For years people have whined about the design of the Galaxy smartphones. The unchanging contours, the inescapable cheap plastic and the Apple-wannabe styling minus the build, have been major annoyances. By the time the Galaxy S5 came along, potential buyers had had it and turned to other options. And then Samsung decided it had better listen to the world after all and created the Galaxy S6 and the Edge. Gone is the plastic, replaced by the more loved metal and glass especially on the back of the phone in its Platinum Gold variant. Gone also is the Apple-wannabe look: now, from the front, it looks exactly like the iPhone! And has the build to carry off the look.While practically everyone who sees it has something to say on the resemblance to the iPhone, they do think the S6 is the best-looking phone Samsung ever made. The S6 is really thin and light and although that’s a delight, it means we sacrifice the ability to open up the back panel and get at the battery and a slot for the memory card.The S6 looks even better the moment you turn on its razor-sharp screen. It’s a 5.1-inch 1440x2560 pixels resolution QHD Super AMOLED display with a whopping 577ppi density. I didn’t think the colours overdone, nor was there any question of compromise on the viewing angles. It’s also more sunlight-friendly than Samsung’s previous phones, including the Note 4 I use.The screen is the perfect canvas for what is turning out to be the best camera on a smartphone. Camera reviewers are reporting impressive test results for the S6, beating the iPhone 6 on the camera front. Samsung has worked hard on the camera. The home button on the device, when pressed twice quickly, opens up the camera and it does so fast, even from the locked screen. The camera app is minimalistic and neat and offers a Pro mode from where you can set exposure, white balance, ISO, focus, and make your own presets. The cameras are a 16MP on the rear and a 5MP on the front, and both have an f1.9 aperture. There’s an LED Flash optical image stabilisation, and real-time HDR. It takes excellent fast shots in daylight and good ones in indoor low light. It shoots 4K video. If you’re looking for a powerful camera phone, the Galaxy S6 is the one to go for right now. Upgraders from high-end phones like the Note 4, you have a pretty good camera to begin with.You have all the power you need on the S6 with its own Exynos 64-bit Octa Core (Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57) processor. There’s 3GB of RAM and variants with 32, 64 and 128GB storage. It’s 4G capable. All the power does mean it heats up a little though, even if you just use the camera for a while. The battery, a 2,550mAh, is barely adequate, but then you do have fast charging.The S6 is terribly important to Samsung at this point when it’s draining profits despite being the No 1 smartphone vendor, beating Apple. The world is not the same as it was when the Galaxy S3 took the world by storm and cheaper smartphones today offer superb design and top-notch specs, except the camera, at shockingly low prices. The S6 starts at Rs 49,900 for the 32GB model. The beautiful S6 Edge, is Rs 56,300. The S6 faces great competition and even though it’s been given an Editor’s Choice status by several publications, it’s anyone’s guess how the device will eventually fare in the market. Honor 6 PlusElegant and flagship-like, the Honor 6-Plus is nicely understated. Not something you’d hesitate to carry around, for Rs 26,499. A 5.5-inch Android smartphone, it would have been difficult to tell apart from so many others if it weren’t for some tricks in the camera department. Parent company Huawei claims it can take better pictures than a DSLR. If only life were that easy….The Honor 6-Plus has three 8-megapixel cameras on board. The focus, so to speak, is on getting that depth of field look where you have the things in the distance all blurred, and whatever you’re focusing on, nice and sharp. In outdoor light, the two back cameras do this quite well, though it’s still a bit of a gimmick. If you hold very still and are good at framing photos that will result in this contrast between focused and unfocused, you can get some impressive 13MP pictures. The bokeh in the background can look quite good, though ultimately it looks good for a phone and it isn’t anywhere near what you see with a “proper” camera. The camera’s software has a wide exposure mode but this is mostly software-led. You can also focus the photo after taking the shot. That’s a trick that started out on Nokia phones and is also part of the Google camera app. The two 8MP cameras are auto focus. The 8MP front camera is a fixed focus shooter. In darker conditions, the image gets light-filled, but is definitely a bit warm toned.The Honor 6-Plus is otherwise quite a power-packed device. A powerful home-grown processor, 3GB RAM, a 1080x1920 screen, 32GB onboard storage and a 3,600mAh battery. It works with Huawei’s Emotion UI skin which is light and unintrusive, other than being quite simple. (This story was published in BW | Businessworld Issue Dated 18-05-2015)
