Celebrate Diwali with Xbox One S

With ‘Diwali’ being right around the corner, it’s time to share this happiness and celebrate the joy of gifting. Cool technology gifts - for yourself or your loved ones add a touch of entertainment and could make for great gifts this festive season! What better way to bring in the festivities than by gifting the tech-savvy generation an ultimate gaming gadget.   

Microsoft has introduced a perfect Diwali gifting option with Xbox One S which delivers a new quality of console games in India with richer, more luminous colors for a visually-stunning gaming experience. The Xbox One S is an incredible device for a complete gaming and entertainment experience. With 4K Ultra HD video content support, HDR support for video and gaming and an incredible line-up of games, including Forza Horizon 3, Gears of War 4 and Battlefield 1, you are bound to have an awesome time playing on the new console this Diwali.

The Xbox One S 500GB variant will be available for INR 29,990 and the Xbox One S 1TB variant will be available for INR 34,990. You can choose from either 1TB or 500GB of memory, and enjoy your favourite and soon-to-be-favourite games on the streamlined, high-performing 4K entertainment system, Xbox One S. This Diwali, Xbox is also giving a 14-day Trial Membership of Xbox Live Gold so that you can join your friends in an online gameplay and experience all the fun of the fastest, most reliable gaming network with Xbox Live Gold.

HTC Unveils Week-long Diwali celebrations

HTC India has unveiled week-long Diwali celebrations –HTC Festive Freestyle: Diwali Clicks on its social media platforms from October 24- October 30 this year. The week long festive bonanza includes a series of contests where participants can share their Diwali celebrations photographs on 3 themes: lights, sweets and Rangoli. The contest is in line with HTC’s innovative Freestyle layout theme available on most of its latest smartphones which enables users to experience unprecedented level of customization.

The most popular 2 images across each category will win HTC’s recently launched HTC Desire 10 Lifestyle smartphone. The Desire 10 Lifestyle brings stunning design and flagship-level features to HTC’s widely praised Desire family of smartphones along with the legendary HTC BoomSound Hi-Fi Edition, made popular on the flagship HTC 10, plus 24-bit Hi-Res audio that delivers powerful, crystal-clear audio performance on both the external speakers and headphones. The HTC Desire 10 Lifestyle is currently available on both Amazon.in and HTC e-store at Rs 15,990.

Interested participants can use the #HTCFestiveFreestyle to post their entries during the week on HTC India Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/HTCIndia/. Winners will be announced in the 1st week of November this year.

What Indians Wished For This Diwali: A UCWeb Analysis

UC Browser has received a great response to its Diwali Wishes campaign on browser and social media channels. There has been almost 1.5 million wishes which have been made on UC Browser by users across the country under the #WishWithUC campaign. UC Browser worked with Yuvraj Singh and launched rounds of wish collection as part of the "#HarGharUCDiwali" campaign across Facebook, Twitter and UC Browser to reward creative wish makers and lucky users. 

Among those wishes, the wish for a new iPhone 6s topped the list, followed by the wishes for wealth and happiness to the family. As Yuvraj was appointed to interact with users and collect their wishes within the game, some wishes on the list relate closely to him. 

It ended up with nearly 30% of the total wishes involving Yuvraj, indicating that many UC Browser users are fans of Yuvraj and they would rather meet their favourite cricket star to make their Diwali special this year. Even though Yuvraj is not in the current cricket squad, he is still a very popular person all over India.

UCWeb Inc. (UCWeb) is a leading provider of mobile internet software and services. The flagship product of UCWeb, UC Browser, is available on more than 3,000 different models of mobile devices from over 200 manufacturers, and is compatible with all mainstream operating systems.