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Micromax Canvas 6 is the latest flagship from Indian company and it features metal unibody design (Source: Shruti Dhapola)
Micromax has announced it will commence registrations for its latest flagship Canvas 6 from May 4. The registrations for Canvas 6 starts on Micromax’s own e-store.
Micromax Canvas 6 comes with full metal unibody design and sports a fingerprint scanner. It comes with fully laminated 5.5-inch IPS display, and is powered by 1.3GHz octa-core MediaTek processor.
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Canon EOS-1D X will stand out for offering 4K video recording at 60/50p and a frame grab option (Source: Canon)
Canon will on Wednesday launch its new flagship DSLR in the professional series, the EOS-1D X Mark II, in India. The successor of the popular EOS-1D X will stand out for offering 4K video recording at 60/50p and a frame grab option.
Andrew Koh, vice president of Canon’s consumer imaging and information centre, said: “This camera is important and symbolic at the same t

Canon EOS-1D X will stand out for offering 4K video recording at 60/50p and a frame grab option (Source: Canon)
Canon will on Wednesday launch its new flagship DSLR in the professional series, the EOS-1D X Mark II, in India. The successor of the popular EOS-1D X will stand out for offering 4K video recording at 60/50p and a frame grab option.
Andrew Koh, vice president of Canon’s consumer imaging and information centre, said: “This camera is important and symbolic at the same t

Micromax Canvas 6 is the latest flagship from Indian company and it features metal unibody design (Source: Shruti Dhapola)
Micromax has announced it will commence pre registrations for its latest flagship Canvas 6 from tomorrow. The pre registrations of Canvas 6 starts on Micromax’s own e-store.
Micromax Canvas 6 comes with full metal unibody design and sports a fingerprint scanner. It comes with fully laminated 5.5-inch IPS display and is powered by 1.3GHz octa-core MediaTek processor.
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Canon EOS-1D X will stand out for offering 4K video recording at 60/50p and a frame grab option (Source: Canon)
Canon will on Wednesday launch its new flagship DSLR in the professional series, the EOS-1D X Mark II, in India. The successor of the popular EOS-1D X will stand out for offering 4K video recording at 60/50p and a frame grab option.
Andrew Koh, vice president of Canon’s consumer imaging and information centre, said: “This camera is important and symbolic at the same t

The Kindle Oasis is different. To start with, it is square. Then it is light, and by light I mean really light if you keep the cover aside.
There is no point talking about the convenience of a Kindle anymore. Everyone who loves reading books owns one or aspires to have one in their hands in the near future. As someone who loves books, but doesn’t get the time to read as many as I want, I can tell you that any Kindle is a convenience. But is there a perfect Kindle? Well Amazon seems to hav

LeEco has announced its first ‘Made for India’ smartphone Le 1s (Eco) with supertainment services
LeEco, the Chinese internet technology company, has announced its first ‘Made for India’ product. At an event earlier today, the company announced Le 1s(Eco) with company’s Supertainment services.
Le 1s(Eco) is not a new smartphone, but can be seen as a software enhanced version of its previous budget offering Le 1s. Le 1s(Eco) will serve as showcase device for company

While the AliPay option has already gone live for users in China, the Paytm integration will go live by the end of the month
Taxi aggregator Uber announced a new partnership with China’s Alipay and India’s Paytm where users in both countries will be able to rides international via these solutions. At present, Indian users need a credit card to pay for rides taken aboard.
While the Alipay option has already gone live for users in China, the Paytm integration will go live by the end o

Paytm, India’s leading mobile wallet, will launch its payment bank by August this year. (Source: Screenshots of the Paytm app)
Mobile payment service Paytm says its payment bank will launch by August, and that the Noida-based company is currently in the middle of submitting its final proposal to the RBI. India’s banking regulator had granted an in-principle ‘payment bank license’ to 11 entities including Reliance Industries, Vodafone, Airtel, Paytm, among others in Augus