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Fujifilm India Private Limited, has announed the launch of its cutting-edge instant print technology that gives the instant print; Instax series in India. Instant Print comes out of the camera develops gradually and gets sharpen in few minutes. The four products which will be launched in India are the Mini 8, Mini 25, Mini 50S and Mini 90.Commenting on the occasion, Yasunobu Nishiyama said, “We are excited to launch the Instax series which has been well accepted in countries outside India. This range has been designed keeping in mind predominantly young age group and their requirements. Indian young population is experimental/ wants to seek new experiences and maintain their family values. Each camera has its own unique features, distinguishing one from the other and comes with 1 year warranty.Presidents Institute Set For Launch In AsiaH.E. Freddy Svane, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark in India hosted a celebration to mark the official launch of the global CEO networking organisation, Presidents Institute in India. The India launch of the Copenhagen-based network was held at the Ambassador's residence at 24, Amrita Shergill Marg, New Delhi on Friday, May 01, 2015. Eminent guest-list included Meenakshi Lekhi, MP; Dr Sonal Mansingh, Padma Vibhushan; Aruna Oswal, Philanthropist; Arvind Gupta, Head IT, BJP; Andreas Straarup, Global COO, Presidents Institute; Asheesh Sethi, CEO India."The biggest challenge would be to have the right mix of Indian top Executives who can benefit from this elite network" says Ratan Kaul, Advisor India, Presidents Institute.Qlik Cloud Offerings UnveiledQlik, a leader in visual analytics, today announced its Qlik Cloud offering that is comprised of multiple services. As a result of its recent DataMarket acquisition, the Company is introducing Qlik DataMarket, a Data-as-a-Service offering via Qlik Cloud, along with Qlik Sense Cloud for free sharing and Qlik Sense Charts for sharing visualizations on public sites.“Our cloud strategy encompasses more than just an infrastructure or Software-as-a-Service play,” said Anthony Deighton, Qlik CTO and SVP of Products. “At Qlik we see an exciting opportunity for Cloud-based value-added services, like Qlik DataMarket Data as a Service offering, to optimize the visual analytics experience, even at the point of decision. Likewise, because people do not make decisions alone, sharing in the cloud will always be an important part of our collaboration strategy as well.”MBCN Receives Certification Of AppreciationMata Bhagwanti Chadha Niketan, an initiative of The Ponty Chadha Foundation is a Special School for Mentally and Physically challenged children. In the recently held ceremony, the school received the ‘Certification of Appreciation’ in the School Excellence Award ’15. The certificate aims to salute the Contribution of Nation Builders.Vandana Sharma, Principal at Mata Bhagwanti Chadha Niketan, said, "On behalf of the Ponty Chadha Foundation and team of MBCN ,I thank the organizers of school excellence awards for this wonderful initiative to honor the work carried out by individual/schools/institutions working tirelessly in the field of school education in the state of Uttar Pradesh".Skillsoft Announces Acquisition Of VodeclicSkillsoft Limited ("Skillsoft"), a global leader in learning and talent management, has completed the acquisition of Vodeclic SAS, a leading provider of new generation video courses, through its indirect subsidiary Skillsoft France SARL. Vodeclic solutions help companies, universities, and professionals improve skills proficiency with the growing number of digital productivity applications used daily on the job, on the go, and on mobile devices of all types. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed."Vodeclic is a natural complement to our existing portfolio of proven learning solutions as organizations look to address the daily needs and questions of learners via a seamless, on-demand platform," said Skillsoft CEO Chuck Moran.
