New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Amid speculations that South Korean tech giant LG may pull out of the mobile phone business, the company on Friday unveiled the LG K42 smartphone in India. The smartphone will be exclusively available on Flipkart starting January 26 priced at Rs 10,990 with a 2-year extended warranty and a free […]

By Md Waquar HaiderNew Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) As the competition for headphones get fierce, with Apple now joining the fray with its over-the-ear hearable, Sony has launched updated headphones in India named Sony WH-1000XM4 which are successor to WH-1000XM3. The latest headphones offer exceptionally good noise cancelling to compete against Bose and Sennheiser, while […]

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Encrypted messaging app Signal that has seen a surge in new sign-ups has introduced several features in its upcoming update that already exist in WhatsApp in an apparent bid to woo more users from the Facebook-owned messaging platform. To begin with, Signal has added a feature to change chat wallpaper. […]

San Francisco, Jan 22 (IANS) Incoming Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger who is taking over from Bob Swan, has said that the majority of the company’s 2023 products should be manufactured internally. Intel last week announced the appointment of Gelsinger as its new CEO, effective February 15. “I am confident that the majority of our 2023 […]

Beijing, Jan 22 (IANS) Alibaba Group’s online marketplace Tmall Global has announced a string of service solutions to facilitate overseas small and medium-sized companies to open stores on its platform. The company will provide tailored registration, consultation, logistics, operation and language services to global brands, allowing them to open online stores in as quick as […]

New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) In yet another data breach involving an Indian firm, sensitive data of nearly 3.25 lakh users of Delhi-NCR based global cryptocurrency exchange and wallet, BuyUcoin, has allegedly been exposed on the Dark Web. The data leaked include names, e-mails, mobile numbers, encrypted passwords, user wallet details, order details, bank details, […]

New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Microsoft on Thursday announced the Surface Laptop Go will be available in India from January 22 via commercial authorised resellers, authorised retail and online partners at a starting price of Rs 63,499. According to the company, the Surface Laptop Go extends the Surface line-up by delivering standout design along with […]

New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Chinese smartphone brand Poco on Thursday announced that it has sold over 10 lakh units of Poco C3 in the Indian market. With a regular selling price of Rs 8,499 (4/64GB) and Rs 7,499 (3/32GB), Poco C3 is available at a special discounted price of Rs 7,999 and Rs 6,999 […]

New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) A decline in the price of 5G-ready smartphones will take the shipments of 5G handsets in India to 38 million units in 20201 — a nine-times annual growth and making up 21 per cent of the overall market, a new report said on Thursday. At the end of Q3 2020, […]

San Francisco, Jan 21 (IANS) Volkswagen AGs chief executive officer Herbert Diess made his debut on Twitter with light trolling of Tesla CEO Elon Musk. In his first tweet, he said that VW was coming after Tesla’s market share and already winning the battle for buyers in Europe. “Hello @Twitter! I’m here to make an […]

New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Smartphone brand realme is set to launch two new smartphones — realme X7 and realme X7 Pro — in India in the first week of February. Industry sources told IANS on Wednesday that realme X7 and X7 Pro will be powered by MediaTek octacore Dimensity 800U processors and support 5G […]

New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Google Lens, one of the several free useful tools provided by the company, has crossed more than 500 million downloads on the Play Store. Google Lens is an image recognition tool that was first showcased at Google I/O 2017. The search giant integrated this service into Google Assistant on Pixel […]

San Francisco, Jan 21 (IANS) Apple CEO Tim Cook apparently gifted a new $5,999 Mac Pro to former president Donald Trump produced at the Texas factory in the US. According to Trump’s final financial disclosure report, posted on Twitter by New York Times’ journalist David Enrich, Tim Apple (as Trump once called him), gave him […]

San Francisco, Jan 21 (IANS) Tech giants like Apple and Google rallied behind the new US President Joe Biden as he signed two executive orders that extend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programme for another four years and overturn the Trump administration’s travel bans on largely Muslim-majority countries. The Biden administration also aims a […]

San Francisco, Jan 21 (IANS) Twitter has removed all followers from @POTUS and @WhiteHouse account rather than transferring the accounts existing followers over to the new administration as part of the change in policy. Trump administration Twitter accounts are now publicly archived and include: @POTUS45, @WhiteHouse45, @VP45, @PressSec45, @FLOTUS45 and @SecondLady45. Accounts for the White […]

Seoul, Jan 21 (IANS) South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor has invested in Israeli startup UVeye, a developer of automated vehicle inspection systems, to use its platform in global production lines. The Tel Aviv-based UVeye said it has raised more than $40 million from Hyundai Motor and other strategic investors since its launch four years ago, […]

New York, Jan 20 (IANS) If you are an employer then you need to be unbiased while making hiring decisions or else it can cost you and your company a lot, a new study suggests. The findings indicate that even a small amount of gender bias can contribute to concerning rates of discrimination and productivity […]

Beijing, Jan 20 (IANS) Huawei on Wednesday said that businesses will witness an increase in class-action lawsuits in the personal data space in 2021-2022, urging corporates to focus on data minimisation and business continuity management to mitigate data security challenges. Speaking at a webinar, Joerg Thomas, Director, Data Protection Office, Huawei said: “We may witness […]

New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Google has released Chrome 88 as the latest stable version of their cross-platform web browser without any support for Adobe Flash Player. Flash reached its official end of life on December 31, when Adobe officially stopped supporting the software. On January 12, Adobe also began blocking content from playing inside […]

San Francisco, Jan 20 (IANS) Facebook has no plan to reinstate the outgoing US President Donald Trumps account on any of its platforms as of now, Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram, has said. Facebook on January 7 imposed a ban on Trump from its platforms “indefinitely” following a pro-Trump attack on the US Capitol, saying […]

New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) As people scout for new social media platforms in the wake of the latest WhatsApp-Facebook data sharing controversy, US-based social network MeWe has become the top downloaded social app in Google Play Store, adding more than 2.5 million new members in the last one week. The ‘Anti-Facebook’ and privacy-first MeWe […]

Beijing, Jan 20 (IANS) China successfully launched a new mobile telecommunication satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province on Wednesday. The Tiantong 1-03 satellite was launched at 00:25 a.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-3B carrier rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully, the Xinhua news agency reported. Tiantong-1 is […]

