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Facebook is testing Snapchat-like Streak feature on Messsenger

Facebook is again copying a feature from Snapchat and this time it is Streak count as a handful of users have started reporting that they’ve been seeing this feature, so Facebook might be testing this feature for some time. Facebook has confirmed the same with Mashable when asked. The new feature in talk prompts users to … Continue reading

Twitter testing Bookmarks feature to privately flag Tweets for later

Twitter started working on the “save for later” feature a while ago, and now the company has given the feature a name; it is called Bookmarks which is currently under testing. This news is being confirmed from Tina Koyama, a staff product designer at the company. The company has picked out various versions of how Bookmarks will … Continue reading

In Pictures: Xiaomi India’s Power Bank Plant in Noida

It would be fair to say that Xiaomi has become a favorite amongst the Indian audience over the last three years. Today, the company is amongst the largest smartphone players in the country and enjoys a 23.5 percent market share. Over the last year. Since 2015, the company has made massive strides towards manufacturing their … Continue reading

Flipkart Billion Capture+ Review

Flipkart launched the Billion Capture+ smartphone under its new Billion brand this month, in an aim to take on Xiaomi, Tenor and others. Flipkart also said that the smartphone is ‘Made in India’ and it is ‘Made for India’. It has a solid on-paper specifications that includes 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass screen, Snapdragon 625, dual 13-megapixel rear … Continue reading

Xiaomi Redmi 4A MIUI 8 Global Stable ROM based on Android 7.1.2 Nougat starts rolling out

Just last week, Xiaomi started rolling out Android Nougat based MIUI 9 Beta ROM to its budget oriented device Redmi 4A which was launched back in March 2017 with MIUI 8 based on Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow). Now some Redmi 4A users are reporting that they have received a new android Nougat 7.1.2 based OTA update as Nightly … Continue reading

PM Modi launches UMANG – One app to avail all government services

At the 5th Global Conference on Cyberspace, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched UMANG (Unified Mobile Application For New-age Governance) app in an aim to bring e-governance on a unified platform, making it accessible to all citizens to access myriad e-gov services with ease. It has seamless integration with customer centric services such as Aadhaar, DigiLocker, Rapid Assessment System and Bharat Bill Payment … Continue reading

SoundBot SportsBot SS301 Combo set launched in India for Rs. 2990

SoundBot has launched the dynamic SportsBot SS301 3-in-1 gaming combo for gamers combo in India that includes Gaming Over-Ear Headset, Keyboard, and Mouse Combo Set. Both keyboard and mouse have blue LED backlight. The keyboard comes with 104 standard keys, dedicated 10 multimedia keys to control volume, music, homepage, & email. WIN key can be disable for … Continue reading

Logitech G launches G603 Wireless Gaming Mouse and G613 Wireless Gaming Keyboard in India

Logitech G, a brand of Logitech has launched G603 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Mouse and G613 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Keyboard in India. The G603 wireless mouse uses the Logitech G’s new advanced HERO optical sensor and advanced LIGHTSPEED wireless technology. The new advanced HERO optical sensor is aimed at achieving the goal of creating a high-performance that also offers … Continue reading

Coolpad Note 5 Lite 32GB storage version launched in India for Rs. 8199

Coolpad launched Note 5 Lite smartphone in India back in March with 16GB storage. Now it has launched 32GB storage version in the country. Other specifications are similar, including the 5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display with 70.6% screen-to-body ratio, Quad-Core MediaTek MT6735 processor with 32GB RAM,Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Cool UI on top, 13-megapixel rear camera with LED … Continue reading

YouTube outlines its approach to protect families on YouTube and YouTube Kids

While YouTube has always been active about the content that goes on YouTube, off late, there’s a growing trend around the content that attempts to pass as family-friendly when it clearly doesn’t. YouTube videos are acceptable for adults, others are completely unacceptable. Today YouTube has announced five ways that it is using to protect families on YouTube and … Continue reading