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Internet Subscribers in India Drop Marginally in Q3: TRAI

by Loknath Das
written by Loknath Das

Internet Subscribers in India Drop Marginally in Q3: TRAI

HIGHLIGHTS

  • TRAI has revealed the data for July-September 2017 period
  • Total number of subscribers stood at 429.3 million
  • Broadband Internet subscribers grew 8 percent

The total number of Internet subscribers in India declined from 431.21 million at the end of June 2017 to 429.23 million at the end of September 2017, registering a quarterly degrowth of (-)0.46 percent, data revealed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said on Thursday.

“Out of 429.23 million, wired Internet subscribers are 21.35 million and wireless Internet subscribers are 407.88 million,” the statement issued by TRAI said.

The TRAI has revealed the data for July-September 2017 period.

The Internet subscriber base is comprised of broadband Internet subscriber base of 324.89 million and narrowband Internet subscriber base of 104.34 million.

The broadband Internet subscriber base grew by 8 percent from 300.84 million at the end of June to 324.89 million at the end of September. On the other hand, the narrowband Internet subscriber base declined by 19.97 percent from 130.38 million at the end of June to 104.34 million at the end of September.

The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,210.84 million at the end of June 17 to 1,206.71 million at the end of September 17, registering a degrowth of (-)0.34 percent over the previous quarter.

“However, this reflects year-on-year positive growth of 12.33 percent over the same quarter of last year,” the release said.

[“Source-gadgets.ndtv”]

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Social Media-Manipulating Cult Influencers And Other Trends To Look For In 2018

by Loknath Das
written by Loknath Das

TBWA Worldwide’s annual 2018 insights report examines what the agency calls  “pre-trends” rooted in evolving cultural shifts.

Convergence is the emerging theme uniting the predictions, says TBWA. Genetic technology will collide with activism, memes with currency, digital goods with fashion, creative direction with algorithms and cults will meet social media.

Among the Omnicom-owned agency’s top five pre-predictions, Insta-Cults is the agency’s most “out-there pre-trend,” says Sarah Rabia, global director of cultural strategy, TBWA. “We believe that next year, we may see the formation of a new kind of cult: one built around an influencer who manipulates social media, monopolizes attention and mobilizes their fans, a la Trump.”

Brands, therefore, must ask themselves how they can leverage these cult Influencers and loyal fandoms to build a modern culture brand, she advises. “It wouldn’t take much for many mainstream celebs to tip the balance into cult leader, arguably we have some already,” Rabia says. Singer Lana Del Rey, for instance, asked her fans to join a mass occult ritual against Trump and Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop sparked a community of wellness that has made some extreme followers ill with the eating disorder orthorexia.

As the physical and online worlds blur, TBWA believes what it calls “Vaporwear” will introduce computer-generated goods like lenses, filters and virtual designs created purely to be worn for social media. Brands can engage with this trend by enabling audiences to buy in to these products without buying anything.

Another tech-driven trend will allow brands to decide whether their content will be made by humans or machines, possibly resulting in algorithm-penned songs, games, novels, and feature films.

With what TBWA calls Meme Money, Blockchain advancements will help advertisers and brands trace social media shares, likes and follows to a legitimate source for credit and remuneration.

And as DNA technology empowers people to predict and manage their healthcare, brands will need to ask how far they will go with genetic technology, if at all?

This is the first year that TBWA’s cultural insight studio Backslash has published a trends report. The year-old start-up serves mostly as an internal cultural service but plans call for expanding it over the coming months to do more public content and work with brands within and beyond TBWA. The unit’s team comprises journalists, strategists, TV and documentary makers.

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Karbonn K9 Music 4G With Bundled Saavn Pro Subscription Launched in India: Price, Specifications

by Loknath Das
written by Loknath Das

Karbonn K9 Music 4G With Bundled Saavn Pro Subscription Launched in India: Price, Specifications

HIGHLIGHTS

  • The smartphone is priced at Rs. 4,990
  • It comes with a free Saavn Pro subscription for 3 months
  • The phone is available in Blue and Champagne colour variants

Karbonn on Thursday announced the launch of its latest budget 4G VoLTE smartphone, the Karbonn K9 Music 4G. The K9 Music 4G smartphone comes with dual speakers and every purchase is entitled to three months of Saavn Pro subscription.The Karbonn K9 Music 4G is available in Blue and Champagne colour variants. The smartphone is priced at Rs. 4,990.

