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Instant messaging app Jio Chat is now available across nine countries: Canada, United States of America (USA), United Kingdom (UK), United Arab Emirates (UAE), South Africa, Singapore, Australia, China and India.
One can access this application through any internet enabled smartphone (currently available on iOS and Google Playstore) over any data network.
“We are excited to launch our services in eight other countries apart from India as it will help in boosting our international presence

ZTE Blade A1 is powered by quad-core MediaTek MT6735 processor, has 2GB RAM and 16GB internal storage, which is expandable.
ZTE will launch its Blade A1 smartphone in China on December 11, a GSMArena report said. The phone is priced at CNY 599 and is the cheapest smartphone that comes with a fingerprint scanner.
ZTE Blade A1 has a glossy plastic back and features a 5-inch 720p display. It has a 13MP rear camera with LED flash and an 8MP front camera. It runs on Android Lollipop 5.1 and ZTE&rsqu

Instant messaging app Jio Chat is now available across nine countries: Canada, United States of America (USA), United Kingdom (UK), United Arab Emirates (UAE), South Africa, Singapore, Australia, China and India.
One can access this application through any internet enabled smartphone (currently available on iOS and Google Playstore) over any data network.
“We are excited to launch our services in eight other countries apart from India as it will help in boosting our international presence

Idea Cellular today announced that it will roll out its own 3G services in Delhi starting December 5. The telco claims that its “super highway 3G network is built on the most efficient 900 MHz spectrum band.”
The new 3G service will be powered by a data network of 2,500 3G cell sites and 5,000 modernised 2G sites. Before this launch, Idea has signed 3G Intra Circle Roaming Agreements (ICRA) with Vodafone and Airtel to offer 3G services to their subscribers.
“Idea’s first

Facebook users would be able to save videos to their timeline and can stay there unless they choose to delete them.
Facebook has rolled out a live video streaming test for all its users, four months after introducing the feature for celebrities and other high-profile users, a media report said.
Following a small test on Thursday, Facebook users will be able to use a redesigned status menu to select “live video”, The Verge reported.
As on earlier entrants Meerkat and Periscope, Faceb

This is how Chennai looked from the skies in 1990
For those of you wondering if Chennai floods is the result of a natural calamity driven by the el Nino or a manmade disaster that could have been avoided, here is something to ponder over. The satellite images of Chennai captured between 1984 and 2012 show how the city has change, maybe for the the worse.This is how Chennai looked in 2010, more brown than green.
As the video from the Google Time-lapse project moves through the years, y

Gionee has ensured that the Marathon M5 is not just all about its massive 6,020 mAh battery. It is a complete package in itself.
Until now, the Marathon series of smartphones from Gionee focused entirely on providing bigger batteries. They were first to introduce a smartphone with a massive 5,000 mAh battery in the form of Marathon M3, last year. The Marathon M4, launched a couple of months back, was a minor upgrade. However, the latest Marathon M5 is an all-rounder.
Gionee has ensured that the

Gionee has ensured that the Marathon M5 is not just all about its massive 6,020 mAh battery. It is a complete package in itself.
Until now, the Marathon series of smartphones from Gionee focused entirely on providing bigger batteries. They were first to introduce a smartphone with a massive 5,000 mAh battery in the form of Marathon M3, last year. The Marathon M4, launched a couple of months back, was a minor upgrade. However, the latest Marathon M5 is an all-rounder.
Gionee has ensured that the

Google CEO Sundar Pichai will visit India later this month, his first trip to India after taking over as the head of one of the world’s largest technology companies.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai will visit India later this month, his first trip to India after taking over as the head of one of the world’s largest technology companies. While the India-born CEO is expected to meet President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the real reason behind his visit will be

Google CEO Sundar Pichai will visit India later this month, his first trip to India after taking over as the head of one of the world’s largest technology companies.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai will visit India later this month, his first trip to India after taking over as the head of one of the world’s largest technology companies. While the India-born CEO is expected to meet President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Google will also host a special event with th

Sundar Pichai, 43-year-old alumnus of IIT-Kharagpur had met Narendra Modi in September during the Prime Minister’s visit to the Silicon Valley in September.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai will visit India later this month, his first trip to India after taking over as the head of one of the world’s largest technology companies. While the India-born CEO is expected to meet President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the real reason behind his visit will be the laun

Google CEO Sundar Pichai will visit India later this month, his first trip to India after taking over as the head of one of the world’s largest technology companies.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai will visit India later this month, his first trip to India after taking over as the head of one of the world’s largest technology companies. While the India-born CEO is expected to meet President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the real reason behind his visit will be

Huawei Enjoy 5S runs on Android Lollipop 5.1 and Huawei’s Emotion UI 3.1.
Chinese smartphone maker Huawei has launched a mid-budget smartphone, Enjoy 5S in China. The smartphone has a full-metal body.
It dual-SIM phone features a 5-inch display with pixel density of 1280×720. It comes with a fingerprint scanner at the back. The smartphone has a 13MP rear camera with LED flash and a 5MP front camera.
It is powered by 1.5Ghz MediaTek’s MT6753T 64-bit octa-core processor and has

