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Reliance Jio's much-hyped ultra-budget phone - JioPhone - has been finally launched in India. Called 'India ka intelligent smartphone,' the phone will be available for pre-booking from August 24. It'll be made available on first-come-first-serve basis by September. Reliance Jio's much-awaited feature phone is here. Chairman Mukesh Ambani unveiled the device at the company's 40th AGM in Mumbai today. Though Ambani didn't reveal the exact specifications of the device, he did show some of its key features. The dual-SIM phone will be available at an ‘effective’ price of Rs 0. The trials for Jio Phone will start on August 15, 2017 and it will go on pre-order on August 24. The company said that by Spetember the smartphone will reach most users. Here's all you need to know about the new Reliance Jio phones. Here's looking at some of the phone's hot features. 7 'hottest features' of Reliance's 'free' JioPhone ...

SMART WALLET If we take a look at the things we stuff in our wallets - cash, visiting cards and tickets - all of them have an electronic variant, in today's tech-savvy world. As a result, wallets are becoming redundant, with smartphones and their endless apps and features replacing them. In an attempt to keep the wallet relevant even in the 21st century, a startup has come up with a  smart wallet  that not only acts as a powerbank and Wi-Fi hotspot, but also comes with groovy security features such as distance alarms, GPS tracking and even a tiny camera that gets activated when lost. The idea for the wallet was born when in 2014, when engineer  Azat 's three-year old daughter hid his wallet behind the stove and he spent more than a month getting the lost documents reissued. Following the incident, he went on the hunt for a Bluetooth enabled wallet, only to find they had limited tracking range. After two years of testing, prototyping and design development, ...

POWER BANK Although modern gadgets such as smartphones and tablets are getting increasingly powerful by the day, battery life is one department where almost all of them are still lacking. This is probably why Power banks have become almost a necessity these days. They ensure that your device does not run out of charge while you are on the move, allowing you to stay connected around the clock. Not surprisingly, more and more manufacturers are now tapping into this increasingly lucrative market. Consequently, Power banks of all sizes, capacities and colours are available in the market today. But this wide choice also makes it difficult to decide which Power bank you must choose for your smart gadgets. To help you out with the same, we’ve curated a list of some factors that should be kept in mind while you’re in the market for a new Power bank . CAPACITY One of the main features that should be kept in mind while buying Power banks is the capacity. It is measured in terms of ...

HIGHLIGHTS The app has been launched just for Android users as of now It requires users to have their mobile numbers registered with Aadhaar Users get the option to lock or unlock their biometrics data from the app Aadhaar  holders will now be able to carry their information on their smartphone, courtesy the  mAadhaar app launched by  Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). To use the mAadhaar or 'mobile Aadhaar' app, users need to have their phone number registered with UIDAI. Once the process is complete, they can download their details on the app, which will show data suc has name, date of birth, gender, address and the photograph on the device. With this mAadhaar, users will not need to carry around the hard copy of their Aadhaar with them anymore. This is another step by the government to digitise processes in the country, and make initiatives streamlined using technology. Where to download mAadhaar app? The mAadhaar app ...

INTEX NEW DELHI : Domestic smartphone maker Intex  has launched its cheapest smartphone with VoLTE support and  Android  Nougat. Dubbed  Intex Aqua Zenith , the smartphone is targeted for the customers living in tier-III and tier-IV cities of India. INTEX AQUA ZENITH Price and availability The  Intex  Aqua Zenith comes with a price tag of Rs 3,999 and comes in Gold and Black colour options. The smartphone is available across offline stores in the country. Specifications Intex Aqua Zenith comes with a 5-inch display with 480x854 pixels resolution. It is the cheapest Android smartphone to come with VoLTE support and Android 7.0 Nougat operating system out-of-the-box. The smartphone is powered by quad-core MediTek processor paired with 1GB of RAM. It offers 8GB of internal storage which can be expanded up to 128GB by installing a microSD card. Measuring 14.5x1x7.2cm, the smartphone sports a 5MP rear camera with LED flash. The cam...

