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Oppo Reno 7 series launched

Oppo Reno 7 series

Oppo Reno 7 series was launched in China on November 25, 2021. The series comprises three models – Reno 7, Reno 7 Pro and Reno 7 SE. The trio comes with an AMOLED display with a hole-punch design, triple rear cameras, 4,500mAh batteries, 5G support, and feature a gradient back finish. In the series, the Oppo Reno 7 5G and Reno 7 Pro 5G both also feature a flat-edge frame — similar to the latest iPhone models. Oppo also unveiled the Enco Free 2i as its new truly wireless stereo earbuds alongside the Reno 7-series phones.

Redmi Note 11 4G launched

Redmi Note 11 4G

Xiaomi has launched Redmi Note 11 4G in China as the latest entry in the Redmi Note 11 series. It comes with a 90Hz display and includes triple rear cameras. The handset also feature an octa-core MediaTek Helio G88 SoC that is paired with up to 6GB of RAM. The newly launched smartphone is a tweaked version of Redmi 10 and Redmi 10 Prime. Redmi Note 11 4G has two models. The base variant packs 4GB RAM and is priced at CNY 999 (approx Rs 11,700) while the 6GB RAM variant carries a price tag of CNY 1,099 (approx Rs 12,800).

Cryptocurrencies obscure, won’t get legal tender status: Govt

Cryptocurrencies

In a major setback to cryptocurrencies in India, the Centre clarified that they will not be accorded the status of legal tender by any means. Union Finance Secretary T V Somanathan said that right now cryptocurrencies are not going to become a legal tender. The Indian Rupee is a legal tender, while gold and silver are not legal tenders. The rest will be decided in the bill. The finance ministry is preparing a Cabinet note for further discussions on creating a regulatory regime for an official digital currency issued by RBI and prohibiting private cryptocurrencies.

WhatsApp may introduce 5 new features soon

WhatsApp features

In order to keep things interesting, WhatsApp keeps pushing new features and updates. The instant messaging app is currently reportedly working on a host of new features that pertain to usability, privacy, and other things. As per a few media reports, the five features would be ‘Time limit to delete messages’, ‘Privacy setting for ‘Last Seen’, profile photo’, ‘Photo editor’, ‘Sticker maker for WhatsApp’, and ‘Playback control for forwarded voice notes’.

Also Read: Bluei launches Truepods 1 with ANC, IWP technology at Rs 2,199

Bluei launches Truepods 1 with ANC, IWP technology at Rs 2,199

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Homegrown audio and wearable brand Bluei has introduced Truepods 1, the curved design true wireless earbuds powered by Active Noise Cancellation. Packed in an exquisite and compact chargeable black case, the Bluei Truepods 1 earbuds boast IWP technology and comes with three noise-cancelling modes.

Launched at Rs 2,199, Truepods 1 is currently available exclusively on Bluei website, and will soon be made available on Amazon and other marketplaces.

Bluei Truepods 1 comes with battery capacity of 40mAh and this delivers up to 6 hours of playback time (100 hrs standby time) and earbuds feature Bluetooth v5.0 technology that delivers a stable connection that lets you rock on without connectivity issues.

The stereo calling feature of these earbuds allows you to enjoy calls via its built-in microphone and 10 mm drivers and the device is IPX5 water resistant. The Bluei earbuds are powered by the IWP technology featured in them the moment you open the case. The presence of a Type-C charging port ensures easily charge it with any charger that has a compatible cable.

Accessing the voice assistant function is easy as all it takes is a single press of easy access multifunction buttons featured on the Truepods 1. Its smooth touch controls let one command playback, hands-free and activate voice assistant with ease. Bluei Truepods 1 comes in Black colour.

Akhilesh Chopra, Sales Director, Bluei, said, “Bluei is an ally of the urban Indian that is adventurous and always on the move. The latest ANC true wireless earbuds are your perfect companion for all your activities like listening to music, working out or taking calls on the go. Our motive is to cater to every age group and every user. This is the reason we sell our products at a budget price.”

