This increase of 5% in custom duty will particularly hurt the companies who haven’t started manufacturing smartphones in India. For instance, Apple has just started manufacturing the iPhone SE in India, but everything else is imported from China. The Indian government had increased the custom duty from 10% to 15% just a couple of months back, after which Apple had increased the prices of iPhones. According to Tarun Pathak from Counterpoint Research, 3/5th of total 300 Million handsets were assembled in India last year....

However, as per sources, the government has decided to deny any such “pre-requisites” and special incentives. “We have told them, please come and invest but we cannot do things that go beyond our policies. We cannot do things only for you,” added one senior government official familiar with the matter. Apple specifically wants India to hold off on a policy which is expected to impose heavier duties on smartphone components....

Instagram is mostly focused on celebrities that made it big by using Instagram as an outreach platform. In other words, the focus is more on homegrown celebrities rather than traditional ones. Apart from helping Instagram increase its engagement, the newer videos will also shift the spotlight on the creators. Perhaps this will help the creators leverage their reach in a whole new way. The IGTV hub can also be accessed via a standalone app....

Note: The IIS server is not available with Windows 7 Home edition. So, you must have Windows 7 Professional edition or Ultimate edition for installing IIS web server. How to Install Microsoft IIS Server on Windows 7 By following these steps, you can setup your own HTTP to test your website locally on you computer, before uploading it to Internet. You can also setup your own server to host your website permanently on your computer, instead of an online hosting provider....

The ThinkPad P52 is a mobile workstation which demands a lot of power and the P52 doesn’t disappoint. It includes the newest 8th generation of Intel CPUs with up to 6 cores (including Intel Xeon options) and also RAM of up to a whopping 128GB for the first time, likely utilizing the new 32 GB SO-DIMM modules by Samsung. It can probably be compared to a gaming laptop except for the fact that mobile workstations are used to perform more CPU and GPU-intensive tasks....

Lenovo Vibe Shot is powered by a 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 chipset which is clocked at 1.7GHz and tagged to a 3GB RAM. The display shapes up in the form of a 5-inch FHD screen with Corning Gorilla 3 protection. The design approach for the Vibe Shot has been appealing, as opposed the common perceptions that camera centric phones are ugly, the Lenovo Vibe Shot looks stunning in its brushed metal finish and the neatly chamfered edges....

And before you ask: you DO NOT NEED A KINDLE to buy and read a book from the Kindle eBook Store. All you need is an Internet connection. Actually, you do not even need a credit card or anything. You can read a book you have purchased from the Kindle Book Store on your phone, your computer, your tablet and well, of course, on a Kindle as well if you have one....

The Helio P90 will sit above the company’s recently announced Helio P70 with quicker and more capable internals. But the area where MediaTek is hoping the Helio P90 will truly stand out is with its dual-core processing unit which is designed to handle intense machine learning tasks. Called the APU 2.0, MediaTek claims it’s four times more powerful than what you get on the Helio P70 and P60. What’s more, MediaTek says the upgraded AI chip can even process more complex and dynamic features such as tracking body movements, and deep-learning facial detection....

Google Pixel Buds are a Bluetooth powered earphone that can be carried around in a pocket-sized fabric charging case. It is, in fact, the first wireless earphones from Google. The earbuds are circular in shape and come in three color options – Kinda Blue, Clearly White and Just Black – enough to match the new Pixel 2 phone. Ok, Google! The Google Pixel Buds feature a wide range of gesture controls including swipes or touches to change songs, answer phone calls and even adjust volume....

It might come as a surprise for a lot of people, but this is not the first time Xiaomi is launching a Smart LED Bulb. In fact, a couple of months back, the company had already launched the Mi Smart LED Bulb in the global market. The pricing for which is around €19, which sits in right with the other competitors in the market. Based on the details revealed at the event earlier today, we know that the Mi LED Smart Bulb comes with: Although we do not have any further details of the upcoming Smart Bulb, we expect it to be similar to the one offered in the global market....