Karbonn K9 Music 4G Specifications

The Karbonn K9 Music 4G is a dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) smartphone. It runs Android 7.0 Nougat out-of-the-box. The K9 Music 4G sports a 5-inch FWVGA (480×854 pixels) display. The smartphone is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor paired with 1GB of RAM.

In the camera department, the Karbonn K9 Music 4G features an 8-megapixel rear sensor with auto focus and an LED flash. On the front is an 5-megapixel sensor for selfies and video calling. The smartphone has 16GB internal storage expandable via microSD card (up to 128GB).

In terms of connectivity, the Karbonn K9 Music 4G has Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Micro-USB, and OTG support. Sensors on board include accelerometer, ambient light sensor, and proximity sensor. The dimensions of the smartphone are 143.75×71.55×9.2mm and the weight is 170 grams.

Earlier in November, the Karbonn K9 Smart Selfie was launched with an 8-megapixel front camera. This smartphone also has a built-in photo and video editor.

Additionally, the Karbonn Titanium Jumbo was another selfie-focused smartphone launched in October. This smartphone also has an 8-megapixel front facing sensor and was launched at Rs. 6,490.

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Facebook Says Data Requests From India Surged in First Half of 2017

by Loknath Das
written by Loknath Das

Facebook Says Data Requests From India Surged in First Half of 2017

The Indian government requested Facebook for data 9,853 times in the first half of 2017 – up from 6,324 times in the first half of 2016 – Facebook’s latest ‘Government Requests Report’ revealed on Tuesday.

Facebook restricted access to 1,228 pieces of content “in response to legal requests from law enforcement agencies and the India Computer Emergency Response Team within the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology,” the company said.

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“The majority of content restricted was alleged to violate local laws relating to defamation of religion and hate speech,” Facebook said.

The Indian government and law enforcement agencies also requested for some information on 13,752 user accounts. Facebook produced “some data” in 54 percent of the cases in the January-June 2017 period.

In the case of 262 Facebook accounts flagged in the “Emergency” category from user/account requests, the company produced “some data” in 36 percent of the cases.

Facebook was down for 21 times in the first half for the Indian users.

“We are aware of disruptions affecting access to Facebook products and services in India that took place during all six months of this reporting period. These disruptions were contained to specific regions,” the company said.

“For the first time, we are expanding the report beyond government requests to provide data regarding reports from rights holders related to intellectual property (IP) – covering copyright, trademark, and counterfeit,” said Chris Sonderby, Deputy General Counsel, Facebook.

In the first half of 2017, Facebook received 224,464 copyright reports about content on Facebook, 41,854 trademark reports and 14,279 counterfeit reports.

Requests for account data increased by 21 percent globally compared to the second half of 2016 – from 64,279 to 78,890.

“Fifty-seven percent of the data requests we received from law enforcement in the US contained a non-disclosure order that prohibited us from notifying the user, up from 50 percent in our last report,” Sonderby said in a blog post.

Overall, the number of content restrictions for violating local law increased by 304 percent globally compared to the second half of 2016 – from 6,944 to 28,036.

“This increase was primarily driven by a request from Mexican law enforcement to remove instances of a video depicting a school shooting in Monterrey in January. We restricted access in Mexico to 20,506 instances of the video in the first half of 2017,” Facebook added.

There were 52 disruptions of Facebook services in nine countries in the first half of 2017, compared to 43 disruptions in 20 countries in the second half of 2016.

“We continue to be deeply concerned by internet disruptions, which can create barriers for businesses and prevent people from sharing and communicating with their family and friends,” Facebook said.

