Google Play Movies at Rs. 20 for the Next Month

Google Play Movies Offering Tons of New Films at Rs. 20 for the Next Month

 
 In the spirit of Christmas, Google has launched a promotional offer for its online movie streaming service, Play Movies, that allows you to rent any movie for Rs. 20. Surprisingly, this covers some recent big films such as Jason Bourne, Suicide Squad, Finding Dory, The Jungle Book, Sultan, X-Men: Apocalypse, Captain America: Civil War, Zootopia, and a whole lot more.

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Top Chinese Manufacturers Selling Smartphones In India.

 

India's smartphone shipment crossed 100 million units last year, placing it in the second spot globally after China. India beat the US for the second spot. A large chunk of these 100 million smartphones were made by Chinese phone manufacturers.

On Monday, India even took a decision to ban the import of some of the Chinese phones citing security concerns. All the phones which don't have an IMEI number and certain other security features will not be allowed to be imported into India. Here is a list of all the licensed Chinese smartphone manufacturers selling in India.
1.Alcatel
The company was a joint venture between France's Alcatel-Laurent and Chinese TCL, but now TCL owns the majority of the shares. Alcatel is known for its mid-range series Idol and OneTouch phones. In August 2014, they launched 4 phones and a phablet in India. The company has produced a Firefox OS based phone and a smart watch too. Alcatel also sells tablets in India.
2. Coolpad
Coolpad is known for its sub-₹10000 phones in India. Last October, they made an entry in the Indian market by launching Coolpad Note 3 for ₹8999. In January, they launched a stripped-down version of the phone called Coolpad Note 3 lite selling it for ₹6999. So far, reviewers and consumers have liked the company's offerings.

3. G'five
Although a significant name in China, G'five is not a big phone brand. It offers under ₹10000 Android smartphones without any distinctive features. The company offers a couple of feature phones in India as well.
4. Gionee
Gionee has earned a name by developing very thin and flashy mobiles. At one point, with a thickness of 5.5 mm, Gionee Elife S5 was the slimmest smartphone available. Since then, the company has come up with a range of mobiles in China and India. It now sells feature phones starting from ₹1000 to smartphones costing ₹35000
5. Haier
Haier has been present in India for a long time but as an appliances maker. Recently, they have ventured into the Indian market with phones. But instead of taking the plunge into the ever growing smartphone market, they are concentrating on selling feature phones. They do have some low-end smartphone but none of them have any standout features.
6. Huawei
Huawei has been a leader in selling networking solutions in India. And, they have produced some good smartphones in recent years. Their sub-brand Honor has been received very well in India. Huawei sells smartphones of a different range under Ascend and Mate series as well. Notably, the company partnered with Google to manufacture Nexus 6P which has been lauded by critics and consumers alike.
7. Konka
This relatively unknown brand is almost nonexistent in India. They still sell one or two outdated phones on a few portals.
8. Lenovo
Before Lenovo jumped into the smartphone business, they sold millions of PCs and laptops in India. The company began selling Android phones in 2012. Lenovo's Vibe series and K3 Note series have been fairly popular in India in recent times. Their sales have been boosted by the fact that they acquired Motorola Mobility from Google whose Moto G and Moto E are quite popular in India.
9. Letv
A very popular company in China launched in India under the name LeEco. They initially launched two devices, LeEco 1S and LeEco Max. Recently they also released their new phones LeEco Le2, LeEco Max 2 and Le 2 Pro in China, and these will be launched in India on 3 May.
10. Meizu
Meizu started selling smartphones in 2008 and it is one of the newer companies that have made remarkable progress in a short time. They offer 12 smartphones in India, with Meizu Pro 6 being their latest offer. The unique thing about Meizu is that the company is selling phones with Ubuntu smartphone OS as well.
11. OnePlus
OnePlus was an instant hit in India when it arrived in 2014. They launched their first phone OnePlus One on invite basis and received an enthusiastic response. A lot of people were attracted to high-end specs at a mid-range price. With the invites becoming hard to get, they have now done away with the system. In 2015, they launched two phones, OnePlus 2 and OnePlus X, both available on the invite system initially and later in an open sale.
12. Oppo
Oppo caught eyes of the world by launching Oppo N1 in September 2013 which had a rotating camera. Since then, they have launched plenty of phones and many of them have new camera features such as a beauty mode.
13. QiKU
Qiku made the entrance in India with Qiku Q-Terra, priced at ₹22000. The phone has a good looking screen and dual 13 MP camera. It comes with a 360 OS, which is without an app drawer, gestures, and fingerprint sensor commands.
14.Vivo
Vivo, unlike others, is relying on an offline model more than on online sales. They have more than 10000 partner stores in India. They also have one of the slimmest phones right now in the form of X5 Max which is 4.75 mm in thickness. The company is also sponsoring the Indian Premier League this year. They recently launched two new phones to mark the occasion
15. Vsun
Vsun is another phone maker which is not recognized much and has just one phone available in few of the portals.
16. Xiaomi
Xiaomi rules the Indian market in popularity if we discount the Motorola factor of Lenovo. The products of the company are extremely sought after in India. From their Mi series to Note series and power banks to headphones everything is in demand in the country. But the biggest complaint from the customers is the flash sales strategy. Consumers have to log in at a certain time to get a chance of buying a phone. And a lot of the flash sales are over in a few seconds.
17. Zopo Mobile
Zopo sells 3 series of phone in India. Most notable of them is the speed series which has decacore processors. They are metal phones with high-end specs. The other two series are Flash series and color series.
18. ZTE
Zhongxing Telecommunication Equipment is the fourth largest phone manufacturer in the world. Although in India it is not that popular. ZTE still offers a lot of phones in India including blade series which is their prominent offering. They also make tablets and feature phones.
19. ZUK Mobile
This is a sub-brand under Lenovo. Right now they only have one offering in Zuk Z1 which is a low-cost Android phone.
Chinese phones have created the cult of their own in the Indian market. There are plenty of reasons behind it including saturation in the Chinese market. In the last quarter of the last year, shipment from Chinese manufacturers rose 71 percent.
These phone makers are trying to set up manufacturing plants in India as well to participate in "Make In India" scheme of government.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai Paid $100.5 Million for First Year at Helm

