Misfit Flare water-resistant fitness tracker with up to 4 months battery life announced

Misfit Flare

Fossil-owned Misfit has introduced Flare, its latest budget fitness tracker, which is water resistant up to 50 meters. It automatically tracks steps taken, distance traveled, and calories burned. It can also track activities such as running, walking, yoga, swimming, soccer, basketball, tennis and more. It has a aluminum case, a capacitive touch sensor and a single LED light beneath a crystal face. This lets you easily check your progress throughout the day by simply double tapping the device. Since this is a budget tracker, it lacks a heart rate sensor. Continue reading “Misfit Flare water-resistant fitness tracker with up to 4 months battery life announced”

Xiaomi introduces Mi VR Play 2 with lightweight soft fabric body

Xiaomi Mi VR Play 2 headset

Xiaomi this week introduced Mi VR Play 2 its second-generation VR (Virtual Reality) headset in China, which is the successor of last year’s Mi VR Play. Unlike the zipper design on the predecessor, this has outer covering made of light-weight and soft fabric so the whole headset weighs just 183 grams. It can fit phones from 4.7 to 5.7 inches in size, similar to the predecessor. It looks like Google Daydream View but it doesn’t come with a wireless remote.

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Google Cloud Search with machine intelligence now available for iPhone and iPad

Google Cloud Search

Google launched Google Cloud Search that uses machine intelligence to provide a combined search experience across G Suite including Drive, Gmail, Sites, Calendar, Docs, Contacts and much more on the web and Android. Today it has launched it for iOS devices. This tool was previously named as Springboard. Continue reading “Google Cloud Search with machine intelligence now available for iPhone and iPad”

Meizu E2 announcement set for April 26, could pack 5.2-inch display, 4GB RAM and metal body

Meizu E2

Meizu has sent out invites for the announcement of the Meizu E2, the company’s budget smartphone in ‘E Series’. This could be Meizu M612C that was certified by China’s TENAA last month. It is expected to come with a fingerprint sensor embedded into the home button and feature a metal unibody design. Continue reading “Meizu E2 announcement set for April 26, could pack 5.2-inch display, 4GB RAM and metal body”

Airtel Internet TV Hybrid DTH and 4K Android TV box launched

Airtel Internet TV

Airtel Digital TV today launched Internet TV, which is an Android TV box that is developed by LG that also offers 500 satellite TV channels. Airtel says that this is the first India’s first Hybrid DTH Set-top box. It comes pre-loaded with Netflix, YouTube, Google Play Music, Google Play Games, Airtel Movies and more apps. Since there is Google Play, you can install more apps and games. It is also compatible with Dolby Surround Sound Audio. Continue reading “Airtel Internet TV Hybrid DTH and 4K Android TV box launched”

Instagram Direct now combines permanent texts and reshares with disappearing photos and videos

New Instagram Direct

Instagram Direct has received a new look with the 10.16 update to make it fast and easy to turn any conversation into a visual conversation with photos and videos. “Texts and reshares will now appear in the same thread with disappearing photos and videos so you can seamlessly go back and forth with your friends,” said Instagram. Continue reading “Instagram Direct now combines permanent texts and reshares with disappearing photos and videos”

Nikon D7500 DSLR with light, compact body announced, available in India from June starting at Rs. 96950

Nikon D7500

Nikon today announced D7500 with DX-format 20.9-megapixel CMOS sensor, 4K UHD video recording and lighter, compact body. It has high-performance EXPEED 5 image-processing engine and has a native ISO range of 100 to 512001 that promises minimal noise in low-light scenarios. It also has built-in Bluetooth 4.1 and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g. Nikon recently completed a milestone of 10 years’ presence in India . Continue reading “Nikon D7500 DSLR with light, compact body announced, available in India from June starting at Rs. 96950”

