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Flipkart has announced that the fourth edition of Big Billion Days sale will be held between September 20th and 24th, 2017, which few weeks early unlike earlier Big Billion Days sales. This year’s sale is powered by Jio. Flipkart said that the sale will offer unique & exclusive selection across 80+ categories with several exclusive partnerships with leading brands and will also have financing programs such as No Cost EMI, Product Exchange, Buy Back Guarantee and Buy Now Pay Later along with special offers for SBI Debit & Credit card holders. Flipkart will also offer option to choose EMIs on debit cards across top banks in the country for the first time. Flipkart said that it will offer up to 90% off on products across all categories. Flipkart said that it will also have  more engaging customer interface, and a reliable, speedy delivery and installation service. Regarding the Big Billion Days Sale, Kalyan Krishnamurthy, CEO, Flipkart said: The

Samsung just sent out invites for the launch of its flagship Galaxy Note8 smartphone in India on September 12th, the same day as the Apple iPhone 8 event. The phone comes with a 6.3-inch Quad HD+ Infinity Display and comes with 12-megapixel primary camera with f/1.7 aperture and wide-angle lens and a 12-megapixel secondary camera with f/2.4 aperture and telephoto lens offering 2x optical zoom and OIS for both. It has Iris scanner, fingerprint sensor as well as heart rate monitor, similar to the predecessor and is also water resistant up to 1.5 meters of water for 30 minutes with IP68 ratings. It also has Bixby assistant that was first introduced with the S8 series and also has a dedicated Bixby hardware button. It also has an improved S Pen stylus with finer tip, improved pressure sensitivity and several new S Pen features. Samsung Galaxy Note8 specifications 6.3-inch Quad HD+ (2960 × 1440 pixels) Super AMOLED Infinity display with 522ppi, 18.5:

Lava has launched Helium 14, its first Windows 10 laptop in the new Helium series. It has a 14.1-inch 1080p display, is powered by a quad-core Intel x5-Z8350 processor, has 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, which is expandable with microSD. Lava Helium 14 specifications 14.1-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD LED Backlit TN display 1.44 GHz quad-core Intel x5-Z8350 processor (Turbo Boost up to 1.92GHz) with Intel HD Graphics 2GB LPDDR3 RAM, 32GB eMMC, expandable up to 128GB with microSD card slot Windows 10 Home OS 2 Megapixel HD Webcam 3.5mm headphone out, Dual Speakers Dimensions: 333 x 220 x 19.4 mm; Weight: 1.45 kg WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, 1 x USB 3.0, 1 x USB 2.0, 1 x Mini HDMI Port 10000mAh Lithium Polymer Battery with up to 9 hours of battery life The Lava Helium 14 comes in Silver and Purple colors, is priced at Rs. 14,999 and is available exclusively from Flipkart online and will also available at select retail stores and other mult

Google had announced three new features for Photos at the I/O 2017 conference that are aimed at making sharing easy. Google has now started rolling out suggested sharing, shared albums to Android, iOS and Web. Suggested sharing uses machine learning to automatically identify photos and suggest recipients. For example you if you have few photos of a friend from his birthday party, Google will suggest you to send those photos to that friend. Users can also search for photos to share by keyword, location, or name. All the sharing activities and suggestions will be seen in a new Sharing tab at the bottom of the screen. You can share directly in the app or via email or phone. Up next, Google Photos is getting Shared Libraries that lets you automatically send and receive photos with one other person by giving them access to your full photo library. You can also share only photos of certain people or from a certain date forward. Similarly, when others share th

Amazon just announced that its 30-hour Prime Day sale for its Prime members is on July 11th. The sale starts from 6PM on July 10th and ends at 12AM on July 11th. During the sale there will be exclusive deals on several products, new launches from Honor, Lego, GAP and several other brands (more brands will be revealed on July 5th). Amazon will also be offering 20% cashback (maximum Rs. 200) when you pay Rs. 500 or more using Amazon Pay, 15% cashback (Up to Rs. 2000) on purchases worth Rs. 5,000 or more using HDFC Debit or credit cards. It is also offering Rs. 750 off on domestic return flight bookings of Rs. 5,000 on MakeMyTrip, instant discount of Rs. 200 or 50% (lower of the two) on movie ticket bookings on BookMyShow and  instant discount of Rs. 150 on food home delivery bookings of Rs. 450 or more on Swiggy.in. You can also stand a chance to win an international beach holiday. Amazon will reveal the deals on July 9th, a day before the sale starts. Yo

