Google Play starts showing apps' actual download sizes
Rajat
Saturday, July 23, 2016
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OPPO India continues its retail expansion plans for India by launching OPPO exclusive store in Chennai and Jaipur. The Chennai store was inaugurated by Indian cricketer Yusuf Pathan and the Jaipur store was inaugurated by his brother Irfan Pathan. OPPO is the official global partner of ICC in the mobile category for four years supporting ICC WT20 2016.
This is the 5th exclusive outlet in Tamil Nadu, which is located at 51 Shastri Nagar, 2nd Avenue, MG Road, Adyar, Chennai. “Spread over an area of 1000Sq feet, the store layout has been designed keeping in mind customer flow and also for a visual experience,” said OPPO.
OPPO’s exclusive store in Jaipur is located at Khatipura Road Jhotwara Jaipur and is spread over an area of 350 sq feet.
Commenting on the launch of new stores, Sky Li, OPPO Global VP, MD of International Mobile Business and President of OPPO India said:
These new exclusive OPPO stores are a part of our constant efforts to provide our customers with an interactive and informative buying experience. Looking at the huge potential of the Indian Smartphone market, we are speeding up our sales and service network and expect a fair growth and a bigger share of the market in the times to come.
OPPO exclusive stores launched in Chennai and Jaipur
Rajat
Thursday, March 31, 2016
The cliche that India is an extremely price conscious market seems to have been proved, yet again! With a smartphone selling at Rs 251 (nearly Rs 300 if you add in the Rs 40 shipping price included), an unknown phone company Ringing Bells has turned into the biggest news maker in the tech and business industry over the last couple of days, and how.
From specs offered at an unbelievably low price point and iPhone-like icons to being a re-branded Adcom Ikon 4 smartphone and Make in India project, a lot has already been said and written about the Freeedom 251. But what still seems baffling is how they will achieve the price point so low for a device that is well speced to be priced a little over a couple of thousands. You don’t even need to be a businessman to do the math.
Last night, Ashok Chadha, President, Ringing Bells took to answering media questions post the launch event and also explained how the company plans to achieve this low price point, and ‘still’ manage to sustain. Firstly, he cleared the air about subsidy by saying there is no government subsidy involved, but the company plans to benefit from economies of scale.
“The Indian market is at 2 crore units a month. If you take 30 percent of that, then you achieve economies of scale,” he had said. The Freedom 251 is priced around Rs 250, which means it could get them a cut of estimated Rs 500 on the Rs 2,500 bill of materials. However, selling Rs 2,500 device at Rs 251 would still incur losses in crores, and how does the company plan to tackle that. Somehow, it appears there’s more that needs to be explained.
It is believed that economies of scale coincides only with large businesses and that too only in relatively few products. For example, Boeing’s aircrafts, Microsoft’s OSes, and Intel’s CPU. However, even these global businesses are said to be dominant in only a few product lines.
“Economies of scale by itself is not enough for a business to keep a competitive advantage. If a business has only an economies of scale advantage, its competitors will be able to take some of its customers and will eventually be able to capture enough market share to remove its scale advantage. The business with the economies of scale advantage needs to be able to keep its larger market share,” points out a post on FallibleInvestor.
He has made some tall claims stating they want to capture nearly 30 percent of the smartphone market by the end of the year. The company apparently has two pilot plants in Noida and Uttarakhand, claiming a capacity of 5 lakh phones and they are looking at an investment of Rs 230-250 crores on these plants.
If some reports are to be believed then the Noida office was deserted and didn’t even have the Ringing Bells banner, instead it was named Bell. Another factor it claims is cutting down on distributors and relying only on the online medium. “With Made in India components, we can save on the 13.8 percent,” Chadha claimed. Also, selling online first could save the costs incurred on large distribution networks, he further claimed.
Well, we’ve seen companies like Motorola, Lenovo, YU and even Xiaomi take that route. Xiaomi sells phones starting at roughly Rs 5,000 to Rs 6,000 and relies on innovative marketing, is known to have made its investors worry lately.