 

Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai received a $100.5 million (roughly Rs. 667 crores) pay package in 2015, according to a filing from parent company Alphabet Tuesday.
Pichai received $99.8 million in restricted stock that will vest in full by 2017. He also received a $652,500 salary. The stock award hasn't previously been disclosed in filings.
The former deputy of co-founder Larry Page was named to run the search engine unit following the reorganization into a holding company last year. Following that promotion, Alphabet in February awarded him restricted shares valued at $199 million (roughly Rs. 1,321 crores), the largest grant ever given to a Google executive officer whose pay has to be reported in filings.

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Credit Suisse CEO Paid $19.4 Million In Cash And Shares Last Year

 

Zurich: Credit Suisse Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam received 18.9 million Swiss francs ($19.4 million or nearly Rs. 130 crore) in cash and share awards from the Swiss bank in 2015 even after requesting a 40 per cent bonus cut, according to its annual report.

Thiam, who took over at Credit Suisse from British insurer Prudential last July, is five months into implementing his new strategy for the Zurich-based bank.

For 2015, he received 4.57 million francs in total pay, 2.86 million francs of which was in bonuses.

His pay was topped up by 14.3 million francs in replacement awards in Credit Suisse shares to compensate for the cancellation of deferred awards from Prudential. The shares are vested over three years.

Prudential paid Thiam 11.8 million pounds ($16.6 million) in 2014, a 35 per cent increase on his 2013 compensation, following a bumper incentive plan payout in his final year in charge.

Thiam's predecessor as chief executive of Switzerland's second-biggest bank, Brady Dougan, made 9.7 million francs in 2014. Credit Suisse said it paid bonuses in 2015 to its five departing executive board members, including Dougan, totalling 21 million francs.

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Can A Private Cloud Help Keep Buenos Aires Safe?

The Avenida 9 de Julio in Buenos Aires—called the world’s widest avenue—connects the waterfront and downtown of the Argentinian capitol to the surrounding residential communities. But even with 18 lanes (and a Metrobus corridor) running in two directions, the Avenida isn’t immune to traffic and congestion.
The population of the city nearly quadruples in size as “Every day, 12 million people come to Buenos Aires,” says Marucio Idiart, former CIO of the Argentinian Ministry of Security (Ministerio de Seguridad). “It’s a lot of traffic. So we must have a plan to deal with it.”
Unlike other cities in Argentina, which are patrolled by local police, Buenos Aires is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Security and is protected by federal police. Their mission: to ensure that millions of people, residents and visitors, can safely move around the city. Whether that’s millions of commuters traveling the Avenida, tens of thousands of soccer fans leaving River Plate Stadium after a football match, or a family of tourists visiting the Puerto Madero Waterfront, the ministry must control and secure 78 square miles of urban streets.

The Argentinian Ministry of Security turned to a private cloud solution built on Oracle technology to help it control 78 square miles of Buenos Aires streets. (Source: Shutterstock)

“We have a law enforcement resource posted, on average, in every 600 square meters of the city,” says Idiart, who left the ministry when a new government came into power in December 2015. “The ministry patrols every block once every hour, and we control that activity from a central location.”
That central location—or rather, locations—is one of three command centers operated by the ministry in Buenos Aires. Police patrols, including traffic management, are handled from an IT-powered hub that tracks the location of every security resource in the city in real time. Other command centers support emergency response (via 911 calls) and interagency coordination (in the event of a large public event, catastrophe, or social unrest). All three command centers benefit from a private cloud solution built by the ministry on Oracle technology.

