VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Amazon India signs MoU with DGR to hire 25,000 ex-servicemen by 2025:  Amazon India   signs an MoU with the   Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) , to provide ex-service personnel with work opportunities across its growing operations network in the country.   The association with DGR will further enable Amazon India to mobilise the untapped potential of veterans, giving it access to a greater talent pipeline.The company aims to hire 25,000 military veterans by 2025. This includes veterans from the Army, Air force, Navy, and their families.   Veterans will have access to various work opportunities including a mix of individual contribution and managerial roles across its fulfilment centres, sort centres, and delivery stations, claims Amazon India. This collaborative is an expansion of Amazon India’s existing Military Veterans Employment programme.... Read More

Long awaited and pre-orders for over a month Nokia 5 budget smartphone is finally available for Sale in India starting from today, August 15, 2017.  HMD Global , who owns NOKIA brand confirmed their other confirmed offerings which have been made available online as well. The Nokia 5 smartphone will be available to buy in more than 10 cities across India in select retail outlets. The smartphone is a sleek and compact Android based and robust engineered phone out of a single block of 6000 series aluminium to create a perfect pillowed body that flows seamlessly into the laminated 5.2” IPS HD display, Powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 mobile platform, sculpted Corning Gorilla Glass with excellent battery life.... Read More

Honor has launched Honor 8 Pro. With processing power, long lasting battery life and 14.47cm 2K display, the Honor 8 Pro with dual-lens camera is packed into an impossibly thin 6.97mm body. The Honor 8 Pro has been designed under the partnership with Amazon, Gameloft, GoPro, Jaunt VR and Deep Silver Fishlabs to enrich digital lifestyles through enhanced smartphone experiences.  P Sanjeev, Vice President Sales, Huawei India-Consumer Business Group, said, “Honor is committed to scale new heights of product innovation and customer centricity through its products. We are focused on embedding powerful features in our devices at an affordable price to accommodate consumers’ lifestyle. With the Honor 8 Pro, we set out to push the boundaries on all fronts. The Honor 8 Pro offers market-leading specifications by pushing the boundary of smartphone design, providing 2K display, extra-long battery life, dual camera setup and delivering powerful performance to ensure best experiences ac...

To give its users even more storage capacity in an ultra-slim form-factor, Seagate has launched Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim , claimed to be the thinnest 2TB mobile hard drive . This new hard drive is built with Backup Plus Slim drive, delivering a stunning new design with the same leading capacity in an even slimmer profile. The Backup Plus Ultra Slim also includes 200GB of Microsoft OneDrive cloud storage and Lyve software compatibility, so users can back up, access and share their favourite files from any device or location. Tim Bucher, Vice-President for Seagate’s Consumer Group , said, “The launch of the Backup Plus Ultra Slim builds on Seagate’s rich history of award-winning innovation to give users even more capacity in an incredibly small form-factor. Based on our breakthrough ultra-mobile hard drive technology, this new storage solution gives them a better way to manage the increase in both data volumes and number of devices.” Read more

ZOPO, which recently entered the Indian territory to address the next-gen needs of the tech-savvy consumers by bringing an impactful combination of superior visual features and high-end technology to provide multi-functionality for work as well as pleasure, has launched ZOPO Speed 7 Plus. This handset is an upgrade to Speed 7 handset launched by ZOPO this August. Speed 7 Plus is an extraordinary illustration of fun, style and technology along with being penny-wise with high configuration and distinctive features. It encases a 5.5-inch frameless screen displaying superior visual effects. This near borderless perfection with high-end technology brings 1080 P, which is more vivid than one can imagine. With this launch, ZOPO has also caught up with the trend of technology into gaming. It has 3GB RAM with a 64-bit Octa-core CPU, which makes playing games a breeze... Read more

To meet the growing needs of fast-growing seller base in the country, Amazon.in has announced that it has invested in seven new Fulfilment Centres (FCs). New FCs have been opened in Ahmedabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Nagpur, Gurgaon, Pune and Mumbai.  With the launch of these new FCs, Amazon now has 20 FCs operational across 10 states in India, covering a total area of over 1.6-million sq. ft. with a storage capacity of nearly four million cubic feet. The FCs will allow Amazon.in to offer its Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) service to thousands of small and medium businesses in these states and empower them to gain access to and service customers across the country at significantly low operating costs. They will also enable faster and quicker delivery of products to Amazon.in customers in these regions... Read more

Meizu Technology has launched Meizu m2 note in India.  The device will be available from August 10th exclusively on Amazon India at Rs 9,999. The smartphone is being unveiled six months after the launch of its predecessor, which it outperforms in many aspects. Some of the enriched features include the improved R-angle curve, an optimized camera and a brand-new mBack touch-sensitive button that behaves differently depending on the users input. With the new Flyme OS 4.5 based on Android 5.1, the 64-bit CPU gives the best experience together with the outstanding memory and battery management features of the latest Android version. The 64-bit MT6753 octa-core processor provides the smartphone powerful and efficient performance. The processor has 8 advanced 1.3 GHz Cortex A53 cores and the Mali-T720 GPU and it makes it perfect for every situation... See more  

In line with Amazon’s mission of transforming the way India sells Amazon Seller Services has announced the launch of the Amazon Service Providers Network (ASPN). ASPN is a network of empanelled third-party service providers who will help bridge seller capability gaps in the new digital economy. ASPN complements and is in addition to the Seller University and Amazon Trained Ecommerce Specialist (ATES) network that Amazon has put in place to enable millions of sellers in the country to take advantage of the fast-growing e-commerce industry. All three aim to empower sellers who are not online savvy or constrained by time and expertise to start or manage their online sales channel and succeed on Amazon platforms. While ATES enrolls trained freelancers, SPN is aimed at professionals and small to large companies who specialize in services such as imaging and transportation and seller university is a formal coaching and training programme structured for self-learning through online video...