Micromax Canvas Mega 2 features a 6-inch qHD display and runs Android 5.0 Lollipop (Source: Micromax)
Micromax Canvas Mega 2 phablet launched with 6-inch qHD display at Rs 7,999. The Canvas Mega 2 is an effort by Micromax to consolidate its portfolio in the phablet segment.
Micromax Canvas Mega 2, powered by 1.3GHz quad-core processor is part of Canvas Mega range. Micromax says it has a market share of over 15 percent in the phablet segment.
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LeEco has announced its first ‘Made for India’ smartphone Le 1s (Eco) with supertainment services
LeEco, the Chinese internet technology company has announced its first ‘Made for India’ product. At an event earlier today, the company announced Le 1s(eco) with company’s supertainment services.
Le 1s(Eco) is not a new smartphone but can be seen as a software enhanced version of its previous budget offering Le 1s. Le 1s(Eco) will serve as showcase device for company&r

The Kindle Oasis is different. To start with, it is square. Then it is light, and by light I mean really light if you keep the cover aside.
There is no point talking about the convenience of a Kindle anymore. Everyone who loves reading books owns one or aspires to have one in their hands in the near future. As someone who loves books, but doesn’t get the time to read as many as I want, I can tell you that any Kindle is a convenience. But is there a perfect Kindle? Well Amazon seems to hav

Google’s new Android keyboard comes with support for one-handed typing and new key borders (Source: Android Police)
Google Keyboard is the most understated app from the Mountain View based company on its Android platform. It sure looks attractive with Material Design, lacks features found on competing keyboard apps.
Google seems to have read all that and is probably fixing that with version 5.0. Google Keyboard v5.0 brings features like one-handed mode and adjustable keyboard height.
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Michael Dell named the new entity as Dell Technologies which will focus on big growth in IT (Source: EMC/Twitter)
Michael Dell announced at the casino capital of the world that the biggest merger in tech history will be called Dell Technologies.
“It has a nice sound to it,” said the chairman and CEO of Dell, which last year announced the $70 billion merger with EMC, at the Venetian Convention Center where he was giving the keynote address at the annual EMC World Conference.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company is really putting energy in India
Apple sees a “huge market potential” for its products in India and the technology giant is “really putting energy” in the country which will begin rolling out high-speed wireless networks this year, CEO Tim Cook said.
“This is another huge one. India will be the most populous country in the world in 2022. India today has about 50 per cent of their population at 25 years of age or younge

Micromax Canvas Mega 2 priced at Rs 7,999 was launched today by the Indian smartphone maker with a six-inch display and long-lasting battery. (Source: Micromax) Indian smartphone maker Micromax on Tuesday launched Micromax Canvas Mega 2 priced at Rs 7,999 was launched today by the Indian smartphone maker with a six-inch display and long-lasting battery.
Micromax Canvas Mega 2 is 4G-LTE enabled with 6-inch qHD display, 3000mAh battery, 8MP rear camera and 5MP front camera, 1.3GHz quad core

Here is an app that tells you what is using up the battery of your mobile device. Carat app has helped over 850,000 users globally of which 41 percent are Android and 59 percent iOS users.
Now, the researchers have launched a new user interface that follows modern application design guidelines and presents battery information in a more intuitive and easy to use manner.
“In addition to the new user interface, we have increased the accuracy of the energy saving recommendations of Carat,&rdqu

Coolpad Note 3 smartphone features custom Cool UI 6.0 based on Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system. (Source: IE) Coolpad Note 3 smartphone, priced at Rs 8,999 has got a price-cut on Amazon India and is now selling at a price of Rs 8,499. Coolpad Note 3 smartphone was launched in October at Rs 8,999 and is one of the cheapest Android smartphones to feature a fingerprint scanner. Coolpad Note 3 smartphone is available in White and Black colour options.
Coolpad Note 3 smartphone features custom

