Technology

Tinder introduces ‘Blind Date’ experience

San Francisco: Popular dating app Tinder is expanding its portfolio of features giving members new ways to create human connection by bringing back an old classic — the blind date. Now available…
Microsoft to bring LinkedIn profiles to Team chats

New Delhi: Tech giant Microsoft has announced that Teams will soon support an integration with LinkedIn that allows users to see their colleague’s profiles within one-to-one chats. Through this feature, users can…

Apple patents keyboard that turns iPad into MacBook

San Francisco: Apple has filed a new patent with the US Patent And Trademark Office related to a new kind of iPad keyboard accessory that will allow an iPad to function as…
Airtel internet services suffer outage, firm says ‘technical glitch’

New Delhi: Bharti Airtel broadband services experienced a mega outage on Friday as millions of students and workers across the country, including Delhi and Mumbai, were left without Internet amid ongoing online…
Meta activates Elections Operations Centre in India amid Assembly polls

New Delhi: With India entering the crucial Assembly polls season, Meta (formerly Facebook) on Thursday said it has activated its Elections Operations Centre so that it can watch out for potential abuses…
Twitter posts robust results, user growth under Parag Agrawal

New Delhi: Twitter, under new CEO Parag Agrawal, posted robust quarter results on Thursday, as revenue reached $1.57 billion (with ad revenue of $1.41 billion) — both up 22 per cent (on-year)…
Samsung to launch Galaxy S22 series with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC in India

New Delhi: In a first, Samsung will bring all models in the newly-launched Galaxy S22 series with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC in India Instead of traditional Exynos chipset, reliable sources said…

Nothing Ear (1) gets Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant access

New Delhi: London-based consumer tech company Nothing has revealed that Google Assistant, Alexa and Siri are now available on the Ear (1). “Alexa, play Nothing Else Matters. Yeah, it’s time to say…
ShareChat to acquire MX TakaTak for Rs 4,500 crore

New Delhi: Mohalla Tech, the parent company of homegrown social media apps Moj and ShareChat, is acquiring Times Internet-owned short-video platform MX TakaTak for nearly $600 million (about Rs 4,500 crore), sources said…
Facebook Messenger rolls out ‘Split Payments’ feature in US

San Francisco: Meta-owned Facebook Messenger has announced new features, including Split Payments on the platform for iOS and Android users in the US. The company said it is also introducing voice message…
WhatsApp tweaks built-in camera, working on redesigned caption view

San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on some new features, including tweaking the built-in camera and a redesigned caption view, for iOS users. With the latest betas, the app is tweaking…
Apple working on realityOS for its upcoming AR/VR headset

San Francisco: Apple is reportedly planning to launch its AR/VR headset sometime in late 2022 or 2023 and now a new references to “realityOS”, the AR/VR operating system that may run the…
WarnerMedia, Discovery get US nod to create new streaming giant

San Francisco: The $43 billion Discovery and WarnerMedia deal to create the next big content streaming giant has cleared an antitrust review from the US government agencies, according to a filing with…
Microsoft announces new Open App Store rules amid global scrutiny

New Delhi: Amid growing scrutiny over Apple and Google app store policies, Microsoft has announced a new set of Open App Store principles that will apply to the Microsoft Store on Windows…
Sony releases voice commands feature to PS5 in new beta update

New Delhi: Sony has released a new beta update for the Playstation 5, which introduces new features such as improved settings menu UI along with a new voice assistant. In an official…