Technology

Oppo F1s Selfie-Focused Smartphone to Launch in August

Oppo has announced the launch of its next selfie-focused smartphone, the Oppo F1s, for next month. The handset successor to the Oppo F1 that was launched earlier this year, not much else is known about it right now. On Wednesday, Oppo Mobile India tweeted an August 3 launch announcement for the Oppo F1s, tipping availability of the smartphone in the ... Read More »

ZTE Small Fresh 4 Smartphone With 5.2-Inch Display Launched

HIGHLIGHTS The Small Fresh 4 has been priced at roughly Rs. 11,000 It will go on sale in China later this month It packs a fingerprint scanner on the back panel ZTE has unveiled its new Small Fresh 4 smartphone in China. Priced at CNY 1,090 (approximately Rs. 11,000), the new ZTE Small Fresh 4 will go on sale in ... Read More »

Idea Announces Slash in Mobile Data Rates Across All Circles

HIGHLIGHTS The new data packs will be available from Friday Data benefits are up to 45 percent, Idea said Revised rates are for 2G, 3G, and 4G data packs Idea Cellular said on Friday it has slashed mobile Internet rates to offer more value to customers on their 4G, 3G and 2G data packs. The revised data packs are available ... Read More »

LG X screen India Launch Set for Monday

HIGHLIGHTS The LG X screen’s highlight is its Always On display The smartphone was unveiled ahead of MWC 2016 It was launched alongside the LG X cam LG India on Thursday sent out invites for the launch of its X screen smartphone in the country on Monday. To recall, the LG X screen was first unveiled ahead of MWC 2016, ... Read More »

Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 4 Smartphone Expected to Launch on July 27

HIGHLIGHTS Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 4 is said to sport dual-rear camera set-up The smartphone is said to sport metal builds Redmi Note 4 is said to features Snapdragon 652 SoC Chinese handset maker Xiaomi has started teasing an upcoming launch event on July 27 where the company is rumoured to launch its next Redmi smartphone. The teaser invite shared on ... Read More »

This Coimbatore-Based Company Is Crowdfunding an Electric Bike

This Coimbatore-Based Company Is Crowdfunding an Electric Bike HIGHLIGHTS The Spero electric bike has a rechargeable battery and motor There are three models with range from 30km to 100km The base model starts at Rs. 29,900 The Spero electric bike, made by Coimbatore based Milltex Engineers, promises to be a smart alternative for the urban commute, but it doesn’t come ... Read More »

LG Stylus 2 Plus Launched in India: Price, Specifications, and More

HIGHLIGHTS The variant launched in India sports 3GB of RAM The phablet bears a 5.7-inch display and nano-coated stylus It is powered by a 3000mAh battery LG has officially launched the Stylus 2 Plus in India. To recall, the smartphone was tipped to have already become available in India via offline retail stores earlier this week. The LG Stylus 2 ... Read More »

10 Crazy WhatsApp Facts You Probably Didn’t Know

HIGHLIGHTS WhatsApp’s co-founders were rejected by both Facebook and Twitter The Android app clocked 1 billion downloads with just 5 people You can see when your messages were read WhatsApp, the messaging platform that cost Facebook $19 billion dollars when it was acquired back in 2014, remains the most-used IM service with its parent’s own platform – Messenger – following ... Read More »

Mark Zuckerberg Gives $95 Million in Facebook Shares to Charity

In the first gesture to fulfill his pledge that he and his wife made last year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has sold $95 million (roughly Rs. 638 crores) of the social networking giant’s shares. According to a US regulatory filing, The Chan Zuckerberg Foundation and CZI Holdings LLC sold Facebook shares worth $95 million before taxes, Forbes reported on Saturday. ... Read More »

Facebook Live Gets Touted 2-Person Broadcasting Feature

HIGHLIGHTS It is only available to US users for now Only verified pages will be able to use this feature Users must have an iOS device for this feature to work At the annual VidCon conference in June, the social giant had announced that it will roll out a bunch of new capabilities to Facebook Live. This included scheduling, two-person ... Read More »