Apple and Google are the absolute leaders when it comes to mobile apps, and no matter what Microsoft didn’t try, it was pretty hard to reach them in terms of number of supported apps. Thus, Microsoft’s plans to enable Android apps on Windows and Windows Phone have been known for quite a while. And now it seems that the company has finally come up with a plan that actually makes sense....

Windows 9 is slated to bring several new features alongside removing some of the Windows 8 components. For instance, several reports suggest that the Charms bar available in Windows 8 will not be included in Windows 9, while a mini Start Menu — which the company decided to not include in Windows 8 through Windows 8.1 August Update will be added in the new operating system. There are also reports that suggest that the company will be adding Cortana, the voice assistant service presently available on Microsoft’s mobile operating system Windows Phone to the desktop operating system as well....

The Surface Laptop boasts of a 3:2 aspect ratio and it mostly looks like a MacBook killer with the Alcantara keyboard deck, hardware options ranging all the way up to i7 and the 13.5-inch PixelSense display is apparently “the thinnest LCD module on a laptop. ” It’s interesting how Microsoft is not just restricting the Windows 10 S to budget hardware but is extending the same to the top of the line Surface lineup as well....

The Moto G4 Plus comes equipped with a 5.5-inch FHD display along with Corning Gorilla 3 protection. The G4 Plus is powered by an octa core Snapdragon 617 clocked at 1.5GHz processor alongside Adreno 405. The Moto G4 Plus comes in two variants, one with a 16GB Storage/2GB RAM and another with a 32GB Storage/3GB RAM. Both the variants will support microSD card up to 128GB. On the imaging front the Moto G4 Plus sports a 16-Megapixel f/2....

The proposed law was the result of European Commission’s efforts to create a unified market for the streaming services. Portability of digital content has always been debatable and with the passage of this law it is quite possible that it might add a degree of clarity. According to Reuters, subscribers who have paid for the services like the Sky TV Now, 1MaxDome TV and ProSiebenSat will still be able to view the same temporarily when they are roaming in European Union....

In terms of design, the new 13-inch MacBook Pro follows the same design language as its previous models, with a sleek aluminum unibody chassis that comes in space gray and silver colorway. Upfront, it includes the 13-inch Retina display with 500 nits of brightness and support for P3 wide color gamut. The display leverages Apple’s True Tone technology to provide natural colors and reduce eye strain to enhance the viewing experience....

Nexus One Pricing Here’s the price: $199 unlocked in stores. $100 rebate online if you have an active and old Google account. That $100 rebate is either to buy it $99 online from Google’s online phone store, for using on Android Marketplace or for using on any Google Checkout stores. Can also be used for T-Mobile or AT&T pre-paid Data SIM card service at $29 per month, no contracts required....

The Nintendo 3DS will be launched in the USA on March 27, and will be available for $250. It is already breaking all pre-booking records. “Consumers are going to have to expect for at least the first year that possibly finding a 3DS might be difficult“, says EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich. The prices have already hit $500 for some 3DS systems on eBay. Nintendo aims to ship 4 million 3DS systems globally by the end of March....

Nokia has just announced the Lumia 925, which comes with a set of improvements in the camera capabilities. However, what makes the Lumia 925 stand out from its siblings in the Lumia family ((Lumia 920 & Lumia 928) is the unique metal band design around the body which also allows for a fabulous antenna reception, as they claim. The Lumia 925 comes with the same PureView branding, Carl Zeiss optics, an 8....

The rumor mills claim that Nokia Flagship will employ a large circular disk to house the camera lens unit much like the yesteryear’s Nokia Lumia 1020. Apparently, it will have five holes for the lens and another opening for the flash unit. It’s also quite possible that Nokia might incorporate the rotating lens technology, for which a patent has already been filed. The Miniature zoom camera from the Zeiss includes a mechanism wherein multiple lenses can be rotated and thus will help in changing the focal length and also offer a much larger zoom range....