San Francisco, Jan 20 (IANS) Google has announced that a quirky platforming puzzle game ‘Pikuniku’ is coming to its Stadia Cloud gaming service next month. ‘Pikuniku’ will arrive for Google Stadia on February 1 with a launch discount down to $10.39. When ‘Pikuniku’ first launched back in 2019, it managed to attract the attention of […]

New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Facebook has announced new improvements in its artificial intelligence (AI) technology to generate descriptions of photos posted on its platforms including Instagram for the visually-impaired users. Way back in 2016, Facebook introduced a new technology called automatic alternative text (AAT) that utilises object recognition to generate descriptions of photos on […]

Seoul, Jan 20 (IANS) South Korea’s internet conglomerate Naver said on Wednesday that it will acquire Canadian entertainment platform operator Wattpad in a stock transaction valued at $593.6 million. Naver is a popular search engine in South Korea, and competes with the likes of Google and Facebook. The Toronto-based storytelling platform provides stories through its […]

Seoul, Jan 20 (IANS) Samsung Electronics on Wednesday launched a new consumer solid state drive (SSD) product, boasting upgraded performance and reliability. Samsung said its 870 EVO SSD series comes in five models — 250 gigabyte (GB), 500GB, 1 terabyte (TB), 2TB, and 4TB — and will go on sale in around 40 countries starting […]

Bengaluru, Jan 19 (IANS) E-commerce major Amazon has partnered with Startup India to launch an accelerator programme to help early-stage startups in the consumer products space to launch in international markets and create global brands from India through Amazon’s Global Selling programme. Amazon has launched Amazon Global Selling Propel (AGSP) to provide dedicated support to […]

San Francisco, Jan 19 (IANS) Before Apple begins its electric car journey, Microsoft on Tuesday teamed up with Cruise, the self-driving subsidiary of General Motors (GM), to accelerate the commercialisation of self-driving vehicles. Microsoft will join GM, Honda and institutional investors in a combined new equity investment of more than $2 billion in Cruise, bringing […]

New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Apple on Tuesday featured some stunning shots taken on iPhone 12 — portraits, cityscapes, the night sky and more — and an image shot by leading photographer Rohit Vohra on iPhone 12 Pro Max has been featured in the list. Computational photography is redefined on iPhone 12 with Night Mode, […]

San Francisco, Jan 19 (IANS) Citrix Systems on Tuesday said it will acquire software-as-a-service (SaaS) collaborative work management platform Wrike for $2.25 billion in cash. Citrix provides a digital work platform from which companies can deliver unified, secure and reliable access to the systems, information and tools people need to get work done wherever they […]

San Francisco, Jan 19 (IANS) Information technology company Cognizant on Tuesday announced to acquire Magenic Technologies, a custom software development services company, for an undisclosed sum. This is Cognizant’s third acquisition in January this year, as the company continues to expand in key strategic focus areas. The new acquisition will expand Cognizant’s software product engineering […]

London, Jan 19 (IANS) The rollout of 5G networks should be halted until the safety of the technology has been tested and proven, an expert has urged. According to Professor John William Frank from the University of Edinburgh, the transmitter density required for 5G means that more people will be exposed to radio frequency electromagnetic […]

New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Your dream of owning a Tesla electric car will soon be a reality as the company is set to begin its India journey with its highest-selling Model 3, before the premium Model S and Model X, which would be available later in the year and in early 2022. Arriving in […]

Beijing, Jan 19 (IANA) China’s mobile phone shipments stood at 308 million units in 2020, down 20.8 per cent year on year, data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) showed. In December alone, shipments went down 12.6 per cent over the same period last year to 26.6 million. Domestic brands continued […]

San Francisco, Jan 19 (IANS) The long-rumoured Apple Car is expected to use a “C1” chip based on the A12 Bionic processor with in-cabin AI capabilities such as eye-tracking. According to US-based magazine ‘EETimes’, Apple will require a chip foundry with capacity for automotive processes, which Samsung or TSMC could supply to Apple. TSMC is […]

New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Microsoft has given customers more control over whether their voice data is used to improve products and now, people using Cortana will be able to decide whether or not the audio recordings can be used by the tech giant to improve its speech recognition algorithms. Microsoft said that the new […]

New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Xiaomi on Tuesday released a new version of its famous laptop lineup, called the Mi Notebook 14 (IC) in the Indian market. The laptop will be available in silver colour at a starting price of Rs 43,999 on Mi.com, Mi Homes, Amazon.in, Flipkart and retail partners. “Mi Notebook series has […]

New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Zebronics on Tuesday launched a portable speaker ‘Zeb-Music Bomb X’ geared for outdoor enthusiasts, trekking, and camping. The wireless portable speaker is available in three colour variants Black, Red, Blue for Rs 2,299 during the Amazon Sale. The speaker is available at leading retail stores across India. “As a brand, […]

New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Vivo on Tuesday expanded its Y-series line-up with the launch of the Vivo Y20G smartphone Priced at Rs 14,990 for a 6GB+128GB storage variant in India. The device will be available in two attractive colours, obsidian black and purist blue, on the Vivo India E-store, Amazon, Flipkart, Paytm, Tatacliq, and […]

Chennai, Jan 19 (IANS) India’s space agency Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has boarded the merchandise market with its logos and other assets. According to ISRO, it has been approached for themes by several agencies interested in creating customised articles and handicrafts. “Customized ISRO-theme based articles, models can play a game-changing role in creating awareness […]

New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Realme on Tuesday launched a new variant of its entry-level smartphone Realme C12 with 4GB RAM and 64GB ROM for Rs 9,999 in India. The new variant costs more than its entry-level sibling (3GB+32GB) by Rs 1,000. The other Realme C12 specifications remain the same as that of the original […]

New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The private LTE/5G infrastructure market will grow from $945 million to reach $5.7 billion in 2024 as demand from mission-critical organisations are driving early investment, according to a new IDC report. Private LTE/5G infrastructure is any LTE and/or 5G network deployed for a specific enterprise/industrial customer that provides dedicated access. […]

New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) PC gaming in India is on the rise and the wannabes are looking for laptops that fulfill the heavy-duty gaming needs beyond the mobile experience. Keeping the growing audience for PC gaming, Lenovo has now brought the Legion 5 powered by the premium AMD Ryzen 5 4600H mobile processor, which […]

New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) As the debate rages over new WhatsApp data sharing policy, another Facebook family product called Messenger does not offer any end-to-end protection and is more prone to data breach, a security expert has claimed, adding that Messenger users should opt for safer apps first. According to cybersecurity specialist Zak Doffman, […]

