Google launches security feature for Chrome web browser

Tech News -  The extension, called Password Alert, can be downloaded on Google Chrome and warns users before they enter account information on "phishing" pages, or imitation sites designed to steal passwords and access personal information, such as emails or online bank accounts.

               

Millions of phishing emails and websites are sent every day, Google said. Nearly 2 percent of messages sent through Gmail, Google's email service, are designed to steal passwords.

               

"Right now, it's left up to the user to decide whether or not to enter their password," said Drew Hintz, the lead engineer for Password Alert. "We expect users to know the difference between these sites, and that's an unreasonable request to make of users."

               

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Defective component slowed Apple Watch rollout: Report

Tech News - The component, called the taptic engine, produces the sensation of being tapped on the wrist, the newspaper reported. 

               

Apple declined to comment on the story.

               

Apple has not given any sales figures for its hotly anticipated Apple Watch since it began taking orders this month. Chief Executive Tim Cook said on Monday that demand continued to outstrip supply.

               

Some taptic engines supplied by Shenzhen, China-based AAC Technologies Holdings Inc started to break down over time, the Journal said, citing the people. The company is one of two suppliers of these components to Apple, it said.

               

As a result, Apple is now sourcing nearly all of its components from the other supplier, Japan's Nidec Corp. It may take time for the company to increase production, the people told the Journal.

               

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Twitter pins ad revenue hopes on new partnership, acquisition

Tech News - Twitter was forced to cut prices for its new "direct response" ads, Chief Executive Officer Dick Costolo said on Tuesday after a the company issued a revenue warning for the year. Twitter shares fell 8.9 percent on Wednesday after dropping as much as 24 percent on Tuesday.

               

The ads, designed to get readers to click links to download an app or go to a company's web site, failed to deliver as promised. As a result, Twitter cut ad rates, impacting quarterly revenue by $4 million to $5 million, Costolo said.

               

"I don't think Twitter will realize its potential without being able to show advertisers more specifically what their performance on advertising is," said Colin Sebastian, senior analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co, who said the company's new deals show its willingness to adapt to advertisers' requests. "Twitter is a work in progress and clearly there's plenty of work left to do."

               

Twitter delivered disappointing first-quarter earnings on Tuesday, which were reported an hour early by financial data platform Selerity and sent the stock plummeting.

               

But it was not just the leak that traders punished. The San Francisco-based company also missed Wall Street revenue estimates by nearly $20 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S data. It recorded $436 million in revenue and said its key measure of monthly active user had slowed.

               

Key to improving advertising will be measuring who clicks on what. Costolo said a new partnership with Google's online advertisement service DoubleClick and the acquisition of marketing technology company TellApart, would help advertisers measure ad views, clicks and calculate investment returns.

               

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Samsung tips higher second-quarter profit on Galaxy S6 sales

Tech News - Samsung's renewed focus on design after a period of stagnation in its smartphone range appears to be paying dividends, with researcher Strategy Analytics saying the South Korean giant overtook Apple Inc as the world's top smartphone maker in the first quarter.

"Galaxy S6 sales have been going as well as expected, while demand for the Galaxy S6 edge have been better than anticipated," Samsung Vice President Park Jin-young said during a conference call.

The firm reported a January-March operating profit of 6 trillion won ($5.64 billion), in line with the 5.9 trillion won profit it had guided for earlier this month and the highest in three quarters.

Earnings for April-June should continue to rise, it said, with the two Galaxy S6 models - featuring new design flourishes like metal bodies - likely to break the company's sales record.

Samsung shares have slipped in recent weeks on concerns that the Galaxy S6 phones, on sale since April 10, may not sell as well as first hoped.

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Middle class driving iPhone sales in emerging markets: Tim Cook

Tech News - Cook, under whom the California-based tech giant sold 61.2 million iPhones in January-March 2015, said emerging markets accounted for almost 40 percent of Apple's revenue for the second quarter.

  
Apple follows October-September period as fiscal year. On Monday, Apple had said that its net profit stood at USD 13.6 billion in the January-March quarter, while revenue was at USD 58 billion.
  
About 69 percent of the revenue came from international sales. Speaking at an investor call, Cook said "We also continue to see a reasonable percentage of first time buyers, particularly in some of the emerging markets.”

