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With an aim to offer reliable mobility in smaller towns and cities, Ola has launched its e-rickshaw service today in Delhi-NCR. The first Ola E-rickshaw was booked by PM Narendra Modi on Ola’s mobile application. The service was launched by PM Narendra Modi at the ‘Stand Up India’ initiative which is aimed at promoting entrepreneurship. Bhartiya Micro Credit (BMC), an NGO focused on financial aid for E-Rickshaws will distribute 5,100 E-Rickshaws at the event that will be deployed across Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Faridabad and Ghaziabad. This will be further scaled up in the coming months to more small towns and Tier III cities. Each of the e-rickshaw operators will get a smartphone to connect to the Ola app and the customer and the base fare will start at Rs 8. These E-rickshaws involve lower human effort compared to pulled rickshaws and will give existing rickshaw pullers, the opportunity to enhance...

Samsung has officially introduced the Galaxy J5 (2016) and Galaxy J7 (2016), it’s new selfie-focused smartphones and successors of last year’s  Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7  smartphones in China. The Galaxy J5 (2016) has a 5.2-inch HD screen and is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor and the Galaxy  J7 (2016) has a 5.5-inch 1080p screen and is powered by an octa-core Exynos 7870 processor. Both these have a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, f/1.9 aperture and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash for capturing better selfies. These have dual SIM support and 4G LTE connectivity. Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) specifications 5.2-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD Super AMOLED display 1.2GHz Quad-Core 64-bit Snapdragon 410 processor with Adreno 306 GPU 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable up to 128GB with microSD Android 5.1 (Lollipop) Dual SIM 13MP rear camera with LED ...

Apple today launched the 4-inch iPhone at an event in U.S. dubbed the ‘iPhone SE’. Company has also officially confirmed that the phone will be launched in India in April, starting at Rs. 39,000. The iPhone ‘SE’ is essentially an ‘enhanced’ version of the 5s or refer to as a ‘special edition’. In its compact 4-inch form factor, the new iPhone SE gets almost everything from the iPhone 6s expect that it does not support Apple’s 3D Touch display. From the iPhone 5s, Apple has retained the TouchID but at the same time Cupertino giant claims to have improved the network performance on SE by about three times on Wi-Fi and about 50% on LTE speeds as compared to 5s. Apple iPhone SE comes out-of-the-box with iOS 9.3 operating system, which is also rolling out to other eligible Apple mobile devices starting today. The iPhone SE 16GB variant will be available starting April and at price of Rs. 39,000, whereas the 64GB variant price...

After being out of service for a brief period, the 4-inch iPhone is back with some goodness. Apple is naming the new model as ‘SE’ – which can be depicted as an ‘enhanced’ version of the 5s or refer to as a ‘special edition’.  So what’s so special about the special edition? Well, the Cupertino giants have retained most of the external design from their previous 4-inch flagship, but the internals have all gotten better. To start off is the all new A9 and M9 processors – the same one that powers the 6s line up. There’s absolutely no doubt that the new silicon’s offers a significant upgrade from the A7 and M7 chips that were used in the 5s. With the latest processors on board, the SE will be able offer superior performance and also support better motion tracking, always-on ‘Hey Siri’ among other new features. Apple bundling the new 4-inch model with NFC chip, which means that you can enjoy the company’s Pay service. The 5SE is coming with upgraded came...

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge have received applauds for its design and camera. Now, a new report from Korea Times is stating that the phones have exceeded sales expectations.  As per market analysts and officials the initial sales and preorders of the flagships from Samsung in the company’s key markets in China, Europe and India have beaten previous expectations. It further revealed that combined pre-orders in Europe have shown a 250% increase compared to the Galaxy S6. Bringing back consumer friendly features like micro SD card slot and water resistance on the devices, are one of the reasons for these exceeding sales, according to analysts. Moreover, the report said that the Galaxy S7 pre-orders in China broke through the 10 million mark. This is a good news for the South Korean tech giant as it has been facing increased competition from low cost local rivals. This had also resulted in lower operating profits in China. Samsung has ...

Lenovo has launched its Vibe K5 Plus smartphone in India, as it had promised earlier this month. It was announced at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona last month, packs a 5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 616 processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Lenovo’s own UI on top, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus specifications 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS display, 450 nits brightness Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 ( 4 x 1.2 GHz Cortex A53 + 4 x 1.5 GHz Cortex A53) 64-bit processor with Adreno 405 GPU 2GB LPDDR3 RAM, 16GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD Android 5.1 (Lollipop) Dual SIM (micro + micro) 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, Omnivision OV13850 sensor, f/2.2 aperture, 5P lenses, 1080p video recording 5MP front-facing camera, f/2.8 aperture, 4P lenses 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio...

Apple has officially announced its March 21st event, after recent rumors .According to earlier reports, the company is expected to introduce a new iPhone SE smartphone and a 9.7-inch iPad Pro at the event. . The upcoming iPhone is expected to be similar to the iPhone 5s in appearance with slightly curved edges, but it will come with an an A9 chip, support Apple Pay and Live Photos, feature a 12-megapixel camera and a slightly larger 1,642 mAh battery compared to the iPhone 5s. The 4-inch iPhone is expected to be priced between $400 to $500. Apple is also expected to introduce a new 9.7-inch iPad Pro with Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard accessories and new Watch band options like new colors for the rubber Sports band, Hermes bands and a black Milanese Loop band. Apple will likely debut the iOS 9.3, OS X 10.11.4, watchOS 2.2, and tvOS 9.2 at the event and might also reveal the roll out deta...