Monday 17 August 2015

NNG bullish on India as it forecasts 40% growth in revenues for 2015

NNG, the Hungary-based leading automotive navigation provider realized a growth of 25% YoY in their India operations, and forecast a 40% increase in revenues for India in the current financial year ending December 2015. This is in line with the tremendous expected growth of the automotive sector in India.

This growth is based on the one engine technology the company applies: with the easy adaptability and flexibility of the software NNG can turn its “Navigation for All” strategy into reality – providing navigation solutions tailored for the individual needs and concepts of the OEMs. It is complete with a number of India-specific features to fully accommodate the local market, including local languages. NNG reports a shift in the Indian market towards OEM-tailored navigation systems: line-fit solutions are on the rise, with demand to level to the global trends in the coming years.

To ensure the highest accuracy and flawless user experience NNG will also be conducting field tests across New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore in the coming weeks for a project that is expected to hit the market in early 2016.



Péter Bolesza, Vice President of Eastern Europe and Emerging Markets at NNG said, “We see tremendous growth potential keeping in mind the expected increase in the number of cars manufactured in India. As it is expected to become one of the top three car manufacturers in the world, we foresee the use and importance of navigation solutions to increase as well as it quickly adapts to the global standards. We are positive and confident in the Indian market and see a bright future ahead for the automotive sector.”
NNG’s global financial results have also followed an upward trend with a 40% growth YOY in 2014, marking the third consecutive year with such impressive growth. By today, 90% of the company’s revenues come from automotive projects.

NNG has been present in India since 2011, with their office located in Gurgaon. The company is the proud holder of the Mobility Excellence Award 2014 for “Best Automotive Navigation Provider”, awarded by Mobility India.

About NNG LLC
NNG develops cutting edge infotainment and navigation software for the global automotive market. The company offers on-board, 3D navigation applications that incorporate connected features and a universal online update portal. NNG’s goal is to make in-car infotainment and navigation easy, fun, safe and integrated through all communication devices for everybody on board. Unique features and advanced technology, combined with a high level of flexibility, enable fast time-to-market at a low cost.

The award winning iGO Navigation Software is currently installed in more than 20 million devices worldwide with over 30 million signed orders from 34 global car brands. NNG continues to strengthen its global footprint through 11 offices around the world, including Hungary, Japan (2x), the United States (3x), Switzerland, Australia, Israel, India, and China.

NNG is the recent recipient of the 2013/14 European Business Award, winning ”Growth Strategy of the Year", and is the proud Winner of 2014 Gold Stevie® Award for Fastest Growing Company of the Year in Europe, but also won numerous product awards through its partners.

To find out more about NNG please visit www.nng.com. For more information about iGO Navigation products, visit www.igonavigation.com.

Thursday 9 July 2015

Mocept adds movie genre to Freehit quiz

Mocept adds movie genre to Freehit quiz

       Movies quiz library to be added
       Loaded with 3,000 questions
       Quiz questions to be from various genres
       Hollywood, Bollywood, Tamil and Telegu movies questions included
     Daily tournaments and contest for movie buffs

Mumbai, 8th July 2015:   Mocept, a Bangalore-based quiz app company that launched an engaging trivia quiz app – ‘Freehit Quiz’ has expanded its topics from cricket to movies. The new app now comes loaded with more than 3,000 questions varying from Hollywood to Bollywood to Tamil and Telegu cinema.
The app contains generations of Indian and international movie questions from downright easy to extremely difficult. The movies section will be live from today for Android smart phones. An iOS version is expected to hit the App Store in the next few weeks.
Gomathi Sankar, Founder and CEO, Mocept says, “Our latest offering movies quiz is sure to attract movies fan in large numbers. Freehit has emerged as the largest trivia quiz app on Android with a deep question bank on cricket. We aim to become the most engaging friendly app for movie trivia as well. There will be regular updates for this app which will include adding new features and more language options for the users.”
Today, fans are constantly connected with their friends through various social network platforms. What makes this app engaging is that one can challenge and compete against their friends in the Freehit Quiz network real time, he adds.
Freehit was launched in February this year with cricket trivia quiz. The cricket section has 20 topics, popular subjects being -- World Cup, ODI, T20, Tests, Legends of Cricket, Rules, Cricketing shots, bowling actions, player jerseys, team names and many more.
The app is interactive and convenient, apart from the challenges, this app has different playing modes for both movie and cricket section that depend upon the time factor, quick fire, 5 question quiz matches that enables one to get live scores and updates the level based on performance.
The game hosts daily tournaments which will now be a part of the app for the movie as well as the cricket section, where players can challenge their friends to test their movie or cricket IQ and stand a chance to win e- gift vouchers worth Rs 500.
Freehit Quiz will also organize ‘Mega Tournaments', where winners will have a chance to win exciting prizes worth Rs 10000 or more.
One can also redeem coins for cash prizes and e-gift vouchers on this quiz app. The average time spent by a user on Freehit has been going up constantly. Currently it is 11 minutes and it is expected to double as more questions and topics get added to the app. Freehit has been downloaded more than a lakh times and has 5.5 million questions answered in a short span of its launch.



