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CryptoCows, Droom Fly and Oyo Smart Coin are some of the April 1 releases from the corporate world. Droom, the online marketplace to buy and sell used vehicles, launched Droom Fly (pic on right), an advanced pair of hover shoes to help people overcome traffic woes. These shoes are capable of achieving a top speed of 80 km/h and flying up to an altitude of 1,000 feet. Other features included self-balancing, soft cushioning, fast-charging, and a battery life of up to five hours. The introductory price was ₹9,999, with an additional early bird discount of 25 per cent for the first 100 customers.
Razorpay came up with two products. CryptoCows is described as a revolutionary platform based on blockchain technology. It is the world’s first platform which allowed users to collect and nurture digital cows on any device, any time, anywhere, the fintech firm said, adding that it was powered by the company’s proprietary cryptocurrency, GauShalaTokens (GST). It also launched ShubhCron, a solution that lets users run cron jobs (a Linux command used to schedule a task executed periodically, such as sending out a notice every morning) only at auspicious times, so that they do not fail.
OYO launched ‘OYO Smart Coin’, its own cryptocurrency, with the promise of reduced prices in OYO transactions, benefiting hotel partners, consumers and the entire ecosystem at large. Through social media, OYO urged its followers to pre-register for the smart coins from March 28-30, and got over 5,000 registrations.
Elsewhere in the world, Lexus said it was launching a service to match customers’ DNA with its cars, Amazon Publishing launched an author delivery service for readers, T-Mobile launched ‘sidekick’, a smart shoe that doubles up as a smartphone, Burger King announced the impending launch of its Chocolate Whopper, Heinz launched chocolate mayonnaise and tech21 launched Flex Choc, a range of edible (chocolate) phone cases.
Entirely possible, right? But still, April Fool!
Photo finish?
Delete, delete, delete. Does that sound like something you’d do when you’re short of space on your phone? If so, you’re not alone. Twenty-nine per cent of smartphone users run out of space at least once a week and 62 per cent at least every three months, says a country-wide independent consumer study of 1,007 people from SanDisk, the manufacturer of flash storage solutions.
The research, which looked at people’s experiences with storage on smartphones, found that 36 per cent of Indians would sacrifice a photo of themselves before that of friends, pets or family. It also found that 46 per cent of people have to delete files or data from their main handsets to free up space at least once a week, while 77 per cent do this at least once a month.
Other concerns pertain to the risk of theft or loss of files and data through product malfunction and because they are not backed up. However, less than half (46 per cent) of Indian users manually back up their data and files from the main handset once a week, and six per cent never back up files at all (excluding automatic back-ups and data syncs).
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