Meizu Unveils Smartphone 'm3 note' in the Sub 10K Category in India

Meizu Technology (MEIZU has expanded its robust product portfolio, by unveiling its latest offering the Meizu m3 note at JW Marriott, Aerocity, New Delhi. Leon Zhang, Marketing Head, Meizu India, introduced the new m3 Note to fans, guests and media. With the launch of m3 note, Meizu is committed to bring its innovative products to Indian customers with minimal time lag from its recent launch in Beijing.

The registration starts on Wednesday, May 11 at 2 pm and the device will be available from Tuesday, May 31 exclusively on Amazon.in.

Registration link: http://www.amazon.in/l/10104514031

Commenting on the launch, Leon Zhang, Marketing Head, Meizu India, said, “It has been an exciting journey for us so far in India. The welcome we received last year from our Indian fans was heartwarming and we took it upon ourselves to bring our global products on priority to India, with minimal lag. The m3 note launch is a testament of our commitment toward our Indian fans. With the m3 note we are striving to re-energize the Indian sub- 10k category by offering a power packed product at an affordable price point. The m3 note is geared towards the Indian youth, who are looking for a seamless user experience, backed by a robust OS and exquisite craftsmanship.”

MEIZU entered the Indian market last year with its flagship phone MX5 in August and since then has made rapid strides in the Indian market by offering two additional products the m2 note and m2. With the launch of the m3 note, Meizu is well positioned to reinforce its position as a leading brand offering top of the line products at an attractive price point.

This year, before the release of new product, Meizu focused on optimizing their service capabilities. In the last 6 months, Meizu has increased their number to more than 100 service centers in India. Meizu has also opened their first exclusive service center in Select City Walkshopping complex, New Delhi. The smartphone brand plans to build more Exclusive Service Center in top cities across India in future.

Long lasting beauty, backed by robust key features:

mback home button design

Continue with the mBack home button, Meizu m3 note also combines the fingerprint identification and fingerprint payment together to make your life more secure and more convenient than ever before. The new fingerprint sensor in Meizu m3 note can make identification as fast as 0.2 seconds.

Meizu mback function, is a great innovation in the Android system, Just one single button, you can achieve home key operation; back key operation; fingerprint identification operation; Once you start using it, you can not drop it.

Octa-core processor

Equipped with the latest Helio P10 processor, which has the best EER (energy efficiency ratio) of all Mediatek processors. The eight A53 cores manufactured by 1.8 GHz CPU ensures the fluency under heavy usage. The Mali-T860 64-bit GPU enhances image rendering and multimedia display.

                    

3GB RAM+32GB ROM +128GB expandable storage Version

Meizu m3 note will bring a long-lasting beauty and better experience for all with a very reasonable price to satisfy the customers.  It is available in Gray, Silver and Gold colors.

4100mAh battery + power optimization

Meizu m3 note is 5mm thinner than the previous generation, while packing a whopping 4100mAh battery, which is 32% bigger than the previous one. With an unparalleled combination of Flyme OS 5.1 and the Helio P10 processor, the Meizu m3 note delivers an astonishing battery life.

Full metal body with1080P screen

Its 6000 Series Aluminum alloy design coupled with an anodic oxidation process makes the Meizu m3 note feel incredible to touch. Meizu m3 note features a Full HD 1080P display with 403 pixels per inch. With a matchless combination of a 2.5D front panel and a metal unibody design, the Meizu m3 note offers a simplified and delicate visual perception while being smooth to use.

13MP back camera＋5MP front camera

The 13 megapixel main camera of Meizu m3 note is equipped with a large ƒ/2.2 aperture while customized 5P film lens in a thin body. With advanced PDAF auto-focus technology and the premium dual LED flash, you can capture even more details. The new 5.0 megapixel front camera is equipped with a large ƒ/2.0 aperture, for optimum performance under low light conditions. FotoNation 2.0 intelligent beautification is now included in combination with the already existing Face AE facial exposure strengthening technology.

Simplilearn & MilitarytoCorporate Partner to Aid Indian Military Veterans Transition into Civilian Workforce

Simplilearn, a large provider of professional online certification courses, and MilitarytoCorporate (M2C), a niche corporate hiring and transition assistance partner for the Indian military community, today announced their partnership in an effort to facilitate the career transition of military veterans into the civilian workplace. 

This partnership between MilitarytoCorporate and Simplilearn will provide training certification opportunity to over 60,000 ex-service men and women who retire every year from active service thus aiding them to transition to civilian life. These training certifications, at discounted price points, will help veterans be better prepared for jobs in the civilian sector and also add skillsets that complement their military skills in industry recognized professional training courses.

