You Can Now Rent The iPhone X and Google Home From RentoMojo Online startup RentoMojo has announced the launch of its smartphone rental service that will offer high-end mobile devices, like Apple’siPhone X, Samsung’sGalaxy S9+and Google’sPixel 2through its platform that’s known for renting out furniture, appliances, gadgets and bikes in a number of major metropolitan areas around the country. In a statement to the media, the founder and CEO of RentoMojo, Geetansh Bamania, said that he expects the new smartphone rental service to bring more customers to the platform and increase transaction volumes....

YouTube Reportedly Rewarding Creators For Promoting New Twitch-Like Features According to areport by Bloomberg, YouTube is paying good money to its creators to promote its new,Twitch-like monetization features, such as donations and paid memberships. The money reportedly ranges from tens of thousands of dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars, although, none of the creators have been identified by the report. The new features were introduced byYouTubelast year in a bid to keep creators happy after the company sensed a growing unrest among many of them for allegedly not getting the same options to monetize their content when compared to their compatriots on Twitch and Patreon, both of which, alongside Facebook Video andInstagram’s latest IGTV platform, are being seen in some quarters aspotential challengers to YouTube’s dominancegoing forward....

‘Flipkart Plus’ Loyalty Program: Here’s Everything You Need to Know As it looks to take on the Amazon Prime juggernaut, Indian retail giantFlipkartis all set to launch an all-new loyalty program after its first attempt,‘Flipkart First’, was discontinued following lukewarm reception. Called‘Flipkart Plus’, Flipkart has made a big effort to set the loyalty program apart from Amazon Prime. Obviously, unlike Amazon Prime, there are no direct benefits here such as access to Prime Video, Music and more....

‘Forza Horizon 4’ Leak Suggests Halo Crossover A leaked image from the upcoming‘Forza Horizon 4’leak has revealed the game will very likely come with a mission inspired by the famousHalocampaign level,‘The Silent Cartographer’. The Warthog, which can be seen below, is just one of the many alleged FH4 images that wereleaked on Imgurover the weekend andshared on Reddit. While the Warthog from Halo was earlier seen in Forza Horizon 3 and Forza Motorsport 4, what’s got people talking about is the sighting of what looks to be a Covenant spaceship in the sky and a Halo ring in the distance, leading many to speculate that there might just be a Halo-themed event in the upcoming game as part of a crossover with the Halo franchise....

Advertising Firms Suffer As Google, Facebook Dominate Global Ad Revenue Charts The dominance of Google and Facebook of digital advertising has led to the number of independent and smaller ad tech companies falling 21 per cent since 2013 to 185 in the second quarter of 2018, the media reported. According to a report in The New York Times on Sunday, venture capital money going into ad-tech start-ups is falling sharply.“Online advertising companies have struggled for several years as Google and Facebook solidified their grip on digital dollars, slowing revenue for the others,”added the report, citing global marketing research firms including LUMA Partners....

Airtel Offering Galaxy Note 9 at Rs 7,900 With 24-Month Plan, Free Amazon Prime The SamsungGalaxy Note 9will be here in India soon andpre-bookingsfor the smartphone have already begun, but at a starting price point of Rs 67,900, buying the latest Note flagship can burn a hole in your pocket. Airtel has introduced a new EMI plan which offers the Galaxy Note 9 at just Rs. 7,900 with a 24-month plan....

Asus Launches ZenBook 13, ZenBook S And ZenBook Pro 15 In India; Starting at Rs 66,990 Asus has today launched three new ZenBook laptops, namely the ZenBook 13, ZenBook S, and ZenBook Pro 15, in India. These were first shown off at Computex and CES earlier this year, alongside the slew of innovations at these tech expos. These 3 ZenBooks span across the market segment, ranging from ZenBook 13 in the mid-range section to ZenBook Pro 15 in the premium one....