Amazon is planning to launch its Echo speaker with Alexa voice assistant in India by the end of this year, according to a new report from ET . Citing two people aware of the development, the report further stated that it has already begun testing its products through select company executives and analysts. Earlier in February, a separate report had said that Amazon is “putting together content and localising the service”. The speakers will initially be launched with an English interface following which it will be able to respond commands in regional Indian languages including Marathi, Tamil and Hindi. A multilingual interface is being developed at Amazon’s Chennai facility. With Amazon Echo smart speaker, users will be able to order a cab, play their favorite music, check the weather and more. For online purchases, Alexa will link to the company’s online marketplace. Talking about the price, the report says, Amazon will offer an attractive pricing for the

OnePlus launched its flagship OnePlus 5 smartphone in India yesterday, which will be available Amazon.in and OnePlus Store from June 27th starting at Rs. 32999, after the early access sale yesterday. But the company has started selling accessories for the smartphone on its OnePlus online store. OnePlus 5 3D Tempered Glass Screen Protector  – Rs. 990 OnePlus 5 Protective Case Sandstone – Rs. 990 OnePlus 5 Protective Case Ebony Wood / Karbon / Rosewood – Rs. 1,490 OnePlus 5 Karbon Bumper Case – Rs. 1,990 Otterbox Case for OnePlus 5 – Rs. 1,990 OnePlus 5 Flip Cover- Rs. 1,290 OnePlus 5 Silicone Protective Case Red / Black – Rs. 1,290 OnePlus also sells some cases as a bundle along with OnePlus Bullets V2 headset or Charger and cable at a discounted rate. Some are out of stock currently, but these are expected to be available from next week. You can check out all the accessories on OnePlus Online Store .

We have used certain numbers that start with * (Star) and ends with # (hash) to check our remaining data, Balance, offers and other services. The specific number or code is called USSD a.k.a Unstructured Supplementary Service Data. This acts as a platform for mobile phone and computer software of a service provider companies for sending and receiving text messages. Today, in this article we have listed the USSD codes and SMS codes for Airtel network, that might help you, when you want to check your Balance, start/stop service and much more.                 USSD Code Functions 121            Airtel Customer Care Number 198            Airtel Complaint Number                       *123#           Airtel Balance Check *123*10# or *123*# Check for Free 2G Data Balance                  *123*11# Check for 3G Data Balance                    *121*8# Check for Airtel 4G Balance                *123*197# Airtel Night Data Balance

OnePlus yesterday unveiled its flagship OnePlus 5 smartphone yesterday at an online event. After the event it started selling the smartphone in select European countries, U.S., Canada and Hong Kong as a part of Early Drop sale. The company’s co-founder Carl Pei soon after the sale started, announced that the phone is the fastest selling OnePlus device till date.  He also shared a video of people in queue waiting to check out the phone at the New York pop-up event. OnePlus 5 8GB RAM with 128GB storage Midnight Black version is already  out of stock. It also offered Special Launch Bundle that also went out of stock. So it has launched new Bulletproof Bundle (Protective Case+Bullet V2). The Early Drop sale runs for 48 hours until June 22, 1:00 PM EDT and the phone will be available in regular sales from June 27. It will be available through  Amazon.in  in India tomorrow, and will also be available in limited numbers at the pop-up events globally and India.

OnePlus just introduced its flagship OnePlus 5 smartphone at an online event, as it had promised. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p Optic AMOLED display with DCI-P3 color coverage and has Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform and runs on Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) based Oxygen OS that brings new features including a new Reading Mode that uses gray-scale mapping, while filtering out blue light getting data from the ambient sensor promising a similar experience as a e-reader. It has a 16-megapixel primary rear camera with wide-angle lens, large f/1.7 aperture along with a 20-megapixel secondary camera to capture depth information for depth-of-field (bokeh) effect that blurs backdrops in portrait mode and offers 2x zoom. It also has a 16-megapixel front-facing camera. It has 6GB / 8GB RAM with 64GB / 128GB storage based on UFS 2.1, coupled with new 2-lane ROM, which doubles bandwidth promising faster performance