Commenting on the partnership, Gerald Jaideep, COO of Simplilearn, said, “After their extensive service to the nation, we would like to support our veterans with critical skills to succeed in the civilian world. Our portfolio of technology, process and digital marketing courses will set our veterans up for the next phase of their career. This partnership with MilitarytoCorporate will help us reach all of these exceptional men and women and also help, in our own way, to give back to all of those who have dedicated their lives to our nations’ and our safety”.

“We have always believed that bringing corporates and veteran communities together for the exchange of ideas, thoughts and opportunities will create diverse, inclusive and vibrant workplaces. We see this partnership as a step towards that vision. We are also certain that this partnership with Simplilearn will help veterans transition seamlessly to the corporate world for enriching second career innings and also help us serve those who have served the nation,” said Sunny Makroo, ‎Co-Founder, MilitarytoCorporate.

MilitarytoCorporate’s extensive experience in veteran hiring highlights the need for certifications and training programs that has both market demand and continuum with veteran’s military career. These certifications will also help veterans in projecting transferrable skills to corporate sector – in a vocabulary that corporate sector understands.

Simplilearn's training and certification programs facilitate online learning and career development which parallels the result-oriented military learning patterns. These programs enhance their existing skills and provide further opportunities in diverse fields like Project Management, Digital Marketing, Big Data, IT Security, among others.

Clean Energy Initiatives by Fullerton India Through Rural Branches

Fullerton India, a leading non-banking financial company in India, took a step towards environment conservation by adopting alternate and clean methods of energy generation. The company has been investing in solar power hybrid systems since 2012, and has made investments worth Rs.4.6 crores as on March 2016. The company is further planning to invest Rs.97 lakhs till July 2016 for the same initiative.

The company aims to drive energy efficiency at its branches through an increased use of solar/ wind hybrid systems.  As of December 2015, the company has installed wind and solar systems in 150 rural branches across 10 states thereby saving 1, 16,000 litres of diesel. It projects to add solar energy systems at another 36 of its branches by the first half of 2016, saving a further 5, 14,000 litres of diesel in the next 5 years. 

Fullerton India is the only NBFC in India that uses solar energy to power its branches, thereby eliminating the need for diesel powered generator backup. Through this initiative, as of December 2015, 280 MWh of clean energy has been generated, reducing the company’s carbon footprint by 310 tons due to the non-consumption of fossil fuels.

Rakesh Makkar, EVP and Head of Business and Marketing, Fullerton India, said, “Energy conservation needs urgent attention as the country’s conventional energy resources are fast being depleted. At Fullerton India, we took the initiative of embracing renewable energy in 2012 and since then have installed solar and solar-wind hybrid systems with total capacities of 196 KWP. Today, more than 56% of our rural branches run on alternate sources of energy. We plan on generating 1,230 MWh of clean energy in the next 5 years.”

The company’s solar energy installations are a first-of-its kind energy-conservation initiative in close to 100 towns, and have driven awareness about solar energy to nearly 1 million people.

As far as cost efficiency is concerned, Fullerton India’s branches that are powered by solar energy work 30% more efficiently than other branches and have helped cut electricity costs by 50%. The annual average power downtime at these branches is less than 5%.

In Karnataka, Fullerton India has installed solar hybrid systems across 18 of its 46 rural branches. It plans on further installing solar hybrid systems across 3 new rural branches by June 2016.

Quick Heal’s Version 17 Protects against Ransomware from Encrypting Any Data

Quick Heal Technologies Limited has released Version 17 of Quick Heal Total Security, Quick Heal Internet Security and Quick Heal Antivirus Pro. The new version is aimed at better equipping our customers to save their data, transactions and computers from spyware, adware, keyloggers, riskware, and other malicious programs. The enhanced Parental Control feature will enable parents to keep better track of what the kids are accessing online.

The new version of all products also include a very important capability of combatting ransomware which has been posing serious threat to data, information and hardware during the past few weeks. The Quick Heal Threat Research Lab has detected nearly 809,872 ransomware samples in the past three months, which work out to approximately 9,000 ransomware detections every single day.

Commenting on the release of version 17, Sanjay Katkar, MD and CTO, Quick Heal Technologies said; “Our aim is to understand the evolving challenges of our customers. This has inspired us to innovate and include new features in our products and empower our customers to work, interact and transact safely in the evolving threat landscape.” He further added; “Version 17 reflects our commitment towards providing safe computing environment to our customers.”

Samsung Expands J Series Edition 2016 with Powerful Make for India Features

Samsung India today announced the launch of the 2016 editions of its popular Galaxy J7 and Galaxy J5 smartphones, offering consumers more choices in the J series, which is currently India’s largest selling smartphone range.

