Hero Motocorp Revs Up Its Premium Ride With the Dispatch Commencement of the XTREME 160R

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* CLASS-LEADING ACCELERATION - 0-60 KM/H IN ONLY 4.7 SECONDS

* FIRST-IN-SEGMENT FEATURES – ALL-LED LIGHTS PACKAGE AND SIDE-STAND ENGINE CUT-OFF

Building on its focused strategy of creating a robust portfolio of premium products, Hero MotoCorp, the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters, has commenced the dispatches of its eagerly-awaited new motorcycle – the Hero Xtreme 160R.

Adding a striking and powerful new chapter to the popular premium brand Xtreme, the Xtreme 160R further strengthens Hero MotoCorp’s presence in the premium motorcycle segment. With its successful XPulse and Xtreme motorcycle brands, the Company is geared-up to make a compelling appeal to youth across the globe.

Unveiled at the Hero World 2020 event, which was hosted at the Centre of Innovation and Technology (CIT) in the northern Indian city of Jaipur in February this year, the Xtreme 160R is inspired by the bold 1.R concept showcased at the International automotive show EICMA in 2019. The motorcycle offers an unparalleled mix of performance, sportiness and features, while boasting a muscular stance with an optimum mix of comfort and control.

The new Xtreme 160R will be available at Hero MotoCorp showrooms across the country at an attractive price point of Rs. 99,950/-* (Front Disc with Single Channel ABS) and Rs. 1,03,500* (Double Disc with Single Channel ABS).

*(both prices ex-showroom Delhi)

Malo Le Masson, Head of Global Product Planning, Hero MotoCorp, said “The Hero Xtreme 160R is a real Head-turner, cat like agility with power to weight ratio of a street racer, and tech-loaded with segment first features like the all LED package. This modern street fighter is targeting to win the urban race. With this latest model, we are now offering a compelling and competitive line-up of premium motorcycles, from Street Naked to Sport with the Xtreme 200S, from Adventure with XPulse 200 to casual Touring with the XPulse 200T.”

Naveen Chauhan, Head – Sales, After Sales & Parts, Hero MotoCorp, said, “Ever since the Xtreme 160R was showcased at the Hero World 2020 event, we have been getting a very high number of requests for its commercial launch. The initial response for the motorcycle has been very positive and we already have inquiries to match the dispatches. We are confident that the Xtreme 160R will help us in scaling-up our presence in the segment.”

The commercial launch of the Xtreme 160R will be accompanied by a 360* media campaign with the tagline – Heads will Turn, Hearts will Race! The campaign will focus on new-age digital platforms to engage with youth and build on the premium quotient of the brand.  

The Xtreme 160R has been designed and developed completely in-house at the Company’s R&D hub - the Center of Innovation and Technology (CIT) in the northern Indian city of Jaipur, Rajasthan.

HERO XTREME 160R

Class Leading Acceleration

Setting the bar for sportiness and real-world performance, the new Xtreme 160R comes with a 160cc air-cooled BS-VI Compliant engine that is powered by the XSens technology and advanced Programmed-Fuel-Injection. The Engine delivers an impressive power output of 15 BHP @ 8500 RPM. Joining the fast lane with a class leading acceleration - 0-60 km/h in 4.7 seconds - the motorcycle has one of the best power-to-weight ratios in its class, thanks to the low kerb-weight of 138.5kg.

Exceptional Handling

The new Xtreme 160R enjoys a commanding riding position with ergonomics engineered for the streets. The lightweight rigid diamond frame setup offers exceptional handling in the streets, while making it a corner happy machine at the same time.

The 37mm Telescopic Front Forks and a 7-step adjustable Rear Mono-shock Suspension setup is tuned for urban agility, providing precise handling and a smooth ride. Brakes with 276mm Front petal disc and 220mm Rear petal disc ensure that the rider is always in full control and confident of the stopping power. The 165mm ground clearance ensures the ride is hurdle free.

First-in-Segment Features

The new Xtreme 160R is paired with a first-in-segment all LED package, from a sculpted full LED headlamp with LED DRLs in front, to LED indicators with hazard switch and down to the rear H signature LED tail lamp. The inverted fully digital LCD display together with the first-in-segment side-stand engine cut off ensure the motorcycle is both technologically advanced and safe.

