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Motorola takes a dig at Samsung’s iPhone X parody with ‘up-upgrade’ Moto Z2 ad

Back when Apple launched the iPhone X,  Samsung mocked it with an Ad  taking all the past features that Apple iPhones were missing leading back to the iPhone X top-notch. Now it is Moto who takes a dig at Samsung with their Projector mod for the Moto Z2 series.  The new Motorola clip is a continuation of the Samsung ad where a person is seen watching a video on the Samsung Galaxy Note8 and is being interrupted by his partner who is seen taking out her new Moto Z2 Play and plugging in the Projector mod to project the video on to a wall in a bigger size thus giving an edge to the Moto Z2 Play. The ad is titled up-upgrade with the Moto z2 and Moto asks “Why settle for edge-to-edge, when you could project your screen up to 70″?” The new clip basically is a savage from Motorola and a neat showcase of the modular connectivity of the Moto Z-series phones. The Galaxy Note8 is the Samsung’s latest flagship that is being well received all over the world, but to...

What is Googles Family Link and how to use it

Earlier this year, Google has rolled out Family Link app for parents to manage children's usage of Android devices. This is more like an adult's account but with more ground rules such as controlling the installation of the app and usage time for kids. Usage of this app is easier and works on any modern Android device running 4.4 or higher, or on iOS 9 or higher. The list of devices to run Family Link app is huge when it comes to Android 7.0 Nougat and limited on Android 6.0 Marshmallow. When it comes to usage Manage the apps your child can use -  Approve or block the apps your child wants to download from the Google Play store. Keep an eye on screen time -  See how much time your child spends on their favorite apps with weekly or monthly activity reports, and set daily screen time limits. Set device bedtime -  Remotely lock devices when it’s time for bed, or time to take a break. Step 1:  Download the Family Link app onto your mobile device and then ...

Idea Cellular Revises Unlimited Combo Plans; Now Offering a Rs 529 Plan With Unlimited Voice Calls, 1GB Data Per Day for 84 Days

Idea Cellular is on a mission right now. The operator just yesterday started offering a  Rs 197 plan providing 1GB data  per day for 28 days, and now today, the company has revised most of its tariff plans and introduced some new plans as well. Idea Cellular silently started offering a tariff plan of Rs 449 and Rs 529, and also revised the unlimited open market combo plan of Rs 498 in the Andhra Pradesh & Telangana circle. Firstly, let’s talk about the revision made by  Idea Cellular.  The country’s third largest telecom operator used to offer a tariff plan of Rs 498 in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana circle with benefits of unlimited voice calls (including roaming national calls), 1GB data per day, and 100 SMS per day for 70 days, but the same plan now comes with a validity of 77 days. Then we have a new Rs 449 and Rs 529 tariff plans introduced by the company today. These two plans offer similar benefits as the Rs 498 tariff plan, but with better validity....

Either serve DoT or migrate to BSNL, ITS told

Hyderabad:  A decade after Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd was established on September 15, 2000) as a limited firm, bifurcated from the Department of Telecommunications and privatised, the government gave Indian Telecom Service officers the option to serve with DoT, or to be migrated to BSNL where they would not be designated as Indian Telecom Service officers. Though there were rapid promotions for those who opted for BSNL, there was a condition that they would not return to their native department. So, only a few ITS officers opted for BSNL. “Now, as the ministry of information technology and telecommunications is concentrating on strengthening the department, it is calling back the officers who did not merge with BSNL and were waiting for decision of the ministry,” an official said.

New Xiaomi phone render surfaces showing off a bezel-less display, could be the Mi 6C

A new Xiaomi phone render has surfaced online with a full-screen 18:9 aspect ratio display. One might expect it to be some kind of successor of the Mi Mix series but, the photo clearly shows bezels (however minute) on all four sides of the phone. So then what is this device? According to  Gizmochina  the phone could most likely be the  Xiaomi Mi 6C . Now there is no way to verify this information so it is all guess-work at the moment. The back side of the phone's render does not show the top of the device where we the the dual-camera system and the fingerprint sensor may be residing. Speculations are leaning more towards the device being Xiaomi's yet-unannounced  Redmi Note 5 , which according to earlier reports, is coming with a bezel-less display. However, the apparent dual-front camera system on the front of the phone throws a twist in the tale. Also visible in the renders is what looks like metal body and speaker grills at the bottom, which...

Oppo F5 Youth goes official with 16MP selfie camera

Oppo has launched a more affordable version of its F5 mid-ranger. Dubbed  Oppo F5 Youth , it retains the 6” 18:9 display with minimal bezels and FHD+ resolution (2160x1080 pixels), but comes with a downgraded camera setup. The Oppo F5 Youth is powered by the same MediaTek Helio P23 chipset as the regular F5, featuring an octa-core Cortex-A53 CPU and ARM Mali G71 MP2 GPU, but has its RAM reduced to 3GB. Storage is 32GB, but there’s a microSD card slot for adding to it. The memory expansion slot comes in addition to the two nano-SIM slots, so you don’t have to sacrifice the second line to get enough room for your files. The rear camera has a 13MP sensor and F/2.2 lens, while the front one has 16MP imager and faster F/2.0 aperture. There’s an LED flash on the back, while the selfie snapper offers screen flash feature, where the screen brightness is boosted so it can illuminate your face. Oppo F5 Youth boots Color OS 3.2, based on Android 7.1 and draws its power from a 3,200 ...

Nokia 2: Two reasons to consider and skip Nokia budget offering

Nokia's cheapest smartphone is upon us. At Rs 6,999, the Nokia 2 acts as an entry point into Nokia's brave new Android world.  Just like the Nokia 5 and Nokia 3, the Nokia 2 is available from all major retail store across India. It brings with it a premium design, stock Android, solid build quality and the promise of two day battery life. The Nokia 2 arrives in a hotly contested segment dominated by the likes of the Xiaomi Redmi 4,  Xiaomi Redmi 4A and Samsung Galaxy J2. Let us take a look at two reasons why the Nokia 2 is worth considering and two reasons why you should skip Nokia's budget offering: Reasons to buy Design, build quality Tank like build quality has become a hallmark of the current crop of Nokia smartphones and the Nokia 2 does not disappoint. The Nokia 2 has removable polycarbonate back which is mated to a frame made out of series 600 aluminium for rigidity. As a result, the phone feels extremely solid in the hand. The ph...