New Delhi : Hauled up second time by the government on its failure to check the spread of fake and provocative content on its platform amid growing lynching episodes, the Facebook-owned platform on Friday said it is launching a test to limit message forwarding to five chats that will apply to its users in India. […]
New Delhi : In a bid to curb the menace of unsolicited commercial calls, the TRAI on Thursday announced new regulations that mandate registration of businesses/telemarketers for making such calls and subscribers’ consent for receiving the same. Named the Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference Regulations, 2018, the new rules provide for “the subscriber with complete […]
New Delhi : Making a strong comeback, Samsung shipped 9.9 million smartphones in India in the second quarter of 2018, registering almost 50 per cent annual growth rate — its best since the fourth quarter of 2015, Singapore-based market research firm Canalys said on Thursday. Chinese handset maker Xiaomi also shipped 9.9 million smartphones and […]
New Delhi : Finnish company HMD Global, which sells the iconic Nokia brand of phones, on Thursday launched Nokia 3.1 smartphone in India for Rs 10,499. The affordable 18:9 aspect ratio smartphone with 5.2-inch HD+ display gives more content at one glance, while the 2.5D curved display is protected by damage-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass, the […]
New Delhi : Upping the ante when it comes to innovation, Chinese smartphone maker Vivo on Thursday launched its Indian-made NEX smartphone with pop-up selfie shooter at Rs 44,990 in India. The smartphone, which will be available for purchase both online and at select retail stores from July 21, comes with an in-display fingerprint sensor and […]
New Delhi : The news of Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC shutting its India operations was on the cards as the company — once the darling of Indian users — could not cope up with the changing dynamics of the market amid rapid growth of Chinese players, experts said here on Thursday. According to CyberMedia Research […]
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Photo-messaging app Instagram is testing a new feature that allows users to react to “Stories” with emojis, just as they can react on Facebook. The feature being tested in the latest version of the app shows six emojies — clapping hands; laughing with tears; heart-eyes; shocked/surprised; sad; and fire. It […]
New Delhi : At nearly $940 billion, Apple is certainly well on the way to becoming the world’s first trillion dollar company — and the feat could be achieved as early as the end of this year with upcoming iPhone launches. The tech giant crossed the $900 billion market capitalisation mark in November last year […]
San Francisco : Gaining ground, Apple improved its position in the US smartphone market during the second quarter of 2018, eating into Android’s share and equalising its standing with rival Samsung, a report said on Wednesday. The iPhone-maker’s iOS platform accounted for 36 per cent of US activations as compared to 63 per cent for […]
San Francisco : Google is adding a feature called “snapshot” to Assistant that would maintain a visual overview of your daily schedule and provide suggestions and personalised information to ensure you do not get late for your flight or miss the last date for payment of a bill. “The new visual snapshot provides curated, helpful […]