About Mocept
Mocept, a Bangalore-based quiz app company started operations in April 2013 with a team of professionals with expertise in core areas that make a video based education possible on mobiles or tablets. They currently have 3 app on the Google Play Store. ‘Illustrate – Video Dictionary’, ‘Illustrate – Word Quiz’ and ‘FreeHit Cricket Quiz – IPL’.
‘Illustrate – Video Dictionary’ app is essentially a collection of 30 seconds videos of English words where the meanings are explained with context and real life examples. Illustrate has been successful all over the world across geographies including India, SE Asia, Latin America and USA. The app is useful for students preparing for exams like the GRE and GMAT as well as for students learning the English language for the first time. Illustrate – The Video dictionary has racked up close to 100,000 downloads in less than a year since launch.

The company, in February this year, decided to enter the quiz app segment with the launch of Freehit for Android devices. Freehit was launched two weeks before the Cricket World Cup and by the time the tournament ended, Free Hit was already no. 1 in Google Play Store with 70,000 downloads and counting. The user engagement levels have been recorded to be quite high averaging 11 minutes per session and 3.4 million views since the launch. The app has a rating of 4.3 in the Google Play Store. The Mocept team has developed more than 3,000 questions for the cricket quiz alone and has come up with unique IP around quiz mechanics and an adaptive quiz engine.

Tuesday 7 July 2015

Huawei strengthens retail presence in India with its exciting brand new series

  

 - Exciting range of value for money smartphones that will be available in the offline market across 1000 stores

- Launches four new smartphones - Huawei Y336, Y541, Y625 and G620S



Huawei, the world number 3 smartphone manufacturer, today announced its expansion in the Indian retail market with the launch of a new smartphones series. Bullish to expand its presence in the Indian smartphone market, the global smartphone major is all set to replicate the global strategy in India to keep up with its global number 3rd position.
Following the dual brand global strategy of Huawei, the company will now also be offering a wide range of its Huawei branded smartphones via retail route alongside the recently launched smartphones under the brand Honor. Honor, the leading global ebrand, would continue to sell through online marketplaces while Huawei, known for its technology prowess and association with premium and high tech smartphones would be available through a robust and strong retail distribution network.

Newly launched Huawei Y336, Y541, Y625 and G620S will be available under its G & Y series between the price range of Rs. 5,499 – Rs. 9,499. These smartphones come equipped with the best in class technology at the most value for money price ranges. The latest G&Y series have clocked huge global targets and the company is expecting the same in India. The devices will be marketed through the company’s offline distributors across 1000 stores in the initial phase thereby flooding the mid segment market with these affordable and best in class product offering.

At the price points that it operates, G&Y series smartphones are a cut above the competition and come power packed with multimedia features and strong hardware to cater to the consumers looking at value for money with the benefit of good specifications. With this new range, Huawei phones boast of improved camera features like dual LED flash, patented power saving technology for extended battery life and unmatched features at this price point. The mid segment smartphone launch would be followed close on heels with the launch of Huawei’s global premium range.

After the global success in the first half of 2015 with our smartphones sales crossing 50 million units, making us global number 3, we are excited to launch our “Huawei Brand” series in India. The good news is that the new series will be available through the retail route where our customers can experience the products first hand. Keeping in mind the value proposition and commitment we offer to our consumers, Huawei is rapidly strengthening its after sales network to serve them better”, said Mr. Allen Wang, President of Consumer Business Group, Huawei Telecommunications India.

“To reach out to our consumers in key markets, Huawei range would be available through a strong distribution network in offline retail beginning with a 1000 stores roll out in the next 4-8 weeks. For the brand new series, we will be strengthening our presence with traditional multi-brand retailers and by partnering with top modern trade players such as Croma, Reliance Digital, Sangeetha Retail and The Mobile Store in key cities like Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai amongst others.” said Mr. P Sanjeev, Director Sales (Devices Business), Huawei Telecommunications India.

