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OPPO Find X2, Find X2 Pro arrive in India, price starts at Rs 64,990

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New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Entering the top premium India smartphone market with a bang, OPPO on Wednesday launched its flagship series Find X2 and Find X2 Pro 5G smartphones w....

TECNO launches segment-first 7-inch display, 6000mAh battery phone at Rs 9,999

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New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Heating up the sub-Rs 10,000 India smartphone market, TECNO, the global premium smartphone brand of Transsion Holdings, on Wednesday launched the SPA....

Airtel invests in edtech startup Lattu Kids

1555 days ago
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Bharti Airtel on Wednesday announced it has acquired a strategic stake in edtech startup Lattu Kids as part of the Airtel Startup Accelerator Programme.

Realme X3, Realme X3 SuperZoom phones to launch in India on June 25

1555 days ago
Realme on Wednesday confirmed that it will launch Realme X3 and Realme X3 SuperZoom smartphones in India on June 25.

Avast appoints Nick Viney to lead Telco, IoT security business

1555 days ago
Digital security provider Avast on Wednesday announced the appointment of industry veteran Nick Viney as Senior Vice President and General Manager for its Telco, Internet of ....

Apple tops premium smartphone segment with 57% share in Q1

1555 days ago
Riding on the success of iPhone 11, Apple led the global premium segment with 57 per cent market share, followed by Samsung and Huawei, according to a new report.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G chipset coming for mid-range phones

1555 days ago
Global chipmaker Qualcomm on Wednesday announced its first 5G mobile platform in the 6-series, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 690, which aims to bring 5G support to even more mid-ra....

Google to support Indian startups creating solutions for the new normal

1555 days ago
Google on Wednesday expanded its programme for startups to support startups working on the solutions to solve real-life challenges towards the new normal post COVID-19 landsc....

Cosmic lighthouses to help space travellers find ways to Moon, Mars

1555 days ago
Just as lighthouses have helped sailors navigate safely into harbor for centuries, future space travellers may receive similar guidance from the steady signals created by pulsars.

Healthy eating patterns lower heart disease risk: Study

1555 days ago
If you want to keep your heart health, take a note. Researchers have found that greater adherence to a variety of healthy eating patterns was associated with a lower risk of ....

Amazon tests wearable device to help workers maintain social distancing

1555 days ago
E-commerce giant Amazon is reportedly testing a wearable device that will alert warehouse workers if they come too close to each other so that they can maintain social distan....

Galaxy A21s with quad camera setup, 5000mAh battery in India

1555 days ago
Samsung on Wednesday launched affordable Galaxy A21s smartphone with quad-camera system and 5,000mAh battery at a starting price of Rs 16,499 in India.

Indian girl creates iOS app to help people shun suffering in silence

1555 days ago
Kanishka Chaudhry, a high-school student from Gujarat, never had an inkling like all of us that mental health would become such a raging debate after the suicide of Bollywood....

Self-isolation, contact tracing key to control COVID-19: Lancet

1555 days ago
Combining isolation and intensive contact tracing with social distancing measures might be the most effective and efficient way to achieve and maintain pandemic control, says....

Google Duo increases group calling limit to 32 participants

1555 days ago
Google has updated its popular Duo chat app by increasing the group video user limit from 12 to 32 people into a single group call to help more people stay connected and prac....

Microsoft's undersea data centre drives hunt for Covid-19 vaccine

1555 days ago
Not just above the Earth, efforts are underway beneath the sea to search for a Covid-19 vaccine as an experimental Microsoft data centre in Scotlands Orkney Islands is proces....

After Google, Apple kills TikTok clone app Zynn from App Store

1555 days ago
Apples App Store has removed Chinese video app Zynn, a clone of the hugely popular video app TikTok, following accusations of plagiarism. The app was taken down from Googles ....

Twitter launches dedicated tool to curb domestic violence in India

1555 days ago
In a bid to help tackle rise in domestic violence during the social distancing times in India, Twitter on Wednesday launched a dedicated search prompt to serve information an....

Twitter hires ex-FBI lawyer involved in Trump campaign probe

1555 days ago
Twitter has hired former FBI attorney James Baker who was involved in the investigation into the Trump campaign and its Russia links during the 2016 presidential election.

Facebook will allow users to turn off political ads: Zuckerberg

1556 days ago
Facing criticism for allowing misleading political ads on its services, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that its platform will now allow users to turn off seeing p....

