How Vodafone Idea #RechargeforGood Works Vodafone Idea has launched the #RechargeforGood with the sole purpose to connect subscribers with each other in the stressful time. If the users want to avail the cashback provided by Vodafone Idea, existing prepaid subscribers have to login into My Vodafone App or My Idea App and do a recharge for another Vodafone Idea prepaid customer. Once the recharge is done, prepaid subscribers will get the cashback up to 6%....

ABG Counting on Government for Vodafone Idea’s Future The ABG is counting on the Indian government for the future of the Vodafone Idea. The group’s executives blame that the industry doesn’t have a ‘level playing field’ and said that the company’s fate is now in the hands of the government. A top official from the group said that ‘herculean efforts’ have been made to bring the company on track to success; thus, filing for a voluntary bankruptcy just won’t make any sense....

Vodafone Revises RedX Plan The company offers special ISD rates to 14 countries for its RedX plan subscribers with calls to US and Canada charged at Rs 0.50 per minute while calls to UK charged at Rs 3 per minute. Additionally, Vodafone offers 10% off on tickets booked through Tiqets to museums and “attractions worldwide” while a flat 10% off is provided to hotel bookings through Hotel.com The company has retained its exit fee of Rs 3000 on a subscriber opting to exit RedX plan in the first six months....

Rs 50, Rs 100 and Rs 500 Vodafone Talk Time Plans Reintroduced As mentioned above, Vodafone has relaunched the Rs 50, Rs 100 and Rs 500 talk time recharges after a lot of subscribers asking for them. But they don’t come with lifetime validity. For example, the Rs 50 talk time recharge offers Rs 39.37 talk time without any validity, but the outgoing will be restricted after 28 days, meaning you’ll have to perform another recharge on the 29th day....

“We estimate that Flipkart derives 50% of its revenue from this category, meaning Flipkart could face meaningful disruption and top-line pressure in the near term,” it added. The new FDI rules may require Flipkart to remove as much as 25% products from its platform including smartphones and electronics that constitute a bulk of sales, said Morgan Stanley. On February 1, the disruption was caused in the e-commerce operations in India of the two companies after the new FDI norms for the e-commerce sector came into effect....

WhatsApp, the Meta-owned social-media texting platform, has announced that it will now allow users to hide their ‘Last Seen’ activity and status from select contacts. This move is in line with increasing the privacy of the users. Until now, you could either hide the WhatsApp status or last seen activity with everyone or no one. But now, you can pick the specific contacts from whom you want to hide your last seen time and status....

It looks like there is good news coming in the future for the Windows Phone users of WhatsApp. A couple of years back, there was a possibility to see the Universal Windows Platform app for WhatsApp. Notably, apps developed using this technology are capable of working on Windows 10+ and Xbox. Now, a report by WABetaInfo citing @ALumia_Italia has discovered significant details about the development of the Windows Platform app....

The instant messaging service WhatsApp, which is owned by Meta, has introduced yet another new feature for customers with Business profiles. Users will be able to search for businesses on the network, talk with them, and even shop for things using this function. According to a blog post that WhatsApp published on its website, the new feature will make it simpler for users of the Business profile to get in touch with businesses using the messaging app rather than adding their phone numbers to their contacts list or looking up contact information on company websites....

India has been patiently waiting for 5G, with the network being available in most, if not all the popular countries for quite some time now. Add to this the increasing number of smartphone launches with a focus on 5G and the subsequent introduction of newer bands, so as to accommodate Sub-6 GHz and mmWave based 5G, making the absence of 5G in the country seem even longer than it actually is....

Wi-Fi Dabba to Offer 1 Gbps Speeds at Just Re 1 per GB: What Exactly is It? Wi-Fi Dabba was founded in 2017 with the aim to offer “Super Cheap, Super Fast, Internet access,” across Bengaluru. Over the last three years, the company has developed proprietary hardware, software and networking that saves a lot on vendor margins to provide the cheap services it is promising. Available in Bengaluru only, for now, Wi-Fi Dabba installed over 1,000 hotspots in the city providing internet connectivity for as low as Rs 2 for 200MB....