The 2016 editions of Galaxy J7 and Galaxy J5 better the previous benchmark set by the 2015 editions and elevate the consumer experience to the next level. A new design language with a stylish metal frame and an upgraded display with an ergonomic height-to-width ratio are key changes from the predecessors. The smartphones’ performances have also been enhanced by incorporating better memory specifications. The new devices also include the signature ‘Make for India’ innovations that make J-series the most differentiated offering in the affordable segment.

Samsung Galaxy J series is currently India’s largest selling series of smartphones with 4 models across price points in the affordable segment. Samsung has introduced a host of locally developed innovations as part of their ‘Make for India’ initiative. This includes a cost-effective 4G experience with the innovative Ultra Data Saving (UDS) mode. Developed in Samsung’s R&D centres in India, the UDS feature allows users to save up to 50% mobile data through compression technology and by restricting background data consumption from apps.

Samsung India also launched an industry first S Bike Mode, a dedicated bike mode that lets consumers ‘ride tension free’ while encouraging responsible riding. This was based on the insight that two-wheeler riders receive a lot of unimportant calls and notifications while riding. The S Bike Mode’s urgent call alert system notifies callers through an automated answering machine that the user is riding and is unavailable to take calls. However, callers have the option to press 1 in case the call is urgent. As a safety feature, the in-built motion lock ensures that the rider has to come to a halt before they can answer the call.

“The Galaxy J Series has received a tremendous response from consumers. We are proud to share that owing to our consumer-centric approach and ability to bring valuable and meaningful innovations to the Indian consumers, J series has become India’s largest selling series of smartphones. Given the tremendous success of the J Series, we are happy to announce the expansion of the portfolio with the addition of Galaxy J7 and Galaxy J5 2016 that will elevate consumer experience to the next level,” Mr Manu Sharma, Vice President, Mobile Business, Samsung India Electronics, said.

Stunning Design and Display

Samsung Galaxy J7 and Galaxy J5 2016 sport a stylish diamond cut metal frame. The back panel has a brushed metal finish to further enhance the elegant design. All of this comes in an ergonomic, slim & sleek design. The Galaxy J5 2016 has an upgraded display size moving from a 5” to a 5.2” screen. The Galaxy J7 2016 will continue to sport a 5.5” but will have a lower width making it more ergonomic. Both devices feature HD super AMOLED displays that deliver excellent contrast ratio for deeper and more vivid colours whilst also giving consumers an enhanced range of colours for a more life-like viewing experience.

Advanced Performance

·         Galaxy J5 2016 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.2 GHz Quad Core processor while Galaxy J7 2016 has an upgraded Exynos 1.6 GHz Octa Core processor. Both the devices have an upgraded 2 GB RAM for smoother & seamless multitasking. The Galaxy J5 2016 internal memory has been expanded to 16 GB which matches the Galaxy J7. Both devices support expandable memory up to 128GB to ensure consumers never run out of space.

·         The battery backup has been expanded on both devices with the Galaxy J7 2016 sporting an impressive 3,300 mAh and the Galaxy J5 2016 with a 3,100 mAh battery.

·         Galaxy J7 & Galaxy J5 2016 will have the latest Android Marshmallow out of the box.

Superior Low Light Imaging

Samsung Galaxy J7 and Galaxy J5 2016 come with an improved f 1.9 aperture in both front and rear cameras that deliver brighter images in low light conditions. Both devices also feature a front LED flash with a 5 mega-pixel front camera to cater to Selfie enthusiasts. The rear camera is a 13 mega-pixel shooter to capture high quality photos.

Make For India Features

Samsung Galaxy J7 and Galaxy J5 2016 come loaded with the newly launched S Bike Mode that allows riders to enjoy a tension free ride with unique features like urgent call alert and motion lock. They also have the Ultra Data Saving mode whereby consumers can save up to 50% on mobile and Wi-Fi data.

Price and Availability

Samsung Galaxy J7 and J5 2016 will be priced at Rs 15,990 and Rs 13,990, respectively and will be available in 3 colour options – Gold, Black and White. They will also have a double data operator from Airtel for up to six months that will allow consumers to get up to 30GB of free data. These devices will be available exclusively on Flipkart from May 10th 2016 onwards.

Bentley Systems Call for Submissions for Awards for Excellence in Infrastructure 2016

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced its call for submissions to the 2016  Be Inspired Awards program. The deadline for entries is May 30, 2016. The awards, which are selected by independent juries of industry experts, recognize the extraordinary work of organizations that help advance the world’s infrastructure by designing, engineering, constructing, delivering, and/or operating safer, more resilient, sustainable, and intelligent roads, bridges, buildings, plants, water distribution networks, and a host of other infrastructure assets. The architects, engineers, constructors, and/or owner-operators that comprise these organizations help realize their goals by taking advantage of the many BIM advancements that Bentley software and services innovations provide them through:

·         an increased depth of information modeling, for better asset performance, and/or

·         an increased breadth of information mobility, for better project performance.