This testifies Huawei’s commitment towards India and market localization. Focused on Innovation led with solutions, Huawei invests heavily in R&D. The Bangalore city houses Huawei’s largest R&D centre outside China and Global Network Operations Centre (GNOC). The company owns more than 15, 000 device patents out of which over 60% are for smartphones.

About Huawei

By 2014, Huawei’s products and services have covered more than 170 countries, and a third of the world’s population. Huawei’s shipments of smartphones ranked third in the world in 2014. Huawei has 16 R&D centers have been set up in the US, Germany, Sweden, Russia, India, and China. Huawei Consumer Business Group is one of three businesses within Huawei, covering smartphones, mobile broadband devices, home devices and cloud services. Based on more than 20 years of Huawei’s expertise in the telecom industry, built on Huawei’s global network, worldwide operations and business partners, Huawei Consumer Business Group is dedicated to providing the latest technology to the consumers and bringing the joy of technological advances to people all around the world. Huawei acts on its word and fulfills dreams. 

Wednesday 10 June 2015

Mocept signs MapMyIndia as a sponsor for Freehit App

Mocept signs MapmyIndia as a sponsor for Freehit
MapmyIndia-themed quiz contest on for this week
Mega tournament scheduled for Thursday
Winner stands to win a MapmyIndia GPS Navigator worth Rs 12990/-
Freehit: Informative and engaging quiz app for cricket lovers
Freehit the most downloaded cricket trivia app available on Android
App also available in Hindi

New Delhi, June 10, 2015: Mocept, a Bangalore-based quiz app company that recently launched one of the most engaging cricket trivia quiz app –Freehit for cricket lovers on Android and iOS platform is conducting an exclusive brand engagement with MapmyIndia this week. As part of the brand engagement, Freehit quiz will be themed around MapmyIndia, India’s leading location technology brand, based out of New Delhi. Freehit will organize a mega tournament on Thursday 11th June, 2015 where the winner will receive a MapmyIndia Navigator worth Rs. 12,990/-. Contestants will have to register on the app and then play the quiz. The one with maximum points will walk away with the reward.


Gomathi Sankar, Founder and CEO, Mocept said, “The brand engagement with MapmyIndia validates that Freehit is more than just a quiz platform and is on its way towards becoming a digital interaction medium for brands. We are excited to partner with MapmyIndia.”
Freehit comes with an extensive question bank of more than 6,000, it has 20 topics, popular subjects being --World Cup, ODI, T20, Tests, Legends of Cricket, Rules, Cricketing shots, bowling actions, player jerseys, team names and many more. Freehit has been gaining popularity among cricket and IPL fans specially. The daily tournaments have seen ever increasing participation from cricket lovers with more than 1,000 new registrations every day. In its new avatar, players can now challenge their friends to test their cricket IQ.
Rakesh Verma, Managing Director, MapmyIndia said, “FreeHit has proved that their quiz and trivia platform can have a deep and engaging experience with young users. We are pleased to partner with Freehit to engage with the young consumers who are tech-savvy and use smart-phones for entertainment and for utility, and who can benefit immensely from our suite of location based products and services.”
The average time spent by a user on Freehit is eight minutes and the company believes that this will go up as they launch new quiz topics with many more sponsorships in the coming months. To make Freehit accessible to a larger audience, Mocept has also added multi-lingual capabilities to it. Fans can now choose to play in Hindi.
About Mocept
Mocept, a Bangalore-based quiz app company started operations in April 2013 with a team of professionals with expertise in core areas that make a video based education possible on mobiles or tablets. They currently have 3 app on the Google Play Store. ‘Illustrate – Video Dictionary’, ‘Illustrate – Word Quiz’ and ‘FreeHit Quiz”.
‘Illustrate – Video Dictionary’ app is essentially a collection of 30 seconds videos of English words where the meanings are explained with context and real life examples. Illustrate has been successful all over the world across geographies including India, SE Asia, Latin America and USA. The app is useful for students preparing for exams like the GRE and GMAT as well as for students learning the English language for the first time. Illustrate – The Video dictionary has racked up more than100,000 downloads in less than a year since launch.
The company in February this year, decided to enter the quiz app segment with the launch of Freehit for Android devices. Freehit was launched two weeks before the Cricket World Cup and by the time the tournament ended, Free Hit was already no. 1 in Google Play Store with more than 100,000 downloads and counting. The user engagement levels have been recorded to be quite high averaging 8 minutes per session and 3.4 million views since the launch. The app has a rating of 4.3 in the Google Play Store.
The Mocept team has developed more than 6000 questions for the cricket quiz alone and has come up with unique IP around quiz mechanics and an adaptive quiz engine.
About MapmyIndia
MapmyIndia (CE Info Systems (P) Ltd.) is India's leader in premium quality map data, Car GPS Navigation, GPS Vehicle Tracking, GIS Enterprise Solutions and Location Aware Web and Mobile Applications. A NewDelhi-based ISO 9001-2008 company founded in 1992, MapmyIndia pioneered digital mapping in India, and since 1995, through continuous field surveys and state-of-the-art mapping technology, has built its proprietary MapmyIndia Maps, the most comprehensive, accurate, robust, reliable, full-featured and continuously updated navigable map dataset for all India. MapmyIndia has been at the forefront of leveraging the advent of mobile communications and internet by introducing numerous consumers focused mobile Apps and location based services in the SNT (Social, Navigation, and Tracking) space. Most recently, MapmyIndia has launched NaviMaps – India’s most powerful and advanced FEREMIUM, Offline 3-Dnavigation app with house number data and live traffic information. The app is available for download on both iOS and Android platforms. MapmyIndia is also a leading e-retailer, offering users a range of GPS navigation, tracking and entertainment systems on www.mapmyindia.com/store with Cash on Delivery options. Continuous innovation in product development has led to MapmyIndia receiving many awards and recognition from media and industry, including a recent citation in the Harvard business Review for its customer funded business model. MapmyIndia Maps are approved and cleared by the Government of India, and follow the Government of India's norms and regulations. MapmyIndia is backed by leading high-tech and private equity firms, such as Qualcomm Ventures, Lightbox Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners and Zenrin Co. Ltd.


