera by double-pressing the power button. Continue reading “Motorola Moto X Play Android 6.0.1 update with new emojis starts rolling out in India”
After the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge smartphones that got the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update in India last week, the Galaxy Note5 smartphone has also received the Marshmallow update in India. The smartphone was launched in the country back in September last year running Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop).
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In a bid to expand Ola Money, Ola has acquired mobile payments firm Qarth. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Apple introduced the iPhone SE, the company’s latest smartphone with almost similar internals as the iPhone 6s, in a smaller 4‑inch form factor few hours back. Apple initially announced that the iPhone SE will start at Rs. 30,000 in India, later it revised the price to Rs. 39,000, which is higher when compared to US price of $399. Continue reading “Apple iPhone SE launching in India on April 8 starting from Rs. 39000”
Xiaomi has started selling its latest Mi Bluetooth speaker in India, as it had promised. The compact speaker was introduced back in September last year, has a full metal body and weighs just 270 grams. It has a built-in microphone so that you can use it for calls when it is connected to your smartphone, but it lacks a microSD card slot that is present in the Chinese variant. It automatically pauses the music when you receive a call and connects to the call with a press of the play button without the need of a mobile phone. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Bluetooth Speaker goes on sale in India for Rs. 1999”
Oppo, the Chinese smartphone maker will kick start manufacturing about 10 lakh 4G phones a month in India, according to a latest report from the Economic Times.
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At the iPhone SE and new iPad Pro event, Apple also introduced a new Lightning to USB-C Cable that lets 12.9-inch iPad Pro users to take advantage of faster charging using its new 29W USB-C Power Adapter. The Lightning to USB-C Cable comes in 1m and 2m in length. Continue reading “Apple Lightning to USB-C Cable for faster 12.9″ iPad Pro charging starts at Rs. 2300”
Apple today launched the 4-inch iPhone at an event in U.S. dubbed the ‘iPhone SE’. Company has also officially confirmed that the phone will be launched in India in April, starting at Rs. 39,000. Continue reading “Apple iPhone SE India Price Revealed, Starts at Rs. 39,000”
Apple just announced its new 9.7-inch iPad Pro, a smaller variant of last year’s iPad Pro. Apple already confirmed that it will roll out the iPad Pro in India in April, now it has confirmed the pricing, few weeks ahead of its launch. The 9.7-inch iPad Pro has a True Tone display that measures the color temperature to the ambient light and adjusts the screen to match it, has A9X chip, Apple’s 3rd generation 64-bit chip, new 12-megapixel iSight camera with 4K video recording, similar to the iPhone 6s and also a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “9.7-inch iPad Pro gets priced in India, launching early April”
The Indian online shopping scene is set get a boost further this year. As per a new study from ASSOCHAM and PwC, the average online purchases are expected to increase by 78% in 2016 from 66% in 2015.
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