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Sneha Bhardwaj November 9th, 2018 10:16 AM 0 COMMENTS

India Overtakes US to Become the Second Largest Smartphone Market: Canalys

India has overtaken the US to become the second largest smartphone market in the July-September 2018 quarter, according to a report by research firm Canalys. India -- which saw a shipment of 40.4 million units during the third quarter -- was second to China where 100.6 million smartphones were shipped, the data showed. Smartphone shipment in the US was at 40 million units in the July-September 2018 period. "India overtook... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj November 8th, 2018 6:35 PM 7 COMMENTS

How to Check Your MNP Status Online

Mobile Number Portability, or just known as MNP is a straightforward way for the subscribers to switch from one telecom operator to other without needing to change their number. The process involves sending a single message following which subscribers receive a unique code on their phone which is then used to port their phone number to a different SIM. In India, if you wish to port your number to another... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj November 8th, 2018 6:14 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telcos Approach DoT About the Readiness to Conduct Proof of Concept for New Digital KYC Process

Telecom operators, including Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea Ltd, have informed the telecom department about their readiness to conduct proof of concept for the new 'alternate digital KYC process' at two locations, as stipulated. The Department of Telecom (DoT) has also issued the details of the procedure and modalities to be followed by telecom operators for issuing new mobile connections using the alternate digital KYC process. According to... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj November 8th, 2018 5:02 PM 0 COMMENTS

Global Smartphone Market Will Likely Experience an Annual Decline for the First Time in 2018

After years of growth, the global smartphone market has hit stagnation and would experience an annual decline of a little over 1% for the first time in 2018, Counterpoint Research has said. According to Counterpoint's latest smartphone forecast report, smartphone growth will drop to a negative 1.3% in 2018. This is a first in the history of smartphones that the market has contracted Year-over-Year (YoY). The smartphone market has been... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj November 8th, 2018 4:53 PM 1 COMMENTS

Samsung Galaxy S9, S9+ and Note 9 Will Get Updated to One UI in January 2019

Samsung hosted the Samsung Developer Conference (SDC 2018) in San Francisco, California on Wednesday. At the SDC keynote event, Samsung announced that its foldable phone is a reality, however, as many expected, it didn’t launch the phone. The South Korean smartphone manufacturer just announced the Infinity Flex Display panel which will be used on the foldable phone. This panel Samsung says will let users use the phone as a smartphone... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj November 8th, 2018 4:00 PM 3 COMMENTS

BSNL Also Introduces Alternate Digital KYC Method for New Subscriber Enrolment

State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has launched an alternate digital KYC process for issuing new connections across various circles, a top official has said. The telecom PSU has informed the Department of Telecom (DoT) about the new system which has been rolled out, Chairman and Managing Director Anupam Shrivastava told PTI. "We have conveyed that we have launched the new system across all our circles and it has stabilised,"... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj November 8th, 2018 3:44 PM 3 COMMENTS

Samsung All Set to Introduce its Second Android Go Smartphone

Samsung is all over the internet today because of the announcements it made at its Developers Conference. While the Samsung foldable smartphone is getting all the attention, we might see an entry-level Android Go smartphone to be launched by Samsung in the near future. Dubbed as the Samsung Galaxy J4 Core, the Android Go-based smartphone is spotted on a Brazilian e-commerce portal which also revealed the key specifications of the... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj November 8th, 2018 2:59 PM 0 COMMENTS

Microsoft Word to Soon Receive To-Do Feature Which Lets Users to Finish the Pending Work

Microsoft is testing a "to-do" feature on Word that would enable users to come back to a document, view a list of their remaining to-dos, navigate to the right spot and fill-in additional information including images and charts to complete the document without confusion. "The new capabilities to Word would help users create and fill in the placeholders without leaving the flow of their work. They could type 'TODO: finish... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj November 8th, 2018 1:38 PM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook Messenger Will Soon Allow Users to Delete Messages Within 10 Minutes of Sending

Facebook is planning to roll out a new update to Messenger that will allow users to delete sent messages from chat threads within 10 minutes of sending. A Twitter user spotted the feature listed as "coming soon" in the release notes for version 191.0 of Messenger's iOS client, The Verge reported on Wednesday. "Coming soon: Remove a message from a chat thread after it's been sent. If you accidentally send... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj November 8th, 2018 12:01 PM 8 COMMENTS

Samsung Opens Bixby Voice Assistant to Third-Party Developers

Samsung has opened up its Bixby platform, allowing third party developers to build functionalities for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistant. Bixby started as a practical way to use voice to interact with the phone. Now, it is evolving into a scalable, open AI platform to support many devices, including fridge and TVs. At Samsung Developer Conference 2018, the South Korean tech giant announced the opening of Bixby Developer Studio, an... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj November 7th, 2018 2:49 PM 5 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Begins eSIM Activation for iPhone XS Max, iPhone XS and iPhone XR

Apple launched three new iPhones last month. They include – iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR. The new iPhones packs a lot of interesting features, and one of them is the eSIM support. Now, what does that mean? Apple, for the first time, has launched a dual SIM support iPhone, but this dual SIM functionality doesn’t work similar to the present day Android phones. For the second SIM... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj November 6th, 2018 5:23 PM 29 COMMENTS

Samsung Galaxy A6+ and Galaxy A8 Star Get a Whopping Price Cut of Up to Rs 7,000 in India

Two Samsung phones, the Samsung Galaxy A6+ and Galaxy A8 Star have received price cuts in India. It’s worth noting that the Samsung Galaxy A6+ was launched back in May with a price tag of Rs 25,990. However, the company subsequently slashed the price of the phone down to Rs 23,990 and then down to Rs 21,990 in July and August respectively. Similarly, the other phone, the Galaxy A8 Star... Read More