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  • vivo V50 5G – First Impressions and Bajaj Finserv Offers

    vivo V50 5G – First Impressions and Bajaj Finserv Offers

    Stylish design and impressive camera performance are two strong points of vivo’s V series smartphones, and the latest V50 5G is no different. The vivo V50 5G was launched on 17th February 2025 as the successor to the vivo V40. This mobile phone offers a seamless blend of looks, power, and impressive camera performance. Equipped with a Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset, powerful ZEISS shooters, and an all-day 6,000 mAh battery, the vivo V50 5G is just the mid-range power-performer you need to step into the 5G world.

    While the V50 5G prices start from Rs. 34,999, you can shop for this handset without having to splurge the entire amount upfront. Instead, you can shop for it on the Bajaj Finserv EMI Network on Easy EMIs to lighten the burden on your pocket.

    vivo V50 5G: The power-packed mid-range performer

    ●  Sleek design: vivo mobile phones have always set the bar high when it comes to design, and the V50 5G handset is no different. This model sports a refreshing look with sleek and rounded edges. The phone comes in Titanium Grey, Starry Night, and Rose Red shades, with the Starry Night option featuring a unique 3D holographic star effect. With a thickness of just 7.6 mm, this vivo mobile phone is one of the slimmest 6,000 mAh battery handsets! The V50 5G also gets IP68 and IP69 ratings for water and dust resistance.

    ●  Ultra-slim quad-curved display: Designed for binge-watching bliss, the vivo V50 sports a 6.7-inch quad-curved AMOLED screen with a refresh rate of 120Hz. This 1.5K resolution display renders true-to-life colours. This HDR10+ screen is perfect for watching movies, streaming videos, and playing games. It also comes with a peak brightness of 4,500 nits for seamless outdoor use. In terms of protection, the vivo V50 5G gets a new Diamond Shield Glass that makes the handset 50% more drop-resistant than the previous generation’s Alpha Glass.

    ●  All-day battery: While vivo V50 5G maintains sleek curves, the phone does not compromise on power. It runs on a heavy-duty 6,000 mAh battery that’s designed to power up to 21 hours of video playback on a single full charge. So now, you can game, binge-watch, and scroll without worrying about power drains. For quick refuelling, the phone gets a 90 W Flash Charging support as well.

    ●  ZEISS cameras: The V50 5G continues the brand’s legacy of impressive camera features with its ZEISS camera set-up. The latest vivo mobile phone packs a 50MP ZEISS main camera and a 50MP ZEISS ultra-wide camera with a FoV of 119 degrees. Additionally, the device sports a 50MP ZEISS front camera for selfies. The phone is designed to master the ZEISS multifocal portraits with impressive Bokeh effects. Photography enthusiasts can access standout features, including the underwater mode, wedding photography mode, AI studio light portrait, and classic ZEISS lens effect, to make their captures stand out. The Aura Light feature further helps transform pictures into masterpieces.

    ●  Power-packed Snapdragon chipset: Equipped with the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset, the vivo V50 5G delivers impeccable multitasking performance. This chipset is paired with up to 12GB of RAM and 512GB of internal storage to ensure all-around efficiency. Additionally, you get up to 12GB of Dynamic RAM to juggle up to 40 apps in the background without lag or glitches.

    ●  Super-fast 5G support: The V50 5G lets you embrace the all-new 5G world with its cutting-edge connectivity features. The latest vivo mobile phone comes with dual 5G support to ensure super-fast uploads and downloads. Apart from low-latency 5G calling perks, it also offers a host of other connectivity features, including dual-band Wi-Fi, NFC, GPS, OTG, and Bluetooth v5.4 support.

    vivo V50 5G price in India

    vivo launched the V50 5G model as a mid-range powerhouse that is built to offer the best specs and features at a relatively lower price point. To this end, vivo V50 5G prices start from Rs. 34,999 for the 8GB RAM + 128GB ROM model. The 8GB RAM + 256GB ROM variant costs around Rs. 36,999, while the top-tier 12GB RAM + 512GB ROM variant costs Rs. 40,999.

