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“If you forget about the smart bit of the Moto 360, consumers can still opt for it.”
Motorola India on Tuesday unveiled the second generation of its Moto 360 smartwatch. The company has launched five variants of the new Moto 360, priced between Rs 19,999 and Rs 23,999, in size options -42mm and 46mm. In an exclusive interaction with IndianExpress.com, Motorola India GM Amit Boni provides more insights on the new Moto smartwatch. Excerpts.
PHOTOS | Moto 360 (2015): What’s

With health and fitness trackers being the new buzzword in technology, the Indian market has seen the entry of global brands like FitBit and Jawbone followed by the Apple Watch. But homegrown player Goqii is not worried if you believe the company’s founder and CEO, Vishal Gondal, who has global ambitions for his firm.
Goqii’s bands, which start at R2,399, come with options of 3, 6 and 12 months training plans with real-life health coaches providing offline support. According to Gonda

Zebronics BT9900RUCF speakers, which stand tall at 3.5 feet in height and carry a price tag of Rs 16,999, clearly imply that spending on good sound no longer needs the lion’s share of your budget.
Over the last few years, the mobile phone has become part and parcel of many people’s lives. And because of that, music is everywhere too; people tend to listen to their collection of songs stored on their mobile phones. For a change, some people still enjoy listening to their music on thei

Zebronics BT9900RUCF speakers, which stand tall at 3.5 feet in height and carry a price tag of Rs 16,999, clearly imply that spending on good sound no longer needs the lion’s share of your budget.
Over the last few years, the mobile phone has become part and parcel of many people’s lives. And because of that, music is everywhere too; people tend to listen to their collection of songs stored on their mobile phones. For a change, some people still enjoy listening to their music on thei

The iRobot Roomba 870 is the size of a large frying pan and stands about 3.6 inches tall and weighs 3.8 kg.
My first encounter with a robot was the LG HOM-BOT vacuum cleaner a few years back. Strangely, even now the one functional robot you can bring home is a vacuum bot, and they are getting better. iRobot has been a leading player in vacuum cleaning robots in a host of models. While the small Indian market has predominantly been the domain of LG and local players like Milagrow, it seems iRobot

The iRobot Roomba 870 is the size of a large frying pan and stands about 3.6 inches tall and weighs 3.8 kg.
My first encounter with a robot was the LG HOM-BOT vacuum cleaner a few years back. Strangely, even now the one functional robot you can bring home is a vacuum bot, and they are getting better. iRobot has been a leading player in vacuum cleaning robots in a host of models. While the small Indian market has predominantly been the domain of LG and local players like Milagrow, it seems iRobot

Meizu m2 looks and feels like a prized steed that can win any equestrian event. (Snapdeal)
The Meizu m2 looks and feels like a prized steed that can win any equestrian event. Set an obstacle and you will see the m2 clear it without breaking its gallop. The m2 borrows its design liberally from the iPhone and HTC Desire series like an art student putting together a pastiche of classic works. Though it doesn’t set the bar, it has certainly tried to meet the benchmarks in design set by its glo

Xduoo X3 HiFi music player and HIFIman waterline RE400 earphone make a good HD music combo.
Most of us now listen to our music on the smartphone or a wireless device powered by the phone. The average audio quality these days is far superior than what we were ever exposed to but there are those who strive for more and it for these people that HiFi music players and headphones still exist. Here is a combo that works for audiophiles.
Xduoo X3
Price: Rs 9999
The Xduoo X3 is a HiFi music player from

“If you forget about the smart bit of the Moto 360, consumers can still opt for it.”
Motorola India on Tuesday unveiled the second generation of its Moto 360 smartwatch. The company has launched five variants of the new Moto 360, priced between Rs 19,999 and Rs 23,999, in size options -42mm and 46mm. In an exclusive interaction with IndianExpress.com, Motorola India GM Amit Boni provides more insights on the new Moto smartwatch. Excerpts.
PHOTOS | Moto 360 (2015): What’s

Telecom companies such as BSNL, Airtel, Vodafone, RCom and Aircel are offering free talktime to their customers in the city that is witnessing the heaviest rainfall seen in close to a century.
Airtel, whose services have been impacted in certain areas due to power failures by the unprecedented rains and floods, said it will offer talk time credit up to Rs 30 for its prepaid mobile customers. It will also provide free 50MB mobile data with a validity of 2 days to prepaid customers. It added that

