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The USP of Moto G (3rd Gen) is that the smartphone is water-resistant and is immersible up to 3 feet of water for 30 minutes.
Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen) is up for grabs on Flipkart app for Rs 6,999 on exchange offer. The smartphone was originally launched for Rs 11,999 and Rs 12,999 for 8GB and 16GB versions respectively. The exchange offer is available for both- 8GB and 16GB versions- with a price difference of Rs 1,000. Motorola has just announced Android Marshmallow update for Moto G (3rd Gen

Griffin Technology, the American company which designs and manufactures computer peripherals, consumer electronics, and accessories for smartphones and mobile devices, has something new in store for the Apple watch new users.
The users will no more have to depend on the charging cable while travelling.
According to the PCWorld.in, a new Apple watch charger will completely solve the problem of travellers.
The Travel Power Bank, a tiny portable battery with 800 mAh of power, will charge your Apple

Building in pioneer internet ecosystem across content, devices, applications and platforms, Letv, a leading internet conglomerate and technology company, today launched its innovative Le 3D Helmet, LeMe Bluetooth Headphones and Super Cycle, which unfolded a new era of innovation here today.
Introducing the Letv comprehensive ecosystem, the company launched the Le 3D Helmet and Super Cycle along with the LeMe Bluetooth Headphones, offering consumers a breakthrough technology at sustainable pricin

The USP of Moto G (3rd Gen) is that the smartphone is water-resistant and is immersible up to 3 feet of water for 30 minutes.
Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen) is up for grabs on Flipkart app for Rs 6,999 on exchange offer. The smartphone was originally launched for Rs 11,999 and Rs 12,999 for 8GB and 16GB versions respectively. The exchange offer is available for both- 8GB and 16GB versions- with a price difference of Rs 1,000. Motorola has just announced Android Marshmallow update for Moto G (3rd Gen

In November last year, Satya Nadella, the India-born chief of Microsoft, had announced that the company will bring Surface tablets to India soon. Technology giant Microsoft will finally launch its Surface range of tablets in India later this week.
Microsoft is all set to bring its ‘Surface Pro 4’ tablet to India on January seven. This is the first time that the US-based company will officially make Surface available in the Indian market.
In November last year, Satya Nadella, the Ind

Chinese Internet company Letv today said it will introduce its “smart cycle” in India later this year as it looks to tap into the booming demand for smart devices in the country.
Announcing its foray into the Indian market, the company also unveiled two more gadgets – a 3D helmet and bluetooth headphones.
“Our aim is to provide consumers with an exciting and refreshing new alternative of ecosystem based products consisting of platform, content, devices as well as applicat

Jabra Halo Fusion is light-weight and weighs just 21 gms. It provides a powerful wireless stereo sound using bluetooth.
Jabra has announced the launch of its Halo Fusion headphones, which can also be used to receive phone calls by tapping the neckband. The headphones are available at stores like Croma, Reliance Digital and online on Amazon at Rs 3, 799.
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It launched MediaTek MT8581 for Ultra High Definition (4K) Blu-ray players; MT2523 series, for active and fitness smart watches; and MT7697 to bridge Internet of Things (IoT) at home.
MediaTek announced three new systems-on-chip at the ongoing CES 2016. It launched MediaTek MT8581 for Ultra High Definition (4K) Blu-ray players; MT2523 series, for active and fitness smart watches; and MT7697 to bridge Internet of Things (IoT) at home.
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Designed for those who want to be connected on the move with the help of their smart devices, the sleek and elegant Asus ZenWatch 2 is available in two sizes – 1.63 (WI501Q) and 1.45 (WI502Q) priced at Rs 11,999 and Rs 14,999 respectively. After a string of successes with its ZenFone range in 2015, ASUS in India on Tuesday launched two variants of its ZenWatch 2 on Flipkart – the 1.63 (WI501Q) and 1.45 (WI502Q) watches are priced at Rs 14,999 and Rs 11,999.
Designed for those who wa

