TecQ Wrap: Apple iPad Pro, HTC 728, FB Instant Articles and More
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1. The Quint Is on Facebook’s Instant Articles for Android and iOS!
The Quint is now on Facebook’s much-awaited Instant Articles for Android and iOS. With only seven months behind it, The Quint is the youngest among the five Indian media publishers to be on Facebook’s Instant Articles platform.
The Instant Articles feature for publishers allows us to create feature-rich content on Facebook, which will be hosted on the social media platform itself. Right now, when publishers share news, articles and videos on their Facebook feed, it takes about 8 seconds for the page to load.
But as the content will be hosted on Facebook’s servers it will load instantly for users, hence, Instant Articles.
To know more click here.
2. Five Things You Need To Know About Apple iPad Pro
About an inch longer than a standard sheet of paper, the Pro features a 12.9-inch diagonal display, giving it 78 per cent more surface area than the 9.7-inch iPad Air 2. At nearly 1.6 pounds, the Pro is heavier than current models, but not much more so than the original iPad from 2010.
To know what makes it stand out and if it is for you, check out all the details here.
3. Five Smartphones That Changed the Market in Recent Times
Wise men have often said, change is the only constant in the world. So, it was only a matter of time before something changed the smartphone market.
But which were the phones that brought about this change?
Here’s the list for India.
4. Review: HTC Desire 728G Is a Very Desirable Device, But...
HTC Desire 728G is the latest smartphone in the popular HTC Desire line-up. (Photo: The Quint)
HTC is doing with the Desire what Samsung did with the Galaxy series. There’s an HTC Desire phone at almost all the price points, and the HTC Desire 728G is the latest smartphone to join the mid-segment competition.
At a price tag of Rs 17,990, does it have all that your heart desires? Read on.
5. Here’s What Indians are Doing on Instagram
Indians on Instagram are mostly young, mobile-first users with high spending power, according to a study that revealed insights for the first time about the Insta-community in India.
Instagram users have grown to more than 400 million this year. Among the last 100 million to join, more than half live in Asia and Europe.
Click here to know more about the study.
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