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Saturday, August 2, 2014

Flipkart

Flipkart is an e-commerce company founded in 2007, by Sachin and Binny Bansal. It is registered

in Singapore, and owned by a Singapore-based holding company. It operates in India, where it is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka. According to Alexa Internet, Flipkart's website is one of the 10 most visited websites in India. Flipkart has launched its own product range under the name "DigiFlip", offering camera bags, pen-drives, headphones, computer accessories, etc.

Legally, Flipkart is not an Indian company since it is registered in Singapore and majority of its shareholders are foreigners. Because foreign companies are not allowed to do multi-brand e-retailing in India, Flipkart sells goods in India through a company called WS Retail. Other third-party sellers can also sell companies too can sell on the Flipkart platform.

Acquisitions

2010: WeRead, a social book discovery tool.
2011: Mime360, a digital content platform company.
2011: Chakpak.com, a Bollywood news site that offers updates, news, photos and videos. Flipkart acquired the rights to Chakpak's digital catalogue which includes 40,000 filmographies, 10,000 movies and close to 50,000 ratings. Flipkart has categorically said that it will not be involved with the original site and will not use the brand name.
2012: Letsbuy.com, an Indian e-retailer in electronics. Flipkart has bought the company for an estimated US$25 million. Letsbuy.com was closed down and all traffic to Letsbuy have been diverted to Flipkart.
2014: Acquired Myntra.com in an estimated INR 2,000 crore deal.

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Moto G

SPECIFICATIONS OF MOTO G (BLACK, WITH 8 GB)

GENERAL FEATURES
In the Box	Charger, Headset, Handset with Inbuilt Battery, Battery Door, User Manual
Brand	Motorola
Model Name	Moto G
Model ID	XT1033
Form	Bar
SIM Size	Micro SIM
SIM Type	Dual SIM, GSM + GSM, (Dual Standby)
Touch Screen	Yes, Capacitive
Call Features	Loudspeaker
Handset Color	Black

PLATFORM
Operating Freq	GSM - 850, 900, 1800, 1900; UMTS - 2100
OS	Android v4.4 (KitKat)
Processor	1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400, Quad Core
Graphics	Adreno 305, 450 MHz Single Core

DISPLAY
Type	IPS LCD
Size	4.5 Inches
Resolution	HD, 1280 x 720 Pixels
Color	16 M
Other Display Features	Corning Gorilla Glass 3

CAMERA
Primary Camera	Yes, 5 Megapixel
Secondary Camera	Yes, 1.3 Megapixel
Flash	LED
Video Recording	Yes, 720 x 1280, 30 fps
HD Recording	HD
Zoom	Digital Zoom - 4x
Other Camera Features	Auto Focus, Slow Motion Video, Burst Mode, Auto HDR, Panorama, Tap to Focus

DIMENSIONS
Size	65.9x129.9x11.6 mm
Weight	140 g

BATTERY
Type	2070 mAh

Friday, May 2, 2014

What is a QR Code?

A QR Code is a two-dimensional bar code that is readable by smartphones. It allows to encode over 4000 characters in a two dimensional bar code. QR Codes may be used to display text to the user, to open a URL, save a contact to the address book or to compose text messages. "QR Code" is a registered trademark of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED.

To read QR Codes with your smartphone, you need an appropriate software installed on your phone. For Android-based devices, you can use Bar code Scanner by ZXing. On iOS-Devices like i Phones there are also QR Code readers available on the App Store, for Example i-nigma. On Firefox OS try QR Code Scanner. On Symbian devices, you can use Mobile tag bar codes reader for example.

If you use a modern web browser (recent versions of Firefox or Chrome) and have a webcam, this site allows you to scan QR Codes with your web browser. You can use this to send a link from a phone to your desktop browser for example.