The head turner is available in two variants - Front Disc with Single Channel ABS and Double Disc (Front and Rear) with Single Channel ABS and three vibrant color combinations of Pearl Silver White, Vibrant Blue, Sports Red.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor Announces Availability of Yaris on Government e Marketplace

Marketplace 

* Listing marks re-entry into B segment on the portal for TKM

* Testimony to the growing popularity of Yaris

* Premium and feature loaded, Yaris boasts of wide range of first-in segment features

* Safety is top Priority-Yaris is the first car in its class to offer 7 SRS airbags

* Yaris J Grade MT listed on GeM portal at  GeM price of Rs 912,382 (Freight charges & taxes extra basis location)

* Available in Super White (other available colors can be supplied based on request)

Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) today announced the availability of its versatile and stylish sedan Yaris on Government e Marketplace (GeM). The GeM launched in 2016, is a dedicated e market for online procurement of goods and services by Government Organisations, Departments and Public Sector Units (PSUs). The Yaris, J Grade, Gasoline, 7 Airbag – Manual Transmission, is available on the GeM portal starting June, 2020.

Toyota Yaris is a versatile sedan that boasts of advanced and emotional design, comfort, superior ride quality and quietness, dynamic efficiency and class-leading safety and technology. Built on the Toyota philosophy of QDR, Yaris offers features such as the Alloy Wheel, Projector Headlamp, Two Tone Interiors with Water Design Instrument Panel, Superior Braking System which consist of ABS+EBD+BA, seven-SRS Airbags, High Solar Energy Absorbing Front Windshield with Infrared Cut Off and more.

Since its India launch in 2018, the locally manufactured Yaris, has been well received. The sedan has registered a growth of 64 per cent for the period of January to March 2020 when compared to the same period last year.

Commenting on the move, Mr. Naveen Soni, Senior Vice President, Sales and Services, TKM, said, “Toyota Yaris is a preferred choice in the segment for its world-class safety, quality, durability and reliability features. The listing of Yaris on the GeM will now ensure that car buyers from central and state governments will have a wider choice in the sedan category. We are cognizant that several Government undertakings are moving towards procurement from the GeM in the post-COVID world and we want to ease their buying experience. Also, the “Covid Warrior” special offer applicable on Yaris has received good response and also given us an opportunity to thank the Government employees and doctors for their unwavering services towards containing the Covid pandemic. We are hopeful that this move will help us capitalize on the new B segment opportunity and increase interest from various Government departments and PSUs besides. Overall, we aim to cater to the demand on the Government side.”

TKM always strives to match evolving customer demands with a customer-first approach and by constantly evaluating changing market dynamics and responding to it with product offerings and sales strategies. The latest move will help TKM to further enhance Government sales and provide more choice to discerning departments and PSUs across sedan, Multi-Purpose Vehicle segments. TKM already sells the Innova G Plus Diesel 7 and 8-seater, GX Petrol 7 and 8-seater, VX Petrol 7-seater models on the GeM platform.

Google adds new social search functions for users

Internet search giant Google has been working on adding more features in its search domain for making it easy for the users to easily find blogs and twitter feeds.

Users need to open a profile with Google and services can be accessed from Google labs.

Google Germany spokesman Stefan Keuchel said that friend finding on internet would become very easy with the help of new facility. He added that Twitter feed's new searches and the recently introduced search functions are different. The function would initially be made available in English.

The new social graph can be readjusted as per user's preferences. The feature would allow only close friends to be highlighted in the searches, leaving postings from others.

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Kronos Debuts Workforce Central 6.1 in India

Kronos India has announced the availability of version 6.1 of its Workforce Central suite in India.

Workforce Central 6.1 provides executives with greater visibility into their global workforce, enabling them to identify critical business issues. The new version includes hundreds of features and new enhancements.

Talking to CXOtoday, James Thomas, country manager, India, said, "At Kronos we've developed a unique perspective on what it takes for an organization to successfully deploy a workforce management solution. Our belief is that integrated workforce management in real time doesn't have to be so hard, and that organizations shouldn't have to trade functionality for simplicity. Workforce Central strikes an ideal balance of deep functionality combined with a range of ease-of-deployment, ease-of-use and cost-of-ownership enhancements."

Kronos helps organizations control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity all at the same time centrally in real time, Thomas said. "These are important business issues in normal times, and even more during tough economic times."

Workforce Central 6.1 supports India's Factories Act and Shops and Establishment Act, whereby manufacturers and services organizations are required to maintain time-related registers and statutory reports for employees.

To help organizations comply with these regulations and minimize compliance risk, Workforce Central 6.1 provides legislated working time reports, as well as new features to monitor overtime and time-based pay codes on a daily and hourly basis.

The new enhancements in Workforce Central 6.1 includes: Enhanced ERP integration; Low total cost of ownership (TCO); Complete automation; Global ready; Machine resource tracking and Advanced scheduling.

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Now Send SMS In Any Local Languages

By Manu Sharma

Since local language is always preferred to communicate with close ones, Tachyon Technologies, the Bangalore-based company initially rolled out Quillpad for the online players. It has recently introduced the solution for mobile players for their SMS service.

