Amazon: News

06 Aug 2018

India

Honor Play launched in India: Price starts at Rs. 19,999

Honor has launched its mid-range Honor Play smartphone in India today.

06 Aug 2018

India

Honor Play launches in India today, sales via Amazon

Huawei-owned Honor will launch its gaming-centric smartphone, the Honor Play, in India today.

04 Aug 2018

India

Amazon Freedom Sale begins August 9: All details here

Amazon has announced its three-day 'Amazon Freedom Sale' in India.

01 Aug 2018

Flipkart

Flipkart's upcoming free loyalty program to compete with Amazon Prime

In a bid to take on Amazon's Prime subscription service, Walmart-owned Flipkart has now announced the launch of a similar customer benefits program called 'Flipkart Plus' on August 15.

31 Jul 2018

Flipkart

#NewPolicy: Are these the last days of cheap online shopping?

Online shoppers might be in for some bad news if the government's new draft e-commerce policy is approved.

28 Jul 2018

YouTube

YouTube to take on Netflix, Amazon with its original content

In a bid to take on Netflix and Amazon Prime in the original content space, YouTube is in the process of making its own, original, scripted web series for several international markets including India, France, Germany, Mexico, and Japan.

27 Jul 2018

Technology

Amazon's facial recognition AI wrongly identifies 28 politicians as criminals

Confirming long-standing fears about potential loopholes, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) conducted a study using Amazon's facial recognition technology, and found that it incorrectly matched people to faces. It even seemed to have a racial bias.

26 Jul 2018

India

Huawei's Nova 3, Nova 3i with four AI cameras launched

Huawei has launched its latest camera-centric smartphones, the Nova 3 and Nova 3i in India today.

26 Jul 2018

Technology

6 cool and wacky tech products you never knew existed

Amazon sells a plethora of tech products that go beyond smartphones, cameras, and household electronic appliances.

23 Jul 2018

Ranchi

Meet Rohit Prasad, the Indian-born engineer who created Amazon's Alexa

Despite being a distant sci-fi vision in the 1970s, virtual assistants have become commonplace now.

21 Jul 2018

X

Amazon Prime's Bollywood style conversation with customer is hilarious

In the race to become a 'cool' brand, companies are taking their social media game quite seriously.

20 Jul 2018

India

OnePlus 6 is now available at Rs. 1,500 discount

Aimed at students, OnePlus has announced its 'Back to School' offer under which the company is offering Rs. 1,500 discount on the OnePlus 6 smartphone.

20 Jul 2018

NASDAQ

Which will hit the trillion dollar mark: Apple or Amazon?

Following the completion of Amazon's Prime Day sale, wherein the company announced that it had sold over 100 million products, the global e-commerce giant's stock market value climbed to breach the $900bn mark for the very first time.

19 Jul 2018

India

Vivo Nex launched in India for Rs. 44,990

As the latest flagship to enter India's fast-growing smartphone market, Vivo has launched the Vivo Nex.

17 Jul 2018

Bharti Airtel

These Airtel, Vodafone plans offer 1-year free Amazon Prime subscription

The Amazon Prime Day is up and running with exclusive deals on thousands of products. However, the sale is limited to Amazon Prime members only.

17 Jul 2018

Amazon Alexa

Amazon Prime Day sale: Users report issues with the website

The much-awaited Amazon Prime Day sales, which kicked-off on July 16, seems to be experiencing difficulties.

16 Jul 2018

India

OnePlus 6 Red Edition goes on sale today via Amazon

The recently launched OnePlus 6 Red Edition will go on sale in India today via Amazon and OnePlus India e-store starting 12pm.

16 Jul 2018

Flipkart

Amazon and Flipkart Sale: Here are the best smartphone deals

In hours from now, e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart will battle it out with their respective sales.

14 Jul 2018

Flipkart

Flipkart Big-Shopping-Days sale takes on Amazon Prime-Day, starts July 16

In a bid to take on Amazon's Prime Day sale, Walmart-owned Flipkart has announced its Big Shopping Days sale.

13 Jul 2018

Flipkart

#FinancialBytes: 6 free apps everyone should download to save money

Saving money is not easy, it's a huge task and lot of people find it challenging. However, smartphones have changed pretty much everything we do, including saving money.