London, Jan 19 (IANS) A 2018 case in the European Union (EU) focused on the transparency of data-sharing between Facebook and WhatsApp is headed for a final decision, at a time when WhatsApp is facing scrutiny over its new data policy. According to media reports, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has sent a draft decision […]

San Francisco, Jan 19 (IANS) Amid the tense political situation in the US, encrypted messaging app Telegram has blocked and shut down hundreds of public calls for violence that couldve otherwise reached tens of thousands of users in the country. Telegram founder Pavel Durov said that the company welcomes peaceful debate and protest, but “our […]

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Homegrown instant messaging app Hike Messenger, later known as Hike Sticker Chat, has been officially shut down. The company’s chief executive officer Kavin Bharti Mittal announced the shutdown of its operations recently. “Today we are announcing that we will be sunsetting StickerChat in Jan’21. We thank you all for giving […]

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Uber and Lenskart on Monday announced a partnership with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) to spread awareness as well as promote road safety during the government-organised, first-ever ‘Road Safety Month.’ Uber and Lenskart are sharing the costs for offering free eye-tests, and subsidised vision correction and reading […]

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Cyberpunk 2077 patch 1.06 update is now available to Stadia players, fixing some of the biggest Stadia-specific bugs, including the weapon sticking issue. Some delay in the Stadia release of Cyberpunk 2077 patch 1.06 can of course be explained by the holidays, combined with the Stadia port being managed by […]

San Francisco, Jan 18 (IANS) Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has claimed that upcoming MacBook Pro models would come with more ports built into the notebooks for expanded connectivity. Apple removed the majority of ports from the notebook in 2016 forcing users who still rely on I/O options like USB-A and HDMI to purchase adapters or […]

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Expanding its immersive audio equipment category in the country, US-based audio equipment major Skullcandy on Monday launched its latest True Wireless earbud Jib True costing Rs 2,999. Jib True aims to offer a total of 22 hours of battery life with six hours in the bud and an additional 16 […]

Sydney, Jan 18 (IANS) Fighting the Australian government over its news media bargaining code, Google has announced it providing businesses and users with a combined $53 billion in benefits every year in the country. The Google’s ‘2020 Economic Impact Report’ said that 1.3 million businesses receive $39 billion in benefits through increased revenues, millions of […]

Beijing, Jan 18 (IANS) US-based electric carmaker Tesla on Monday began Shanghai deliveries of its built-in-China Model Y. On January 7, 2020, Tesla launched the project to manufacture Model Y vehicles in its Shanghai Gigafactory, its first overseas plant outside the United States. The China-made model went on sale on Jan. 1. Starting at 339,900 […]

Chennai, Jan 18 (IANS) No more searching for an envelope to keep the cash and presenting it to the bride or the bridegroom at a wedding. Now one can just transfer money to their bank accounts using Google Pay or PhonePe. In Madurai a family hit upon a simple idea of printing the QR code […]

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) OPPO India on Monday said that it is aiming to launch more than six 5G-enabled devices in India this year, as 5G-ready and Internet of Things (IoT) product categories become important for smartphone players in the country. OPPO has set up its first 5G innovation lab in India for the […]

Beijing, Jan 18 (IANS) Redmi Product Director Wang Teng Thomas took to the Chinese social networking site Weibo to hint that the company could be launching two Snapdragon 888 powered K40 series phones. The first K40 phone with an SD888 chip on board could very well be the Redmi K40 Pro smartphone. The second SD888 […]

Gurugram, Jan 18 (IANS) Brands like Realme and Samsung have topped the consumers preferences in the most competitive Rs 20,000-Rs 30,000 price segment in India, a new report said on Monday. The top three drivers for consumer satisfaction in the above mentioned price segment include smartphone camera (86 per cent), performance (81 per cent) and […]

San Francisco, Jan 18 (IANS) Apple is reportedly planning to launch a new subscription service that would be focused on podcasts. The tech giant is currently in talks with production companies about the service which would charge people to listen to podcasts, reports The Information. By charging for individual podcasts, Apple could give creators a […]

New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology has issued summons to officials of Facebook and Twitter for January 21, to question them over misuse of the social media/online news platforms. The schedule of meeting on the Lok Sabha website read: “Evidence of representatives of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and […]

New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes all-pervasive, a new report has forecast that technology would replace humans by 2031 in the field of cybersecurity, as hackers use more sophisticated tools. Cloud security firm ‘Trend Micro’ in a new report said more than two-fifth (41 per cent) of IT leaders believe that […]

San Francisco, Jan 16 (IANS) As people spent most time at home owing to the pandemic, spending on video games set a new record of $56.9 billion in 2020 in the US, according to a new report. This is a 27 per cent increase compared to 2019. The consumer spending on hardware reached its highest […]

New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) As WhatsApp faces intense scrutiny over its upcoming data and privacy policy in India and elsewhere, another user data violation has been reported, this time on the WhatsApp on Desktop (Web) application, allegedly exposing personal mobile numbers via indexing on Google Search. Although WhatsApp is primarily a mobile app, currently […]

New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Domestic short video platform Moj on Friday announced that it has surpassed the 100 million download landmark on Google Play Store. The platform took about six months to achieve this feat, becoming the fastest short video platform to reach this milestone. “Besides a slew of advanced features, the Moj app […]

Guwahati, Jan 15 (IANS) Two research scholars of IIT Guwahati have submitted an idea of a benchtop digital setup integrated with an algorithm to record initial screening parameters like body temperature, pulse rate, eye and tongue analysis of a patient remotely. Both Mitali Basak (a third-year PhD student) and Shirsendu Mitra (former PhD student) have […]

New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Samsung on Thursday launched its flagship Galaxy S21 Ultra device with the popular S Pen — a first for the Galaxy S series. To date, the Stylus (S) Pen only came with Samsung Galaxy Note series smartphones that took productivity and creativity up a notch. Samsung said it has brought […]

New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Samsung on Thursday launched a pair of new true wireless earbuds called the Galaxy Buds Pro priced at $199, along with a SmartTag that will help you find lost items, including pets. The new Galaxy Buds Pro comes with an Intelligent Active Noise Cancellation and feature system in the package […]

San Francisco, Jan 14 (IANS) The US Patent and Trademark Office has officially granted Apple a patent for possible next-gen iPhone cases with built-in AirPods receptacle and charger. The patent, spotted by AppleInsider, titled ‘Cases and folios for carrying and charging accessories’, reports AppleInsider. According to the patent, cases can have “a cavity” that lets […]

