VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

OPPO has unveiled a dashing blue edition of OPPO F5 in collaboration with its brand ambassador – Sidharth Malhotra: OPPO F5 Sidharth Limited Edition. According to the company, this new colour edition continues the success of the F5 series, OPPO’s first full-screen model featuring A.I. Beauty Recognition Technology designed to personalize beautification.  OPPO has also revealed a brand-new microfilm starring Sidharth Malhotra and directed by critically acclaimed film director – Mohit Suri.  Commenting on this new launch, Will Yang, Brand Director, OPPO India, said, “It brings us immense pleasure to offer our consumers another special that will enable them to capture special moments spent with loved ones. OPPO as a brand is focussed on the youth and always innovates its marketing and product strategies to offer unique experiences. The OPPO F5 Sidharth Limited Edition, a blend of innovation and technology, is an effort in that direction. We are extremely happy to coll...

Vivo has collaborated with fashion designer Manish Malhotra and launched "Infinite Red" Vivo V7+ limited edition smartphone targeting millennials in India. The selfie-focussed flagship smartphone comes with 24MP front shooter features a heart-shaped motif at the back. The device was launched in champagne gold and matte black coloured variants in September. Commenting on this, Kenny Zeng, CMO, Vivo India, said, "With the launch of V7+ Manish Malhotra Limited edition, we are providing an opportunity for consumers to express their love in a more elegant and captivating manner." "I am happy to collaborate with Vivo and present the V7+. We have created a phone that symbolises the spirit of youth and infinite love," Malhotra said in a statement.... Read More

From budget year 2017-18, the Government has decided to merge Rail Budget with the Union Budget. The merger of Railway Budget with General Budget is based on the recommendations of the Committee headed by Shri Bibek Debroy, Member, NITI Aayog, and a separate paper on “Dispensing with the Railway Budget” presented by Shri Bibek Debroy along with Shri Kishore Desai. A Committee with representatives from the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Railways examined the issues involved and worked out the procedural details. The salient features of merger and the benefits likely to accrue there from are broadly given below: i. Ministry of Railways will continue to function as a departmentally run commercial undertaking; ii. A separate Statement of Budget Estimates and Demand for Grant will be created for Railways; iii. A single Appropriation Bill, including the estimates of Railways, will be prepared and presented by Ministry of Finance to Parliament and all legislative work connecte...

Quess Corp. has announced that it has signed definitive agreements to buy Monster India and its business in South-East Asia and the Middle East (“Monster”) from Monster Worldwide Inc. and The Care Business of HCL Services (“Care Business”) from HCL Infosystems.  According to the company, the transactions are expected to close in the next few weeks, subject to the fulfilment of customary closing conditions and required statutory approvals.  Monster, a leading online career and recruitment resource with its cutting-edge technology, provides relevant profiles to employers and relevant jobs to jobseekers across industry verticals, experience levels and geographies. Monster, a 20+-year-old marquee internet brand, provides the widest and most sophisticated job-seeking, career management, recruitment and talent management capabilities globally. The acquired business has operations across India, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia,...

Red Hat has signed a definitive agreement to acquire CoreOS, Inc., an innovator and leader in Kubernetes and container-native solutions for a purchase price of $250 million. The acquisition is subject to certain adjustments at closing that are not expected to be material. The transaction is expected to have no material impact to Red Hat's guidance for its fourth fiscal quarter or fiscal year ending February 28, 2018. Red Hat’s acquisition of CoreOS will further its vision of enabling customers to build any application and deploy them in any environment with the flexibility afforded by open source. By combining CoreOS’s complementary capabilities with Red Hat’s already broad Kubernetes and container-based portfolio, including Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat aims to further accelerate adoption and development of hybrid cloud platform for modern application workloads. Paul Cormier, President, Products and Technologies, Red Hat, said, “The next era of technology is being drive...

With the perfect theme designed for this year, Infotech Software Dealers Association (ISODA) is in its 8th edition of TechSummit, held in hotel J W Marriot Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 1st and 4th of February, 2018. This year, TechSummit is sponsored by CISCO as the Platinum sponsor, Checkpoint and Kaspersky as the Gold sponsors, while other vendors which include Redhat, Sophos, Radware, iPSwitch and Stratus are the Silver sponsors and LG participated as the Associate sponsor. The event is attended by 100 key decision makers of the VAR community, members of ISODA who have been working tirelessly to onboard technology sponsors, create an interesting agenda, maximize participation and creating most interactive platform for discussion on Tipping Point: Breaching the finance barrier.... Read More

According to a news source, Brisbane Airport has revealed that passengers arriving and departing can soon be able to pay through cryptocurrency in few stores and F&B outlets at the airport. Brisbane Airport and some retailers have joined hands with TravelbyBit to bring decentralized blockchain-enabled payments to the two terminals. Travellers can use TravelbyBit’s cryptocurrency payment system to dine and shop at stores such as Botanist, Spoon, Windmill & Co. and Forte Espresso, as well as AWPL stores, including Australian Way, Merino Collection, Carry On, Dreamtime Journey and News Travels. The payment system supports Bitcoin, Dash, Ethereum and other digital currencies.... Read More

In Union Budget 2018, as the government has increased the basic custom duty to 20%, the prices of imported smartphones such as Apple will increase by upto 4%. As per the industry experts, the prices may stabilize over the time as local production is expected to increase to 90% as most players assemble phones locally. This step is likely to be in line with boosting manufacturing in India as Apple and Google imports their phones from China. About 75-80% of the phones sold in India are made locally, as most players operating here prefer to manufacture locally to take advantage of the duty differential versus imports. The duty increase would be the third instance in the last 12 months. In February 2017, the government imposed a 10% import duty which it increased to 15% in December, and now to 20%.... Read More

In the Union Budget 2018, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley proposed to set up 5 lakh hotspots which will provide broadband to 5 crore Indians and government has allocated a fund of Rs 10,000 crore under telecom infrastructure.  To hasten the adoption of 5G, the Department of Telecom (DoT) along with IIT Chennai will support the establishment of indigenous test bed for 5G technologies.... Read More