13 Jul 2018

India

Vivo Nex S to launch on July 19, price leaked

Just days ahead of its launch in India, an Amazon listing has leaked the price of the upcoming Vivo Nex S.

10 Jul 2018

India

OnePlus 6 Midnight Black 8GB/256GB variant now available on Amazon

The latest addition to the OnePlus 6 line up, the Midnight Black 8GB RAM, and 256GB storage variant is now available in India.

06 Jul 2018

Smartphones

Limited-time-offer: OnePlus 6 available with Rs. 2,000 discount on Amazon

For those looking to buy OnePlus 6, now may be a good time as HDFC Bank has announced an instant discount of Rs. 2,000 on Amazon.

05 Jul 2018

Amazon Echo

Amazon Prime Day Sale starts from July 16: Details here

For the fourth consecutive year now, Amazon will be hosting its Amazon Prime Day Sale in India starting July 16, 12 pm IST onwards.

05 Jul 2018

Rome

Alexa is the game master in a new board game

London-based startup Sensible Object has launched a new board game called "When in Rome," which uses Amazon's voice-enabled digital assistant Alexa as the game master.

03 Jul 2018

iOS

6 apps to use if you don't have a Kindle

We can safely assume Amazon's Kindle is the most preferable way to read e-books.

30 Jun 2018

Bharti Airtel

Airtel revamps Rs. 649 postpaid-plan to now offer 90GB data

Amid growing competition, all telecom operators keep revising their prepaid or postpaid plans.

30 Jun 2018

YouTube

Amazon launches Fire HD 10 Kids Edition tablet

Amazon has launched the Amazon Fire HD 10 Kids Edition tablet for $199.

Amazon Spark: Amazon's social-media platform you have never heard about

Amazon Spark is a lesser known feature inside the Amazon app that offers Prime members in the US a shopping-focused social network-type experience.

27 Jun 2018

iOS

Amazon rolls out voice control to Alexa app on iOS

Amazon has finally brought voice control to its Alexa app on iOS.

25 Jun 2018

Amazon Echo

#CreepAlert: Alexa says to its owner, "I see people dying"

San Francisco-based Echo user Shawn Kinnear has reported that Amazon's digital smart voice assistant Alexa recently made an unprompted and disturbing statement at his home.

24 Jun 2018

Flipkart

Google plans to enter the e-commerce space from Indian market

Google is reportedly planning to debut into the e-commerce space from the Indian market. In fact, it might launch an e-commerce platform by Diwali this year.

22 Jun 2018

Amazon Prime Video

Amazon Prime monthly subscription introduced at just Rs. 129

E-commerce giant Amazon has quietly introduced a new monthly Amazon Prime subscription plan in India.

21 Jun 2018

Warren Buffett

Who is this Indian Warren Buffett picked to head healthcare-venture?

Yesterday, prominent Indian-American surgeon and journalist, Atul Gawande was appointed as the CEO of the yet-to-be named US-based health-care venture of Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JP Morgan.

16 Jun 2018

Netflix

Apple teams up with Oprah Winfrey to create original programs

Tech giant Apple has announced a collaboration with Oprah Winfrey to churn out original content.

15 Jun 2018

Health & Wellness

Artificial Intelligence: The one solution to every industry's problems

Artificial Intelligence is slowly taking the world by storm. AI isn't new to people; it's ubiquitous today.

12 Jun 2018

Workplace

Poor working conditions in Amazon: Isolated incident or a pattern?

A report by New York-based labor watchdog, China Labor Watch (CLW), revealed terrible working conditions at a Foxconn-owned Amazon facility in Hengyang, China, and understandably the e-commerce giant has come under fire.

10 Jun 2018

Apple Watch

Tired of Siri? Access Alexa on Apple Watch: Here's how

Each smart assistant does something better than the other. However, there are restrictions when you wish to use multiple smart assistants, especially on wearables.

02 Jun 2018

Flipkart

#FinancialBytes: 6 free apps everyone should download to save money

Saving money is not easy, it's a huge task and lot of people find it challenging. However, smartphones have changed pretty much everything we do, including saving money.

02 Jun 2018

India

Xiaomi's selfie-focused Redmi Y2 will be Amazon exclusive in India

As the India variant of its selfie-focused Redmi S2 smartphone, Xiaomi is expected to launch the Redmi Y2 on June 7.