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Targeting the age group of 18-28 years, News Republic, a mobile media aggregator firm, launched its operation in India on Thursday (7 May). The News Republic app curates 50,000 articles a day including news stories, photographs, and videos from over 1,000 trusted global media sources, say the company’s website. News Republic has two free news apps: News Republic, which focuses on global news and Appy Geek that concentrates on technology. Both apps have fully licensed articles, photos and videos from over 1,100 leading news organisations around the world. The company launched both the apps for the Indian market. News Republic has forged collaboration with mobile manufacturing brand HTC for an in-built app. It also has collaboration with 29 Indian publishing news agencies. “We are in the era of where information is treated as power and wealth. So we need to help the audience to get the simplest and accurate information. News Republic will enable you to choose the best. It simplifies your area of interst and topic," said Shafi Saxena, Chief Brand Officer, News Republic. News Republic, at present, has no plans to collaborate with any Indian telecom major. India has the biggest newspaper market in the world. India's unique visitors to online news and information sites grew 45 per cent from 31 million in 2011 to 45 million in 2015 and mobile internet users will number over 200 million by June. Mobile, with 24X7 access to content, will transform the media landscape. "We are passionate about news beacause it is the connective tissue for humanity. Those who read better know better and do better. It is our mission to spark global conversations about issues that matter. And, no global conversation is complete without India", said Saxena. In India, Radhika Shukla, India Country director, will spearhead the company operations. She will widen and deepen the content and forge OEM partnerships to enrich user experience and help bring Indian media perspectives to News Republic's gobal audience. News Republic publishes 13 editions in 6 languages globally.
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While people have been debating over the new styling of the flagship smartphone from Samsung, there have been some noticeable changes that make the Galaxy S6 an impressive device to have today. One of the most prominent changes is the camera unit. The 16MP module has been borrowed from the Galaxy Note 4 and boasts of the same OIS (Optical image stabilization) system to improve the focusing. It is also capable of recording high resolution 4K videos as well. The camera on the S6 is very fast, especially the shutter which comes with zero lag. An interesting feature that Samsung has added lets you jump straight to the camera app by just double tapping the home button, this is a nice shortcut as there is no dedicated camera button and it is actually fast. In terms of quality, pictures come out sharp, contrast is balanced and colors feel pretty accurate. In low light conditions, shots of still objects turn out to be good thanks to the f/1.9 aperture, but if you have moving objects, you could end up with shaky pictures unless you have a tripod or super stable hands. Noise is well in control and pictures shot in low light don’t feel very grainy. Random Clicks: Delhi BusesThe interface of the camera app is quite straightforward with a few modes pre-installed and other that can be downloaded separately. There is a sports mode to capture high speed objects and a pro-mode which is basically the manual mode that lets you control the focus, ISO, white balance and the exposure compensation. The camera app also consists of certain presets (filters) and you can even tweak them to create your own. Perfect if you love putting your pictures on Instagram or similar photo sharing apps. In the video department, the quality is sharp and accurate. With the inclusion of tracking autofocus, videos stay in focus but sadly this feature didn’t seem to work when shooting in 4K resolution. Still, the video capabilities on the S6 are remarkable. . Hard Rock CafeSince there are moving parts in the camera module, the whole mechanism could not be accommodated in the slim body, thus it protrudes out from the back. This makes you extra cautious so that you don’t end up scratching the lens when you are keeping the smartphone on a hard surface. However the slight hump is quite worth it as the picture quality is superb for a smartphone camera. The quality of the camera on the Galaxy S6 is very similar to the Galaxy Note 4 along with some fine tuning and refinements. However if you have an older generation smartphone, say the Galaxy S5 or even the Lumia 1020, then the S6 will not disappoint.