Taipei, Jan 14 (IANS) HTC has silently announced its mid-range 5G-capable smartphone, the Desire 21 Pro 5G. The phone is currently available for pre-order only in Taiwan with no word on global release. As for the pricing in its home country, the HTC Desire 21 Pro 5G will retail for 11,990 TWD, reports GSMArena. The […]

New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) An application was moved in the Delhi High Court on Thursday against instant messaging application WhatsApp’s upcoming data and privacy policy, on the grounds that it violates the right to privacy of citizens of India. The petition, moved by advocate Chaitanya Rohilla, states that the policy gives a 360-degree profile […]

New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) on Thursday said that its has appealed to the government to reduce TDS on e-commerce platforms to 0.25 per cent from 1 per cent to give a much-needed relief to small sellers in the Union Budget 2020-21. The uniform TDS on e-commerce […]

New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Chinese smartphone maker OPPO has confirmed that the launch of its next-generation flagships “OPPO Find X3” will happen in March this year. The company took to Weibo to reveal the March launch timeline after several leaks of the phones, GizmoChina reported. A message was posted on their official channel, which […]

New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) As Elon Musk confirmed the news of electric car giant Tesla’s entry in India, Twitter on Thursday erupted in jokes and memes, mostly focused on the condition of Indian roads. Breaking his silence after the news broke that Tesla has finally entered India by registering it as a company in […]

New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Alarmed at the growing harmful financial services products on its Play Store in India, Google on Thursday said it has reviewed hundreds of personal loan apps in India and pulled down several of them found to be violating its app policies. The company said it has asked the developers of […]

San Francisco, Jan 14 (IANS) The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the US has asked Tesla to recall nearly 158,000 Model S and Model X vehicles over failing display consoles. The agency is investigating a potential safety-related defect concerning incidents of media control unit (MCU) failures resulting in loss of rearview camera and […]

New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Thursday defended the ban on outgoing US President Donald Trump, saying that it was the right move as offline harm as a result of online speech is demonstrably real. Twitter last week permanently banned Trump from its platform, citing “risk of further incitement of violence”. […]

Seoul, Jan 14 (IANS) SK hynix, South Korea’s second-largest chipmaker, on Thursday said it has raised $2.5 billion by selling debts overseas, which includes its first-ever green note, as it eyes to use funds to bolster its presence in the memory sector. SK hynix said it sold a 10-year green bond worth $1 billion to […]

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Breaking his silence after the news broke that Tesla has finally entered India by registering it as a company in Bengaluru, its CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday that he is on the way to fulfil his promise to let electric cars run on the roads of the country. According […]

San Francisco, Jan 13 (IANS) Intel on Wednesday confirmed that technology industry leader and CEO of enterprise software major VMware Pat Gelsinger will take over as the new CEO as Bob Swan moved on, amid the chip maker registering poor business last year. Gelsinger will step into the Intel CEO’s role from February 15, and […]

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Lenovo on Wednesday unveiled four new gaming laptops from its Legion gaming product line that utilises Advanced Micro Devices’ (AMD) next-generation mobile Ryzen processors at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2021. The new models — Lenovo Legion 7, Lenovo Legion Slim 7, Lenovo Legion 5 Pro and Lenovo Legion 5 […]

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Chinese short-video making app TikTok on Wednesday introduced new privacy controls for teenagers (age 13-15) on its platform, saying their accounts will now be more private by default and strangers cant see or comment on their videos. With a private TikTok account, only someone who the user approves as a […]

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) PC giant Dell on Wednesday refreshed its Alienware m15 and m17 R4 gaming laptop range with the newly-launched Nvidia GeForce RTX 30-series GPUs at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2021. The updated m15 and m17 will be on sale starting January 26 in the US for $2,149.99. “Both m15/m17 laptops […]

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Taiwanese electronics giant Asus on Wednesday showcased a wide variety of new laptops at the ongoing Consumers Electronics Show (CES) 2021. The event marked the debut of the ROG Flow X13 gaming laptop with the XG Mobile external GPU, the dual-screen ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 SE gaming laptop, Strix SCAR […]

San Francisco, Jan 13 (IANS) Famed Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has claimed that Apple is not expected to introduce any significant iPhone camera upgrades beyond lens improvements until 2023. Kuo claims that Apple will have three companies as the main lens suppliers for Apple’s upcoming iPhone lineup. Said companies are Largan, Genius Electronic Optical (GSEO), […]

Seoul, Jan 13 (IANS) Samsung Electronics will unveil its new shareholder return programme late this month, industry officials said on Wednesday, amid speculation that the South Korean giant could return significant capital to its stockholders in upcoming years for the group heir’s smooth succession. Samsung, the world’s largest memory chip and smartphone maker, is expected […]

By Nishant AroraNew Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Elated at Indians, including top entrepreneurs and celebrities, rushing to join his encrypted messaging app Signal, Brian Acton, who co-founded WhatsApp with Jan Koum before selling it to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for $19 billion, aims to add 100-200 million users in India over the next two years. […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Ending years of wait and speculation, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has finally entered India by registering Tesla as a company in Bengaluru. According to the details available on the Registrar of Companies website, Tesla India Motors and Energy Private Limited has been incorporated and the registered address is in Lavelle […]

Bengaluru, Jan 12 (IANS) World’s leading electric car maker Tesla is setting up its research and development (R&D) centre in Bengaluru to commence its India operations soon, said Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Tuesday. “Karnataka will lead India’s journey towards Green Mobility. Electric Vehicle Manufacturer Tesla will soon start its operations in India with […]

Bengaluru, Jan 12 (IANS) World’s leading electric car maker Tesla is setting up its research and development (R&D) centre in Bengaluru to commence its India operations soon, said Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Tuesday. “Karnataka will lead India’s journey towards Green Mobility. Electric Vehicle Manufacturer Tesla will soon start its operations in India with […]

Seoul, Jan 12 (IANS) Samsung Electronics on Tuesday unveiled its new mobile application processor (AP) for premium smartphones that boasts upgraded performance and energy-efficiency. The Exynos 2100 is Samsung’s first high-end mobile AP with a 5G modem manufactured on an advanced 5-nanometer extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process technology to provide better solutions to gaming and multitasking […]