 "And if you look at emerging markets in general, revenue from emerging markets, just for the March quarter, was up 58 percent year on year. And a big piece of what is driving that is iPhone.
  
"Obviously, those results would have been higher without some of the FX (currency) headwinds..."
  
Apple chief further said: "And as I mentioned before, in emerging markets, we did extremely well. And so, I feel really good about where we are, and you can hopefully tell with the strong guidance that we provided, that we're very bullish on the current quarter as well."
  
Apple said 'swappers' -- who changed their last smartphone with an iPhone -- also contributed to the growth in iPhone sales.
  
To a separate query on iPhone purchases by the middle class in emerging markets, he said: "...And so as I look at that, without having market research data on the demographics that you are asking, it is clear to me that it has to come from the middle class.
  
"Because the upper income earners, there's only so many of those. And you cannot grow those kind of numbers without getting significantly into the middle class.

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Intex launches Aqua Power+ at Rs 8,999 in India

Tech News -  The smartphone features a 5-inch HD display with 1280X720 ppi resolution and runs 1.3GHz quad core processor with 2GB RAM and 16 GB internal storage that is expandable up to 32GB. It supports dual-SIM and runs the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop OS.

The Intex Aqua Power+ sports a 13 megapixel rear camera and a 5 megapixel front camera. The phone gets its power from a 4000mAh battery.

Earlier, Intex rolled out its Aqua Speed HD smartphone at Rs 8,999 in India. The Aqua Speed HD features a 4.7-inch display and runs on 1.3 Ghz quad-core processor backed by 2 GB RAM and 16 GB internal storage.

It sports an 8 megapixel rear camera and a 5 megapixel front shooter. The Intex Aqua Speed HD is powered by a 1700mAh battery.

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Maruti to invest Rs 4,000 crore in FY16 on new models, marketing

The company, which reported its highest ever annual profit and sales in the fiscal concluded March 31, 2015, said the amount would be utilised on enhancing marketing infrastructure, launching new products and on R&D.

Maruti is looking to set up new display centres where its different models are displayed like it does at the brand centre at its headquarter here.
  
In the ongoing fiscal MSI is expected to launch its crossover vehicle SX4 S Cross and premium hatchback code named YRA.
  
Apart from urban markets, the company has also decided to intensify efforts to expand in the rural markets.  "We are at present in 1.25 lakh villages, we would like to add another 25,000 villages this year," Maruti Suzuki India Chairman R C Bhargava told reporters.
   
He said at present demand is strong in the rural markets but how it would be in the year ahead was hard to predict because of unseasonal rain and prediction of low monsoon.
   
Out of the total capex planned for the fiscal, the company on Monday released Rs 845 crore for the upcoming plant at Gujarat.

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Lava launches Iris X1 Atom priced at Rs 4,444 in India

Tech News - The device is fronted with a 4-inch WVGA display with 480x800 pixels resolution. Iris' new smartphone X1 Atom runs on Android KitKat 4.4 and the company has also guaranteed Android Lollipop update.

The device is clocked at 1.2 GHz quad core processor which is further complimented by 512MB RAM. It is equipped with 4GB of internal storage capacity which can be further expanded up to 32GB through a microSD card slot.

Iris X1 Atom boasts a 5-megapixel camera on the rear surface with LED flash it is fitted with a VGA camera on the front surface. To fuel its operations efficiently, it gets 1750mAh battery for long lasting usage. On the connectivity front, the smartphone gets 3G, GPRS/EDGE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v2.1 and a micro-USB slot.

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Twitter out to crack down on abusive tweets

Tech News - Twitter is overhauling its safety policy and beefing up the team responsible for enforcing it, along with investing "heavily" in ways to detect and limit the reach of abusive content, general counsel Vijaya Gadde said in an column published by the Washington Post.

"We need to do a better job combating abuse without chilling or silencing speech," Gadde said. Twitter last month modified its rules to ban 'revenge porn' -- the tweeting of intimate or revealing pictures or video of people without their permission.

The San Francisco-based micro-blogging site is also taking steps to curtail the use of anonymously created Twitter accounts to intimidate or silence targeted people.

"We are changing our approach to this problem, in some ways that won't be readily apparent and in others that will be," Gadde said.