WhatsApp has been blocked in Brazil for 72 hours after a court order.
The popular messaging service WhatsApp went down in Brazil on Monday as a state judge ordered it blocked nationwide for 72 hours amid a legal tussle over users’ information.
WhatsApp’s estimated 100 million Brazilian users suddenly found they were unable to send or receive messages in the early afternoon after Marcel Maia Montalvao, a judge in the small, remote northeastern state of Sergipe, ordered the suspension

Sony SRS-XB3 is a portable wireless speaker with extra bass sound feature (Source: Sony)
Sony has announced the launch of its portable wireless speaker SRS-XB3 in India. The speaker offers one touch wireless listening with Bluetooth and NFC.
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The aircraft began its globe-circling journey last year, and flew from Hawaii to the Silicon Valley last week. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A solar-powered airplane landed in suburban Phoenix Monday night, after a daylong flight from California, the latest leg in its around the world journey using only energy from the sun.
The Swiss-made Solar Impulse 2 arrived in the suburb of Goodyear, just to the southwest of Phoenix, shortly before 9 p.m. PDT.
Pilot Andre Borschberg called the 16-hour trip a &ldq

LeMall website goes live with full access to company products like earphones and bluetooth headphones
LeMall, the official e-commerce platform of Chinese internet company LeEco has gone live in India. The service which launched alongside the debut of its superphones is finally LeEco branded products.
LeEco, with a product lineup spanning smartphones, smart TVs, VR headsets, bikes and even electric sports car is all set to announce its ‘Made for India’ smart device later today.
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LeEco has announced its first ‘Made for India’ smartphone Le 1s (Eco) with supertainment services
LeEco, the Chinese internet technology company has announced its first ‘Made for India’ product. At an event earlier today, the company announced Le 1s(eco) with company’s supertainment services.
Le 1s(Eco) is not a new smartphone but can be seen as a software enhanced version of its previous budget offering Le 1s. Le 1s(Eco) will serve as showcase device for company&r

Australian Craig Wright, long rumoured to be associated with the digital currency Bitcoin, has publicly identified himself as Bitcoins creator Satoshi Nakamoto. This framegrab made available by the BBC on Monday May 2, 2016 shows creator of the Bitcoin, Craig Wright speaking in London. (BBC News via AP)
Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? For many in the tech world, the identity of bitcoin’s elusive creator has been a long-running parlor game. And the speculation might not be over.
Australian entrep

Cook said the company has got “great innovation” in the pipeline and new iPhones that will attract people in markets like India. (Reuters Photo) Apple sees a “huge market potential” for its products in India and the technology giant is “really putting energy” in the country which will begin rolling out high-speed wireless networks this year, CEO Tim Cook said.
“This is another huge one. India will be the most populous country in the world in 2022. India

Varun Malhotra is the founder and CEO of Toronto-based Synergyse, which was launched in 2013 with an aim to teach users how to use Google Apps. (Reuters) Google has acquired a business technology start-up founded by an Indian-origin entrepreneur as part of its plans to scale training offerings for Google Apps to its customers and customers’ users.
Varun Malhotra is the founder and CEO of Toronto-based Synergyse, which was launched in 2013 with an aim to teach users how to use Google Apps.

Varun Malhotra is the founder and CEO of Toronto-based Synergyse, which was launched in 2013 with an aim to teach users how to use Google Apps. (Reuters) Google has acquired a business technology start-up founded by an Indian-origin entrepreneur as part of its plans to scale training offerings for Google Apps to its customers and customers’ users.
Varun Malhotra is the founder and CEO of Toronto-based Synergyse, which was launched in 2013 with an aim to teach users how to use Google Apps.

Use of a mobile phone app that provides supportive texts and an online community may significantly increase the rate of breastfeeding among new mothers, a new study has found.
Women participating in the study began interacting with the MMM app roughly six weeks before their delivery date and continued using it the same length of time after giving birth.
They received five to seven messages to the app as “push notifications” via text each week.
About a quarter of the text messages ask