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Chakri K November 1st, 2018 6:08 PM 0 COMMENTS

Apple is the Most Preferred Smartwatch Brand in the US

Apple is the most-preferred smartwatch brand for consumers in the US, followed by Samsung and Fitbit, Counterpoint Research said on Thursday. According to the market research firm's latest "Consumer Lens" study, two in every three potential Apple Watch buyers said they would choose a Series 4 device and over half of the potential Apple Watch buyers are interested in buying an LTE version. "Consumer Lens" is Counterpoint's global research programme... Read More

Chakri K November 1st, 2018 4:09 PM 2 COMMENTS

Vivo Y93 With Dual 4G and Snapdragon 439 SoC Launched

Vivo is on a roll. The Chinese smartphone maker has launched a range of smartphones in the last two months, the company has now announced a new phone called the Vivo Y93. The phone looks a lot like the V11 Pro from both front and the back side. The new Vivo Y93 sports the same waterdrop notch and dual camera design as is in the V11 Pro. The smartphone has... Read More

Chakri K November 1st, 2018 3:10 PM 0 COMMENTS

Burdy is the New Cab Aggregator in India, Launches Services in Delhi-NCR

Tech start-up Burdy today said it would offer cab aggregation services in Delhi-NCR, competing head-on with giants like Ola and Uber in the burgeoning segment. According to co-founder and CEO Rishabh Srivastava, the bootstrapped firm is a "tech company" and will start with cab aggregation and roll out other offerings like repair services as well in the coming months. "We want to bring in transparency in the way cabs services... Read More

Chakri K November 1st, 2018 2:51 PM 38 COMMENTS

Airtel Beats Trai Speed Champion Jio by Achieving 9.96 Mbps Average 4G Download Speed: OpenSignal

OpenSignal’s speed test reports for all the telcos in India are out now, and Bharti Airtel has emerged as the winner among all by recording the highest download speeds on 3G and 4G network. In the speed test, Airtel recorded a speed of 7.53 Mbps followed by Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea and BSNL which averaged speeds of 5.47 Mbps, 5.20 Mbps, 4.92 Mbps and 2.70 Mbps. In the past two... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj November 1st, 2018 2:21 PM 6 COMMENTS

Nearly 94% of Mobile Phones Sold in India are Manufactured Locally: CMR

Domestic manufacturing of mobile phones saw a significant increase in the third quarter of 2018, with almost 94% of the handsets being made in the country, a new report from CyberMedia Research (CMR) has said. According to CMR's "India Mobile Handset Market Review Report", India's mobile handset market recorded nine per cent sequential growth during the quarter and smartphones grew sequentially by 29%. Feature phone shipments during this period improved... Read More

Chakri K November 1st, 2018 1:21 PM 2 COMMENTS

Nokia 6.1 and 6.1 Plus Receive Android 9 Pie Update in India

HMD Global had earlier announced to upgrade some of the new and also old Nokia phones to the latest iteration of Android- Android 9 Pie. And the company is well living up to their promises. The first Nokia phone to get Android 9 Pie's sweetness was the Nokia 7 Plus. HMD is now rolling out Android 9 Pie to two other phones. One is the recently launched Nokia 6.1 Plus... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj November 1st, 2018 12:18 PM 2 COMMENTS

Looking for the Location and Identity of Those Misusing WhatsApp, Not Decryption: Government

Continuing with its firm stance on traceability, the government stated that it has not sought decryption of WhatsApp messages but instead wants the location and identity of those misusing the platform to spread the fake news that provokes violence. IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who met WhatsApp Vice President Chris Daniels, also asserted that the "institutional integrity" of the platform be maintained ahead of elections. "On the issue of traceability,... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj November 1st, 2018 11:23 AM 0 COMMENTS

Twitter for iOS to Soon Get a Home Screen Button That Allows Users to Switch the Order of Tweets

Twitter is testing a home-screen button to help its 326 million users switch the order of the tweets they see, the social network announced on Thursday. The micro-blogging platform said a small number of iOS users would soon see a button on the home screen that allows them to switch between a display of tweets. "Sometimes you want to see the latest Tweets, first. We're testing a way for you... Read More

Chakri K November 1st, 2018 10:50 AM 25 COMMENTS

Xiaomi Poco F1 8GB RAM Variant Price in India Reduced to Rs 26,999

Xiaomi and Flipkart are gearing up for a massive Diwali season. In the last four weeks, we have seen three major sales on Flipkart and the e-commerce portal will be holding the final one before Diwali. The Flipkart Big Diwali Sale will start today and end on November 5. During the sale, Xiaomi's current flagship handset, the Poco F1 will be at a discount of up to Rs 4,000. Xiaomi... Read More

Chakri K November 1st, 2018 9:47 AM 0 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Rolls Out Private Reply Feature With the Latest Android Beta Update

WhatsApp is now rolling out a new feature to its Android Beta users which is named as 'Private Reply.' While the name of the feature sounds like it's some massive one, well, actually it's not. It's a basic feature which WhatsApp users have been asking for ages. Basically, Private Reply allows users to send a private message with the help of a group message. For example, you're in a group... Read More