Twitter has tripled the size of the team responsible for protecting users of the service, resulting in a five-fold increase in the speed of response to complaints, according to the general counsel.

"We are also overhauling our safety policies to give our teams a better framework from which to protect vulnerable users," Gadde said.

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Volkswagen plans to make India low-cost export hub

Tech News - Also, as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Make in India' initiative, the company will be investing Rs 1,500 crore for localisation and produce cost effective products, Volkswagen India chief representative Mahesh Kodumudi told media on the sidelines of the Hannover Fair.
  
"We are looking at making India a low-cost manufacturing hub catering to emerging and developed export markets. In 2014, we exported 65,000 cars which is 60 percent of our production from the Chakan plant," Kodumudi said.
  
"We are looking to export 70,000 cars this year," he said. The company will also increase production capacity at the Chakan and Aurangabad units in the next two years.
  
Volkswagen AG chief executive Martin Winterkorn said: "India is and will remain an important strategic growth market for the Volkswagen Group. We are convinced that VW will take on a key role in the Indian automobile market in the long-term. We are driving localisation forward with our new engine assembly plant in Pune."
  
VW plans to increase production to 200,000 units by 2018 and add more new models from the 130,000 units Chakan plant.

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OnePlus likely to launch OnePlus Two smartphone by June

Tech News - Now, the company has announced the successor of OnePlus One named 'OnePlus Two' priced at USD 538. The rumoured specifications of the yet -to-be-announced device are pretty impressive.

One Plus Two features a 5.5-inch full HD LTPS display with 2,560 X 1,440 pixels resolution. The device is fitted with Snapdragon 810 processor which is further coupled with 4GB RAM.

If speculations are to be believed, the smartphone runs on Google's Android 4.4 KitKat Operating System, while some are guessing that it will run on company's custom platform.

The next generation smartphone boasts of 16-megapixel camera on the rear surface, up from 13MP camera fixed in the OnePlus One along with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera clubbed with 64GB internal storage, the OnePlus Two curtain raiser is scheduled for sometime in the second half of the year. 

The OnePlus Two is packed with powerful and long lasting 3300mAh battery to run its operations efficiently. OnePlus One polycarbonate body might be replaced by revamped metal casing. 

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'NASA MESSENGER' spacecraft to crash into Mercury soon

Tech News - The "spacecraft will impact the planet at more than 8,750 miles per hour on the side of the planet facing away from Earth," NASA said in a statement on Thursday.

"Due to the expected location, engineers will be unable to view in real time the exact location of impact," a news agency reported.

Launched in August 2004, MESSENGER traveled 7.9 billion km on a journey that included 15 trips around the sun and flybys of Earth once, Venus twice and Mercury three times.

The spacecraft began orbiting Mercury in March 2011. The four- year mission was blessed with many scientific findings, including one in 2012 that provided compelling support for the hypothesis that Mercury harbors abundant frozen water and other volatile materials in its permanently shadowed polar craters.

It helped test many technological achievements, including the development of a vital heat-resistant and highly reflective ceramic cloth sunshade that isolated the spacecraft's instruments and electronics from direct solar radiation, vital to mission success given Mercury's proximity to the sun.

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Artist Britto sues Apple, design firm over use of art, style

Tech News -  The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages from Cupertino, California-based Apple and the design duo Craig Redman of New York and Karl Maier of London, whose company is called Craig & Karl.

Britto's lawsuit, filed on behalf of his Miami Beach- based company Britto Central Inc, makes a number of claims, including copyright infringement and unfair competition. It also asks a judge to halt the alleged misuse of Britto's images.

Apple's "Start Something New" marketing campaign was cited in the lawsuit as one recent example of misuse of Britto art.

Officials at Apple and Craig & Karl did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment.

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Solar-powered drone to provide wireless internet completes test flight: Report

Tech News - The company Quarkson plans to use the SkyOrbiter drones that will stay airborne for weeks, months or even years at a time and will fly at altitudes of up to 22,000 metres.
  
The test flight took place on April 2 at an undisclosed location, 'Gizmag' reported.
  
The drone was equipped with Wi-Fi-transmitting equipment that can provide internet access to local users on the ground via a patch antenna that receives the signal.
  
The drone tested was a small version of those planned for eventual use with a wingspan of 5 metres.
  