Wednesday 20 May 2015

Cricket trivia quiz app Freehit's iOS version launched

Popular cricket trivia quiz app Freehit hits App Store

● Freehit iOS version launched
● Informative and engaging quiz app for cricket lovers
● Loaded with question bank of 3000+
● Contests organised everyday; win Flipkart vouchers
● App also available in Hindi


Mocept, a Bangalore-based quiz app company has launched one of the most engaging cricket trivia quiz app – Freehit for cricket fanatics in the App Store on 19 May, 2015. Freehit comes with an extensive question bank of more than 3,000, it has 20 topics, popular subjects being -- World Cup, ODI, T20, Tests, Legends of Cricket, Rules, Cricketing shots, bowling actions, player jerseys, team names and many more.


The app, which was launched in February this year, for Android phones, is now available for Apple users too. Freehit has been gaining popularity among cricket and IPL fans specially. The daily tournaments have seen ever increasing participation from cricket lovers with more than 1,000 new registrations every day. In its new avatar, players can now challenge their friends to test their cricket IQ. The winners stand a chance to win Flipkart gift vouchers.

To make Freehit accessible to a larger audience, Mocept has also added multi-lingual capabilities to it. Fans can now choose to play in Hindi. Pranay Jha, Co-founder and Head – Product Development, says, “There will be regular updates for this app which will include new features and adding more language options for the users. We have seen that Hindi interface is being accepted very well by our users.” Currently, 10% of our total user base is accessing Freehit in Hindi, he adds.


The app is engaging and convenient, apart from the challenges, this app has different playing modes depending upon the time factor, including quick fire, 5 question quiz matches that enables one to get live scores and updates the level based on performance. This IPL season, the game hosts daily tournaments where participants earn their scores by answering quiz questions faster than the competitors. The winners will get Flipkart vouchers worth Rs 500.

Pranay Jha, Co-founder and Head – Product Development, Mocept says, “We are delighted that the app has already seen downloads to the tune of 80,000 within a few weeks of its launch. It shows that Freehit has struck the right chord with the cricket lovers. Today, fans are constantly connected with their friends through various social network platforms. What makes this app engaging is that one can challenge and compete against their friends.”

Freehit will be announcing a 'Weekly Mega Jackpot' contest shortly, where players will have to answer a certain set of questions in 10 minutes. The winner will walk away with Rs 10,000 cash prize.

The average time spent by a user on Freehit is eight minutes and the company believes that this will go up as they launch new quiz apps in the coming months. Mocept will be launching a Bollywood quiz app next month with an option to play in Bengali, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu languages.

