After conquering the telecom and feature phone segments, Reliance Jio seems to be setting its eyes on India’s laptop market. A new report by XDA Developers claims that Reliance Jio is working on a low-cost 4G LTE-enabled laptop called JioBook. According to the firmware reviewed by the publication, Jio is reportedly developing a laptop running a forked version of Android. Months after the JioPhone launch in 2017, Jio revealed that it is closely working with Qualcomm for a cheap 4G laptop....

Mathews said Additional Chief Secretary of Urban Development Department Mahendra Jain has asked BBMP not to take any action without serving notice and giving sufficient time to telecom service providers. “He (Jain) has also asked the BBMP to provide a route for laying ducts (for telecom cables) in 15 days,” Mathews said. The development assumes significance as some telecom players had claimed that BBMP cut cables laid overhead despite fee being paid to the authority for laying the cables under the ground....

Krishii Fiber Unlimited Data Broadband Plans Start at Rs 1,000 Before talking about the FUP plans, let’s take a look at the Krishiinet’s unlimited data plans which start at Rs 1,000. Krishiinet is offering four unlimited data plans- Krishii Silver, Krishii Gold, Krishii Platinum and Krishii Hulk. The Krishii Silver plan is priced at Rs 1,000 and it provides 150 Mbps speeds without any FUP limit, followed by the Krishii Gold that ships with 175 Mbps speeds and costs Rs 1,200....

Unannounced till now, Laal Singh Chaddha is now available to stream on Netflix. Six months after the movie’s theatrical run, it would debut on streaming services. The film is now available online just two months after its August release date, suggesting that the schedule may have been shortened. Although modified to reflect Indian history, Laal Singh Chaddha is a Hindi translation of Tom Hanks’ beloved comedy-drama Forrest Gump. Laal Singh Chaddha, which Advait Chauhan is directing, was written by Atul Kulkarni....

The Chinese consumer electronics brand Lenovo has launched Lenovo ThinkBook 14+ and Lenovo ThinkBook 16+ laptops on Friday. The latest additions to the company’s portfolio run on Windows 11 out-of-the-box and are powered by 12th generation Intel Core i5 and Core i7 ‘Alder Lake’ processors along with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of onboard storage. Let’s take a look at the specifications and price details of the new Lenovo ThinkBook 14+ and Lenovo ThinkBook 16+ laptops....

MacBook Air with the M1 chip is still a very powerful laptop in 2023. Forget the benchmarks and forget the other new chips that have already come to the market. What’s special about M1 is that it would enable an average user to do everything he/she wants to do on their laptop. MacBook Air M1 saw its price increase when Apple launched the new MacBook Air with an M2 chip....

Multiple smart wearables made their entry into the Indian market in 2020 and 2021. The thing is, unlike smartphones, consumers have a lot less experience with smart bands and smartwatches. Thus, it becomes a little hard for an average consumer to make the best decision while purchasing a smart band or a fitness band. Brands such as Xiaomi, Noise, Oppo, OnePlus, and more have announced very aggressively priced fitness bands in India....

Moto G31 is the latest entrant in the Indian market. Priced at Rs 14,999 for the higher variant, the smartphone comes with a MediaTek Helio G85 processor, a triple rear camera of 50MP and a 5000mAh battery. The phone brags 36 hours battery and 20W TurboPower fast charging. The phone, earlier unveiled in the European market, comes with 4GB RAM and 6GB RAM variants for Indian buyers. There are two colour options to choose from – Baby Blue and Meteorite Grey....

Motorola has just launched a new tablet for the Indian market, namely Moto Tab G70. Some of the notable specifications of the tablet include a 2K resolution display, quad speakers, and more. It is powered by a MediaTek chipset and will come in a single memory variant with up to 4GB of RAM. The tablet features support for 20W fast-charging which means it will take quite some time for the 7700mAh battery to charge fully....