It was flown within line of sight up to an altitude of 100 metres and successfully relayed a Wi-Fi signal to the ground.
  
One of Quarkson's larger SkyOrbiter LA25 drones with a wingspan of 22 metres has reportedly already been built but could not be tested yet.

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Motorola launches 4G version of Moto E Second generation at Rs 7,999 in India

Tech News - Motorola, which was acquired by Chinese technology giant Lenovo from Google last year, sells its devices in India through ecommerce firm Flipkart.
   
The 4G-enabled handset is available for Rs 7,999, while the 3G version is priced at Rs 6,999.
        
The 4G version of the device would compete with the likes of Lenovo's A6000 (Rs 6,999), Yu's Yureka (Rs 8,999) and Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G (Rs 9,999).
   
According to CyberMedia Research, iPhone maker Apple was the largest 4G LTE smartphone vendor in India with a market share of 45 per cent in October-December 2014 period.
  
With increasing usage of data services and telecom players gearing up to offer 4G services (which provides higher speed), handset makers are also lining up devices at affordable price points to tap the opportunity.
   
The new Moto E 4G is available exclusively through online marketplace Flipkart.    

Running on Android's latest Lollipop operating system, the 4G handset sports a 4.5-inch screen and comes with a 5-megapixel rear camera. The handset has a 2,390 mAh battery.

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Huawei P8, P8 Lite images and specifications leaked

Tech News - One poster gets number eight in a digital style along with a battery icon, while another one shows light trails of orange and red colour forming number eight again with words, ‘Get ready to ignite creativity’.

We can speculate well that the company is on its way to launch the much awaited Huawei P8 and Huawei P8 Lite.

Although the pictures of the Huawei's anticipated handsets are being shared on the internet, we cannot be sure of anything until the company announces it officially.

It was the last year only when Huawei unveiled the super-slim Ascend P7 equipped with metal and glass design and it was recognised as one of the thinnest phones, posing competition to other tech giants.

Huawei P8:

The smartphone features a 5.2-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors display with 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution. Speculations are being made that the device will have unibody.

The device is powered by Octa core Kirin 930 processor clubbed with 3GB of RAM. The Ascend P8 operates on the Android 5.0 Lollipop with Emotion User Interface.

The Ascend P8 sports dual 13-megapixel cameras with auto-focus and dual LED flash. It also has functions like geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection and HDR.

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What's up! Do yo want to earn money? Here go with WhatsApp today

Tech News - 1. Low employee strength: WhatsApp employs approximately 50 engineers who work on the development of the application and are involve in customer support.

2. WhatsApp does not spend on advertising: It's a most effective cost saving technique used by the company. They rely on word of mouth publicity. It has been the No. 1 downloaded application. Such application platforms such as Google Play, Apple iTunes itself advertises their service.

3. WhatsApp prides itself on working with extremely limited budgets. Their website is worth only USD 10 with almost zero maintenance expenditure.

4. Their platform is extraordinarily simple, thus attracts users from diverse demography from teens to grand parents.

5. Reliance Communications has recently announced its exclusive partnership with WhatsApp in India. Under this partnership Reliance Communications has launched a WhatsApp Plan, for all Reliance GSM subscribers. Thus, WhatsApp gets money via partnership with telecom companies.

6. WhatsApp, has secured USD 8 million in financing from Sequoia Capital, and possibly other investors. This funding accounts for the running costs (data storage, servers etc.)

7. The cost of downloading WhatsApp on iTunes is only 99 cents, and on other platforms is available for free. But there is a catch, WhatsApp is free only for the first year. Second year onwards there is a fee for USD 1.99 for a period of 3 years, and this is where they are going to make money. 

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Oppo launches 4G-enabled A31 budget smartphone in China

Tech News - The device is aimed at mid-tier budget customers. The news came after the company launched its premium N3 device with rotating camera this week.

Oppo A31 features a 4.5-inch IPS WVGA display with 480x854 pixels resolution. The smartphone is fitted with Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 chipset, clocked at quad-core Cortex-A53 CPU paired with 1GB RAM.

On the memory front, it get 8GB built-in storage capacity which is further expandable upto 128GB through microSD card. Oppo's new handset runs on ColorOS based on Android 4.4 KitKat.