Google releases software update to boost Nest Wi-Fi at home

1556 days ago
Google has rolled out a software update to make both Nest Wifi and Google Wifi work even more smoothly as you participate in video calls or play games.

Cisco Webex sees 3x growth, supports 500 million meeting participants

1556 days ago
Due to the unprecedented shift to remote work, leading enterprise video conferencing solution Cisco Webex supported half a billion meeting participants who generated 25 billi....

Google Meet now available on mobile for Android, iOS users

1556 days ago
Google has announced to bring its video chat service Meet to Gmail on Android and iOS smartphones so that people can easily join video meetings from their inbox on the go.

Global 5G subscription to cross 190mn by end of 2020: Ericsson

1556 days ago
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) The global number of 5G subscriptions will surpass 190 million by the end of 2020 and 2.8 billion by the end of 2025, according to a forecast by Swed....

Indian boy who created Covid-19 tool among Apple student challenge winners

1556 days ago
San Jose, June 16 (IANS) Apple on Tuesday announced 350 winners of its annual WWDC Swift Student Challenge from 41 different countries and regions, including Palash Taneja who....

Indian firms pay hackers nearly Rs 6 crore per DNS attack: Report

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New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) India organisations paid at least Rs 6 crore ($784,000) per DNS attack in India as the country saw the highest number of such attacks at 12.13 per or....

Snapchat launches web-based AR lens for brands, businesses

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New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Photo-messaging app Snapchat on Tuesday launched Lens Web Builder, the industrys first web-based augmented reality (AR) Lens ad production tool for b....

Mobile payments in India jumped 163% in 2019: Report

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New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Mobile payments in India initiated by payment apps comprising account-to-account transfers and payments made from stored-value accounts rose 163 per ....

Try colour-scribbling book based on Elon Musk's bizarre tweets

1556 days ago
San Francisco, June 16 (IANS) From making promises, teasing products to tweeting controversial posts, Elon Musk uses Twitter a little too much and now for his fans, artist Sal....

Nokia's nostalgic 5310 music phone back in new avatar

1556 days ago
HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, on Tuesday launched Nokia 5310 as a refreshed version of the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic that was introduced back in August 2007 as premium m....

Motorola One Fusion+ with quad camera setup, 5000mAh battery launched

1556 days ago
Lenovo-owned smartphone brand Motorola on Tuesday launched new midrange smartphone 'Motorola One Fusion+' featuring quad-camera system along with massive 5000mAh battery for ....

Apple faces another antitrust complaint in EU: Report

1556 days ago
Kobo, an ereader company which is a subsidiary of Japanese media and ecommerce group Rakuten, has asked for a probe into the Apple App Store for possible violation of competi....

Samsung launches new range of Frame TV 2020, Smart TVs in India

1556 days ago
South Korean tech giant Samsung on Tuesday launched new online range of TVs, the next edition of its Frame TV 2020 and 10 new Smart TV models in India.

New rules let US companies work with Huawei on 5G standards

1556 days ago
The US Commerce Department has paved the way for US companies to work with Huawei on developing 5G standards, despite rules that prohibit the Chinese telecom giant from doing....

Apple Developer app updated with macOS version

1556 days ago
Ahead of Apples Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) 2020, the Cupertino-based tech giant has released a Mac version of its Apple Developer app.

Swiggy launches initiative to help restaurants jumpstart operations

1556 days ago
On-demand food delivery platform Swiggy has launched a Jumpstart Package for its restaurant partners, which are either operational for delivery or restarting operations, towa....

Sennheiser launches new earbuds in India for Rs 24,990

1556 days ago
German audio brand Sennheiser on Tuesday launched Momentum True Wireless 2 earbuds with active noise cancellation (ANC) for 24,990 in India.

Wearable patch can efficiently deliver drug to treat skin cancer

1556 days ago
Purdue University innovators in the US have created a novel wearable patch with fully miniaturized nanoneedles that can enhance drug delivery for people with melanoma which i....

Alibaba Cloud invests $283mn to empower global partners

1556 days ago
Alibaba Cloud, the data intelligence backbone of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, on Tuesday said it would invest $283 million during this fiscal year to empower globa....

2 in 5 Indian professionals not optimistic about jobs soon: LinkedIn

1556 days ago
As the Indian workforce navigates a shrinking job market in lockdown times, two in five professionals believe that the number of jobs and scheduled interviews will decrease i....