    How to buy the vivo V50 5G on Easy EMIs

    You don’t need to spend a fortune to buy the vivo V50 5G handset and experience the best of smartphone photography and style. You can do so on a budget by shopping for this vivo mobile phone on Easy EMIs on the Bajaj Finserv EMI Network. Purchasing the handset on Easy EMIs allows you to divide the cost of the phone into nominal instalments payable over a convenient tenure of 1 to 60 months. You can even tap into exciting offers and zero down payment perks on select products. All you have to do is visit your nearest Bajaj Finserv partner store to check out the vivo V50 5G in person. While checking out, choose an Easy EMI plan that suits your budget to bring home your favourite handset!  
     

  • Canon India launches pan-India campaign for its new camera

    Canon India launches pan-India campaign for its new camera

    NEW DELHI: Canon has rolled out an extensive multimedia campaign for its entry level DSLR camera, EOS 1300D. The tagline is ‘Get ready with EOS 1300D’

    The campaign adopts a strategy of capturing simple moments of life with the Canon EOS 1300D camera making them cherishable forever through Wi-Fi sharing. The new campaign emotes special occasions and moments in life like weddings, birthdays, travel/adventure where the Canon EOS 1300D camera becomes a natural fit.

    This pan India campaign kick-started on 8 April and is designed to appeal to a multifarious set of buyers who are explorers, photography enthusiasts, first time buyers and fence sitters who are considering to buy their first DSLR.

    To garner maximized consumer attention and build a brand recall towards the product, this campaign will run up to six weeks, and will engage prospective customers across print, television, digital, outdoor and cinema. To add on to the campaign Canon has a consumer interaction and engagement  campaign through “Ready with EOS 1300D” contest and build sustainability through re-targeting.

    Canon India vice president of Consumer Imaging and Information Centre Andrew Koh, said, “Canon for years now has been promoting photography culture in India and these campaigns are our way to connect with our existing customers and potential users, in an engaging way. The current campaign, “Ready with EOS 1300D” captures the grandiosity of the simple moments of life captured through EOS 1300D DSLR camera. The pan India 360 degree media campaign is set to pick up the momentum, whether it’s social media, print, TV, outdoor and indoor environs, we have left no stone unturned in reaching out to the potential users.”

    The EOS 1300D promotions kicked-off with a day- long bloggers meet in the capital city on 30 March 2016. This event was a felicitous platform that highlighted social media friendly features of the camera like Wi-Fi and built-in NFC for users who are looking to shoot to mobile devices and sharing quickly across social media platforms, simultaneously.

    The EOS 1300D, is a high performance entry level DSLR priced at an accessible level, to help beginners and photo hobbyists discover greater possibilities in photography. Equipped with an 18.0 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor and ISO speed expandable up to 12,800, the new EOS 1300D is capable of capturing high quality images and full HD video recording.

    The EOS 1300D is available at a price point of INR 29 995.00/U (incl., of all taxes) with EF-S 18-55mm IS II lens and the double zoom kit with EF-S 18-55mm IS II and EF-S 55-250mm IS II lenses is priced at INR 38 995.00/U (incl., of all taxes)

     

  • Canon India launches pan-India campaign for its new camera

    Canon India launches pan-India campaign for its new camera

    NEW DELHI: Canon has rolled out an extensive multimedia campaign for its entry level DSLR camera, EOS 1300D. The tagline is ‘Get ready with EOS 1300D’

    The campaign adopts a strategy of capturing simple moments of life with the Canon EOS 1300D camera making them cherishable forever through Wi-Fi sharing. The new campaign emotes special occasions and moments in life like weddings, birthdays, travel/adventure where the Canon EOS 1300D camera becomes a natural fit.

    This pan India campaign kick-started on 8 April and is designed to appeal to a multifarious set of buyers who are explorers, photography enthusiasts, first time buyers and fence sitters who are considering to buy their first DSLR.

    To garner maximized consumer attention and build a brand recall towards the product, this campaign will run up to six weeks, and will engage prospective customers across print, television, digital, outdoor and cinema. To add on to the campaign Canon has a consumer interaction and engagement  campaign through “Ready with EOS 1300D” contest and build sustainability through re-targeting.