Paytm celebrates merchant partners, hundreds get India vs New Zealand test match tickets

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Paytm today announced the ‘Paytm se Stadium’ offer for its merchant partners. To encourage the acceptance of digital payments, the company is offering merchants, up to 100 tickets per match during the India vs New Zealand test match in Kanpur city. The offer will also be available for the matches in Mumbai. Hundreds of merchant partners in Jaipur, Ranchi and Kolkata have already won tickets for the matches held in the cities.

Paytm is the largest payments platform in India based on the number of consumers, number of merchants, number of transactions and revenue as of March 31, 2021. The company is a leader in the offline merchants space by transaction value as well as volume and has 22 million registered merchants, as of June 30, 2021.

The company is motivating merchants to accept and promote all kinds of digital payments — Paytm Wallet, Paytm UPI, Paytm Postpaid, cards and others. Merchant partners can avail the tickets from the Paytm for Business app, by redeeming their Merchant Cashback Points. They can earn the points by accepting payments from the Paytm app and encouraging customers to pay via Paytm. Merchant partners will receive cashback points for every payment.

Along with the tickets for the upcoming series in Kanpur, merchant partners can win many exciting rewards and vouchers by redeeming their cashback points on the Paytm for Business app. The company has been conducting several activities in the city, from bike rallies to fun activities for merchants and consumers, to promote digital payments.

Also Read | Paytm users can win assured cashback of up to Rs 50, avail exciting offers on electricity bill payments

Paytm offers merchants a full suite of payment services, with devices like Paytm Soundbox, All-in-One PoS, Paytm QR code and more. It has deployed over 947,000 of these devices, as on June 30, 2021, across the country to drive financial inclusion.

The Paytm for Business app provides merchants a comprehensive set of business management tools, including real time bank settlement and analytics, reconciliation services, banking services, access to financial services (such as working capital loans and insurance products, through our financial institution partners), and business growth insight tools (such as promoting their business on Paytm App and managing loyalty solutions and other cloud services) to measure their business performance.

Paytm spokesperson said, “We have the privilege of working with thousands of merchants, who are an integral part of the Paytm ecosystem and vision. To encourage merchants and consumers to go cashless and adopt digital payments and by combining our users’ love for cricket, we are happy to launch the Paytm se Stadium offer.”

Also Read: Xiaomi India partners with Saahas to support Karnataka’s e-waste awareness drive

Xiaomi India partners with Saahas to support Karnataka’s e-waste awareness drive

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Xiaomi India today announced its partnership with Saahas Zero Waste to extend support for an e-waste awareness drive, initiated by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB).

In a month-long initiative, KSPCB along with the help of Saahas Zero Waste, Xiaomi India and other participating brands aim to spread awareness across all 31 districts of Karnataka reaching out to a total of approximately 5 million citizens.

With the support of urban local bodies, all participating electronics retailers have pledged to station e-waste collection bins across all stores, after sales and service centers in Karnataka. The initiative will also include developing suitable awareness content, manage collection of all the e-waste and channelize the same for recycling to authorized recyclers. Through awareness drives, KSPCB along with brands like Xiaomi India aim to build a sense of responsibility to repair, refurbish, donate and recycle amongst the consumers. The focus will be on collecting about 100 tonnes of e-waste over the next 1 month.

Manu Kumar Jain, Managing Director, Xiaomi India, said, “At Xiaomi India, our focus is not only on responsible recycling, but also on awareness generation. KSPCB’s initiative to spread awareness on e-waste is a step forward towards building a sustainable and future ready tomorrow. We are honoured and privileged to be a part of this e-waste drive in Karnataka. Our partnership with Saahas Zero waste further encourages us to push the boundaries of building a more sustainable and future ready tomorrow for consumers across the city.”

Dr. Shanth A Thimmaiah, Chairman, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board said, “Disposal of e-waste, if not done properly, can be hazardous to the environment and health. While thousands of tonnes of waste is generated annually, many authorised recyclers and dismantlers say their vast plants remain woefully underused. Apart from requesting bulk generators to ‘voluntarily’ give information about the type of e-waste being generated, we aim to instill a sense of responsibility amongst the consumers as well. With this initiative, our aim is to not only spread awareness about the importance of proper e-waste management but also do our duty towards building a safer and cleaner environment. We are extremely proud to have brands like Xiaomi be part of our initiative and look forward to building a better and brighter India for future generations.”

