Wiliot gets $30 million funding from Amazon, Samsung and others for sticker-sized Battery-free Bluetooth tag

Wilito, which is a semiconductor pioneer has raised a $30 million series B for a total of $50 million in funding. This comes after the company's demonstration of the first-ever sticker-sized Bluetooth sensor tag incorporating an ARM processor powered solely by scavenging energy from ambient radio frequencies. A Wiliot chip glued to a simple antenna printed on plastic or paper can authenticate the proximity of a product by transmitting an encrypted serial number along with weight and temperature data from a device the size of a postage stamp. The tags use Wiliot’s nanowatt computing to communicate with any device enabled by Bluetooth Low Energy, such as smartphones, Wi-Fi access points, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices that can connect to digital displays, Wi-Fi and LTE cellular networks. Wiliot closed its Series B round of funding with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Investment Arm, Samsung Venture Investment Corp., and Avery Dennison. These organizations have joined Norwest Venture Partners, 83North, Grove Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, and M Ventures to raise an additional $30 million of funding. Bluetooth tags can be embedded in the production phase of consumer goods, allowing real-time tracking through the manufacturing process, to the warehouse and from the store to the end consumer—all while being sensed ...

Spotify and T-Series ink global content partnership

Just as rumored, Spotify and T-series which is India's leading music and film company have agreed to a global content agreement. The deal will see Spotify’s worldwide audience gain access to T-Series’ entire Indian song catalog, including Bollywood and regional movie soundtracks, as well as non-film albums and emerging artist content. This move also strengthens Spotify's plans to launch in India which is expected to launch in March. T-Series currently has more than 160,000 songs in its catalog. The company's YouTube channel has around 80 million subscribers and videos have been viewed more than 58 billion times. Paul Smith, Director, Head of International Licensing at Spotify said: One of the ways Spotify has helped revolutionize music discovery is through its ability to connect millions of fans with the best music and artists from all over the world in a way that just wasn’t possible before streaming. Today’s deal with T-Series significantly strengthens our Indian music catalogue, bringing Bollywood to more than 200 million Spotify users worldwide. Having T-Series on Spotify is hugely significant and shows our commitment towards providing the very best music for our users. Chairman and Managing Director, T-Series, Bhushan Kumar said: We are bullish about India’s most popular music company tying up ...

Samsung Galaxy S10 X 5G specs surface: 6.7-inch Super AMOLED display, up to 10GB RAM, quad rear and dual front cameras and more

Samsung along with the regular and a plus-sized Galaxy S10 is said to be prepping a 5G variant whose name is said to be finalized as Galaxy S10 X. Considering that it is the 10th anniversary of the Galaxy S series, it emphasizes 'X', and it also has meanings such as eXperience and eXpand. The Galaxy S10 X is also touted to be the world's first smartphone with 5G network support. Samsung Electronics confirmed the first 5G smartphone to the Galaxy S10 X and delivered the main contents such as specifications and functions to three carriers. It is rumored to come with a 6.7-inch Super AMOLED display, an Axis 5100 chipset, a rear quad camera, and a front dual camera. In addition, it is said to be equipped with a 5000mAh large capacity battery, up to 10GB of RAM, and whopping 1TB memory. Most of all, the smartphone is said to feature a 'life pattern' mode. The technology to automate the smartphone function based on artificial intelligence (AI); based on consumer smartphone usage pattern is applied for the first time. The Galaxy S10 Lite, Galaxy S10, and Galaxy S10 Plus are scheduled to go on sale on March 8th after February 20th announcement. The 5G version of the Galaxy S10 X ...

Flipkart Republic Day Sale from Jan 20 to 22: Discounts, No cost EMI, exchange offers, instant discount and more

After Amazon announced its Great Indian Sale for this year, Flipkart has announced its Republic Day Sale is scheduled from January 20th to 22nd, same day as Amazon sale. The company has partnered with SBI to offer 10% instant discount on SBI Credit Cards. Other offers include, Debit Card EMI, No cost EMI on Credit cards, Exchange offer on Mobiles, TVs, Appliances, Laptops and more. During the sale it will offer Block Buster deals on Mobiles, Laptops, TVs and more every 8 hours, Rush Hours extra discounts till 2AM on January 20th, Extra 26% off everyday from 2PM to 6PM, 10% off on Rs. 1450 worth shopping and 15% off on shopping worth Rs. 1950, Buy 3 get 10% off and buy 4 get 15% off, up to 75% off on TVs and Appliances, up to 80% off on electronics and accessories, up to 70% off on Flipkart brands and more. You can check out more details about Flipkart Republic Day sale here.

Amazfit Verge smartwatch with 1.3-inch AMOLED display, GPS, Sports tracking launched in India for Rs. 11999

Huami has launched Verge , the company's latest smartwatch in India. It was introduced  in China last year. It comes with a water resistant body with IP68 ratings, comes with continuous heart rate monitoring, has an 1.3-inch AMOLED Screen, lets you take calls from the watch when connected to the phone over Bluetooth since it has microphone and speakers, has 11 Sports Modes, including Run, Climb, Tennis, Skiing, Soccer, Cycling and more. It has GPS + GLONASS to precisely track your sports activities and promises up to 5 days of battery life. Amazfit Verge specifications 1.3-inch (360 x 360 pixels) AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection 1.2GHz dual-core processor 512MB RAM, 4GB eMMC Dust and Water Resistant (IP68) Bluetooth 4.0 LE, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, NFC, GPS+GLONASS Android-based Amazfit OS, Compatible with Android 4.4 devices or later, iOS 9.0 or later Weight: 46g Detailed sports tracking: running, walking, cycling, elliptical, climbing, skiing, and more Optical heart rate monitor (PPG) Sensors:  Accelerometer,  Ambient Light Sensor, Gyroscope, geomagnetic sensor, air pressure sensor, wearing detection sensor 390mAh battery with up to 5 days of battery life The Amazfit Verge comes in Sky Grey, Twilight Blue and Moonlight White, is priced at Rs. 11,999 and will be available exclusively on Amazon.in starting from tomorrow, January 15th. Commenting on the ...