Lenovo K4 Note smartphone is priced at Rs 11,999 and features 3GB RAM, octa-core processor, 16GB internal memory, 13 MP rear and 5 MP front camera and 3,300 mAh battery. Lenovo today launched a new smartphone Vibe K4 Note equipped with its new TheaterMax feature, based on Virtual Reality technology, priced at Rs 11,999. The device will be available from January 19 through a flash sale model on eCommerce portal Amazon.in bundled with a VR Headset (Rs 12,499).
The TheaterMax feature converts any

While Oculus “Rift” — a Virtual Reality (VR) device — is set for a launch in the first quarter of this year, Facebook has decided to delay the launch of touch controllers till later in 2016.
Ahead of International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) — a four-day event to be held from January 6 in Las Vegas, the social media website announced through its Oculus blog that its touch controllers will be delayed till the second half of 2016.
Also, the company announced that

China’s commerce regulator on Tuesday launched a further probe into Microsoft’s alleged anti-monopoly case, in a display of the country’s latest effort to enforce its Anti-Monopoly Law.
State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) task force launched an inquiry for Microsoft to clarify major problems found in electronic data during the probe, Xinhua reported.
The company needs to submit a complete explanation after the inquiry, the SAIC said in a statement.
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Toyota is adopting Ford’s open-source smartphone app interface software- SmartDeviceLink. (Source: Ford)
Toyota is adopting Ford’s open-source smartphone app interface software- SmartDeviceLink. SmartDeviceLink is an open-source software that provides users an easy access to their smartphone apps using voice commands. Automotive suppliers QNX Software Systems and UIEvolution also plan to integrate the software into their products.
Companies will be able to increase the number of app

Facebook is ready with a contingency plan should Google ever pull its Android app from the Play Store, according to a media report.
Facebook and Google are at odds with each other given their competing ad and search interests, but according to sources, the world’s largest social network is ready if things ever really go down the tubes, engadget.com reported on Tuesday.
To begin with, Facebook would replicate many of the services that one gets through Google Play-enabled apps, like in-app p

tart-up electric car venture Faraday Future on Monday previewed a technology-heavy concept race car it hopes to develop into a range of connected vehicles.
Start-up electric car venture Faraday Future on Monday previewed a technology-heavy concept race car it hopes to develop into a range of connected vehicles that can challenge luxury rivals like Tesla and Audi in the growing global market for non-gasoline cars.
The California-based company, which has backing from Chinese billionaire Jia Yueti

Toyota is adopting Ford’s open-source smartphone app interface software- SmartDeviceLink. (Source: Ford)
Toyota is adopting Ford’s open-source smartphone app interface software- SmartDeviceLink. SmartDeviceLink is an open-source software that provides users an easy access to their smartphone apps using voice commands. Automotive suppliers QNX Software Systems and UIEvolution also plan to integrate the software into their products.
Companies will be able to increase the number of app

Lenovo K4 Note will come with 5.5-inch full HD display, 3GB RAM and dual front Dolby stereo speakers (Source: Lenovo)
Lenovo K4 Note, the successor of the popular Lenovo K3 Note has been launched in India today. The Lenovo K3 Note was a disruptive budget smartphone that set the sub-Rs 10,000 market on fire.
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Lenovo K4 Note along with ANT VR headset costs Rs 12,499. The combo will be up for its first flash sale on January 19 on Amazon.in.
Lenovo today unveiled its K4 Note smartphone, successor of its highly successful K3 Note. With this launch, Lenovo has clearly stated its intention to offer superior overall experience at a competitive price. The K4 Note takes multimedia experience to the next level by integrating Dolby Atmos powered dual front speakers, TheaterMax cinematic experience along with t

Lenovo K4 Note along with ANT VR headset costs Rs 12,499. The combo will be up for its first flash sale on January 19 on Amazon.in.
Lenovo today unveiled its K4 Note smartphone, successor of its highly successful K3 Note. With this launch, Lenovo has clearly stated its intention to offer superior overall experience at a competitive price. The K4 Note takes multimedia experience to the next level by integrating Dolby Atmos powered dual front speakers, TheaterMax cinematic experience along with t

