TecQ: Sundar Pichai, BHIM App, Lenovo K6 Note & More
Top tech stories that made the news this week.
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1. Review: Lenovo K6 Note Impresses With Its Battery Life & Looks
Lenovo has emerged as a strong player in the Indian smartphone market. With Motorola also under its wing, the Chinese electronics major has taken some right decisions as far as products and their pricing are concerned.
The latest offering in Lenovo's K series is the K6 Note, starting at Rs 13,999 for the 32GB version. Should you buy it? Read The Quint review here to find out.
2. When Google’s Sundar Pichai Greeted His Friend with ‘Abbey Saale’
Google CEO Sundar Pichai is one of IIT Kharagpur’s best-known alumni. Students of the varsity were in for a treat on Thursday when Pichai visited the campus and interacted with them.
The institute organised the screening of an archival montage of Pichai’s days at the IIT and the Google CEO reminisced fondly about his college days.
Pichai, who returned to the campus after 23 years, got candid about struggling to learn Hindi and let students in on one of his mischievous adventures during his time at the college.
Read more here.
3. Decoded: Everything You Need to Know About PM Modi’s BHIM App
At dusk on 8 November, Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed to have launched a war against black money with his demonetisation announcement. After he sought 50 days to bring things back to normalcy, a lot was expected from PM Modi on 30 December, when the 30-day period ended.
Fast forward to that day, and all we got is a promise to make India a cashless economy, and the launch of BHIM (Bharat Inteface for Money).
This is UPI-based app, seen as an alternative to Paytm, has been developed by the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI), an umbrella organisation for all retail payment systems in India.
Want to know more about the features of the BHIM app? Read here.
4. CES 2017: Smartphone Makers Unveil Their New Products
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