Nokia 9 flagship smartphone made by HMD Global with model number TA-1004 had surfaced on Geekbench earlier this month. The phone was expected to be powered by a Snapdragon 835 processor with 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage and will run Android 7.1. Now, the company has decided to the cancel the 4GB RAM variant of the phone, as per latest filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). According to a request letter, HMD Global has asked for a change of model number from TA-1004 to TA-1012. The letter further mentions that there is no change in the construction, design of the model. Nokia 9 rumored specifications 5.3-inch Quad HD (2560×1440 pixels) display with 530-nits brightness Octa-Core Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform with Adreno 540 GPU 6or 8GB RAM, 64GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) 13MP (RBG) + 13MP (Monochrome) dual rear cameras with dual-tone LED Flash, OIS, EIS 3.0, 4K video recording 8/12M

OnePlus is all set to introduce its flagship OnePlus 5 smartphone tomorrow. Press images of the phone had surfaced twice, now we have the third press render of the phone, thanks to @evleaks. This shows the metal unibody design with antennas moved to the top and the bottom of the back. The company already confirmed that it will have dual rear cameras and will be powered by Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform. Amazon India confirmed 8GB RAM for the smartphone. A TV ad during the Champions Trophy match yesterday confirmed the design of the phone. Earlier rumors from a Portuguese site revealed a 5.5-inch 1080p screen calibrated for a DCI-P3 color space. Now a Verge report has confirmed 16-megapixel rear camera (f/1.7) with wide-angle lens and a 20-megapixel secondary camera (f/2.6) with a telephoto lens, both with a Sony sensor, similar to the OPPO R11 that was introduced earlier this month. OnePlus 5 rumored specifications 5.5-inch (1920×1080 pixels) Full HD

HMD Global today launched the  Nokia 3, Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 Android smartphones in India, as it had promised. All these smartphone have dual SIM support and has support for 4G VoLTE for Reliance Jio. The Nokia 3 and Nokia 5 have a polycarbonate body, while the Nokia 6 comes with a unibody metal design. Nokia 3 specifications 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD 2.5D sculpted Corning Gorilla Glass display, 450 nits brightness 1.3GHz Quad-core MediaTek MT6737 64-bit Processor with  Mali T720 MP1 GPU 2GBGB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD Android 7.0 (Nougat) OS Dual SIM 8MP autofocus rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.0 aperture, 1.12um pixel size 8MP autofocus front-facing camera, f/2.0 aperture, 1.12um pixel size 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio Dimensions: 143.4 x 71.4 x 8.48 mm 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS 2650mAh battery HMD Global today launched the   Nokia 3 ,  Nokia 5  and  Nokia 6  Android smartph

Lenovo-owned Motorola just launched the Moto Z2 Play, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone, as it had promised. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 626 processor, runs on Android 7.1.1 (Nougat), has a 12-megapixel rear camera with Dual autofocus pixels plus laser autofocus that promises good low-light shots. It also has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera and has dual-tone LED flash for both front and rear cameras. It has a 5.99 mm ultra-slim aluminum unibody design, fingerprint sensor below the display with one button nav, similar to the Moto G5 series and packs a 3000mAh built-in battery with Turbo Charging that lets you charge the phone up to 50% in just 20 minutes. It also has water repellent nano-coating similar to other Moto devices. Moto Z2 Play specifications 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD Super AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection 2.2GHz GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 626

Apple officially announced latest version of its desktop operating system for its computers called as High Sierra at ongoing WWDC 2017. It offers an all-new file system, support for High-Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) and an update to Metal, Apple’s graphics technology that powers everything from machine learning to virtual reality content creation. macOS High Sierra also includes a number of refinements to the Photos, Safari and Mail apps. The latest macOS gets Apple File System (APFS) feature that offers faster file duplication and even brings native encryption, improved security, simplified data backup on the go. It even protects data from power outages and system crashes and keeps files safe. Up next is improved Safari, which Apple claims is now the fastest browser. The new Safari will now uses machine learning to identify advertisers and others who track your online behavior. It features autoplay blocking that detects sites that play videos and will p

