Bala Yogesh

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.

April 13th, 2020 3:28 PM 2 COMMENTS

Jio, Vodafone and Airtel Offer Limited Data Prepaid Plans for Those With Broadband Connections

The Indian telecom operators offer numerous prepaid plans under various price tiers with the prices reflecting the data offered on a single day per each plan. According to the data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), the average revenue per user on the prepaid segment is Rs 67 for the quarter ending September 2019. The telecom operators despite offering  1GB per day data to 3GB data per day... Read More

April 13th, 2020 12:24 PM 1 COMMENTS

OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro: Pre-Launch Day Leaks Wrap-up

Pete Lau, CEO of OnePlus on Sunday released an image on Twitter which shows the rear side of the company’s upcoming OnePlus 8 device. Lau has continued to tease the OnePlus 8 series smartphones which are scheduled to be launched on April 14 by tweeting images, videos and other insights of the phone. The OnePlus CEO on April 8 shared two camera samples of OnePlus 8 Pro shot in the... Read More

April 12th, 2020 4:01 PM 0 COMMENTS

Apple and Google Partnering on COVID-19 Contact Tracing Technology

Apple and Google announced a joint effort in developing a system that helps government and health agencies in tracking the spread of Coronavirus with the help of users' data. The companies announced a two step approach which includes application programming interfaces (API) and a broader system level platform using Bluetooth to build a robust voluntary contact tracing network. Apple and Google said that the user privacy and security will be an... Read More

April 11th, 2020 6:42 PM 0 COMMENTS

COAI Says Telecom Operators Provided Over Rs 600 Crore Benefits to Prepaid Users

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said in a letter to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) that the telecom operators provided over Rs 600 crore of benefits, Economic Times reported. According to the report, COAI, the industry body representing telecom operators like Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea said that the benefits were offered to prepaid customers by validity extensions and additional talk time. The telecom operators in... Read More

April 10th, 2020 9:28 PM 0 COMMENTS

The TV Ecosystem in India – Android TV and its Alternatives

The Smart TV market will continue to grow in India due to the popularity of over-the-top (OTT) platforms and robust internet connectivity, according to a report by Counterpoint Research. The report released on March 17 highlights that the TV shipments in India reached a record 15 million units in 2019, representing an 15% growth on a year-on-year (YoY) basis. Affordable Smart TVs were said to be driving the demand for... Read More

April 10th, 2020 12:47 PM 0 COMMENTS

Google Integrates New Braille Keyboard into Android

Google on Thursday announced that it is now offering a new virtual Braille keyboard directly integrated into Android. The company said that its new TalkBack Braille keyboard will work without any additional hardware and offers users a “fast” and “convenient way” to type on their phones. Google said that its new keyboard was a result of collaboration between the company and Braille developers which would mean that the feature would... Read More

April 10th, 2020 11:34 AM 0 COMMENTS

Google Buries Hangouts Meet, Google Meet Arrives

Google on Thursday announced that it has been witnessing two million new users each day on its video conferencing platform Google Meet. The company said that the users are spending two billion minutes together which translates to 3800 years in a single day. Google Meet was earlier known as Hangouts Meet. While Google never officially issued a statement regarding the change in name, it did reveal to certain media outlets... Read More

April 9th, 2020 7:15 PM 0 COMMENTS

MediaTek Defends ‘Industry Benchmarking Standards,’ Drags ‘Key Competitor’ Into the Controversy

MediaTek on Wednesday said that the company follows “industry benchmarking standards” and that it is convinced that its chipset potential are “accurately” represented on benchmark tests. The company was responding to a story done by AnandTech who accused MediaTek of “cheating” on benchmarks. According to the publication, MediaTek was caught running a “Sports Mode” that boosted memory controllers among others to increase performance in the benchmark tests. AnandTech initially ran... Read More

April 9th, 2020 3:46 PM 0 COMMENTS

Star India Postpones Launch of Five Channels Including Disney Channel HD and Star Sports 3 HD

Star India on Monday announced that it is pushing back the launch of five channels including Disney Channel HD, Star Sports 3 HD, Vijay Music, Star Movies Select and Star Gold 2 HD. The company initially announced these channels on January 1 in its modified Reference Interconnect Offer (RIO). The majority of the channels in the group were said to be launched on February 1 while Disney Channel HD was... Read More

April 9th, 2020 1:52 PM 2 COMMENTS

Xiaomi Rolls Out Android 10 Update to Mi A3 For Third Time

Xiaomi on Tuesday announced that the Android 10 update for its Mi A3 is being rolled out to users in batches through an over-the-air (OTA) update. The company initially released the update on February 29 before halting it in the first week of March due to numerous bugs that were reported by users. In the second week of March, Xiaomi said that the update will be released to the public... Read More

April 9th, 2020 11:07 AM 0 COMMENTS

Disney+ Reaches 50 Million Subscribers, Hotstar Accounts for 8 Million Subscribers

The Walt Disney Company on Wednesday announced that its Disney+ service has now over 50 million subscribers with the company reaching the landmark within five months after its US launch. Further, the company said that the Hotstar service through which Disney+ services were made available in India accounts for around eight million of the 50 million paid subscribers.  The Disney+ service is operated by the Direct-to-Consumer & International (DTCI) subsidiary... Read More

April 8th, 2020 7:47 PM 1 COMMENTS

Google Effectively Pushes Manufacturers Towards ‘Seamless Updates’ With Android 11

Google has made changes to its Vendor Test Suites (VTS) that paves way for “seamless updates” on those devices launching with Android 11 onboard, XDA Developers reports. According to the publication, Google has made it mandatory for new devices to support virtual A/B partitions, a crucial element that allows for updates to be done seamlessly. While Google in 2016 initially borrowed codes from Chrome OS that let Android devices update... Read More

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