Earlier this week, Reliance Jio faced public objection as it stated that it is going to charge six paise per minute on outgoing calls made to other networks from Thursday. But the brand is still not in favour of accepting the public objection and has decided that it will continue to offer free outgoing call benefits to none-Jio numbers for all customers who have recharged on or before October 9, as announced by Mumbai-headquartered telco.
The company has claimed that the new voice charge would be at the prevailing Interconnect Usage Charge (IUC) rate that has been fixed by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for mobile operators enabling inter-networking outgoing calls and to compensate for the additional charge that is charged for Jio voice call, the Jio operator has decided to give an additional 1GB data on every Rs.10 spent.
As per the tweet posted by the official account of reliance Jio, “for all the customers who have recharged on or before October 9, the operator will continue to offer free call benefits on outgoing calls.” The benefits will only be given until the expiry date of the existing plan.
The benefits simply mean that:
Users can make free outgoing calls from your Jio number to other mobile networks until your existing plan expires.
After the existing plan is expired, the users will be required to recharge with one of the new IUC top-up vouchers to make off-net outgoing calls post the expiry of your plan.
Earlier this week, Reliance Jio announced four IUC top-up vouchers. The vouchers range from Rs. 10 to Rs. 100, and these vouchers offer up to 1,362 minutes along with as much as 20GB data. The announcement also stated that the new top-up vouchers are required irrespective of which Jio plan you have to avail outgoing calls to non-Jio numbers.
Although the brand faced criticism from the public for its new decision that is opposite to the original promise of offering free voice calls, the operator isn’t likely to take a step back. Reliance Jio mentioned that the charge on off-net outgoing calls would remain until the time TRAI moves to a zero termination charge regime that is expected to take place starting January 1, 2020.
Pebble is one of the fastest-growing lifestyle accessories brand that offers affordable but quality products. It has recently launched its true wireless EarPods named as Duo stereo wireless. The EarPods are the perfect companion for the users at the time of running, jogging, hiking, or a day at the gym.
Specifications:
The EarPods are comfortable to use and are sweat and water-resistant.
The EarPods are wireless and comes with an extended bass and noise cancellation technology and powerful sound.
It comes with high-quality design, ensuring that the bud fits perfectly and is secured in the ear.
The ear pods come with a soft silicone rubber fins fit in perfectly without hurting your ear.
These are highly durable and comfortable EarPods.
It comes with a true wireless stereo (TWS) technology that delivers a true stereo sound with a hassle-free wireless experience.
It is backed up by a battery of 490 mAh that provides 16 hours of playback time.
It offers One-Touch connects & listen button that makes connecting to your favorite Music fast and hassle-free.
The EarPods offer a touch zone that lets users work with a voice assistant, play or pause music, or simply attend or reject a voice call with the touch of a button.
Users can mute an ongoing voice call from the ear-pods without using their phones.
PRICE AND AVAILABILITY
The Duo Stereo Wireless Earbuds by Pebble are available at the price of Rs. 1999 and is already available with leading retail stores, Vodafone- Idea Stores, and Online on www.pebblecart.com and amazon.in.
MevoFit, a brand that serves the fitness niche, has launched its next-generation Bluetooth headphones named Dark Beat Z100 headphones on Wednesday, 9 October 2019. The headphones do not contain any wires, and the only reason for doing so was to enhance the user experience. The wireless headphones allow the users to stay alone with their music and nothing else on the way.
Features/Specifications:
The custom high-end drivers of the headphones have been engineered to provide an extraordinary performance, incredible acoustic experience, and superior comfort.
The intuitive controls of the headphone will allow the users to switch seamlessly between music and calls with the touch of a button.
It comes with space for SD card. The SD card slot allows users to carry their favorite playlists everywhere they go without any hassle.
It comes with up to 8 hours of playtime and 100 hours of battery life on standby.
It is backed up by a battery of 250mAh.
The powerful dynamic drivers of the device deliver a rhythmic response for the best quality sound no matter the kind of music the users are listening to.
The headphones come with a stunning renders featherweight capability, allowing users to easily carry the device without feeling consumption of extra space.
It features a super sleek 3.5mm jack and is a lightweight headphone.
