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Squad mixes Zoom and Netflix Party together to create a perfect coronavirus lockdown app

Global pandemic coronavirus continues to spread across the globe. The highly infectious disease has pushed most countries to enforce strict lockdown procedures. Many countries continue to enforce stay at home orders with potential plans to extend these measures before the current timeline. As noted in the past, these measures have pushed companies across different sectors

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06:16 PM
Apr 30, 2020

Features

Inside iQOO's decision to announce iQOO 3 price cut, product and software strategy

India's smartphone market is up for a significant challenge during the second quarter of this year. After lockdown curtailed sales during the month of April, May does not seem to look promising either. According to Counterpoint Research, India's smartphone market saw modest growth of 4 percent during the first quarter. The report highlighted how the

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Karthekayan Iyer

12:31 PM
Apr 30, 2020

News

WhatsApp rolls out 8 participants support in group video, voice calls to everyone

WhatsApp has rolled out eight participant support for the stable version of app for everyone. On Tuesday, the Facebook-owned messaging platform doubled the number of participants in a video or voice call from four to eight people at a time. To access the new limit on WhatsApp, all users are required to update to the

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12:42 AM
Apr 30, 2020

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Google parent Alphabet reports revenue of $41.16 billion in first quarter; despite slowdown in ad revenues

Google parent Alphabet has announced its earnings for the first quarter earnings for 2020. During the quarter ending March, Alphabet reported revenue of $41.16 billion and earnings of $9.87 per share. The company missed on earnings but beat the revenue projections for the quarter. However, the real highlight of this earnings result were the assurances

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09:14 AM
Apr 29, 2020

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Google and Apple to shut down Coronavirus tracker once pandemic is over

Tech giants Apple and Google recently collaborated on developing a unified Coronavirus tracker. The two companies are currently working towards pushing out the first version of their COVID-19 tracing technology. The trackers function to alert people if they have been exposed to the virus. Now the companies have also formally announced that the service will

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11:09 AM
Apr 26, 2020

Gaming

Microsoft Xbox users donate ‘hundreds of thousands of dollars' to help fight coronavirus

About three weeks ago, Microsoft announced that it was teaming up with the CDC Foundation to fight coronavirus. As part of the team-up, the software giant allowed Xbox owners to donate their Microsoft Rewards points. The interesting thing here is that Microsoft will match the donated points 1-to-1 with money to increase the total sum.

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03:30 PM
Apr 24, 2020

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Huawei says most of its phones will get Google's contact-tracing feature

Huawei has now confirmed that most of its smartphones will be able to run the contact-tracing feature from Google. Apple and Google announced that they are jointly developing a contact-tracing feature for their respective mobile operating systems. While the roll out of this new feature is yet to begin, a report claimed that Huawei phones

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08:54 AM
Apr 24, 2020

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Credit card records of millions left exposed by payments startup for nearly 3 weeks

A New York-based payments startup left millions of credit card transaction records exposed for anyone to see on the Internet for nearly three weeks before securing it, a media report said on Thursday. Security researcher Anurag Sen found the database belonging to card payments processor Paay, TechCrunch reported after alerting the company about the finding.

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10:36 PM
Apr 23, 2020

Entertainment

Netflix says it won't run out of new content in 2020 but predicts slowdown in growth

Netflix has confirmed that it won't run out of new context this year. Major production houses and entertainment companies are facing a difficult time right now. Production on sets around the world has stopped completely and has left with no option but to postpone the new release. Netflix, however, seems to be immune to the

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09:57 AM
Apr 23, 2020

Telecom

Vodafone makes changes to its Rs 249 prepaid plan; stops offering 3GB data per day: Report

Telecom giant Vodafone is currently in the process of making some changes to its existing prepaid plans in the Indian market. According to a new report, the company has been offering "double data plans" as part of some of its plans to its customers. But the company will gradually phase out these recharge plans. This