Samsung Galaxy M series smartphones with Infinity U display launching in India on January 28 on Amazon

After leaks, Samsung has officially announced that its Galaxy 'M Series' smartphones will launch in India on January 28th exclusively on Amazon.in. Based on earlier rumors, we can expect the Galaxy M10 (SM-M105F), Galaxy M20 (SM-M205F) and Galaxy M30 (SM-M305F) smartphones. Galaxy M20 even showed up on the Samsung India support site recently. The invite shows Infinity  U display with a camera inside the notch and the earpiece is present on the top bezel. Official teaser images also reveal curved edges, power button and volume rockers on the right side, dual rear cameras and a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner. The phone will also come with support for fast charging. Looks like Samsung is finally moving from micro USB to USB Type-C for its mid-range smartphones.  Samsung Galaxy M20 rumored specifications 6.3-inch (2340 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19:5:9 display Octa-Core (2.2GHz Dual + 1.6GHz Hexa) Exynos 7885 14nm processor with Mali-G71 GPU 3 GB RAM, 32GB Storage, expandable up to 512GB via micro SD card Android 8.1 (Oreo) Dual SIM 13MP rear camera with LED flash, 5MP f/2.2 depth camera 8MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture Fingerprint sensor 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio Dimension:156.4 x 74.5 x8.8mm Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4/5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS ...

Airtel Kumbh experience launched: Dedicated Airtel TV channel, VR Kiosks at the Mela, pre-5G Massive MIMO deployment

Airtel has announced initiatives to offer a digital Kumbh Mela 2019 experience to its customers. This includes Dedicated Kiosks at the Mela to offer Virtual Reality experience to visiting devotees, Dedicated channel on Airtel TV app to stream Kumbh Mela 2019 proceedings for those unable to visit the Kumbh and deployment of pre-5G Massive MIMO network technology at the venue to offer seamless high speed network experience. Stream the Kumbh proceedings – including important Snans and Aartis – on the Airtel TV app till March 4, 2019 in partnership with VR Devotee VR DEVOTEE special kiosks at the venue (in Prayagraj) for Virtual Reality based immersive experience to visitors State-of-the-art Massive MIMO technology at the venue to massively enhance its network capacity by five to seven times over the same spectrum and helps a large number of concurrent users to enjoy a seamless high speed data experience. Additionally, temporary sites and small cell sites are deployed at the venue Commenting on the launch, Sameer Batra, CEO – Content & Apps, Bharti Airtel: Kumbh is amongst the biggest and most important events in India and our endeavor is to bring it closer to our customers. Airtel TV app will allow users to enjoy the Kumbh experience on their smartphones anytime ...

OPPO schedules an event on January 16 to introduce 10x optical zoom camera tech

OPPO introduced world’s first camera module with 5X optical zoom at the MWC 2017, but we didn't see any phone with the tech. Today the company has scheduled an event on 16th January in China, to introduce 10X optical zoom technology, ahead of this year's MWC next month. According to earlier design drafts and leaks, the phone will have a periscope structure to divert light 90-degrees through prism into a telephoto lens. It also revealed triple rear setup for the smartphone. Last month Sina Technology interviewed the head of the OPPO Imaging Laboratory who revealed several OPPO multi-zoom technology related patents. He also confirmed that OPPO is indeed exploring multiple or even 10x hybrid zoom technology. We should know all the details about OPPO's 10x optical zoom technology on Wednesday. Source 1, 2

Noise Shots X3 BASS wireless earbuds with anti-dropout, sweatproof design launched for Rs. 3999

Following the launch of Shots X5, Noise has launched the Shots X3 BASS in India. The Shots X3 BASS comes in 5 colour variants and comes equipped with Bluetooth V5.0 technology. As per the company claims, X3 BASS is one of the first headphones in the market to feature Bluetooth V5.0 technology. With the help of Bluetooth V5, the headphones offer fast pairing, automatic reconnection along with 30 meters of range, plus lag & dropout free audio. Moreover, it has IPX4 sweat proof rating and anti-dropout design as well. This earbud also comes with a multifunction button allow you to play, pause or skip tracks, answer calls and even use Google or Siri on iOS & Android. Furthermore, the X3 BASS is powered by 1500mAh capacity, which as per the company claims to provide more than 10 recharges for the headphones. You can get your hands on this true wireless earbud starting from tomorrow, 15th January 2019 at a price of Rs. 3,999 on gonoise.com, Amazon.in, Flipkart.com, Myntra.com and leading online marketplaces.

Honor View20 Unboxing and First Impressions

Huawei is one of the few companies in the world apart from Apple and Samsung to have their phone's system on chips made in-house. This means a lot of things but most importantly, the research and development to do something new requires lesser time compared to the competition. The result of this advantage is that the Honor View 20 carries a lot of world's-first, but soon common-2019 features. Launching globally on the 22nd of January and in India on the 29th, the View 20 not only aims to be 2019's first 2019-phone but also be the most valuable mid range flagship. A laser drilled hole for the front camera means maximum screen to body ratio, a 48 MP + 3d ToF camera with AI means pictures that can be blown up and accurate 3d scene mapping, a flagship Kirin 980 chip means features and performance you see only in the high end, an attractive design means the legacy of interesting looking Honor phones continues, but more than anything if they get the price right, the Honor View 20 could potentially become a OnePlus killer. These are my first impressions, read on. Here is what you get in the box - and here are ...