The headphones come with a sweat-resistant, skin-friendly mechanics and on-ear earpieces.
Motorola, an American multinational telecommunications company, has launched Motorola One Macro on Wednesday, 09 October 2019, in India. The smartphone is best for macro photography and comes with dedicated macro sensors to capture close-up photos. The smartphone is claimed to have a water-repellent design and comes with an IPX2 rating.
Specifications of Motorola One Macro-
It is a dual sim smartphone that operates on Android 9 Pie with a stock interface.
It features a 2-inch HD+ (720×1520 pixels) Max Vision display.
It is powered by the octa-core MediaTek Helio P70 SoC clocked at 2.0GHz, ticking alongside the Mali-G72 GPU.
It comes with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of inbuilt storage.
It sports a triple rear camera setup that includes a 13-megapixel primary camera, 2-megapixel depth sensor, and a 2-MP depth sensor.
It features an 8-mp front camera.
The smartphone’s camera support features8x digital zoom, high res zoom, live filter, shot optimization, smart composition, auto smile capture, and cinemograph, among others.
The on-board storage of the device can be expanded via a microSD card (up to 512GB)
It includes connectivity options like 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, A-GPS, LTEPP, SUPL, GLONASS, Galileo, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a USB Type-C port for charging and file transfer.
The smartphone offers a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor for authentication.
It is backed up by a battery of 4,000mAh
PRICE AND AVAILABILITY:
The smartphone comes in a single storage variant, i.e., 4GB RAM + 64GB storage configuration, which is priced at Rs. 9,999. It is available in single Space blue color, and it will go on sale starting from October 12 at 12am (midnight) via Flipkart, the same day that the Flipkart Big Diwali sale also kicks off.
Xiaomi, a Chinese electronics company that invests in smartphone and smart TVs today announced that it has achieved a record-breaking sale of over 5.3 million devices during the festive season sale on shopping sites like Amazon and Flipkart.
As per the data given by the brand:
Xiaomi has sold over 8 million smartphones in India during the festive sale period.
Redmi note 7 series became the best-selling smartphones in India during the festive sale period.
Xiaomi became the best-selling smartphone brand on Amazon.
There were up to 525 devices were sold every minute in the festive sale period.
Here is the list of Xiaomi devices that have achieved bestseller status on shopping sites like Amazon and Flipkart:
Xiaomi was the best-selling smartphone brand on Amazon
Redmi Note 7 series becoming the best-selling smartphone series on Flipkart
Redmi 7 and Redmi 7A were the best-selling budget smartphones on Amazon
Five out of the top 10 best-selling smartphones are from Xiaomi brands
Mi TV is the highest-selling TV on shopping sites like Amazon
Mi TV is the highest-selling TV on Flipkart
Mi TV is the #1 TV on Flipkart in terms of the value they possess
Mi TV 4C PRO (32) and Mi TV 4A PRO 43 are #1 and #2 respectively on Amazon
Mi Band(s): Top two out of three bestsellers in the Wearable category on Amazon
Mi Power Banks: Top two out of three bestsellers in the power banks category on Amazon
Mi Security Camera: Top two out of three bestsellers in the security camera category on Amazon
Mi Air Purifier 2S: #1 bestseller in the Air Purifier category on Amazon
Raghu Reddy, Head of Categories and Online sales, Xiaomi India said that this festive season has turned out to be a fantastic season for Xiaomi, and the brand is thrilled that over 5.3 million people decided to celebrate along with the company. He added that every year, the company comes up with exciting offers for the Indian customers and is overwhelmed by the response of the customers or Indian buyers. Not only this much, the brand has also announced an industry milestone of having sold over 250,000 Mi TVs in the first few days across platforms.
If you are a gamer you must be always thinking about having a gaming setup. Asus is one of Fortune Magazine’s world’s most admired companies and is dedicated to creating products for a smart life. ASUS ROG G531GT Core i7 9th Gen is a gaming laptop by ASUS. The laptop’s functional design combined with strong performance facilitates a lag-free and fuss-free gaming experience. So let’s start the Asus Strix G531GT Review.