Movandi, a prominent player in the 5G RF, mmWave (millimetre wave) technologies and software, announced that it has partnered with Rakuten Mobile to expand 5G outdoor and indoor mmWave coverage and capacity in Japan. The companies will do so by leveraging the smart repeater and BeamXR Open-RAN technology of Movandi. A release from the company said that this would also be extended to the Indian market soon as well. India has just started seeing 5G deployments....

In various countries around the world, Netflix just introduced the Basic with Ads plan. The concept was introduced in several countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Spain, the UK, and the US. However, according to Technoblog, the Netflix website no longer displays the free basic plan with no ads. The Basic with advertisements plan, Standard plan, and Premium plan are the only plans that are currently available to users....

One of the advantages of getting a Netflix subscription is that it has arguably the biggest content library in the world. But that is sort of its disadvantage as well because it gets overwhelming for a person to decide what he/she wants to watch all the time. Over the last few years, Netflix has tried its own different methods of solving this issue for the users. But it still persists and is one of the reasons why people avoid even opening its application in the first place....

OTT (over-the-top) platforms and their content have become a lifeline for people working from their homes. It is an immediate source of entertainment that can get people interested and engaged really fast. With so many major stars now prioritising OTT releases, the world of online content and OTT platforms is growing very aggressively. If you are looking for TV shows on Netflix that are binge-worthy for this weekend, well, here we are with a list....

Netplus Broadband Plans in J&K Detailed As noted, Netplus’ broadband plans in the newly launched region start at just Rs 499. The 20 Mbps Super Speed Plan with 100GB of FUP limit is priced at Rs 499. The company is even providing some unlimited data plans priced at Rs 599, Rs 799, Rs 1,299, Rs 1,499 and Rs 1,599, with speeds of 30 Mbps, 50 Mbps, 100 Mbps, 150 Mbps and 200 Mbps, respectively....

New Fee 70% Lower Than Previous Prices Currently, these telecom operators pay Rs 19 for every customer that they acquire. This payment goes to agencies like MNP service providers such as Syniverse Technologies and MNP Interconnection Telecom Solutions. This new fee which is reduced by over 70%, will help the recipient telecom operators. When the new MNP fee goes effective, the financially stressed telecom companies like Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea will be able to save up to Rs 75 crore annually....

The Noise Air Buds 2 true wireless earphones have been introduced in India. Early in the month, Noise released two headphones. The new inexpensive TWS headset from Indian company Noise seeks to enhance call quality and support for Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity. True wireless earphones face stiff competition in the inexpensive market from companies like Realme, OnePlus, and Boat, among others. Now let’s look at the earphones’ features and price....

Nokia 9 PureView India Launch: What You Need to Know? The Nokia 9 PureView is an interesting smartphone from HMD Global or from any company right now. The handset offers five 12MP rear cameras to deliver exceptional images. HMD Global already launched the device in several countries and the reviews for the product were decent too. At the launch, the Nokia 9 PureView wasn’t a finished product, but HMD Global has refined the handset with several software updates....

Nothing, a consumer tech company which is still pretty new in the market with just one launched product – Nothing Ear 1, is also planning a smartphone launch on July 12. The company is calling its first smartphone Nothing Phone 1. The co-founder, Carl Pei, surely has experience in navigating a company successfully through a smartphone business, as he has done that once with OnePlus, one of the top smartphone brands in India and the world right now....

MWC 2022 was a very successful exhibition. It was good to see a large number of exhibitors and visitors coming together after two years of the pandemic. The major takeaway from the exhibition is the fact that many mobile network operators across the globe are looking to adopt Open RAN solutions for their networks, said Preetham Uthaiah, EVP - Marketing and Strategy, Saankhya Labs. Q1. You participated at Mobile World Congress 2022 – Barcelona; what products did you showcase at the event?...

OnePlus 10R 5G was launched in India on April 28, 2022. It arrived just a month after the OnePlus 10 Pro 5G. For its entirety, OnePlus has launched its flagship series together with multiple devices. However, this time, the company has launched them separately. The OnePlus 10 Pro 5G (review) was the first arrival; then it was the OnePlus 10R 5G; now, it is soon going to be the OnePlus 10T 5G (August 3, 2022)....