Huawei’s Honor brand has scheduled an event on June 12 to unveil its new top-end smartphone – Honor 9. It will come with dual rear cameras and a glass back, similar to the Honor 8. It got certified in TENAA recently that confirmed the specifications of the phone that includes a 5.15-inch 1080p display, Kirin 960 SoC, 4GB or 6GB RAM options, Android 7.0 (Nougat), 12-megapixel and 2-megapixel dual rear cameras and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Honor 9 rumored specifications 5.15-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD 2.5D curved glass display Octa-Core Huawei Kirin 960 (4 x 2.4 GHz A73+ 4 x 1.8 GHz A53) processor + i6 co-processor, Mali G71 Octa-core GPU 4GB RAM with 64GB storage, 6GB RAM with 128GB storage, expandable memory with microSD Android 7.0 (Nougat) with EMUI 5.0 Hybird Dual SIM (nano SIM + nano SIM / microSD) 12MP + 2MP Dual rear cameras with dual-tone LED flash, Laser AF, 4K video recording 8MP front-facing camera Fingerprint sensor Dimen

Nubia has Nubia Z17 mini, its latest smartphone in the ‘Z Series’ in India. It was introduced in China in April and packs dual 13-megapixel rear cameras, one with monochrome lens and the other one with RGB lens, offering crisp shots. It has ultra fast focus in 0.1 seconds and supports aperture adjustment from f/1.0 to f/16.0. It also has a 16-megapixel front-facing camera with 80-degree wide-angle lens. It comes with a 5.2-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 652 processor, has a unibody metal design and is just 7.45mm thick. Nubia Z17 mini specifications 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD 2.5D curved glass display  with 1500:1 contrast ratio, 85% NTSC color gamut, Corning Gorilla Glass Octa Core Snapdragon 652 processor with Adreno 510 GPU 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, expandable memory up to 200GB with microSD Nubia UI 4.0 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) Hybrid Dual SIM (micro + nano/microSD) 13MP (monochrom

Xiaomi is all set to introduce its next budget Redmi smartphone in India on May 16th which is expected to be the Redmi 4. Today it has announced that it has sold over 4 million or 40 lakh units of the Redmi 3S smartphone (including Redmi 3S Prime version) in India making it the highest selling phone ever in online India, in 9 months of launch. Xiaomi launched the Redmi 3S and Redmi 3S Prime in India back in August starting at Rs. 6999. These are still the best selling smartphones in the range, and sells out in minutes every week when it goes on sale on Flipkart and Mi.com. Back in November last year Xiaomi said that it sold over 1 million or 10 lakh units of the phones in 3 months of launch. So it took only 6 more months to sell 3 million phones. To remind you, both the smartphones have a 5-inch HD screen, are powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 SoC and run Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) based on MIUI. These have a 5-megapixel camera on the fro

Press render of the Moto Z2 Play surfaced a few weeks back showing off its metal design, fingerprint sensor on the front and dual-tone LED flash for the front camera. Thanks to @evleaks, we now have the specifications of the phone. According to the leak, the phone is expected to pack the same 5.5-inch 1080p display, but the battery will be reduced from 3510mAh to 3000mAh, which is a bummer since the battery life on the Moto G5 Plus with the same display size and battery is not impressive when compared to the Z Play. It will be much thinner than the predecessor at just 6mm on its thinnest point since there is a camera bump visible in the press shot and will also be lighter at 145 grams. It is said to be powered by Octa-Core Snapdragon 626 with 4GB of RAM and the larger fingerprint sensor is expected to offer easy navigation using One button nav feature, similar to latest Moto G5 series of phones. The phone is also expected to use the same front and rear cam

Amazon and Flipkart have announced their Summer sale. Amazon’s Great Indian Sale is scheduled from May 11th till 14th. Flipkart’s Big 10 Sale for completing 10 years in the e-commerce space starts the day when the Amazon’s sale ends and continues till May 18th. Amazon says that it will offer up to 40% discounts on Moto devices, up to 33% discount on Lenovo devices, up to 20% off on Samsung devices, up to 50% discount on mobiles and accessories and flat 2000 off on Kindle Paperwhite. Amazon will also offer 15% cashback on app and 10% on site for Citibank debit and credit card customers and flat Rs. 1000 off on domestic hotel bookings on orders of Rs. 500 and above on the Amazon app. It is also teasing 1 lakh prize every hour in Amazon Pay Load and Win. We should know more details about the offers next week on Amazon Great Indian Sale page. Flipkart is offering deals on fashion, home appliances & more from 14th-18th May and is offering deals on mobiles

