Technology
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IT spending in India to reach $112 bn in 2022 amid global uncertainties
Mumbai: The IT spending in India is likely to reach $114.9 billion in 2022, growing 7.7 per cent from last year, a Gartner reports said on Friday. Global economic uncertainty continues to…
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realme to democratize power of 5G across products, beyond smartphones
New Delhi: 5G, one of the most anticipated technology marvels in recent times, is almost at the threshold of deployment in India. The government of India has recently approved 5G spectrum auctions,…
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Non-game apps now dominate Apple App Store for 1st time
San Francisco: As global downloads on games and non-games apps reached 35 billion in the second quarter this year, the spending on apps has overtaken games on Apple App Store for the…
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New Instagram tools to better connect creators with subscribers
San Francisco: Meta (formerly Facebook) has announced that it is bringing new tools, including subscriber chats, exclusive posts and more for creators to connect with subscribers to the photo-sharing platform Instagram. The…
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Xiaomi India elevates COO Muralikrishnan as President
Bengaluru: Global tech company Xiaomi India on Friday announced to elevate Muralikrishnan B as President of its India operations, effective from August 1. Muralikrishnan will be responsible for day-to-day operations, services, public…
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Intel set to hike chip prices amid supply chain crisis: Report
New Delhi: Chip-maker Intel is rising prices on a broad range of microprocessors owing to a supply-chain crisis in the tough global macro-economic environment, the media reported on Thursday. According to Nikkei…
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Amazon agrees to address anti-trust concerns to avoid EU fines
London: Amazon has agreed to address competition concerns over its use of non-public marketplace seller data in Europe along with a possible bias in granting sellers access to its ‘Buy Box’ and…
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Twitter suffers outage as users get error messages across web, app
New Delhi: Micro-blogging platform Twitter suffered a mega outage on Thursday evening as several users across the world had error messages like “this page is down”. While 65 per cent were unable…
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Over 14 bn eSIM devices to be shipped by 2030, smartphones to lead
New Delhi: More than 14 billion eSIM devices are likely to be shipped between 2021 and 2030, covering all form factors, a new report has shown. Smartphones will lead the charge in…
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Next-gen Qualcomm flagship chips to be manufactured by TSMC
San Francisco: US-based chip maker Qualcomm is giving a contract to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for exclusively manufacturing the next-generation Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip as well as the Snapdragon 8+…
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Netflix partners Microsoft for new ad-supported subscription plan
New Delhi: Hit by a dwindling user base, streaming giant Netflix has partnered Satya Nadella-run Microsoft for its new ad-supported subscription plan for its over 221 million subscribers. Microsoft will be Netflix’s…
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Govt should not allow backdoor entry to Big Tech for 5G: COAI
New Delhi: The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the industry’s apex body representing telcos, on Thursday urged the government not to allow Big Tech companies to enter the 5G spectrum auction…
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Kids, teens spending more time on TikTok than YouTube globally
San Francisco: Kids and teenagers are watching an average of 91 minutes content on Chinese short-video platform TikTok daily compared to just 56 minutes on Google-owned YouTube globally, new data has shown.…
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Microsoft testing new Windows 11 taskbar UI changes
San Francisco: Tech giant Microsoft is experimenting with new UI changes to the Windows 11 taskbar as it is testing out bringing back the familiar search bar from Windows 10. Windows 11…
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Samsung logs 20% growth in India biz, targets $1 bn from Galaxy M series
New Delhi: Samsung’s business has grown at over 20 per cent (by value) in India in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year, and the company…