Glo is a mobile app platform designed to simplify the way you find and book make-up and hairstyle solutions. Taking the concept of self-book appointments to a new level, Glo is a unique app in India that comes with a promise to give you a good experience by your desired professionals in the comfort of your homes. With women being hard-pressed for time almost always, Glo sounds like an app made in heaven.
Basically, Glo is an easy-to-browse service where you can choose from 18 different looks pro

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg’s pledge to give away the social network’s stock worth $45 billion puts him at the forefront of a philanthropic class that has promised to donate most of their fortunes. (Reuters)
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg’s pledge to give away the social network’s stock worth $45 billion puts him at the forefront of a philanthropic class that has promised to donate most of their fortunes.
The elite list includes three men – Microsoft co-founder B

Vivo Y51 has been launched in China. The pricing of the phone has not been confirmed.
Vivo Y51, a budget smartphone with a 5-inch screen, 2GB RAM has been launched in China. This is dual-SIM smartphone that supports 4G LTE (TDD-LTE) but Vivo has not yet revealed the price of the smartphone.
Vivo Y51 has a 5-inch qHD (960×540 pixels) screen, 2GB RAM, 16GB ROM (expandable to 128 GB via MicroSD) and a quad-core 1.2 Ghz processor.
It has a five mp front camera and an eight mp camera and a 235

Paytm has announced a helpline number, which users can call to get their top ups done. (Source: Paytm)
Keeping in view the communication problems faced by people in Chennai, Paytm has announced an instant recharge of Rs 30.
Paytm has announced a helpline number, which users can call to get their top ups done. Paytm said that users will get a recharge of Rs 30 for free after they call on 18001030033 and share their mobile number.
Several telcos are coming forward to help those affected by heavy

Apple MacBook Air will be revamped with a bigger screen and could be launched in 2016.
Apple MacBook Air could get a design revamp with the thinner, lighter models and the end of the 11-inch screen version altogether, says a new report.
According to a report from come from a Taiwanese publication Economic Daily News, Apple will launch the revamped MacBook Air (a 13 and 15-inch version) at its annual Worldwide Developer Conference next year.
The upgrade won’t just be on the outside, notes

Hike messenger, India’s biggest local messaging app, today announced, that its users are exchanging over 1 billion messages per day, amounting to over 30 billion messages per month.
This number has grown by 50% in a span of 3 months, since the company’s previous announcement of 20 billion message exchanges in August this year.
This upsurge in messaging volume has been observed post launch of latest version of hike, hike 4.0. The latest version came packed with some brand new experien

Apple will redesign its MacBook Air series and launch a thinner iPhone 7, say rumour mills. (Source: Reuters)
Apple iPhone 7 might come without a headphone jack, have a thinner design and be completely waterproof. Well, that’s if you believe all the rumours doing the rounds. In addition to this, Apple will revamp the design of the MacBook Air completely and put an end to the 11-inch Air.
Of course all Apple rumours need to taken with a pinch of salt, given that not most of them do not com

WhatsApp is blocking links to Telegram on its Android app.
WhatsApp appears to be blocking links to rival-messaging app Telegram on Android smartphones, according to reports.
In Telegram, users can create a hyperlink to their Telegram id, which reads as telegram.me/username and invite their friends to chat on the app. While the links are working on WhatsApp’s iOS app, on Android the links are disabled, which means that you can’t tap on them to open the Telegram page.
On Android, the

Goqii Band: The company recently raises 13.4 million in Series A funding.
With health and fitness trackers being the new buzzword in technology, the Indian market has seen the entry of global brands like FitBit and Jawbone followed by the Apple Watch. But homegrown player Goqii is not worried if you believe the company’s founder and CEO Vishal Gondal, who has global ambitions.
Goqii’s bands, which start at Rs 2,399, come with options of 3, 6,12 months training plans with real-life h

Facebook will be opening a data-centre in Taiwan, it’s first in Asia Pacific. (Image source: Reuters)
Facebook is evaluating the possibility of investing T$10 billion ($300 million) to build its first data centre in the Asia-Pacific region in Taiwan, joining Google, an official said on Wednesday.
The centre would require 6 acres (2.43 hectares) of land, with the possibility to expand to 20 acres in the future, according to Magistrate Wei Ming-ku of Changhua County in central Taiwan.
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Google is being accused of invading the privacy of students using laptop computers powered by the Internet company’s Chrome operating system.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, depicts Google as a two-faced opportunist in a complaint filed Tuesday with the Federal Trade Commission. Google disputes the unflattering portrait and says it isn’t doing anything wrong.
The complaint alleges that Google rigged the “Chromebook” computers in a way that enab

