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About the author: Born in India, Yogesh loves to travel and has lived in multiple countries including New Zealand and Canada. His bylines can be found on various newspapers and blogs throughout the world, including Vancouver Sun, Surrey Now-Leader, Daily Hive , Investing News Network and Rach F1.

Bala Yogesh June 26th, 2020 12:31 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Broadband Reduces Presence Across India

Tata Sky Broadband, a subsidiary of Tata Sky has withdrawn its presence from select cities across India. The company that is creating “the first PAN India truly Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband infrastructure” offered services in over 20 cities. However, Tata Sky Broadband has now withdrawn its services in three major cities. The company offers four unlimited plans and four “fixed GB” limited plans across India. In late May, the company revamped... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 25th, 2020 6:14 PM 0 COMMENTS

Samsung India Unveils Samsung Care+ Protection Plan

Samsung India on Thursday announced the launch of the Samsung Care+ program designed for the Galaxy smartphone users in the country. The company said that the Samsung Care+ program offers an array of benefits to the Galaxy smartphone users including protection against accidental, physical and liquid damage. Additionally, the protection plan is also said to enable protection against mechanical or technical failures of the Galaxy smartphones. The Samsung Care+ protection... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 25th, 2020 2:35 PM 0 COMMENTS

Realme Unveils Jose Levy Designed Realme Buds Q and Realme Adventurer Backpack

Realme on Thursday announced the Realme Buds Q and Realme Adventurer Backpack through a virtual launch event. The company said that the newest addition to its smart earphone portfolio, the Realme Buds Q is designed by Jose Levy, co-designer of Hermes. The Realme Buds Q features 10mm large Bass Boost Driver with the company promising that the device would deliver total playback of 20 hours. Additionally, Realme also announced an... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 25th, 2020 12:54 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Unveils Channel Selector Mobile App to Aid Users View and Modify TV Subscription

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Wednesday announced a TV Channel Selector App that aids users to view and modify their TV subscription. The authority said that the app enables users to check their subscription and view the packs and bouquets offered by their service provider. Additionally, the Channel selector app would enable the users to “check real time” status of the user’s subscription request. Trai said that... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 25th, 2020 12:28 PM 0 COMMENTS

Alexa on Dish SMRT Kit Now Available in Hindi

Dish TV, one of the largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) operators in India on Thursday said that the Alexa voice assistant on its Dish SMRT Kit would now respond to Hindi commands. The DTH operator highlighted that the users can use the voice commands and ask Alexa to change its language to Hindi. The Dish SMRT Kit is a smart dongle with built-in Alexa voice assistant. It has to be noted that... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 24th, 2020 7:31 PM 0 COMMENTS

Google Enhances Streaming Suggestions for Indian Users

Google on Wednesday rolled out a new search experience for Indian users seeking suggestions on movies and TV shows to stream. The company introduced the feature in the US market in September, 2019 and has since expanded it to other countries. The suggestion feature will be enabled when users search for “what to watch” or good shows to watch” on mobile, tablets or on desktop. The suggestions feature also enables... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 24th, 2020 6:13 PM 0 COMMENTS

Realme Releases Huawei Inspired Product Strategy for India

Realme on Tuesday announced that the company would be expanding its product portfolio in the Indian market. Madhav Sheth, CEO of Realme Mobile India said in a forum post that the long-term vision of the company is to introduce a “more trendy and smarter lifestyle for every Indian.” Sheth introduced a new product strategy dubbed as “1+4+N” translating to one core product, four Smart Hubs and “N” representing artificial intelligence... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 24th, 2020 3:26 PM 0 COMMENTS

Mobile Broadband Speeds in India Marks First Decline in Over 10 Weeks

The mean download speeds in India on both fixed broadband and mobile have marginally declined during the week of June 15, Ookla’s data reveals. The data released on Monday by the company behind the popular Speedtest platform highlights that trend was similar in several countries across the globe. Additionally, Ookla said that the Speedtest volume on fixed broadband was higher in India during the week of June 15 as compared... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 24th, 2020 12:55 PM 0 COMMENTS

OnePlus Promises New, More Affordable Smartphone Series

OnePlus on Tuesday said that the company would soon be launching a new affordable smartphone series. Pete Lau, CEO of OnePlus in a forum post said that the company would “start relatively small” with the affordable series as OnePlus initially plans to release the device in Europe and India. Lau said that the company staff had been working on the new device “over the past few months.” The new smartphone... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 24th, 2020 7:07 AM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL Expands Public Wi-Fi Hotspots, Plans Start at Rs 9

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Telangana Circle on Monday launched Wi-Fi Hotspot service at a gated community in Hyderabad. The operator started its Wi-Fi services in 2015 by launching a Wi-Fi Hotspot service in Varanasi and has since commissioned around 49,517 Hotspots across India. BSNL in the Telangana circle has commissioned over 1388 Hotspots including 382 Hotspots at over 170 Hotspot locations in Hyderabad. The operator highlights that each Hotspots... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 23rd, 2020 5:37 PM 0 COMMENTS

Apple Introduces iPadOS 14 Featuring Redesigned iPad Apps

Apple on Monday unveiled the iPadOS 14, the upcoming OS for iPad featuring new “compact UI” for several Apple’s own apps along with enhanced Apple Pencil experience. The iPadOS 14 was unveiled alongside iOS 14 at the first ever virtual Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC). Despite Apple projecting iPadOS as a separate brand from iOS since 2019, the iPadOS 14 and iOS 14 share several similarities. The company highlighted that... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 23rd, 2020 1:34 PM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL Extends Rs 777 Bharat Fiber FTTH Plan to September

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Tuesday extended its Bharat Fiber Rs 777 plan dubbed as Fibro 500GB to September 20. The Fibro 500GB plan is available across several BSNL circles in India. However, the validity of the Rs 777 plan varies with the circle. The Rs 777 plan was introduced in mid 2018 as a promotional plan but the operator withdrew the plan and re-released it with 500GB data... Read More