Category: News

  • Airtel Slashes its 3G Data Tariffs

    In an unprecedented move, Airtel has slashed it 3G data tariffs across India. The new plans look much more economical than the predecessors and Airtel is also offering its Smartbytes solution on its 3G network now. Smartbytes solution allows users to buy additional data quota if they run out of the free quota in a…

  • Samsung Opens Pre Orders for Galaxy S III in India

      Samsung has opened pre booking for its latest Galaxy phone, the S III in India via its online store samsungindiaestore.com. One has to pay INR 2000 to book a Galaxy S III. Samsung will send a coupon of the same amount to the customer which can be redeemed against the full payment of the…

  • Adobe, Croma & Vijay Sales launch online stores in India

    Adobe India has launched its online store at shop.adobe.com/in where users can buy Adobe software. The titles are available as digital downloads and payments can me made in Indian currency. Most Adobe software are available as full copy or upgrades if you have a previous version. The Adobe Creative Suite 6 (CS6) is also available…

  • Reliance Infotel Plans to Install 100,000 Towers for 4G LTE Operations Across India

    Now that the non compete agreement between the two Ambani brothers is terminated, Mukesh Ambani is planning to revolutionize wireless broadband in the same way he revolutionized mobile voice communication. His company, Reliance Infotel is planning to install 100,000 cell towers across India in the next 3 years to offer high speed 4G LTE wireless…

  • The new iPad to be Launched in India on April 27, 2012 at a Starting Price of INR 30,500

    The new iPad with the awesome retina display and quad core graphics will be available in India on April 27, 2012 at a starting price of INR 30,500 says Apple India’s website. It will be available at all apple authorized resellers. As per the press release, the prices of all the models will be as…

  • Flipkart’s flyte MP3 App is Now Available for Android

    As part of their long term digital store strategy, Flipkart has launched their flyte MP3 app for android phones. Users can now buy & download music from flyte directly on their android devices without the need of a computer. The one click (tap?) purchase process will leverage Flipkart wallet to make quick payments and also…

  • Siri Speaking in Hindi!

    Siri supports a few languages right now and Apple is working on new ones. However, @kunalkaul123 has made Siri speak Hindi on his iPhone using a proxy server. Kunal is forwarding the Siri requests to his Google API server for translation. Here is a video of the hack in action: Pretty cool eh? It would…

  • Airtel Launched its 4G Network in Kolkata, offers super absurd plans

    As rumored last month, Airtel has launched its 4G LTE network in Kolkata today. The high speed 4G LTE network should theoretically offer download speed up to 100Mbps and upload speed of 40Mbps. And as expected (given its history), Airtel is offering super absurd plans for using the service. here are the plans currently available:…

  • Facebook Acquires Instagram for $1 billion

    The popular photo sharing service Instagram has been acquired by Facebook for $1 billion, Mark Zuckerberg confirmed in a post on his Facebook timeline. The acquisition isn’t as much a surprise as the valuation, considering Instagram started from scratch and has just 13 employees in total, all of whom will be joining the Facebook team…

  • TRAI Working on Regulating Advertisements on TV Channels in India

    The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is working on an initiative to regulate advertisements shown on TV channels in India. TRAI is said to be working on a consultation paper to devise new regulations which will set the new guidelines for advertisements on Indian television. The action has been taken up based on complaints &…