The rear surface of the A31 sports an 8-megapixel camera sensor with f/2.2 aperture for providing wider area coverage and LED flash for picture quality enhancement. On the front, it gets a 5-megapixel camera for selfies and video enthusiasts.

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Samsung predicts record S6 sales will halt profit slide

Tech News - The Galaxy S6 is the sixth edition of the South Korean electronics giant's high-end, signature handset. Along with its curved-edge variant, the Galaxy S6 Edge, the S6 will hit stores at home and in some 20 countries, including the United States, China and Australia on Saturday.
  
Unveiled in March, the two phones have received rave reviews - fanning hopes of a big comeback for Samsung after the much-criticised Galaxy S5 largely flopped last year.
  
"Given the response from the market and clients ... we expect the S6 to set a sales record for all Galaxy models," Lee Sang-Chul, the vice head of Samsung's mobile unit, told reporters.
  
Samsung rarely discloses handset sales figures but the Galaxy S4 - released in 2013 - is known to have set the firm's sales record of 70 million units globally.
  
The firm suffered a dramatic slide in profits last year, hit by slowing demand in an increasingly saturated and competitive smartphone market that it had largely dominated since 2011.
  
The company struggled to fend off a double challenge from Apple in the high-end market and rising Chinese firms such as Lenovo and Xiaomi in the fast-growing mid and low-end markets.
   
Samsung hopes the S6 will re-establish it as the clear global smartphone market leader over Apple, which has enjoyed blockbuster sales of its iPhone 6, launched last September.

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Lava launches 'Icon' smartphone at Rs 11,990 in India

Tech News - The smartphone sports a 5-inch HD IPS display and runs Android 4.4 KitKat platform. The device is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor coupled with 2GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage.

The Icon features a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-LED flash and 5MP front shooter with BSI-II sensor. The device gets its power from a 2,500mAh battery.

In March, the company had added two more smartphones to its flagship Fuel series-- Iris Fuel 10 and Iris Fuel 25-- priced at Rs 6,541 and Rs 5,666, respectively.

The Lava Iris Fuel 10 features 4.5 inch display with 480 x 854 pixels resolution. The device is clocked at 1.3 GHz Mediatek Quad Core Processor which is complimented by 1 GB RAM.

The smartphone is equipped with 5-megapixel camera on the rear with auto focus feature and with BSI+ sensor paired with LED Flash. It has a 2-megapixel camera on the front with improved sensors for selfie enthusiasts, and the handset also sports a selfie button on the rear cover and voice controlled image capture option. The smartphone runs on Android KitKat 4.4 which is upgradeable to Android Lollipop 5.0 soon.

The device is bundled with internal storage capacity of 8GB which can be further extended up to 32GB through a microSD card slot.

Lava Iris Fuel 10 supports 3G connectivity, micro USB v2.0, Bluetooth V3.0 and Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n) on connectivity front. The device is packed with 3,000mAH Li-Polymer battery which the company claims offer 14 hours of continuous 3G talk time along with 6.5 hours video playback and 60 hours music playback time using earphones.

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Xiaomi claims new record, sells over two million phones in 12 hours

Auto News - The Mi Fan Festival was held to mark the China's majors tech company's fifth anniversary on April 8. The grand festival recorded impressive sales record whereas company sold  not only two million smartphones, but also 38,000 televisions, 200,000 fitness bands and 247,000 power strips.

According to a report, it is being speculated that the commendable increase in sales of the company's other products indicates that in future company will bundle all its efforts to expand its customer base that will not be limited to its core products. Also, the company is experimenting its efficacy in the service market, mobile wallet.

A surge in sales of other products is an indication of Xiaomi's efforts to expand beyond its core business. Apart from wearables and other consumer devices, the company is also testing services, including a mobile wallet.

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Galaxy S6 Edge demand to exceed supply, difficult to complete order: Samsung

Tech News - The company also stated that it won't be able to keep up with demand for the S6 Edge in the near term because the curved screens are harder to manufacture.
             
"Some carriers are switching existing orders to get more of the S6 edge, and it looks like demand for the model will exceed supply throughout this year," said HMC Investment analyst Greg Roh.

"That means average selling price will fall at a slower rate, which will have a positive impact on Samsung overall," he added.

Galaxy Note Edge has a separate screen on the edge of phone equivalent to breadth of a pencil and runs parallel along with screen. This screen can display SMS or email text, alarm, time, etc as customised by user.

