November 29th, 2016 3:07 PM 4 COMMENTS

Apple iPhone 8 might feature “Curved” OLED display: Report

Reports have already surfaced online about the OLED display of Apple iPhone 8. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) adds a little more to it and says that the new iPhone 8 may come with “curved” OLED display that extends to the edges. According to the report, the company is testing 10 different prototypes for the next iPhone and may reduce the number to two-three models by the time of launch.... Read More

November 29th, 2016 2:29 PM 4 COMMENTS

Indus Towers launches nationwide “Aesthetic Sites” initiative deploying green towers

India’s largest telecom tower company Indus Towers has announced an initiative of launching “Aesthetic Sites”. As the name indicates, this caters to the requirements of smart cities with beautiful landscapes. The company also promises environmental considerations while deploying sites. Commenting on the nationwide initiative, Mr. Bimal Dayal, CEO, Indus Towers, said, “With our focus on innovation that enables transformation and belief in Design Thinking approach, where we develop a solution... Read More

November 29th, 2016 1:32 PM 1 COMMENTS

Xiaomi sold over 2 million smartphones in Q3 2016, claims 150% YoY growth from Q3 2015 to Q3 2016

According to a tweet posted by Xiaomi India, the Chinese smartphone maker has sold 2+ million smartphones in the country in the third quarter 2016. The company also claimed to have attained more than 150% year-on-year growth from Q3 2015 to Q3 2016. The company’s recent offline expansion, the addition of new online partners and its large product portfolio are the factors that contributed to this growth. Meanwhile, the research... Read More

November 29th, 2016 7:52 AM 106 COMMENTS

Is Jio’s entry urging its rivals to focus more on combo plans?

With the advent of Reliance Jio, things in the Indian telecom sector have quickly changed. To much fanfare in the country, Jio is offering free services to everyone signing up till December 3. When Mukesh Ambani took center stage and announced that Jio would be the first network in India to provide free lifetime voice calls, everyone was taken by surprise. However, there’s a catch with these voice calls as... Read More

November 29th, 2016 6:00 AM 12 COMMENTS

Motorola Moto M With 4GB Of RAM And MediaTek Helio P15 Chipset Launching In India Soon

Motorola has started teasing the upcoming launch of its Moto M smartphone in India. The company took to its social media accounts to release the teaser for the device. The teaser image carries a caption - "Something different is coming your way. Stay tuned to know more. #ComingSoon". The Moto M was first launched in China for 1999 yuan (approx. Rs. 19,630). It is the first mid-range smartphone to come... Read More

November 28th, 2016 9:23 PM 51 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio now has over 50 million users in India, says report

Reliance Jio Infocomm, the 4G entrant, has reportedly crossed 50 million subscriber mark, and is continuously growing its base to quickly touch the 100 million user bark before the fiscal year end. According to the Economic Times, the Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator has crossed 50 million mark on November 26, 2016, and has been adding an average 6 lakh customers per day, having launched commercial operations on September 5. The... Read More

November 28th, 2016 6:12 PM 2 COMMENTS

91 Locker App Review: Lock Your Phone In Style

Our smartphones have now become our personal journals - stuffed with information that we prefer to keep confidential. Most of us keep our phones locked so that no one could access it without permission. With the advent of locker apps, our phones can now be locked in different styles. One such app is 91 Locker that allows users to lock their phones in style. The app comes with customisable options... Read More

November 28th, 2016 5:22 PM 66 COMMENTS

Update: Jio approaches CCI to file complaint against Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular: Report

Reliance Jio, the 4G telecom operator has approached the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to file a complaint against incumbent telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular for abusing their dominance and cartelization. A report by Bloomberg Quint on Monday said that Jio filed the complaint on the basis of a letter written by the regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to the Department of Telecom... Read More

November 28th, 2016 3:00 PM 6 COMMENTS

Huawei Defeats Samsung To Become The Most Profitable Android Smartphone Brand

Huawei has reportedly overthrown Samsung in the smartphone sales this year, according to a new report. With this, it becomes the world’s most profitable smartphone brand. Samsung, which owned this position earlier, had a considerable loss after the company’s latest flagship Galaxy Note 7 failed in the market (It recalled the model entirely from the market after the explosion fiasco). Huawei shipped an impressive 100 million smartphones by October 2016.... Read More

November 28th, 2016 2:24 PM 0 COMMENTS

Pixel XL Faces An Image Bug Issue While Receiving Screenshots From iPhone 7 Plus

Several people have reported a bizarre image issue in Pixel phones. In the issue, any screenshots sent from an iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus phones via SMS/or any other means will appear distorted in Pixel XL phones. It seems to be a bug and is widely reported in the U.S. “When I get a screenshot from an iPhone 7 Plus texted to me as a text attachment (a.k.a. MMS),... Read More

November 28th, 2016 10:50 AM 0 COMMENTS

Internet of Things (IoT) explained for the Layman

Connecting people via the Internet is yesterday's topic, but connecting things via the Internet is today's technology. Amidst all the hurdles before people are completely connected end to end in India, things/devices are competing to enable connectivity to them in this era of technology. When a vast network of devices are connected via the Internet, the ecosystem built is termed as IoT stylized as Internet of Things. As the name... Read More

November 28th, 2016 7:01 AM 16 COMMENTS

BSNL Goes Digital, Hard Copies of Documents No Longer Required for New Connections : Report

BSNL (Mysuru), in favour of the digital authentication process, has ditched the conventional way of getting a new mobile connection. Instead of verifying the hard copies of documents (address proofs or ID proofs), the telco will now make use of biometric data (computer image processing or digital fingerprint analysis) and Aadhaar number to do the same to provide its potential customers with new connections. KL Jairam, District General Manager, BSNL... Read More

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