Talking to CXOtoday, Ram Prakash H., founder and CEO of Tachyon Technologies said, "We innovated a core less compression technology for the mobile version that has been compressed from eight mbps to less than 400 kbps. It has enabled easier usage for the end-user."

LG has rolled out four models that has inbuilt Quillpad in them and these included: KM 380T, KG 195, KP 199 and KP 220 models. Following the success with LG, Tachyon is talking to other manufacturers like Nokia, Samsung among others. "We want to initially target the mobile manufacturers who will bundle the features in the handsets and later approach the mobile service providers like Airtel, Reliance and Vodafone who can provide more value added services to the end users," said Prakash.

As per the agreement signed with LG (global), the license covers all languages. However, the company has initially rolled out models that can support only Hindi. "Quillpad in mobile makes it easy to type in local languages. It is as easy as we type test messages in English in dictionary mode," said Prakash.

On compatibility with other formats, he said Quillpad is Unicode-compliant and would support any application that supports Unicode. Quillpad was developed as an AI technology, which learns the rules and language patterns and can transliterate any language without help of any linguistic expert," said Prakash.

There is a two-fold advantage - since there is no dependence on a linguistic expert, it can be used for any language and one does not have to depend on the dictionary. Prakash said that this learning was just one-time, after which the trained set of patterns could be deployed by all users of Quillpad technology. The newly developed technology then enables predictive transliteration.

"When you are typing a word, the technology will put together the rules and come up with the right word. It is very similar to the way the T9 dictionary on mobile phones supports typing English words," he said. Another feature that is unique is that the technology is not dependent on one Indian language or its structure. It supports any language that can be written phonetically.

"This gives Quillpad an edge over other technologies. As the artificial intelligence technology can learn the pattern of new languages in just three to four hours, one can add new languages overnight," he said.

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Are mobile phones really hot?

Christmas being just round the corner, as always mobile phones are a popular gift choice. Reevoo.com gives you the low-down on mobiles; examining what's hot, what's not, what people are actually buying and which phones are the best value for money.

What's hot? The iPhone 3G of course! But it's not highly ratedDespite being one of the most talked about phones of the year, the iPhone 3G has failed to beat its 2007 predecessor.

The original iPhone is rated 8.3/10, just pipping this year's 3G offering to the post, (the iPhone 3G scores 8.2/10). According to owners, the major issues with the 3G model are its battery life and application crashes, meaning that other phones have been able to storm ahead of the iPhone. So, what really is the hottest mobile phone this season?

Revoo recommendations: Top five Christmas mobile phones

Top five most popular in last 30 days:
1. Nokia N96
2. Samsung F480 Tocco
3. Blackberry Storm
4. Sony Ericsson C902
5. Samsung Omnia

Top five highest rated phones of 2008:
1. BlackBerry Bold 9000
2. Sony Ericsson W980i
3. Apple iPhone 3G 8/16GB
4. Samsung F480 Tocco
5. Sony Ericsson K660i

Reevoo reviewers pick the BlackBerry Bold 9000 as the best phone released in 2008.

Reviews on Reevoo for the BlackBerry Bold 9000 include:

Positive+
+ Great keyboard for e-mailing and texting. Cracking screen which is nice and bright and videos look lovely on it. The sound from the internal speaker is really good. Just a great phone overall.
+ The Bold is undoubtedly the most impressive Blackberry yet. One of its greatest advantages is that in spite of many new features, it feels very familiar. Web browsing is almost broadband speed.

Negative
– Out of the box battery life is bad but gets better with regular charges
- The hyped-up phones usually get all the attention but it's interesting to see how the most popular phones differ from the most highly rated:

The Nokia N96, whilst being the most popular phone on the market, gets marked down by reviewers for poor battery life and software problems. At around £500 for Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) customers, it's no surprise that it also gets rated below average for value for money.

However, it does impress with its design and features. One reviewer writes "great picture and video quality, very easy to find your way around, fantastic features...looks good".

So who wins the race?

When it comes to value for money, the stylish Samsung F480 Tocco is a great buy. It scores highly for design and features and gets much higher scores for battery life than the Nokia N96, both iPhones and the BlackBerry Bold 9000. It's around £150 PAYG or free on some contracts.

Here are some of the reviews from owners of the Samsung F480 Tocco:
Positive:
+ Easy to use, good haptic technology feedback from the touch screen, excellent camera, fair battery life, smart, compact, stylish.
+ It's easy to use and has a very good memory and has good features that I would have expected.

Negative
- No Wi-Fi capability.
- Should come with a ball point touch screen pen, can be hard to press the right keys sometimes.