Windows 10 Creators Update starts rolling out, here’s how to get it

Microsoft Windows 10 Creators Update

Microsoft today started rolling out Windows 10 Creators Update for free for all the Windows 10 users, as it had promised. The update brings Paint 3D, Beam Broadcasting built into the game bar, Game Mode, a new Privacy Dashboard, 3D support to Microsoft Edge and more. Continue reading “Windows 10 Creators Update starts rolling out, here’s how to get it”

Moto C and Moto C Plus budget smartphones with Android 7.0 surface

Moto C Plus

Motorola is working on Moto C and Moto C Plus budget smartphones, according to @evleaks, who also revealed images and detailed the specifications of these budget smartphones that come with a front camera with LED flash and capacitive touch buttons below the display. Continue reading “Moto C and Moto C Plus budget smartphones with Android 7.0 surface”

Sony Xperia XA1 with 5-inch edge-to-edge display, 23MP camera, Android 7.0 launched in India for Rs. 19990

Sony Xperia XA1

Sony Mobile has launched Xperia XA1, its latest mid-range smartphone and the successor of last year’s Xperia XA in India. It was announced at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017 in Barcelona and packs a 5-inch HD edge-to-edge display, similar to the predecessor, but this is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P20 processor and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat). It has a 23-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, Hybrid Auto-Focus and a 8-megapixel auto focus front-facing camera.

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Acer Aspire VX 15, Predator 15 (G9-593) and 17 (G9-793), Predator G1 Gaming PCs launched in India

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Acer has launched of Acer Aspire VX 15, Predator 15 (G9-593), Predator  17 (G9-793) and Predator G1 Desktop in India exclusively for gamers. The Aspire VX 15 comes with enhanced cooling capabilities and NVIDIA GeForce GTX series 10 graphics card. Also, the Predator 15 (G9-593), 17 (G9-793) gets VR ready with NVIDIA Pascal graphics cards- GeForce GTX 1060 with 6GB VRAM. Continue reading “Acer Aspire VX 15, Predator 15 (G9-593) and 17 (G9-793), Predator G1 Gaming PCs launched in India”

Micromax Evok Power and Evok Note with fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE, 4000mAh battery launched starting at Rs. 6999

Micromax Evok Power

Micromax has launched  Evok Power and Evok Note, two new smartphones in the ‘Evok series’, after almost an year of launching the Canvas Evok. The Micromax Evok Power comes with a 5-inch 720p display, while the Evok Note comes with a 5.5-inch 1080p display. Both the phones pack a 4000mAh battery and VoLTE support. The Evok Note comes with a fingerprint sensor on the front and the Evok Power has a fingerprint sensor on the back. Continue reading “Micromax Evok Power and Evok Note with fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE, 4000mAh battery launched starting at Rs. 6999”

Reliance Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan offer launched – 3 months unlimited services starting at Rs. 309

Reliance Jio Dhan Dhan Dhan

Reliance Jio just launched Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan offer for those who have not availed the Summer Surprise offer, as it had promised earlier this week. It recently announced that it will be withdrawing its Summer Surprise Offer recently as per TRAI’s recommendation. Continue reading “Reliance Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan offer launched – 3 months unlimited services starting at Rs. 309”

Red iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus now available for pre-order in India on Amazon, Infibeam and more

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Flipkart started taking pre-orders for the new 9.7-inch iPad last week. Today Amazon.in, Infibeam and Croma has started taking pre-orders for the (Product) Red iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus versions in India. These were introduced last month and come in only 128GB and 256GB variants. Continue reading “Red iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus now available for pre-order in India on Amazon, Infibeam and more”

ZTE Quartz Android Wear 2.0 water resistant smartwatch announced

ZTE Quartz

ZTE has announced Quartz, a budget smartwatch running Android Wear 2.0. It has a 1.4-inch circular AMOLED display with Gorilla Glass 3 protection and is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2100 processor. It has IP67 ratings for dust and water resistance. Continue reading “ZTE Quartz Android Wear 2.0 water resistant smartwatch announced”