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Taking forward its promise of delivering ground breaking and exciting entertainment, Sony India on Wednesday (06 May) launched the all new portable bluetooth speaker- SRS-X11 and SRS-X55. These sleek and trendy speakers make it easier than ever for the music lover to conveniently listen to and share their favourite tracks in great sound quality. In their compact designs and a variety of colours, the two new bluetooth speaker, SRS-X11and SRS-X55,combine powerful sound quality with Bluetooth and NFC,enabling users to instantly connect their smart device and stream music wherever they are. These stylishly designed speakers can be even used as speaker phones to conveniently answer calls, all while enjoying favourite tracks.Use the Speaker Add function to connect two SRS-X11 units together to either create twice the sound power in Double mode, or split the sound signal to enjoy real stereo sound in Stereo mode.Card Shape Power Bank By EssotEssot, a leading retail chain that deals in mobile and computer accessories has launched its cutting-edge Credit Card Shape Power Bank PwerHorsez2600C. Its ultra slim and compact design coupled with its light weight makes it easy to use and carry, making it a perfect fit for any wallet.The portable device is 6.75mm thin and the petite body encases a 2,600 mAh battery that holds the capacity of completing a full cycle charge of most smartphones. It also comes with an LED indicator that indicates the charge left in the device. This device comes integrated with a Micro-USB smartphone cable which eliminates the need to carry a separate cable as it has an inbuilt one and a compartment to store.HUL To Counter India's Water Challenges2030 Water Resources Group (2030 WRG) and Hindustan Unilever Foundation (HUF) have partnered to develop innovative, large-scale solutions for India's water challenges. The solutions will focus on technology, finance, knowledge, and results-based implementation and will target the agriculture sector, which uses around 80 per cent of the country's water resources. It will impact one million farmers and save up to four trillion liters of water. Speaking at the Alliance for Thought Leadership and Action for Agri-Water workshop to launch the partnership on May 5, 2015, Sanjiv Mehta, CEO and MD, Hindustan Unilever Limited said, "The partnership coordinated by 2030 WRG aspires to create one of the largest participatory programs globally on demand-side management of water in the agriculture sector. A key focus is scientific and impact-driven action through a results measurement framework at the state level to measure water savings and agricultural productivity enhancement."Rackspace Launches New Service With AkamaiRackspace, the managed cloud company; on Wednesday (06 May) announced the launch of Rackspace Content Delivery Network (CDN). This new service is powered by Akamai Technologies, the global leader in CDN services. With the launch of the Rackspace CDN offering, Rackspace and Akamai are expanding their long-standing relationship to offer customers integrated, “one-click” access to Akamai’s industry-leading CDN services via the Rackspace portal. Rackspace CDN will help customers more easily and efficiently deliver entire websites or web applications with global scale and reliability through on-demand access to the Akamai Intelligent Platform.“The integration of Akamai’s CDN into our cloud platform allows us to create an on demand, utility-based, content delivery solution, which expands the Rackspace managed cloud portfolio,” said Steve Crusenberry, senior vice president, infrastructure at Rackspace. Delhivery Raises Series D FundingDelhivery, India’s leading e-commerce fulfilment company, has announced that it has raised a Series D round of investment of ~$85M led by Tiger Global Management with participation from existing investors, Multiples Alternate Asset Management, Nexus Venture Partners, and Times Internet Limited. This is the company’s fourth round of financing coming less than 8 months after its Series C round which was led by Multiples Alternate Asset Management in September 2014.Delhivery has built its market-leading position by innovating extensively in its growing portfolio of commerce technologies while expanding its logistics infrastructure, fulfilment and transportation services. We are excited to be a part of this growth story, which aims to fulfill all the rapidly growing online demand for products in India.”said Lee Fixel,Partner,Tiger Global.Remedinet Technologies Launches App on Windows 8.1 Remedinet Technologies, India’s first end-to-end electronic cashless claims exchange for health insurance, has launched two mobile apps on Windows 8.1 and Android platforms with Microsoft Visual Studio, for making information on the status of cashless health insurances claims easily available to patients and hospitals. Insurance desks and resources working out of hospitals can download Remedinet - Hospital mobile app to access information regarding claims adjudication while patients can download Remedinet Consumer app to check the status of their claims.Vineet Durani, Director, Windows Business Group at Microsoft India says “There is a huge need to leverage technology optimally to support the healthcare ecosystem in India, and the launch of these apps on Windows 8.1 platform is our contribution to this cause. We are glad to be associated with Remedinet Technologies, as this association reinforces Microsoft’s commitment to developing technology that revolves around people and helps transform lives.”