According to the MEITY Annual Report 2020-2021, in 2019, India generated 3.2 Mn tonnes of e-waste of which only 10% was formally collected and recycled. While India has a very long way to go in correctly dealing with e-waste, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board is making it possible through their awareness drives to fasten the process. Xiaomi India in partnership with Saahas Zero Waste aims at making this awareness drive a success.

Also Read: Drona Pay raises Rs 3.2 crore seed round as fraud prevention gains

Drona Pay raises Rs 3.2 crore seed round as fraud prevention gains

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Fintech startup Drona Pay has raised a seed round of INR 3.2 crores from Varanium Capital, Credit Saison, fintech veterans including Kunal Shah, Jitendra Gupta, Amrish Rau and a clutch of other investors.

Drona Pay delivers real time protection using machine learning & proprietary data sets, to defend institutions against ever increasing frauds in payments & lending. It protects BNPL, UPI, credit card & debit card transactions from frauds, scams, collusion and delinquency.

As UPI transactions continue to reach new peaks, 4.2 billion transactions in October 2021, the rise of digital payments has also increased focus by fraudsters on this space. Even RBI is looking keenly at this space with the announcement of the fourth cohort of the regulatory sandbox focused on prevention and mitigation of financial frauds.

Founded by Satish Kashyap, Pallavi Narvekar and Sukhdev Sinh Zala, the three have worked together at the National Stock Exchange Group and have significant experience in building risk and analytics solutions. Satish Kashyap is CEO of Drona Pay and was previously Chief Operating Officer of National Stock Exchange’s technology business (NSEIT) and was Director with SunGard / FIS.

“While we initially saw the savings for BNPL from delinquency reduction, we were impressed with the team’s ability to reduce merchant fraud & chargebacks for payment providers, which convinced us of the huge potential & teams capabilities,” said Aparajit Bhandarkar, Partner, Varanium Capital who led the round. Leveraging machine learning and proprietary data sets, to minimize delinquency and bust-offs is key to profitability for BNPL & retail lending FinTech Apps.

“With increasing digital adoption, fraud management for real time transactions has become a massive problem for banks and Fintech companies. We were very impressed with team’s first principle thinking on creating the product ground up and saving millions of dollars for businesses and consumers,” said Jitendra Gupta, Founder and CEO of Jupiter, who also participated in the round.

The seed round will help expand the technical and product team as Drona Pay is witnessing increased traction from FinTechs and banks in India. “We aim to use the funds to strengthen the offering and increase penetration into Indian Banks and FinTechs, who are undergoing a transformation. The array of new products launched by Indian FinTechs and Banks will need robust real time risk scoring abilities which are provided by Drona Pay,” said Satish Kashyap, Co-founder & CEO of Drona Pay.

Also Read: Pocket Aces auctions original jerseys of the hit show ‘Clutch’ for charity

Inbase unveils four new smartwatches under urban smart wearable range

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Inbase has emerged as a name to reckon with the young generation and millennials for its quirky trends and style quotient. The brand now has added four new devices to its product base – Urban Fit X, Urban Lite M, Urban Lyf Z and Urban Go.

All four smartwatches are IP68 resistant that protects it from water, dust, etc. It comes with many health and fitness-related features like step count, SPO2 level tracking, heart rate monitoring, sleep monitoring, calories burnt count and so on.

Features and Specifications:

Inbase Urban Fit X

Inbase Urban Fit X is available in four amazing colours – Black, Grey, Rose Gold and Navy Blue. As the name suggests, it is designed for fitness. With an outstanding look, it helps in Monitoring Blood Oxygen levels (SPO2), Heart rate and tracking the oxygen level in your body every day. Fit X comes with a lightweight and compact structure as it is made with Zinc alloy. This watch is built with Bluetooth 5.0 version; 1.69 inches full touch bigger display with resolution of 240*280 pixels. Outstanding battery life of Urban Fit X provides up to 8 days of run time and 35 days of standby time.

