Apple said to be working on redesign of 2018 iPad with Facial Recognition

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Apple is working on a redesign of high-end iPad that is slated to release in 2018 that will feature the Facial recognition and slimmer edges just like the iPhone X. However, the new iPad won’t have the OLED display according to a report from Bloomberg.

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Panasonic Eluga I5 with 5-inch display, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6499

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Panasonic has launched Eluga I5, successor of Eluga I4 smartphone in the Eluga series with support for 4G VoLTE. It has a 5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass screen with Asahi Dragon Trail Glass, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6737 processor, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga I5 with 5-inch display, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6499”

Beyerdynamic DT 240 PRO professional monitor headphones launched in India for Rs. 7500

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Beyerdynamic has launched DT 240 professional monitor headphones in India. The DT 240 professional headphones are aimed towards musicians, podcasters, and filmmakers. The company characterizes the headphones as clean, deep bass, lively mids, and clearly defined highs.

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Xiaomi sold over 150000 Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite smartphones in 3 minutes in first sale

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Xiaomi launched the Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite smartphones in India last week. The phones went on sale in the country today exclusively on Amazon.in as well as Mi.com today. After the sale Manu Jain, Group Vice President and Managing Director of Xiaomi India said that the company sold over 1,50,000 units of both the phones across the platforms in the sale in just 3 minutes. Second sale is scheduled for November 15, next Wednesday.  Continue reading “Xiaomi sold over 150000 Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite smartphones in 3 minutes in first sale”

Google ties up with B2X to offer after sales service for Pixel phones in India

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Google has partnered with B2X, leading provider of customer care for smartphones and IoT devices for after sales service for Pixel phones in India. As an exclusive “Google Authorized Service Partner” for India, B2X will offer highly convenient service for Pixel users at their doorsteps. B2X
service experts will diagnose device related issues in people’s homes and provide immediate help. Continue reading “Google ties up with B2X to offer after sales service for Pixel phones in India”

Airtel introduces new postpaid and prepaid packs with unlimited calls, national roaming and bundled data

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Airtel today announced new postpaid plan and prepaid pack for its customers that allows them to enjoy free outgoing (Local + STD) calls, national roaming and bundled data. Continue reading “Airtel introduces new postpaid and prepaid packs with unlimited calls, national roaming and bundled data”

Opera 49 for desktop brings new snapshot tool, VR player, customized start page and more

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Opera has updated its browser for desktop with new snapshot tool, VR player and several improvements and features. Opera says that new update aims at making web browsing even more interactive and convenient. It includes a handy search pop-up tool, integrated popular social messengers and support for watching online video content using VR headsets.

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Google to add restaurant wait times on Search and Maps

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Google  has announced that it will show estimated wait times at restaurants soon on Google Search and to Map later. This lets you decide whether the food is really worth an hour wait or plan ahead to get your fix at a time when you can avoid a wait entirely. Continue reading “Google to add restaurant wait times on Search and Maps”

Instagram Stories now lets you import photos and videos more than 24 hours old

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Instagram Story feature had a restriction of uploading photos or videos that you took in the last 24 hours. However, from today that isn’t the case as the company now lets you upload or post stories with photos and videos which you took more than 24 hours ago just like you normally do.

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Snapchat to bring completely redesigned app to make it easier to use

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Snapchat CEO, Evan Spiegel in earnings letter to investors today has announced that the company is working on a completely new design for the Snapchat app on hearing the feedback over the years that said that the app is difficult to use or hard to use. He confirmed that a completely redesigned easy to use app UI is coming soon.

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Apple Pay Cash now available with iOS 11.2 beta and WatchOS 4.2 beta

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Apple has silently launched the Pay Cash beta; peer-to-peer money transfer in an iMessage on iOS 11.1 and WatchOS 4.2. This feature was announced earlier this year and it only now the feature is being available in beta which you need to opt-in.

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Twitter doubles Tweet limit to 280 characters for everyone

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Twitter back in September has launched 280 character limit per Tweet for few users, and today the company has made it official by launching it for almost everyone based on the results and goals it achieved during the initial phase.

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Apple India supplier planning on expanding its iPhone assembly facility

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Apple.Inc primary assembler in India is said to be planning on expanding its facilities in Bengaluru and is scouting for land in about 100 acres according to the people who are familiar with the matter. Wistron Corp. executives have shortlisted few spots including one that is very close to the airport.

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PayPal launches domestic payments in India

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A year after demonetisation, Digital payments company Paypal today launched its domestic operations in India that would allow Indian consumers use Paypal to shop online with select Indian merchants such as BookMyShow , Yatra, PVR , MakeMyTrip, Thomas Cook and more. From January 2018 it will be open to all merchants. It has been offering cross border payments in India for close to a decade and claims to control a third of India’s B2C export payments.  Continue reading “PayPal launches domestic payments in India”

Moto X4 with dual rear cameras launching in India exclusively on Flipkart on November 13

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Motorola India recently sent out invites for the launch of Moto X4 smartphone in India on November 13th. Today Flipkart has announced that the phone will be available exclusively with them. The smartphone was unveiled IFA event recently and packs dual 12MP and 8MP rear cameras to take images with blurred background, portraits, selective black and white and has dual Autofocus Pixel technology for faster focus in low light.

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