About Mocept
Mocept, a Bangalore-based quiz app company started operations in April 2013 with a team of professionals with expertise in core areas that make a video based education possible on mobiles or tablets. They currently have 3 app on the Google Play Store. ‘Illustrate – Video Dictionary’, ‘Illustrate – Word Quiz’ and ‘FreeHit Cricket Quiz – IPL’. ‘Illustrate – Video Dictionary’ app is essentially a collection of 30 seconds videos of English words where the meanings are explained with context and real life examples. Illustrate has been successful all over the world across geographies including India, SE Asia, Latin America and USA. The app is useful for students preparing for exams like the GRE and GMAT as well as for students learning the English language for the first time. Illustrate – The Video dictionary has racked up close to 100,000 downloads in less than a year since launch.

The company in February this year, decided to enter the quiz app segment with the launch of Freehit for Android devices. Freehit was launched two weeks before the Cricket World Cup and by the time the tournament ended, Free Hit was already no. 1 in Google Play Store with 80,000 downloads and counting. The user engagement levels have been recorded to be quite high averaging 8 minutes per session and 3.4 million views since the launch. The app has a rating of 4.3 in the Google Play Store. The Mocept team has developed more than 3000 questions for the cricket quiz alone and has come up with unique IP around quiz mechanics and an adaptive quiz engine.

Tuesday 12 May 2015

Mobile security apps rule download charts globally

Mobile security apps rule download charts globally: Report
LEO Privacy Guard is ranked #1 security app in India

According to a latest report (as on May 11,2015) released by the leading app ranking firm App Annie, on the 2015 global mobile app market, 5 out of the top 10 most downloaded apps in India are mobile security apps. This is a rather interesting fact considering the recently publicized discussion paper floated by TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) which claimed that mobile apps could jeopardize national and individual security, and also at a time when a nationwide debate around ‘net neutrality’ rages on.


Amongst the most downloaded mobile security apps, the recently launched LEO Privacy Guard, a product of LEOMASTER has been ranked in the top mobile application tools in several popular smartphone markets like India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Russia. The app has made it to the top 5 in the mobile app market in these countries, and is ranked 10th in overall performance. In India, the app is ranked #1 in the Google Play Top App Charts and is the highest ranking mobile security app.


Since the app’s global launch in November 2014, it boasts of tens of millions of loyal users around the world. The security app’s latest edition, LEO Privacy Guard 2.0, which was released in April 2015, has in fact been downloaded 10 million times within several days after its release. The highly-rated app is a privacy steward for free, providing services ranging from app locking, privacy protection and app management and is committed to personal privacy protection and data security.


ABOUT LEOMASTER:

LEOMASTER, established in July 2014, is a Shenzhen-based company which has operations in India and Hong Kong. Amer International Group, a #295 ranked company in the Fortune Global 500 list has poured millions of dollars of funding into the company since its inception. It boasts a talent pool, in which personnel coming from leading internet companies like Baidu, Tencent and Qihoo are experienced in mobile internet and have developed app products with hundreds of millions of users.

As the flagship product of LEOMASTER, LEO Privacy Guard is targeted at global markets, in particular, the Southeast Asian market. The mobile security app is committed to privacy protection that provides Android users with an unprecedented managing experience. It enables users to lock their apps, photos and videos for their own privacy. The app easily uninstalls useless apps and backups the important ones, to save more space effortlessly. (http://www.leomaster.com.cn/)

For more details on LEO Privacy Guard, check out:


ABOUT APP ANNIE

App Annie is a business intelligence company and analyst firm headquartered in San Francisco, USA, that provides app ranking data and high quality mobile analytics. Since the company started in 2009, its analytics product has tracked more than 60 billion downloads and US$17 billion of app store revenue across iOS and Google Play, making it one of the largest companies globally in terms of app store market data tracked. (www.appannie.com)


Friday 8 May 2015

Huawei Honor launches Honor 4c, Honor Bee and Power Bank AP007


Honor, which is Huawei’s Smartphone e-brand for digital natives, under Huawei, today announced the expansion of Honor’s offering with the launch of two exciting new smartphones - Honor 4C and Honor Bee and a Power Bank AP007 which would be sold exclusively through online partner Flipkart.com. The products were launched by RCB players in the presence of Mr. Allen Wang, President Consumer Business Group, Huawei and Honor India

Owing to this consumer loyalty and feedback; Honor has decided to expand its offering with Honor 4C, Honor Bee and Power Bank AP007. The Honor 4C would be available at a competitive price of Rs. 8,999 in the mid-end segment; whereas Honor Bee will be priced at Rs. 4,999.  The Honor Power Bank AP007 will be available at a price of Rs. 1, 399.

