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After last month’s report that Ola had secured an investment of an undisclosed amount from Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Kuaidi, Falcon Edge, GIC, Tiger Global Management, and SoftBank are other investors, the company yesterday confirmed $500 million in Series F funding, which now values it at over $5 billion. Continue reading “Ola secures $500 million in funding, now valued at over $5 billion”
Obi Mobiles, backed by John Scully got re-branded to Obi Worldphone back in August. It even introduced two new smartphones – Obi Worldphone SF1 and SJ1.5 designed by San Francisco-based product studio Ammunition. These phones were launched in Vietnam and Dubai recently, today the company said that Obi Worldphone will launch in India this month, but only the Worldphone SF1 is expected. Obi said that it has partnered with Qualcomm, Dolby, Sony, Corning Incorporated, Google, MediaTek, Japan Display, Inc. and Samsung for these smartphones. Continue reading “Obi Worldphone SF1 launching in India this November”
Vodafone India today launched new RED Family@99, an integrated value package that lets you share data, local and STD calls and SMS with family members, thereby offering the convenience of a single telecom connection for the entire family. The RED Family@99 for postpaid, allows you to share their plan with a family member and/or add devices at an additional cost of just Rs.99 per month. Continue reading “Vodafone’s new RED Family Plan lets you share data and calling minutes with up to 5 members”
TP-LINK has launched Archer D20 (AC750) Wireless Dual Band ADSL2+ Modem Router in India. It has a clam shell design with two external antennas, comes with Wi-Fi 802.11ac standard and has wireless data transfer rate of up to 750Mbps with 300Mbps over 2.4GHz and 433Mbps over 5GHz. It also has USB slot that lets you connect and access hard-disk or printer wirelessly. Continue reading “TP-LINK Archer D20 802.11ac Dual Band ADSL2+ Modem Router launched for Rs. 4999”
HTC just sent out invites for the launch of the One A9 smartphone in India on November 25th. Even though the invite just mentions save the date _ 25.11.2015 on a charcoal background, it is similar to the invite for last month’s One A9’s announcement. The first smartphone in the new One A series was unveiled last month, and packs a 5-inch 1080p AMOLED display, Octa-Core Snapdragon 617 processor, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with HTC Sense UI on top, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), RAW image capture and an Ultrapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “HTC One A9 launching in India on November 25”
Micromax launched the Canvas Xpress 4G, it’s new budget 4G smartphone priced at Rs. 6599 earlier today. Now the Canvas Nitro 3 E352 is available for purchase from eBay.in. It has a 5-inch HD screen and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) OS, similar to the Canvas Xpress 4G, but this is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek processor, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash. It has dual SIM support, but it comes only with 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Nitro 3 E352 with 2GB RAM, 13MP camera now available for Rs. 8130”
Micromax launched the Canvas Xpress 4G Q413, its latest budget 4G smartphone in the Canvas Xpress series few hours back, priced at Rs. 6,599, exclusively on Flipkart. We got to checkout the smartphone at the launch event, here is the hardware walk through of the phone in the form of photo gallery.
Micromax just launched Canvas Xpress 4G Q413, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone in the Canvas Xpress series. It packs a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a quad-core 64-bit MediaTek MT6735P processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) OS, comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Micromax has partnered with Flipkart to sell the smartphone. At the launch event Micromax said that all the future Xpress series phones will be exclusive to Flipkart. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Xpress 4G with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM launched for Rs. 6599”
Aircel announced a new first-of-its-kind Free Basic Internet offer for its customers last month. Today it launched it in Jammu & Kashmir. All new prepaid customers in J&K can now browse and actively use their favorite applications such as Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter at Rs. 144, which offers unlimited data with a speed of 64Kbps and 90 days validity. The offer is aimed at fuelling mobile internet adoption in J&K, keeping in view that a considerable population of mobile phone users is still offline, said the company.
Continue reading “Aircel launches unlimited 3G Data pack in Jammu & Kashmir at Rs. 9 per day”
Zebronics has launched new Happy Head Bluetooth wireless headphones. It has lightweight, durable and a stylish design, comes with soft sponge cushioned ear pads and adjustable soft padded headbands for a comfortable fit even for long hours of audio listening. It promises up to 6 hrs of playback time and also comes with 3.5mm input with a stereo cable, which can be used when the battery runs out. Continue reading “Zebronics Happy Head Bluetooth wireless headphones launched for Rs. 1499”
Xiaomi launched the Mi 4i smartphone in India back in April for Rs. 12,999. It even launched a 32GB version of the Mi 4i in India in July for Rs. 14,999. Even though the 16GB Mi 4i was sold at discounted rates as a part of festive offers, including the Xiaomi Diwali sale earlier this month, the company today announced first permanent price cut for the 16GB version in India, which will be available for Rs. 11,999. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4i 16GB gets a permanent price cut in India, available for Rs. 11999”
OnePlus introduced two extended service plans for the OnePlus 2 smartphone in India last month, but the plans had a restriction that they need to be purchased within 30 days and 10 days, respectively after the purchase of the OnePlus 2. OnePlus even launched new B2X On-Guard Plus and B2X On-Guard plans for the OnePlus X last week. Continue reading “Early buyers of OnePlus 2 in India can now sign up for B2X insurance plans”
Strontium Technology has launched Type-C Mobile Kit, which combines NITRO UHS-I microSDXC card (64GB / 128GB) with a Type-C card reader that lets you transfer files between new-gen smartphones, tablets and laptops with USB Type-C ports and Mac/PC with standard USB 2.0 / 3.0 ports. The 64GB UHS-I card promises read speed of up to 85MB/s and has high speed Class 10 rating. Continue reading “Strontium launches NITRO (64GB / 128GB) microSD card with Type-C Card Reader in India”
Amazon launched a new Kindle eReader in India back in September, today it has a launched the same Kindle in White version in the country. It has the same 6-inch ( 600 x 800 pixels) touch screen display at 167 PPI pixel density, comes with WiFi 802.11 b/g/n support, has 4GB of internal storage to store thousands of books and offers up to 4 weeks (wireless off) of battery life. Continue reading “Amazon launches new White Kindle in India for Rs. 5999”
Facebook had debuted their Instant Article feature for iOS devices in USA and parts of Europe. The feature is now available to users in India on their Android devices starting from today.
Continue reading “Facebook Instant Articles feature now available for Android users in India”