JIO DIGITAL LIFE NEW DELHI:  Reliance Jio  has signed up  Intex  as a vendor for its much-touted 4G feature phone, which will debut in August and could shake up the telecom market yet again for carriers, besides hurting smartphone makers in the near-term as well. The co-developed phone, which Intex is making in India, will be priced by Jio through a subsidy model, and will also be marketed by the new telco, with the handset maker not involved in both aspects, Nidhi Markanday, director and business head,  Intex Technologies , told ET. "We will launch this 4G feature phone in this quarter, but will not be selling it standalone in the market. We are in dialogue with Reliance Jio for bundling which should be through very soon," Markanday said THANKS FOR VIEWING. PLEASE DO COMMENT IF U NEED OUR POSTS TO BE MORE BETTER AND APPEALING For the latest t ech news  and reviews, follow  TechYOlogy  on ,  Facebook ,  ...

WhatsApp, the instant messaging application, has over a billion users and to keep them around, the app is always adding new features. However, before rolling them out to all its users at once, it tests them with limited users under beta mode. While there are several features under tests in beta mode, here are the six features spotted in beta that are most likely to be introduced in the app in the next few days: YouTube videos to play right into WhatsApp The most recent feature found on WhatsApp for  beta version is YouTube integration. The feature lets you view YouTube videos without leaving the app via a picture-in-picture mode. UPI-based money transactions UPI or Unified Payment Interface is another feature that could reach millions of WhatsApp users in India. The feature will let them transfer money without any hassle. The company for now is in talks with the government about UPI integration. Message recall feature This feature was first spotted in Decem...

Scientists are developing a next generation hat that could allow people to read other's minds as well as digitise their own thoughts. Mary Lou Jepsen, founder of US-based start-up Openwater, said that the hat could make telepathy a reality within the next eight years. MRI INBUILT HAT Scientists are developing a next generation hat that could allow people to read other’s minds as well as digitise their own thoughts. Mary Lou Jepsen, founder of US-based start-up Openwater, said that the hat could make telepathy a reality within the next eight years. Currently magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology can already read our brainwaves. “I figured out how to put basically the functionality of an MRI machine into a wearable in the form of a ski hat,” Jepson said. Jepsen, a former professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US and an inventor on over 100 patents, said that the goal of the technology is to be able to both read and to output your own thou...

Scientists have discovered a very distant galaxy, some 10 thousand million light years away, which is about 1,000 times brighter than the Milky Way. It is the brightest of the submillimetre galaxies, which have a very strong emission in the far infrared, researchers said. Scientists have discovered a very distant galaxy, some 10 thousand million light years away, which is about 1,000 times brighter than the Milky Way. It is the brightest of the submillimetre galaxies, which have a very strong emission in the far infrared, researchers said. Scientists led by Anastasio Diaz-Sanches from Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) in Spain used gravitational lensing that acts as a sort of magnifier, changing the size and intensity of the apparent image of the original object. “Thanks to the gravitational lens produced by a cluster of galaxies between ourselves and the source, which acts as if it was a telescope, the galaxy appears 11 times bigger and brighter than it really is...

The Tata LPO 1613 bio-methane fuelled bus is already in operation in Pune, and Tata has unveiled three variants of its bio-CNG engines alongside this one. Continuing on its endeavours to develop clean emission commercial vehicles, Tata Motors has unveiled India's first bio-methane powered bus. Alongside, the company also showed off three bio-fuel combustion engines for LCV, ICV and MCV bus variants. These buses will contribute to Tata Motors' Smart Cities initiative, by including connected car infrastructure, reducing emissions and contributing to wet garbage disposals. Tata Motors has previously shown its intent behind clean energy vehicles at the launch of its Starbus Hybrid. The company had simultaneously unveiled electric and hydrogen fuel cell variants of its buses, all of which came fitted with connected infrastructure and modern amenities like infotainment systems, GPS and USB ports. With the new bio-methane engines, Tata Motors' lead variant for clean en...