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clearTax e-files your Income Tax return for free
A new startup in the already crowded Income Tax e-filing game in India is here to stay. clearTax claims that it is the fastest way to e-file your taxes in India. So does everyone else. The key differentiator here though is that it is free. Whereas other players charge around INR 150 per form 16…
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Facebook unveils video calling
So, the alleged “awesome” thing from Facebook is video calling. Yeah, might be awesome for Mark Zuckerberg, but its a pretty routine thing for, you know, us Gmail users. Anyways, in addition to the video calling feature, Facebook also rolled out a redesigned chat interface & group chat. The video chatting feature has been developed…
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Apple slashes price of 8GB iPhone 3GS in India to INR 19,990
Apple has reduced the price of factory unlocked iPhone 3GS 8GB in India to INR 19,990. This is the first time Apple has done something like this in India. The rising android adoption due to its wide choice of cheap handsets is believed to be the reason behind this move by Apple (The Google Nexus…
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Airtel partners with BigFlix to launch on demand video streaming service
Airtel has tied up with BigFlix to launch on demand video streaming service in India. BigFlix is a Netflix type service in India offering a library of DVD quality movies & TV shows which you can stream to your computer, laptop or tablet device (no iPad support though as the site requires Flash). Previously, their…
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Who needs an iPhone when you have god residing on your T-Series Bhakti Sagar mobile phone? [LOL]
T-Series has launched a divine mobile phone in India. Called the Bhakti Sagar phone, this handset comes loaded with all kinds of bhakti apps that can literally kep you in bhakti mode 24×7. Isn’t that the ultimate mecca? The key features of the dual sim phone include:
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Zee Turner & Star Den to form a distribution joint venture, more AsliHD channels for TataSky & DishTV customers?
Reports are coming in that Zee Turner & Star Den are planning a distribution joint venture to distribute their respective channels in India. This means that the new company will be able to distribute a combined bouquet of their channels in India. Currently, Star backs TataSky & Zee backs (duh) DishTV resulting in one’s exclusive…
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Airtel announces its iPhone 4 plans
Following Aircel’s iPhone 4 plans announcement yesterday, Airtel has today revealed its iPhone 4 plans for Indian consumers. All their plans as also based on the reverse subsidy model in which you pay the full price of the iPhone 4 to the carrier and then they pay you back a certain amount per month in…
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Samsung & Acer announce Google Chromebooks
Samsung & Acer, in partnership with Google have announced Chromebooks – the netbooks featuring Google’s Chrome OS. The OS is nothing but a lightweight chrome browser which boots up instantly (within 8 seconds). The netbooks are required to be always connected to the web as there is nothing else other than web surfing that you…
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Airtel launches HD DVR set top box in India [UPDATED with pics]
News is coming in that Airtel has launched their HD DVR set top box in India at a price tag of INR 4890. The recorder has 320 GB of hard disk space which will let you record up to 550 hours of SD content. The recorder features are similar to that of TataSky+ HD and is…
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Apple updates iMac line with quad core processors [UPDATED with India prices]
Apple has updated its iMac line of desktop computers with quad core processors. The updated line boasts of Intel’s quad core i5 processors ranging from 2.5GHz to 3.1GHz clock speed. In addition to featuring the new Thunderbolt port & AMD graphics for fast data transfer and superior graphics, they also have an inbuilt FaceTime HD…
