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Swipe launches Halo Speed tablet in India
Tablet manufacturer Swipe has unveiled its Halo Speed tablet for the Indian market. The device is a dual-SIM tablet, which supports voice calling like most of the other devices in its portfolio. The company has priced the tablet at Rs. 6,990,...
Maxx Mobile launches two Android smartphones for Indian market
Indian mobile phone manufacturer Maxx Mobile has launched its AX9Z Race, that has a 5.3-inch display and AX8 Race, with a 5-inch display. The AX9Z Race has been priced at Rs. 16,666 but can be purchased at Rs. 11,458 and the AX8 Race has been...
Amazon Kindle Fire HD to be available in 170 countries
Online shopping giant Amazon.com is looking to expand the distribution of its tablets with new Kindle Fire HD. The company announced that the new Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9 are now available for pre-orders in more than 170 countries...
Petrol vehicles demand increases due to narrowing fuel price gap
Contrary to the trend in 2012, the demand for petrol cars is steadily rising. In recent times, the cost of diesel has constantly risen and the price of petrol has constantly fallen. This has reduced the price gap between diesel and petrol and...
MTS launches dual-SIM phone for Indian market
Telecom company MTS, brand under the Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd launched its dual-SIM phone on May 20, 2013. The recent launch is an initiative for the customers in Kolkata and West Bengal circle. The phone was launched with the help of...
TRAI accuses Aircel, Vodafone and Idea of faulty billing standards
Five Indian telecom operators, namely Aircel, Vodafone, Idea, BSNL and MTS, have been facing billing disputes, with dispute percentages ranging between 0.11 and 2.42 percent. In the state of Maharashtra, the score for Aircel is the worst, with...
Nintendo to empower consoles with smartphone applications
Popular game manufacturer Nintendo Co. is looking forward to modifying its game consoles so that customers can also use the smartphone applications on them. The recent attempt will be made by the company as it searches for new ways to return...
MediaTek to improve performance of low-cost Android phones
Semiconductor company MediaTek intends to improve the performance of low-cost Android-based smartphones, using its latest system-on-a-chip (SoC) technology, currently on its MT 6572. The MT6572 is the world’s first dual-core SoC, which is...
Sarabjit Singh’s body brought to India for funeral
After the unfortunate death of the Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in Pakistan, his body has been brought back to Punjab, for a funeral ceremony in his home town. Singh was a prisoner in Pakistan, who died after a fatal attack by a group of prisoners.
The...
Google honours Satyajit Ray in Doodle
Search engine giant Google, on May 2, 2013, has honoured the legendary Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray on his 92nd birth anniversary, with a black and white Doodle on their homepage. The Doodle has been cast out of a scene from Ray’s first film...