The 18 Be Inspired Awards categories in this comprehensive, global program cover every aspect of the built environment – from innovation in asset performance, building, and construction to innovation in government, land development, mining, offshore, project delivery, and more. A new category this year is innovation in reality modeling, showcasing projects that demonstrate excellence in reality capture and/or visualization that solved a specific design, construction, or operations challenge.

All Bentley users are invited to enter their projects in the Be Inspired Awards program, no matter what phase the project is in – preconstruction/conceptual, design, construction, or built. The three finalists chosen for each Be Inspired Awards category will win a trip to London to attend, as a guest of Bentley Systems, The Year in Infrastructure 2016 Conference, being held Nov. 1-3 at the Hilton London Metropole in the U.K. The finalists will present their projects in the Be Inspired Awards finals portion of the conference before the judges, industry thought leaders, and more than 100 members of the media gathered for this highly interactive event comprising presentations, summits, and workshops.

Paul G. Wilson, technical director, Digital Project Delivery, EMIA, AECOM, said, “We were honored to be recognized at the 2015 Be Inspired Awards for our innovative project delivery work on the Stockholm E4 Bypass – one of the largest civil engineering projects in Sweden. The competition for this prestigious award is itself inspiring given the number, quality, and scale of the projects nominated. As an integral part of Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure Conference, the awards showcase some of the sector’s most pioneering projects and provide valuable insight into innovative technology in use. We look forward to participating in the 2016 event.”

Paul Brown, CAD/BIM/CAE design manager, SWIP/4LM Projects Engineering Services - Capital Programmes Directorate London Underground Ltd., said, “We are extremely proud that our London Underground tunnel remediation project was among those nominations honored at the 2015 Be Inspired Awards program in London last November. This innovative competition is aptly named given the remarkable accomplishments in infrastructure design, engineering, construction, and operations that it annually recognizes. It provides a wonderful opportunity for participants to have their advancements in project delivery and asset performance highlighted on a global stage in front of their peers, industry thought leaders, and members of the media. There simply is no other program quite like it!”

Chris Barron, Bentley vice president, corporate communications, said, “I strongly encourage Bentley users to take advantage of this call for submissions and fill out their nomination forms now. Much more than a competition, our Be Inspired Awards program uniquely brings together infrastructure professionals, along with members of the media, to share innovative BIM advancements in infrastructure project design, engineering, construction, and operations – advancing project delivery and asset performance. At the same time, it celebrates the innovative achievements of architects, engineers, constructors, and owner-operators in bringing to fruition infrastructure projects large and small.

“Every Be Inspired Awards nomination receives significant and valuable recognition across the global infrastructure community. So it’s a win for all – from the remarkable projects nominated to the infrastructure professionals and organizations that created them.”

Through the Be Inspired Awards program, participants can:

·  gain global recognition by having their architectural or engineering infrastructure projects profiled in Bentley’s Infrastructure Yearbook, which is distributed in print and digital formats to nearly 150,000 key media, government, and industry influencers around the world; in addition, all winners and finalists, as well as other project nominees, are featured on the User Project Profiles website page;

·  enhance their competitive edge by demonstrating to existing and potential clients the value they and their respective organizations add to projects through their innovative use of BIM advancements;

·  receive media coverage by interacting with global media as well as members of the Bentley team, who will help them market and promote their respective projects.

For additional information about the Be Inspired Awards program, or to nominate a project, visit www.bentley.com/BeInspired.

CleverTap & App Promo Partner to Help App Developers Engage and Retain Users

CleverTap, a next generation mobile engagement platform, with more than 1500 customers globally announced a global partnership with App Promo an award wining app marketing and promotional agency that help developers succeed in the discovery, downloads and monetization of mobile applications. The partnership will give access to all of App Promo clients CleverTap's mobile engagement platform. 

Developers will now have immediate access to CleverTap's world-class analytics to create more personalized mobile experiences and increase user engagement.

"With developers creating apps from all around the world, it was key to find an app marketing agency that is able to help market their applications not just in the US AppStore but from a global perspective," said Sunil Thomas, co-founder and chief executive officer at CleverTap. "For us, partnering with App Promo is a great way to help developers with a full 360 approach to app marketing from discovery to download to engagement."

For App Promo, the partnership significantly enhances App Promo's post app launch marketing, guiding clients to focus on engagement and retention. "Offering our clients the CleverTap's SDK now allows them up to 1 Million monthly events at No Charge, with unlimited messaging and MAUs," said Gary Yentin, CEO of App Promo. "Now we can help developers not only with the launch of the application but also follow up with post launch engagement, retention and monetization strategies – focusing on the business of the application."