Inbase Urban Lite M

Lite M is available in three attractive colours – Black, Grey, and Forest Green, and is the most affordable smart watch among all Urban Smartwatches. It is a lightweight, compact size with an outstanding appearance and comes with a high-performance chipset. The battery life of Urban Lite M Comes with the industry best standard of up to 8 days run time and standby time up to 35 days. Lite M is built with Bluetooth 5.0 version; 1.4 inches full touch bigger display with resolution of 240*280 pixels. On this small portable device, one can access multiple sports modes like Walking, Swimming, Running, Cycling, Badminton, Football, Basketball, and Skipping, etc.

Also Read | Inbase launches Urban Lite Z smartwatch with 1.75-inch IPS display at Rs 2,999

Inbase Urban LYF Z

Available in Black, Gold, Rose Gold and Grey colours, LYF Z is a multi-functional smartwatch that comes with a Bluetooth Calling function. Once the device is connected with the Bluetooth one can easily access calls, and Listen Music without any distraction. It is lightweight and slim in design as it is made with aluminum alloy making it easy on the wrist. It provides up to 8 Days working time without calling and up to 3 days work time with calling function and 35 days of standby time. The outward appearance of this watch is built with Bluetooth 5.0 version; 1.75 inches full touch bigger displays with resolution of 240*280 pixels. Like Lite M, it also comes with 7 sports modes like Walking, Running, Cycling, Badminton, Football, Basketball, and Skipping. It helps you to measure your calories burnt count and pedometer.

Inbase Urban Go

It is first of its kind smartwatch with many unique features available in three different colours – Black, Beige and Grey. Urban Go has a slim design; lightweight and rectangle shape 1.57 inches ultra-bright display, built with Bluetooth 5.0 version. This watch comes with a TWS function; so you can connect your audio device directly to your smartwatch and get a more effective audio experience from your wrist without connecting it to your phone. Equipped with an advanced chipset and inbuilt memory card, you can create a playlist and enjoy your favorite songs anytime and anywhere. It has a decent battery life and provides up to 7 days of running time and up to 3 days with calling function and up to 30 days of standby time. It helps you to monitor your fitness and store the data of your routine process like Running, Walking, and Exercising, Step counting, SPO2 level tracking, Outdoor Walking, and Heart Rate monitoring.

Pricing and Availability:

Backed by a 1-year warranty, Inbase Urban Fit X, Urban Lite M, Urban Lyf Z and Urban Go are available at an introductory price of INR 1,999, 1,899, 3,199, and 3,499 respectively. The watches can be purchased from the company’s official website and offline stores.

Also Read: Pocket Aces auctions original jerseys of the hit show ‘Clutch’ for charity

Pocket Aces auctions original jerseys of the hit show ‘Clutch’ for charity

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A number of brands have taken to merchandising and D2C businesses in recent times to strengthen their footprint. Understanding the pulse of the audience, Pocket Aces too, has forayed into D2C products with the launch of merchandise for their popular show ‘Little Things’, and now for their esports drama ‘Clutch’.

The model for Clutch merchandise is unique, where the original jerseys that the characters wore during the show have been auctioned to audiences. Pocket Aces is doubling this amount, and all proceeds are going to an organization called Enabling Leadership for their “Just for Kicks” program.

‘Clutch’ received immense love and appreciation from fans, crossing over 25 million views. Taking this fandom of the show forward for a good cause, Dice Media is auctioning jerseys worn by the lead star cast in the series. Vishal Vashishtha, Ahsaas Channa, Saurabh Ghadge, Pratiek Pachori and Tirth Joisher have autographed their respective jerseys, which fans can get their hands on through this fundraiser on Dice Media’s Instagram handle ‘@dicemediaindia’. The auction that commenced on November 19 has raised a whopping INR 30,000 from audiences in just 5 days. Pocket Aces will be doubling this amount and donating INR 60,000 to charity.