So without wasting more time let starts with its inner hardware:-
15.6-inch, 1920 x 1080 px resolution, Anti-glare IPS, 120 HZ, 3ms response time
Graphics
Intel UHD 630
NVIDIA GeForce GTX1650 GDDR5 4GB
WiFi
INTEL 9560 Gigabit WIFI 2×2 802.11ac Wave 2
Ports
3x USB-A 3.1, HDMI 2.0b, LAN, headphone jack
Weight
2.4 kg
Operating System
Windows 10 Home
Box Content & Overview
Asus Strix G531GT
Charging Brick
Paper Work
It comes with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 graphics processor for enhancing your gameplay. It comes with an intelligent cooling system that lets the users to play games for long hours. It features a powerful performance with the presence of the 9thGen Intel Core i7 processor which is supported with 16GB of RAM. With the support of GPU power, the laptop ensures easy multitasking for all creative pursuits. The keyboard features transparent WASD caps and translucent edges to help you with your gaming needs. The laptop offers Smart Amp technology which monitors the audio output and keeps the speakers with the thermal limits, thereby enhancing its durability. It comes with the ROG RangeBoost technology establishes a stable Wi-Fi signal so that you can game without any network problems. It houses windows 10 Home OS.
Design and Build for Asus Strix G531GT
Coming to the design and built part of Asus Strix G531GT. This gaming beast is having an impressive design with cool RGB lights. The laptop only weighs 2.4 kg even after that we get all full-size ports which will be mentioned later in the article. The design which we get in this gaming beast is new and very eye-catchy.
The body of Strix G531GT is made up of aluminum with proper metallic shades all over. The backside of the lid has a textured concentric signature finish from ROG logo which is kind of attractive and looks cool.
The spacing between the keys are proper and is well comfortable while typing. You will get good experience while typing a long document as well as playing games.
The Asus Mouse is always one of the best in all of their laptops. It is very smooth and fast.
Ports on Asus Strix G531GT
Asus has added all full-size ports on a laptop. You won’t be missing any of your regular ports. On the left side, we get 3 USB ports and 3.5 mm Headphone Jack.
Coming to the right side you will get no ports. Beside it, we get a different LED light indicator.
On the backside, you will find a LAN port, HDMI port and Charging Port. Some people might like these ports placement as it looks more organized and makes less mess.
Display and Speaker on Asus Strix G531GT
The Asus Strix G531GT comes with a 15.6-inch FHD IPS-level panel with a 120Hz refresh rate, and 3ms response times– things which a normal user will never care but if you are a hardcore gamer and willing to pay this much amount you definitely need this.
The Display looks good, even when it’s turned off. The display has minimal bezels which makes it looks good and compact. The brightness levels are great, it can go very dim for if using it at night, and it can go bright while using in day or sunlight. The best part, it has a matte coating on it which is a definite need. Asus always offers the best display and this is another example of the same. Gaming, editing everything can be done perfectly and portably with this machine.
The Asus Strix G531GT speakers are very good. They’re one of the best speakers you are going to hear on a gaming laptop. The speakers get pretty loud, audio remains clear even on max volumes so no worries. Even after that, every gamer is going to use a gaming headset for the best experience.
The best part of speakers is they are front-firing speakers. The speakers are hidden just below the display.
Performance on Asus Strix G531GT
The ROG Strix comes with a 9th-gen Intel Core i7 processor clocked at 2.6 GHz with Turbo Boost Upto 4.5 GHz. That beast is paired with 16GB of DDR4 RAM which can be changed as per the requirements. Best part the NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1650 for Desktop Level Performance taken from Nvidia’s latest lineup, made this device a beast. We just get amazing performance out of it. Saying anything else will insult this beast.
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You can play any game you want to play. You can run any emulator you want to run. Any code any rendering stuff. Everything will work like a butter slippery performance. Every game can be played in the highest setting without any lag and frame drop. Rest what else any gamer needs. In Ultra settings, the Asus Strix G531GT pushed an average frame rate of 81FPS, going as high as 94FPS and as low as 60FPS depends on the scenes and objects.
We get the best performance out of it. We just cannot compare this beast with anything else. No doubt about performance.
