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About the author: Arpit spends his day closely following the telecom and tech industry. A music connoisseur and a night owl, he also takes a deep interest in the Indian technology start-up scene and spends rest of his time spilling poetry and stories on paper.

Arpit Sharma June 15th, 2018 6:55 PM 0 COMMENTS

Instagram to Not Inform Users Whenever Their Publicly Posted Story is Screenshotted

In February this year, Instagram had reportedly started testing out a new feature which informed the users whenever another Instagram user took a screenshot of their publicly posted story. Now a news has surfaced which tells us that Facebook, the holding company of Instagram has clarified that the testing of the feature has been stopped. The company also made it public that the feature will not be rolled out to... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 15th, 2018 6:40 PM 4 COMMENTS

Xiaomi Starts Pushing Out MIUI 10 Global Beta ROM to Handful of Devices

The Chinese smartphone manufacturer, Xiaomi has started rolling out the much-awaited MIUI 10 Global Beta ROM for compatible devices. Xiaomi had launched the latest version of its MIUI skin at an event in New Delhi last week, now the company has started pushing the update to the eligible devices. The smartphones which will receive this update first will include Mi Mix 2, Mi Mix 2S, Redmi S2, and Redmi Note 5 Pro (India)/ Redmi Note... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 15th, 2018 4:16 PM 0 COMMENTS

Samsung Unveils Chromebook Plus V2 With Built-in Pen, 4GB RAM and 32GB Internal Storage

Samsung, on Thursday, unveiled the successor to its notebook which it introduced last year. At an event in New Jersey, the South Korean giant announced the Samsung Chromebook Plus V2. The new Chromebook by Samsung is a 2-in-1 convertible laptop which comes with aluminium, glass and plastic design. The notebook will be available across Bestbuy stores starting June 24 with a starting price of $499.99 (approx. Rs 34,000). The laptop... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 15th, 2018 2:52 PM 6 COMMENTS

PhonePe Partners With Ola to Provide Hassle Free Cab Booking on Its App

To allow easy cab and auto booking on its app, the mobile wallet company PhonePe has announced that it would partner with the Indian cab company Ola for a hassle-free booking experience on its app. The partnership would mean that PhonePe users will now be able to make quick and easy bookings on the app. Also, the app will get a new Autopay feature which has never been seen before... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 15th, 2018 1:03 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telecom Department Seeks Rs 2,100 Crore Bank Guarantee Ahead of Idea-Vodafone Merger

A government official informed that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) would be seeking a bank guarantee of Rs 2,100 crore for the clearance of the Idea Cellular and Vodafone India merger. The government official quoted "DoT will raise demand for around Rs 2,100 crore bank guarantee from Idea Cellular before the merger of Vodafone India. The amount pertains to one-time spectrum fee of Idea Cellular. Idea Cellular will be asked... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 15th, 2018 9:36 AM 4 COMMENTS

Prepaid Plans With 3GB Daily Data from Top Four Telecom Operators Compared

Reliance Jio, a couple of days ago, rolled out a new offer to keep the consumers as well as the other incumbent telcos like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular at the edge of their seats. The telco rolled out a new Double Dhamaka offer which would offer additional data to the customers along with up to Rs 100 discount on every prepaid pack. The telco did not stop... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 14th, 2018 7:41 PM 6 COMMENTS

Nokia 7 Plus Users Troubled As Android P Beta Downgrades to Oreo After June Security Update

HMD Global owned brand Nokia seems to be going through a tough time because of the software updates and the issues which the new code on the phones is presenting. As per some reports on Nokia Forums, the Nokia 7 Plus users are facing a drastic issue wherein their phones are being scraped off the latest Android version post the installation of June Security patch. Although the bug is affecting... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 14th, 2018 7:21 PM 16 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to Raise Rs 2,000 Crore from Bonds for 4G Expansion

Reliance Jio Infocomm is opting for the way of Bonds to raise about Rs 2,000 crore. This move came after Reserve Bank of India made an escalation to the policy rate for the first time in more than four years last week. This info came from multiple market insiders. The company conveyed the information through a dedicated communique to qualified institutional buyers via stock exchanges that the bonds would have... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 14th, 2018 6:56 PM 1 COMMENTS

Samsung Makes Advancements to its QLED, UHD and Concert Series TVs in India

Samsung is here with its latest line-up of TVs for India. In the year 2018, the company debuted its 43-inch less pricier version of the Frame TV. Following that, now the brand is set to make advancements to its flagship QLED, mid-range UHD, and 'Make for India' Concert series of TVs. To further the line-up of these devices, Samsung has not only introduced one or two TVs. Instead, the company has... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 14th, 2018 1:05 PM 7 COMMENTS

Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Specs and Display Panel Images Surfaced Online

Xiaomi's Mi Max 3 was recently spotted on the Chinese 3C certification website, hinting the device's arrival is around the corner. And today, a Weibo user has posted the complete specifications of the smartphone. In a separate leak, the display panel images of the Mi Max 3 were leaked, which gives us a hint at the phone's design. Going by the images, the Mi Max 3 will have an 18:9... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 13th, 2018 7:35 PM 0 COMMENTS

Xiaomi Launches 3-Axis Gimbal for Smartphones With 5000mAh Battery at an Affordable Price

With the increasing trend of phone vloggers and phone photography enthusiasts, there has been a dearth of equipment which caters especially to the photographers who use smartphones as their prime equipment. To help in filling this gap, Xiaomi has introduced a new three-axis stabilisation gimbal for smartphone users. This new gimbal is going to ship with three-axis stabilisation capabilities and is going to come with more features like time-lapse capturing... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 13th, 2018 7:12 PM 0 COMMENTS

Lenovo Launches Thinkpad P52 With VR Ready Features, 128GB RAM and 6TB Storage

Lenovo has recently announced its new 15.6-inch laptop at the NXT BLD conference. The new Lenovo Thinkpad P52 laptop comes with ready VR features and sports top end specifications. To give you an insight, this new laptop comes with 8th Gen Intel Xeon hexa-core processor, a Nvidia Quadro P3200 GPU, with up to 6TB of storage, and as high as 128GB of RAM. These specifications make the Lenovo Thinkpad P52... Read More