[“Source-gadgets.ndtv”]

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Three New Moto Mods Launched in India, Can Be Bought or Rented

by Loknath Das
written by Loknath Das

Three New Moto Mods Launched in India, Can Be Bought or Rented

HIGHLIGHTS

  • JBL SoundBoost 2 Mod claims 10-hour battery life, water repellent coating
  • GamePad Mod offers handheld gaming on Moto Z smartphones
  • TurboPower Pack Mod offers fast charging on the go

Lenovo brand Moto on Friday announced the launch of three new Moto Mods for its flagship Moto Z range in India. The new Moto Mods comprise the JBL SoundBoost 2 Mod for audio, the GamePad Mod for handheld gaming, and the TurboPower Pack battery mod for charging on the go.

Priced at Rs. 6,999, the JBL SoundBoost 2 Mod succeeds the previously launched JBL SoundBoost Mod. Moto claims a 10-hour battery life and water-repellent coating on this mod. It comes in Red, Blue, and Black colour variants and features a fabric-coated back for better grip. With a built-in kickstand, the JBL SoundBoost 2 Moto Mod offers a handsfree experience. The My JBL SoundBoost 2 app will also be available for managing audio settings.

jbl soundboost 2 mod Moto Mods JBL Soundboost 2

The second Moto Mod announced on Friday is the GamePad Mod. It snaps to the back of a Moto Z-Series smartphone and offers a handheld gaming experience. The Moto Game Explorer app pops up on first-time installation and gives you a list of the compatible games on Google Play. Once you install your preferred game, it automatically gives functionality to the gamepad, which has dual control sticks, a D-Pad, and four action buttons. The GamePad Moto Mod is priced at Rs. 6,999 and comes with a built-in 1035 mAh battery.

gamepad mod GamePad Moto Mod

Finally, the last Moto Mod that came to India is the Moto TurboPower Pack Mod that packs in a 3500mAh battery for your charging needs on the go. It snaps onto a Moto Z phone, just like other mods, and is claimed to offer up to 7 hours of battery life within 15 minutes of charge, which is made possible with a fast charging 15W output. This Mod is priced at Rs. 5,999.

turbopower battery mod TurboPower Battery Pack Mod

All three Moto Mods will be compatible only with the Moto Z, Moto Z Play, Moto Z2 Play, Moto Z Force Droid, and the Moto Z2 Force Edition. The Mods will be available online via Flipkart and offline via Moto Hubs and other Moto retail partners. The Moto Mods will go on sale starting Saturday, December 16. You will also be able to rent out Moto Mods on Rentomojo.com, starting December 22.

Sudhin Mathur, Managing Director, Motorola Mobility India said “We are ending the year on an exciting note and have upheld our commitment to build a better mobile future with the promise of limitless possibilities, through the new mods. The partnership with RentoMojo is basis our understanding our customers’ better and ensuring that we work relentlessly to remove barriers that deter them from adopting new innovations. This is a unique concept and we are positive that our customers will embrace it.”

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Gift ideas that make life easier in the kitchen

by Loknath Das
written by Loknath Das

Kitchen gear is always fun to give and get at the holidays. Addie Broyles / American-Statesman

It may be hard to believe, but an electric kettle is my favorite new gadget.

It’s not even new anymore, but I still get a thrill every time the base of the glass vessel lights up blue as the water for my cup of tea starts to heat up. It can boil more than a liter of water in about four minutes, and then it shuts off, keeping the water hot for at least 30 minutes.

All year, I’ve been playing around with different gadgets — some handheld kitchen appliances, some no-tech tools that simply make cooking easier or better. A few weeks ago, I headed out to Faraday’s Kitchen Store in Bee Cave, which has been selling cooking gear for more than 12 years, to ask manager Sharon O’Quinn about her personal favorites and the store’s best-sellers.

I mixed some of her suggestions with some of my own to create a holiday gift guide for gadgets big and small.

Metal measuring spoons ($14). I’ve had wonky measuring spoons for the longest time — thick, bright green plastic scoops that don’t fit into spice jars. I’d always wanted to upgrade to a nicer set of metal spoons, but since Santa didn’t seem to get the memo, I bought them for myself. I almost went with rounded ones until O’Quinn pointed out that the narrow squared ones can squeeze into smaller jars.