Battery Life on Asus Strix G531GT
Gaming laptops are never good at the battery at all. This is because of their top-notch hardware and performance. Consumers also compromise with hardware and battery as they are getting top-notch performance and portability factor. The Asus Strix G531GT comes with a 3 cell battery with 150 W AC Adapter.
While using the battery on 50% brightness and doing normal daily work like word, photoshop, Chrome, and all the battery are going to last you for about 2 hours 35 minutes. If you are on power-saving mode then it depends on what all applications you are using. You definitely need a charger while traveling with this beast else you won’t be able to survive with your work and games. And that RGB Lighting drink your battery, so you make sure you turn it off while traveling around.
Verdict
The Asus Strix G531GT is a good laptop which has almost all specs for any gamers. Here I am not considering the camera for web chat and battery as we cannot get a great battery with a beast performance that is quite obvious. This machine has a great design, premium build and filled with RGB lights all over. Asus has added top-notch portability with the best performance.
My thoughts, If you want a Cool Gaming Experience in a Laptop with Awesome RGB Lighting than this laptop is for you but if you want to use this laptop for your business or job or for traveling, I won’t recommend it.
The government of Haryana and Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (j-PAL) South Asia along with the National Health Mission (NHM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to systematically integrate the use of data and evidence from past researches in order to improve state programme implementation and health outcomes.
J-PAL is a global research centre that works to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. It was launched at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2003.
Benefits of the Partnership
The partnership will seek to build the capacity of Health Service Providers and departmental staff. The motive will be to improve the quality of data collected through the state government ‘s health information systems
National Health Mission has committed to offering a continuous collaboration with J-PAL to apply data and result from impact evaluation to strengthen NHM decision making.
NHM is expanding the coverage and use of its new health information systems for frontline workers.
The partnership will allow the NHM to strengthen its data collection system. These data can then be used to implement a stronger programme in areas of material and child health and non-communicable diseases, among children
As per the memorandum of understanding, the first engagement is to leverage data from the ANMOL applications in order to improve immunization rates via identification of local ambassadors who can help and mobilise for community participation in the immunization camps. It will lead to the expansion of the innovative immunization intervention. This intervention was a huge success when it was recently evaluated by J-PAL affiliated researchers in partnership with the Haryana NHM. The partnership was introduced under J-PAL’s new “Innovation in Data, experiments, and Actions”
Xiaomi gets the chance to celebrate early Diwali. For the festive season sale, xiaomi has already sold more than 250,000 Mi TVs. Indian customers are rushing to purchase Mi TVs online. As per the recent announcement made by Xiaomi, a record break sale of over 250,000 Mi TVs in the first few days. As per the records, Mi TV is the highest selling TV on Amazon and Flipkart during the shopping festival. The Mi is also recognized as the #1 TV brand on Flipkart in terms of Value.
What is more, startling is the fact that Xiaomi has sold over 43 Mi TVs per minute during the sale.
Here is the data shared by the brand:
The two out-of five best selling smart TVs are Mi TVs on Amazon
Mi TV 4C Pro (32) is #1 on Amazon
Mi TV 4A Pro (43) is #2 on Amazon
Mi TVs are the highest selling TVs on shopping sites like Amazon and Flipkart
Mi TVs are considered #1 TV on Flipkart in terms of value.
Moreover, Mi is the only brand that provides smart TVs in all sizes incorporated with lots and lots of technical features.
Eshwar Nilakanta, Category Lead for Mi TV, Xiaomi India, says that the brand started smart TV business in the year 2008, and by 2019, it has flourished well in India. He added that the brand became #1 Smart TV brand in India and have continued the brand’s streak for five consecutive quarters. He showed gratitude towards the Indian customers and wished them good luck for their festive season. He also mentioned the achievements. I will be listing a few of them below
The brand hit its first million in India within eight months or origin and two million in another five months
In September, 2019, the brand announced a three million milestones where the additional million took the company only four months.
McAfee is a device to cloud cybersecurity company. McAfee today launched a new and innovative product under its McAfee MVISION portfolio. The product is the first of all it’s kind cloud-based product family that allows organizations to model and provide security in terms as they move to the cloud.
The main aim of building this product was to help the organization to protect the data and stop threats across devices, networks, and the cloud.