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Intimate RelationshipThink of your most intimate relationship. Notice the amount of time your loved one spends with you. I bet it can’t be more the time your mobile phone spends with you. In other words the connection between you and technology is more intimate than you consciously know. From the times of the caveman inventing the wheel, marvelling at condensing and amplifying movement, totally unaware that a few centuries later his invention would result in mobility of trillions across the world. The wheel of technology like life itself has colours and shades, details and aspects to be explored in fascination. Technology is an integral part of life today. Exploring technology that makes you happy. Brainwave EntrainmentHave a back ache? No need to suffer, simply pop in a Asprin and you will be fine in a few minutes. Hey! you probably already know that? But do you know next time you are not feeling upto it you can simply wear your headphones, play your favorite brainwave entrainment recording, and within 10-15 minutes you will be in a different world. Around 60,000 - 80,000 incoherent thoughts in a day. To do nor not to do, living upto the glossy consumeristic lifestyle image, expenses versus income, relationship ideas on the way it should be versus reality, shoulds and shouldn’ts about life and the end result is a tired, stressed out brain releasing survival hormones and brainwaves in total chaos. Meaning you are alive physically but your spirit is dead. The zest for life missing. Hey! don’t take that seriously. It simply a mind pattern and your brainwave at a certain wavelength. That’s all! Our brain has several brainwaves. In our waking hour its beta brainwaves, the sleepy state is alpha brainwaves, a deeper state of sleep is theta and the deepest state is the state of delta brainwaves. Interestingly, one of the biggest differences between a stressed out person and a blissful meditating monk is the state of their brain i.e. their brainwaves. One of the tools used in Brainwave entrainment, to get you in the zone, are binaural beats. German experimenter Heinrich Wilhelm Dove first discovered how binaural beats work in 1839. It wasn’t until 1973, however, that biophysicist Doctor Gerald Oster brought the benefits into mainstream awareness through an academic paper named ‘Auditory Beats in the Brain’ (Scientific American, 1973). The way it works is really simple. The sound effects certain cells in the brain. The other cells in the brain than replicate the new pattern and within minutes you have a brain without the chaotic brainwaves complete with a new wiring. Putting to use Brainwave entrainment is very easily available on the www. However, it does depend on the engineer and the sound quality, compression etc for the real impact. One of the better websites I came across is Binauralbeatsmeditation.Try out their ChillPill recording for a few minutes and see what happens. Gadget to Give You a Monk’s Peace of MindIn late 2014 I met with Rohan Dixit from the Silicon Valley, inventor of Brainbot. He spent several weeks “recording” the brainwaves of monks. He then created a band which anyone can wear around his or her chest. Within minutes it replicates the brainwaves of the monks in the chaotic brain. In other words, simply wear this $99 band and it gives you a monk’s peace of mind. You can read more about his invention and Brainbot here. Making Happiness FunDo you know Happiness is a science. Not only does the brain switch on an entire factory of happy hormones, the impact can be seen in the health of organs and physical appearance. If you want to increase your happiness, you need to be friends with happiness. Make happiness a habit. Happify.com makes you do exactly that. Befriend happiness by spending time daily on developing mind patterns of happiness. For Android and iPhone users one of the best apps in developing positive mind patterns is PsychmeUp Downloadable in free and pro versions, it not just changes the wave your brain is tuned but within days you will be able to notice substantial benefits. There is a sparkle of light in every situation, a well tuned brain can help you see that. This app is based on a research by McGill University on developing positive brain patterns. Thoughts Pattern MovementYou may have spend hours on the movement of stocks on the Sensex but have you noticed your own thought patterns? Have you ever indexed them? Have you ever questioned the trash in your mind? Well here are a few good apps I came across and used them with great success over months. Note, just getting aware of the trash is sometimes enough. Here are some interesting apps for you to become a SEBI i.e. the regulator to your own mind Thoughts ExchangeInflow Mood Diary Available on iPhone, Android and Windows. There are free and paid versions. Moodlytics - Track your moods, emotions, make your emotion charts, set goals and even keep track of mood. Available on iPhone and Android. Cognitive Diary - Have you ever considered the relationship between event - thought and behaviour. This Android app helps you do exactly that. Why do you do what you do? It simply aids in what spiritual masters have always said “Know