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Cisco has announced that it will invest $100 million in India to further the digital push. The company will invest $40 million of the total planned investment into funding early and mid-stage startups. It will also train 250,000 students in India by 2020.
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Lava has launched V2s, the company’s latest 4G smartphone in the V series. It has a 5-inch HD IPS display, is powered by a 1 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), which is upgradable to Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) in the future. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera that also has LED flash for capturing better images even in low lighting conditions. It also has dual SIM support, similar to most other Lava smartphones. Continue reading “Lava V2s with 5-inch HD display, 8MP front camera with flash, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 7899”
Xiaomi launched its latest Mi Bluetooth speaker at the Redmi Note 3 launch event in India earlier this month. Now it has announced that the speaker will go on sale in the country in the first flash sale on March 22nd through the official Mi website. The compact speaker was introduced back in September last year, has a full metal body and weighs just 270 grams. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Bluetooth speaker goes on sale in India on March 22 for Rs. 1999”
SanDisk launched its Connect Wireless Stick in India back in September last year. Now it has launched a 200GB variant of the stick in the country that joins the 16GB, 32GB, 64GB and 128GB variants. If you don’t know, Connect Wireless Stick is a small USB flash drive that also doubles up as a Wi-Fi media server so that users can access files stored on the drive over multiple devices. It also has a built-in battery that will keep the device running for around 4 and half hours. Continue reading “200GB SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick launched in India for Rs. 9990”
Uber is upping its game in the competitive ride hailing market in India. According to a new report from Re/Code, the company is in talks to integrate its service into Snapdeal’s app.
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OnePlus has partnered with Hungama to offer unlimited music downloads and movie streaming services from Hungama worth Rs. 3,599 free for 90 days (from the day you subscribe to the offer). You need to fill up this form with your details, you will get coupon codes along with procedure to avail it. “PROMO code can be used only once by a user and should be used before December 31, 2016,” said OnePlus.
OPPO launched the F1 smartphone in India in Golden color earlier this year. Today the company has launched the Rose Gold Edition of the F1 in the country. It recently launched exclusive F1 ICC WT20 limited edition smartphone with T20 world cup logo on its rear body, gift kit which includes ICC WT20 2016 key chain, selfie stick to click your selfies with a range and a back cover showcasing the ICC logo in India.
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Micromax is all set to launch the Micromax Canvas Spark 3 Q385, it’s new budget smartphone and the successor of last year’s Canvas Spark 2. The Canvas Spark 3 that has been listed on the official website packs a 5.5-inch HD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by a quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Spark 3 Q385 with 5.5-inch HD display, 2900mAh battery coming soon”
Teewe creator CREO (formerly Mango Man) today introduced Mark 1, it’s first flagship smartphone with its own OS based on Android. CREO says that it aims to make Android better with features that aren’t available on any other Android device. The company has 70 engineers, designers and makers working on the smartphone. Continue reading “CREO introduces Mark 1 with its own Android-based OS, promises a new feature every month”
A total of 4.4 million tablets were shipped in India, registering a growth of 13% compared to 2014, according to CMR’s India Annual Tablet PC Market Review, CY 2015.
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Earlier this month, it was reported that Google is in talks with Indian telecom operators to pilot Project Loon. However, it looks like there will be further delay piloting this project in the country.
Continue reading “Government asks Google to submit fresh proposal for Project Loon: Report”
HCL Care today announced that it has launched exclusive Experience Service Centres (ESCs) for servicing Xiaomi smartphones, which will act as an extended arm of Xiaomi support. “These service centres will provide one-stop solution for services, accessories and insurance requirements for Xiaomi customers,” said HCL care. Continue reading “HCL Care launches exclusive Experience Service Centres for Xiaomi smartphones in 28 cities”
LeEco (formerly Letv) launched the Le 1s smartphone in India at Rs. 10,999 earlier this year exclusively on Flipkart. We already brought you the unboxing, benchmarks and the battery life test results, here we have camera samples from the smartphone. The Le 1s has a 13-megapixel rear camera with f/2.0 aperture, ISOCELL sensor, PDAF and single LED flash. It has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with Samsung S5K5E2 sensor, f/2.0 aperture, 1080p video recording and 85-degree wide-angle lens. Continue reading “LeEco (Letv) Le 1s Camera Samples”
Google Maps is expanding integration of five new ride hailing services across the world into its apps. The service is adding Ola Cabs in India, 99Taxis in Brazil, Hailo in the UK and Spain, mytaxi in Germany and Spain, and Gett in the UK.
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ICICI Bank has launched a new contactless mobile payment solution that enables its credit and debit users to make in-store contactless payments by simply waving their smartphones near an NFC-enabled merchant terminal.
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