Airtel has announced that its prepaid customers will get a talktime of up to Rs 30 with an auto-approval from the company.
As Chennai continues to struggle with unprecedented rains and floods, Airtel has launched several new schemes and benefits to make communication on its network easier.
Airtel has announced that its prepaid customers will get a talktime of up to Rs 30 with an auto-approval from the company. It said that users can avail a free talktime of 10 minutes for talking to other Airte

Apple MacBook Air will be revamped with a bigger screen and could be launched in 2016.
Apple MacBook Air could get a design revamp with the thinner, lighter models and the end of the 11-inch screen version altogether, says a new report.
According to a report from come from a Taiwanese publication Economic Daily News, Apple will launch the revamped MacBook Air (a 13 and 15-inch version) at its annual Worldwide Developer Conference next year.
The upgrade won’t just be on the outside, notes

Apple will redesign its MacBook Air series and launch a thinner iPhone 7, say rumour mills. (Source: Reuters)
Apple iPhone 7 might come without a headphone jack, have a thinner design and be completely waterproof. Well, that’s if you believe all the rumours doing the rounds. In addition to this, Apple will revamp the design of the MacBook Air completely and put an end to the 11-inch Air.
Of course all Apple rumours need to taken with a pinch of salt, given that not most of them do not com

Microsoft’s latest ad actually features Apple employees as well. Here’s how it happened.
Microsoft’s latest commercial released just ahead of the Christmas holiday season, features a special surprise: rival tech company Apple.
Microsoft’s video shows employees from the company’s store, chosen from across US, who come together at the newly opened 5th Ave Store in New York to spread some holiday wishes.
They are joined by a local NYC children’s youth choir, and

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg with his wife Priscilla Chan and their new-born daughter Max.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan announced the birth of their daughter Max earlier today.
The Facebook CEO also wrote a note on the site pledging that he would give away 99 per cent of his shares at the company (worth around $45 billion currently) in charity in the coming years. Below is the full text of his note that was shared on Facebook.
Dear Max,
Your mother and I don’t

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg with his wife Priscilla Chan and their new-born daughter Max.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan announced the birth of their daughter Max earlier today.
The Facebook CEO also wrote a note on the site pledging that he would give away 99 per cent of his shares at the company (worth around $45 billion currently) in charity in the coming years. Below is the full text of his note that was shared on Facebook.
Dear Max,
Your mother and I don’t

Domestic handset maker Lava will invest about Rs 200 crore over 18 months on strengthening its design and testing operations in the country as it aims to make India a major export hub for its handsets in the next few years.
Domestic handset maker Lava will invest about Rs 200 crore over 18 months on strengthening its design and testing operations in the country as it aims to make India a major export hub for its handsets in the next few years.
Currently, the company has a team of about 250 peopl

In this undated photo provided by Mark Zuckerberg, Max Chan Zuckerberg is held by her parents, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Zuckerberg. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife announced the birth of their daughter, Max, as well as plans to donate most of their wealth to a new organization that will tackle a broad range of the world’s ills. (Mark Zuckerberg via AP)
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife announced the birth of their daughter Max as well as plans to donate most of

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife announced the birth of their daughter, Max, as well as plans to donate most of their wealth to a new organization that will tackle a broad range of the world’s ills. (Mark Zuckerberg via AP)
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife announced the birth of their daughter Max as well as plans to donate most of their wealth, or roughly $45 billion, to a new organisation that will tackle a broad range of the world’s ills.
Zuckerberg’s wife

Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Inc is evaluating the possibility of investing T$10 billion ($300 million) to build its first data centre in the Asia-Pacific region in Taiwan, joining Google, an official said on Wednesday.
The centre would require 6 acres (2.43 hectares) of land, with the possibility to expand to 20 acres in the future, according to Magistrate Wei Ming-ku of Changhua County in central Taiwan.
“We’ve made all-out efforts to ensure sufficient supply of water and elect

Google is being accused of invading the privacy of students using laptop computers powered by the Internet company’s Chrome operating system. (Image: Reuters)
Google is being accused of invading the privacy of students using laptop computers powered by the Internet company’s Chrome operating system.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, depicts Google as a two-faced opportunist in a complaint filed Tuesday with the Federal Trade Commission.
Google disputes the u

In this undated photo provided by Mark Zuckerberg, Max Chan Zuckerberg is held by her parents, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Zuckerberg. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife announced the birth of their daughter, Max, as well as plans to donate most of their wealth to a new organization that will tackle a broad range of the world’s ills. (Mark Zuckerberg via AP)
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife announced the birth of their daughter Max as well as plans to donate most of