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The latest technology news, product launches, software updates and industry changes, explained with relevance for India.
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NVIDIA announces Pascal Series in India
The Pascal Series is finally here in India: both the 1080 and 1070. Pascal is NVIDIA’s fastest GPU architecture and they outperform every other card out there! The 1070 will be replacing the 970 and 1080 will be replacing the 980. This time, both the cards come with 8GB VRAM. 1080 is reportedly twice as…
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LeEco Announces 2nd Generation of Smartphones in India
LeEco announced the 2nd generation of Le 2 and Le Max 2 here in India. This time it was really quick from LeEco and they brought the phones to India in just about two months. Le 2 Le 2 is the successor to the hugely popular Le 1s. It has the Same 3GB RAM and…
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WYND, a smart portable air purifier launches on Kickstarter
Pollution is a real problem in 2016, which is extremely unhealthy. Wynd is not a complete air purifier. It is a portable personal air purifier so that you get to breathe clean air wherever you are. It is about the size of a water bottle and would fit that slot in your bag. Also, Wynd…
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Swipe announces Elite Plus with 5″ Full HD screen, priced at Rs.6,999
Swipe Announces Elite Plus, a 5″ Full HD phone. The best part of the phone is it’s price, which is Rs. 6,999. No other phone at this price point comes with a 1080P screen. It’s not just the screen, there has been no compromises in other parts also. It runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615…
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LeEco sends out Media Invites to event on June 8th
LeEco has sent out media invites to their next event, which is happening on 8th June. This is the event after the ones which happened last month in Mumbai where they released with Le Eco Le 1s Eco with their big plans for India and their ecosystem. Here’s the actual invite which is happening in…
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LeEco announces plans for entertainment ecosystem in India
LeEco, which had a tremendous success with their launch this year is ready to enter the entertainment industry. Right now, there is a saturation in the hardware part of phones. The thing to look out for is the software and the value provided by that software. LeEco understands that and they are the largest content…
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LeEco sends out invites for an event on 3rd May in Mumbai and here’s what to expect
LeEco, which entered the Indian market early this year sent out invites for an event on 3rd May in Mumbai. The event will take place at the Mehboob Studio, which is really huge! Some exciting developments have been happening around the event and here’s what to expect. 1. Content LeEco is the Netflix of China…
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Swipe launches a bigger smartphone, ELITE Note for Rs. 7,999/-
Swipe Technologies launches it’s third phone in the ELITE series, the bigger and bolder smartphone – ELITE Note. Swipe ELITE Note is 5.5” HD IPS display with Vi-Di technology which provides a better experience to the users. ELITE Note uses tough Dragon trail Glass – a lightweight, flexible and scratch-resistant glass, which proves resistance to scratches and…
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Asus Releases Zenfone Go in India, a budget smartphone at Rs. 5,299
Asus just released the Zenfone Go, a budget smartphone for the Indian market. The phone runs on a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Quad Core processor with 8GB ROM and 1GB RAM. For the battery, it has a 2070mAh one which should last long for a device like this. The display is 854×480 4.5inch screen which is not a lot, but…
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Asus Announces new ROG Machines for India
Today, Asus announced four new laptops and two desktops in their ROG lineup. Starting with laptops, there’s the ROG G752VY which is high end, ROG G501VW which is super light and ultra-portable, GL552VW and G551VW which are mid-tier laptops. On the desktop side, the new G20 & GT51 were announced. It is really cool to see companies like Asus taking…
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LeEco Announces new Phones, TVs and a driverless concept car
LeEco entered the Indian Market early this year with LeEco Le 1s(Check out or full review here) and Le Max. Both phones were quite popular, especially the Le 1s and now they’ve announced new updates to all these. There are three new phones: Le 2, Le 2 Pro and Le 2 Max. Like their predecessors,…
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Apple March 2016 Event: Report
This year, it was a surprise when Apple send out invites for an event in March. The major announcements were leaked, though. So, here’s everything that happened at the event: Apple’s stand on privacy Early this year, Apple got in a debacle with the American Government over Privacy. They wanted a particular terrorist’s iPhone unlocked…
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Evernote announces localised pricing for India
Evernote is my tool of choice to get my articles done. Evernote has a significant presence here in India, crossing 5 Million active users last September. While I am a huge Evernote fan, I’ve been very critical of it. They claimed India is an important market but never did anything to improve on that until…
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Xiaomi Announces Redmi Note 3 in India
Xiaomi, which recently announced their next flagship phone Mi 5 for China just launched their next device for India, Redmi Note 3 at an event in Delhi attended by both Media and Fans. Redmi Note 3 comes with two different Chipsets in China: Snapdragon and MediaTek. However for India, they are releasing the Snapdragon version only.…
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MWC 2016 Roundup
The Mobile World Congress is an exciting time of the year. A crazy week, with lots of announcements which can be hard to follow. We’ve rounded up everything important that happened in MWC 2016. LG G5 The LG G5 was definitely the best phone announced at MWC this year. The G5 has brought back removable…