Good thermometers ($15 and up). When my trusty digital meat thermometer malfunctioned and only displayed temperatures in Celsius, I had fun using Google Home to help me convert to Fahrenheit. But even after I had baked enough chickens to learn the safe temperature in Celsius — 73 degrees — I knew I needed to replace it. The sexiest option out there is the Thermapen, but thanks to the wise council of the Faraday’s folks, I found a less expensive thermometer that doesn’t read the temperature quite so fast but works well for my purposes. I also picked up a candy thermometer because nobody likes getting caramel splattered on their hand while they try to measure the temperature with the wrong tool.

Meat claws ($19). You can find inexpensive plastic and metal tong meat claws everywhere, but the heavy-duty offset metal ones at Faraday’s are a big seller among barbecue lovers who shop at the store. Use these to make short work of pulled pork and chicken.

Biscuit cutters ($11). After improvising for years, I finally broke down and picked up a set of nesting cutters so I can make biscuits and cookies in different sizes. It’s a low-tech tool that makes a perfect gift for the biscuit-baker in your life.

Garlic twist ($25). This garlic grinder is easily one of the top selling products at Faraday’s, O’Quinn says. I’d seen these before but didn’t realize cooks were making repeat purchases to give these as gifts after finding them indispensable in their own kitchens. O’Quinn says that people will use this tool to break down ginger, herbs or even a small portion of pesto.

Red wine stain remover and the E-cloth ($8 each). Cleaning is an indisputable part of the cooking process, and these products fly off the shelves at Faraday’s. The Chateau Spill red wine stain remover is a patented liquid that, as I saw in a demo, really will take pretty much any stain out of a tablecloth, shirt, pants or napkin. The E-cloth markets itself as a way to clean with only water, a claim I didn’t believe until the Faraday’s staffers went on and on about how these microfiber cloths have revolutionized how they clean their own homes and kitchens.

Measuring cup with a scale ($25). Weighing ingredients can be the most effective way to bake or cook, but going back and forth between tools for weighing ingredients and for measuring by volume adds to the chore. This measuring cup allows you to do both, which is handy if you’ve ever had to stop midrecipe to break out a scale and a bowl.

Instant Pot or other multicooker ($69 and up). Let’s face it: No kitchen gadget list is complete in 2017 without a multicooker. The best known brand is the Instant Pot, but Fagor and Crock-Pot and other manufacturers are selling them, too, and they all fall into this new category of cooking that involves different applications of heat in a single vessel. Their popularity is why you’re also seeing so many Instant Pot cookbooks, which help you figure out how to use all those settings so you don’t just get stuck on the more familiar slow cooker mode.

Crock-Pot WeMo ($149). Speaking of slow cookers, if you use yours a lot and find yourself wishing you could turn it off or on from work or when you’re away from home, put this Wi-Fi-enabled Crock-Pot on your Christmas list. It’s been around for a few years, but reviewers say they love the flexibility they get from knowing they can control the heat remotely.

Farberware Electric Kettle ($30). If you’ve ever, even once, decided to make tea for yourself and then let a pot of water simmer on the stove until it evaporated, you need an electric kettle. I had a whole cabinet of tea that I wasn’t drinking until I bought a kettle on sale late last year. I’ve used it to preheat water for boiling pasta or to have hot water on hand for risotto, but the real win is that I’m now drinking tea every day when the temperatures fall. Not having to drop what I’m doing to turn off a whistling teapot is such a small thing, but that’s what these gadgets are for: making it ever-so-slightly easier to take care of yourself, your meals and your cooking space.

FOOD GIFTS

Looking for a food gift that isn’t a gadget? Here are a few ideas from local food businesses.

Springdale Handmade makes some of the best-smelling soaps, salves and bath bombs in Austin, and they often use local ingredients, such as wine from Fall Creek Vineyards. You can find their products at Springdale Farm and several other local retailers. Another local company, Kuhdoo Soap Co.,specializes in making soap from local craft beers. You can often buy the soaps at the breweries themselves, including the ABGB in South Austin.