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07:40 AM
Apr 23, 2020

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Zomato mandates Aarogya Setu app for all its delivery partners

Food delivery platform Zomato on Wednesday announced that it has mandated each of its delivery partners to install and use the Aarogya Setu app - which is designed to help control the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) and make its information accessible to the common people. This app also helps in finding out corona positive people

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07:17 PM
Apr 22, 2020

Entertainment

Netflix adds over 15 million new subscribers as streaming becomes new way of life

Streaming services are making the most out of the numerous lockdowns across the world. With the COVID-19 pandemic, people are spending hours at home binging on their favorite shows. Netflix, one of the primary streaming destinations, gained a lot of new streamers. Most of the international lockdowns started coming into effect by mid-March, just over

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02:13 PM
Apr 22, 2020

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Huawei sees slow Q1 2020 growth due to US ban, Coronavirus crisis

Chinese tech giant Huawei's revenue growth applied brakes sharply in the first quarter of 2020. However, the company labeled the performance as 'resilient' owing to the pressure from the USA and the impact of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. As per a report by Reuters, the company said that its revenue during the first quarter rose

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11:11 AM
Apr 22, 2020

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Huawei users and Android users China can’t use Google’s new Contact tracing framework

Google and Apple are currently working on a new cross-platform contact tracing framework to combat contract tracing. As noted previously, this Bluetooth-based system will help you keep track of everyone who was near you. The company is also working on a framework API for third-party app developers. This will help health departments across the world

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10:21 PM
Apr 21, 2020

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WhatsApp introduces 'Together At Home' sticker pack in partnership with WHO

WhatsApp on Tuesday made an announcement that the messaging platform is adding a new sticker pack, 'Together At Home', designed to reflect many of the moments and emotions that we are all going through at the moment. WhatsApp and the World Health Organization (WHO) have partnered to create this new sticker pack, and now it'll

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07:05 PM
Apr 21, 2020

Gaming

Indian govt offering Rs 1 crore for video conferencing application challenge

The Indian government has been promoting the idea of video conferencing in this time of crisis as part of a challenge. The coronavirus crisis has rendered video conferencing as the only effective method of conducting meetings and meeting other people. The Indian government is calling for the promotion of the video conferencing and it has

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08:07 PM
Apr 20, 2020

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Hackers creating scam sites similar to COVID-19 relief packages

With the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down major parts of the global economy, governments are responding with massive stimulus packages aimed at supporting businesses and individuals. And not surprisingly, cyber-attackers are busy using scam and phishing techniques to get their share, security researchers warned on Monday. These scam websites use the news of the coronavirus financial

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07:27 PM
Apr 20, 2020

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Google starts listing COVID-19 testing centers in search results

Google has increased efforts to spread awareness and help bring reliable information to people. The search giant has started showing nearest coronavirus or COVID-19 testing centers. As reported by The Verge, Google is displaying information about coronavirus testing centers for search related to COVID-19. As per report, the feature seems to be only working for

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04:11 PM
Apr 20, 2020

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Lenovo ThinkBook Plus dual-screen laptop to go on sale in China starting April 24

At CES 2020 in January, One of the eye-catching products was the Lenovo Thinkbook Plus. The dual-screen notebook featured a secondary e-ink screen to improve its resourcefulness. However, we now learn that the laptop is now on reservation in China via Jingdong (JD.com). The notebook now carries a 8,499 Yuan price tag (about Rs 91,700).

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03:53 PM
Apr 20, 2020

News

Samsung may launch affordable 5G phones to tackle COVID-19 financial losses

South Korean tech giant Samsung is reportedly planning to launch a new number of affordable 5G smartphones throughout the remaining year to recover from the losses caused due to COVID-19 pandemic. Samsung has already unveiled its first two cheap affordable 5G smartphones in the form of Galaxy A51 5G and Galaxy A71 5G in US.

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02:34 PM
Apr 20, 2020

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