Garmin vivofit 4 with always-on color display, over one-year battery life launched in India for Rs. 4999

Garmin just launched vivofit 4 fitness tracker, successor of last year’s vivofit 3. It was introduced at the CES 2018, has an always-on color display for the first time in the vivofit series, comes with one-year battery life and the Move IQ captures different activities, such as walking, running, biking, swimming and using an elliptical, to view on Garmin Connect. It is water resistant suitable for Showering and Swimming, vhas arious watch faces, color themes and personalized text, such as an emergency contact or motivational phrase and comes with a range of colorful interchangeable accessory bands. Features of Garmin vivofit 4 Features always-on customizable sunlight-visible, transflective 8 color memory-in-pixel (MIP) color display (88 x 88 pixels) 1+ year battery life (2 x SR43 user-replaceable); no charging necessary Bluetooth Smart and ANT+ to connect to Android and iPhone Tracks steps, distance and calories burned, monitors sleep and provides a personalized daily step goal Water resistant – Safe for swimming and showering Periodically syncs to Garmin Connect, where you can save, plan and share your activities, get involved in social challenges and more Garmin Move IQ feature automatically detects activity and classifies activity type on Garmin ConnectToe-to-toe challenge - lets you instantly start a timed step challenge with nearby ...

Swiggy, ICICI bank partner to launch digital payment solutions for its delivery partners

Swiggy today announced that it has partnered with ICICI Bank to bring two innovative digital solutions which makes it convenient and hassle-free way for its delivery partners to transfer funds to Swiggy. The payment solution also includes Unified Payment Interface (UPI) for instant fund transfers and other is an option facilitating cash deposits at automated Cash Deposit Machines (CDM) that will be available at ICICI Bank branches and ATM locations across the country. This move is aimed at enabling thousands of Swiggy’s delivery partners to save time and distance traveled for any sorts of financial transactions. The UPI base payment solution will offer a secure, scalable, and reliable way to enable collection of funds from its delivery partners. ICICI, on the other hand, has launched the UPI for online & offline merchants in August 2016 Swiggy’s delivery partners will have their own UPI handle (VPA), which can be used to link their savings bank account and start transacting by using any UPI-enabled app like ICICI Bank ‘Pockets’, ‘BHIM,’ ‘Google Tez,’ ‘PhonePe,’ ‘Paytm.' Once the transaction is complete from one end, ICICI Bank will credit the beneficiary’s (Swiggy’s) account instantly as well as send the delivery partner’s details to Swiggy along with immediate confirmation of the transfer. Swiggy ...

ASUS ZenBook Flip S world’s thinnest convertible with 13-inch 360-degree rotating touch display launched in India for Rs. 1,30,990

ASUS has launched ZenBook Flip S (UX370), which claims to be the world’s thinnest convertible laptop at just 10.9mm thickness and is also one of the lightest at 1.1kg. It has a 13-inch Full HD multitouch NanoEdge 360° flippable display that has support for active stylus. The 360° ErgoLift hinge has a dual-action mechanism that lifts and tilts the keyboard into comfortable typing position when the display is opened beyond 135°. It is crafted from a single block of aerospace-grade 6013 aluminum alloy, a material that is lighter than standard laptop alloy but 50 percent stronger. It is powered by Intel Core 8th Generation Intel Core i7-8550U, 16GB RAM, an SATA3 512G M.2 SSD and runs Windows 10.  It has Harman Kardon-certified stereo audio system with Smart Amp, fingerprint sensor measuring just 16 x 3.6mm for instant one-touch login via Windows Hello in either laptop or tablet mode and promises up to 11 hours of battery life and support for fast charging that can charge up to 60% in just 49 minutes. ASUS ZenBook Flip S (UX370UA-C4195T) specifications 13.3-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD Ultra Slim 300nits, 16:9 touch screen display with 72% NTSC color gamut,  Corning Gorilla Glass protection 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8550U ...

