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Reliance Industries Limited Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani and his wife Nita at the event.
Reliance Jio Infocomm, the telecom venture of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Sunday launched its 4G services for its employees in what is seen as a soft launch before these services are expected to be rolled out early next year.
4G, or fourth generation services offers significantly faster data transfer speeds on wireless networks and enables high definition voice and real time video confe

Huawei Honor 7 set to receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow update within 48 hours once users register (Source: Debashis Sarkar)
Honor India has announced Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for Honor 7 smartphone. The update will be available for all Honor 7 users who register for the OTA update.
All Honor 7 users need to register by providing their device IMEI no and current software version. Honor says the Android Marshmallow OTA update will reach their device in 24-48 hours from the time of registrati

As consumers buy more smartwatches, activity trackers, holographic headsets, and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices, the need for improved security on these devices will become more pressing. According to a recent Gartner report, by 2020 close to 30 billion connected things will be in use across a wide range of industries and the IoT will touch every role across the enterprise. There’s no doubt the market for Internet of Things-ready devices is growing but it is still very fragmented,

Digital technologies and applications being adopted in the personal space are invading the professional work space thus making it imperative for organisations to rethink the role and interfaces of HR function with the employees. Unlike in the past when the enterprises were the sole owners of expensive technologies and knowhow to use them, consumers today are empowered due the focus of innovation in technology and applications around their needs. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult to

Use X digital wallet and get 10% cashback—a sentence we have become familiar with in our smartphone-dependent lives. In India, the options are limitless when it comes to choosing a digital wallet; there is Paytm, the biggest player in the market claiming 100 million users, followed by rivals MobiKwik and FreeCharge and newcomers like PayUMoney and Oxigen.
But the digital wallet is morphing beyond recharges or pay-for-everything, from online food delivery to cab rides and even booking a new

Reliance Industries Limited Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani and his wife Nita at the event.
On the eve of Reliance founder chairman Dhirubhai Ambani’s 83rd birthday anniversary, Telecom arm of RIL, Reliance Jio today launched 4G service for its employees under Jio brand name.
“I want all of you to take 5 things back: digital life, connected intelligence, Jio life, Jio together and Why Jio? Because life is going digital. Let me now welcome Jio,” Reliance Indus

Reliance Jio to launch 4G services for its employees today with free subscripion offers
Reliance Jio is gearing up for the mega launch event of its 4G service for its employees with offers like free subscription till commercial roll out and steep discount on handsets.
“For the first time in India’s corporate history, an employee launch will see 35,000 strong attending the event at the venue itself. Over 1 lakh employees would attend an event on physical and virtual platforms wh

Huawei Honor 7 set to receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow update within 48 hours once users register (Source: Debashis Sarkar)
Honor India has announced Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for Honor 7 smartphone. The update will be available for all Honor 7 users who register for the OTA update.
All Honor 7 users need to register by providing their device IMEI no and current software version. Honor says the Android Marshmallow OTA update will reach their device in 24-48 hours from the time of registrati

Net Neutrality debate in India: TRAI has said it is looking to solve the issues “part-by-part” and also aiming to come up with the final guidelines based on the views received from different stakeholders, by early 2016.
As the debate over the Net Neutrality resurfaces, telecom regulator TRAI has said it is looking to solve the issues “part-by-part” and also aiming to come up with the final guidelines based on the views received from different stakeholders, by early 2016.

LG will launch three new ultrawide monitors, two new 4K displays and lightweight Gram laptop (Source: LG)
At CES 2016, LG will finally take wraps off its extremely lightweight Gram laptop running Windows 10. The LG Gram laptop is a 15.6-inch machine weighing just 980 grams. It will take the crown of being the lightest 15-inch laptop in the world.
The LG Gram will be powered by sixth gen Intel Core processors. For comparison, Apple’s 12-inch Macbook weighs 920 grams while the 13-inch Macbo

Net Neutrality debate in India: TRAI has said it is looking to solve the issues “part-by-part” and also aiming to come up with the final guidelines based on the views received from different stakeholders, by early 2016.
As the debate over the Net Neutrality resurfaces, telecom regulator TRAI has said it is looking to solve the issues “part-by-part” and also aiming to come up with the final guidelines based on the views received from different stakeholders, by early 2016.

Hike introduces its biggest update ever for Windows Phone platform with file sharing support and easier navigation
India’s first home-grown messaging platform on Thursday announced the launch of hike 3.5 version for phones on the Windows Phone 8.1 operating system.
The update brought Windows Phone 8.1 users a host of hike’s most popular and much wanted features like new user interface and file sharing.
“Windows is our 2nd largest platform by users and they have been eagerly wa

This was a year in which smartphones started becoming cheaper, more powerful and were finally able to add the battery power that users wanted. While the focus was all on smartphones, the gadget everyone is interested in, in the first IndianExpress.com tech awards we will also look back at the other gadgets that impressed us. For now, here’s our list of top smartphones for 2015.Apple iPhone 6s Plus is our winner for the top smartphone of the year 2015.
Best smartphone: Apple iPhone 6s

Email is what defines work for many of us and managing it can be a pain point, especially on smartphones. However there are apps that can seamlessly manage emails, keep a tab on important meetings, and remind us of things that need to be done.
Outlook, Inbox, CloudMagic, Cisco Spark are just a few top apps designed for professionals, with options to sync in calendars, phone contacts and more. Here’s a quick look at these apps and what they offer.
OutlookOutlook works very well for iOS user

AIB’s latest video: Save The Internet 3 points out why Facebook’s Free Basics is violating net neutrality.
As Facebook continues its campaign to defend Free Basics platform in India, comedy-group AIB has put out a new video defining the problems with this zero-rating app. AIB first made a video explaining Net Neutrality in April when the issue had gained interest on social media in light of Airtel’s zero-rating platform.
The latest AIB video called Saving the Internet 3,