The company also says that they will allow other companies to use their website as a selling platform. If you have visited the 251 Freedom site, I wouldn’t even have to get into details about how they could possibly manage it. Moreover, that’s a really tall claim for a company whose site crashed even before it started taking its first booking order for the Freedom 251.
Another pointer to think about is the company taking four months to deliver the products. Currently, they have 6 lakh visitors per second, and even if a few lakhs end up buying the device via online money, that’s a huge interest to earn in four months. Any reputed bank would give about 3 to 4 percent.
Moreover, the device says it’s a ‘Made in India’ project, but clearly there is no doubt now that it is the same Adcom Ikon 4 being sold on Flipkart at almost 16X times the price at Rs 4,081. Lastly, the device has not been BIS certified. In fact, it is not even listed, points out another report. So, how can we be so sure it is safe to use and adheres to the standards like radiation and so on, that are required for the Indian market. The Indian Cellular Association (ICA) is also known to have raised its concerns.
A cheap device that aims at creating a ‘Digital India’ is a novel plan, but there are still many creases to be ironed out.
Here is why the Freedom 251 costs just Rs 251
Rajat
Friday, February 19, 2016
Micromax has grabbed the number three spot in the Russian smartphone market according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor program. The homegrown smartphone handset maker has a market share of over 9% in Q4 2015.
Amit Mathur, Head International Business, Micromax Informatics commenting on its success in the Russian market, said,
This is an exciting time for us at Micromax as we are a step closer to our vision of becoming the part of the top five handset players in the world. Russia has been one of our focus markets in the past two years and we have seen a great consumer acceptance for the brand in the market. With our focus on affordable smartphone segment, 4G and 3G, we will continue to work towards consolidating our position in the Russian market.
Micromax becomes third largest smartphone player in Russia
Rajat
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Indian Railways, RailTel and Google today launched free WiFi at the Mumbai Central station, asexpected. “The Wi-Fi will be entirely free to start and the long-term goal will be making this self-sustainable to allow for expansion to more stations and places, with RailTel and other partners, in the future,” said Google.“Also, to make sure that a few people spending all day in the station downloading lots of big files don’t slow down the network for everyone, users might notice a drop in speed after their first hour on the network. Most people should still be able to do the things they’ll want to do online,” added Google.
To access the internet with RailWire, you need to connect to RailWire network from your WiFi settings, go to railwire.co.in from your browser, enter your mobile number in the WiFi login screen and request for OTP SMS. Once you have received the 4-digit OTP code, enter it in the login screen and press ‘Done’. You will see a checkmark and will be connected.Google already said that 100 more stations will be operational by the end of 2016, connecting more than 10 million people who pass through every day. Today it said that Allahabad, Patna, Jaipur and Ranchi will be the next stations that will get free WiFi.
Mumbai Central station gets Google’s free RailWire Wi-Fi
Rajat
Friday, January 22, 2016
Android 6.0 Marshmallow is the sixth major update for Google’s mobile OS. As a major update, Android Marshmallow brings many new features with a lot of bug fixes and changes. However, many of the features are hidden deep in the menus and behind settings that even experienced users wouldn’t tap on. If you’re using device running Android Marshmallow, the following tips and tricks will help you get the most out of it.
Google Now on Tap
Google Now on Tap is one of the best features in Android Marshmallow. It offers quick information on whatever you’re looking on your smartphone. There’s no need to close apps or copy and paste phrases anymore. Once it’s enabled, you can bring up Google Now on Tap from any app, simply by selecting text and long-pressing the ‘Home’ button. If you’re looking for this feature, go into Google Now -> Settings -> Now cards and you can enable or disable ‘Now on Tap’.
Grant App Permissions Individually
App permissions is another top features of the Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The new feature lets users manage each of the app permissions individually. To access app permissions, go toSettings -> Apps and tap an individual app to see its permission. Change the switch for thepermissions that you want to grant or revoke the permission. You can also view a list ofpermissions to determine whether you have granted particular apps. Just go to Settings ->Apps, then tap the overflow menu in the top right corner. Now go to Advanced App Permissions.