    Canon India vice president of Consumer Imaging and Information Centre Andrew Koh, said, “Canon for years now has been promoting photography culture in India and these campaigns are our way to connect with our existing customers and potential users, in an engaging way. The current campaign, “Ready with EOS 1300D” captures the grandiosity of the simple moments of life captured through EOS 1300D DSLR camera. The pan India 360 degree media campaign is set to pick up the momentum, whether it’s social media, print, TV, outdoor and indoor environs, we have left no stone unturned in reaching out to the potential users.”

    The EOS 1300D promotions kicked-off with a day- long bloggers meet in the capital city on 30 March 2016. This event was a felicitous platform that highlighted social media friendly features of the camera like Wi-Fi and built-in NFC for users who are looking to shoot to mobile devices and sharing quickly across social media platforms, simultaneously.

    The EOS 1300D, is a high performance entry level DSLR priced at an accessible level, to help beginners and photo hobbyists discover greater possibilities in photography. Equipped with an 18.0 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor and ISO speed expandable up to 12,800, the new EOS 1300D is capable of capturing high quality images and full HD video recording.

    The EOS 1300D is available at a price point of INR 29 995.00/U (incl., of all taxes) with EF-S 18-55mm IS II lens and the double zoom kit with EF-S 18-55mm IS II and EF-S 55-250mm IS II lenses is priced at INR 38 995.00/U (incl., of all taxes)

     

  • Fox Television acquires KTVU-TV FOX 2 and KICU-TV 36; offers to pay $10 million for Seattle’s KBCB TV

    Fox Television acquires KTVU-TV FOX 2 and KICU-TV 36; offers to pay $10 million for Seattle’s KBCB TV

    BENGALURU: Fox Television Stations (FTS) announced that it has acquired San Francisco-Bay Area stations KTVU-TV FOX 2 and KICU-TV 36 following the close of its previously announced swap agreement with Cox Media Group (CMG). 

     

    The company’s parent 21st Century Fox has agreed to pay $10 million (about Rs 60 crore) to buy KBCB TV station in Seattle, in a move that follows a general strategy to buy stations in cities with National Football League (NFL) franchises.

     

    With the addition of the San Francisco-Bay area stations, FTS now includes duopolies in seven of the top 10 US markets.   FTS also now owns stations in 12 markets with National Football Conference (NFC) teams, allowing it to further leverage the Company’s NFC broadcast package. 

     

    In exchange for the newly-acquired stations, FTS transferred two owned-and-operated stations, WHBQ-TV FOX 13 and WFXT-TV FOX 25, located in the Memphis and Boston markets, respectively to CMG. Both stations will remain FOX affiliates, says FTS.

     

    KBCB TV is a station owned by Venture Technologies Group. Seattle has a NFL team – the Seattle Seahawks and Fox sees value in owning TV stations in markets with an NFC team.

     

    But acquiring the station may help Fox gain leverage to get what it really wants: KCPQ-TV Seattle, a much bigger station owned by Tribune Corp. KCPQ-TV is Fox’s current affiliate in the region and airs Seahawks games says a report by Wall Street Journal’s (WSJ) Joe Flint.

     

    Flint in his report says that Fox has held talks with Tribune about trading one of its stations elsewhere in the US in exchange for KCPQ—at one point Fox even put a Chicago station on the table, though that offer no longer stands. But so far the talks have gone nowhere and have gotten increasingly acrimonious, according to people familiar with the talks. Fox informed Tribune last month that it would terminate the companies’ affiliation agreement for KCPQ-TV Seattle next January.

     

    That will leave the Tribune station without Fox programming, including sports and prime-time entertainment, and could cause its ratings to dive. Industry observers say that move and the KBCB-TV purchase are aimed at ratcheting up pressure on Tribune to do a swap deal.

  • PICT faculty learn to develop mobile apps using android

    PICT faculty learn to develop mobile apps using android

    NEW DELHI: It was a time for the teachers to learn few lessons when Pune Institute of Computer Technology (PICT) hosted a one-of-its-kind Faculty Development workshop on “Mobile Application Development using Android:A Next generation platform”.

    The 12-day program, supported by AICTE, started on 2 December and concluded on 13 December, 2013 at PICT College. Faculty from various AICTE approved Engineering/DiplomaInstitutions/Industries/other Institutes present in Pune, Amravati, Nagpur, Sangamner, Aurangabad, Karaad & Raichur participated in the workshop.

