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Travel search engine Kayak enters India

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Kayak, the global travel search engine has officially announced its entry into the Indian market. The company lets people people search, plan and manage their travel. Kayak claims to operate with more than 40 international sites in 20 languages and powers 1.5 billion queries annually for travel information and displaying results from hundreds of airlines, 900,000+ hotels, along with rental cars, holiday packages, activities and millions of verified reviews. Continue reading “Travel search engine Kayak enters India”

Indian Railways launches new IRCTC Rail Connect app for Android

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Indian Railways has launched new IRCTC Rail Connect app that will replace the previous IRCTC app that was launched back in 2014. Indian Railways E-ticketing System caters to over 10 lakhs passengers daily (comprising 58% of total reserved passengers), said Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu launching the app. Continue reading “Indian Railways launches new IRCTC Rail Connect app for Android”

Samsung could introduce foldable smartphone/tablet hybrid in Q3 2017

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Earlier this week two foldable smartphones – Galaxy X1, Galaxy X1 Plus with model numbers -SM-X9000 and SM-X9050 surfaced in China. Now a new report from South Korea says that the Samsung is expected to release more than 100,000 units of these devices in Q3 2017.
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Nokia 6 will go on sale in China on January 19

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HMD Global introduced the Nokia 6 smartphone exclusively for China a few days back. At the announcement, the company said that the phone will go on sale in China sometime in early 2017. Today jd.com has started taking pre-orders for the smartphone for the sale on January 19th. Continue reading “Nokia 6 will go on sale in China on January 19”

Fitbit acquires smartwatch maker Vector

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Fitbit has acquired smartwatch maker Vector for an undisclosed sum. As a result of the acquisition, Vector Watch team and its software platform will become a part of Fitbit. The latest acquisition comes from Fitbit only a month after it acquired Pebble smartwatch maker.
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Xiaomi ties up with B2X for after sales service across India

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Xiaomi has partnered with B2X, leading provider of customer care for smartphones for after sales service in India, couple of years after signing a partnership in Europe for after sales support for Mi accessories. B2X has rolled out a comprehensive service offering to 31 walk-in service centers across India, providing premium face-to-face support. Continue reading “Xiaomi ties up with B2X for after sales service across India”

HTC U Ultra live images surface hinting at secondary display

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HTC is expected to announce HTC U Ultra at an event on January 12th. A bunch of live images of the HTC U Ultra have surfaced in a new leak. According to the images, it looks like the phone will sport a secondary display that we have already seen on LG V10 and LG V20. Continue reading “HTC U Ultra live images surface hinting at secondary display”

Lenovo P2 with 5.5-inch 1080p AMOLED display, 5100mAh battery launched in India starting at Rs. 16999

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Lenovo just launched P2, the company’s latest ‘P Series’ smartphone and the successor of last year’s P1 smartphone in India, as it has promised. It packs a whopping 5100mAh battery with support for 24W quick charge. It promises up to 10 hours of usage in just 15 minutes of charge and can fully charge in under 90 minutes. You can also charge other phones using the phone and it also features one-key power saver, which puts the phone in ultimate power saver mode. It promises up to 32 days of standby and up to 78.69 hours of talk time on 4G.

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Samsung Gear S3 classic and Gear S3 frontier launched in India for Rs. 28500

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Samsung just launched Gear S3 classic and Gear S3 frontier smartwatches in India, as it had promised. These were introduced IFA 2016 back in September last year, have a 1.3-inch (360×360 pixels) Circular Super AMOLED Always On Display with Corning Gorilla Glass SR+ protection, rotating bezel and IP68 ratings for water resistance. Continue reading “Samsung Gear S3 classic and Gear S3 frontier launched in India for Rs. 28500”

Asus R558UQ notebook with 15.6-inch display launched in India starting at Rs. 48990

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Asus has launched R558UQ, its latest Windows 10 notebook in India. It has a 15.6-inch Full HD display, is powered by Intel Core i7-7500U processor with 8GB of RAM or Intel Core i5-7200U with 4GB of RAM. Continue reading “Asus R558UQ notebook with 15.6-inch display launched in India starting at Rs. 48990”

Samsung Galaxy X1, Galaxy X1 Plus foldable smartphones spotted

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We already know that Samsung is working on foldable smartphones dubbed as Galaxy X. Now, a new leak from Weibo has shared names of the two foldable smartphones – Galaxy X1, Galaxy X1 Plus. The smartphones also have model numbers -SM-X9000 and SM-X9050. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy X1, Galaxy X1 Plus foldable smartphones spotted”

LeEco Liveman C1 action camera with 4K recording announced

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LeEco has introduced Liveman C1, its first action camera in China. It has a 1.8-inch touchscreen display, is capable of recording 4K video and is also dust, water and shockproof. It comes with a waterproof case for shooting videos at up to 40 meters underwater, has two self adhesive mounts, extensions and a GoPro style mount. Continue reading “LeEco Liveman C1 action camera with 4K recording announced”

Flipkart Apple Fest: Rs. 5000 off on iPhone 7, up to Rs. 10000 off on Apple Watch and more

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Flipkart has started ‘The Apple Fest’ today in which it offers good deals on iPhone, Apple Watch and accessories, including flip covers for iPhone, dongles and adapters. It also offers up to Rs. 23,000 off on exchange of old smartphones. Check out all the offers below. Continue reading “Flipkart Apple Fest: Rs. 5000 off on iPhone 7, up to Rs. 10000 off on Apple Watch and more”

Honor 6X with dual rear cameras launching in India on Jan 24 exclusively on Amazon

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Huawei’s Honor brand introduced the Honor 6X smartphone for global markets last week at the CES 2017. It recently sent out invites for the launch of the smartphone in India on January 24th. Now it has confirmed that the phone will be available in India exclusively from Amazon.in. There is also a page for the phone on Amazon India, but it is not live yet. Last year’s Honor 5X was launched on both Amazon and Flipkart. Continue reading “Honor 6X with dual rear cameras launching in India on Jan 24 exclusively on Amazon”

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 launching in India on January 19

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Xiaomi started its Mi explorer program last month, which ended recently. Yesterday it announced the explorer rankings. Today the company has sent out an invite for the launch of the new product on January 19th, which will likely be the Redmi Note 4. It was introduced in China back in August last year and will come with a Snapdragon processor in India instead of Helio X20 SoC. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 launching in India on January 19”