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About the author: Apurva is a tech enthusiast who loves her gadgets and talks about digital media usage. She is currently developing news.thedigest.co and works for an IT company.

Apurva October 17th, 2014 2:06 PM 4 COMMENTS

Airtel partners with E-commerce portals to promote Airtel Money aggressively

It appears that Airtel has partnered with E-Commerce sites to promote Airtel Money, its mobile wallet service. The complete list of E-Commerce sites and services it now supports can be found here. Airtel has also started aggressively promoting Airtel Money by informing its subscribers about various discounts it offers on partner sites if one uses Airtel Money as their mode of payment. It isn't surprising that Airtel is pushing Airtel... Read More

Apurva October 17th, 2014 11:24 AM 3 COMMENTS

The Motorola Nexus 6 will be launched in India by December

The Motorola Nexus 6, which Google launched yesterday, will be made available in India by December along with 27 other countries, according to a report by Android Central. While the publication has not revealed the list of 28 countries that will get Nexus 6, it's interesting that India, which is typically left out, is included in the first wave. Motorola Nexus 6 Specifications 5.9-inch AMOLED display, Quad HD (1440 x 2560 pixels)... Read More

Apurva October 17th, 2014 11:02 AM 0 COMMENTS

YotaPhone launched in India for Rs. 23,499 through Flipkart, available starting today

Jumbo Electronics has partnered with E-Commerce firm Flipkart to exclusively launch the YotaPhone, a dual screen smartphone. Earlier this month, the device was spotted on Flipkart, indicating that it might go on sale soon. The device will be available for Rs. 23,499 in India, starting 17th October. The USP of the device is that it comes with two displays - a primary 4.3-inch HD LCD display, while the secondary one is... Read More

Apurva October 16th, 2014 2:01 PM 7 COMMENTS

Review: RCOM’s 3G WiFi Data Card

We did a quick unboxing of RCOM's 3G WiFi Data card couple of days ago. After using the data card almost for a month, there's our full review of the device and RCOM's service. Setting up the device Setting up the device is pretty simple. All you need to do is plug in the device and it installs all necessary drivers automatically and you need to carry out a one... Read More

Apurva October 14th, 2014 11:33 AM 36 COMMENTS

Loop Mobile Starts Informing Subscribers Of Forced Port Out To Airtel

Loop Mobile has started informing its subscribers through a text message that they will be shifted to Bharti Airtel. Here's the screenshot of the SMS being sent to Loop Mobile Subscribers. The development is rather surprising considering that the Loop Mobile - Airtel merger is facing issues from the government. Bharti Airtel and Loop Mobile had signed a definitive agreement in June 2014, where Airtel would acquire Loop Mobile’s subscribers... Read More

Apurva October 12th, 2014 11:02 AM 13 COMMENTS

How Internet.Org Might End Up Controlling Data Tariffs in India

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg is on a two day India tour where he met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Zuckerberg's prime intent to visit India is to promote his Internet.org organization, making internet connectivity free to everyone. Why Internet.Org? As of June 2014, Facebook gets about 1.32 billion active users per month. There's very little scope for Facebook to grow from here unless it... Read More

Apurva October 11th, 2014 3:56 AM 15 COMMENTS

Vodafone India Calls Govt’s Favourable Stand Towards Relaince Jio As Unfair

Vodafone India has accused the regulatory structure of Indian telecom and said that the government has not been fair with its favourable stand towards Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio Infocomm. The company pointed out that Mukesh Ambani run Reliance Jio Infocomm was awarded voice facility on its ISP licence without having to pay any higher spectrum usage charges like other telcos have been subjected to. Besides this, Vodafone India will also... Read More

Apurva October 10th, 2014 4:51 PM 1 COMMENTS

Lenovo launches three new high-end Yoga tablets with Android and Windows

Lenovo has launched 3 new Android tablets in its Yoga series - the Yoga Tablet 2 Pro, the Yoga Tablet 2 8-inch, and the Yoga Tablet 2 10-inch. All of these tablets are upgrades to its last year's Lenovo Yoga tablets. The Yoga Tablet 2 Pro comes with 13.3-inch IPS LCD display with WQHD (2560 x 1440 pixels) resolution which Lenovo acclaims, has a viewing angle of 178 degrees. This high-end Android... Read More

Apurva October 8th, 2014 11:44 AM 21 COMMENTS

Vodafone invests $1 billion to upgrade networks and retail stores in India

Vodafone is investing $1 billion to upgrade its network and retail store units in India. However, the company is mired with other obstacles in India. The company predicts that 3G usage is going to rise in the country, and hence the company needs to upgrade its network, it is not getting enough returns from customers. Vodafone India’s chief executive officer Marten Pieters said that, “It’s all about data. That’s the... Read More

Apurva October 8th, 2014 1:21 AM 0 COMMENTS

Specifications and images of Samsung Galaxy A3, Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A7 Leaked

Due to continuing criticism from experts and consumers, it appears that Samsung is finally working on smartphones with premium external materials (read metal). It appears that Samsung has realised that you can't cram in components in to a plastic case and sell it as a smartphone. The company now seems to pay attention to how it feels in the hands. Over the past one week, a lot of details about Samsung's upcoming smartphones... Read More

Apurva October 7th, 2014 10:22 PM 1 COMMENTS

Intex Launches Aqua Y2 Pro: Affordable dual-SIM 3G Android smartphone at Rs. 4,333

Intex has launched a new addition to its budget smartphone series, the Aqua Y2 Pro. The dual-SIM device features a 4.5-inch WVGA IPS LCD display, runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat operating system and is equipped with a 1GHz dual-core processor, 512MB of RAM and 4GB of ROM. The device features a 5MP primary camera and Intex has made sure that they haven't missed out on a front-facing camera, though only a VGA... Read More

Apurva October 5th, 2014 10:46 AM 4 COMMENTS

Interview: Niyati Shah Of Shotformats On How They Are Helping VAS Content Discoverability

There has been tremendous changes in the VAS industry since TRAI's epic ruling. What are VAS companies doing now to survive? To find out, TELECOMTALK interviewed Niyati Shah, founder of Shotformats Digitals, a digital distribution and a new media company. Teletomtalk (TT): You raised an undisclosed sum from Matrix Partners last year, how are you utilising that money? Niyati Shah (NS): The money has been utilized across various verticals i.e. Technology,... Read More