San Francisco, Jan 12 (IANS) Qualcomm on Tuesday launched its second-generation in-display fingerprint sensor called 3D Sonic Gen 2 that offers a larger surface area for the sensor as well as faster processing. This second-generation sensor will be available in new sizes which are 50 per cent faster and 77 per cent larger compared to […]

San Francisco, Jan 12 (IANS) Microsoft on Tuesday announced Surface Pro 7+ that will be sold only to commercial and educational customers. The new model sports the same 12.3-inch display, a choice between three Intel processors, and SSD (solid-state drive) options up to 1TB. Like the Pro 7, the 7+ can mutate from more-or-less notebook […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) As WhatsApp started sending notifications to over 400 million users in India last week asking them to either accept its new policy or see their accounts removed from February 8, it came as a blessing in disguise for its rivals as Signal and Telegram saw over 40 lakh new users […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Storage solutions major Western Digital has announced a 4TB version of four of its consumer external SSDs at CES 2021. The 4TB storage configuration will be available under Western Digital’s My Passport and WD_Black black brands, along with its subsidiary SanDisk’s Extreme series. The four drives now offer gamers, content […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) American fashion brand Fossil brand on Tuesday launched the newest addition to its wearables assortment– the Gen 5 LTE Touchscreen Smartwatch. Enabled with 4G cellular connectivity powered by Verizon, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear 3100 platform and Wear OS by GoogleTM, Android phone users can stay more connected with texting and calling […]

Seoul, Jan 12 (IANS) Samsung Electronics on Tuesday introduced its first-ever water purifier as the tech giant enters the fast-growing home water purifier market amid the pandemic-induced stay-at-home trend. Samsung unveiled the BESPOKE water purifier that is highlighted by space-efficient design and easy care features at its media event for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) […]

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) As WhatsApp faces intense scrutiny over its upcoming data and privacy policy, a new poll on Tuesday revealed that nearly one in two Indian users will not accept the updated terms of service. WhatsApp’s new terms of service and privacy policy will go live on February 8. To continue using […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) TCL Electronics on Monday unveiled a new line-up of Mini LED, QLED and 4K HDR TVs that offer a comprehensive range of lifestyle features for the millennials and the young population. The company also announced it would roll out a series of TCL Google TVs in 2021, starting in the […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) NITI Aayog and Flipkart on Monday launched a revamped Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP), in a bid to uplift and empower women-led businesses in the country. The revamped version will include an additional feature to offer mentorship to women with specific knowledge concerning a problem area through a dedicated online mechanism […]

Beijing, Jan 11 (IANS) China-based search engine giant Baidu Inc on Monday announced its partnership with multinational auto manufacturer Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely) to establish a company to produce intelligent electric vehicles (EV). Through this partnership, Baidu will provide intelligent driving capabilities to power the passenger vehicles for the new venture, and Geely, which […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Democratising technology for all technology enthusiasts across price points, Poco on Monday announced that it has emerged as the third-largest online smartphone player in the Indian market. As per Counterpoint India Smartphone Monthly Model Tracker 2020 November, two out of the top three devices sold online were POCO devices, with […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Work from home and remote learning amid the pandemic kept the worldwide traditional PC sales on fire in the fourth quarter of 2020, logging 26.1 per cent (on-year) growth to reach 91.6 million shipment units, the IDC said on Monday. Lenovo with 25.2 per cent share led the global PC […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Vivo on Monday announced the expansion of its Y series portfolio with the launch of all-new Vivo Y51A in India. Priced at Rs 17,990 for the 8GB RAM + 128GB ROM (expandable up to 1TB), the smartphone is available for purchase in two colour options- titanium sapphire and crystal symphony […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) OnePlus on Monday launched its much-awaited OnePlus Band, the company’s first-ever wearable device for Rs 2,499 in the Indian market. It will be available for purchase via an early access sale for Red Cable Club members, from 9 a.m. on Tuesday, exclusively on OnePlus.in and the OnePlus Store app. “With […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2021, HP has unveiled updated versions of its Elite Dragonfly business laptops — the Dragonfly Max and Dragonfly G2 — with 11th Gen Intel processors and other striking features. Both the laptops will include 5G options, with AT&T and T-Mobile networks supported in the […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2021, HP has unveiled updated versions of its Elite Dragonfly business laptops — the Dragonfly Max and Dragonfly G2 — with 11th Gen Intel processors. Both the laptops will include 5G options, with AT&T and T-Mobile networks supported in the US. The G2 comes […]

San Francisco, Jan 11 (IANS) Ford has joined Nissan, Volkswagen, Fiat Chrysler and Toyota who have curtailed production amid a global semiconductor shortage, delaying the production of some vehicles. The widening global shortage of semiconductors for auto parts has forced major auto companies to “halt or slow vehicle production just as they were recovering from […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Lenovo has launched a new pair of lightweight AR glasses called ThinkReality A3 during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2021. Available only for enterprise customers, these glasses can connect to your PC or a Motorola smartphone via a USB type-C cable. The Lenovo ThinkReality A3 smart glasses will be available […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Concerned at private group chat links being available on Google Search, WhatsApp on Monday said that they have asked Google not to index such chats and advised users not to share group chat links on publicly accessible websites. Google had indexed invite links to private WhatsApp group chats, meaning anyone […]

Sydney, Jan 11 (IANS) Information technology company Cognizant on Monday announced to acquire Servian, an Australia-based, enterprise transformation consultancy firm specialising in data analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), digital services, and Cloud, for an undisclosed sum. Servian is Cognizant’s 10th digital-focused acquisition announced since January last year. According to the company, the acquisition of Servian will […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The upcoming Samsung Galaxy S21 will perform slightly better than last years Galaxy S20 but is likely to fail significantly short of Galaxy S10, a new report has claimed, stressing that entry-level pricing needs improvement from S20 series to compete against the iPhone 12 series. Counterpoint Research’s ‘Model Level Quarterly […]

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) LG Electronics has reimagined a new transparent 55-inch OLED TV that comfortably sits at the foot of a bed, rises up partially or in full like a rollable TV, while retaining a view of the other side of the screen. Showcased during the ‘CES 2021′ week, the TV screen achieves […]

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) IBM researchers have developed a way to dramatically reduce latency in Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems by using light, instead of electricity, to create ultra-fast computing. The IBM team, along with scientists from the universities of Oxford, Muenster and Exeter, achieved this by using photonic integrated circuits that use light instead […]

