ASUS announces Ganesh Chaturthi offer on Zenfone3, get a chance to win ASUS ZenPower worth INR 2500

It is said in India that "Teej Festival" brings a happy season of festivals with it and the festivities continues for good 5-6 months span until Holi Festival is celebrated. Needless to say festival season brings in a positive environment in homes, offices,shops and other markets. You will see a whole range of discounts and offers from various brands in different categories these days, which includes consumer electronics market as well. So you would be hearing a lot of news from various brands coming up with various offers to celebrate these days. ASUS has just announced one such offer with spirit to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi.

ASUS Zenfone 3 Ganesh Chaturthi Offer

This Ganesh Chaturthi, ASUS is giving consumers a lucky chance to bring in the festive season by winning exciting gifts along with the purchase of the Zenfone 3. 50 lucky consumers, who buy the Zenfone 3 ZE520KL and ZE552KL variant, will be selected basis a lucky draw every day and will win a free ASUS ZenPower worth INR 2,500. The offer is valid from September 1^st to September 7^th.

The ASUS ZenFone 3 “Built for Photography” is a feature-packed smartphone that combines premium design and superior specifications. It features the next generation PixelMaster 3.0 camera and is equipped with the latest 16MP Sony IMX298 sensor, making it the perfect device for smartphone photography.

In order to be eligible to win the power bank, consumers can purchase the ZE520KL/ ZE552KL variant of the Zenfone 3 from all leading ecommerce and ASUS authorized retail partners, and successfully complete the registration & verification process. The consumer could register his/her product details like the invoice number, date of purchase, dealer name, location of purchase, product serial number & contact details on - http://asus.in/zenfone3_offer/

“Celebrated with great joy and fervour, Ganesh Chaturthi signifies the time for new beginnings and jubilant celebration in India. This exciting offer will add charm to the season and give our consumers one more reason to celebrate and bring in the enthusiasm of the festive season into their homes. Launched recently in August 2016, the Zenfone 3 is an epitome of the ASUS design philosophy, and gives consumers the perfect chance to celebrate with a device that offers luxury and superb specifications.” - said Peter Chang, Regional Head South Asia, Country Head ASUS India.

Winners of the offer will be announced by September 30th, and will get duly notified by ASUS on email. The last date to register for the offer is September 12^th. 

Disclaimer from ASUS:

All concerns related to the offer should be communicated within 25th September, failing which Asus will not be liable to resolve any issues. Buy Zenfone 3 from Authorized seller Fill in Zenfone 3 Serial Number, Order Id, Invoice number & Contact details, Upload Soft Copy of invoice in JPEG, PNG, PDF Format The offer to win the ZenPower is not valid in the state of Tamil Nadu.

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Movie & Video Platform VMate launched in India, Bags exclusive rights for online launch of Madaari(2016)

Madaari on VMate

VMate, a video platform that offers HD-copyrighted movies at zero cost, has been launched in India. VMate will actuate its journey with an exclusive launch of Bollywood actor Irrfan’s latest outing, “Madaari” (2016) on August 31, which is first and only available on VMate to watch on mobile. Directed by Nishikanth Kamat, the thriller drama features Irrfan, Jimmy Shergill, Vishesh Bansal, Tushar Dalvi, Nitish Pandey and Ayesha Raza in the pivotal roles. "Madaari" garnered huge praises from the fraternity upon its release and minted Rs. 30.60 crore at the domestic box office in its very first week.

VMate

VMate allows users to steam a movie online or download for later, across different qualities, from 1080P to 144P. VMate will also showcase latest trailers and recommend users videos based on user’s watch history and interest. Users can also share these movies offline, through ShareIt APP, Xender APP, Bluetooth etc. VMate comes with a smooth, simple and stylish interface and a promise to bring dynamic, trending content related to movies to a single click

With increased internet penetration, online distribution of a movie is significantly contributing to lifeline of a film and is now a major source of revenue for movie makers. 

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Acer launches Iconia Talk S phablet ,Liquid Z6 series smartphones at IFA 2016

Acer today launched 3 of its smart Android devices at ongoing IFA 2016 in Berlin, Germany. The company has launched one Phablet and two smartphones from the Liquid Z6 series and is termed as launch of "Intuitive and compact" Android devices.The Iconia Talk S doubles as a 4G LTE tablet and phone, providing flexibility with communication needs, while the new Liquid Z6 series provides an excellent entertainment experience with a high-definition IPS panel and an elegant 2.5D curved glass display.

Acer Liquid Z6 Black

Acer Iconia Talk S Phablet: Though the display size of the phablet/tablet is not yet announced and may vary as per region , we are expecting it to be somewhere around 6.5 inches to 7 inches. The phablet features Android 6.0 Marshmallow and supports 4G LTE network. The phablet also supports dual SIM and the intelligent power management is expected to deliver 9 hours of video playback, gaming and browsing.

The Iconia Talk S phablet is powered by a Quad core processor while there is no word on RAM as of now. The device will come with 1280x720 HD display and a 13 MP camera which seems good going by current standards of a 'Tablet'. The phablet is also said to support 128 GB micro SD card for memory enhancement however there is no information on internal memory.

Acer Liquid Z6 Series: There are two devices announced in this segment namely Liquid Z6 and Liquid Z6+ . Liquid Z6 runs on a Quad core MT6737 processor coupled with 1 GB of RAM, 8 GB internal memory. The device comes with 2.5D curved glass on front. Liquid Z6 will sport 8 MP rear camera and a 2 MP front camera.