Powered by the Android 4.4 KitKat mobile operating system, the Galaxy Note Edge has a quad-core 2.7GHz Qualcomm QCOM +0.1% Snapdragon processor and sports 5.6-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED screen (2560 x 1440 resolution).

It also feature a 16-megapixel rear-facing camera (8x digital zoom) and a 3.7-megapixel front-facing shooter. The device supports 4K video recording, GPS, NFC, IR Blaster, LTE/HSPA+, S Health 3.5, Bluetooth, WiFi, microUSB.
             

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Renault forays into MPV segment with 'Lodgy'

Tech News - The vehicle will compete with the likes of Toyota's Innova, Maruti's Ertiga, Honda's Mobilio and General Motors' Enjoy, which are priced in the range of Rs 5.99 lakh to Rs 15.8 lakh.
  
"Lodgy would fuel our next phase of growth in India. With this vehicle, we will define multi purpose vehicle segment in the country," Renault India Country CEO and MD Sumit Sawhney told reporters here.
  
The vehicle will come in seven variants, priced between Rs 8.19 lakh and Rs 11.79 lakh.
  
Besides Lodgy, the company also plans to introduce a small car this year, a move aimed at achieving 5 percent market share in India by the end of next year, Sawhney said.
  
The company had a market share of just over two percent in the country last year.
  
At present, Duster is Renault's volume driver and a key pillar for its growth in the country. Renault India has so far sold 1.25 lakh Dusters in the country.
  
The company is also looking at expanding its sales network across the country with a target of over 200 touch points by the end of this year.
  
"As of today, we have 157 outlets across the country. By the end of this year we aim to have 205 sales outlets and 280 touch points by the end of next year," Sawhney said.

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New Range Rover sets new standards in luxury

Tech News - The competition at the exclusive end of the market is about to step up a gear -- SUVs from Bentley and Rolls-Royce are both on their way, but for the moment, Land Rover has the segment to itself. So, with its latest luxury Range Rover -- the most exclusive and comfort-focused in the marque's history -- the company has done the sensible thing: redefine the benchmark.

Available in standard and long wheelbase forms and, for the first time ever, a 550PS supercharged V8 engine, the differences between the SVAutobiography and a standard mode are clear from the start. It boasts a two-tone exterior paint scheme as standard, features a unique front grille design, and even the lettering style on the badges is specific to the model.

However, it's what's inside that will be of the most importance to potential owners and if any of them already have a Rolls or a Bentley in the garage, the Range Rover's cabin will make them feel right at home. For example, the pedals and most of the switchgear has been machined from solid aluminum.

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McLaren takes aim at Porsche with new baby supercar

Tech News - As such, the 570S, revealed on Tuesday ahead of the New York International Auto Show on April 2, is aimed directly at those who would ordinarily be debating whether to buy a Porsche 911 Turbo S or an Audi R8 V10 Plus. And, on paper at least, the baby McLaren is better than both.

As its name suggests, it has 570PS -- that's 562bhp -- on tap and, because it's built pretty much exclusively from carbon fiber and other exotic super-strong yet lightweight materials, it weighs just 1313kg, meaning it's lighter than any of its competitors and boasts a power to weight ratio of 428bhp per ton.

As for performance, those numbers translate into a 0-100km/h time of 3.2 seconds, a 0-200km/h time of 9.5 seconds and a top speed of 328km/h (that's 204mph). But as Porsche continues to demonstrate, acceleration, speed and handling are only elements of a much larger equation in this segment; if the McLaren really wants to join this exclusive club, it also has to perform well in inner-city areas, on car parks and be an adequate long-distance cruiser.

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Suzuki Motorcycle launches Gixxer new variant SF for Rs 83,439 in India

Tech News - The new variant -- Gixxer SF comes with full fairing, which has been designed to give maximum wind protection to the rider.
   
"We are confident that the Gixxer SF too will thrill young buyers across India and further strengthen our market position," Suzuki Motorcycle India Executive Vice President Atul Gupta told reporters here.

With this launch the company is looking to strengthen its presence in the 150 cc bike segment, he added. "Young India is driving growth in the 150 cc bike category, a segment which witnessed consistent growth in the motorcycle segment," Gupta said.

