Chandrashekhar Poddar

Google is well on its way from being a company synonymous with search and the web to a brand name  well known for its hardware products . We’re now familiar with the Chromecast name; the streaming stick has been  Google’s Trojan horse into the living room , selling millions of units and establishing the search giant’s software as a viable media nexus. Now, there’s the Google Home smart speaker to compete with Amazon’s Echo, as well the company’s new  flagship Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones . All of these products are on sale for Black Friday this week, and you can pick them up on discount from a number of different retailers. Verizon is only the authorized Pixel and Pixel XL seller in the US, besides the Play Store. So phone deals are contingent on joining Verizon’s network, or already being a part of it. For Home and Chromecast, you’ll be able to shop around at a few different places. Here’s where to start when it comes to picking up Google gadgets start...

This gadget-laden life is becoming hard, and more often than not we find ourselves questioning why we really need it. But ever since science bestowed technology on us, we've become more and more dependent on it, with our lives hardwired around it, and that, my friend, is the real problem. In the midst of all this, a lot of people were longing for the good old days, of being away from the constant surveillance our cellphones put us into. And here it is. Meet the Anti-Smartphone, that guarantees you a drama-free life.  jegandsons "We are still in beta. We've run into a few limitations in our initial user experience goals due to some iOS restrictions. They are not going to effect the experience of being light but will make turning on call forwarding a little bit more manual. We are experimenting with the various options for our beta users. We will be shipping the phones regardless as to not delay any longer and will continue to provide frequent software updates...

Demonetisation of 500 and 1000 currency notes might be a positive step towards curbing illegal monetary assets of certain citizens, but it sure has become a nuisance for most of the working-class people in India. The day-to-day life of the citizenry has been hindered due to cash crunch countrywide. ATMs are always busy with queues up to the horizon. Hours are spent standing in long lines, and at times, returning empty handed in case the ATM runs out of cash. We’ve made two videos on this topic (in English and Hindi), which are below. The article continues below the videos, so scroll down to read. English Video Hindi Video To make your life easier and ATMs near you more accessible, certain applications and people have come out with features and websites, respectively, to counter the never-ending queues. Sure, online payments using Mobile Wallets and Net Banking are possible, and so are Debit/Credit card payments. But not everyone has access to these, including the m...

The launch of Reliance led Jio network brought upon a huge revolution in the Indian Telecom market. Its unique and free service attracted millions of users all over India. The company after its scheme of free trial and free distribution of sim cards led to a huge increase in the customer entries. The main motive of the company is to make calling free all over the nation. Many famous telecom companies like Airtel, Vodafone were awestruck with the kind of offers Jio services provided. The sim services are run directly through internet and free welcome period of service is provided to people till 31st December. The owner of Jio – Ambani said that it would unfair to charge people for the plans while the company is still running in its testing period. However, the other companies filed a complaint against jio because of huge increase in the incoming calls to their networks from Jio users. The TRAI instead fined the other companies a total sum of INR 3050 crores for blocking the Ji...

Reliance Industries is preparing to launch feature phones with 4G capability, creating a new category of mobile devices in India in a bid to attract millions of users to its telecom venture Reliance Jio Infocomm. These devices could be priced as low as about Rs 1,000 and will come bundled with unlimited voice and video calling, besides digital content, people familiar with the plans said. . . . . The Mukesh Ambani-owned company will offer the feature phones with voice over LTE (VoLTE) technology, seeking to win over customers from the rural and tier-III markets who use phones mainly to make calls. "Jio wants to tap all the segments in the country and sees huge potential in the rural areas, which it now aims to tap with VoLTE feature phones," one of the people said, adding that the new devices will be aimed at first-time data users. "The 2G feature phone is still a big market in India." About 65% of India's more than 1 billion mobile phone subscribers sti...

Google Pixel Smartphones Codename Sailfish (Pixel), Marlin (Pixel XL) Developer Google Manufacturer HTC ( contract manufacturer ) Series Pixel First released October 20, 2016 ; 25 days ago Availability by country October 4, 2016 (preorder) October 13, 2016 (preorder) Predecessor Nexus 5X ,  Nexus 6P Type Smartphone Form factor Slate Dimensions Pixel: H  143.8 mm (5.66 in) W  69.5 mm (2.74 in) D  8.5 mm (0.33 in) Pixel XL: H  154.7 mm (6.09 in) W  75.7 mm (2.98 in) D  8.5 mm (0.33 in) Weight Pixel:  143 g (5.04 oz) Pixel XL:  168 g (5.93 oz) Operating system Android   7.1 "Nougat" System on chip Qualcomm   Snapdragon 821 (MSM8996 Pro) CPU 2.15 GHz + 1.6 GHz  quad core  64-bit  ARMv8-A  " Kryo " Cores GPU Adreno  530 Memory 4 GB  LPDDR4   RAM Storage 32 GB or 128...