If you don’t have any kind of floor covering in your kitchen and you cook a lot, a mat from a company like the Austin-based GelPro will vastly improve those hours spent in the kitchen. They feel like you’re standing on air and make doing the dishes bearable.

The local olive oil and vinegar store Con’ Olio has several locations around Austin, including one next to Faraday’s in Bee Cave, and you can’t go wrong with one of their premium olive oil sets. The Con’ Olio location in the Arboretum is near Savory Spice Shop, which is a great place to shop for stocking stuffers and gift certificates.

La Dolda in Westlake sells more than a dozen varieties of handmade pastas that taste better than anything you’ve ever picked up at the grocery store. They also offer other specialty foods from Italy.

It’s hard to go wrong with a gift certificate for dessert. Local ice cream and gelato shops Tasty Spoon, Teo, Dolce Neve, Lick Honest Ice Creams and Amy’s Ice Creams are good options.

The upscale kitchen store Kettle and Brine, 908 W. 12th St., specializes in goods that are as beautiful to look at as they are functional in your home. Anything you buy here would be a treat to unwrap on Christmas morning.

Sips By (sipsby.com) is an Austin-based tea subscription service that will help you make the most of that new electric kettle. They sell an amazing variety of teas that they curate into a monthly box based on your preferences.

[“Source-mystatesman”]

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Gionee Looks to Bounce Back in India With Regular, Timely Launches

by Loknath Das
written by Loknath Das

“In the short term, we are targeting to be in the top five players in the India market, and in the long term, we are targeting the top three,” David Chang, Global Sales Director at Gionee, tells Gadgets 360 minutes before the company unveiled its portfolio of FullView smartphones at the Winter 2017 launch event in Shenzhen, China on Sunday.

When pressed to put more specific time frames to those targets, Chang, who recently replaced long-term Gionee India Managing Director Arvind R Vohra as the head of the India operations, says that the short term deadline is March 2018, while the company aims to achieve its long term goal by September 2018.

Those are ambitious targets for a company that’s been struggling to cope with the onslaught of its fellow Chinese brands. Gionee was the amongst the first Chinese manufacturer to makes it way to the Indian market, and it managed to carve a decent space for itself thanks largely to the strength of the offline distribution and retail network that it built up pretty quickly. At its peak, the company reached 5 percent marketshare in Q4 2016 when it was ranked the seventh biggest smartphone manufacturer by shipments, according to Counterpoint Research. By the last quarter (Q3 2017), however, the company’s marketshare had shrunk down to 2 percent.

“Gionee showcases a good product portfolio by focusing on two key specifications, the front facing camera for selfie lovers and a larger battery for power users,” Counterpoint’s Shobhit Srivastava said. “It faces tough competition from its Chinese counterparts as they spend heavily on marketing their products with endorsements and advertisements.”

The success of the likes of Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo has been there for everyone to see and we asked Chang if Gionee – which has largely stuck to the offline-first strategy even as a large chunk of the smartphone market has moved online – can learn any lessons from its counterparts, but he largely tip-toes around the subject. He describes the trio as “respected” Chinese companies that are doing “good” in the India market, adding that Gionee would also like to succeed in the “very high potential market” that is India.

ALSO SEEHow Indian Smartphone Makers Lost the War Against Chinese Companies

Chang says the company aims to do that by letting the products speak for themselves. “Going forward we aim to bring our full product portfolio to India, covering the high-end, the mid-range, and the low-end, but our focus will be on the mid-range,” Chang says, speaking with the help of a translator. “Our brand proposition so far has been about super-selfies and super-battery [life], and moving forward, we will continue with that. Most importantly, though, we will bring our latest and most advanced products to India the same time as China and other global markets.”

We’ve seen Gionee walk that talk already, having launched the Gionee M7 Power – one of the eight FullView devices that the company showcased at the Shenzhen event on Sunday – in India earlier this month. Priced at Rs. 16,999 and with a 5000mAh battery, on paper, the phone is in line with the mid-level, selfie- and/ or battery-focussed devices that the company believes are a good fit for the Indian market. Gionee will be hoping the M7 Power can build on the success of the Gionee A1 and the Gionee X1, which, Chang reveals, have been among its best-selling products this year.

