Twitter is reportedly offering cash to its employees to stop them from quitting

Twitter is offering its employee cash bonus of $50,000 to $200,000 so that the employee can stay with them for over year. The company is also offering additional restricted stock to employees companywide.

Micro-blogging website Twitter is reportedly offering its employees cash bonuses of $50,000 to $200,000 so that they stay with the company for at least a year, media reported. The social media firm has also been offering additional restricted stock to employees company wide, extending from the upper ranks to junior level employees. The move is seen as an effort to stop brain drain at a time when the firm’s stock has lost two-thirds of its value since its 52-week high of $53.49 in April 2015, Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.

HTC Desire 728 Dual SIM With 5.5-Inch Display Launched at Rs. 17,990

After launching the HTC Desire 828 Dual SIM and HTC One A9 in India last month,
HTC on Friday launched the Desire 728 Dual SIM in India - priced at Rs. 17,990. The smartphone will be made available via major offline retailers in the country from next week in White Luxury and Purple Myst.
To recall, the HTC Desire 728 Dual SIM was
launched in China in September last year. It runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop with HTC Sense and features a 5.5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) IPS display like the Desire 820G+ Dual SIM, which was launched in July. It packs the same 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, but a 5-megapixel secondary front-facing camera instead of an 8-megapixel one. Also, the handset is powered by a slightly less powerful octa-core MediaTek MT6753 SoC (clocked at 1.3GHz) and 2GB of RAM.
The 16GB inbuilt storage on the Desire 728 Dual SIM is expandable via microSD card (up to 2TB). Connectivity options on the handset include Wi-Fi, FM radio, Bluetooth, GPRS/ EDGE, GPS/ A-GPS, 3G, Micro-USB and 4G LTE TDD connectivity with support for Indian networks. According to the official listing of the HTC Desire 728 Dual SIM, the handset is backed by a 2800mAh battery that can offer up to 21 hours of talk time and up to 485 hours of standby time in 3G. It measures 157.9x77.84x7.87mm and weighs around 153 grams.
Much like other recently launched HTC smartphones, the Desire 728 Dual SIM features HTC BoomSound technology, which is complemented by Dolby Audio as well.
Faisal Siddiqui, President South Asia HTC, said of the launch, "The new HTC Desire 728 Dual SIM brings distinctive design into a feature-rich smartphone, providing you with a great value smartphone which you can truly make your own. We want to provide a powerful, fully customisable experience to our customers, and the HTC Desire 728 Dual SIM brings this in abundance."

Google, Lenovo Unveil First Project Tango Smartphone at CES 2016

As teased earlier this week , Google and Lenovo in collaboration announced their first consumer-targeted product with Project Tango technology at the ongoing CES 2016 trade show - smartphone. The Chinese tech firm plans to launch the smartphone "this summer" with a "less than $500" price tag.
Lenovo demonstrated some applications of
Project Tango at its joint event, showcasing the indoor area mapping that's possible with the 3D machine vision technology. Three vertically stacked lenses in the smartphone camera will deliver colour and depth information, while a fisheye lens is supposed to give a wide-angle peripheral vision around the device. All the data gathered by the camera are then compiled by the Lenovo smartphone's processor, about which the company failed to give details, to build a 3D map of the area. The technology will allow near real-time mapping, with measurements down to the centimetre.
The Lenovo-made Project Tango-based handset will run on Android OS and will feature a display size that will be less than 6.5-inches. As for the developers, they can submit their Project Tango application ideas to Google until February 15. Selected developers will get funding for their idea, and their apps will be preloaded on the Lenovo smartphone. The search giant will be shipping the smartphone to select developers based on their app ideas.
"This was not designed as a niche device," said Lenovo vice president Jeff Meredith. "We want this to be accessible to a large audience," he added.
Project Tango leader Johnny Lee, who joined in the Las Vegas announcement, said the technology "transforms the smartphone into a magical window on the world."
Lee, who demonstrated various uses of the technology, said it could help consumers find their way in a large hotel or mall, or take precise measurements of a room before shopping for furnishings.
He showed how to get instant measurements of ceiling height, square footage and more, and then tested how certain furniture pieces would look in a room.

