The Gionee P7 Max, which was launched early last week, is now available for purchase in India as well. The device is currently being sold through offline channels in the country. While the India pricing hasn’t been officially confirmed, reports say the P7 Max carries a tag of INR 13,999 (around $210), which is broadly in line with the $205 price tag the handset carries in Nepal, where it was first launched. Specs-wise, the phone is powered by MediaTek’s MT6595 chipset, and sports a 5.5-inch HD IPS display. It comes with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage, and packs in a…
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Samsung may have canceled the Galaxy Note7, but the exact reason behind latest fire incidents involving the phablet isn’t yet known. The South Korean company has now issued a statement saying that it is currently investigating the reason behind the fire incidents involving replacement Galaxy Note7 units, and will share more information in weeks to come. Following is the complete statement: “The replacement phones have batteries from a separate and different supplier than the original Note 7 devices. We’re currently conducting a thorough investigation, and it would be premature to speculate on outcomes. We will share more information in the…
Brendan McDermid | Reuters Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City. Check out which companies are making headlines before the bell: Mylan — The drugmaker agreed to pay $465 million to settle charges that it overcharged the government for its EpiPen products. Mylan had been accused of incorrectly classifying EpiPen as a generic instead of a branded product. Deutsche Bank — Deutsche Bank were under pressure early in the European session on the lack of expected settlement deal with the Justice Department over its sales of mortgage-backed securities, but subsequently erased…
David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Twitter’s Jack Dorsey Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey defined one of the company’s missions as being the “people’s news network,” according to an internal memo seen on Monday. The 10-year-old social networking service has long struggled to define its core purpose and is under the spotlight as it explores selling itself in a process that has attracted potential buyers such as Salesforce.com. Twitter has made a recent push into news and sports on mobile devices and this foray could pique the interest of a media company as an acquirer, analysts have said.…
The Blackberry phone will most probably be remembered for its physical qwerty style keyboard and as a must have gadget that no one in business who was going places could be seen to be without. Blackberry, the company, will now instead focus its energy primarily on security and software instead. “Under this strategy, we are focusing on software development, including security and applications. The company plans to end all internal hardware development and will outsource that function to partners. This allows us to reduce capital requirements and enhance return on invested capital,” said John Chen, Blackberry CEO. Phones with a Blackberry badge…
CBSE has requested the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for more land in the national capital, citing space constraint as their primary reason. They asked the civic body to allocate a piece of land in the national capital besides their current headquarter in Preet Vihar in East Delhi. The senior officials told the Press Trust of India that they have been facing a space crunch with increasing staff and more quantum of work. Over the years, both the staff and the quantum of work have increased manifold, the officials added. An official said, “Another reason is that some of the important CBSE…
On the occasion of International Day of the Girl, Michelle Obama announced a new private funding for her programme “Let Girls Learn” and urged girls all across the globe to be hungry for education. Michelle Obama RELATED STORIES SCERT to conduct ‘Reading Melas’ on October 15 under ‘Every Child Can Read’ scheme No admission to foreign students in medical colleges Doordarshan, IGNOU to jointly revive telecasting of Gyan Darshan channels Malala Yousafzai was shot today: Here’s all you need to know about the women’s education activist On the occasion of International Day of the Girl, Michelle Obama announced a new…
thinner, faster package This third generation is a major update to one of our favorite convertible laptops. CreditHP’s Spectre x360 steps out with a major upgrade in its third generation. The latest version of the company’s flagship convertible laptop gets thinner, lighter, and faster, and adds a wealth of check-off features. The new Spectre x360 is expected to go on sale October 12 starting at $1,049. Still made of CNC-aluminum, the Spectre x360 slims down thanks to the use of a “micro-edge bezel” design. This eliminates the massive bezel of the previous version but still keeps the same 13.3-inch, touch-enabled…
Let’s say you’ve just bought one of Nvidia’s slick new Pascal-based GeForce graphics cards such as the GTX 1070, and now you’re seeking a G-Sync monitor to go with it. Looking at what’s available, you’ll probably become envious of PC gamers on the Radeon side of the fence. Compared to G-Sync monitors, displays supporting AMD’s FreeSync adaptive sync tech are generally much cheaper, with a wider range of vendors and tech specs to choose from. The website 144HzMonitors lists 20 available G-Sync monitors, versus 85 FreeSync monitors, the latter showing more combinations of screen size, refresh rate, and resolution. Why the disparity?…
A new Meizu smartphone, alleged to be the Meizu m4, has leaked online. The leak – which comes in the form of a Weibo post- shows the device’s images from TENAA, although the official TENAA listing for the phone doesn’t seem to be live yet. Aside from images, the Weibo post also reveals some information about the device, including a metal body (with some plastic parts) and an RMB 899 (around $135) price tag. It also says that the phone doesn’t feature a fingerprint sensor. Needless to say, none of this has been officially confirmed by Meizu. So, until that…