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Poco F1 All Set to Launch Today, Things You Need to Know Before Purchase

29Aug By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Poco F1 All Set to Launch Today, Things You Need to Know Before Purchase

Xiaomi with its mid-range smartphones has created a great impact on the Indian smartphone market for a few years, and now, the company has taken a step forward and forayed into the premium smartphone market with its new sub-brand called Poco. And thus, ‘Poco By Xiaomi’ today is launching its first ever smartphone in India known as the Poco F1. The smartphone will be available exclusively on Flipkart and mi.com and the sale will start at 12 pm today. CASHBACKS AND OFFERS: - Following the launch of the Poco F1, both Mi.com and Flipkart, customers who own HDFC Bank Credit and/or Debit cards will receive a Rs 1,000 cashback with the purchase the Poco F1. The cashback will also be available for those who choose No Cost EMI options with this phone. - Along w...

PVR to Introduce Onyx Cinema LED Screens with Samsung

28Aug By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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PVR to Introduce Onyx Cinema LED Screens with Samsung

In this technology-driven era, the film entertainment company PVR is taking a step forward and become the first player in India to ditch the century-old projector screening system and is partnering with Samsung to install a huge LED TV at one of its theatres in New Delhi to offer a TV-like viewing experience for movies. These Samsung displays are called the Onyx Cinema LED screens. The company will offer these display in three sizes - 5.1x 2.7m (2K resolution), 10.2x5.4m (4K resolution) and 14x7.2m (4K resolution). The major uniqueness of the Samsung Onyx LED screen is that the content is delivered right on the screen itself from the servers and it is similar to streaming content on any TV. The first theatre that will offer an LED screen viewing experience with 10.2x5.4m (4K resolution)...

Netflix Expands its Partnership With Airtel in India

27Aug By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Netflix Expands its Partnership With Airtel in India

The popular video streaming platform Netflix has reportedly expanded its partnership with Airtel in India to offer three month free subscriptions to new and existing subscribers of select Airtel Postpaid and V-Fiber Home Broadband plans. As a part of this partnership, the Airtel postpaid users will now enjoy free service for three months along with the ability to pay for subsequent subscriptions through their bills. This is for those who are not eligible for this service and will be able to sign up for Netflix through Airtel’s apps and pay for their subscription using their Airtel bill. "Partnerships are at the core of Airtel’s DNA and we are delighted to expand our strategic relationship with Netflix. We look forward to working closely with Netflix to leverage this huge potential and ...

China’s HOMTOM Debuts Indian Smartphone Market with Three New Devices

25Aug By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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China’s HOMTOM Debuts Indian Smartphone Market with Three New Devices

China-based smartphone maker HOMTOM has reportedly made a debut in the Indian smartphone market with three smartphones. These smartphones fall in the mid-range segment starting at Rs 7490. The devices that have been launched are H1, H3 and H5 which are priced at Rs 7,499, Rs 9,990 and Rs 10,990, respectively. With this entry, HOMTOM is aiming a market share of at least 3% over a year in the segment of mid-range smartphones in India. The market for smartphones is already notoriously saturated. This is why review sites like YotYiam.com providing helpful lists are so necessary. â€œIn the first six months we are looking to have three to five percent market share in the smartphone market,â€ Nikhil Bhutani, Director for Product and Operations at HOMTOM said. Â Â With its entry ...

Twitter Introduces Filtering Tool for Direct Messages

24Aug By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Twitter Introduces Filtering Tool for Direct Messages

One of the leading social media platforms Twitter has brought in some new features or filtering tools for direct messages on its platform. The platform has launched a fresh feature where the users will be able to filter and ignore the unwanted messages. The platform will now have two separate sections that are ‘Inbox’ and ‘Requests’ through which the people will get to know which messages are of their use. The Inbox section will have messages from users you follow, while the Requests section will include messages from people you don't. Twitter has stated that the requests can be filtered to make it easier for users to see only the wanted messages. When the user receives a message from a person you don’t follow, the message will be directed to the Requests section. Twitter will then a...

Facebook’s Onavo Removed from Apple Store Due to Privacy Concerns

23Aug By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Facebook’s Onavo Removed from Apple Store Due to Privacy Concerns

The technology giant Apple has removed the Facebook-owned security app Onavo from the Apple Store. This step has been taken because the app failed to follow the privacy policy and rules of the tech major. It was reported that the app was gathering information about the other apps present on the users' iPhones for the purpose of advertising or marketing. With this, Facebook was able to know how people use smartphones outside of its own services. "We work hard to protect user privacy and data security throughout the Apple ecosystem," an Apple spokesperson said. "With the latest update to our guidelines, we made it explicitly clear that apps should not collect information about which other apps are installed on a user's device for the purposes of analytics or advertising/marketing and mus...

