Realty firm Godrej Properties Ltd has bought an 18-acre land parcel in Bengaluru to develop a housing project, as part of its expansion plan.

In a regulatory filing, the company informed that “it has entered into an outright transaction to purchase a well located land parcel in Whitefield, Bangalore.”

The company did not share the total value of the land deal.

Spread across approximately 18 acres, this project will offer 0.22 million square meters (2.4 million square feet) of saleable area comprising primarily residential apartments, it added.

“Bangalore is a key market for us and this project fits well with our strategy of deepening our presence across the country’s leading real estate markets,” Pirojsha Godrej, Executive Chairman, Godrej Propertiessaid.

Godrej Properties is aggressively adding more projects for development either through outright purchase of land or forming a joint venture with land owners.

Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru and Delhi-NCR are key markets for the company.

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Reliance Jio will pioneer the 5G revolution in India in the second half of 2021, said Mukesh Ambani on Tuesday in the inaugural speech at the India Mobile Congress 2020. Sharing his ideas to make India the world’s preeminent digital society with ease of living for all, Reliance Jio chairman said the country is among the best digitally connected nations in the world, and in order to maintain the lead, policy steps are needed to accelerate an early rollout of 5G, and to make it affordable and available everywhere.

Ambani asserted that the Reliance Jio 5G network will be powered by indigenous-developed network, hardware and technology components. Jio’s 5G service will be a testimony to the government of India’s Atmanirbhar Bharat mission, he added.

“I can say with utmost confidence that 5G will enable India to not only participate in the fourth industrial revolution but also to lead it,” said Mukesh Ambani at IMC 2020.

Ambani also requested the government to urgently work on policy steps needed to ensure that underprivileged people on 2G network shift to affordable smartphones so they too can reap benefits such as direct benefit transfer into their bank accounts, and actively participate in the digital economy.

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Flipkart is hosting the Mobile Bonanza sale in which the home-grown e-commerce platform is offering discounts, bank offers, exchange offers, and more on wide range of smartphones from Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi, Asus, Realme, and other smartphone brands. The sale started on December 7 and it will continue until December 10.

As part of sale offers, Flipkart is offering an additional discount of up to Rs 1,750 on HDFC credit card and equated monthly instalment option on debit/credit cards on minimum transaction of Rs 25,000. Here are some of the deals currently live on the Flipkart’s Mobile Bonanza sale:

Entry-level

1) Realme C11

The price of Realme’s popular smartphone Realme C11 has dropped to Rs 7,499 from Rs 8,999. The smartphone has a 5,000mAh battery and 6.5-inch screen.

2) Redmi 9i

Redmi’s 9i is available for Rs 8,999 from Rs 10,999 during Flipkart’s sale. The smartphone has a 5,000mAh battery, 6.5-inch HD-plus display and comes with 4GB ram and 128 GB storage.

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Vivo today expanded it’s Y series portfolio with the launch of Y51 in India. Priced at Rs 17,990 (8GB+128GB), the Y51 features a 6.58-inch Halo FullView Display with FHD+ (2408×1080) resolution.

It will be available in two colour options — Titanium Sapphire and Crystal Symphony.

The vivo Y51 has a 5000mAh battery bundled with 18W Fast charge technology. For imaging, it has a 48MP AI-powered triple rear camera set-up with inbuilt multiple shooting modes.

Vivo also announced a new variant of the Y30 with a RAM upgrade, now available in 6+128GB.

The quad camera at the rear offers a 13MP Main Camera, 8MP Super Wide-Angle Camera, 2MP Super-Macro Camera and 2MP Bokeh Camera. The phone comes with a 6.47 inch iView display and offers a 90.7% screen to body ratio and packs a massive 5,000mAh battery for seamless smartphone experience. Priced at Rs 14,990, it is powered by the MediaTek helio P35 processor.

“vivo’s youthful Y series is known for offering a comprehensive range of products designed to meet the demands of our consumers. With vivo Y51, we are taking a step further in our customer centric approach to offer the ‘best of everything’ from 18W Fast Charge to 5000mAh long-lasting battery and an 48MP AI Triple Rear Camera. The Y-series line-up reiterates vivo’s efforts to make technology accessible with leading camera capabilities, premium design and seamless experience to the consumers,” said Nipun Marya, Director- Brand Strategy, vivo India.