Pre-order for Honor Bee has started on both hihonor.in and flipkart.com and sales will start from 11th May. Honor 4C and AP007 will go on sale starting 6:00 pm on May 08th, 2015. Additionally, the Honor Bee would be available at a discount of 10% on purchase via debit/credit card as a limited period inaugural offer on pre-ordering.

According to Mr. Allen Wang, President of Consumer Business Group, Huawei & Honor India, “We are very excited to launch our two new powerful smartphones 4C and Bee along with a Power Bank AP700 in India. This is the global launch for Honor Bee and we are confident that it will be a strong performer in the lower mid-level segment.  The Honor 4C with faster speed, best quality and beautiful design will be an excellent choice for consumers in the mid segment market in India. The Power Bank AP007 will successfully address the power needs of today’s always-on-the-move generation. We are thankful to our customers for their continued support and for their overwhelming response on Honor 4X and Honor 6 Plus. We will strive to offer best in tech innovations to match the discerning needs of our consumers and our design philosophy is based on three basic characteristics: best camera, long battery life and remarkable craftsmanship.

Honor 4C packs an impressive hardware in a handy form factor with a well-designed built. It has an ultra slim frame design which brings an unbounded visual impact to eyes and a solid gripping experience. The phone packs a 5-inch HD IPS Display having 1280x720 pixels with 76% visual screen to body ratio. Carrying forward Honor’s camera expertise, it houses a 13 megapixel rear camera with Smart Image 2.5 technology that churns out outstanding imaging both in day and night. Selfies come very easy with its 5 megapixel front camera that also allows you to capture panoramic selfies. Boasting 2550 mAh battery, Honor 4C delivers enough juice to let you use its features and applications without worrying about the discharge. It runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat) with Emotion UI 3.0 on top and the system offers a more intuitive, simple, clear and stylish design.


Honor Bee is Honor’s latest price competitive offering which sports a simple wove meticulous design. The screen size is best for one hand handle at 4.5 inch with FWVGA resolution and high screen ratio of 16:9. On the imaging front, it structures a 8 megapixel rear camera with DUAL LED flash and 2 megapixel front camera. The Dual LED flash enhances low light photography conditions and helps the camera to capture fine details.  The camera also brings in Honor smartphones signature camera applications likes snap shoot, smile shoot and panoramic selfies.  Its 1 GB ram satisfies the daily multimedia requirements and the Quad core chipset easily balances the work load. It runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat) with Emotion UI 3.0 on top and the system offers a more intuitive, simple, clear and stylish design. On the battery side, it has a 1730mAh battery with power saving technology.


Honor Power Bank AP007 The Honor Power Bank has a massive 13000 mAh battery enabling to charge your smartphone faster whenever in crisis of battery discharge. It features high quality circuit and professional architectural design with industry’s leading intelligent control chip and protection circuit design in order to provide security protection. The Power Bank is compatible with every mainstream smartphone and tablet and can be connected via USB cable and port. It also has one-piece bracket design which is effective to ensure the safety of the batteries and electric circuit. Further, It comes with intelligent sleep and energy saving mode to ensure optimized power consumption.

The company has also launched a separate website for India, www.hihonor.in. This website will provide a platform to engage with Indian customers, enable creation of Honor communities, and allow people to share their Brave stories, as Honor is a brand ‘for the brave’.

Fujifilm announces the launch of the Instax series in India

Finalists of Femina Miss India 2015 unveiled the instant cameras - Mini 8, Mini 25, Mini 50S & Mini 90


In Mumbai on May 8, 2015, Fujifilm India Private Limited, announced the launch of its cutting-edge instant print technology that gives the instant print; instax series in India. 
Instant Print comes out of the camera develops gradually and sharpens in few minutes.

Inspired by its success all over the world, Instax series is a range of instant cameras presenting various features suitable for different age groups and usage patterns. 

Fujifilm India showcased five major products from the series in the country on 8th of May 2015. The four products which will be launched in India are the Mini 8, Mini 25, Mini 50S and Mini 90.

Commenting on the occasion, Mr. YasunobuNishiyama said, “We are excited to launch the Instax series which has been well accepted in countries outside India. This range has been designed keeping in mind predominantly young age group and their requirements. Indian young population is experimental/ wants to seek new experiences and maintain their family values. Each camera has its own unique features, distinguishing one from the other and comes with 1 year warranty. Considering the growth of the market and the steady progress of the Indian economy, we have an extremely positive outlook for this series and expect it to be welcomed by customers of diverse needs in the country.” 