thyself”. The Last WordSeeing the mosquito struggling on the glass pane I can so understand the struggle of the mosquito. The mosquito thinks the transparent glass is space and it can somehow pass through the concrete glass. It believes in an illusion of space. The media bombarding content, mind building ideas and constructs on self images and ideas on how things should be blah! blah! …. all this resulting in a constant chase, one item, after another. Everyone wants to be a lion roaring, not even considering if the fish were made to fly and birds forced underwater they wouldn’t exist. Two humans don’t have the same fingerprints, yet we are programmed to chase the same trophy. Then another and then another…. Imagine a little girl in India by the time she grows up is constantly bombarded tens of thousands of times with images and sounds that if you are fair you are beautiful otherwise you are ugly and a failure! Can this girl ever know what life is or would she forever be chasing what she has been programmed to chase? The illusion of future accomplishment for happiness i.e. postponing happiness if……. this happens results in a mad habit of chase. Simply a habit, a pattern in the mind. A habit that can be purged. Being present to life, in life, with life, makes you aware of so many colours, shades and things about life you never had known, even though life was always there with you. Technology today helps us get more intimate with life if we so choose. Puneet Mehrotra is a business and technology columnist who besides writing on technology loves exploring the colors and shades of life. Puneet@tbe.in
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Fly Mobiles, a leading mobile device manufacturing company has launched a new mobile handset in India in exclusive collaboration with Snapdeal.com, India’s largest online marketplace. The UK based mobile phone brand launches Fly Snap which is the cheapest smartphone in India priced at just Rs. 2,999. Fly Snap is best fitted for first time smartphone users who want to shift from feature phones to smartphones.The Fly Snap is powered with 1.3GHz Quad Core processor which helps multitask faster and enables the Android OS to run smoother and deliver a more fluid gaming and video experience. It has a 5MP built in camera at the back and 2MP front camera, best fit for selfie lovers. It comes with an IPS LCD display ensuring clear and crisp picture from any angle. It also offers 3G connectivity, GPS and Bluetooth. The integrated Google Drive lets you carry your documents wherever you go. The Fly Snap is tailor made for an intuitive experience!TinyOwl Food Ordering App Launches In DelhiTinyOwl, Mumbai’s leading food ordering app has launched its service in the city on Friday (01 May). The company is expanding its footprint across other cities after its overwhelming response in Mumbai.Launched in 2014, TinyOwl has made significant inroads into the online food ordering category. The company has chosen to launch in Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Gurgaon after studying the consumer response, demand and supply dynamics in these markets. Speaking on the on the launch, Harshvardhan Mandad, CEO & Co-founder, TinyOwl said, “TinyOwl will underline its presence across major restaurant partners in these cites. We are certain of being able to meet the discerining demands of our patorns in these markets giving us both reach and scale. Our seamless and elegant interface replete with payment options will offer ease and convenience to customers. We will also be launching exciting offers that will keep our patrons hooked to the TinyOwl App!”. Autodesk Accelerates The Future of Digital CreationIn two separate but related efforts to advance the future of digital and physical creation, Autodesk, Inc. announced it is working with Microsoft Corp. to embed its 3D printing platform in Windows 10, and that it intends to make its 3D modeling software interoperable with Microsoft’s mixed reality environment, Microsoft HoloLens."We’re approaching a tipping point with 3D printing, which means there is a huge market opportunity waiting for companies developing applications for Windows 10,” said Steve Guggenheimer, Corporate Vice President of Developer Platform & Evangelism and Chief Evangelist for Microsoft. “By providing the 3D printing building blocks found in the Spark platform and optimizing it for Windows 10, Autodesk has empowered our global developer community to confidently enter this new world of additive manufacturing.”Trendsetting Move By GreenDust Coming as a blessing for people who are concerned for their favorite phone getting damaged by accident or any liquid substance, GreenDust has come to a rescue. GreenDust is here to offer exceptional damage protection to mobile phones that is not covered by phone manufacturers.Hitendra Chaturvedi, founder & CEO, GreenDust said, “We would like to set a benchmark in customer service and show our customers that they can buy from GreenDust , save lot of money and rest easy because we are standing behind them with warranty and additional protection. This has never been done before in the world and we are setting benchmarks in customer service in refurbished products space.”
