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Spotify Is Now Available in India Before Official Launch; Starts at Just Rs 129/Month

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Spotify Is Now Available in India Before Official Launch; Starts at Just Rs 129/Month We’ve been hearing reports about Spotify’s impending India launch for months now. And now, when news of Spotify taking a highly aggressive stance against Warner Music have cropped up just yesterday, we have got our hands on the India pricing. Yes, this is an exciting moment for melophiles who had been waiting on the India pricing for the biggest music streaming service. We’ve stumbled upon the pricing while trying to create a new Spotify account, where you can now choose your country to be India. The  Premium subscription prices for India  will then be displayed when you pick the free 30-day trial option. I can’t be more excited to tell you that Spotify Premium in India would supposedly starts at just Rs 129 per month (and only Rs 119/ month for the first month when you’re picking the free trial). In addition to the monthly subscription plans, Spotify is...

BSNL Bharat Fiber Subscribers Can Now Avail Amazon Prime Membership for Free

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BSNL Bharat Fiber Subscribers Can Now Avail Amazon Prime Membership for Free BSNL is offering Amazon Prime service for Bharat Fiber customers using 18GB and above plans HIGHLIGHTS BSNL launched Bharat Fiber service last month Eligible customers can avail Amazon Prime membership from BSNL site harat Fiber is offering 35GB data per day at as low as Rs. 1.1 per GB Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Tuesday announced that it has started offering Amazon Prime membership worth Rs. 999 to select Bharat Fiber customers. The new offer comes just weeks after the state-owned telco launched its Bharat Fiber service in the country to counter the Jio GigaFiber service. The service, as its name suggests, is designed to offer fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband access with 35GB data per day for domestic use at as low as Rs. 1.1 per GB. BSNL also offers half-yearly broadband plans to compete against Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio that both are serving their customers wi...

Jio Led 4G Availability in India, Airtel Offered Fastest Internet Speed in H2 2018: Ookla

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Jio Led 4G Availability in India, Airtel Offered Fastest Internet Speed in H2 2018:  HIGHLIGHTS Airtel led the charts when it comes to fastest 4G network speed Vodafone too had a higher speed score than Jio Jio was crowned the fastest operator by TRAI last month The battle for supremacy in the telecom industry is quite intense, with telecom operators trying to widen their subscriber base by competing on the fronts of pricing as well as the overall quality of their services. As per Ookla's network analysis report for the period between Q3 and Q4 2018, Jio has the upper hand when it comes to general availability as well as 4G network availability over its rivals. Airtel, on the other hand, was crowned the operator offering the fastest 4G Internet speed in the country based on a cumulative upload and download speed score. Ookla's report states that Jio's general availability was the best among all operators in the country, with Jio subscribers being able t...

Google Maps AR Navigation Testing Begins, Coming to Select Users Soon: Report

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Google Maps AR Navigation Testing Begins, Coming to Select Users Soon: Report   Google Maps new AR mode will use Street View data to superimpose arrows in the real world HIGHLIGHTS AR mode allows users to see directions in an interactive manner Google Maps AR navigation is releasing for few select people It will be available to everyone once Google tests it thoroughly Google introduced a new augmented reality (AR) mode for Maps at I/O 2018 and it was one of the biggest crowd-pleasers at the keynote last year. The feature overlays arrows, landmarks, maps, and possibly even an animated creature to show the way in a camera view that is displaying the actual environment around the users. Ever since its announcement, the feature has been in testing, and now the company is finally ready to release it to a few local guides i.e. advanced Google Maps users. However, the commercial release will only happen when the company is 'completely satisfied that it's re...

Netflix for iOS Finally Gets Smart Downloads Feature

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Netflix for iOS Finally Gets Smart Downloads Feature HIGHLIGHTS Smart Downloads only queues up downloads over Wi-Fi The feature is now live on Netflix app for iPhone and iPad It automatically deletes older episodes that have been watched Netflix has finally brought the Smart Downloads feature to the app's iOS version, after originally launching it for the Android app back in July last year. The Smart Downloads feature is now live on the Netflix app for iOS and we can verify the same. The download management feature is aimed at reducing the hassle while managing content downloads, as it automatically queues up a new episode for offline viewing when users are finished watching an older one in the series. The  Smart Downloads  feature only works when users are connected to a Wi-Fi network, which means one does not have to worry about accidentally finishing up their mobile data after downloading content from  Netflix . As for how th...

Will Jio GigaFiber Have the Same Impact That Jio 4G Did?

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Will Jio GigaFiber Have the Same Impact That Jio 4G Did? On this episode we discuss all you need to know about Jio GigaFiber. The person in charge of Gadgets 360's Hindi website - Sandeep Sinha - joins host Pranay Parab to talk about Jio's broadband service. Currently Jio GigaFiber's launch is yet to take place and the service is being offered to customers at no monthly cost, with just a refundable security deposit being collected upfront. This episode begins with a discussion around Jio GigaFiber's launch in India and when it is expected to roll out commercially. We discuss the process to get a GigaFiber connection in your area and whether there is any way to speed up the process. We then talk about Jio GigaFiber's speeds and what you can expect during the trial phase. We look at GigaFiber customer service and how our experience has been. Then we talk about our friends' experiences with Jio GigaFiber in India. Here we mention what people have experie...

Samsung Galaxy M10 Review: Can It Bring Samsung’s Mojo Back?

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Samsung Galaxy M10 Review: Can It Bring Samsung’s Mojo Back? A lot has changed since Samsung dominated the mid-range market in India with its Galaxy Grand series in and around 2013. At the time, Micromax was its biggest upstart rival, and now Samsung is the one trying to get back into the market, as it looks to break the dominance of Xiaomi, Honor and newer brands such as Realme, and even Asus’s renewed vigor thanks to the ZenFone Max Pro series. As a result, the sub-Rs 10,000 segment is probably the most hotly contested segment in the market, even more so than the fluid mid-range segment. Samsung is bringing its best to the sub Rs 10,000 segment with the Galaxy M10,  priced at Rs 7,990 onwards . Along with the Galaxy M20, the phone represents Samsung’s biggest bet for the Indian market. The phones are being debuted in India and have been made completely in India, save for the imported SoC and other components. This means Samsung has been able to price it just right, an...