Airtel Launches 50% Data Cashback Offer For Mobile Subscribers.

Bharti Airtel has launched 50% Data cashback offer for all its mobile customers in which customers will now be credited back half of data used by them during night, and will also be able to download unlimited songs and five movies per month on Wynk mobile application for free. 

Airtel customers will get daily morning credit of 50 per cent of data that they will consume between 12 am to 6 am on any bandwidth 2G ,3G or 4G.

Bharti Airtel Director for Consumer Business Srini Gopalan said, "While Airtel has launched the data cash back offer for pre-paid customers, the same will be extended to post-paid customers within a week."

Customers just need to send an SMS to 121 or give a missed call to 55555 or log in to myAirtel app to opt in for the offer.

Apart from the data cashback, Airtel also launched the Smartphone Surprise offer under which customers who upgrade their mobile devices on Airtel pre-paid will be entitled to get gifts ranging from double data benefits, free data for up to a year, tablets, Bluetooth speakers, headsets, etc.

To avail free subscription on Wynk application, Airtel customers need to download and start using Wynk application using their mobile network and later they can use it on Airtel wi-fi network as well.

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Strip Batteries : Samsung Makes Wearable Gadgets More Comfortable

Samsung's innovations gave us lot of decent techs including flexible prototype displays, curved displays, etc. Now Samsung have invented a new type of flexible batteries or strip batteries called "Band".

This first prototype "Band" can be attached to smartwatch straps which provides additional 50% battery life. This wearable batteries are extremely thin (~0.3 mm) and very flexible, makes all types of wearable devices possible. 

Samsung's new Lithium ion batteries can be powered by these strip batteries to give additional 21 hours backup to smartphones.

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Sony Launches Xperia Z5, Z5 Premium For Rs. 52,990 and Rs. 62,990.

Sony has launched the Xperia Z5 and Z5 Premium in India at the price of Rs. 52,990 and Rs. 62,990 respectively.
Sony has made available Xperia Z5 from October 23. The Z5 Premium will be available for pre booking from October 25 to November 4 and will be available from November 7.

Sony Xperia Z5 Specifications :

• Display : 5.2-inch Full HD display with an oleophobic coating
• Chipset : Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 
• CPU : Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57 
• RAM : 3GB
• Storage : 32GB of internal storage which can be expanded upto 200GB via a microSD
• Battery : 2,900mAh battery
• OS : Android Lollipop 5.1.1
• Rear Camera : 23-megapixel
• Front Camera : 5.1-megapixel
• Color Variants : Black, Gold, Green
• Price : Rs. 52,990

According to the Sony, Xperia Z5 can offer 2-days of battery life. The phone also comes with a fingerprint sensor located on the side that can register up to 5 fingers. Sony claims that rear camera can auto focus in just 0.03 seconds. The device is also capable of 5x clear image zoom.

Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Specifications :

• Display : 5.5-inch 4K display 
• Chipset : Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810
• CPU : Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57
• RAM : 3GB
• Storage : 32GB of internal storage which can be expanded upto 200GB via a microSD
• Battery : 3,430mAh battery
• OS : Android Lollipop 5.1.1
• Rear Camera : 23-megapixel
• Front Camera : 5.1-megapixel
• Color variants : Black, Gold, Chrome
• Rs. 62,990

Sony is offering customers of the Xperia Z5 and Z5 Premium content worth Rs. 4,000 for free which includes a three month subscription to Sony Music with unlimited downloads as well as a three month subscription to Sony Liv. Customers will also get free Amazon Kindle e-books worth Rs. 1,000 along with a three month subscription to Hungama Play. Xperia Z5 and Z5 Premium will also come pre-installed with Modern Combat with free in-game credits worth Rs. 780. Sony Xperia Z5 Premium will also comes with a Sony Quick Charger which the company claims can offer 5.5 hours of use with just 10 minutes of charging.

