Author Archives: Sayantani Singha

Panasonic targets 20% growth bolstered by good monsoon, 7th pay commission

Bengaluru: Panasonic India today said it is expecting “tremendous” growth in the consumer businesses, on good monsoon this year and 7th Pay Commission giving boost to consumer confidence for spending. “While we look forward, there is a tremendous growth which we are targeting from consumer businesses, we are?targeting about 20 per cent compared to last year,” Panasonic?India President and CEO Read More


Microsoft Surface Studio, Windows 10 Creators update unveiled

New York: Expanding the Surface family, Microsoft has unveiled Surface Studio, Surface Dial and a more powerful Surface Book along with an announcement that a major update is coming to more than 400 million Windows 10 devices in early 2017. “At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organisation on the planet to achieve more,” said Microsoft`s Read More


Hyundai to launch new SUV to take on Vitara Brezza in 2019

Hyundai India has announced its intentions of adding a new SUV to its line-up in the first half of 2019. The entry-level SUV will be positioned below the Hyundai Creta SUV and it is expected to be a sub-four metre car. The new Hyundai SUV will take on the popular Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza head-on. The Korean car maker had Read More


Honda Jazz now gets dual airbags as standard

Honda Cars has now equipped its premium hatchback, the Jazz, with dual airbags as a standard feature across the range. The addition of the safety feature has resulted in the price hike of around Rs 12,000. Earlier the dual airbags were only available on the V, SV, and VX variants, but now even the base E and S variants are equipped Read More


Kia Motors India debut next year?

Kia Motors, the Korean car maker, has slowly built a reputation for itself in the European and the American car markets. Expectedly, its next step would be to expand its global footprint and venture into the growing Indian car market, the fifth largest automobile market in the world. It is learnt that the Korean car maker is already in the Read More


Mercedes-Maybach S650 Cabriolet teased, launch on November 16

Mercedes-Benz has dropped a teaser of the second car in the Mercedes-Maybach lineup ahead of its global debut at the 2016 Los Angeles auto show. It is based on the Mercedes S-Class Cabriolet which was launched in India recently. The uber-luxurious cabriolet will sit alongside the existing Mercedes-Maybach S600 saloon in the company’s portfolio. Limited to only 300 units as Read More


New Mercedes-Benz CLA to be launched in India on November 30

Mercedes-Benz will launch a new version of their CLA sedan for the Indian market on November 30. This is the entry-level sedan from the German automaker and will be the first major update for it since the car was launched here more than a year ago. This new CLA will follow along the lines of its hatchback sibling and gets Read More


Lenovo’s Moto E3 launches in India on September 19

New Delhi: Lenovo is planning to host an event to unveil  the Moto E3. in India on September 19, while the sale of the device will begin by the month end. Specifications of the Lenovo Moto E3: It is a budget smartphone Runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow Features a 5-inch HD (720×1280 pixel) IPS display. Moto E3 is powered by a 1.0GHz MediaTek Read More


LeEco to host EPIC shopping fest for Indian consumers

New Delhi: LeEco will be bringing in a one-of-a-kind online shopping festival with impressive discounts to India in September. LeEco has been hosting similar shopping events in Mainland China, Hong Kong and the US market in September. As part of this EPIC online shopping fest, LeEco will be offering offers on its existing range of Superphones, Super TVs, and range Read More


Over 18.2 mn 4G devices shipped in Q2 2016: Report

New Delhi: With content and video consumption set to grow with 4G, over 18.2 million 4G devices were shipped in the second quarter of 2016 as against 15.4 million in the first quarter this year, market research firm CyberMedia Research (CMR) said on Friday. Of the 4G devices shipped, 97.8 per cent were smartphones followed by data cards at 1.6 Read More