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Reliance JioPhone hands-on and first impressions: A ‘smart’ feature phone Is the JioPhone truly a disrupter as Reliance touts it to be? Here are my first impressions.

Reliance JioPhone hands-on and first impressions: A ‘smart’ feature phone Is the JioPhone truly a disrupter as Reliance touts it to be? Here are my first impressions. Updated: September 22, 2017 4:18 PM IST Facebook share Twitter share Share on Google+ Share on Whatsapp Tags:  Reliance Jio   Reliance JioPhone HANDS ON After disrupting the telecom services space,  Reliance Jio  has turned its attention to the devices segment with the JioPhone. Announced at the company’s 40th annual general meeting, this ‘smart’ feature phone is built with average Indian consumers’ interests in mind. More importantly, this device is aimed at the large feature phone user base in the country that hasn’t upgraded to a smartphone just yet. Priced at an effective Rs zero, the  Reliance JioPhone  will soon be delivered to those who pre-ordered it last month. Having spent sometime with the device, and here are my first impressions. A look at the JioP...

Motorola’s Moto X4 is Project Fi’s first Android One smartphone

Motorola’s Moto X4 is Project Fi’s first Android One smartphone on September 20, 2017 11:54 am Image: Motorola The United States will be getting its first taste of Android One very soon. Today, Google and Motorola announced that the Moto X4 will be coming to Google’s Project Fi wireless carrier with the stripped-down Android One treatment. The Project Fi Moto X4 will cost $399 and come in two colors: black or silver. It will be available for preorder starting today. The Android One version of the X4 is a little different than the one  Motorola is selling in Europe  and other parts of the world. It has a “pure Android experience”, which means that it lacks some of the enhancements that Motorola adds to its Android phones. You won’t find Moto Voice, Moto Access, attentive display, or one-button nav options on the Fi phone, but it will have Motorola’s helpful gestures and some display customizations. Perhaps unsurprisingly,...

IGNOU exams 2017: 20000 aspirants to sit for MBA Openmat, B Ed, B Sc Nursing entrance tests

IGNOU exams 2017: 20000 aspirants to sit for MBA Openmat, B Ed, B Sc Nursing entrance tests IGNOU admit cards 2017: The candidates are advised to download the hall ticket by entering their name/date of birth and report to the examination centre.  | New Delhi |Published on: September 18, 2017 3:46 pm IGNOU campus Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is conducting entrance examination for Management Programmes (Openmat-xlii), B.Sc.N (Pb) and B.Ed. programmes for the sessions starting from January, 2018. The exam will be held on September 24, 2017 and the admit cards are already released at ignou.ac.in. The schedule of the entrance test is as under: · Openmat-xlii (10 am to 1 pm) · B.Sc.Nursing (Post basic) (10 am to 12:30 pm) · B.Ed. (10 am to 12 pm) “The tests are being organised in 122 examination centres accommodating 28,108 candidates,” said NP Singh, Registrar, Student Evaluation Division, IGNOU. The candidates are ...

LIVE STREAMING OF APPLE IPHONE X LAUNCH: WHERE TO SEE LIVE UPDATES FROM 10.30PM IST

LIVE STREAMING OF APPLE IPHONE X LAUNCH: WHERE TO SEE LIVE UPDATES FROM 10.30PM IST Hindustan Times ·   Tue Sep 12 2017 It’s Apple’s big day and all tech enthusiasts will be glued to the big-ticket announcements from the company’s headquarters in Cupertino in the night. On the 10th anniversary of the iPhone, Apple is expected to release a special edition, dubbed the  iPhone X . Apple is also expected to unveil a new smartwatch along with the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. The tech giant is also expected to unveil more details of its Siri-powered HomePod smart speaker. There’s also a lot of buzz around Apple’s new A11 SoC and  iOS 11 operating system , which will come with native support for Augmented Reality via ARKit platform. The long-anticipated Apple event will start at 10am PT, which is 10:30pm IST. The company will also be live-streaming the event as it has been doing for last several years. If you are planning to watch t...