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Surprise! Indian Smartphone Market Shrinks 7% in 1Q2015, Total Mobile Market Falls by 15%
With smartphone prices coming down steadily over last couple of years, one would imagine that the demand is getting higher. However, it seems that is not the case. According to CMR’s India Monthly Mobile Handsets Market Review, total mobile…
All India Radio Streaming Android App Goes Live [Review]
All India Radio (AIR) announced their new Android application today that will allow users to stream various AIR channels on your smartphone through internet.
Although the announcement was made just yesterday, the application has been…
Xiaomi Ties Up With GadgetWood To Provide Doorstep One-Day Repair & Support Services
One of the biggest gripes that are heard from Xiaomi customers is their lack of after-sales services. Given that Xiaomi is just over year old in India, they have not been able to create a large service centre network, that other brands…
Idea, Vodafone, Airtel, RCom Reduce Roaming Charges Upto 75%!
Indian telecom industry is now slowly but gradually inching towards One Nation One Sim policy which was proposed in 2012. In a latest round of rate cuts, roaming charges have been slashed by India’s top 4 telecom providers: Idea,…
Micromax Entering PC Business & Raising Funds $5B Valuation?
Indian born Micromax, which has recently overtaken Samsung in India and have sold more than a million units in the last 12 months, are now looking for diversification. And the ever green Personal Computer market seems to have caught…
65% Of Smartphone Users Face Network Issues; 48% Can’t Differentiate Between 3G & 2G!
Highlighting the dismal state of mobile connectivity in our country, startling facts have emerged from an Ericsson report on mobile consumer’s insight in India: 60% of users face network connectivity issues, almost on a daily basis, and…
Now Make IRCTC Payments Through Paytm Wallet!
Next time you try to book tickets through IRCTC portal, it will be that much easier for you as you will be able to make payments through Paytm wallet.
Paytm wallet and IRCTC integration happened a few days back, however Paytm…
Cyanogen Ends OnePlus Partnership, Now Seeking Tie-Ups With Other Vendors
Everyone out there would be surprised to know that Cyanogen has decide to end its partnership with OnePlus. At the Global Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing, Kirt McMaster, the CEO of Cyanogen said that, “Without Cyanogen, OnePlus…
Airtel, Idea Profits Surge On High Mobile Data Usage. Low Profits Due To OTTs Theory Debunked
One of the major arguments proposed by telecom players supporting their discriminatory Internet plans was revenues. They claimed that they have invested heavily into telecom infrastructure and due to the OTT players, their revenues are…
Lenovo K80 with 4GB RAM, 4000 mAh Battery Unveiled. Priced Around Rs 17.5k, A Tough Competition For…
It was Asus that released the world’s first 4GB RAM smartphone, and now it’s Lenovo who has done it. Following the footsteps of Asus Zenfone 2 and Xiaomi Mi 4i, which were recently launched on 23rd April, Lenovo has unveiled a…
Landline Making a Comeback? After BSNL, Airtel Announces Free Outgoing Calls on Fixed Lines
It seems that landline is slowly making a comeback in India, as top telecom players have introduced sizzling plans, which can give mobile plans a tough fight.
Airtel has just announced free voice calls to both mobiles and landlines…
Shame! TRAI Makes 1M Net Neutrality Supporter Email IDs Public & Open To Spammers
WOW! TRAI has offered over 10,50,000 email IDs of users all across India to Spammers and advertisers on a platter. The very successful Save the Internet campaign which was created to gather support Net Neutrality campaign may have…
Xiaomi Mi 4i vs Asus Zenfone 2 Launch Event: Who Won The Mega Battle?
Product launches are always special for various reasons; but when a marketer attends one, it’s the ‘brand story’ which becomes more important than the specs.
Few days back, we had shared that Clash of Titans is going to happen in New…
Facebook Launches Hello App, A Truecaller Competitor With Nifty Extras!
Every one gets calls from unknown numbers on their smartphones, and there are apps like Truecaller that help tremendously in identification of such callers. Now, Facebook has thrown their hat in the ring and have come up with a very…
Micromax Crosses Rs 10,000 Cr Revenue in 2014; Sold 10M Mass Market Phones
Micromax is in no mood to slow down, and it’s amazing yet historical upswing continues to soar, despite entry of several Chinese and Taiwanese phone vendors in the Indian market.
At a recent launch of Canvas Spark, Micromax CEO…
Uber Fares Rise Due To Service Tax Addition
In the month of February, 2015, Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister had announced two crucial updates: Service tax would be increased to 14% from 12.36% and inclusion of ‘aggregator based’ services into the service tax net.
During the…
#AirtelPledge, A Pledge To Tame User’s Freedom of Choice? Airtel Clearly Misunderstands Net…
Airtel leadership is clearly concerned and alarmed at the rate at which consumers are voicing their anger against their monopolistic scheme: Airtel Zero, especially after Flipkart pulled out from this evil nexus and declared support for…
WhatsApp Now Has 800M Active Users, 100M Added In Last 3 Months!
WhatsApp growth is not slowing down as many believe, in fact if anything it has online accelerated. WhatsApp numbers are astonishing to say the least. They have now crossed 800 million monthly Active users of which 100 million new users…
Indian-Origin Scientist Unveils World’s First Self-Powered Video Camera
What if you were told that there is no need of power to run a video camera and it can generate power by capturing images? Yes, you heard that right! That’s where today’s technology is getting to.
The world’s fist self-powered video…
Meerkat Finally Coming to Android, Sign-up For Public Beta Now!
The live video streaming app based on Twitter, Meerkat is finally coming to android and beta testers can now sign up to access the public beta version released yesterday. The much-talked-about startup made an official announcement of…