Opera on Data Saving, India, Android N, Monetisation, and More

 Android N's new and improved data monitoring and handling features haven't triggered alarms at Opera. The Norway-based company says that its data-management app, Opera Max, is years ahead of the competition. At a press conference, executives with the company explained what makes Opera Max stand out from its rivals, and also laid bare the roadmap of the app.
The state of India's Internet connectivity - performance and reliability - is mediocre at best, said Arjun Bhatt, Director, Product Marketing and Partnerships at Opera Max on Tuesday at Cafe Public Connection, New Delhi, pointing to the Edge network on his LTE-subscribed Samsung Galaxy S6 smartphone. He spent the next one hour discussing how his company's virtual private network app is fixing that for many.
Indeed, Opera Max is growing in popularity with users, and slowly spreading among enthusiasts. The app, released in 2014, now has over 10 million users, Sergey Lossev, Product Head for Opera Max at Opera told Gadgets 360 in a phone conversation.

Quantum Break Price in India Revealed; Exclusive to Flipkart

Hotly anticipated time-manipversion of the game is exclusive to Flipkart.

ulating third-person shooter Quantum Break is exclusive to the Xbox One and Windows 10 PC. And in India it seems that the physical

The news comes via Flipkart's gaming page on Facebook.
"Play as Jack Joyce, a person with time manipulation powers in a world where time stutters, making everything freeze except Joyce - Preorder exclusively on Flipkart!" a post on the retailer's Facebook page reads along with a picture labelling it a "Flipkart Exclusive."

The game also has a price. It seems that Microsoft India has learned a thing or two about its misadventures with its pricing for Halo 5 and Forza 6, pricing Quantum Break on par with what you'd pay for PS4 exclusives like Uncharted 4 by setting it at Rs. 3,999. Keep in mind that there is no Windows 10 physical copy of the game. The listing is just for the Xbox One. Also of interest is that the seller for it isn't Flipkart's own WS Retail, rather one by the name of RetailNet.
We reached out to Microsoft India for comment and will update this story if we hear anything from them. For its part, Microsoft's preferred retail partner Amazon does not even have the game listed at the moment. It's an odd decision considering that Flipkart's focus on gaming has waned over the years.
Developed by the studio behind the original Max Payne and Alan Wake, Remedy Entertainment, Quantum Break lets you gun down enemies in third person in addition to manipulate time and duck behind cover. We were surprised with how good this Xbox One exclusive looks, sporting slick effects and gorgeous visuals. Will the gunplay hold up though? Hopefully we won't have to wait too long to find out.

AP Government Launches 15Mbps Broadband at Rs. 149, 100Mbps to Offices at Rs. 999

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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday launched the first phase of Fiber Grid project to provide broadband connectivity at cheap rate.
Andhra Pradesh government signed an MoU with Cisco on Thursday as part of the inauguration of India's first statewide broadband project 'AP FiberNet' in Visakhapatnam.
Naidu said that digital transformation was the most transformative means to ignite sustainable growth and improve society. His government's aim was to provide Internet connection to all households in the state as part of Digital India campaign, he said.

More iPhone SE, iPhone 7, and iPhone 7 Pro Details Tipped in New Leaks

Ever since the iPhone 6, we've been hearing that Apple is looking to launch a its 4-inch iPhone, now thought to be called the iPhone SE. It is also expected to launch its flagship models, the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Pro this year. We have also witnessed leaks and rumours hinting their specifications and design

2016 Might Be the Year That Defines Xiaomi's Fortunes

When Xiaomi first launched, the company set itself apart from rest of the smartphone market with several tactics such as online only sales, zero commercial marketing, a dedicated Mi forum, and more. However, as time has passed by, these tactics have either been copied by other smartphone manufacturers, or they have not been entirely successful. As things stand, 2015 was a bad year for Xiaomi. The company first had to reduce its sales targets and then failed to achieve the revised targets.
Its home market, China, remains the biggest market for Xiaomi. It has been the top smartphone vendor in China for several quarters now. However the same Chinese market is now becoming increasingly saturated, as shown by this infographic from IDC.

The slowdown in growth is further proved by the fact that practically every Chinese smartphone manufacturer has started entering India in search of growth and newer markets; LeEco, Qiku, Zopo, and Meizu all have entered India recently,even though the volume of the Indian smartphone market is a fraction of China's.

Apple's iCloud Could Soon Be Powered by Google's Cloud

Apple, Microsoft, and Google don't see eye to eye on most subjects, until they have to. And it seems Apple is finding itself in a similar situation. According to a report, the iPhone maker has partnered with Google to leverage some of search giant's cloud power to fuel iCloud.

The Cupertino-based company has inked a deal with Google to handle some iCloud storage needs using Google Cloud Platform, reports CRN. At least, part of the reason for this collaboration is Apple's desire to cut its reliance - and hence spendings - on Amazon and Microsoft. The report adds that Apple will be paying Google a sum between $400 million (roughly Rs. 2668 crore) and $600 million (roughly Rs. 4003 crore) for the deal. The duration of the agreement isn't known.
Prior to this supposed tie-up, iCloud was reportedly powered by Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. CRN further says that Apple will not be completely chopping off its partnership with Amazon, though Amazon, in the light of the new partnership, will be getting less money. According to Morgan Stanley, Apple spends around $1 billion (roughly Rs. 6671 crore) annually on AWS, as cited in the report.