San Francisco: A confidential Facebook document reviewed by The Intercept has revealed that the social networking giant is offering private data of its users without their knowledge or consent to 100 different telecom companies and phone makers in 50 countries. Confidential documents seen by the website showed late Monday that Facebook is helping operators and phone […]
Category: Gadgets
Honor 20 series announced; to launch in India in June
London: Huawei’s sub-brand Honor on Tuesday launched its HONOR 20, HONOR 20 PRO and HONOR 20 Lite here for 499 euros, 599 euros and 299 euros, respectively. The smartphone player will launch the devices in India on June 11. “HONOR’s renowned N-Series welcomes the latest member of the family, the HONOR 20 Series with a […]
Data of Instagram influencers leaked, traced to India
San Francisco: Personal data of millions of celebrities and influencers stands exposed on Instagram in a massive database that has been traced to Mumbai-based social media marketing firm Chtrbox, TechCrunch reported on Monday. The database containing 49 million records of several high-profile influencers, including prominent food bloggers, celebrities and other social media influencers were found to […]
Redmi Note 7S with 48MP primary camera now in India
New Delhi: Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi on Monday refreshed its Redmi Note 7 lineup with the 48MP camera-powered Redmi Note 7S for a starting price of Rs 10,999. The 6.3-inch device with Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 chip would be available online from May 23 in two variants: Rs 10,999 for the 3GB+32GB variant and Rs 12,999 […]
Samsung Galaxy A70: Equipped for all-round performance
New Delhi: Samsung India, which sold five million units of Galaxy A phones in just 70 days, is banking big time on the A-series — in an attempt to outshine the Chinese rivals that have carved out a niche in the Indian smartphone market with competitively-priced devices. The launch of the Galaxy A70, which comes […]
Samsung Galaxy S10 5G now available in US
San Francisco: Stepping up the rollout of the 5G smartphone in the global market, Samsung said its Galaxy S10 5G is now selling in the US markets to run on Verizon’s network in Chicago and Minneapolis. The South Korean giant launched its first 5G smartphone on home turf early in April and has introduced the […]
Can cheaper Pixel resurrect Google’s smartphone dream?
New Delhi: Google’s smartphone business has been struggling to gain ground even as rivals Apple, Samsung and Huawei continue to upend competition with better “specced” devices every quarter. Samsung grabbed the top position with 21 per cent market share while Huawei, with 17 per cent share was at the second spot and Apple settled at […]
WhatsApp beta not letting users save profile pictures
San Francisco: In its latest Android beta update, Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp is not allowing users to save profile pictures of individuals on their devices, the media reported. “WhatsApp has removed the possibility to save profile pictures in latest Android beta updates and WhatsApp Business beta for iOS 2.19.60.5,” web portal WABetaInfo tweeted on Wednesday. […]
Amazon under fire for selling floor mats, toilet seats with images of Hindu deities
New Delhi: E-commerce website Amazon faced a major backlash on Twitter on Thursday and #boycottAmazon trended on the micro blogging site after users started tweeting out against the retail giant for “hurting” Hindu sentiments and selling floor mats and toilet seats with images of Hindu deities. “God in any form is GOD …I want to […]
First Apple computer to be auctioned online
New Delhi: In 1976, Apple Inc made and sold the first ever Apple computer. Fewer than half of the 200 Apple-1 computers, ever made, have survived and one of them could be yours as it goes for an online sale starting Thursday. A rare Apple-1 computer, the first personal computer ever made, will be sold by […]