What makes this auction even more exciting is the selection of charity chosen to share the proceeds with. The ‘Just For Kicks’ program by Enabling Leadership impacts 3600+ students across India, Battambang, Cambodia. With the motto ‘Everyone Plays’, Just For Kicks works in schools to help children garner multiple bene?ts of leadership development using football as a medium.

Ravi Sonnad, Founder & CEO, Enabling Leadership, shared, “We are thrilled to have received support from Pocket Aces. The ‘Clutch Jersey’ auction will help us draw attention to our ‘Just for Kicks’ program, while the funds will ensure every child we work with is equipped with the required training tools to grow them into tomorrow’s leaders through the powerful medium of team sports. We eagerly look forward to opportunities like these that nurture our vision to build a better and brighter future for all our children.”

Showrunner for Clutch and CEO, Co-Founder of Pocket Aces, Aditi Shrivastava was thrilled to share, “The marriage between entertainment IP (be it ?lms or shows) and merchandise is extremely well developed internationally, but still quite nascent in India. We are trying to kickstart this here with the goal of giving our audiences high quality memorabilia of their favorite shows and characters. We are experimenting with di?erent merchandise models for our popular shows such as Little Things and Clutch, and we are glad to see such an amazing reception for it. The auction-for-charity model we adopted with Clutch is especially close to my heart – sports as a sector is quite underfunded in India, and since Clutch is a sports drama, the Just For Kicks program was the perfect way to give back.”

Also Read: Qlan launches with 50,000 pre-registrations on Google Play Store

Airtel conducts India’s first 5G trial in 700 MHz band in partnership with Nokia

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Telecom major Airtel has successfully conducted India’s first 5G trial in the 700 MHz band in partnership with Nokia. Airtel has been allotted test spectrum in multiple bands by the government’s Department of Telecommunications for the validation of 5G technology and use cases.

The demonstration, which was conducted on the outskirts of Kolkata, was also the first 5G trial in eastern India.

Leveraging the enhanced propagation characteristics of the 700 MHz band, Airtel and Nokia were able to achieve high speed wireless broadband network coverage of 40 km between two 3GPP standard 5G sites in real life conditions. Airtel used equipment from Nokia’s 5G portfolio, which included Nokia AirScale radios and standalone (SA) core.

Randeep Singh Sekhon, CTO – Bharti Airtel, said, “Back in 2012, Airtel launched India’s first 4G service in Kolkata. Today, we are delighted conduct India’s first 5G demo in the coveted 700 MHz band in the city to showcase the power of this technology standard. We believe that with the right pricing of 5G spectrum in the upcoming auctions, India can unlock the digital dividend and build a truly connected society with broadband for all.”

Naresh Asija, VP and Head of Bharti CT, Nokia, said, “5G deployment using 700Mhz spectrum is helping communications service providers across the world to cost-effectively provide mobile broadband in remote areas, where typically it is challenging for them to set up the network infrastructure. Nokia is at the forefront in the development of the global 5G ecosystem, and we look forward to supporting Airtel on its 5G journey.”

Earlier this year, Airtel demonstrated India’s first 5G experience over a live 4G network. It also demonstrated India’s first rural 5G trial as well as the first cloud gaming experience on 5G. As part of #5GforBusiness, Airtel has joined forces with leading global consulting and technology companies and brands to test 5G based solutions.

Qlan launches with 50,000 pre-registrations on Google Play Store

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Qlan, an interactive social networking app dedicated for gamers, announced their successful launch on Google Play Store with 50,000 pre-registrations on Thursday. The exclusive platform presents a whole new approach to connect and engage with the gaming and esports community with a vision of creating a robust and sustainable ecosystem.

The platform is developed for gamers, gaming professionals, squads, orgs, tournament organizers, content creators and other stakeholders in the industry to build, find and exchange value to further their growth. The brainchild of Sagar Nair, co-founder and CEO, and Navin Talreja, co-founder and CBO, Qlan, envision the growth of the esports industry while being one of the enablers in the process.

