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Introduction T A Samsung for every taste - that seems to be the main mantra of the Korean giant as of late, as evident by its sprawling and ever-expanding smartphone lineup. We guess it's always good to have more options, but we just can't shake the feeling that some of Samsung's recent creations are beginning to overlap and thread in each other's territory - at least from the global perspective we have. Here's what we mean - the Galaxy A line and the Galaxy C line are way to close specs-wise to clearly distinguish them from a consumer point of view. The Galaxy A7 (2017) packs a 5.7-inch display, an efficient 14nm Exynos 7880 Octa SoC, a body made out of a glass/metal combo, IP68 certification, 16MP f/1.9 cameras front and back. Offerings like the Galaxy C7 and its C7 Pro sibling come pretty close to the Galaxy A7 formula and the 6-inch C9 Pro takes things even further size-wise. Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) at a glance: Body: Aluminum frame, Gorilla Glass...

The smartphone has been launched on Apple’s official channel platform’s websites Apple re-launched iPhone 6 late last month on some e-commerce websites in India. The smartphone has re-appeared again on the company’s official channel partner’s websites including Beetel, Ingram, Rashi Peripherals and Redington. The new iPhone 6 (32GB) model will be hitting offline stores as well. Reports suggest that the device is already on sale through numerous retailers in Bengaluru at a price of Rs 30,700. Amazon is selling the iPhone 6 (32GB) Space Grey variant for Rs 28,999. The e-commerce giant is still selling the device as a part of a ‘limited time offer.’ Interested buyers can also avail the exchange offer of up to Rs 7,115 on the website. As far as the specifications of the smartphone are concerned, the iPhone 6 packs a 4.7-inch HD Retina display, iOS 10, Apple A8 chipset clocked at 1.8GHz, 1GB of RAM, 32GB ROM, an 8MP rear camera along with a 1.2MP front camera. The device is furt...

Biometrics as a form of technology has been growing rapidly. Biometrics as a form of technology has been growing rapidly. Visa Europe recently conducted a study in UK which suggested that approximately 76 per cent of the population aged between 16 to 24 years are more comfortable making payments using biometric security. Moreover, 69 per cent of this population believes that it will make their lives faster and more convenient. Even in a country like India wherein Aadhaar – a citizen’s Unique Identification Number having registered approximately 750 million users with both their 12-digit number and the individual’s biometrics elements points towards how identity database will slowly be taken over by biometrics in the near future. Payment giants like Mastercard are also looking towards encompassing the biometrics technology with their systems. Ajay Bhalla, president of global enterprise risk and security at Mastercard told Engadget, ‘We want to remove passwords. Passwords are...

Prisma, the popular photo app that turns your plain photos into works of art using sophisticated image processing, has just rolled out support for 15-second video clips on iOS devices. That means the app will now take those short video clips and turn them into comic book-like animations in under a minute. All of the processing happens right on your smartphone, as well, so users can create Prisma videos without a cellular connection too. There are nine different "styles" of videos available with this new feature. All of the video processing happens on the phone Prisma launched in June of this year, first on iOS and then on Android a month later. Within its first month of availability the app, which is free, was downloaded more than 10 million times. Part of the app's appeal is the fact that it uses sophisticated neural network processing, or deep learning algorithms, to process the photos. Prisma has described this process as entirely different from photo filter...

Noida-based Ringing Bells, a company that came to the spotlight with the launch of the ‘world’s cheapest smartphone’ – the Freedom 251, on Friday announced its products will be available on Amazon India, starting Saturday. The day also happens to be the start of the Amazon Great Indian Sale. In an emailed statement, Ringing Bells detailed which products will be available via the e-commerce site, and notably, the list does not include the Freedom 251. Ringing Bells says the Freedom LED TV series will be made available on Amazon India, alongside select smartphones, feature phones, as well as power banks. Detailing which televisions in the Freedom LED TV will be available, Ringing Bells said the Freedom Junior (24-inch), Freedom Young (32-inch), and Freedom Mega (40-inch) will go on sale on Amazon India from Saturday, priced in the range of Rs. 8,999 to Rs. 19,999. Ringing Bells also said its features phones, Hit, King, and Raja, will be available on Amazon India, priced in t...

Rajasthan State Handloom Development Corporation (RHDC) is in discussion with e-commerce giants like Flipkart and Amazon to market products made by artisans in the state. RHDC has 15 show-rooms in Rajasthan and one in Ahmedabad, and its keen to open more outside the state with the support of Government of India, she said “We are in discussion with Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal so that our market becomes more widespread,” RHDC Managing Director, Shuchi Sharma was quoted by PTI as saying and she also added that the talks are yet to fructify. RHDC has 15 show-rooms in Rajasthan and one in Ahmedabad, and its keen to open more outside the state with the support of Government of India, she said. Officials said RHDC is helping artisans of the state by providing them access to capital, technology and markets. RHDC, with support from Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Government of India, and in association with FICCI has organised a five-day ‘Colours of Rajasthan’, an exclusi...

About 850 sites were banned last year after an SC order. In an attempt to protect children from sexual abuse online, the government will soon issue an advisory to Internet Service Providers, asking them to filter and block related objectionable images, videos as well as text. “In compliance with the provision of the (IT) Act… websites/portals and ISPs should deploy filters/technological tools to block/disable any such child sexual abuse images, videos and text available on the Internet,” according to a draft note prepared by the Ministry of Electronics and IT and reviewed by The Hindu. Last year, the government had banned more than 850 sites citing the Supreme Court’s directions to address the menace of pornography, especially child pornography. However, the move did not go down well with a majority of users who took to social media to criticise it. The Centre later clarified that the move was temporary and it was planning a long-term policy to tackle online child sexual a...