Xiaomi launched its budget Redmi smartphone –  Redmi 4A in India back in March, now it is gearing up to launch a new Redmi series smartphone, which is expected to be the Redmi 4, according to a latest teaser. Redmi 4 was announced back in November in two variants, the standard variant has a 5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 430 SoC and has 2GB of RAM. The high-end version has a 5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display and is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 SoC. Xiaomi Redmi 4 Standard version specifications 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS 2.5D curved glass display, 1000: 1 contrast ratio, 72% NTSC color gamut Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 ( 4 x 1.2 GHz Cortex A53 + 4 x 1.5 GHz Cortex A53) 64-bit processor with Adreno 505 GPU 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD MIUI 8 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) Hybrid Dual SIM (micro + nano / microSD) 13MP rear camera

The ongoing battle between Apple and Qualcomm is escalating further and may affect U.S consumers next. According to a latest report from Bloomberg, Qualcomm is reportedly seeking to ban the import of iPhones into the United States. “Qualcomm is preparing to ask the International Trade Commission to stop the iPhone, which is built in Asia, from entering the country”, said the report. Apple had sued Qualcomm in January this year saying that Qualcomm has been charging royalties for technologies they have nothing to do with. Qualcomm responded to Apple suit over patent licensing and filed countersuit including charge of limiting performance of Qualcomm modem chips in iPhone 7. The ongoing dispute took a next step last week when Apple stopped paying iPhone royalties to Qualcomm. The United States International Trade Commission could potentially put a stop to iPhone shipments to the United States should the ITC side with Qualcomm. This could jeopardize the U.

Facebook has officially announced the commercial launch of Express Wi-Fi in India. The social network was testing this service in the country since August last year. Facebook has launched 700 hotspots across the four Indian states of Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Meghalaya. Facebook has been working with internet services providers (ISPs) and over 500 local entrepreneur retailers for Express WiFi launch. In addition to India, Express WiFi is currently live in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria and Indonesia. Facebook has also teamed up with  Bharti Airtel to launch an additional 20,000 hotspot. These hotspots will begin to be deployed over the next few months. Express Wi-Fi is designed to complement mobile data offerings by providing a low-cost, high bandwidth alternative for getting online and access apps, download and stream content. Ajai Puri, Chief Operating Officer (India & South Asia), Bharti Airtel said, We are delighted to be a part of this in

Homegrown cab aggregator Ola has raised $100 million (Rs 670 crore) in the latest round of funding. Investors in the latest round of funding comes from Falcon Edge Capital and Ratan Tata’s UC-RNT capital, a joint venture between Tata and and the University of California Investments, according to documents filed with the Registrar of Companies on May 2. The Registrar of Companies show that Falcon Edge has infused Rs 402 crore, RNT Capital has invested Rs 268 crore. Ratan Tata had first invested in Ola back in July 2015. Ola posted a consolidated loss of over Rs 2,311 crore — about Rs 6 crore a day — during fiscal 2015-16. The losses were mainly attributed to heavy spending on promotions. The company is expected to use the raised capital to further gain its share in the online cab market and continue to give Uber a tough competition. Ola had raised $100 funding from Falcon Edge in August 2015 that led the company valuation to $5 billion. The company has a

OPPO just launched F3, the company’s latest selfie-focused smartphone in the ‘F Series’ at an event in India, as it had promised. It is the smaller variant of the F3 Plus that was launched back in March. It has the same 16-megapixel front-facing camera with 1/3.1-inch sensor and f/2.0 aperture along with an 8-megapixel secondary front camera with 120-degree wide-angle lens for capturing better group selfies that is present on the F3 Plus. It also has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass screen, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6750T processor, has 4GB of RAM and runs on Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) with ColorOS 3.0 on top. It has a fingerprint sensor embedded into the home button that works even when your fingers are moist. It also has dedicated dual SIM slots and a microSD card slot. O PPO F3  Specifications 5.5-inch (1080 x 1920 pixels) Full HD 2.5D curved glass display with Corning Gor

Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S8 series of phones come with dedicated Bixby hardware button that lets you access Bixby Voice by pressing and holding it. At the announcement Samsung said that Bixby will only understand US English and Korean. It also confirmed that Bixby Voice will only be available in Korean initially and the English version will be available later. Now it has launched Bixby Voice assistant in Korea, few weeks after the phone went on sale in the country. You can use Bixby voice commands in 10 of Samsung apps such as Samsung Health, Samsung Internet, Gallery, Calculator, Weather, Reminder, Camera, Phone, Contacts and Clock. It is testing using Bixby Labs with Samsung Pay and some third-party applications like KakaoTalk messenger, Facebook and YouTube. You can give verbal orders to change settings, sort photos and bookmark webpages. Samsung said that with Bixby Voice, users can perform over 3,000 tasks and it can learn how to recognize the wa

Google today said that it will start rolling out a new update for Maps for Android in India that will add shortcuts on the home screen to explore the app in just a few quick taps. The new home screen also loads fast even on spotty connections. When you open maps, you’ll instantly see a directions card with different modes of transportation. If you’d like to access a certain route while you’re on the go without using data, you can save the route to be used offline. Below the directions card, there are icons highlighting some of the other useful features on Maps – from getting a first impression of a place with satellite imagery, to real-time information about traffic around you, to more details about public transport lines when you’re on the road. With a tap on the download icon, you can now save a specific map area for offline use. The update should roll out for all Google Maps for Android users in India through Google Play Store by this week. Source

Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) has released a new report titled “Information Security Practices of Aadhaar (or lack thereof): A documentation of public availability of Aadhaar Numbers with sensitive personal financial information” that reveals that four government portals including National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)’s dashboard and the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)’s portal have leaked around 130 to 135 million Aadhaar numbers publicly. “While these numbers are only from two major government programmes of pensions and rural employment schemes, other major schemes, who have also used Aadhaar for DBT could have leaked PII (personally identifiable information) similarly due to lack of information security practices,” says the report. In the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) welfare programme, attributes listed in the databases of pensioners include Job card number, Bank Account Number, Name, Aadhaar Number, acco

Samsung today launched Q9, Q8 and Q7 series of its flagship premium line-up of QLED TVs in India at an event in Delhi. These come in 55-inch, 65-inch, 75-inch and 88-inch sizes with nearly bezel-less displays with 4K (3,840 × 2,160 pixels) UHD resolution, promise optimal brightness levels and stunning visual experience. The One Remote Control offers an intuitive experience, and now supports more devices and offers voice control capabilities across more Smart TV features. The new Invisible Connection cable helps manage unsightly cords and clutter with a refined, single cord system. These also have No Gap Wall-mount and the optional easel-like Studio Stand.  These use quantum dot technology for better light efficiency, stability and a wider color spectrum. The metal alloy quantum dots in QLED TV addresses all major aspects of picture quality, including color volume, brightness, bold contrast and viewing angle. QLED TV offers accurate color and achieves

Uber is bringing major changes to its privacy controls that will allow users to easily manage their data. With the latest update, the Uber app will get a dedicated “Privacy Setting” menu where users can easily control how the company collects information about them. This menu will have all your current and future privacy-related controls, including the existing “Remove Stored Contacts” setting. Uber says the idea is to make these controls easy to find in one place. You can now control which push notifications you receive from Uber on your phone including trip status alerts and discount updates. In case of location, a new screen will explain how to disable location tracking and allow users to choose whether or not to let contacts hail a ride in their location. Moreover, the update brings a new system to delete your account. With a self-service deletion process it is now easy to delete your account without having to contact Uber support. You can ev

Samsung has announced Galaxy J3 Prime, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the ‘J Series’. It packs a 5-inch HD display, is powered by an Octa-Core Exynos 7570 14nm processor, runs on Android 7.0, has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has 4G LTE support. Samsung Galaxy J3 Prime specifications 5-inch (1280 × 720 pixels) HD display 1.4 GHz quad-core Exynos 7570 14nm processor with Mali-T720 GPU 1.5GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory with microSD Android 7.0 (Nougat) 5MP camera with LED Flash 2MP secondary camera Dimensions: 139.7×69.85×8.89mm; Weight: 148g 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS 2,600mAh battery The Samsung Galaxy J3 Prime comes in Black color and is available from T-Mobile or Metro PCS in the U.S. with 24-month contract at $6.00 per month and $150 (Rs. 9645 approx.) without contract. Metro PCS even offers it at a discounted price of $69 (Rs. 4436 approx.) i