Technology
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Twitter rival Koo surpasses 50 mn downloads
New Delhi: Homegrown micro-blogging platform Koo on Wednesday said it has clocked 50 million downloads with a significant uptake in users, time spent and engagement since January this year. Koo is available…
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Amazon Prime members get access to 100 mn songs
San Francisco: Amazon has announced to provide 100 million songs to its Prime subscribers in shuffle mode, along with new features and ad-free content to improve the listening experience. The company has…
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Twitter ends ad-free articles for premium Blue subscribers
New Delhi: Twitter has announced to discontinue ad-free articles for its premium Blue subscribers under Elon Musk as new CEO. The micro-blogging platform said that it made the decision “to discontinue Ad-free…
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Apple to launch iOS 16 5G Beta for iPhone users in India next week
New Delhi: As India enters the 5G era, Apple will enable 5G in the iOS 16 Beta software programme next week for the select iPhone users in the country, the tech giant…
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Airtel surpasses 1 mn customers on it 5G network in less than 30 days
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel on Wednesday announced that it has crossed the one million unique 5G user mark on its network, as the telecom operator rolls out 5G services in a phased…
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Google India announces finalists for ‘Doodle For Google’ competition
New Delhi: Google on Wednesday unveiled the 20 finalists of its annual “Doodle For Google” competition and invited the public to vote online for their favourite doodle in each of the five…
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Samsung aims to sell 270 mn smartphones next year
San Francisco: Samsung is expected to sell 270 million smartphones next year with focus on its foldable devices. According to GSMArena, the current estimate of 260 million units sold in 2022 is…
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76% Indians now prefer UPI as payment mode for online checkouts
Mumbai: Nearly 76 per cent Indians now prefer using UPI (unified payments interface) during online checkouts while more millennials (84 per cent) are now using UPI when shopping online, a report showed…
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40% of Indians defrauded while shopping online during festive season
New Delhi: Around 40 per cent of Indians surveyed have been defrauded when shopping online during festive season, finds a study. The study was conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of…
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Apple still mulls iPhone SE 4 display details
San Francisco: Apple is yet to finalise the display size of its upcoming fourth generation iPhone SE 4, according to analyst Ross Young. The tech giant is considering a number of options…
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Twitter bans over 54K accounts in India for promoting sexual content, terror
New Delhi: Twitter banned 52,141 accounts in India for promoting child sexual exploitation, non-consensual nudity and allied content between August 26 and September 25. The micro-blogging platform, now owned by Elon Musk,…
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Two more senior executives leave Apple: Report
San Francisco: Two more senior Apple executives are reportedly moving on amid some high-profile exits from the company in the recent past. Anna Matthiasson, Vice president of online retail, and Chief Information…
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Microsoft to keep ‘Call of Duty’ on PlayStation forever
San Francisco: Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has announced plans to keep the ‘Call of Duty’ game on PlayStation forever. Spencer had recently discussed the future of the first-person shooter game in…
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Elon Musk ropes in Indian-origin technology executive as he implements changes in Twitter
New York: Sriram Krishnan, an Indian-origin technology executive, is helping out Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk as he revamps the social media giant following its acquisition by the billionaire entrepreneur. Krishnan is a…
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Meta purges 33.7 mn pieces of bad content in India in September
New Delhi: As the Centre notified amendments in new IT Rules, 2021 to put more obligations on social media platforms, Meta has said that it took down over 30.7 million pieces of…
