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E-commerce platform Amazon has announced ‘Renewed year-end sale’. The sale offers deals on unboxed and refurbished products across categories that include mobile phones, laptops, headphones, smart home gadgets and more. Buyers must note here that all products sold under this renewed program come with six-month supplier backed warranty. The offers will be live on the e-tailer’s site till December 31, 2019. Here we bring you a list of top-selling products of 2019. Take a look Sony WH-XB700 wireless headphones: Available at Rs 3,861 Originally priced at Rs 9,999, these Sony headphones can be purchased at Rs 3,861 from the e-tailer’s site. The headphones have got 61% off and buyers will be able to save Rs 6,129 on its purchase. It is claimed to come with 30 hours of battery life. LG V30+ smartphone: Available at Rs 20,999 LG V30+ smartphone is selling at 65% off and can be purchased at Rs 20,999 after the discount. The handset offers a 6-inch screen, 3300mAh … [Read more...] about Amazon Renewed year-end sale: 2019’s ‘best-selling’ gadgets available at discount

Smart wearable brand Garmin has expanded its product portfolio today in India. The company has launched two smartwatches in the country — Garmin Venu and Garmin Vivoactive 4. Garmin Vivo is the company’s first smartwatch to feature an AMOLED screen, while Vivoactive 4 boasts of 24/7 heart monitoring feature. Price and availability Garmin Vivoactive 4 is priced at Rs 32,590. The smartwatch will be available in two colour options, Shadow Gray/Silver and Black/Slate. It can be purchased online as well as offline via major retailers across the country. Garmin Venu, on the other hand, will retail at Rs 37,490. Users can choose from four colour options, Granite Blue with Silver hardware, Black with Slate hardware, Light sand with Rose gold and Black with Gold hardware. The smartwatch will be exclusive to Amazon till December 15 after which it will be available online via TataCliq, Myntra, Flipkart and PaytmMall. Specs Garmin Venu features a 1.2-inch screen and is claimed by … [Read more...] about Garmin launches Venu and Vivoactive 4 smartwatches, price starts at Rs 32,590

Cell phones are really hurting people badly as researchers have found that head and neck injuries incurred while driving or walking with a cellphone are on the rise - and correlates with the launch of the iPhone in 2007 and release of Pokemon Go in 2016. "Injuries from cellphone use have mainly been reported from incidences during driving, but other types of injuries have gone largely underreported," said study author Boris Paskhover from Rutgers University in the US. "We hypothesise that distractions caused by cellphones were the biggest reason for injury and mainly affected people aged 13 to 29," Paskhover said. The study, published in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, reviewed 2,501 emergency department patients who sustained head and neck injuries resulting from cellphone use between 1998 and 2017. They found a steady increase in injuries over that time, along with the notable spikes. Pokémon Go is an augmented reality-based game that requires players to track … [Read more...] about Rise in phone-related injuries linked to iphone, Pokemon Go: Study

NEW DELHI: Vodafone Idea Ltd, the India's third largest mobile service provider, will shut down if the government does not provide relief on the liability it faces in past statutory dues following a Supreme Court order, its billionaire chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said on Friday. "If we are not getting anything then I think it is end of story for Vodafone Idea," Birla said at the HT Leadership Summit when asked about the future of Vodafone Idea in absence of a government relief on payment of Rs 53,038 crore dues. Birla's Idea Cellular and British telecom giant Vodafone plc's India unit had merged last year to compete with the onslaught of free voice calling and dirt cheap data unleashed by richest Indian Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio. In the process, it accumulated Rs 1.17 lakh crore debt and had just weeks back posted corporate India's biggest loss after it provisioned for the liability arising from the Supreme Court upholding the government's position on what base should statutory … [Read more...] about Vodafone Idea will shut down if there’s no government relief: Chairman KM Birla

An FIR has been lodged against a Chinese e-commerce company, Club Factory, and its directors Jialun Li and Garvit Aggarwal and CFO Ashwini Rastogi under Sections 420 and 406 of the IPC for cheating and breach of trust by selling fake products of well-known brands. The complaint has been lodged at the Wazirganj police station by a Lucknow resident, Alok Kakkad, who has submitted that Club Factory has entered into a criminal conspiracy to advertise heavy discounts on popular brands and then ship fake products instead. The complainant had ordered a Titan watch, which was offered at a discount of 86 per cent, and a pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses, which was offered at a discount of 90 per cent. He received the order on November 25 and opened the packet only to find that both products shipped to him were duplicates. He tried contacting the toll-free number provided by the company, but did not receive any clear reply. On Club Factory's website, the names of the sellers were listed as Mahakaal … [Read more...] about FIR lodged against Club Factory for selling duplicate goods