VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Canon Expo opened its floors in Shanghai for its showcase of innovative imaging and printing solutions.  Fujio Mitarai, Chairman & CEO of Canon Inc . , inaugurated the Canon Expo and greeted all the guests with a keynote speech. Canon’s reach goes far beyond the realm of photography, with imaging products. Canon’s super creative printing with 8k ride experience gives a world-class look, where one can take 360 degrees imaging and sound... Read More

Nokia has planned to bring Nokia brand back to the mobile phone and tablet markets on a global basis. The company has signed a strategic brand and intellectual property licensing agreement enabling HMD to create Nokia-branded mobile phones and tablets for the next ten years. Under the agreement, Nokia Technologies will receive royalty payments from HMD for sales of Nokia-branded mobile products, covering both brand and intellectual property rights. HMD has been founded to provide a focussed, independent home for a full range of Nokia-branded feature phones, smartphones and tablets. Also, HMD has conditionally agreed to acquire rights from Microsoft to use the Nokia brand on feature phones, and certain related design rights. The Microsoft transaction is expected to close in H2 2016. Together, these agreements would make HMD the sole global licensee for all types of Nokia-branded mobile phones and tablets. HMD intends to invest over US$500 million over the next thr...

Idea Cellular has expanded of its hi-speed 4G LTE service to 22 more towns in Karnataka circle, taking the total tally to 61. Covering all major towns across all 27 districts, the company has increased its presence exponentially in a short span of time. Siva Ganapathi, Chief Operating Officer – Karnataka, Idea Cellular , said, “As a part of the aggressive rollout of Idea 4G LTE service , our focus has remained on providing our customers with world-class mobile broadband experience coupled with superior service delivery. With better consumer offers and affordable tariff plans, we aim to provide the best-in-class experience to our subscribers in the region.” Read More

In line with expansion of external storage solutions, Western Digital Corporation has launched its new HGST Touro Mobile external hard drives with up to 3TB portable storage. HGST Touro Mobile is a fast, USB 3.0 portable drive in a slim and compact enclosure with easy usage and features both local and cloud backup. Two levels of data protection enable customers to keep their photos, movies, music and documents safe and can be accessed by smartphone or computer web browsers when using the 3GB of cloud storage. In addition, customers can share their online content with others by simply sending a web link... Read More