Liquid Z6 Plus - Rear view

While the Z6+ is an advanced variant in almost every department. It runs on and Octa-Core MT6753 processor and sports 5.5 inch Full HD display with 2.5D curved glass, the plus variant also gets 3 GB RAM which makes it eligible to compete with mid range smartphones in market. On camera side the device comes with a 13 MP rear shooter and 5 MP camera on the  front. Liquid Z6+ comes with 32 GB ROM and a massive battery of 4080 mAh. Finger print sensor and metal cover back helps device to be placed with other mainstream devices in market.

Price and Availability

The Iconia Talk S will be available in EMEA in September with prices starting at €169 (~12622 Rs).The Liquid Z6 will be available in EMEA in November with prices starting at €119(8887.91 Rs).The Liquid Z6 Plus will be available in EMEA in December with prices starting at €249(18597.39 Rs).

*conversion rate - 1€=74.69 INR

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It’s Raining Rewards at the CIO Crown 2016

SIFY CIO CROWN

Sify Technologies recognised many IT execs at the CIO Crown 2016 in Mumbai for their avant garde and productive use of technology. The Digital Innovation Champion award was conferred to Jagdish Lomte of Thermax Ltd, Sunil Sirohi of NIIT Ltd., Subodh Dubey of Bilt, Navneet Sharma of Intex Technologies, Kamal Karnatak of RJ Corp, Mr. Muthu Krishnan of Ramco Cements Ltd, Bibek Maity of Lux Industries and Atul Pandharpurkar, Vice President IT at Emami Cement Limited.

At the event, the emphasis was also on the fact that hospitals are consistently looking towards technology to effectively reduce costs and improve healthcare quality. CIOs from leading healthcare providers were present at the venue and were recognized for their contributions in different aspects in the industry. Sify Technologies with a significant footprint in digital transformation for healthcare organizationsrewarded them with Hospitality & Healthcare Honours.

Anand Patil of Ruby Hospital and Girish Koppar of Lilavati Hospital and Research Center, were honoured with Healthcare for Ecosystem Integration & Innovation award. Besides that, the Health Care for Mobility award was conferred to Alok Khare of Jaypee Hospital and Nandkishor Dhomne of Manipal Hospitals. Both Mr. Niranjan from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Sumit Singh, Head-IT Wockhardt Hospitals Ltd. Mumbai won the Healthcare for EMR & Adaption awards. Rajesh Batra of Kokilaben Hospital Mumbai and Mahesh Shinde of Hinduja Hospital were granted the Healthcare for Digital Innovation in Hospital award.

    

Girish Koppar was pleased to win the award and said the event was “an overall good experience as he was there to learn about the current trends in technology.”

The esteemed jury members for the Hospitality and Healthcare Honours were Vikas Gadre and Subhash Palkar, who also addressed the audience about the selection process for awardees.

Apart from major technological awards, there were some really interesting honours like the Selfie Contest Winner that were given to those with excellent impromptu selfies taken at the Sify Selfie Booth. These included Jayendra Sadaye of Reliance Retail, Austin Gomes and TG Dhandapani of TVS Motors. 

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WhatsApp updates its privacy policy for first time in 4 years, more focus on 'Business communications' in coming months

Arguably world's most popular messaging service WhatsApp today announced updates to its privacy policy for the first time in 4 years. The latest update includes details about features such as End to End encryption of messages, WhatsApp as a part of Facebook and how both can serve users better with users consent. The update also throws light on future plans for the messaging service as it shares the detail about testing of the service for business communications which means that in near future you might receive your Bank alerts, flight details etc on WhatsApp rather than as conventional text messages.

WhatsApp privacy policy update

Below is the full text of the blog from WhatsApp.

Today, we’re updating WhatsApp’s terms and privacy policy for the first time in four years, as part of our plans to test ways for people to communicate with businesses in the months ahead. The updated documents also reflect that we’ve joined Facebook and that we've recently rolled out many new features, like end-to-end encryption, WhatsApp Calling, and messaging tools like WhatsApp for web and desktop. You can read the full documents [https://www.whatsapp.com/legal].

People use our app every day to keep in touch with the friends and loved ones who matter to them, and this isn't changing. But as we announced earlier this year, we want to explore ways for you to communicate with *businesses* that matter to you too, while still giving you an experience without third-party banner ads and spam. Whether it's hearing from your bank about a potentially fraudulent transaction, or getting notified by an airline about a delayed flight, many of us get this information elsewhere, including in text messages and phone calls. We want to test these features in the next several months, but need to update our terms and privacy policy to do so.

WhasApp Privacy Policy update

We're also updating these documents to make clear that we've rolled out end-to-end encryption. When you and the people you message are using the latest version of WhatsApp, your messages are encrypted by default, which means you're the only people who can read them. Even as we coordinate more with Facebook in the months ahead, your encrypted messages stay private and no one else can read them. Not WhatsApp, not Facebook, nor anyone else. We won’t post or share your WhatsApp number with others, including on Facebook, and we still won't sell, share, or give your phone number to advertisers.

But by coordinating more with Facebook, we'll be able to do things like track basic metrics about how often people use our services and better fight spam on WhatsApp. And by connecting your phone number with Facebook's systems, Facebook can offer better friend suggestions and show you more relevant ads if you have an account with them. For example, you might see an ad from a company you already work with, rather than one from someone you've never heard of. You can learn more, including how to control the use of your data, [here](https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/general/28030012).

Our belief in the value of private communications is unshakeable, and we remain committed to giving you the fastest, simplest, and most reliable experience on WhatsApp. As always, we look forward to your feedback and thank you for using WhatsApp.

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