AMD has partnered with Gaming Central and domestic shared space provider, Creator’s Gurukul, to launch India’s first co-gaming zone in India. This first co-gaming zone was unveiled on Thursday at Gurgaon adjacent to Cyber City. These co-gaming space will feature high-end PC gaming powered by the latest hardware from AMD Ryzen series of processors and AMD Radeon line-up of graphics cards. This gaming zone will definitely be a one-stop shop for all gamers and technology enthusiasts.

Gaming market in India continues to expand as the accessibility of consumers to internet and screens increases. To support this growth, Creators Gurukul has taken an initiative to introduce a first of its the kind that helps increasing hardware accessibility to budding entrepreneurs, gamers and technology enthusiasts. Powered with the best hardware from AMD, this will help India in 3Cs- Creating, Collaborating and CoWorking. Famous cricket player, Yuvraj Singh also promoted and shared this co-gaming zone.

Regarding the new initiative, Vinay Sinha, Head of Sales – India, Director – Commercial Business, AMD Asia Pacific-Japan (APJ) Mega Region said, “India continues to be one of the most important markets for us in the APJ region and we are always looking for innovative ways to help bring AMD technology to consumers. We are very excited and appreciate Creators Gurukul and Gaming Central for choosing the best in class hardware from AMD. The co-gaming zone is a wonderful new initiative and we wish them great success for the first ever experience of this kind in India.”

In an official press release, Creator’s Gurukul mentioned that the AMD gaming zone will enhance hardware accessibility for gamers and people who employ AMD’s computing hardware and graphics solutions. Abhinav Tandon, Co-founder, Creator’s Gurukul said, “This will mark the creation of the world’s first community-driven Phygital Gaming Zone, which combines the power of physical and digital gaming to give a 360-degree experience to gaming enthusiasts. These systems are powered by high-end gaming and VR-ready PCs from AMD and feature a unique community focused pay as you go model.”

At this zone, people can access a mix of AMD-powered gaming PCs powered by AMD ‘Ryzen’ and ‘Radeon’ products. In addition to providing co-gaming space, the zone will have a unique e-sports experiences and leagues of popular multiplayer games such as PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) and Fortnite among others. “We envision the zone as a place for the gaming community to engage in tournaments, creator support with live streaming, game development and much more. AMD’s hardware support will provide advanced gaming technologies and help even more people understand and appreciate gaming in India,” said Shrey Mishra, Founder, Gaming Central.

Souq.com, which is owned by Amazon, has come up with “Back to School” offer for its customers. As per offer, the e-commerce giant provides thousands of deals on bags, stationery, laptops, tech gadgets, etc. The offer is valid from August 12, 2018, to September 09, 2018. You can shop for various products under the offer. Here, we are providing you with the exclusive range of laptops available on the website under the offer. The offer has various laptops at exciting prices. You can get different brands like HP, Apple, Dell, Lenovo, Acer, I Life, Microsoft, Ctroniq, etc. Let us have a look at some of the exciting offers on laptops on Souq.com.

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It is very likely that Samsung is going to launch the new Galaxy A8 Star in India within a very short period of time as the new teaser by Amazon India has already been put out. The page dedicated to all the new releases by Samsung at this popular e-commerce site has also guessed its approximate price, which is going to be over Rs. 30,000/-. The major attractions of the model are going to be a dual rear camera, 24MP selfie shooter, and a thin-bezel Infinity display.

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Launching history: Galaxy A9 Star to reappear?

The model has been previously launched in China as the Galaxy A9 Star in June and in a while, it was rebranded and launched as the Galaxy A8 Star in the Philippines. However, the Amazon page has not explicitly pointed out the name of the phone. It has only been speculated to be the Galaxy A8 Star as the model is by now available in the global market together with Philippines, Hong Kong, and so on. In China, the phone costs Yuan 2,999 that is around Rs. 30,600 in India. According to the experts, possibilities are there that the model would become an Amazon exclusive product.

Features that might grab the attention of the potential buyers

The online listing of the phone at Amazon shows that there is a dual rear camera, high battery life, and a metal build with an arched glass on the crest. In addition, the fingerprint sensor of the handset has also been emphasized in one of the images. The dual rear camera of the phone comes with a combination of 16MP and 24MP sensors with f/1.7 apertures on both the lens. The front camera comes with a 24MP sensor with a f/2.0 aperture.

 In addition to that, Samsung Galaxy A8 Star also features a 6.3-inch full HD+ Super AMOLED display that is presented with a resolution of 1080×2160 pixels. The handset is powered by the Snapdragon 660 processor, together with 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage, which can be expanded up to 400GB by the use of a micro SD card slot. A 3,700mAh battery is incorporated in the phone. Galaxy A8 Star supports 4G VoLTE along with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS/ A-GPS, USB Type-C, and a headphone jack of 3.5mm on the connectivity front. Sensors on the gadget take account of an accelerometer, fingerprint sensor, gyro sensor, geomagnetic sensor, RGB light sensor, and proximity feeler. The following list contains the details:

• Display: 6.28-inch
• Processor: octa-core
• Front Camera: 24-megapixel
• Resolution: 1880×2220 pixels
• RAM: 4GB
• OS: Android 8.0
• Storage: 64GB
• Rear Camera: 16-megapixel
• Battery Capacity: 3700mAh

An opportunity to get the notification upon the availability of the Galaxy model has been provided for the interested customers. Those who are willing to get hold of the handset can click on the “Notify me” option to get notified immediately at the time when the phone becomes obtainable on the site. This way Amazon is providing access to its customers to the information of the smartphone before the launch.

Online advertising platform Adzooma has announced about there partnership with Google after just two months after backed by British billionaire businessman Fred Done.

The UK-based Adzooma are disrupting the digital agency landscape by making it straightforward for SMBs to advertise on Google Ads through tailor-made landing pages, simplified ad campaign creation, and ongoing performance optimization.

The newly formed partnership with Google will see both companies make further strides in
attempting to help small to medium businesses advertise online.

“We are pleased to have Adzooma on board as a Google Partner,” said Adrian Blockus, the head of channel sales for Google in the UK and Ireland. “Adzooma has demonstrated the product knowledge, technical expertise and drive to help their customers build online success through Google Ads.”

Adzooma’s business model stands it apart from the traditional digital agency crowd with an entry price point that makes online advertising more accessible to SMBs. Describing this innovative approach, Adzooma co-founder and CEO Robert Wass said: “Small businesses are the backbone of the UK economy; driving growth, encouraging competition, opening up new markets and creating jobs.”

“Despite this, SMBs have been the hardest hit by an online advertising market that has become more expensive and increasingly more difficult to succeed in. With Adzooma, we are leveraging the latest in technology and automation to deliver on our commitment to making it easy and cost effective for small businesses to grow online.”