Rajiv Gupta, senior vice president and general manager of the cloud security, said that the mission is to deliver comprehensive data and threat defense across our customer’s device to cloud expanse and to give users the capabilities they need to act in a decisive and timely manner to mitigate risk.
McAfee MVISION Cloud
This platform enables organizations to adopt cloud services with the requisite security, governance, and compliance they need.
New feature includes:
The new Gateway Antimalware Engine aims to detect zero-day attacks in a matter of milliseconds rather than minutes or hours.
It provides an objective and peer-compared assessment of the maturity of an organization’s cloud security posture, recommendations, and workflows to improve maturity.
It helps to reduce risk and provide insights into the business value of their MVISION Cloud deployment.
It provides the ability for organizations to involve end-users in the Incident Remediation
McAfee MVISION Endpoint and McAfee MVISION EDR
McAfee offers them as an integrated deployment, where native security controls, advanced behavioral analysis, and credential theft monitoring operate together to elevate threat event data for investigation and remediation.
New feature includes:
Identifies and prioritizes suspicious behavior from contextually rich endpoint data.
It helps to guide and automate in-depth investigations to reduce the tactical strain on security analysts.
It enables rapid response with direct actions and broader integration to the security ecosystem.
McAfee MVISION ePO
Security management is complex and requires unwieldy maneuvering between tools and data.
New feature includes:
Expanded MVISION support for native operating system encryption, including Microsoft Bitlocker and Apple FileVault, for added data security capabilities.
It helps the customers vet policy changes for quality control
It helps the customers vet policy changes for risk management.
McAfee can provide the cloud-native SaaS offering in additional countries, including through data centers in Sydney, Singapore, and Frankfurt
McAfee EPO
To further streamline management with the industry-acclaimed integrated console, which is available on-premises and from the cloud, McAfee EPO now offers:
Simplified Upgrade Process: Provides cumulative updates, so customers stay current and secure. The process reduces the time spent on maintenance and upgrade activities.
Support Center Extension: Provides insight and guidance into the health of McAfee ePO elements.
India’s leading self-drive mobility platform, Zoomcar, launched India’s first vehicle model agnostic Driver score Tech Stack for the passenger car segment. The mechanical specifications of the car being driven, the driving style of the customers, and identification of critical events of driving are traced by the AI-Powered algorithms with machine learning capabilities, and these algorithms then rates the data collected on a scale of 0-100.
How does the rating or scoring system helps?
The system helps the drivers by providing them the real-time feedback to adjust their behavior accordingly to avoid rash driving.
Any changes after the launch?
Within the first month of its launch, the driver score has helped in the successful reduction of accident rates by 20% and maintenance and servicing cost by 25% for Zoomcar.
Why is Driver score product different from other existing solution?
The existing solutions in India are not designed for Indian conditions and passenger car segments. But, driver scores are being used by insurance companies, police departments, and other regulatory authorities for some time now. Not only this much, zoom car is data-rich when it comes to collect data regarding Indian road conditions and driver behavior.
The brand aims at productizing the Zoomcar as a PaaS (Platform as a Service) offering shortly and sell it as a tech-enabled insurance product to existing insurers and car dealers, directly earning about 20% of its revenue from this by early next year. This high margin offering compliments Zoomcar’s EBITDA positive balance sheet.
The idea of having your own business has never been so close by using eCommerce. There are millions of people building their own brand stores online and creating the perfect work-from-home business that they dreamed of. The eCommerce has achieved incredible popularity and it is constantly rising in recent years. Sales increase by more than 16% each year and eCommerce will account almost 15% of all retail sales in North America and 23% in China by the end of 2019.
So, it is obvious that this business method has the potential for becoming the main source of income of eCommerce owners. However, opening an eCommerce store is not that easy, especially when you are dealing with all the competition around you.
In this article, we will go through some of the ways to promote your eCommerce store and achieve greater sales and return on investment.
Content Marketing
Usually, when people decide to go for this business plan and open their online store, they are not paying attention to their blog. Blogging is the most cost-effective method to promote and drive traffic to your eCommerce store and is the place where people go seeking information about a particular product that you sell.
This might seem like a hard job, especially when you are focused on finding the right products, audience, and whatnot, but it is essential for building a successful eCommerce store. Online stores that have high-quality blogs usually achieve over 50% more website visitors.