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Microsoft on Thursday (30 April) launched the Lumia 430 Dual SIM, the most affordable Lumia yet, in India. Delivering an uncompromised smartphone experience, the Lumia 430 Dual SIM will be available in stores from April 30, 2015 at a best buy price of Rs 5,299. The Lumia 430 Dual SIM is the most affordably priced Lumia that will upgrade to Windows 10. The device will be available in bright orange and black.“The Lumia 430 Dual SIM continues our commitment to combine the right hardware, software, services and apps with the right price to give consumers a smartphone they can afford and be proud to use. With the introduction of Lumia 430 Dual SIM, we have unlocked the promise of smartphone ownership for many more consumers. We will take the Lumia 430 to consumers via Knockout on Wheels to build familiarity with the Windows Phone ecosystem and demonstrate the consistent and uncompromised experience that the Windows Operating System offers across price points,“said Ravi Kunwar, Director-North, Nokia India, a subsidiary of Microsoft Mobiles Oy.Micromax Canvas Laptab LaunchedAfter disrupting the handsets, tablets and television market with its consistent technological innovations, Micromax Informatics Limited, on Thursday announced its foray into the Laptop category in India and launched the new Micromax Canvas Laptab. With the launch of its new smart device – the company aims at providing the latest technology with genuine MS software pre-loaded and continues to democratize technology to the masses. Commenting on the launch Vineet Taneja, CEO, Micromax Informatics Limited, said, “At Micromax, we have always believed in bringing the best in class and innovative devices to the consumers and have always aimed to bridge the gap between actual consumer device requirement and available device offering and hence, the Laptab promises to bridge the same at a very consumer friendly price point. Today’s launch marks our entry into the PC segment, where we intend to drive category growth and not only garner an available market share. We believe that our vision complements the initiatives for Digital India, and we will be launching a range of exciting products over the next few months in the category.”Spear Logistics Wins Logistics Company AwardOne of the key Contract Logistics service providers in India, Spear Logistics Pvt.Ltd. was awarded the Logistics Company of the year award by the prestigious Indian Institute of Materials Management (IIMM) at an event held today in Pune. The program is held every year to recognise and promote professional excellence in materials and Supply chain management felicitating industry leaders and outstanding performers in the supply chain and logistics space. On receiving the prestigious award, Captain Uday Palsule, Managing Director, Spear Logistics says, “We are delighted and honored for the recognition from such a respected body and eminent jury members. I would like to congratulate the entire Spear team for their on-going efforts and sincerely thank our customers for their immense support and confidence in us all these years.” Qlik Introduces Qlik Sense Enterprise 2.0Qlik, a leader in visual analytics, today previewed Qlik Sense Enterprise 2.0, the newest release of its modern, platform-based approach to business intelligence (BI) available in June 2015. Qlik Sense Enterprise spans use cases across the organization ranging from self-service data visualization, to reporting and dashboards, to guided analytics, andembedded analytics, all based on the patented QIX Associative Indexing Engine. At its Qonnections Global Partner Summit, Qlik previewed functionality in areas of self-service data preparation,integrated reporting, and new visualizations."Qlik Sense has the potential to expand our business intelligence use case," said CIO of Omnicom Media Group France, Vincent Cadoret, "Qlik Sense expands the co-creation with the end user, with more self-service possibilities and storytelling while keeping the power of the associativity engine of Qlik and reusing the data models of our existing QlikView applications.Junglee Games Support Rehabilitation In Nepal & BiharThe employees of Junglee Games have volunteered to contribute one day’s worth of their own salary to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund to aid the thousands of victims who have been impacted by the earthquake in Nepal and Bihar. In what is being termed as the most damaging natural disaster to hit the Himalayan nation in 80 years, the death toll of the earthquake has already claimed over 5,000 lives and left almost 10,000 injured across the country. The Junglee Games’ team has come together to stand in solidarity at this critical juncture to assert their support through their humble contribution. Some employees have even gone a step further to increase their contribution beyond a day’s salary as well. "The destruction caused by the earthquake is insurmountable with an estimated 8 million people affected by the calamity. The loss of lives and property has left a deep chasm in its wake that will take the contribution of neighbouring states such as ours to help restore order back in the affected areas," said Ankush Gera, CEO, Junglee Games.New Paytm Wallet For iOSPaytm has introduced a fresh version of its Paytm Wallet for iOS users. The Slide To Pay and Request Money from Anybody are here! Together, this new features, provide you an easy and seamless way to do mobile transactions. Isn’t it exciting to have a wallet on-the-go?! Whether it’s while having breakfast or in the bus, as you move through your day, you simply send and request money or load your wallet from anywhere, anytime. Let’s introduce you the details now.
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