Lenovo K4 Note along with ANT VR headset costs Rs 12,499. The combo will be up for its first flash sale on January 19 on Amazon.in.
Lenovo today unveiled its K4 Note smartphone, successor of its highly successful K3 Note. With this launch, Lenovo has clearly stated its intention to offer superior overall experience at a competitive price. The K4 Note takes multimedia experience to the next level by integrating Dolby Atmos powered dual front speakers, TheaterMax cinematic experience along with t

Lenovo K4 Note along with ANT VR headset costs Rs 12,499. The combo will be up for its first flash sale on January 19 on Amazon.in.
Lenovo today unveiled its K4 Note smartphone, successor of its highly successful K3 Note. With this launch, Lenovo has clearly stated its intention to offer superior overall experience at a competitive price. The K4 Note takes multimedia experience to the next level by integrating Dolby Atmos powered dual front speakers, TheaterMax cinematic experience along with t

Lenovo K4 Note along with ANT VR headset costs Rs 12,499. The combo will be up for its first flash sale on January 19 on Amazon.in.
Lenovo today unveiled its K4 Note smartphone, successor of its highly successful K3 Note. With this launch, Lenovo has clearly stated its intention to offer superior overall experience at a competitive price. The K4 Note takes multimedia experience to the next level by integrating Dolby Atmos powered dual front speakers, TheaterMax cinematic experience along with t

Lenovo K4 Note along with ANT VR headset costs Rs 12,499. The combo will be up for its first flash sale on January 19 on Amazon.in.
Lenovo today unveiled its K4 Note smartphone, successor of its highly successful K3 Note. With this launch, Lenovo has clearly stated its intention to offer superior overall experience at a competitive price. The K4 Note takes multimedia experience to the next level by integrating Dolby Atmos powered dual front speakers, TheaterMax cinematic experience along with t

Lenovo K4 Note will come with 5.5-inch full HD display, 3GB RAM and dual front Dolby stereo speakers (Source: Lenovo)
Lenovo K4 Note, the successor of the popular Lenovo K3 Note has been launched in India today. The Lenovo K3 Note was a disruptive budget smartphone that set the sub-Rs 10,000 market on fire.
The Lenovo K4 Note has undergone some design changes. Lenovo K4 Note has retained the 5.5-inch Full HD display seen on its predecessor, but Lenovo has already hinted on a far superior panel

Lenovo K4 Note along with ANT VR headset costs Rs 12,499. The combo will be up for its first flash sale on January 19 on Amazon.in.
Lenovo today unveiled its K4 Note smartphone, successor of its highly successful K3 Note. With this launch, Lenovo has clearly stated its intention to offer superior overall experience at a competitive price. The K4 Note takes multimedia experience to the next level by integrating Dolby Atmos powered dual front speakers, TheaterMax cinematic experience along with t

As the national capital confronts the rising air pollution with Odd-Even vehicle rationing scheme, the Helpchat mobile application has launched a new feature to track the air quality in the atmosphere.
This app will help the people protect themselves from pollution. It also monitors the air in the surrounding environment and delivers a personalised air-quality update.
The company confirmed that it has started pollution alert in over 40 Indian cities.
“We have got basic data from the Centra

Professional networking platform LinkedIn today appointed Akshay Kothari as Country Manager for India, with immediate effect.
India has one of the largest userbase for LinkedIn, which has more than 400 million members globally.
Kothari replaces Nishant Rao, who quit the company in October last year to join cloud-based customer support software firm Freshdesk as its Chief Operating Officer.
Kothari will report to Olivier Legrand, LinkedInu2019s Managing Director for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region

Microsoft Corp’s latest operating system, Windows 10, is running on 200 mn devices as reported by the company. According to a statement by the company, this is the fastest adoption rate of any of its operating systems.
Windows 10, which the company released as a free download in July, powers both personal computers and devices like phones. It replaced Windows 8, the heavily criticized system dating from 2012.
“I would characterize this as white hot adoption out of the gate,” sa