Play Android Marshmallow Easter Egg
Like last year’s Lollipop Easter Egg, the Marshmallow Easter egg is a Flappy Bird lookalike. This time, though, Google has added a multiplayer feature. To open it, go to Settings ->About Phone. Then tap the Android version repeatedly until you see the Marshmallow (M) icon appear in the center of the screen. Tap on the “M” logo to turn it into a Marshmallow with antenna. Then press and hold on the Marshmallow until the game screen loads.
Enable System-UI Tuner
System UI Tuner is a hidden feature in Android Marshmallow 6.0 that allows you to customize quick settings and status bar shortcuts. You can also turn on demo mode of the device with system UI tuner.
To enable the System UI Tuner, pull down the notification panel and long-press the cog at the top next to the battery indicator. Hold it down until it begins to spin and a message will pop-up saying “Congrats! System UI Tuner has been added to Settings.”
Show Battery Percentage in the Status Bar
Android Lollipop has enabled you to show the battery percentage on the status bar using a third-party app. With Android 6.0 Marshmallow, Google has tweaked things a bit and no longer requires the use of a third party app to enable this hidden battery percentage. Instead, it has tucked the option inside the hidden System-UI tuner. Just tap ‘System UI Tuner’ from the main Settings page, and toggle the switch of ‘Show Embedded Battery Percentage’ to turn the feature ON.
Exclude Certain Apps from Doze mode
Doze is a new feature in Marshmallow that is designed to increase your battery life by putting your device to sleep when it has been idle for a certain amount of time. The feature is fully automated and you can’t decide when to turn it On or Off. But you can exclude certain apps from the Doze feature.
To do it, open ‘Settings’ app and select ‘Battery’. Then tap the ‘three dots’ in the top right corner and tap ‘Battery optimization’. Tap the ‘downward-pointing arrow’, then tap ‘All apps’ from the menu that appears. You can now select the apps that you don’t want optimized for Doze mode.
Disable Notification Peeking
Android Lollipop introduced a new type of notification called “heads-up notifications” or “peeking”. Instead of showing a scrolling message in the status bar, the heads-up notifications allows notifications to pop up over the top of your display
This feature is enabled by default in Android Marshmallow, but you can choose to disable the heads-up notifications on a per-app basis. Just open the ‘Settings’ and tap ‘Sound ¬ification’, then Tap ‘App notifications’. Tap the name of the app you no longer want to see heads-up notifications. Next, toggle ‘Allow peeking’ to OFF.
Uninstall Apps from Your Home Screen or App Drawer
Android 6.0 Marshmallow allows you to uninstall apps on your home screen or in your app drawer. To do it, simply long-press the app and drag the app icon towards the ‘Remove’ or ‘Uninstall’ option at the top of the screen.
So here's some cool features of Android Marshmallow 6.0 on Viral Techs :)
Tips, Tricks and Hidden Features of Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Rajat
Method To Use whatsapp Without Mobile Number.
Step 1. Firstly you have to download whatsapp messenger in your Android device and install and launch it.
Step 2. If you are old whatsapp user then you have to delete your whatsapp account and download and install whatsapp again.
Step 3. Next step is enter your name and verify your mobile number. But you do not enter your mobile number now.
Step 4. Then we have to verify your mobile number with another way. Download Text+ App in your mobile to verify your mobile number.
Step 5. After launching text + App you have to open the App and go to settings and select contacts.
Step 6. You will get a number for your personal use in the app. Copy that number or write it .
Step 7. Now open your whatsapp messenger and paste the number that you get from the text + App.
Step 8. Click on continue button now you will get a verification code in Text+ app.
Step 9. Get this code and verify your account. Now your whatsapp account is ready without any number.
I hope you like this tutorial about using whatsapp without number. In case you face any problem regarding this topic please let us know in below comments.
