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Google might have entered the space a year late, but competition is still scarce LATEST NEWS : A little over a month after entering into the digital payment ecosystem in India, Google’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) app Tez has racked up 7.5 million users who have made over 30 million transactions. In a call with investors on Friday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that he was “really excited about the potential this (Tez) brings for India's mostly cash-based economy” while also revealing the growth figures for the app. While Google has not been able to demolish rival BHIM’s record of getting 10 million installs in just 10 days thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi backing, but it’s a commendable feat considering that Tez has lacked several features at launch. But coming into the UPI payments space a little more than a year late, Google has demonstrated that there still is space for growth in India’s digital payments ecosystem. Tez also sets the precedent f...

India looking to position itself as a leader in 5G technology LATEST NEWS :    As India pursuits to grow to be a frontrunner in 5G , the government is operating on to create a Rs 500-crore fund for improvement of the technology and it has also created a excessive-level committee to paintings on a roadmap for the roll-out of 5G by 2020. As consistent with officers, India doesn't want to miss the opportunity this time like in case of 2G and 3G, in which it lagged in the back of different countries. For 5G, India wants to grow to be a leader and have its very own requirements and IPR that turns into a part of the 5G international standards. "We need to make certain that popular essential patents, amongst different matters, additionally have an Indian IPR," Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan informed business standard. India is asking at 5G technology as a first-rate possibility in terms of providing services tailor-made for rural India like teleheal...

The terms for the scheme could be announced in next few days. LATSET NEWS :   Reliance Jio may soon announce a scheme offering buyers of its 4G phone the choice to return the handset before the specified time period of three years and in return get a partly refund. The terms for the scheme could be announced in next few days, according to a Economic Times report. The pre-bookings for the phone will start on August 24. The phone was introduced as "India ka Smartphone" and launched at an "effective price" of Rs 0. The catch was that buyers would have to shell out a refundable, upfront deposit of Rs. 1,500 for the device (which is refundable after three years). However, the phone may fail to match up to Jio's expectation, if some reports are to be believed. JP Morgan, in a report, said that in India where there is the prevalence of multi-SIM phones and the pre-paid monthly churn stands at around 5 per cent, it may be unrealistic to expect...

Limited-edition Amazon-exclusive smartphone goes on sale on June 27, you get freebies on pre-booking LATEST NEWS : China-based smartphone manufacturer Gionee has launched the limited-edition Gionee A1, with Indian cricket star Virat Kohli’s signature inscribed on the back, at Rs 19,999. These smartphones will be available from 12 noon on June 27 exclusively on Amazon. On pre-ordering the Gionee A1 limited-edition smartphone, which started on June 20, you get complementary Sennheiser headphones. The selfie-centric Gionee A1 smartphone is equipped with a 16-megapixel front camera for clearer and more beautiful selfies and allows you to capture brighter pictures. The smartphone is powered by a 4010 mAh battery that supports ultrafast charging. The device runs the latest Android 7.0 Nougat, with Gionee’s custom Amigo 4.0 skin on top. READ THIS : Most of Apple employees 'leaking' secrets about upcoming devices: Report “We have always been committed to reach...

Qualcomm sued the iPhones manufacturers for failing to pay royalties on the chip maker's technology Qualcomm Inc said on Wednesday that, it filed a complaint against the Foxconn Technology Group and three other contract manufacturers of Apple Inc for not paying royalties. The other manufacturers listed by Qualcomm were Pegatron Corp, Wistron Corp., and Compal Electronics Inc. Qualcomm filed the complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Qualcomm, the largest maker of chips used in smartphones, is a major supplier to Apple and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd for modem chips that connect phones to wireless networks. Read this: Xiaomi Redmi 4 takeaways: A fine balance of software, hardware and design The iPhone maker sued Qualcomm in January, accusing it of overcharging for chips and refusing to pay some $1 billion in promised rebates. Qualcomm said last month that Apple had decided to withhold royalty payments to its cont...

With an efficient 4,100 mAh battery, Redmi 4 will be available from May 23 noon on Mi.com, Amazon.in China-based smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi on Tuesday updated its entry-level Redmi series with the launch of the Redmi 4 smartphone in India. Successor to the already famous Redmi 3S, the latest smartphone carries the legacy forward by offering a very efficient 4100mAh battery in a compact design form. The smartphone, priced at Rs 6,999, will be available from  noon on May 23 on Amazon India, Mi.com and Mi home. Coming to the specifications, the dual-SIM smartphone features a 5-inch HD screen enclosed in a metal body. The screen is covered with a 2.5D curved glass that adds to the overall design language of the smartphone. The device is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 processor, which is an octa-core SoC, coupled with an Adreno 505 GPU. The Redmi 4 supports 4G LTE and VoLTE out of the box, covering all-India LTE bands. Key features: IBM says sacking report factu...

V5s claims to have a faster fingerprint sensor that unlocks the screen in just 0.2 seconds Taking its selfie revolution a notch higher, Chinese smartphone maker Vivo on Thursday launched V5s smartphone in India that comes with a 20MP front and 13MP rear camera. Priced at Rs 18,990, V5s will be available starting from May 6 at retail stores and online on Flipkart.com. "After launching the Vivo V5Plus Limited edition, we are thrilled to introduce yet another masterpiece, the Vivo V5s. Through the launch of this device, Vivo aims to provide the best selfie camera phone in the market," said Kent Cheng, CEO, Vivo India, in a statement. Read this : Mobile handsets likely to cost 10% more post-GST V5s runs on Funtouch OS 3.0 based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow and comes with 4 GB RAM and 64 GB ROM, which is expandable up to 256GB. The device is powered by octa-core 64-bit processor and houses 3,000mAh battery. V5s claims to have a faster fingerprint sens...

Fingerprint sensors have turned modern smartphones into miracles of convenience Fingerprint sensors have turned modern smartphones into miracles of convenience. A touch of a finger unlocks the phone — no password required. With services like Apple Pay or Android Pay, a fingerprint can buy a bag of groceries, a new laptop or even a $1 million vintage Aston Martin. And pressing a finger inside a banking app allows the user to pay bills or transfer thousands of dollars. While such wizardry is convenient, it has also left a gaping security hole. New findings published Monday by researchers at New York University and Michigan State University suggest that smartphones can easily be fooled by fake fingerprints digitally composed of many common features found in human prints. In computer simulations, the researchers from the universities were able to develop a set of artificial “MasterPrints” that could match real prints similar to those used by phones as much as 65 per cent of the t...