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Lenovo partners with Paytm for cashless purchases IANS

Chinese technology company Lenovo has partnered with Paytm to ensure hassle-free cashless transactions that will benefit laptop buyers who are facing

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Twitter launches Android TV app to stream videos

IANS Micro-blogging website Twitter has launched Android TV app allowing users to stream National Football League (NFL) and other live videos available on its platform.“Users can also watch a feed of curated tweets and a live broadcast side-by-side, and there is no need to log in or even have a Twitter account to access live streams through the app,” entertainment website Variety reported on Thursday. Earlier this year, Twitter launched a new version of its app for digital media players — Apple TV, A

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WhatsApp: The most secure app for making video calls?

Ramakrishnan M. WhatsApp on Tuesday rolled out its video calling feature in a phased manner to over a billion users around the world across multiple platforms (iphone, Android and Windows). WhatsApp, which currently offers messaging, group chats and voice calling services, is hugely popular in India, with over 150 million active users. In a blog post, the company announced that it was committed to making quality video “available to everyone, not just those who can afford the most expensive new phones or live i

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Vodafone ties up with Google Cloud

IANS Vodafone Business Services (VBS), the enterprise arm of Vodafone India, on Thursday announced it has tied up with Google Cloud to offer G Suite to bring people together and help them work smarter.The “G Suite” has a set of intelligent apps — Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, Hangouts designed with real-time collaboration and machine intelligence. Vodafone enterprise customers can conveniently and securely access G Suite in a pay-per-use, software as a service (SaaS) model, the company said in a stat

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Twitter launches Android TV app to stream videos

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A doodle to celebrate Children’s Day

Internet Desk A doodle celebrating Children’s Day was on display on the homepage of Google on Monday. “Eleven year-old Anvita Prashant Telang from Vibgyor High School, Balewadi, Pune has been chosen as the national winner with her imaginative, thoughtful and inspiring doodle, titled “Enjoy Every Moment,” the company said.It added, “Her creativity and vision towards developing a ‘a better world and healthy lifestyle’ is well reflected through her colorful doodle where she has showcased how everyone should ‘Enj

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Over 32 million smartphones shipped in India in Q3: IDC

PTI Smartphone shipments in India grew 11 per cent to 32.3 million smartphones in July-September quarter compared to the year-ago period, driven by distributors gearing up for festive season and online sales, research firm IDC today said.This is the first time that smartphone shipment has crossed the 30-million mark in a quarter.According to IDC’s quarterly mobile phone tracker, 29.1 million smartphones were shipped to India in the third quarter of 2015. The shipment was higher by 17.4 per cent than

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Snapchat unveils cartoonish machine to sell video glasses

AP Snapchat has unveiled bright yellow vending machines that will sell its new line of video glasses. The machines, called Snapbots, feature a cartoon-like face and are topped with balloons. They’ll sell Spectacles, which are glasses that can record video 10 seconds at a time and be uploaded to the Snapchat app. The glasses retail for $129. Each Snapbot allows users to virtually try on different colors of Spectacles before buying. Snapchat says the machines will stay in one location only for about

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