“In Q2 2017 Gionee’s A1 took up the third position in smartphone shipments in the fastest growing retail price segment of Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 20,000,” Counterpoint’s Srivastava confirms.

The new Gionee S11 will also launch in India soon, and you can expect Gionee to be a lot more active in the India market, launching products priced between Rs. 8,000 and Rs. 25,000, Chang reveals. While millennials might be the rage for most brands across the world, Chang says that in India the company’s target customer is a working professional that’s male and 40-years-old, which makes you wonder if it’s a realisation that the company has already lost the younger audience to brands like Xiaomi, Lenovo, and Motorola. Whether that strategy is good enough to help the company meet its ambitious targets, only time will tell.

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Xiaomi Redmi 5A in India, Vodafone Micromax Cashback, Bharat 5 Launch Date, and More: Your 360 Daily

by Loknath Das
written by Loknath Das

Xiaomi Redmi 5A in India, Vodafone Micromax Cashback, Bharat 5 Launch Date, and More: Your 360 Daily

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Xiaomi Redmi 5A price in India starts at Rs. 4,999 (inaugural offer)
  • Micromax Bharat 5 to launch in India on Friday
  • Google’s Datally app available to download on Android

Xiaomi Redmi 5A was launched in India on Thursday, with a nice introductory pricing offer for the first five million units sold in the country. The smartphone was launched at a price of Rs. 5,999 for the 2GB RAM/ 16GB storage variant, but at launch the price will be Rs. 4,999 for the first five million buyers. The Redmi 5A will go on sale on Flipkart, Mi.com, and Mi Home offline stores in India on December 7 at 12 pm. There’s another variant of the smartphone, with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage, which is priced at Rs. 5,999.

The price of the more expensive variant of the Xiaomi Redmi 5A will remain the same for the foreseeable future as the company has not announced any discounts. While this discount offer is quite straightforward, there’s also a convoluted mess of an offer around if you want one. In this case, it’s Reliance Jio’s “additional Rs. 1,000 cashback” offer for the Xiaomi Redmi 5A. Think we’re being harsh? Just wait until you try to decipher the fine print involved in this latest “effective price” gimmick.

To avail this additional cashback, Redmi 5A users will have to recharge their accounts with the Rs. 199 Jio pack for 12 months. After this, they’ll get 10 vouchers of Rs. 100 each and these can only be redeemed one at a time on a recharge of Rs. 309 or above. See our point now? Sure, there’s some kind of a discount involved here, but it arrives quite late and requires you to use 10 discount vouchers over 10 months, by which point you probably would’ve moved to a different smartphone and probably a different carrier too.

Here’s everything else that made news in the world of technology today.

Vodafone announces ‘Rs. 2,200 cashback’ on some Micromax phones
Vodafone India has announced a tie-up with Micromax to offer cashbacks on some budget Micromax 4G smartphones. This offer is valid on the Micromax Bharat 2 Plus, Micromax Bharat 3, Micromax Bharat 4, and Micromax Canvas 1. If you thought the Jio Redmi 5A offer was complicated, prepare to be amazed as Vodafone’s Micromax offer is just as convoluted. To avail this cashback, you will have to make recharges worth Rs. 150 per month for three years. After the first 18 months, you’ll get a cashback of Rs. 900, and after three years, you’ll get a cashback of Rs. 1,300. Both these cashback offers will be credited to your Vodafone M-Pesa wallet. Yes, we weren’t kidding about the complexity of these offers.

Micromax to launch Bharat 5 in India
Micromax doesn’t want to be left behind while Xiaomi launches one budget phone after another. The Indian smartphone maker is going to launch Bharat 5 in the country just a day after the launch of the Xiaomi Redmi 5A. If you go by the invite that the company has sent, you’d suspect that the smartphone has a huge battery, perhaps even 5000mAh and could feature fast charging. Micromax brought its Bharat range of smartphones to counter the surge of other affordable phones in the market, and it appears that Bharat 5 will be the latest effort in that direction.