“It is a surreal feeling to successfully launch Qlan. Gaming and esports is our passion and we understand the massive potential that this segment has. While in the existing social setup, gamers and the esports ecosystem were unable to address various issues like making the right connections, proper recognition for their in-game talent, a structured system for players and skilled individuals to showcase their skills, creating and sharing content in one designated gaming only platform. The idea is to unite the existing fragmented communities and facilitate value exchange amongst them. These lacunas in the existing social system obstructed the right talent from getting tapped. And that is what prompted Qlan’s inception, it will address existing grassroot problems that the gaming ecosystem has been facing in the social space all this while,” said Sagar Nair, Co-founder and CEO of Qlan.

It is a genre-specific one stop networking app with some of the key features like:

  1. Create custom solo, squad & org profiles
  2. Showcase gaming skills by syncing in-game statistics
  3. Share gaming & esports content with an option to monetise early
  4. Promote esports tournaments, brands & IPs to a targeted audience
  5. Access AI-enabled gamer matchmaking for verified connections

This AI-based networking app offers the stakeholders in the business and the thriving esports community to meet, communicate and get discovered. Providing optimum opportunities to new prospects while augmenting the industry further.

“We are eagerly looking forward to how our early users respond to Qlan. After months of research and gathering insights by conducting various pro-to type surveys and trials we were able to understand the existing, unattended problems, and that motivated us to come up with the solution—QLAN. Qlan is built with a focused vision on uniting the key stakeholders in the industry to build, find and exchange value to bolster their own communities and business. We believe it would prove to be an industry game changer. Whether you’re looking to go pro, find your esports squad, seek professional opportunities in the industry, in Qlan you have a trusted enabler for anything you want to achieve in the gaming and esports space,” said Navin Talreja, Co-founder and CBO after the launch.

With the successful app launch, Qlan envisions becoming the most trusted and secured platform for the gaming and esports community. The app is currently accessible to android users and it plans to soon launch the app for iOS users as well.

Also Read: Creative Galileo partners with Periwinkle

Creative Galileo partners with Periwinkle

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Kids learning app Creative Galileo today announced that it has partnered with Periwinkle by Jeevandeep Edumedia, an industry leader with 50+ years of legacy.

Periwinkle focuses on creating engaging and thoughtful content for children based on global education standards. Under this partnership, Creative Galileo will have the publishing rights to Periwinkle’s e-learning content. It will pave the way for an immersive and unique learning experience for kids aged 3-10 while keeping the entire process engaging and fun.

Creative Galileo recently raised $2.5 million in seed funding led by Kalaari Capital and other angel investors, making it the first company to be backed by Kalaari’s venture flagship CXXO programme for women founders. The world’s leading startup research firm, HolonIQ, recently listed Creative Galileo on their annual list of the 100 most promising EdTech startups from India & South Asia.

Also Read | Creative Galileo crosses 3 million downloads after its debut last year

Prerna A Jhunjhunwala, Founder, Creative Galileo, said, “We are excited to have Periwinkle onboard with us. This partnership will cater to the ever-growing demand for high-quality video content for kids. Our goals are aligned as we want kids to acquire knowledge and skills from every video they watch or game they play on our app. Our strategy is to continue partnering with the top content players in India and worldwide to offer the best learning experience to our young audience and make learning fun for them.”

Parin Furia, Director, Jeevandeep Edumedia, said, “With this partnership, we are excited to extend our reach, reaffirming our commitment to make learning in the ‘new world’ more accessible. Like us, Creative Galileo understands how important knowledge and creativity are for every child’s journey. Together we can nurture the young minds of today, building a brighter and better tomorrow.”

With over 4 million downloads of the e-learning app, Creative Galileo has tie-ups with Big Animation, Amar Chitra Katha, Periwinkle, Shermaroo, Toonz Animation, and others, providing content, gamification, and interactive learning journeys for children. With India’s first-of-its-kind character-based e-learning app, the edtech company aims to become a metaverse of kids’ favourite characters that will help them strengthen their core in foundational years through engaging gamified content.

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