January 31st, 2018 10:06 PM 9 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Has Not Launched Any JioCoin Application, Don’t Fall for the Fake Apps on Google Play Store

How many times have you seen a company issuing a press statement for some non-relevant news? Well, here's one such case. Reliance Jio has just issued a media statement stating that the company has not launched any JioCoin application. Wondering why Jio issued a statement? Well, there's a reason behind that. At least 22 applications are found on JioCoin name on Google Play Store, which is leading users to believe... Read More

January 31st, 2018 7:50 PM 41 COMMENTS

Relief for Mobile Users as Trai Cuts MNP Fee to Just Rs 4; Telcos Welcome Move

India's telecom regulator, Trai, on Wednesday reduced the fee for Mobile Number Portability (MNP) facility to a maximum to Rs 4 from present Rs 19, which means mobile phone users would now need to pay much lower for the facility. Trai’s decision comes on the back of consultation paper issued on December 18, 2017, and several stakeholder views. Telcos had then said that the charge should be lowered to Rs... Read More

January 31st, 2018 6:32 PM 29 COMMENTS

BSNL’s Revised Premium Broadband Plans Will Now Offer Unlimited Voice Calls Without Any FUP to Any Network

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has now revised its premium broadband plans to offer unlimited voice calling benefit. India's largest wired broadband service provider, BSNL today announced the revision of Rs 1,495, Rs 1,599, Rs 1,745, Rs 2,295 and Rs 2,845 DSL and FTTH Broadband plans. And all the revised plans now offer 24 hours unlimited voice calling to any network within India. These new changes will be effective on... Read More

January 31st, 2018 5:35 PM 5 COMMENTS

Google Sets Up 150 Google Station Wi-Fi Hotspots Across Pune

The Google Station program, the free WiFi service from the company offering high-speed internet access across select railway stations is now moving towards cities. Google in partnership with Larsen & Toubro, announced that the company would bring 150 Google Station hotspots to Pune. The development is part of the Pune Smart City Development Corporation Limited’s Smart City project. Initially launched as part of RailTel WiFi Project, the service is currently... Read More

January 31st, 2018 4:49 PM 0 COMMENTS

Samsung Posted a Staggering $14.13 Billion Operating Profit in Q4 2017, Expecting Massive Demand for Galaxy S9 Duo

Samsung Electronics posted another quarter of record earnings in its Q4 2017 report. The South Korean manufacturer recorded biggest operating profit in the company's history in the fourth quarter of last year. Samsung posted $61.5 billion (65.98 trillion won) in overall revenue with an operating profit of a staggering $14.13 billion (15.15 trillion won) for Q4 2017. Operating profit for the technology giant surged 64% from a year earlier in... Read More

January 31st, 2018 3:46 PM 2 COMMENTS

HMD Global Acquired Trademark for Nokia Xpress-On Label, Might Launch Replacement Front and Back Covers

HMD Global, the Nokia brand licensee, has now acquired the trademark for Nokia Xpress-On label, reports GSMArena. This was used ages ago for replaceable front and back covers of older Nokia feature phones. The Xpress-on trademark is classified as follows: “accessories for communications apparatus, namely microphones, speakers, coloured covers, housings, cases, antennas, batteries, battery chargers”. The newly re-registered trademark is valid until 2028. This basically means that HMD Global could... Read More

January 31st, 2018 1:07 PM 2 COMMENTS

OnePlus 5T Starts Receiving Stable Android 8.0 Oreo Based OxygenOS 5.0.2 Update

OnePlus has finally started rolling out the official and stable Android 8.0 Oreo-based OxygenOS 5.0.2 update to the OnePlus 5T. The Chinese company clearly stated that it's an incremental rollout, meaning only a small batch of users will receive the update first. Do make a note that it's not an Open Beta update which means that OnePlus 5T users on stable Android Nougat based OxygenOS ROM will receive the update.... Read More

January 31st, 2018 12:15 PM 0 COMMENTS

Google Removed Over 700,000 Apps From Google Play Store in 2017, a Whopping 70% More Than 2016

Since last year, Google has been very strict over the applications on Google Play Store. It rolled out new policies for developers and today, the search giant announced that it removed over 700,000 apps that violated the Google Play policies in 2017, which is a whopping 70% more than the apps taken down in 2016. On top of these apps, Google says that 99% of apps with abusive contents were... Read More

January 31st, 2018 11:37 AM 58 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio, Airtel to Invest Rs 74000 Crore in Network Expansion to Curb Call Drops

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio and India's top telco, Bharti Airtel, will invest a total of Rs 74,000 crore in the next financial year to expand infrastructure to improve the call drop situation and data services, telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan informed media on Tuesday. According to the official, Airtel will spend Rs 24,000 crore to expand the network, having already invested Rs 16,000 crore. Jio, on the other hand, will invest... Read More

January 31st, 2018 10:37 AM 2 COMMENTS

Amazon Alexa Can Now Send SMS Messages to Android Phones

Amazon Alexa is now receiving a new feature in the United States, which allows a user to send SMS messages to Android phones. Amazon has already introduced a calling and messaging system in the US last year, but with the latest update, Alexa can send messages as normal text to Android phones. Users can now ask Alexa to simply send a text message, and the voice assistant will do the rest.... Read More

January 31st, 2018 9:11 AM 0 COMMENTS

WhatsApp for iPad Will Function Like WhatsApp Web, Standalone App for Android Tablets Coming Soon

WhatsApp is finally bringing its support to Apple iPads very soon, as it was rumoured a couple of months back. Instead of launching a separate standalone application, WhatsApp is now said to introduce an iPad client for WhatsApp Web, which allows you to connect with your WhatsApp account phone by scanning QR code. It is also said by WABetaInfo that WhatsApp will launch a standalone application for Android Tablets in... Read More

January 30th, 2018 8:39 PM 5 COMMENTS

Android Users Can Now Interact With Google Assistant in Hindi (Update: Not Yet Available)

Google is trying to make the Google Assistant more accessible to the consumers in India. The latest update (maybe a server-side change, we're not sure) has brought the Hindi language support to the Assistant in India. That said, you can now interact with your smartphone in India with just a tap. However, it is said that only a few phones have received this functionality at the moment, but we're expecting... Read More

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