User Recommendation Sharing
Often, online store owners forget to pay attention to the user-promotion, which is basically a content material such as picture, video, or blog post that is shared by someone. The idea where this promotion comes free it is good, but we are mainly focused on the sales, and it is important to know that over 92% of the people trust content generated by their friends or family.
This is where you are going to get the best return on investment (ROI) by simply creating likable and interesting content for your users to share on their social media.
Social Media
Yes, we have to touch on this subject since it is one of the best marketing options for any eCommerce business right now. However, even though you must create paid ads where you target audiences with specific interests or behavior, you must also attract visitors by engaging with users.
Running an Instagram promotion sounds nice, but it has to be backed up by engaging content. Usually, people create all kinds of giveaways, discounts, coupons and etc. in exchange for like, share or comment. You can also create special quizzes in order to boost user engagement.
Video marketing
In recent years, video marketing has become the best way to reach your potential customers. Just because they provide much more information about the product or service, it makes them the perfect marketing weapon. Consider the fact that 300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute and over 60% of the people are more likely to purchase something after watching a video ad.
You do not have to be an expert to do it or get some expensive equipment. It all can be done from your home computer with free video editing software.
Email Marketing
The goal for every business is to achieve a higher number of sales with the lowest marketing investment or in other words, get the best ROI on marketing strategy. People often focus too much on social media and search engine advertisement, which turns out that it cost too much and frankly when you see the cost on your ads compared to the profits you made from the products, you can end up losing money.
This is where email marketing comes in. It is one of the best marketing strategies for any eCommerce business and also one of the most underestimated strategies. A recent study shows us that by investing $1 in email marketing, you’ll be able to generate $40 in sales, which is unbelievable ROI. However, you must first gather a large email list that you can use later on to get the customers back to your online store.
These are some of the ways you can promote your eCommerce store. There are also different other ways that must come along such as SEO, Keyword Ads, and Internet Display and etc. and they all have to be used together as a well-organized as a team among the NFL betting favorites, but the main thing is to find out the most profitable way of marketing your eCommerce store.
Google play store is a platform which provides downloading of apps, but it is not the only platform in the market to download apps. There are various other options available with android users, but most of the users are unaware of it. 9appsis one of the most popular and best platforms available from where one can download various apps that too free of cost. This is owned by Alibaba group. This was founded in 1999 and is a china based company and has multiple applications that can be downloaded free of cost. The app has a feature of different filters and categories which makes its use much simpler and facilitates operating it. The platform has various distinct features. Some of them are as follows:
User-friendliness: The app is quite user-friendly and is specially developed for people of India and Indonesia. The choices of downloads can be easily made as there are various categories involved, and the apps can be selected from them.
Lightweight: The app is very light in weight approximately about 3-4MB. The smaller size of the app also facilitates easy and speedy downloads.
Third-party app: Even though the app is a third party, there are no compromises on behalf of the quality of apps as well as downloads. This is rewarded as one of the best third-party apps.
Free of cost: All the downloads from this application are free of charge. One doesn’t even need to spend a single penny to download the apps from here.
Secure: The app helps to secure the whole of the data of all the customers and provides downloads in-app formats which also help to consume less space.
Languages: The app is available in 14 languages which makes it much more user-friendly.
Price comparison: The app helps to have price comparisons from various e-commerce sites and then helps the consumer to choose from multiple alternatives.
One-stop-shop: The platform is a one-stop-shop for all the purchases which a consumer wishes to have in his or her android device.
Variety: The platform offers enormous variety in forms of everything, including wallpapers, ringtones, games, entertainment apps, health apps, etc.
Versions: The app works on all the android versions after android 3.0.1 and higher.
Graphical interface: The platform has high-end graphics interfaces which further increase the user-friendliness and eases operations.
Easy to install: The app is quite easy to install, and anyone can download anything with the help of few clicks only.
The 9apps is available for all android users and is still not available on IOS. The platform involves no price for any of the games and is absolutely free of cost. Even being a third-party app, it is free of viruses and provides full security to the users who want to use it. One can go to 9apps.co.in to search the apps one wishes to download from various categories available there to avail the benefits.