The price range of the camera varies from Rs 6441 – Rs 13000

The instax series has products suitable for kids and teenagers as well as adults and professionals in diverse fields. It gives an emotional connect of the Target Group in the Digital Age by expressing their emotions on the frame of the picture.

The instax Mini 8 is a camera that brings instant fun and excitement to everyday life. It has a cute and compact body design and is available in seven different, cheerful colours. It comes with a simple operational system for instant pictures and Brightness adjustment dial that enables taking photos in different modes easily. It is suitable for kids and ladies who can accessorize the camera color with their attire

The instax Mini 25 comes in Stylish and compact design. It is can be used anytime, anywhere by Target group who love to click themselves as it comes with a self-snap mirror for taking self-shots.  It takes selfie print instantly which today’s youth uses to express them

The instax Mini 50S is for used to capture the Glamour of the moment which is used in sophisticated parties by Socialites/ Elite class/ People who party. It comes with a self-timer mode. It captures the mood in beautiful photo prints instantly

The Instax Mini 90 is designed with a classic/retro look. It offers advanced features such as bulb and double exposures which are attractions of traditional analog cameras and offer an enhanced capability to capture light creatively. The instax Mini 90 is also equipped with new functions and features like macro mode and high performance flash, making this an ideal camera for every photographer, developed under the concept of "NEO CLASSIC."


All of the instax range is available online at www.fujifilmstore.in

Wednesday 15 April 2015

LEOMASTER launches privacy protection app to secure phones and mobile apps

Leading mobile app developer, LEOMASTER has launched a brand new privacy protection app called LEO Privacy Guard 2.0 that helps in securing both the mobile phone and the apps it contains. The app introduces incremental protection levels to tailor and match the needs of phone users better. The LEO Privacy Guard 2.0 app is available on Google Play for free.


All new UI design
The all-new LEO Privacy Guard 2.0 design philosophy emphasizes simplicity and utility. Main interface features App Lock, Privacy Protection and Settings tabs, where the user can see status and features. For example, under Privacy Protection, at a glance the user can see the current protection level and toggle privacy control for photos, videos, messages, and call records. This allows for an effective and individualized execution that streamlines the user experience.  



The most intelligent App Lock tool
The tremendous popularity of smartphones has fuelled the rapid development of the digital world. Digitimes Research predicts that in 2015, there will be over 14 billion smartphone users in the world. As the smart phone market continues to boom in South East Asia as well as Latin America, social media and e-commerce apps are vulnerable. LEO Privacy Guard 2.0 App Lock allows the user to anticipate multiple scenarios by giving him/her control over duration, location, as well as other presets.


Innovative protection levels
LEOMASTER introduces an innovative way to categorize privacy protection across several levels, and they are: Dangerous, Vigilant, Normal, Good, and Perfect. The app makes recommendations for the appropriate privacy level according to the user’s conditions, so that they may make an informed choice. Particularly concerning the snooping of text messages and phone records, LEO Privacy Guard 2.0 affords the user full protection and keeps them worry-free.


Photos and Videos
Smartphones have largely replaced traditional cameras and video recorders, and media can be shared with the rest of the world in seconds. While it’s fun for the user to have the latest videos and images at their fingertips, there are some content that are not meant to be shared. Leo Privacy Guard 2.0 makes it easy for the user to hide their personal photos and videos and keeps them private.

LEO Privacy Guard 2.0 also monitors the data usage, battery level, and app installation status, keeping the user’s relationship with his/her smartphone fun and hassle-free. It also has a collection of beautifully designed interfaces for the phone’s lock screen.


About LEOMASTER
LEO Network Technology is a dedicated Mobile Internet service provider, committing to provide every user around the world with better mobile online surfing experience. The name LEO was inspired by the Internet-based phrase ‘Link Everything Online’. Founded in July 2014, LEO operates branches in San Francisco, Hong Kong and India.


Monday 6 April 2015

Godrej Security Solutions launches Privy Point – An App that helps secure your mobile data


On April 6, 2015 in Mumbai, Godrej Security Solutions (GSS), one of the leading providers of complete security solutions in India, announced the launch of “Privy Point” a free mobile application that safeguards and protects all important digital assets, stored on your mobile phone. This app, which is downloadable either from Google Play store or the website www.privypoint.co, can be customized basis the data that each person may want to protect.