Philips Lighting introduces LiFi – Broadband internet connectivity through LED light

Philips Lighting introduces its LiFi technology which is a high quality LED lighting that provides broadband Internet connection through light waves.  It is the first global lighting company to offer LiFi-enabled luminaires from its existing office lighting portfolio. LiFi is a two-way, high-speed wireless technology similar to WiFi but instead, it uses light waves instead of radio waves to transmit data. The Lighting's office luminaires enabled with LiFi technology provide a broadband connection with a speed of 30 Mbps without compromising lighting quality.   Icade, the French real estate investment company is piloting the technology in its smart office in La Defense, Paris. The company claims that LiFi technology offers benefits over WiFi as it can be used in places where radio frequencies may interfere with equipment, or where WiFi signals cannot reach or are weak. It can also come useful in environments demanding high security, etc. LiFi adds an extra layer of security as light cannot pass through solid walls, and a line-of-sight to the light is needed to access the network.  https://youtu.be/e0XxTiThgVo The LiFi technology has each luminaire equipped with a built-in modem that modulates the light at speeds that is not predictable to the human eye. The light is then detected by the LiFi USB key/dongle ...

Google Chrome 66 beta for Android brings experimental ‘Modern Design UI,’ updated media player and more

Google is now rolling out  Chrome 66 beta for Android which brings some new and experimental features on the table like the 'Modern Design' interface, updated to the media player and a new Clipboard API. Though Google did test the new Chrome Home U.I for a while which is expected to replace the age-old design of browser, it was canceled at the last minute. Now, Google is introducing a new 'Modern Design UI' with more rounded edges, and it looks like this U.I will be retained as the flags #enable-chrome-modern-design is available in this release. The new interface looks a lot like the Chrome Home, except for the address bar which was previously present at the bottom. The New Tab Page has a white background with light gray elements, and the icons for frequently-visited sites are smaller. The tab switcher has a white background, and the tab button is slightly rounded. The status bar is no longer dark and matches the color of the site you are viewing. Furthermore, the new design change also bought a new improved video player which now has the play/pause button in the center, and the remaining controls moved to above the timeline, and now you can just double tap on the ...

Over 4 lakh Xiaomi Redmi 5 smartphones will go on sale in India on March 20

Xiaomi launched its budget Redmi 5 smartphone in India last week and said that it will be available exclusively from Amazon.in as well as  Mi.com and Mi Home Stores starting March 20th. Today the company has announced that over 4 lakh units will be available for tomorrow's sale compared to 3 lakh units for the Redmi Note 5 and Redmi Note 5 Pro that were sold out in 3 minutes  during the first sale. [HTML1] To remind you, the Redmi 5 has a 5.7-inch HD+ 18:9 full-screen display and is powered by Snapdragon 450 with up to 4GB RAM, runs Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) with MIUI 9, has a 12-megapixel rear camera with 1.25μm pixel size sensor, 5-megapixel front-facing camera with selfie flash, has a metal finish, is just 7.7mm thick, 11% slimmer than the Redmi 4, has a fingerprint sensor on the back and packs a 3300mAh battery. The Xiaomi Redmi 5 comes in Black, Gold, Rose Gold and Lake Blue colors, starts at Rs. 7999 for the 2GB RAM with 16GB storage version and goes up to Rs. 10,999 for the 4GB RAM with 64GB storage version. Xiaomi is also offering  Rs. 2200 cashback offer and 100GB additional 4G data for Reliance Jio customers,  5% instant discount with SBI Credit Cards and 90% (up to Rs. 400) discount on ...

YouTube testing picture-in-picture mode on the web to watch and browse videos simultaneously

YouTube for iOS and Android feature the picture-in-picture option for quite some time now and it looks like YouTube is aiming to bring the same to the web as well. The company is currently testing out the feature on a small subset of users. Once the feature is enabled, users can start a video and then click anywhere on YouTube including returning to the homepage, performing a search, or viewing a channel. The video will continue to play in a floating window in the bottom-right corner of the screen. Controls for the minimized window include play/pause, replay, or watch the next clip and the name of the video clip appears underneath, while full playlists can be viewed and scrolled by tapping an icon in the bottom-right corner. At this moment it is hard to tell if this feature will be default like on YouTube mobile apps or users can disable it if they wish to. There is also a chance that it might be restricted to those with a YouTube Red subscription. Since this is a testing phase, YouTube could still decide not to launch it all together. Source