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Dell Launches Refreshed XPS 13, XPS 15 And Debuts XPS 12 2-in-1 Laptops.

Dell has launched refreshed version of its XPS 13 and XPS 15 along with 2-in-1 XPS 12 which can be used as a tablet as well as a laptop. All these products are powered by Intel’s Skylake line of processors and runs on Windows 10 OS.

Dell XPS 12 2-in-1

XPS 12 is hybrid laptop which can be used as a tablet as well as a laptop. The device is compatible with Windows 10’s Continuum feature which helps Windows to work as per the usage of the device - working with mouse and keyboard like a laptop or via the touch interface like a tablet.

XPS 12 comes in two variants, one with 4K Ultra HD display which is priced at $1299 (approx. Rs.84,214) and other one with Full HD display which is priced at $999 (approx. Rs.64,765). It will compete Microsoft's 2-in-1 Surface Book having price tag of $1499 (approx Rs. 97,142).

Key Specs :
 

- Processor : Intel Core m5-6Y54
- RAM : 8GB
- Storage : up to 256GB SDD
- Camera : 8MP rear and 5MP front. 

Dell XPS 13

Dell XPS 13 sports a 13-inch display with a resolution of 3200 x 1800 pixels and having support of Thurderbolt 3 technology. Dell has claimed that laptop will give battery backup of up to 18 hours on single charge. Dell XPS 13 starts at $799 (approx. Rs.51,799). It also comes in Gold edition which is priced at $1649 (approx. Rs.1,06,904).

Key Specs :

- Processor : 6th generation Intel Skylake processors - Core i3, i5, and i7
- RAM : 16GB
- Storage : 1TB SDD

Dell XPS 15

The Dell XPS 15 has a 15-inch screen with Dell’s 4K HD resolution. It also comes with Full HD Display variant. XPS 15 supports Infinite Edge technology.
The company has claimed that the laptop will give battery backup up to 16 hours on single charge. The XPS 15 starts at a price of $999 (approx. Rs.64,765).

Key Specs : 

- Processor : 6th generation Intel Skylake processors - Core i3, i5, and i7
- RAM : 16GB
- Storage : 1TB PCI Express SDD
- Graphics processor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

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Apple's New A9 Chipset Explained, Manufactured By Two Different Companies!

The "Performance Beast" all new iPhone 6S is rocking the market with its high-end specifications. But do you know? The heart of this phone, the all new A9 chip-set is NOT manufactured by Apple. It is designed by Apple but manufactured by two different companies, TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) & Samsung (Yes, Samsung! The biggest rival of Apple). Apple contracted these two companies for A9 processor. Why two companies? well answer is simple, due its huge quantity (13 million processors)!

Now here is the twist, the chip-set made by TSMC & chip-set made by Samsung are not exactly the same. Well TSMC built chip-set is slightly bigger in dimensions than Samsung built chip-set.(TSMC chip is 104.5 mm square while Samsung chip is 96 mm square). 

Does it matter to the performance and battery life of your device? The answer is Yes ! Bigger the chip, better is the performance and better is the battery life. That means TSMC running 6S is slightly better than Samsung  running 6S. If you are heavy phone user then only it makes slight difference in the performance and battery life. The TSMC chip-set does better job than Samsung chip-set; but you will hardly notice any difference if you are average phone user. Otherwise both the chip-set performs just fine.

The only way to check which company made A9 for your 6S is to download the 'Lirium' App available on Apple Store (after you buy the iPhone 6S). For iPhone 6S the chip-set code N71mAP (TSMC) & N71AP (Samsung) and for iPhone 6S+ it is N766mAP (TSMC) & N66AP (Samsung).

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Vodafone India To Offer Freebies Worth Rs. 8,885 With iPhone 6S And 6S Plus.