5G launch in India is still far away, but smartphone brands started launching mid-range 5G-enabled smartphones. The first mid-range 5G phone launched in India was the Moto G 5G with Snapdragon 750G, and it was soon followed by Xiaomi Mi 10i with the same chipset. And very soon, we will see the MediaTek Dimensity chipset powered 5G phones launching in the country. Telecom operators in several countries have already launched 5G services, but at this point, there’s no path to 5G in India....

As reported earlier, the Chinese smartphone giant is looking forward to launching its latest flagship Xiaomi 12 series in December 2021. The smartphone may arrive just after the unveiling of the Snapdragon 898 by Qualcomm. It was also rumoured that Xiaomi is working on an Ultra model for the series. However, recent reports have surfaced suggesting that the makers are also planning to launch Xiaomi 12 Ultra Enhanced which will be an up-gradation to Xiaomi 12 Ultra....

Xiaomi Redmi 9 is the latest addition in the family of smartphones from the Chinese smartphone brand. The smartphone has been launched in Spain and is considered as a budget device. It is a nice upgrade from the Redmi 8 with improved specs and features. The Redmi 9 is available in two different variants — 3GB+32GB and 4GB+64GB. The former variant costs 139 Euros (roughly Rs 11,946) and 169 Euros (roughly Rs 14,523)....

Xiaomi Redmi K20 Gets Android 10 Based MIUI 11 Update Even after six months of launch, the Redmi K20 is still one of the best mid-range devices available in the market today. And it’s good to see the company providing software support on a timely basis. Unlike every year, Xiaomi managed to deliver iterative MIUI upgrade at a faster rate this year, but like every year, it failed to deliver iterative Android upgrade though....

Launch Date for Redmi K20 and Redmi K20 Pro The new tweet from Xiaomi reads, “Mi fans, are you ready to take on the K? The #RedmiK20 & #RedmiK20Pro are all set to launch on July 17 2019. Stay tuned to have your minds blown by the Flagship Killer 2.0 #BelieveTheHype RT if you’re excited!” So, as you can see that Xiaomi is finally ready to bring the Redmi K20 and the Redmi K20 Pro to India after a long wait....

Xiaomi Redmi K30: 3 Key Details Revealed Firstly, the new report came from XDA Developers and these details were obtained from MIUI 11 source code. The details mentioned above belong to a Xiaomi smartphone codenamed ‘phoenix,’ but the report says the details may not belong to the Redmi K30. However, the MIUI 11 code suggests the details belong to a Redmi phone with a dual punch-hole screen. Xiaomi already confirmed the RedmI K30 would have a dual punch-hole display like the Samsung Galaxy S10+, so we can assume the Redmi K30 will indeed have the phoenix codename....

Xiaomi Redmi Y3: What to Expect? The Redmi Y1 was an instant hit for the company as it offered a decent selfie camera under Rs 10,000. Also, the Redmi Y1 arrived at a time when brands like Vivo and Oppo were charging more than double for the same selfie camera setup. The Redmi Y2 also offered a great selfie camera along with strong dual rear cameras, but the Rs 1,000 price hike did not impress many....

You Broadband Data Rollover Feature Detailed You Broadband has been providing the data rollover feature for a while now, but now, the terms and conditions have been revealed by the ISP. In total, You Broadband customers on FUP plans (Dual Speed plans) will be able to carry forward up to 1000GB data. Also, the data rollover feature is available only to the You Broadband customers on Dual Speed (FUP) plans....

Reels has increased customer engagement for Instagram. The Facebook-owned platform launched Reels feature to compete with TikTok. Users who enjoy making short-duration content can use Reels to engage with their friends and followers. Instagram Reels allows users to save the audio of a particular reel. Not only this, but you also get the option to save and share the audio page with your followers just like another Instagram post. The update has been rolled out by Instagram for both Android and iOS users....

In the last couple of years, mobile charging has become so different that if one were to take a look back 4-5 years, they would simply scoff at what used to be tolerable in charging. 5W or 10W charging that took an eternity to charge up the smartphone, resulting in a massive waste of time. In contrast, however, we can see that in 2020 or 2021, users go for devices that offer at least 30W charging, which can fully charge a smartphone with a decently sized battery in just an hour, with certain devices even offering 65W charging that can fully charge a device in 30-35 mins, which is quite shocking....