Lenovo Vibe S1 Lite is a $199 version of Vibe S1 with slightly slower processor and lesser RAM (Source: Lenovo)
In the recent times CES has not been much about smartphone but Lenovo has bucked the trend this time. The Chinese smartphone major has announced Vibe S1 Lite smartphone at $199, expected to go on sale in early 2016.
The Lenovo Vibe S1 Lite comes with very basic innards compared to Vibe S1 which was launched last year.
The Lenovo Vibe S1 Lite comes with a 5-inch Full HD display same as

Muzik, a high-end headphone startup, is coming up with a new device that will allow users to control the tunes they are listening to by swiping on buttons on the device and share them with social websites.
Muzik said that it has raised $18 million over a couple of years, and Twitter is one of several investors – this being Twitter Venture arm first investment in hardware, recode.net reported on Monday.
Muzik makes wireless headphones that give users the ability to control the tunes they ar

Letv, the leading Internet conglomerate is scheduled to hold its first select preview event in India and is expected to launch some of its exciting products in the market here today.
Industry sources are hinting that Letv’s is all set to launch its highly anticipated Superphones, which have been a global success, while no such official confirmation has come from the company.
Letv has a slew of innovative products, from Superphones to Super TV to Super Cycles to exciting ecosystem based pro

Microsoft says more than 200 million computers running on Windows 10 (Source: Nandagopal Rajan)
Microsoft Corp’s latest operating system, Windows 10, is running on 200 million devices in what the company said was the fastest adoption rate of any of its operating systems.
Windows 10, which the company released as a free download in July, powers both personal computers and devices like phones. It replaced Windows 8, the heavily criticized system dating from 2012.
Just over two months ago, C

Lenovo Vibe S1 Lite is a $199 version of Vibe S1 with slightly slower processor and lesser RAM (Source: Lenovo)
In the recent times CES has not been much about smartphone but Lenovo has bucked the trend this time. The Chinese smartphone major has announced Vibe S1 Lite smartphone at $199, expected to go on sale in early 2016.
The Lenovo Vibe S1 Lite comes with very basic innards compared to Vibe S1 which was launched last year.
The Lenovo Vibe S1 Lite comes with a 5-inch Full HD display same as

Lenovo K4 Note will come with 5.5-inch full HD display, 3GB RAM and dual front Dolby stereo speakers (Source: Lenovo)
Lenovo K4 Note, the successor of the popular Lenovo K3 Note, will be launched in India today. The Lenovo K3 Note was a disruptive budget smartphone that set the sub-Rs 10,000 market on fire.
The Lenovo K4 Note is expected to see some design changes. It seems Lenovo is planning to drop that rectangular block like design in favour of more sober looking Vibe series like design.
Len

tart-up electric car venture Faraday Future on Monday previewed a technology-heavy concept race car it hopes to develop into a range of connected vehicles.
Start-up electric car venture Faraday Future on Monday previewed a technology-heavy concept race car it hopes to develop into a range of connected vehicles that can challenge luxury rivals like Tesla and Audi in the growing global market for non-gasoline cars.
The California-based company, which has backing from Chinese billionaire Jia Yueti

The Lenovo Vibe S1 Lite comes with 16GB of in-built storage which is expandable up to 128GB via microSD card. (Source: website) Chinese smartphone maker Lenovo at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas announced the launch of Vibe S1 Lite dual-SIM smartphone, priced at $199 price. The phone is expected to go on sale in early 2016.
Here are 5 things to know about the smartphone:
Lenovo Vibe S1 Lite sports a 5-inch Full HD display.
The smartphone is powered by 1.3GHz octa-core MediaTek process

The ultimate success of Windows 10 will be judged by the take-up rate among businesses. (Reuters) Microsoft Corp’s latest operating system, Windows 10, is running on 200 million devices in what the company said was the fastest adoption rate of any of its operating systems.
Windows 10, which the company released as a free download in July, powers both personal computers and devices like phones. It replaced Windows 8, the heavily criticized system dating from 2012.
Just over two months ago,