Vodafone India has announced that it will offer the latest iPhone 6S and 6S plus from October 16 where customers can get free data and voice benefits worth Rs 8,885 for six months.
The plan announced by Vodafone includes 4000 free local and STD minutes, 3GB mobile internet and 1500 local and national SMS. The company said charges above plan limits will be 50p/MB for data usage, 50p/SMS and 50p/min for voice calls.

"Existing or new Vodafone customers can buy a new iPhone 6S or iPhone 6S Plus and get a fully built Vodafone RED 1299 worry-free plan free for six months from the time of purchase," - Statement by Vodafone.
The iPhone 6S and 6S Plus will be available in India from October 16. The iPhone 6S will be available in 16GB, 64GB and 128GB variants at Rs 62,000, Rs 72,000 and Rs 82,000, respectively. The iPhone 6S Plus will be available in 16GB, 64GB and 128GB models and will be priced at 72,000,Rs 82,000 and Rs 92,000, respectively.

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Apple iPhone 6S : "Performance Beast" Which Gives Enough Reasons To Upgrade !

The Superior Apple iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus made with latest 7000 Aluminum series metal, 12 Mega-pixel camera, 4K video recording, All new apple A9 chipset, 2 GB RAM, 3-D touch, lightning fast Touch-ID and tonnes of features made this device a perfect 'Performance Beast' which will give you enough reasons to upgrade to the latest iPhone.

The device is little thicker and slight heavier than its predecessor iPhone 6 but it feels fantastic in hand. The Touch-Id unlocks screen way too much fast, sometimes it makes you miss the lock screen notifications due its lightning speed. The 3-D touch feature is available to some Apple Apps only but developers are working to made this feature available to all applications, yet this is very useful and fantastic feature, but needs some practice to make it handy.

The iPhone 6S will never let you down if you are heavy phone user or heavy gamer or music listener or a phone-photographer. This perfectly crafted device is truly a Performance-Beast.

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Android 6.0 ! Everything You Need To Know

As promised Google have already started rolling out its latest Android version Android 6.0 or Android Marshmallow on 5th October for Nexus devices.

You can download factory image of latest android upgrade on your Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 7, Nexus 9 & Nexus Player directly from Google. An over-the-air update will be arriving soon.

Marshmallow update comes with "Project Doze", a project from Google to improve battery performance of a device. Marshmallow update will help user to control App permissions more efficiently making your device more secured.

And there is Now-On-Tap, perhaps the biggest feature provided with this upgrade. It scans & analyze whatever on your screen and provides you relevant information about it, No need to open any new window or anything. Now on Tap provides you information about people, places, events and pretty much everything. Android 6.0 also supports native fingerprint authentication support. Overall feel and look of Marshmallow will be similar to previous Android lollipop. 

The latest Nexus 5X & 6P will come with Android 6.0 out of the box. Samsung, Motorola, LG and other big companies are working on their flagship devices for Marshmallow upgrade and will make it available for users soon. 

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Way Towards Digital India : Microsoft Launches Three Cloud Data Centers In India.

Microsoft has opened its local data centers in Pune, Mumbai and Chennai. The core idea behind this is to provide cloud services to governments, businesses and citizens. The datacenters are inaugurated by the chief minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis and chief minister of Tamil Nadu, J. Jayalalithaa. CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella has announced that the company would be offering its Azure cloud services from local data centers in India by the end of this year.

“Governments, large businesses, small and medium businesses and citizens can use the massive computing power now available locally to fuel India’s inclusive growth, spur innovation and accelerate digital transformation,” said Microsoft India.
CM of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis said that the government will utilize Microsoft's cloud services to host a variety of digital services improving overall governance and boost productivity.  Entrepreneurs selected by Tamil Nadu government will be allowed to access Microsoft's software development platform free of cost for three months.
As per reports of Microsoft, it has become the first public cloud provider from India. The company hopes that the banking and finance sector, government agencies and state-owned enterprises will be able to take advantage of local data residency. It will also help businesses dealing with large data volumes, by way of reduced network distances and lower latency.

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