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Twitter appoints Manish Maheshwari as India MD

Twitter Monday said it has appointed Manish Maheshwari as the Managing Director of its India operations. Last year, Taranjeet Singh had stepped down as the India Country Director and Balaji Krish was given charge of leading the country's operations in the interim period. Krish will return to Twitter global headquarters in San Francisco to resume

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12:02 PM
Apr 22, 2019

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Infinix Mobile expects up to 60 percent growth in smartphone sales

Mobile device maker Infinix expects around 50-60 per cent growth in its smartphone sales this year with its focus on customers in the economy segment, a top official of the company said. "This year we will focus more on smartphones in the range of Rs 5,000-10,000. Overall we expect sales volume growth to be about

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11:34 AM
Apr 21, 2019

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TikTok's parent ByteDance plans $1 billion investment in India in next 3 years

Unfazed by the ban on TikTok in India, the popular Chinese short video app's parent ByteDance remains "very optimistic" and plans to invest $1 billion in the country over the next three years. ByteDance -- touted to be among the world's most valuable startups with investors like SoftBank, General Atlantic, KKR and Sequoia on board

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11:06 AM
Apr 20, 2019

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Google offers Android users choice to satisfy EU

Google on Thursday said users of its hugely popular Android devices would be offered a choice of five browsers and search engines as part of the company's effort to meet EU competition concerns. The European Commission last July hit Google with its biggest-ever fine, imposing a 4.34 billion euro ($5 billion) penalty, one of three

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09:01 PM
Apr 18, 2019

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Reliance Jio, BSNL drive telecom subscriber growth to 120.5 crore in February

The country's telecom subscriber base grew marginally to 120.5 crore on account of a net addition of customers by Reliance Jio and state-owned BSNL, according to data published by telecom regulator Trai on Thursday. Both Reliance Jio and BSNL jointly added a net of 86.39 lakh mobile subscribers but the rest of the telecom operators

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08:59 PM
Apr 18, 2019

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Non-availability of 4G spectrum keeps BSNL behind its competitors: Report

Non-availability of 4G spectrum has left state-owned BSNL behind its competitors in consumer experience despite improvement in network performance, according to a study by mobile analytics firm Opensignal. BSNL improved performance in download speed and the latency required for better mobile broadband experience, however, it figured nowhere close to its competitors Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel

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10:22 AM
Apr 18, 2019

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Apple and Qualcomm bury the hatchet in royalties battle royal

Apple and American microchip manufacturer Qualcomm said Tuesday they have agreed to "dismiss all litigation" against each other worldwide in what had been a sprawling battle over royalty payments. The last-minute settlement cut short a courtroom clash between the tech giants just as it was getting underway in California. For two years, the companies had

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09:41 AM
Apr 17, 2019

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Reliance Jio applies for in-flight connectivity licence to DoT

Reliance Jio Infocomm has approached the telecom department for in-flight connectivity licence, that allows service providers to offer connectivity and data services to Indian and foreign airlines, according to sources. Besides Jio, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has also received a clutch of other applications including those from Ortus Communications, Station Satcom and Cloud Cast

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01:40 PM
Apr 16, 2019

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YouTube info panels to display news publisher's govt funding

YouTube -- which had launched 'information panels' for news-related videos to flag misinformation on its platform -- said these boxes will now highlight whether the publisher of the content is funded by the government. "Our goal is to equip users with additional information to help them better understand the sources of news content that they

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09:07 PM
Apr 15, 2019

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Samsung says it sold 2 million Galaxy A-series smartphones in 40 days

South Korean tech giant Samsung Monday said it has sold two million units of its A series smartphones in 40 days, clocking about $500 million (nearly Rs 3,500 crore) in sales. In February, Samsung had said it aimed to garner $4 billion (around Rs 28,000 crore) in revenue this year in India from its Galaxy

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08:26 PM
Apr 15, 2019

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