Free Apple TV with Tata Docomo Broadband
Tata Docomo’s Broadband services are currently offering a Free Apple TV with every yearly subscription to any of their “Lightning Plans”. These are their broadband plan offerings with download speeds ranging from 20Mbps to 100Mbps and the offer is applicable only for Karnataka, Mumbai, Maharashtra & Goa circles.
The minimum monthly rental for these plans is Rs. 2199, so you’d be shelling out Rs. 26,388 + taxes upfront for this offer.
Apple Slashes Prices of iMac & Mac mini in India
After introducing a new, cheaper iMac yesterday, Apple has also gone ahead and slashed the prices of iMac, Mac mini and Apple TV in India, according to NDTV Gadgets.
Apple had last raised the prices when it introduced the new iMac line-up back in September 2013. Here are the updated prices:
| Model | Old Price | New Price | Effective Price Cut |
|---|---|---|---|
| iMac - 21.5", 2.7GHz | 99,900 | 92,900 | 7,000 |
| iMac - 21.5", 2.9GHz | 1,14,900 | 1,06,900 | 8,000 |
| iMac - 27", 3.2GHz | 1,39,900 | 1,27,900 | 12,000 |
| iMac - 27", 3.4GHz | 1,54,900 | 1,42,900 | 12,000 |
| Mac mini - Base Model | 44,900 | 42,900 | 2,000 |
| Mac mini - 2nd Model | 58,900 | 56,900 | 2,000 |
| Mac mini - OS X Server Model | 72,900 | 70,900 | 2,000 |
| Apple TV | 8,400 | 7,500 | 900 |
Motorola Moto E available on Flipkart
Motorola’s newest phone targeted at the lower, sub-10k segment for markets like India — the Moto E was launched yesterday and is now available for sale, exclusively on Flipkart for ₹6999. Similar to the previous launches of the Moto G and Moto X, Flipkart has a few offers for buyers of the Moto E.
For ₹7000, the Moto E makes for a damn good choice if you’re looking for a decent, entry-level Android phone running the latest OS version.
Apple India’s “Store Expansion Programme”
This morning, I noticed this listing on Apple’s Jobs website. The listing is for Training Delivery – India for Apple India in Bangalore, but I found the job summary very interesting (emphasis mine):
Due to a store expansion programme, we are seeking a trainer to work alongside the current training team.
According to an ET report in late March, the company plans to triple its exclusive stores in the country to 200 by 2015 and has been in talks with the government of India to relax the ‘local-sourcing’ clause in its policy on FDI in single-brand retail.
Apple has also recently hired Angela Ahrendts as its senior vice president of retail and online stores and I’m definitely looking forward to her work in the coming months.
In case you haven’t already heard about Thunderspace, it is a fabulous little iOS app that replicates thunderstorms using 3D, stereoscopic virtual sounds that you listen to via your headphones. It is a great way to just sit back and relax. Now would be a good time to try the app, as it is current available Free on the App Store. It comes bundled with two thunderstorms and you can purchase additional ones using IAPs.
Silvio has just made the public beta of Reeder 2 for Mac available on the website. Reeder was the reigning RSS app for Mac a few years ago and I used to love the app, but lack of updates or any communication from him meant that people started moving onto other apps. Right now, I’m very content with ReadKit for Mac, but looking at this beta, I’m definitely intrigued.
Lava’s 8800mAh Power Bank (Portable Charger)
Flipkart currently has this 8800mAh Lava Power Bank (Portable Charger) on sale for just Rs. 1819 for the next 35 minutes. The MRP is of this product is Rs. 2999 while Flipkart usually sells it for Rs. 2799.
Go grab it.
Rdio buys Dhingana to Enter India
NT Balanarayan, Vikas SN & Nikhil Pahwa reporting exclusively for MediaNama:
US-based music streaming website Rdio has acquired Indian music streaming website Dhingana, Dhingana has confirmed to MediaNama. MediaNama had heard about the development from multiple industry sources.
Sources also told MediaNama that the amount being offered to Dhingana is lower than the amount of funding they had raised.
This is great news. I’ve been waiting for either Spotify or Rdio to enter this market for a long time now, so this was welcome news to wake up to. I do hope Rdio launches with their complete (English) catalogue and not just a country-specific (Hindi) one.