Amazon announces Prime Air drone delivery service

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Amazon had announced drone delivery back in 2013 however things were quite skeptical back then. Now, Amazon has announced the Prime Air drone delivery service and even shared a video of it in action.

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OnePlus USB Type-C accessories may not be safe for 3rd party devices – Offering refunds

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A Google employee recently made the news for reviewing many USB Type-C accessories on Amazon and writing reviews on them. A few of them got good ratings and reviews while the majority received low ratings and bad reviews including the USB Type-C cable and adapter from OnePlus.

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YU smartphones now available at offline retail stores – Announces partnership with Reliance Retail

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YU Televentures has just announced a new partnership with Reliance Retail that will put their smartphones on sale at physical offline retail stores across the country.

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Amazon Great Indian Diwali Sale: Best deals on smartphones, tablets and accessories

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Amazon has finally started its Great Indian Diwali Sale. As a part of the sale it is offering some great deals on smartphones, mobile accessories, tablets and more that include, OnePlus One, Xiaomi Mi 4,  Mi Pad, Apple iPad Mini 2 and more. Some of these offers are available only in the app. Continue reading “Amazon Great Indian Diwali Sale: Best deals on smartphones, tablets and accessories”

Amazon to ban sales of Apple and Google video streaming devices

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Amazon has announced that it will stop selling Apple and Google’s video streaming devices because they aren’t easily compatible with Amazon’s own video streaming service.

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Weekly Roundup: Moto X Play in India, $50 Amazon Fire Tablet, $99 Fire TV, new Qualcomm SoCs and more

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The big launch this week was by Motorola. It finally brought the mid-range Moto X Play to India, as expected. The smartphone was announced back in July, same day as Motorola launched the 3rd generation Moto G in India. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Moto X Play in India, $50 Amazon Fire Tablet, $99 Fire TV, new Qualcomm SoCs and more”

Amazon unveils new Fire TV with 4K Ultra HD for $99.99, Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote also announced

Amazon has introduced new versions of its Fire TV Products along with the launch of its $50 tablet. The company has announced the new Fire TV that supports 4K Ultra HD.

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Amazon working on $50 Android tablet to boost hardware adoption

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While Amazon’s Fire tablets haven’t exactly set the world on fire (no pun intended!), it seems that the company hasn’t really given up on its hardware ambitions. If the latest rumors are to be believed then the Seattle based company might be working on an ultra low cost tablet.  Continue reading “Amazon working on $50 Android tablet to boost hardware adoption”

Amazon Kindle Unlimited launched in India for Rs.199 per month

Amazon has announced the launch of Kindle Unlimited subscription service in India. Users can now read unlimited books at a monthly price of Rs. 199 with this new service.

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Amazon Underground app for Android launched, offers free apps and games

Amazon has rolled out Amazon Underground app for Android that claims to offer users “$10,000 in apps, games and in-app items that are actually free”.
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Amazon Cloud Drive app debuts on iOS

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Following up the launch of its Android apps, Amazon’s Cloud Drive debuted today on the iOS platform. Cloud Drive is Amazon’s answer to the other major internet storage providers. The differentiating factor here is that Amazon has introduced multiple apps for specific use cases to be able to manage files better. Continue reading “Amazon Cloud Drive app debuts on iOS”

Sony XPERIA Z3+ now available on Amazon USA

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The international variant of the Sony XPERIA Z4 is known as the Z3+ and now the device is available for purchase on American shores via Amazon.

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Amazon Echo now available without an invite for US$179.99

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Amazon Echo is a smart speaker that doubles up as a virtual assistant. It was announced by Amazon late last year in November. It was a pretty neat piece of tech but the issue is that hardly anyone had access to it since it was based on an invite only system of purchase. Now happily that invite system has been removed and everyone can get their hands on the device.

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Amazon releases Android Lollipop based Fire OS 5 developer preview

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Amazon has always believed in using a highly customized fork of Android called Fire OS on their line up of tablets and phones. Fire OS brings with it a completely different look and has a very different and in some ways superior feature set to stock Android when it comes to media consumption and more so from Amazon’s ecosystem. Today the company has released the first developer preview of their upcoming Fire OS 5 that is based on Android Lollipop. Continue reading “Amazon releases Android Lollipop based Fire OS 5 developer preview”