This is how Chennai looked from the skies in 1990
For those of you wondering if Chennai floods is the result of a natural calamity driven by the el Nino or a manmade disaster that could have been avoided, here is something to ponder over. The satellite images of Chennai captured between 1984 and 2012 show how the city has change, maybe for the the worse.This is how Chennai looked in 2010, more brown than green.
As the video from the Google Time-lapse project moves through the years, y

BlueStacks 2 spans mobile, PC and TV; and brings with it several new features and a new browser-like interface.
BlueStacks announced that the company has crossed 109 million app downloads with its Android user base becoming the 9th largest globally. It also launched BlueStacks 2, a mobile gaming platform.
BlueStacks 2 spans mobile, PC and TV; and brings with it several new features and a new browser-like interface. With BlueStacks 2, players will now have options to marry gameplay and app disco

MFI cable supports high-speed data transfers at up to 480mbps and can be used for charging as well as syncing devices.
Advent, the mobile accessories company has launched MFI lightning cable for Apple devices at Rs 900. The cable is Apple certified and compatible with all its devices.
MFI cable supports high-speed data transfers at up to 480mbps and can be used for charging as well as syncing devices. It can be used with iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 5 all models, iPad Air, iPad Mini etc. It

Sundar Pichai, 43-year-old alumnus of IIT-Kharagpur had met Narendra Modi in September during the Prime Minister’s visit to the Silicon Valley in September.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai will visit India later this month, his first trip to India after taking over as the head of one of the world’s largest technology companies. While the India-born CEO is expected to meet President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the real reason behind his visit will be the laun

Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan with their daughter Max/ AP
With a lot of people questioning his decision to set aside 99 per cent of his Facebook shares for philanthropy work, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has come out with a clarification of how he plans to spend the money.
“Our initial focus areas are personalised learning, curing disease, connecting people and building strong communities. We’ve already made many investments over the past five years in these ar

Gionee has ensured that the Marathon M5 is not just all about its massive 6,020 mAh battery. It is a complete package in itself.
Until now, the Marathon series of smartphones from Gionee focused entirely on providing bigger batteries. They were first to introduce a smartphone with a massive 5,000 mAh battery in the form of Marathon M3, last year. The Marathon M4, launched a couple of months back, was a minor upgrade. However, the latest Marathon M5 is an all-rounder.
Gionee has ensured that the

Vodafone India Managing Director and CEO Sunil Sood said the service is improving in the national capital and every week, the company is adding 20-30 sites in Delhi.
Vodafone India said it has invested Rs 500 crore in the last six months on network optimisation and putting additional mobile sites in Delhi for resolving the call drop problem.
“We have invested around Rs 500 crore in capital expenditure in Delhi for network set up and optimisation. In the last one month, 160 sites have

India has the second-largest base of Facebook users globally (after the US). Of the 138 million people on Facebook in India, more than half are connected to at least one small business in the country. (Reuters)
Social media giant Facebook, which has over two million Indian small and medium businesses (SMBs) on its platform, has set up a SME Council to help small ventures from various industries share feedback and discuss ideas around leveraging technology to grow their enterprise.
This is the se

Yahoo Messenger Revamped: The new Yahoo messenger, which is now available for mobile, web and on Yahoo Mail also allows unsend text messages as well as photos. (Source: IE photos)
Yahoo Messenger Revamped: Yahoo Messenger has launched a new version for mobile, web and Yahoo mail. The new version of Yahoo Messenger makes sharing, unsending and liking messages, photos and animated GIFs easy and fast. It is available globally in the Apple App Store and Google Play as well as on the web.
The new Yah

Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday that 99 percent of the stock they hold in Facebook would go toward the philanthropic project over their lifetimes. At the stock’s current price, that stake is worth $45 billion. (PTI)
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday he and his wife would receive no tax benefit from setting up their new philanthropic endeavor as a limited liability company and hinted at the types of efforts it would support.
In a post on his Facebook page, he wro

Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday that 99 percent of the stock they hold in Facebook would go toward the philanthropic project over their lifetimes. At the stock’s current price, that stake is worth $45 billion. (PTI)
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday he and his wife would receive no tax benefit from setting up their new philanthropic endeavor as a limited liability company and hinted at the types of efforts it would support.
In a post on his Facebook page, he wro

Salman Khan, founder and CEO of Khan Academy. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
Khan Academy, a US-based non-profit organisation and an e-learning website, launched a Hindi version Thursday at the India Habitat Centre.
The brainchild of MIT graduate Salman (Sal) Khan, the academy currently caters to over 3.3 crore students in 190 countries, with the assistance of 13 lakh registered educators. The academy claims to have answered 440 crore academic questions till date.
“We are hugely motivate