Google is now allowing Assistant on Android and iOS devices to read out stories in English to people in India, US, UK, Canada and Australia. The available stories range from tales about Blaze and the Monster Machines to more classic bedtime stories like Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood. … Read More
Smart wearables maker Garmin on Thursday refreshed its ‘Vivosmart’ activity tracker series with a new model — ‘Garmin Vivosmart 4‘ targeted at fitness enthusiasts. The device is priced at Rs 12,990 in India. The smart fitness tracker comes with advanced sleep monitoring through a rapid eye movement (REM) monitor feature, … Read More
Denmark-based Jabra, a subsidiary of GN Netcom that makes in-ear and on-ear audio wearables, on Thursday launched its Evolve 65e soft neckband earbuds in India with up to 13 hours of battery life for Rs 20,320 (excluding GST). The Jabra Evolve 65e features Skype for business certification that ensures users … Read More
Vodafone Idea’s rights issue entailing 2,000 crore shares received bids for 1,109 crore shares, according to data available on the NSE on Wednesday. The country’s largest telecom operator through the rights issue, which ran between April 10 and April 24, offered 2,000 crore new shares at Rs 12.50 apiece. As … Read More
Chinese tech major Xiaomi on Wednesday said it expects to have 10,000 retail stores in India and 50% of its business to come from the offline route by the end of this year. Xiaomi, which had started its India journey as an online-only brand in 2014, is also launching a … Read More
The Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) being proposed by the telecom department could save Rs 1,080 crore in annual wage expenses for Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), and the telco expects about 9,500 employees to opt for the scheme as and when it comes up, according to its chairman. The Department … Read More
Photo-messaging app Snapchat added four million new users in the first quarter of 2019, registering revenue of $320 million — up 39% (year-over-year) — thus beating the Wall Street estimates. Snapchat’s daily active users (DAUs) were 190 million — up two per cent from 186 million in the previous quarter … Read More
Sector regulator Trai on Tuesday directed Airtel Digital TV to comply with the provision of the new regulatory framework for broadcasting and cable TV services, as it took serious note of consumer complaints pertaining to the DTH operators’ specific offering and grievance redressal helpline. “The said DTH operator is forcefully … Read More
Reliance Jio’s eight million strong subscriber additions, Airtel’s stable market share and Voda Idea losing customers is the sum of brokerage firm CLSA ‘s telecom sector outlook for February 2019, that projects Jio will lead the subscriber market share in the current year. In its India Telecom report, CLSA said … Read More
Telecom regulator Trai hopes to finalise, by May-end its views on whether Over-The-Top (OTT) services like Whatsapp and Skype should be brought under the regulatory regime, an issue on which it has kept an “open mind” and studied global best practices and European model, a top official said. The Telecom … Read More
Apple is expected to release a 5G-equipped iPhone in 2020 powered by chipsets from Qualcomm and Samsung that would take the total iPhone shipments to 195-200 million units in two years, according to Apple expert and predictor Ming-Chi Kuo. Earlier in April, Apple and Qualcomm settled their long-drawn legal war … Read More
Reliance Jio emerged as the fastest mobile network in March with an average download speed of 22.2 megabit per second while Vodafone led the chart in terms of upload speed, according to Trai data. Bharti Airtel trailed Jio with less than half of download speed at 9.3 Mbps. While Vodafone … Read More
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