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Hero working to extend fuel efficient tech to Splendor range

Tech News - "As per the latest (March, 2015) Fuel Efficiency (FE) values, Splendor iSmart returned a mileage of 102.50 kilometer per litre," a Hero MotoCorp spokesperson said.
The fuel efficiency of the Splendor iSmart model has been certified by the iCAT (International Centre for Automotive Technology), he added.
  
When asked if the new technology could be extended to other models, he did not comment. Industry sources, however, said, Hero MotoCorp is working on extending the i3S technology to some of the other models in the Splendor portfolio.
   
The i3S technology helps bikes to automatically shut the engine when idling and turns it on, when needed, with a simple press of the clutch, giving more mileage in congested cities.
   
Splendor iSmart has gained traction in the market gradually and has already clocked over 3 lakh units in cumulative sales since its launch just about a year back.
   
The Splendor portfolio continues to be the largest-selling motorcycle brand in the world, selling over 2 million units every year.
     

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InFocus launches M330 phablet priced at Rs 9999 in India

Tech News - InFocus' new phablet reportedly will effectively compete with other phablets in the market for grabs like Yu Yureka and Xiaomi's Redmi Note.

The M330 smartphone is the second device to get OEM in India. The polycarbonated device features a  5.5-inch HD display with 1280 x 720 pixels resolution which is surrounded by physical capacitive navigation buttons and thick bezels.

On the rear surface, the handset gets a 13-megapixel camera, while the front surface gets an 8-megapixel camera for selfie enthusiasts. InFocus M330 is clocked at 1.7GHz octa core processor coupled with 2GB worth of RAM, the processor is paired with MediaTek MT6592 which is based on ARM’s Cortex A7 with Mali 450 graphics.

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Apple set to release iMac 8K this year, says display partner LG

Tech News -  The LG's press release said, “Apple will get a much higher-resolution display in 2015.”

The release makes the picture clear that the Apple will launch its iMac 8K in 2015 and also that it would have “a much higher-resolution display.”

According to a media, the LG's release said, “As 8K is the highest resolution the human eye is capable of seeing, it will possibly overtake the market in the future.”

Apple iMac 8K, reportedly, will have a resolution of 7,680 x 4,320 pixels, which is twice the resolution of a 4K screen and also four times the number of pixels. Also, LG has dubbed as 8K as 'quad ultra-high resolution'.

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Airtel launches platform for free access to certain smartphone apps

Tech News - "Akin to the established concept of toll-free voice calling, Airtel Zero will allow everyone from big marketers to small-time application developers to make parts or their entire mobile app free for customers – thus reviving interest of dormant customers, attracting new potential users and increasing retention," Airtel said in a statement.

 The country's largest telecom operator said the platform is a compelling marketing tool for marketers as the application providers pay for customers’ data charges, thus giving customers toll-free access to their mobile application.
  
"From startups to enterprises, it is an open marketing platform that empowers companies ranging from small businesses 0to large conglomerates with an equal opportunity to reach out to customers in India," it added.

Mobile application makers need to register with Airtel Zero to give customers toll-free access to their apps and the company will inform the customers. The customers can then download the apps and access them at zero data charges.
  
"We believe that this platform is consistent with India's digital inclusion agenda and also contributes to government's 'Make in India' vision by providing a platform to millions of small businesses to reach out to the end consumer," Bharti Airtel (India)  Director (Consumer Business) Srini Gopalan said.

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New iPhones help Apple surpass Xiaomi in China's smartphone market

Tech News - According to consumer research firm Kantar Worldpanel, the latest number for smartphone sales in China has Apple’s market share rising to 27.6 percent from the 25 percent in from December to February, 2015.

Apple’s overall share increased 9.7 percentage points year-over-year, surpassing local brand Xiaomi for the first time.

According to Kantar, China’s top three smartphones in the last three months ending February were the iPhone 6, followed by Xiaomi’s Redmi Note and then Apple again with the iPhone 6 Plus.

Apple plans to roll out around 20 new China stores by 2016, likely located in glitzy locations and rubbing shoulders with outlets for luxury brands such as Chanel and Hermes International SCA (HRMS.PA).

For Apple, brick-and-mortar stores help it maintain a premium image, from the product to in-store service and even packaging, allowing the firm to charge far higher prices than rivals - vital to its enviable profit margins.

