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    1. Nokia Lumia 920 price slashed in India, available for Rs 31,999 with wireless charging plate

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      Nokia today slashed the price of the Lumia 920 from approximately Rs 36,000 and is now available for Rs 31,999 with most online retailers. It is available for Rs 32,369 from Nokia’s own online store in India. What’s more, Nokia is also bundling the DT900 wireless charging plate with the phone under this offer. The price cut comes at an interesting time, roughly a week after Nokia announced the Lumia 925, which would be priced around Rs 34,000 before taxes. Nokia’s executives maintain that both the Lumia 920 and Lumia 925 will coexist ...
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    2. GoDaddy Launches “Cup of Coffee” Campaign to Bring Indian SMB’s Online

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      Everyone wants a share of pie from nearly 47 million strong small and medium sized businesses in India. Google has been launching various campaigns to bring bring SMS’s online which includes India Get Online initiative. They also recently dropped prices for Google Apps platform specifically for Indian SMBs. Now, Godaddy has announced a unique campaign ... The post GoDaddy Launches “Cup of Coffee” Campaign to Bring Indian SMB’s Online appeared first on India Business & Technology Buzz.
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    3. UIDAI Launches 3 New Aadhaar Based Authentication Services; Concerns

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      Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched three new Aadhaar enabled services – an authentication services using Iris, an authentication service using one time pin (OTP) and an electronic know your customer (eKYC) service. It also announced that currently over 400 million residents have been enrolled for an Aadhaar number, while about 350 million Aadhaar numbers have [...]
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      Mentions: Vodafone Nasscom Sanjay Jain

    4. 6 Mistakes You Could Be Making In Mobile Marketing

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      Mobile Marketing in the next big thing. Mobile has changed the landscape of consumerism in a few short years by becoming our favorite tool for reading the news, watching television, communicating, socializing, shopping, navigating…for just about everything! As a marketer, mobile is a very powerful place for you to connect with your audience. However, with great [...] Looking For A Social Media Agency?? - Contact WATConsult - India's Leading Social Media Agency
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    5. Samsung Galaxy Star entry-level Android smartphone launched in India for Rs 5,240

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      Earlier this month, we spotted the Galaxy Star on Samsung India’s website. Today, the South Korean company officially launched the entry-level Android device for Rs 5,240. The Galaxy Star, as we had reported earlier, sports a 3-inch QVGA TFT LCD display and is powered by a 1GHz Cortex A5 processor and 512MB RAM. Samsung is also offering features like a 2-megapixel rear camera, 4GB of internal storage that is expandable using the microSD card, and a 1,200mAH battery. On the connectivity front, the Galaxy Star is 2G-enabled, and supports dual-SIM slots, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0, while ...
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    6. NDTV Appeals Against Nielsen Lawsuit Court Dismissal

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      New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) has filed an appeal against the New York Court’s dismissal of its lawsuit against Nielsen for the alleged manipulation of TV ratings and viewership data in February 2013, reports LiveMint. NDTV has refused to comment on the matter to the publication while Nielsen has told the publication in an email [...]
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    7. Yahoo Scoops Up Another Start-up, Buys Gaming Platform PlayerScale

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      Yahoo has continued its acquisition spree and bought yet another start-up, not big as Tumblr though. In a bid to expand itself in the gaming arena, Yahoo has acquired PlayerScale, which makes software infrastructure for cross-platform gaming. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but PlayerScale will not shut down after the buyout. “Today we acquired PlayerScale. We intend [...] Looking For A Social Media Agency?? - Contact WATConsult - India's Leading Social Media Agency
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      Mentions: AFP Leading Social Media Agency Yahoo Sneha Bokil-Paranjape

    9. Problems With Twitter’s 2-Step Authentication Process In India

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      (By Apurva Chaudhary & Vikas SN) Earlier this week, Twitter introduced a two-factor authentication process through SMS, in a bid to strengthen the security of Twitter users after it faced high profile account hijacking last month. This process allows Twitter users to add a verified mobile number and a confirmed e-mail address in their account settings and [...]
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    10. Google Looking To Buy Waze For $1 Billion, Sparks Bidding War With Facebook

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      Google Inc is considering buying Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze Inc, which may lead to a bidding war with Facebook Inc, who has also earlier expressed interest to buy up the maps company. Waze has already been receiving expressions of interest from various Silicon Valley giants like Facebook. Reports had surfaced some time back that [...] Looking For A Social Media Agency?? - Contact WATConsult - India's Leading Social Media Agency
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      Mentions: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers BlueRun Ventures Google

    11. Chrome Beta Gets New Features On Android And The Web

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      Ever since Google I/O, the company has been releasing boatloads of new features across most of its products. Today, they have announced two new features for Chrome Beta. One for Chrome for Android Beta  and the other for the Chrome Web Browser beta. Chrome Beta  for Android: With today’s update to Chrome for Android, the [...] Looking For A Social Media Agency?? - Contact WATConsult - India's Leading Social Media Agency
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    12. Shazam launches new redesigned iPad app, introduces always-on background tagging

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      Shazam was one of the original music identification apps, and now it has launched a new redesigned iPad app which not only brings a new cleaner design, but also add a ton of new features to the service. The redesign on the iPad involves a new stream that allows the user to see what people are listening to in real time. In the US the stream also supports the TV shows people are watching. Some of the new features include a new auto tagging feature so that people never miss discovering music or television content playing in the background. There ...
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    13. Penguin Books India Launches Inked For Young Adults; Just Another Blog?

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      Penguin Books India has recently launched a website targeting young adults between 13 – 21 years of age called Inked which also has an offline imprint division. The company claims to have over 20,000 registered young adults on Inked website, although we didn’t find any registration process on the site at the time of writing this article, [...]
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    14. Viacom 18 Forays Into App Ecosystem With Three Mobile Products

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      Viamcom 18 has launched three new products under three of its most popular brands –  MTV, VH1 and Nick. They are MTV Gupshup – a  VAS chat service, Vh1 Hub- mobile content shop and mobile game Stardom Saga. Rajneel Kumar, Viacom18’s VP and Business Head, Digital Media said “The initiative is in tune with the fact that youth is [...] Looking For A Social Media Agency?? - Contact WATConsult - India's Leading Social Media Agency
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    15. Amazon confirms India not in the list of 170 countries to get Kindle Fire HD

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      Yesterday Amazon announced preorders for the Kindle Fire HD in 170 countries but we were a bit disappointed as the online retailer won’t let us preorder one with an Indian shipping address. Today, an Amazon spokesperson has confirmed to BGR India that India is not in the list of the 170 countries but asked us to stay tuned. Amazon has tied up with Redington for distributing its hardware products in India. The deal, we are told, also includes the Kindle Fire HD tablets. The world’s largest online retailer rarely ever does pre-orders for hardware in India and it ...
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