Soon after Blue Whale Challenge, Momo Challenge is Taking Lives

22Aug By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Soon after Blue Whale Challenge, Momo Challenge is Taking Lives

These days social media challenges are quite trending. People pick up a concept and make them viral through various methods. A challenge called the Blue Whale Challenge got viral almost a year back and that led to many suicides cases among teenagers across the world. And now, with a new concept, another challenge has been introduced that is called the ‘Momo Challenge'. Under this, the children and teenagers are encouraged to perform several dangerous and weird acts. This challenge is going viral on various social media platforms and mostly on WhatsApp. This challenge has reportedly led to the death of a 12-year-old girl in Argentina as stated by the Buenos Aires Times. This challenge initiated on Facebook where the people were challenged to interact with unknown numbers. As soon as t...

Twitter’s Invention Hashtag is Now Eleven Years Old

21Aug By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Twitter’s Invention Hashtag is Now Eleven Years Old

It’s quite impossible to remember the time when we didn’t use the tagging system on social media through hashtags, but for your surprise hashtag has been with us for only eleven years. It was for the first time used by former Google and Uber designer Chris Messina on 23 August 2007 on Twitter, and since then it has flooded the social media with hashtags. The first hashtag that was used was #barcamp. how do you feel about using # (pound) for groups. As in #barcamp [msg]? — Chris Messina™ (@chrismessina) August 23, 2007 What is the importance of Hashtag? Hashtag has now become an important part of Twitter and Instagram, and other platforms as well. Hashtag is an efficient method to search for information and content related to a certain topic or issue...

Nokia to Launch Flipkart-Exclusive Smartphone on August 21

20Aug By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Nokia to Launch Flipkart-Exclusive Smartphone on August 21

Nokia is coming up with an all-new device expected to be the Nokia 6.1 Plus which is to be launched in India on August 21. It is being said that the smartphone is expected to be exclusively available on Flipkart. The e-commerce major has also released a video teaser for the launch event featuring musicians Shankar, Ehsaan, and Loy. However, it is still not clear through the video that which smartphone is going to be launched, but it does confirm that a Nokia device is incoming on August 21. The teaser released on Flipkart shows its partnership with HMD Global to launch the Nokia 6.1 Plus variant in India. It also confirms that the smartphone will be Flipkart exclusive, and more details on pricing and timing of availability will be known on the launch day. Talking about the phone, ...

Facebook Now Lets Kids Add Friends on Messenger Kids

17Aug By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Facebook Now Lets Kids Add Friends on Messenger Kids

One of the largest social media platforms Facebook has introduced a new feature to its Messenger Kids app which is the under-13 chat application that makes it easier for the children to add their friends on the platform. Under this feature, the connection requests will be sent directly to the parents, who have to accept every contact before they can connect and interact with their kids through the platform. "Parents have to turn on a setting that creates a four-word passphrase that is used to generate these contact requests," stated a report. "Both parents will receive a contact request from their child and both have to approve the request before the kids can begin chatting.” The newly launched feature will enable the kids between the ages of 6 and 13 to exchange photographs, videos a...

Electronics Giant Samsung Launches the World’s First 5G Modem

16Aug By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Electronics Giant Samsung Launches the World’s First 5G Modem

One of the largest technology companies Samsung has reportedly launched the world's first 5G modem known as Exynos 5100 5G. The company claims that the modem is compatible will all the 5G standards. The modem has been built with power-efficient 10 nanometer process technology and it supports radio access technology. Samsung also carried on an over-the-air (OTA) 5G-NR data call test under wireless environment. This was done using a 5G base station and 5G end-user equipment prototype embedded with Exynos Modem 5100. Also, the company is working closely in association with global mobile carriers and partners to bring 5G mobile communications to the market as soon as possible. "Samsung’s leadership in communication technologies and market-proven knowledge allowed us to develop the indus...

Alexa Users Can Now Teach it Hindi and Other Local Languages

15Aug By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Alexa Users Can Now Teach it Hindi and Other Local Languages

Amazon's digital assistant Alexa from the past few months is bringing in various modifications for the purpose of increasing its customer base. Now, Alexa has introduced a feature that its users can teach it local Indian languages like Hindi, Marathi and Bengali. The e-commerce major Amazon announced a new skill aimed at improving Alexa's speech recognition. As of now, the artificial intelligence-powered Alexa used to engage with people in English, however, now it is expanding its language skills. "Alexa gets smarter every day and now customers in India can help Alexa learn Hindi, and other Indian languages, using the new Cleo skill," Amazon stated. Alexa at present competes with virtual assistants like Apple's Siri and Google Assistant. Cleo enables the users to share more facts and ...