    The workshop provided insight into the Android application development platform covering the environment concepts and hands on experience on Android Software Development Kit. Experts from industries and research institute including faculty experts of PICT and other institutes conducted the sessions. The program provided a platform to the faculty members to explore product developments, identify problems in the area of mobile platforms like user interface, basic building blocks, media and web home-screen widget, broadcast receivers, sensors, accelerometer, GPS, NFC, animation and 2D graphics in Androids.

    Major topics covered in the session were concepts of open source operating systems, open source developments on mobile platforms, Android platform architecture, Android application design essentials, developing android applications, research topics in Android platforms, hands on experience on applied research, algorithms, hi-performance computing using android, service oriented architecture and its implementation for the Linux kernel, concepts of open source operating systems, open source developments on mobile, platforms and Android platform.

    Sixty faculty members participated and developed 18 mobile applications under the guidance of the industry experts. Among these, PICT facilitated top three apps on the closing ceremony on 13 December. Winner of the Android application workshop was ‘Note Writer’ app, second runner up was the food application app ‘Ruchira’ and the third runners up were ‘PayCal’ app and ‘Pressure Unit Converter’ app.

    The Faculty Development Program will help various institutes and the faculty to keep pace with syllabus updates and preparing students to meet the industry challenges in the domain of Mobile Operating System. 

  • BBC Weather app hits a million downloads in two weeks

    BBC Weather app hits a million downloads in two weeks

    MUMBAI: The BBC Weather app for iOS and Android devices has reached the milestone of a million downloads.

    Taking just two weeks to hit the landmark figure, the application is said to have driven mobile traffic to BBC Weather up from 20 per cent to 25 per cent post-launch.The broadcaster reported a 47 per cent increase in mobile access on the weekend of the apps launch, compared to the previous weekend, and the hourly forecast feature accounted for 84 per cent of those users.

    Both the Android and iOS builds of the BBC Weather app offer many of the same features, though the former version includes the option to create a homescreen widget and NFC support.

    The BBC also revealed that the app is most commonly used between 6.00 am and 9.00 am in the morning.

  • BBC Weather launches mobile app

    BBC Weather launches mobile app

    MUMBAI: BBC Weather has launched a mobile application for iOS and Android devices in the UK. The free app enables users to keep ahead of the weather by allowing users to take BBC Weather‘s information on-the-go.

    As soon as a user opens the app it will automatically detect one‘s location and gives one an instant overview of the weather conditions wherever one is. It also gives quick access to the five day forecast with the option to look up further detail such as hourly UK forecasts, and three hourly forecasts for international locations, for the next 48 hours. One can find other destinations from the UK and abroad with a simple search and save them to a customisable list of favourite places.

    The app lets one make the most of this summer‘s big events with Glastonbury, Wimbledon and the British Grand Prix all approaching. There are regular updates for the weather and other information including UV, pollen count, wind speed and humidity.

    The UK pubcaster adds that the app follows an increase in users accessing BBC Weather‘s services from mobile devices over the last year, and brings the breadth of its information into a simple design. The look and feel is consistent across iOS and Android with differences, such as navigation and search, that are designed to be instantly familiar to users of each platform.

    All information and data can be found in either version of the app, but Android users can also add a widget on the device‘s home screen and share favourite locations over NFC (Near-Field Communications) by simply touching two compatible devices together.

    BBC Weather head Liz Howell said, “The new BBC Weather app is the perfect companion for this summer‘s great British sport and music events. We know that our audiences really want that at-a-glance forecast when they‘re out and about, with the option of digging for further detail when they need or want to. That‘s exactly what we‘ve delivered, squeezing in all of our trusted data into an app that‘s simple to use and looks fantastic.”

    BBC Future Media senior product manager for Weather James Metcalfe said, “We‘re making BBC Weather truly mobile with the launch of our new app. As so many of our audiences access BBC Weather from iOS and Android devices, we can now offer them an even better way to keep ahead of the weather on-the-go. This represents a significant milestone in our commitment to provide a world-class weather service to audiences across four screens – desktop, mobile, tablet and connected TV.”