San Francisco, Jan 10 (IANS) Japanese tech firm Sony has announced two new speakers compatible with 360 Reality Audio. The 360 Reality Audio is Sony’s spatial audio technology that aims to replicate live music by placing different sounds and vocals in a room. The Wi-Fi-enabled 360 Reality Audio compatible speakers SRS-RA5000 and SRS-RA3000 will go […]

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Cross-platform encrypted messaging service, Signal has climbed to the top spot in the free apps category of the App Store in multiple countries, including India. The official Twitter handle of Signal on Saturday shared a screenshot, showing it placed above WhatsApp at the top spot in India. “Look what you […]

Beijing, Jan 10 (IANS) The top 30 Chinese mobile game publishers raked in $2.16 billion worldwide in December last year, according to Sensor Tower, a mobile app data analysis firm. The amount accounts for 29 per cent of the total revenue in the global mobile gaming market during the period, the firm said. In 2020, […]

Seoul, Jan 10 (IANS) Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics — the world’s two largest TV makers are set to intensify their battle in the TV market this year, as they unveiled new TVs using mini light emitting diode (LED) technology, ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2021. A Mini LED TV is a liquid […]

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Google has again indexed invite links to private WhatsApp group chats, meaning anyone can join various private chat groups with a simple search. WhatsApp is making several private groups available across the Web by indexing group chat invites, as their links can be accessed by anyone using a simple search […]

San Francisco, Jan 10 (IANS) Apple is reportedly planning to launch a significantly “thinner and lighter” entry-level ninth-generation low-cost iPad this year. According to the Mac Otakara report, the upcoming iPad will sport the same svelte body as the latest-generation iPad Air 3 with no design changes. The display size on the new iPad is […]

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) With the overall value of all cryptocurrencies surpassing the $1 trillion mark and Bitcoin hovering around $40,000, industry experts on Sunday said that crypto may become the most important asset class of the 21st century and India needs to catch up fast with the global trend. Bitcoin has already gained […]

By Md Waquar HaiderNew Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) The year 2020 witnessed the launch of several new smartwatches from various players, ranging from the high-end wearables to the affordable Realme devices, in India. Realme watch was the most shipped wearable watch device/model in both Q2 and Q3 in India, according to the IDC. Realme watch […]

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Despite India ban and an ongoing legal battle in the US, Chinese short-video making app TikTok has become the highest grossing app globally in 2020 with $540 million in profit, followed by dating app Tinder that grossed $513 million. According to the data released by app analytics firm Apptopia, YouTube […]

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Samsung is reportedly going to be the exclusive supplier of OLED panels used in two top-end iPhone 13 models later this year, a new report has claimed. Both models of iPhone 13 will use low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) thin-film transistors (TFT) OLED panels made by Samsung Display, reports South Korean […]

San Francisco, Jan 10 (IANS) After Google, Apple on Sunday took down Parler, a social media app for conservatives and far-right extremists, from its App Store over encouraging violence in the US. The Cupertino-based tech giant gave an ultimatum to Parler on Friday to moderate its app or be removed. “Parler has not taken adequate […]

Seoul, Jan 10 (IANS) LG Electronics said on Sunday it will open four virtual exhibition halls at the upcoming world’s largest tech expo to introduce its latest innovations amid the pandemic. The South Korean tech giant will run four online exhibition areas — Life is ON TV, Virtual Experience, LG SIGNATURE in Vegas and Life’s […]

San Francisco, Jan 9 (IANS) With Tesla CEO Elon Musk telling his followers to use encrypted messaging app Signal, shares of an obscure and unrelated company called Signal Advance surged a massive 1,100 per cent as some people bought that unrelated stock. The stock surged 527 per cent on Thursday and another 91 per cent […]

San Francisco, Jan 9 (IANS) Microsoft is updating its Teams service with a new “Dynamic View” for users to make video calls with presentations a lot easier to view. According to Microsoft’s roadmap, this new “Dynamic View” will be available to all Microsoft Teams users in March. This new view allows Teams users to share […]

New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Samsung is likely to launch Galaxy Buds Pro and SmartTags, alongside its flagship Galaxy S21 series, on January 14 and a new leaked image has almost confirmed this. The leaked image of a promotion offer from Samsung showing Galaxy Buds Pro and Galaxy SmartTag as free gift alongside a preorder […]

San Francisco, Jan 9 (IANS) Streaming media player Roku has acquired defunct short-form video service Quibis library of content, for an undisclosed sum. The Roku Channel will bring Quibi content to streamers sometime this year. “In 2021, the quick bites and big stories made famous on Quibi will be available to stream on The Roku […]

New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) The mystery-party-action game ‘Among Us’ has become the most downloaded mobile game on both Android and iOS app stores in 2020, beating out games such as PUBG Mobile and Roblox. According to data released by Apptopia, ‘Among Us’ garnered 264 million downloads globally and 41 million in the US. PUBG […]

New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Apple made a record $64 billion in revenue from its App Store in 2020, 28 per cent increase from an estimated $50 billion the tech giant generated from the App Store in 2019. According to an analysis by CNBC, this marks a solid growth for the App Store since the […]

New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) As WhatsApp teases users to either give their consent to sharing data with Facebook or lose their accounts after February 8, rival Telegram’s Founder and CEO Pavel Durov on Saturday slammed the social media giant, saying it is no surprise that the flight of users from WhatsApp to Telegram, already […]

New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Micro-blogging platform Twitter has suspended the account of Sci-Hub, a portal that provides free access to paywalled academic papers, as a case against the website is currently going on in the Delhi High Court. Academic publishers Elsevier, Wiley, and the American Chemical Society filed a suit with the Delhi High […]

San Francisco, Jan 9 (IANS) In their collective fight against US President Donald Trump, Google has taken down Parler, a social media app for conservatives and far-right extremists, from its Play Store. The tech giant acted after it found that Parler did not take stronger action to remove posts that sought “to incite ongoing violence” […]

San Francisco, Jan 8 (IANS) Construction of the new Tesla Gigafactory in Texas began around five months back and now a new video of the project shows the place is already turning into a busy industrial area. A video uploaded on YouTube by electric car enthusiast Jeff Roberts showed the progress of the factory, recorded […]

Seoul, Jan 8 (IANS) LG Electronics on Friday forecast robust fourth-quarter earnings as sales from its mainstay home appliances apparently remained solid despite the weakness of the US dollar. In its earnings guidance, the South Korean tech giant estimated its operating profit at 647 billion won ($592 million) for the October-December period in 2020, a […]