How To Use Whatsapp Without Mobile Number
Rajat
Sunday, October 4, 2015
Panasonic has launched Panasonic T33 with 4-inch display, quad processor. It has dual SIM support, 3G connectivity and comes with support for 21 Indian languages. It also has a back cover with leather-like finish. The Panasonic T33 comes in Pearl White and Duke Blue colors and is priced at Rs. 4,490. It also comes with a free screen protection guard in the box. It is a bit costly since there are several smartphones in the price range that offer better specifications. It will be available across the country in the third week of July.
Panasonic T33 specifications
- 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) IPS display
- 1.2 GHz quad-core processor
- 512MB RAM, 4GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
- Android 4.4.2 (KitKat)
- Dual SIM
- 3MP rear camera with LED Flash
- VGA front-facing camera
- Dimensions: 125.8x65x10.1mm; Weight: 126 grams
- 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
- 3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS
- 1500 mAh battery
Panasonic T33 for Rs. 4490
Rajat
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Facebook is said to be working on a virtual assistant for its Messenger platform, as per a latest report from The Information. The virtual assistant is being internally dubbed as “MoneyPenny”.
Available via Facebook’s Messenger app, MoneyPenny will allow users to ask real people for help with research and shopping. These categories might be expanded further. No other details about Moneypenny and its launch have been revealed yet. However, the virtual assistant is said to be different from Siri, Google Now and Cortana as which focuses more on productivity.
Earlier this month, Messenger officially started its mobile payment service for users in the US. Facebook is striving hard to increase the popularity of Messenger by adding new features. It is alsotesting GIF image support and sticker search for Messenger.
Facebook testing own MoneyPenny virtual assistant for Messenger
Rajat
The Galaxy A8 has fingerprint sensor on the home button, making it the first Samsung A series smartphone with a fingerprint sensor. Now the release date of the smartphone has been revealed by a Chinese seller Suning Tesco, who is taking pre-orders for the smartphone starting today.
Samsung Galaxy A8 (SM-A800S) rumored specifications
- 5.7-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD Super AMOLED display
- LTE (Single SIM): Exynos 5430 Octa-Core (1.8GHz Quad A15 + 1.3 GHz Quad A7 ) with Mali T628 MP6 GPU
- LTE/3G (Dual SIM) : Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 Octa-Core (1.5GHz Quad A53 + 1.0 GHz Quad A53 ) with Adreno 405 GPU
- 2GB RAM, 32GB internal memory, expandable up to 128GB with microSD
- Android 5.1 (Lollipop)
- 16MP rear camera with LED flash, f/1.9 aperture
- 5MP front-facing camera
- Dimensions: 158 × 76.8 × 5.9mm; Weight: 151 grams
- 4G LTE / 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, A-GPS/ GLONASS
- 3050mAh battery
The Samsung Galaxy A8 comes in Black, White and Gold colors and will go on sale in China on July 17th. Even though the seller did not reveal the pricing of the Galaxy A8, the smartphone will be priced at approximately 439 Euros (US$ 483 / Rs. 30790 approx.).
Samsung Galaxy A8 price and specifications
Rajat
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Micromax has launched Bolt D303. It has Swipe keyboard from Firstouch to translate and transliterate with patented ‘Swipe’ feature that enables users to communicate in their preferred language, similar to Unite 3 that was launched recently. It comes pre-loaded with 10 regional languages that includes, Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Bengali and Marathi.
Micromax Bolt D303 specifications
- 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) display
- 1.3GHz dual-core processor
- 512MB RAM, 4GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
- Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS
- Dual SIM
- 3.2MP fixed-focus rear camera with LED Flash
- 0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera
- 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
- 3G HSPA+,WiFi 802.11 b/g/n,Bluetooth 4.0, aGPS
- 1300mAh battery
The Micromax Bolt D303 comes in Blue color and is priced at Rs. 3499.