Past data showed Apple outsold all other smartphone makers in China by units shipped in October-December 2014, making it the country's top seller for the first time.

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Know Deeply About Detective Byomkesh Bakshi

बात जासूसी की चल रही हो, तो फ‍िलहाल हमारे दिमाग में जो सबसे पहला नाम गूंजा, वह है जासूस ब्‍योमकेश बक्‍शी. ऐसा हो भी क्‍यों न, अब बता कर लें 2015 में ही बंगाली भाषा में रिलीज हुई फ‍िल्‍म 'शजरूर कांता' की, या फ‍िर हिंदी में रिलीज हुई फ‍िल्‍म 'डिटेक्टिव ब्‍योमकेश बक्‍शी' की. इन दिनों चारों ओर इन्‍हीं की जासूसी के चर्चे हैं. ये बात सिर्फ इसी साल के एक्‍ट्रेस कोंकणा सेना शर्मा और धरितिमान चटर्जी की 'शजरूर कांता' या फ‍िर सुशांत सिंह राजपूत की हिंदी फ‍िल्‍म 'डिटेक्टिव ब्‍योमकेश बक्‍शी' की नहीं है, बल्कि ब्‍योमकेश नाम के जासूस को हम सब 1967 से जानते हैं. तब से अब तक करीब 10 फ‍िल्‍मों और अनगिनत टीवी सीरियल्‍स में हम अलग-अलग चेहरों में इनके किरदार को जीवंत होता देख रहे हैं. हर बार सामने आए इनके नए चेहरे के साथ इनके पत्‍नी और बच्‍चे के रूप भी बदलते रहे. तो क्‍या आप जानते हैं कि कौन है इस जासूस की पत्‍नी और बेटा. आखिर किसने जन्‍म दिया ब्‍योमकेश बक्‍शी को. आइए मिलवाएं आपको इनके पूरे परिवार से. 

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Testy Twisty Tangy Veg Kabab Recipes

अब अगर आप नॉन वेज नहीं खाते तो कबाब भी ना खायें ये तो कोई जरूरी नहीं है. ये सारे कबाब आप घर पर ट्राई कर सकते हैं. इनमें से कुछ हैं आपके ब्रेकफास्ट स्पेंशल और साथ में हैं क्विक मेड वेज कबाब जो आपको आने वाले गेस्ट को वेलकम करने का टेस्टी और डिफरेंड मौका दे सकते हैं.

वेज शामी कबाब
सामग्री: 250 ग्राम बेसन, 250 ग्राम चने की दाल जिसे दो घंटे पहले ही भिगो कर रख लें, 200 ग्राम पोस्ते का दाना, 50 ग्राम हरी धनिया, चार लौंग, चार इलायची, एक टुकड़ा दालचीनी, छह गोलमिर्च, एक तेजपत्ता, नमक स्वादानुसार, थोड़ा सा खाने वाला सोडा, 750 ग्राम आलू, 250 ग्राम प्याज, एक टुकड़ा अदरक, छह हरी मिर्च, तलने के लिए तेल.

विधि: हरी मिर्च, अदरक, प्याज महीन काटकर तीन भाग कर लें. एक भाग बिना पानी मिलाए पोस्तादाना के साथ पीस लीजिए.
चने की दाल एक कप पानी के साथ लौंग, इलायची, दालचीनी, गोलमिर्च, तेजपत्ता डालकर पानी सूखने तक पका लें.
अदरक, हरी मिर्च, प्याज का दूसरा भाग, एक चम्मच तेल डालकर भून लें और तेजपत्ता  अलग करके चने की दाल के साथ पीस लें.
आलू उबालकर मसल लें और उसमें पिसा पोस्तादाना, चने की दाल और बची प्याज हरी धनिया और स्वादानुसार नमक मिलाकर नींबू के बराबर गोलियां बनाकर चपटा कर लें.
बेसन में स्वादानुसार नमक और खाने वाला सोडा मिलाकर घोल तैयार कर लें. चपटी गोलियां बेसन के घोल में लपेटकर तल लें. लीजिए तैयार है आपके वेज शामी कबाब. इसे हरी चटनी और प्यांज के लच्छों  के साथ सर्व करें. 

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