San Francisco, Jan 8 (IANS) Tesla on Friday launched a cheaper Standard Rage version of its successful Model Y that starts from $41,990 (compared to $49,990 for the Long Range model). The cheaper Model Y now costs a few thousands more than Model 3, which is still Tesla’s least expensive vehicle. According to a report […]

New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Facebook on Friday announced that it has redesigned its Pages experience to make it simpler for public figures and creators to build community and achieve their business objectives. The new safety and integrity features introduced helps in detecting spam content and impersonator accounts. “We want Facebook to be a safe […]

Seoul, Jan 8 (IANS) Samsung Electronics said on Friday that it will unveil a new mobile application processor (AP) next week which is expected to be used in the company’s upcoming flagship smartphone. The South Korean tech giant confirmed that its new Exynos chipset will be introduced at the Exynos On 2021 event next Tuesday, […]

San Francisco, Jan 8 (IANS) Apple is planning to use mini-LED displays on its devices later this year and now a new report has claimed that mini-LED MacBook Air is expected to be launched in 2022. According to Digitimes, the sources expect that Apple’s 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pros and 16-inch MacBook Pro set to […]

Seoul/New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The new Samsung smartphone, the Galaxy S21, may be its cheapest-ever 5G flagship mobile device, industry sources here said on Friday, as the company tries to boost handset sales against rival brands. According to the sources, Samsung could release the Galaxy S21 at a price tag of under 1 million […]

New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The global shipments of used smartphones, both officially refurbished and used, are expected to reach 351.6 million units registering $65 billion in market value in 2024, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.2 per cent from 2019 to 2024, an IDC report said on Friday. For 2020, the […]

Taipei, Jan 8 (IANS) Taiwanese brand Acer on Friday launched its first Chromebook Spin 514, powered by AMD’s Ryzen 3000 mobile processor. The models Acer Chromebook Spin 514 and Acer Chromebook Enterprise Spin 514 starts at $479.99 and $749.99, respectively. Based on the powerful “Zen” architecture, the AMD Ryzen mobile processors ensure consistent responsiveness, fast […]

New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Lenovo on Friday announced to launch Yoga 7i and Yoga 9i laptops, powered by Intels latest 11th generation Tiger Lake processor, in the India market. Yoga 7i and Yoga 9i devices will be available starting at Rs 99,000 and Rs 1,69,990, respectively. The company said Lenovo Yoga 7i and 9i […]

New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Samsung on Friday announced that customers in India can pre-reserve the upcoming Galaxy flagship by paying a token amount of Rs 2,000. The customers interested in getting early access to the upcoming Galaxy flagship can make the reservation on Samsung India’s e-Store www.samsung.com or Samsung Shop App. “Customers making the […]

New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Chinese short-video making app Tikok hs released its first augmented reality (AR) filter that uses iPhone 12 Pro’s LiDAR camera. The filter utilises the iPhone 12 Pro’s LiDAR sensor that helps improve AR experiences by enabling apps to more quickly see and recognise the room around them. The AR effect […]

New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Samsung is set to launch the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21 Plus as well as Galaxy S21 Ultra phones on January 14 and a new report has claimed to reveal the pricing of the S21 series devices in the South Korean market. According to South Korea-based ET News, the Galaxy S21 […]

New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Fortnite developer Epic Games has acquired RAD Game Tools, a video game software development company whose products and technology appear in nearly 25,000 games, for an undisclosed sum. The RAD game tools are leveraged by the world’s leading gaming companies, including Epic. Epic said on Thursday that they plan to […]

San Francisco, Jan 8 (IANS) Applications networking company F5 has acquired Volterra, a multi-cloud management startup, for $500 million. F5 said that with the addition of Volterra’s technology platform, it is creating an edge platform built for enterprises and service providers that will be security-first and app-driven with unlimited scale. “With Volterra, we advance our […]

San Francisco, Jan 8 (IANS) Samsung has unveiled its next-generation Galaxy Chromebook 2 with the QLED display panel days ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2021 next week. The Chromebook 2 is priced at $550 and will be available in Fiesta Red and Mercury Gray. The first units will be available in the US […]

New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) German carmaker Mercedes-Benz has unveiled a massive 56-inch, pillar-to-pillar infotainment display called “MBUX Hyperscreen” that will debut in the EQS electric sedan in late 2021. The large, curved screen panel extends almost the entire width of the interior, from the left to the right A-pillar. In addition to its sheer […]

Seoul/New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Hyundai Motors saw its shares jumped more than 20 per cent after saying it is in “early talks” with Apple for a potential electric vehicle deal. According to Korea Economic Daily, Hyundai Motor and Apple are likely to jointly develop self-driving electric cars. The news saw Hyundai Motors share go […]

New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Encrypted messaging app Signal saw a significant surge in new users signing up for its platform after the worlds richest person on planet, Elon Musk, tweeted to his 41.5 million followers to use Signal and apparently shun WhatsApp. Musk tweeted a meme late on Thursday, criticising Facebook for its inability […]

San Francisco, Jan 7 (IANS) Creating history, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who had once decided to sell off Tesla owing to poor results, became the richest person on the planet, going past Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos on Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a ranking of the world’s 500 wealthiest people. A 4.8 per cent rally […]

Bengaluru, Jan 7 (IANS) As businesses prepare lean and flexible models that operate in an online-offline mix in the post-pandemic world, the focus for digital platforms in India will be on selling directly to the consumers in 2021, a new report said on Thursday. “Small businesses in India are today evolving themselves as per the […]

New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Domestic smartphone maker Lava Mobiles on Thursday unveiled the world’s first customisable smartphone that allows customers to choose the component. The handsets, Lava Z1, Z2, Z4 and Z6, are aimed at the budget category with prices starting at Rs 5,499. The Lava Z1 comes in Blue and Red colours, is […]

New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Hiring activity in India saw a 14 per cent jump in December as compared to the previous month, signalling a clear recovery of the job market in the post-Covid months, a new report said on Thursday. The overall hiring at year-on-year level showed a decline of only 10 per cent […]

New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Chip maker Intel has introduced RealSense 3D cameras with an on-device solution for facial recognition, designed to perform facial authentication on consumer devices such as point-of-sale (PoS) systems, ATMs and kiosks. With an easy enrollment process and no network setup needed, Intel ‘RealSense ID’ brings a highly accurate, natural solution […]

