Reliance Jio has introduced new offerings to help customers buy new JioFi routers. A Jio swap offer gives JioFi buyers 100 percent cashback with benefits worth Rs. 2010 (ten Rs. 201 booster packs); Without redemption, Reliance Jio offers 50 percent cashback with benefits worth Rs. 1,005 (five Rs. 201 booster packs). It seems to be another tactic of the company to ensure that the massive user base built up over the past few months doesn’t completely let the company down after the free period. In related news, telecom regulator TRAI also said Reliance Jio’s complaints against custom retention offers by rivals would be investigated.
Whatsapp Says India Top Country for Video Calling Minutes Six months after launching its video calling feature, WhatsApp has revealed India is the top country for video calling minutes on the platform. More than 340 million video calling minutes are made daily with the app around the world. In India, video calls worth more than 50 million minutes per day are made via WhatsApp, the highest of any country where the app is used.
Android O beta coming soon, Google says Android O beta coming soon. Days before Google’s I/O 2017 developer conference, the company announced the end of the Android Nougat beta. On the Android beta website, Google stated that it would be updated next time the Android O Beta program starts and instructed developers and Android enthusiasts to download the full OTA image of Android Nougat on their devices.
OnePlus 5 leaked screenshot tips smartphone will pack 8 GB of RAM According to a leaked image on the Chinese social network Weibo, OnePlus 5 – the next smartphone of the Chinese brand OnePlus will pack 8 GB of RAM and run Android 7.1.2 Nougat based on HydrogenOS (the Chinese version of Oxygen operating system). The OnePlus 5 will reportedly hit the market with 6GB and 8GB RAM variants with 64GB and 128GB storage options, but there is no confirmation from the company yet. Like most leaks, take this with a grain of salt.
Indus OS, Delta ID to Launch Aadhaar Verified Operating System In what appears to be an effort to boost Aadhaar adoption, the multilingual domestic operating system brand Indus OS and iris scanning technology provider Delta ID announced to launch of the Aadhaar Verified Operating System (OS) for the Indian users.
“We hope that the combination of Delta ID’s advanced iris scanning technology, with the consumer insights of Indus OS, the made-in-India operating system, will enable faster adoption of Aadhaar-based services,” said Salil Prabhakar, Delta President, and CEO -of ID. Amid the many privacy leaks Aadhaar has seen in recent weeks, we wonder if the timing of this move could be worse.
Nubia M2 Lite with 4GB RAM, 3000mAh battery launched for Rs. 13,999ZTE brand Nubia launched the M2 Lite in India for Rs. 13,999. The company claims that the new Nubia series smartphone has a NeoPower 2.5 pack, which aims to improve battery life with 118 new power optimization features. The smartphone will be available exclusively in Amazon India’s Black Gold color forenoon IST on Tuesday.
The Nubia M2 Lite was first launched in China in March. It runs Nubia UI 4.0 based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow. This contrasts with the Chinese variant based on Android 7.0 Nougat.
The Nubia M2 Lite has a 13-megapixel camera with an aperture of f/2.2. It has a 5.5-inch HD (720×1280 pixels) display with 2.5D curved glass. The smartphone is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 (MT6750) SoC coupled with 4 GB of RAM. On the front, the smartphone is equipped with a 16-megapixel camera with a 5P lens, f/2.0 aperture, and a wide angle of 79.8 degrees.
Call of Duty: World War 2 and Destiny 2 price and pre-orders revealed for IndiaMilitary shooter Call of Duty: World War 2 has higher costs for retailers such as Flipkart and Games The Shop for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Call of Duty, 2 in India, is Rs. 3,499 on PC and Rs. 4,299 on the PS4 and Xbox One. But that’s not all, as publisher Activision has also revealed Destiny 2’s price for the country, which is the same. No surprise as they share the same distributor,
Global CD-ROM confirming to Gadgets 360 that pre-ordering Call of Duty: World War 2 or Destiny 2 grants access to their respective multiplayer betas. Curious about their special editions? The distributor confirmed to Gadgets 360 that their details are yet to be finalized.
Alcatel Pixi 4 (6) with 6-inch display, 4G VoLTE support launched for Rs. 9,100 Alcatel launched the Pixi 4 (6) smartphone in India, priced at Rs. 9.100. It’s not exactly brand new; it was first found at CES 2016. Minor upgrades have been made for the launch in India. These include 4G VoLTE support for the land and Android 6.0 Marshmallow and Arkamys-optimized speakers.
The new Alcatel Pixi 4 (6) is powered by a 1.1GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 SoC with 1.5GB of RAM. For optics, it has an 8-megapixel primary camera on the back and a 5-megapixel front shooter for selfies. There’s 16GB of built-in storage that expands via microSD up to 64GB and comes with the usual array of connectivity options like 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.1, GPS/A-GPS, 3, 5mm audio jack, and Micro USB. The new Alcatel smartphone has 2580 mAh non-removable battery.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC spotted on company site, tipped to use 7nm process With Qualcomm working on a successor to its current ‘short delivery’ Snapdragon 835 SoC, it’s alarming that its next flagship SoC has already leaked. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC has reportedly been spotted on the company’s site alongside the yet-to-be-announced Snapdragon 660 and Snapdragon 630 SoCs — both of which are rumored to launch Tuesday at an event in Beijing. A new report indicates that the Snapdragon 845 processor is in the works and will be built on a new, faster, more efficient 7nm manufacturing process. Furthermore, according to the leak, the new SoC will debut on the Galaxy S9 next year.
HandBrake video transcoder for Mac download server hacked, app infected with trojan HandBrake, a download server that hosts a popular video transcoding tool, was hacked this weekend. This resulted in downloading the app that was infected with malware.
According to HandBrake’s warning, users who downloaded the software between May 2 and May 6 should check whether their system is infected with Trojan mal,wis ,hic, a variant of OSX.PROTON. In HandBrake’s words: “You have a 50/50 chance if you downloaded HandBrake during this period.”
Harmon Kardon’s Cortana-powered ‘Invoke’ speaker unveiled on company site Although the speaker website was initially available to the public, it appears that Harmon Kardon has now removed the “coming soon” page for Amazon’s rival product Echo from its website. Last year, Microsoft announced the Cortana SDK, and Harmon Kardon teased that its first Cortana-powered speaker would launch this year. While the Invoke speaker will be released by Harmon Kardon in the fall of this year, around the same time as Redstone 3, pricing and exact release date have not been disclosed as of yet, as indicated in a report from Thurrott.com.
