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Paytm has partnered with ICICI Bank to jointly launch Paytm-ICICI Bank Postpaid, a interest-free short-term digital credit service that will offer instant credit to Paytm account. It has instant activation without any documentation or branch visit and there is no transaction, joining or hidden administration fees either, says Paytm. Continue reading “Paytm-ICICI Bank Postpaid offers instant interest-free short term credit”
Huawei’s Honor brand has sent out invites for the announcement of Honor V10, successor of Honor V9 that was introduced earlier this year at an event on November 28th. The teaser confirms dual rear cameras for the smartphone, similar to predecessor. The company has also confirmed that it will come Ai features.
Xiaomi opened its first Mi Home Store in Chennai at Forum Mall in Vadapalani back in September. Today it has announced that it will open its second Mi Home Store in the city at Express Avenue Mall in Royapettah on November 18th, Saturday. It already has Mi Home Stores in Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Mumbai and recently Pune. Continue reading “Xiaomi to open its second Mi Home Store in Chennai on November 18”
Panasonic has launched P91, a new budget smartphone in the ‘P series’ with support for 4G VoLTE. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6737 processor, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat), has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Panasonic P91 with 5-inch display, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6490”
Google has updated Google Maps with a new design that makes it easier to find venues around you. It has updated driving, navigation, transit and explore maps that will subtly change based on what you’re doing. Google Maps will show the places scheduled on the calendar and will also show the location of a confirmed reservations from Gmail.
Continue reading “Google Maps gets a new design to make it easier to see important details”
Vivo launched the V7+ selfie-focused smartphone in India back in September. Today it has introduced V7 smartphone in Indonesia, ahead of India launch next week. It packs a 5.7-inch (1440 x 720 pixels) FullView display with 18:9 aspect ratio, narrow bezels and 83.6% screen-to-body ratio, compared to the 5.99-inch FullView display in the V7+. It has the same 24-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash, Face Beauty 7.0, Face unlock and Portrait mode and a 16-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and LED flash. Continue reading “Vivo V7 with 5.7-inch FullView display, 24MP front camera announced; launching in India on November 20”
Gionee has launched the M7 Power smartphone in India, as it had promised. It was introduced in China at the end of September, later it was introduced for global markets, and packs a 6-inch (1440 x 720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 FullView display with 85% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Snapdragon 435 and packs a 5000mAh battery with intelligent power management that promises up to 2 days of battery life. Continue reading “Gionee M7 Power with 6-inch FullView display, 5000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 16999”
Telegram has updated its app to version 4.5 that brings several new features. Now when you send or receive a collection of photos or videos, they will automatically be grouped together as an album, creating a tile display within your messages. Each album can include up to 10 photos or videos. You can also control the order in which photos are sent with a sequence number. Continue reading “Telegram 4.5 brings Album, Saved Messages, Pinned Messages in Channels and more”
Timex today launched the BLINK activity tracker in India in association with Indian consumer technology start-up BLINK. The activity tracker combines signature elements of a traditional watch with sophisticated technology for tracking your daily activities. Continue reading “Timex BLINK activity tracker with OLED Display launched starting at Rs. 4495”
Lenovo has launched Tab 7, the company’s latest budget tablet with support for 4G LTE and voice calling in India. It has a 6.98-inch HD screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek processor, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat), has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lenovo Tab 7 with 6.98-inch display, 4G LTE, voice calling launched in India for Rs. 9999”
After Mumbai, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra & Goa and Gujarat, Airtel has launched its 4G VoLTE services in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana officially, after testing for sometime. This lets Airtel customers enjoy HD quality voice calls along with faster call set up time compared to normal voice calls on their VoLTE-compatible 4G handsets. Continue reading “Airtel launches VoLTE services in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana”
HTC was one of the first OEMs to confirm Android 8.0 (Oreo) update for some of its top-end devices and even released U11+ earlier this month with Android Oreo. Today the company has started rolling out Android 8.0 (Oreo) update for its flagship HTC U11 smartphone starting from Taiwan. The changelog is simple that mentions Android 8.0 (Oreo) update and VoWifi support for Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) customers along with enhancements and bug fixes. Continue reading “HTC U11 Android 8.0 Oreo update begins rolling out starting from Taiwan”
Upcoming Sony smartphone with model number H3213 and codename ‘Avenger’ has surfaced on GFXBench listing that reveals that it will be a mid-range smartphone with a 6-inch 1080p display. The model number and the display resolution is also confirmed by UAProf on the official Sony site. Continue reading “Sony H3213 ‘Avenger’ with 6-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 660/630, Android 8.0 surfaces in benchmarks”
OnePlus has accidentally left behind an app called ‘EngineerMode’ made by Qualcomm which after decompiling has revealed that the app can be exploited to gain root access acting like a backdoor. This app was discovered by a OnePlus user on Twitter. Continue reading “OnePlus acknowledges EngineerMode app Root Exploit, will fix it with software update”
Apple has regained the top spot in the wearable market in Q3 2017 with 3.9 million shipments and it is the strongest quarter for Apple in 2017, all thanks to the recently launched Apple Watch 3 with LTE support, reveals a new report from Canalys. Xiaomi and Fitbit claim the 2nd and 3rd spots with 3.6 million and 3.5 million, respectively. Continue reading “Apple claims the top spot in wearable market followed by Xiaomi and Fitbit in Q3 2017: Canalys”
