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Data tariffs may fall 20% with Reliance Jio’s entry: Fitch Report

Posted on November 11, 2014 by sherly

The entry of Reliance Jio Infocomm in the telecom space would intensify competition and might bring data tariffs down by at least 20 per cent. “The likely entry of Reliance Jio, which is a part of Reliance Industries Ltd. in

Facebook brings free internet access to Kenyan mobile users

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Vineesh Mohan

After the launch of Internet.org, an initiative designed to bring Internet access to everyone on the planet, Facebook has announced that the Internet.org app will be arriving in Kenya this week. The move was announced at the AfriCom event held

How to cancel your paypal subscription

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Vineesh Mohan

Cancelling a paypal subscription cancels all future scheduled payments of particular subscription. A subscription can be cancelled up until the day of the next scheduled payment. Below steps tells you how to cancel an active subscription in your Personal PayPal

Schools in the US love Google Chromebooks

Posted on November 11, 2014 by ramesh xavier

When it comes to Chromebook, Google has not shied away from its belief that it is perfect for computer equipment, and education departments all over the world. But here in the United States, schools, and students have begun to feel

Microsoft Lumia 535 and Lumia 535 Dual SIM Launched

Posted on November 11, 2014 by ramesh xavier

Microsoft, as expected, finally launched the first Lumia smartphone with its own branding, called the Microsoft Lumia 535. Microsoft Devices just announced the Lumia 535 and Lumia 535 Dual SIM, first smartphones under Microsoft Lumia brand. These have 5-inch qHD

Xolo Q1020 with 5-inch 720p display, wooden frame launched

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Mini Soji

Xolo has introduced a new Android smartphone called Xolo Q1020. Priced at Rs. 11,499, the new Xolo device runs Android 4.4 KitKat and is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek 6582 processor along with 1GB of RAM. One of the

Mozilla updates Firefox with Forget button and DuckDuckGo search

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Vineesh Mohan

As Mozilla Firefox turns 10 years old, in addition to the debut of the Firefox Developer Edition, the company today announced new features for its main Firefox browser. They’re is launching a new Forget button in Firefox to help keep

Apple releases online tool to fix escaping iMessage purgatory easier

Posted on November 11, 2014 by sherly

Apple has released a tool that should remove the hoops people have had to go through to stop their SMS messages being trapped in iMessage after switching to Android. The two-step Deregister iMessage tool reduces the difficulties some people had

EFF Security Scorecard Gives Low Grades to Popular Messaging Apps

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Sibi Antony

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), an online privacy watchdog group, this week published its Secure Messaging Scorecard. The scorecard analyzes the level of security of 29 different chat programs, finding that most of the most popular apps fall short when it

Samsung’s next flagship smartphone Samsung Galaxy S6 ‘Dual-Edge’ Display

Posted on November 10, 2014 by ramesh xavier

Reports have started to emerge about Samsung’s next flagship smartphone, believed to be dubbed Galaxy S6 and reportedly codenamed ‘Project Zero’. Last week, some of the purported specifications of the Galaxy S5 successor were tipped. Now, the latest in the