Explaining the need for security on mobile platform, Mr. Mehernosh Pithawalla, Marketing Head, Godrej Security Solutions said, “As India’s leading provider of security solutions to both businesses and homes, Godrej security solution believes in providing complete security to its customers with both advanced physical security and electronic security space.. Sticking true to our brand motto ‘Ab musibat se darna kaisa’, we want to give control of sensitive and personal data on the mobile phone to our user. ”


Privy Point was developed through a crowd sourcing platform for users giving them the power to choose the features they would want in the app. The app currently helps protect data on your phone including media files (photos and videos) and text messages, bank account/credit card details and identity cards (driving license, passport etc. Privy Point is not only able to hide personal data, but also makes itself inconspicuous by disguising as an innocuous app like calendar or calculator, that is also password protected, making it difficult for anyone to identify the app, let alone have access to the data.  


Not only this, but the project will be taken ahead through the crowd sourcing platform. One can log on to the website www.privypoint.co and recommend new features for the app. These submissions once verified as plausible by the development team would be available for voting. Depending on the popularity of the feature, it would be available for downloads as in-app purchases. Any income generated by the subsequent sale of these features would be shared with the person who had first come up with the idea in the form of royalty.


The application has been certified by Valency Networks.


~Feature RichMobile security app for android phones by Godrej Security Solutions~


~Users have the flexibility to add features and earn royalty~

Monday 23 March 2015

PIAGGIO launches the new APE XTRA DLX model in India


PIAGGIO VEHICLES PVT. LTD. LAUNCHES THE NEW APE XTRA DLX MODEL

Mumbai, 23rd March’2015 – Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd (PVPL), a 100 % subsidiary of the Italian Piaggio Group, European leader of the powered two-wheeler sector, and India’s leading manufacturer of light transportation solutions has announced the launch of new ape’ Xtra Dlx model, a launch confirming its commitment to anticipating customers changing needs and Piaggio’s core philosophy of continuous improvementAt PVPL, the emphasis has always been on value creation, be it product design or performance. The company has consistently gone to the market with its customers in mind.

While PVPL has already been marketing this vehicle successfully for some years, the new ape’ Xtra Dlx presents a series of enhancements in style and functionality, while continuing to offer exceptional reliability, fuel efficiency and comfort.

The changes introduced by PVPL on this successful vehicle reflect the evolving expectations of modern drivers. The ape’ Xtra Dlx sheet metal body provides strength and stylish lines, together with a smart dashboard, new headlamps and new handlebar switch.

The ape’ Xtra Dlx also features a new paint treatment for added gloss and better colour retention, as well as higher rust prevention, thus ensuring an even longer life for the vehicle. The initial response of customers to these eagerly awaited changes has been excellent.

Explaining the Company’s new initiative, Mr. Stefano Pelle, CEO of Piaggio India Pvt. Ltd.  said “Anticipating our New Age customer’s needs, ape’ Xtra Dlx has been conceived as a modern, stylish vehicle with many new features and yet delivering its core values of exceptional reliability, fuel efficiency and  comfort”.

With the new looks, style and features of ape’ Xtra Dlx, comes the same trust that over 19 Lacs customers have showered on the ape’ 3w passenger vehicles for more than 15 years. Today, the company is confident that apé Xtra Dlx in its new design would continue to enhance the lives of its customers and will help consolidate its leadership position in the 3 wheeler market.



  
About Piaggio Vehicles Pvt.Ltd.
Piaggio Vehicles Pvt. Ltd.  is a 100% owned  subsidiary of Piaggio Group. The Company commenced operations in India in 1999 with the launch of the 3 wheeler brand ape' which was an immediate success and has grown from strength to strength over the years. PVPL created the market, grew it , and has sustained a dominant and leadership position in the Diesel 3 wheeler segment. Piaggio is a leading player in the light transportation industry with a complete range of 3 and 4 wheelers in Diesel, Petrol, CNG, LPG fuel variants. The Company’s products are not only endorsed by over 1.9 million satisfied customers across India but also exported to more than 35 countries worldwide.

Piaggio has a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant at Baramati in Maharashtra[, with an installed annual production capacity of over 300,000 three-wheelers and 80,000 four-wheelers]. It is also moving towards self-reliance with the completion of its advanced engines plant on the same campus. Piaggio has over 2500-strong work-force comprising experienced engineers, R&D specialists, plant workers, sales, service and marketing professionals.

Piaggio created and now leads the 3 wheeler Diesel segment with its apé 3-wheeler which has become generic of the category. The Company controls more than 33% of market in the 3 wheeler segment in India.