Micromax Bolt D303 for Rs 3499
Rajat
Lenovo sold 47,440 units of K3 Note smartphones in just 5.2 seconds in the first flash sale today on Flipkart at 3PM. It received over 538,096 lakh registrations for the sale, said the company. Even though the company sells only the Onyx Black variant of the smartphone now, it plans to bring Pearl White and Laser Yellow color variants soon.
About K3 Note
The K3 Note was launched in India last month at a price tag of Rs. 9,999. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p display with 72% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by 1.7GHz octa-core 64-bit MediaTek processor, runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has dual SIM support and 4G connectivity, including support for LTE bands in India, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage with expansion slot and a 3000mAh battery.
Registrations for the second Lenovo K3 Note on July 15th will start later today. Check out our Lenovo K3 Note hands on. We will bring you the unboxing of the smartphone soon.
47,440 Lenovo K3 Note smartphones sold out in 5.2 seconds in first sale
Rajat
WhatsApp failed to compete with other tech companies and lagged behind last when it comes to protecting user data from government requests, according to Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
The report titled “Who Has Your Back” from the prominent privacy advocacy group revealed that WhatsApp had received just one out of five stars EFF ratings. WhatsApp doesn’t publish a transparency report detailing requests it has received from the government and dose not promise to provide users advance notice of government data requests, said the report. The messaging service also doesn’t offer a promise to users that they will receive advance notice about government data demands. Moving on, the report criticizes WhatsApp for failing to publish information on data retention polices or content removal requests, i.e. when accounts are shut down.
“We entrust countless intimate details about our personal life to digital service providers. Often it’s corporate policies, not legal safeguards, that are our best defense against government intrusion. Technology companies must have the strongest possible policies to protect privacy, and we’re impressed that this group of nine has stepped up and met our ambitious new standards.”said EFF Activism Director Rainey Reitman.
In comparison tech companies like Yahoo, Apple and Adobe earned top marks (5 star rating) from EFF as they are doing a good job of providing users with transparency about their interactions with the government.
WhatsApp fails at protecting user data: Report
Rajat
Saturday, June 20, 2015
WhatsApp messenger now become popular and addicted app ever just because of their latest features like video calling, Chatting, File sharing, privacy options etc. WhatsApp messenger also reduce our cost of phone calling to our relatives and friends.With the help of Whatsapp we can share our images with others and receive these images. But these images are shown with our regular images in Gallery. So these images confuse with our important images in gallery. If your are also frustrate from this images then this article is really for you because in this article we are going to discuss about how to restrict these images from appearing in the phone Gallery.
Methods To Remove WhatsApp Images From Gallery
Steps For Android Phone Users
Step 1. Launch the file manager App of your mobile. You can also install different file manager App on Your Android devices like ES file Explorer, total commander File manager App etc.
Step 2. Find your WhatsApp media folder using the file manager. Commonly it is found on Home >> SD card >> Whatsapp >> Media.
Step 3. Inside the Media folder you will see a sub folder named WhatsApp images.
.Step 4. Rename this folder to .WhatsApp images.
OR
Alternative Way
Step 4. Alternatively you can also create a .nomedia file inside this folder. You can create new file by clicking on the Plus button and select the file option.
Step 5. After Step 4 you can open your Gallery and see your Whatsapp folder become invisible. If it is still visible then you have to clear cache for Apps in your Android device. You can clear cache by Go to setting >> App Manger or Apps >> clear cache. Don.t forget to turn off hidden files option.
Note:- Android OS is based on the Linux kernel if we Add '. or period' in front of folder or file name it will become completely invisible.
Steps For An iPhone Users
If you are iPhone user then it is so simple for you to restrict the Whatsapp images Appearing in the Gallery within few clicks.
- Just go to you phone settings-> Privacy->Photos->Untick WhatsApp.
- After following the above step you will not see your WhatsApp images in Gallery.
So these are different method to hide whatsapp image gallery on android and iPhone easily. If you know any of the best way for this must share it with us. We will update it soon.
How To Hide Whatsapp Images & Videos From Gallery
Rajat
Thursday, June 18, 2015
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