This new Google app lets you keep data usage in check
Google has launched an app called Datally to help Android users keep an eye on mobile data usage. The app lets you track the data consumed by individual apps and lets you shut down data access for individual apps. It also gives you information on nearby public Wi-Fi networks, with some comments on the quality of these networks. Datally is clearly targeted at developing nations where data limits are small and people’s ability to buy packs with lots of data is limited. Until very recently, this would’ve been very useful in India, but with the arrival of Reliance Jio and the subsequent competition in the Indian telecom market, large data caps have become quite common in the country. That makes Datally less useful, but it’s still a good tool to have, one that makes us wonder why these features aren’t built in on an OS level.

Panasonic Eluga C with ‘bezel-less’ display launched
Large displays with limited bezels have become the smartphone trend of 2017 and now even Panasonic has joined the party. The Panasonic Eluga C features a bezel-less display and a dual camera setup. The phone has been launched in Taiwan at a price of TWD 6,000, which is equivalent to Rs. 12,900. The Panasonic Eluga C features a 5.5-inch display that has ultra-thin bezels and comes with an HD (720×1280 pixels) resolution. The smartphone is powered by an octa-core MediaTek MT6750T SoC clocked at 1.5GHz, coupled with 4GB of RAM. Panasonic has provided 13-megapixel + 5-megapixel camera sensors at the back of the Eluga C and an 8-megapixel camera on the front.

Windows 10 now has 600 million active devices
Windows 10 is now running on 600 million active devices, according to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who made the announcement at Microsoft’s annual shareholders meeting, according to a report from GeekWire. The number includes the following devices: desktops, tablets, Xbox One consoles, HoloLens headsets, and Surface Hub devices, apart from Windows 10 Mobile smartphones. Microsoft has admitted that it won’t be able to reach its goal of 1 billion active Windows 10 devices within three years of the operating system’s 2015 launch.

Samsung is the world’s largest smartphone brand: Gartner
Market research firm Gartner has claimed that Samsung took the top spot in smartphone sales globallyin the third quarter of 2017. The company claimed that Samsung has a 22.3 percent market share in the smartphone market across the world, with Apple being a distant second at 11.9 percent and Huawei, with 9.5 percent, being in third place. Gartner added that global smartphone sales stand at 383 million units in the third quarter of 2017. It attributed Samsung’s return to the top to Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+, and Galaxy Note 8 sales.

Apple fixes embarrassing macOS security flaw
Apple has fixed a critical bug in macOS High Sierra, one that could give hackers total control of vulnerable machines. The company has announced that it will review its software development process  to ensure that this kind of a bug doesn’t get shipped to people who use its products. Apple also apologised to all Mac users for this embarrassing bug, which just needed potential hackers to have physical access to vulnerable computer and let them have complete control over the computer without entering a password.

Snapchat unveils redesigned app
Snapchat has revamped its app to focus more on personal content than posts from publishers. The app now separates your feed into separate streams for publishers and your friends. Snapchat relies on algorithms to curate your feed based on your interests. The company has claimed that this change will also help publishers make more money on the platform, which has 178 million daily active users.

Android co-founder takes leave of absence from his new startup
Andy Rubin, a former Google executive who’s best known as the co-founder of Android, has taken a leave of absence from his smartphone startup Essential, according to a statement from the startup. Online news outlet The Information had earlier reported that Rubin left Google in 2014 after an internal inquiry found that he’d entered into a relationship with a subordinate. After this report was published, Rubin went on a leave of absence from Essential, but the startup refused to reveal the length of his absence. Essential said Rubin asked for leave to deal with personal matters.

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Swipe Slate Pro Tablet With 4G VoLTE Support, 10.1-Inch Display Launched in India

by Loknath Das
written by Loknath Das

Swipe Slate Pro Tablet With 4G VoLTE Support, 10.1-Inch Display Launched in India

HIGHLIGHTS

  • The tablet features a 10.1-inch HD IPS display
  • It is exclusively available via online marketplace Flipkart
  • It is capable of making voice calls, and supports 4G VoLTE

Domestic smartphone and tablet brand, Swipe Technologies, on Friday launched an upgraded version of its Slate Pro tablet in India. Featuring a 10.1-inch HD (1280×800 pixels) IPS display, the 4G-enabled tablet has been priced at Rs. 8,499. Its predecessor, with the same name, was launched back in December 2014. It has been launched in a Champagne Gold colour variant.