San Francisco, Jan 7 (IANS) Apple is reportedly working on a relatively cheaper version of AirPods Max headphones with a few changes. The next AirPods Max would be lighter than its sibling that weighs roughly 384 grams, with a plastic build instead of machine-textured anodized aluminium ear cups and stainless steel headband, reports GizmoChina. The […]

San Francisco/New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) As Big Tech miserably failed to spot, act and tackle the US Capitol chaos going viral and being live-streamed, voices grew louder on Thursday to remove President Donald Trump altogether from digital platforms for inciting the mob and staging the coup, saying blocking him for couple of hours won’t […]

Washington, Jan 7 (IANS) The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has admitted it is one of the victims of massive SolarWinds attack and hackers targeted its IT systems and accessed Microsoft O365 email server. In a statement, the DOJ said that at this point, the number of potentially accessed O365 mailboxes appears limited to around […]

San Francisco, Jan 6 (IANS) Despite the Covid-19 pandemic that affected Apple’s retail operation globally, the company has exceeded its internal financial targets in the past fiscal year, and CEO Tim Cook’s cash bonus jumped 40 per cent to $10.7 million, The Wall Street Journal reported. Cook’s 2020 pay, excluding vested shares, was $14.8 million, […]

New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) After hacking masked credit and debit card data of crores of Juspay users, the same hacker possibly known as ‘ShinyHunters’ is now selling databases belonging to three more Indian companies on Dark Web, independent cyber security researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia claimed on Wednesday. According to Rajaharia who first broke the JusPay […]

San Francisco, Jan 6 (IANS) Apple is reportedly planning to release its long-awaited AirTags item trackers, an unspecified augmented reality device, and other new products in 2021. According to a new research note from reputable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple will unveil its augmented reality device in 2021, though he did not specify whether it will […]

Beijing, Jan 6 (IANS) Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has patented seven different foldable smartphone designs. The patent was published on January 1 and contains overall seven foldable smartphone designs. Out of the total count, three models feature clamshell form factor, reports Digitimes. Apart from three clamshell foldable phone designs, Xiaomi has also patented four large […]

Beijing, Jan 6 (IANS) OnePlus is reportedly planning to launch its new flagship series — the OnePlus 9 series — in March next year and now a new report has claimed that the OnePlus 9 Pro, the top variant in the series, will come with 45W wireless charging support. The OnePlus 9 Pro will also […]

New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) To increase the safety of people working or living in enclosed environments, Milagrow, a domestic service robots brand, has launched two advanced industry-grade duct cleaning robots – Hydra and Viper – in the Indian market at a starting priced of Rs. 1,199,000. According to the company, both the robots help […]

New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) TCL Electronics on Wednesday announced that it would unveil the next generation mini-LED and future display technology at the world’s largest tech expo ‘CES 2021’ which would be held online from January 11 to 14. According to the company, on January 11 at the CES 2021 Global Press announcement, it […]

New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Homegrown short-video sharing platform Chingari on Wednesday announced its collaboration with short-video news app Dekko to introduce infotainment to its users. With this partnership, the short video-sharing platform is introducing a more accessible, shareable, and trusted news and information video content. “Our aim is to provide a seamless experience to […]

San Francisco, Jan 6 (IANS) Apple’s widely rumoured augmented reality (AR) glasses prototype has reportedly entered the second phase of development. In an internal meeting, Apple said the headset may be announced in 2021 and released in 2022, while the glasses are expected in 2023 at the earliest. Taiwanese suppliers are already ramping up production […]

New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) India suffered the longest internet shutdowns in 2020 for the second year running globally, bearing the biggest economic impact of $2.8 billion and 8,927 hours lost, affecting 10.3 million users in total, a new report from the UK-based privacy and security research firm Top10VPN has revealed. As in previous years, […]

New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Open Source repository GitHub has secured a license from the US government to offer its services to developers in Iran. The Microsoft-owned company will now offer its full range of services in Iran, after imposing restrictions on the platform for Iranian developers due to US sanctions. “This includes all services […]

San Francisco, Jan 6 (IANS) Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox Series X controller disconnect problem will get a fix in an upcoming update. The tech giant said it was investigating the root of the problem so that a fix can be properly implemented. “We are aware some players may be experiencing disconnects with their […]

Seoul, Jan 6 (IANS) Samsung Electronics on Wednesday said its fitness tracking app was used by more than 200 million people around the globe in 2020 as the South Korean tech giant tries to further expand usability of its health platform. Samsung Health, which was first launched in 2012, offers various health-related features from virtual […]

New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Microsoft will shut down its Minecraft Earth mobile game on June 30 that was was designed around free movement and collaborative play — two things that have become near impossible in the current Covid-19 pandemic. The game took on Pokemon Go and covered the world in virtual blocks for players […]

New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Millions of Indian users received an in-app notification from WhatsApp as part of an upcoming global roll-out for over 2 billion users, asking them to either accept the changes in its Terms of Service and privacy policy by February 8 or their accounts will be deleted. The in-app notification did […]

San Francisco/New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Taking India’s example of banning more than 200 Chinese apps, US President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order that blocks transactions with Chinese companies running eight apps, including Jack Ma-owned Ant Group’s Alipay, Tencent’s QQ and WeChat Pay applications. Transactions will be prohibited in 45 days, said […]

New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Home-grown audio brand boAt on Wednesday announced it has raised approximately $100 million (over Rs 731 crore) from an affiliate of Warburg Pincus, a leading global private equity fund, towards ramping up manufacturing and go global. The significant investment will enable boAt, that emerged as the leading brand in India’s […]

Seoul, Jan 6 (IANS) Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday that it will support 21 homegrown startups’ participation in the world’s largest tech expo CES 2021 next week as the company vows to bolster its startup incubator programmes. Samsung said four projects from its in-house idea incubation program C-Lab Inside and 17 companies from its startup […]

Hyderabad, Jan 5 (IANS) After a delay of more than a year, second phase of T-Hub, India’s largest technology incubator, is set to become operational in the next couple of months. The swanky building of T-Hub 2.0 with 3.5 lakh square feet is nearing completion. Coming up near Mindspace Junction in the heart of Hitec […]

New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Global professional services company Genpact on Tuesday said it has acquired Enquero, a firm that offers data engineering and data-led digital transformation services, for an undisclosed sum. Genpact said that acquisition will accelerate its ability to leverage data and cloud technologies to drive digital transformation services through advanced analytics. “I […]