samsung is planning on adding a new member to its metal-clad Galaxy A line very soon, it seems. This will be called Galaxy A9 and will probably be the highest-end offering to ever be part of the A series. So far the Galaxy A9 has been spotted in not one, but two benchmarks, having had some of its specs revealed in the process. It’s also been seen in an Indian import listing recently. And now the phone has received its first certification. The Bluetooth SIG has done the deed and put its stamp of approval on the upcoming Galaxy A9…
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Most booking agreements for real estate projects start by emphasising the importance of being aware of the terms and conditions mentioned therein. But how many of us take the trouble of going through these agreements, drafted in detail by lawyers hired by developers? This is important because most clauses in these agreements are aimed atprotecting builders from legal troubles while giving very few rights to buyers. If you do not have the time or inclination to go through the legalese, we take you through the key points you must consider while booking a property. TIPS:How to minimise risks in real…
Home sales have fallen during the first half of 2012 in all major cities, including National Capital Region (NCR), Mumbai and Bangalore, as buyers postponed purchases in anticipation of cut in interest rates, global property consultant CBRE said in a report. “After the strong momentum that residential market attained in 2011, residential sales declined during the first half of 2012 in all leading cities, particularly in NCR (National Capital Region), Mumbai and Bangalore,” CBRE said in a report. The slowdown in demand was visible in decline in supply addition in the three leading cities, it said. The first half of…
Over the last 10 years, real estate in India has given good returns. So, like millions of citizens, Yashpal Arora, who lives in Gurgaon, a New Delhi suburb, wanted to benefit from rising property prices. He invested in plots advertised by Vian Infrastructure, a real estate company launched in 2006 withseveral projects across the country. Impressed by the company’s advertisements, Arora invested in multiple plots in Neemrana, Jaipur and Haridwar in 2006. Around 80 of his friends and relatives also invested in the company’s projects. “The total investment of our group was Rs 2.5 crore. Each one of the 80-odd…
Home sales have fallen during the first half of 2012 in all major cities, including National Capital Region (NCR), Mumbai and Bangalore, as buyers postponed purchases in anticipation of cut in interest rates, global property consultant CBRE said in a report. “After the strong momentum that residential market attained in 2011, residential sales declined during the first half of 2012 in all leading cities, particularly in NCR (National Capital Region), Mumbai and Bangalore,” CBRE said in a report. The slowdown in demand was visible in decline in supply addition in the three leading cities, it said. The first half of…
In good news for flat buyers in Noida Extension , the National Capital Region Planning Board on Friday gave its approval to the Draft Master Plan for Greater Noida-2021. “All the members of the NCR Planning Board and the Chief Ministers of the member-states have signed the approval,” Naini Jayaseelan, Member-Secretary NCRPB said. The National Capital Region Planning Board has Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan as its member states. The Allahabad High Court had stayed construction in Noida Extension, which is a part of Greater Noida, and directed the Greater Noida Authority to seek approval of its Draft plan from…
If you’re choosing an affordable phone, you want something with all the basics: a little style, enough processing power to play your favorite casual games, a capable camera, and battery life that can get you through the day. The Honor 5X offers all of these things for a measly $199. That’s a hell of a deal, but it comes with a few compromises. What’s more: Honor is supposed to be Huawei’s cooler, hipper brand that’s meant for a younger crowd, but it might take more than what the 5X is offering to turn those millennials into repeat customers. It looks…
Quantum dots, nanocrystal, magic diodes. Whatever you want to call them, these tiny entities are putting the color back into LCD displays. Shine a backlight at them and they re-emit a very pure color strictly in correlation to their size. Smaller for blue, larger for red, etc. We’re talking nanometers here, one ten-thousandth the width of a human hair. Philips is here with its new FHD (1080) 276E display as proof that filtering light with quantum dots enhances color. As you might guess from the name, it’s a 27-incher, and the 6 most likely represents its 60Hz refresh rate. E?…
While unpacking some old boxes the other day, I ran across a computer I hadn’t seen in some time. It’s a tiny machine with an integrated chiclet keyboard in a cream-colored case about the size of two VHS tapes set side-by-side. I’m talking about the TRS-80 MC-10 Micro Color Computer, of course. Introduced in 1983 by Radio Shack as an even lower-cost alternative to the chain’s larger Color Computer series of PCs, the MC-10 originally retailed for just $120 (about $286 in today’s dollars), making it the world’s cheapest color-capable PC at the time. Before long, the prices of far…
Realtor’s body CREDAI on Wednesday said it is unrealistic on the part of the government to expect developers to cut housing prices and demanded that steps should be taken to boost supply of affordable homes. “Instead of asking realtors to download unsold stock at discounted prices, Finance Minister P Chidambaram should take immediate steps to boost to housing stock supply through special incentives to the affordable segment,” CREDAI said in a statement. “…developers are unable to cut prices because of very high cost of construction,” it added. CREDAI was commenting on reports suggesting that finance minister has asked commercial banks…