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In some good news for iPhone 11 owners, Apple has said that it will replace the display on devices that have glitchy touch screen for free, owing to an issue with the display module.

The iPhone 11 models affected by the issue were manufactured between November 2019 and May 2020.

“Apple has determined that a small percentage of iPhone 11 displays may stop responding to touch due to an issue with the display module,” the company said in an update on Friday.

“If your iPhone 11 has been exhibiting this issue, please use the serial number checker to see if your device is eligible for this programme. If so, Apple or an Apple Authorised Service Provider will provide service, free of charge,” the tech giant said.

You can check if your iPhone 11 is eligible for the programme by putting its serial number on Apple’s website for the replacement programme.

“If you believe your iPhone 11 was affected by this issue, and you paid to repair your device, you can contact Apple for a refund”.

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Epic Games has announced that like this year, there will be no in-person events in 2021, including a Fortnite World Cup, as the pandemic refuses to slow down.

However, the company will continue to organise online competitions throughout next year.

“We will continue to provide online competitions throughout 2021 with the hopes that physical events, in some form, can return at some point in the future,” the company said in a statement late on Friday.

Epic Games had cancelled the 2020 edition of the Fortnite Cup in April. The first Fortnite World Cup took place in 2019 in New York.

The Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS) will continue throughout 2021. Chapter 2-Season 5 FNCS is planned to begin from February 4.

“This date allows plenty of time for players to adjust to the new season and give our team more time to make adjustments before FNCS play,” the Fortnite team said.

Meanwhile, the developer of popular battle royale game Fortnite, in partnership with OnePlus, has announced that its India-oriented Bhangra Boogie Cup for Android smartphones will kick off on December 6.

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As Apple gradually shits its Mac devices to its own Silicon M1 chip, the purpose of the first generation of Apple Silicon is aimed at creating a new experience, to achieve the balance of performance and power consumption, instead of high computing.

On November 10, Apple introduced three new Mac devices — MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac Mini — powered by the Apple M1 system on a chip (SoC).

“While the inability of Intel chips to meet emerging requirements was the apparent trigger for Apple to have own chips, there were many other benefits and possibilities pushing the move,” according to Brady Wang, a senior research analysts with Counterpoint Research.

Just like iOS and Android, Apple’s macOS has a different ecosystem than Windows.

“The slow improvement in PC hardware, which is dominated by Intel, is among the key factors affecting macOS’ progress,” Wang wrote in a blog post.

The M1 specifications are similar to those of the A14 Bionic. However, the M1 on a Mac device can deliver more computing power and applications than the A14 Bionic on an iPhone.

Both are manufactured at TSMC’s 5nm and feature custom high-performance (Firestorm), energy-efficient (Icestorm), GPU and NPU.

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India has potential to export motherboards, technically called printed circuit board assembly(PCBA), worth up to Rs 8 lakh crore (Rs 8 trillion) between 2021-26, mobile devices industry body ICEA and EY said in a joint report.

However, in the absence of government incentives and subsidies the export potential will be around Rs 29,500 crore during the five year period, the report said.

India Cellular & Electronics Association (ICEA) Chairman Pankaj Mohindroo said the government is required to realise the cumulative export potential of Rs 8 lakh crore by 2026.

“If support of 4-6 per cent on exports of PCBAs can be provided, by 2025-26, the cumulative PCBA export for India can be about USD 109 billion (over Rs 8 lakh crore). However, if no support is offered, the export is estimated to dwindle to USD 4 billion (around Rs 29,500 crore),” the report said.

PCBA forms the base of electronic products.

Mohindroo said the current size of PCBA industry in India is around Rs 2 lakh crore and it is expected to reach Rs 6.4 lakh crore during 2021-26.

The National Policy on Electronics 2019 (NPE) envisages electronic manufacturing turnover of USD 400 billion (Rs 26 lakh crore at the time policy was approved) by 2025, out of which USD 190 billion (Rs 13 lakh crore) is expected to come from the mobile phone segment.

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