Rajiv Chowk and Kashmere Gate Delhi Metro stations are now Wi-fi enabled

Commuters travelling via Rajiv Chowk and Kashmere Gate metro stations, two of the busiest junctions of the Delhi Metro network, would now be able to access Internet for free with the launch of Wi-Fi facility on Friday.
The first such introduction of wireless Internet in the rapidly expanding network, which has been christened ‘Metro-Fi’, would let people use Internet for free for 30 minutes everyday, beyond which they will be charged by the service provider.
The Wi-Fi services at these two stations are being provided as part of an MoU signed by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation with the Rail Tel Corporation of India in May 2015.
The other three stations where similar facilities would be made available soon are Vishwavidyalaya, Central Secretariat, and Hauz Khas. All the five stations fall on metro’s Yellow Line, that connects Samaypur Badli to Gurgaon.
“As soon as a passenger enters the paid area of these stations, she can select available Wi-Fi network named ‘Metro-Fi’ and then register herself through her mobile number. Subsequently, one SMS will be sent on that number having the login password,” a metro official said.
Until recently, only trains and stations of the 5.1 km long Rapid Metro Network in Gurgaon were Wi-Fi enabled.

best smartphone in 2015

E-commerce website Flipkart has announced that this year has been big in the affordable 4G smartphone segment and Lenovo, has emerged as the favourite smartphone brand of the year. The popularity of 4G smartphones this year clearly shows how digital customers are making a shift to the 4G segment, along with the desire to opt for affordable smartphones.
According to #FlipTrends, a year ender report by Flipkart, Lenovo A6000 Plus and Lenovo K3 Note were the top two most sought after smartphones in 2015. Motorola closely followed with two smartphones, Moto G 3rd Gen and Moto E 2nd Gen featuring at the third and sixth position respectively. Xiaomi Mi 4i and Redmi Note 4G took fourth and fifth spots followed by Samsung Galaxy On7, Samsung Galaxy J7, Micromax Canvas Xpress 2 and Asus Zenfone 5 respectively.
Lenovo, also the owner of Motorola, is also among the top five smartphone brands in India. In the bid to climb the ladder further, the company aims to double local production as well.
According to a report by The Economic Times , Lenovo aims to take the second spot in India and is looking to almost double the local production to 10 million units annually by this year. The report also adds that Lenovo plans to export from its Chennai facility and will make more models in India.

Huawei Honor devices will now be available offline via Zopper in India

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Honor, a sub-brand of Huawei, today announced its partnership with Zopper, a hyper local marketplace for consumer durables and home appliances. This tie-up marks the Honor brand going offline in India. Till date, Honor smartphones were only available in India, online, on the e-commerce portal Flipkart and Snapdeal. Some of the smartphone models launched include Honor Bee and Honor 4C in the entry level, Honor 4X, Honor 6 and Honor Holly in the mid-range, and Honor 6 plus and Honor 7 in the premium segment
Honor in collaboration with Zopper aims to reach out to 267 outlets in Delhi NCR (Gurgaon, Faridabad), Chennai, Vellore, Pondicherry and Bengaluru. Through this partnership, customers can also avail a 5 percent cashback on Honor phones till December 24, along with a free 1 year accidental damage/liquid damage bundled with all Huawei smartphones bought through Zopper.
Commenting on the announcement, Allen Wang, President of Consumer Business Group, Huawei India said, “We are very encouraged with the response we have received for our Honor smartphones in India, including the Honor 4X, Honor 6 Plus and Honor 7. To reinforce our commitment towards our customers in India, and allow a higher level of access to Honor smartphones, we have decided to introduce Honor smartphones in the offline sales channel, which starts with the tie-up with Zopper, which allow customers to choose the retailer offering the best price for a product.”
Commenting on the tie-up, Harneet Singh Rajpal, CBO, Zopper, said “Zopper is an app that allows a customer to choose the retailer with the best price for a product, from over 10,000+ online and offline retailers. The app caters to the urban mobile-savvy consumer, who wishes to find the best local deals through pricing and product comparison. Honor is a modern brand targeted at the youth, and we believe that Honor will receive strong traction and sales on Zopper.”

Microsoft Lumia 550 launched, priced at Rs. 9,399

The Microsoft Lumia 550 has been launched in India for Rs. 9,399 and will be available from December 23. The device is the company’s cheapest device to come with Windows 10 for Mobile and will be available in Glossy White and Matte Black variants. The device comes with a 4.7-inch HD display and is powered by a 1.1GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 SoC with 1GB of RAM. It comes equipped with 8GB of onboard storage which can be expanded by up to 200GB. There is a 5MP camera at the back of the device while at the front is a 2MP camera. The Lumia 550 has a single Micro-SIM slot and is 4G capable. It comes with a 2100mAh battery, which Microsoft says can deliver up to 16 hours of talk time.
The Lumia 550 doesn’t support certain Windows 10 features like Continuum and Windows Hello as it doesn’t meet the hardware requirements for these features. However, it does come with Microsoft Edge browser, the revamped Outlook mail, Cortana digital assistant, Glance Screen, and more.
Microsoft’s new flagship devices, the
Lumia 950 and 950XL , were available for purchase in India from December 11. The phones were priced at Rs. 43,699 and Rs. 49,399 respectively. Both devices come with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of expandable storage. At the back of both devices is a 20MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS). The 950XL comes with a 5.7-inch QHD display with a Snapdragon 810 processor, while the Lumia 950 comes with a 5.2-inch QHD display with a Snapdragon 808 SoC.