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The latest technology news, product launches, software updates and industry changes, explained with relevance for India.
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Ather announces S340, India’s first Smart Electric Scooter
After a lot of teasing, Ather the company behind India’s first electric smart scooter made an official announcement of their first model, S340. The scooter runs on a Lithium Ion Battery which can go to a top speed of 72kmph and a maximum distance of about 60km on a single charge. Also, the battery supports fast…
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LeEco creates an impressive record by selling 70,000 Le 1s under 2 Seconds in India
LeEco, known as LeTV in China recently entered the Indian market last month announcing Le 1S and Le Max. Le 1s was the first device to be available to the consumers and it was sold via flash sale on Flipkart, with the first one being yesterday. I’m not a huge fan of Flash sales, but…
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Asus announces Zenfone Zoom in India
Asus, after two years of research and development finally launched Zenfone Zoom in India. The Zenfone zoom is a camera focused phone and at the same time, it has good internals. The primary camera is 13MP with 3X Optical Zoom, Optical Image Stabilisation, Laser Auto Focus and dual tone flash. The secondary camera is of…
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LeTV enters the Indian Market with Le Max and Le 1s
After a lot of teasing and fan meets around India, LeTV finally made it’s entry into the Indian market official with a grand Event in Delhi launching Le Max and Le 1s. Le Max, it’s high end phone has a 6.33 inches WQHD 2560×1440 display with a pixel density of 464 PPI. It comes with 21MP primary camera…
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Chat without Internet using Firechat
Due to heavy rains in Chennai, mobile phone towers in Chennai are going down due to the extended periods of power cuts. Most of them are down as the generators they’ve been running on are probably out of fuel by now. Firechat is an app that works on peer to peer messaging and hence doesn’t need…
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Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 launch delayed in India
Xiaomi launched a shiny new device “Xiaomi Note 2” a few weeks back in their home market, It’s launched has been delayed due to a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Ericsson. The device runs on MediaTek’s Helio X10 chipset, as a result of the lawsuit Xiaomi is barred from importing and selling devices that run…
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Takee 1 Phablet – Age of holographic 3D smartphone ?
Takee 1 is an astoundingly making a very bold statement by calling itself the world’s first 3D holographic smartphone. Taking a look at the official video, a small device is attached to the phone to achieve the holographic projection. We’ve all seen Amazon FirePhone which also had something similar with the 3D perspective feel. There…
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Ulefone uWear Bluetooth Smartwatch for iOS and Android
The smartwatch market is filled with highly priced devices such as the Apple Watch and LG G Watch. There are tons of cheaper devices which do the basic functionality of such high end devices with lots of trade offs. Think of it this way, If you’re considering to buy something like a Xiaomi mi band,…
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Asus offers festival season offers for the Zenfone Lineup
Asus has been one of the most competitive companies in the Indian smartphone market right now and they solidified their stand with a great lineup for this year with devices like the Zenfone 2 Deluxe and Laser. To push their sales even further, for this festival season they are running a promotion where you can…
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Global Mobile App Summit And Awards Honors 22 Apps From Over 2500 Nominations Received
22 companies were awarded from over 2500 nominations under 19 different categories at the inaugural Global Mobile Apps Summit and Awards (GMASA). The jury that selected the winners from the shortlisted apps comprised of Mr Murugavel Janakiraman of BharatMatrimony Group, Mr Xavier Prabhu of PRHUB, Ms Kavi Priya of Adding Smiles Pvt Ltd and Ms Laksmi…
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Airtel launches 4G in Chennai
Chennai has been waiting a long time now for 4G LTE and things are looking positive now with Airtel being the first career to provide it. They did not even buy the spectrum at the initial auction. It took them a while, but the roll-out was quick. Last week, we were invited to the Airtel HQ…
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Global Mobile App Summit 2015 to be held in Chennai
Global Mobile App Summit 2015 to be held in Chennai on 28th and 29th May at ITC Grand Chola featuring speakers from around the world sharing their experience in the Mobile Application development. The event brings together the mobile media experts and aims to provide recognition for the best mobile apps. The whole idea behind…
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Micromax’s YU launches Yureka which turns out to be a clone
We recently wrote on the same and also mentioned a line on the way Micromax re-brands phones and sells them in India. It was assumed the same wouldn’t be the case with the Yu sub-brand, but turns out the first phone in the much-hyped series is also a re-branded device similar to all of its…
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Vodafone Screws Up Opera Mini Experience With Intrusive Ads
Opera Mini is undoubtedly one of the most sought mobile browser, given the average mobile Internet speeds in India. There seems to be some sort of a tie up between Vodafone and Opera, Ads always used to be there but were restricted to the speed dial/Bookmarks page. This was absolutely fine and hopefully Opera made money…
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MicroMax Announces “Yu” Brand Powered By CyanogenMod
Micromax, which has been facing the heat in India from Xiaomi, Motorola and Asus has inked a deal with Cyanogen Inc for a new series of phones. Micromax has announced a new online-only brand the “Yu” series whose software will be powered by Cyanogen Inc much like the Oppo and OnePlus. Micromax Yu series of…