Paytm Now Has 122 Million Active Users, Claims Investor

Paytm, one of India’s largest electronic payment platforms, has seen over five-fold rise in active users in one year, a senior company official said on Thursday. Ant Financial Services Group, an Alibaba Group affiliate, took 25 percent stake in One97, owner ofPaytm, as part of a strategic agreement in 2015. Peng Yijie, director of international business at Ant Financial, the financial arm of Internet commerce giant Alibaba, said that Paytm reached 122 million active users by the end of March. “About 5.6 times the figure in the beginning of 2015,”…

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Google Drive Now Lets Users Select Which Folders to Sync

Google has rolled out a new feature for its Drive desktop app for Windows and OS X that will now allow users to select which folders or sub-folders they want to sync and deselect the ones they don’t. Announcing the new feature, Aakash Sahney, Google Drive Product Manager, confirmed that the new features will roll out to users over the next few weeks. In order to access the new folder sync option, users will need to tap Menu > Preference > Sync Options > Sync only these folders. Google explains…

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iPhone SE, 9.7-Inch iPad Pro Now Officially Available in India

Apple India has launched the new smartphone and tablet it unveiled globally last month, the 4-inch iPhone SE and the 9.7-inch iPad Pro. The iPhone SE (Review) and 9.7-inch iPad Pro (Wi-Fi | Cellular) are available through the company’s online and offline retail partners in the country. The iPhone SE is available in two storage variants – 16GB and 64GB, with the former priced at Rs. 39,000, and the latter at Rs. 49,000. The 9.7-inch iPad Pro on the other hand is available in 32GB, 128GB, and 256GB storage variants,…

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BlueStacks Now Lets You Stream Your Android Gameplay to Twitch

BlueStacks on Friday announced it is integrating live streaming service Twitch into the Bluestacks App Player to allow users to more conveniently stream mobile games. The integration enables a user to stream gameplay from mobile games on their PC with a single click. This also makes it easier for people to watch streaming content. BlueStacks is a popular emulator app that allows users to run Android – and its apps – on a desktop platform such as Windows. Not long ago it was updated to version 2.0 on Windows to…

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Moto G (Gen. 3) Now Receiving Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow Update in India

Motorola is rolling out the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow OTA update to its smartphones in India. While earlier this month the Moto X Play got the update, the company has now brought the same OS update to the budget Moto G (Gen 3) handsets. The handset already received the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update earlier this year. The Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update changelog stays the same as that seen in the Moto X Play OS update. The update comes bundled with Google’s monthly security update – Android security update for March –…

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Moto X Play Now Receiving Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow Update in India

Motorola has started rolling out the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update to its Moto X Play smartphone in India. Notably, Motorola Moto X Play users in Canada are also receiving the Marshmallow update. The new update comes bundled with Google’s monthly security update – Android security update for March – as well as adds Unicode 8.0 emoji support. The update for the Moto X Play also brings camera shutter tone switch. The new update is now available over-the-air (OTA), though Moto X Play users can manually check for updates by going…

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