The Swipe Slate Pro (2017) is exclusively available on Flipkart, the company said in a statement, and has been listed with a no-cost EMI offer. The company is calling the new model the “most affordable 10-inch display tablet in India.” As we mentioned, the tablet features 4G connectivity, with dual-SIM card (Regular SIM) slots, and is capable of voice calling including support for VoLTE.

The Swipe Slate Pro runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Powered by 1.1GHz quad-core processor, the Swipe comes with 2GB RAM and 16GB in-built memory storage which is further expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB).

The Slate Pro tablet sports a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and 2-megapixel front camera. Connectivity options include 4G VoLTE, Bluetooth v4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, 3.5mm audio jack, and Micro-USB. Sensors on board include accelerometer. It is powered by a 5000mAh battery.

“Slate Pro has been designed for the young professional and working students. We attempt to make products which are user friendly by adding value to the consumer’s experience. Launching our products on Flipkart has always boosted our sales,” said Shripal Gandhi, Founder and CEO of Swipe.

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Tech Update

Microsoft Surface Pro With LTE Advanced to Be Available in December

by Loknath Das
written by Loknath Das

Microsoft Surface Pro With LTE Advanced to Be Available in December

HIGHLIGHTS

  • New LTE model will be available in December 2017
  • Its pricing starts at $1,149
  • Original Surface Pro was launched in May this year

Microsoft at its Future Decoded event in London announced its all-new Surface Pro with LTE connectivity. The Redmond giant says that the Microsoft Surface Pro with LTE Advanced model will be available to business customers starting December 2017. Back in May, Microsoft promised LTE model of the Surface Pro to be released by year end.

The new device will support LTE Cat. 9 download speeds and is being marketed as “fastest LTE-enabled laptop in its class.” Microsoft says that the Surface Pro with LTE Advanced supports global connectivity with support of 20 cellular bands and claims the new LTE model has capability of up to 450Mbps download speed.

For pricing, the Microsoft Surface Pro with LTE Advanced will start at $1,149 (roughly Rs. 75,000) for the Intel Core i5 version with 256GB storage and 8GB of RAM. The Intel Core i7 model with 512GB storage and 16GB of RAM will be available at $1,449 (roughly Rs. 94,000).

“The office is no longer restricted to a set of buildings – it’s at home, in a cafe, a city across the globe, or on a plane. With so many changing locations your device becomes your office and many of our customers tell us that’s what their Surface is to them – a mobile office,” said Panos Panay, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Devices in announcement blog post.

The company is also promoting the battery life on the all-new Surface Pro with LTE Advanced model. It expects up to 17 hours of video playback time. The Microsoft Surface Pro was launched back in May this year and was launched at a starting price of $799 (roughly Rs. 52,000). On the specifications front, the new LTE model is identical to the standard Surface Pro except few changes.

To quickly run through the specifications, the Surface Pro features a 12.3-inch PixelSense display with a 165-degree hinge. It runs on Windows 10 Pro and also includes a 30-day Office trial. The Surface Pro also supports next-generation Surface Pen which will be available alongside the device.

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Microsoft Surface Pro

Microsoft Surface Pro

  • KEY SPECS
  • NEWS

Display

12.30-inch

Front Camera

5-megapixel

Resolution

1824×2736 pixels

RAM

8GB

OS

Windows 10

Storage

128GB

Rear Camera

8-megapixel

Also See
  • Microsoft Surface Pro 4 (Silver, 128GB) – SOLD OUT
    Rs.62,490
  • Microsoft Surface Pro 3 (Clear, 128GB, Intel Core i5, Windows 10) 16GB – SOLD OUT
    Rs.100,330
  • Microsoft Surface Pro 3 – SOLD OUT
    Rs.119,500

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