San Francisco : Admitting that iOS 11.2.5 has a serious bug that is causing iPhones and apps like Facebook and WhatsApp to crash when a Telugu single character is received via iMessage, Apple has promised to fix it soon. The Cupertino-based company said it was working on to fix the vulnerability that affects iPhones, iPads, […]
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Twitter to soon livestream news to curb misinformation
San Francisco : In a bid to stop the spread of fake news, Twitter will soon live stream news, in a window next to the users’ timelines, whenever a major incident takes place. In a first such test, Twitter live-streamed footage from Miami’s WSVN 7 as the media outlet covered the shooting at a Florida […]
Google kills ‘view image’ button from search results
San Francisco : In a move to curb the lifting of copyrighted images from its platform, Google has removed the “view image” button from its image search results. “Today we’re launching some changes on Google Images to help connect users and useful websites. “This will include removing the View Image button. The Visit button remains, […]
Apple may introduce 3 new iPhones this year
San Francisco : Apple is reportedly gearing up to introduce three new iPhones this year and one of them will be more popular than the others, a top analyst with Taiwanese business group KGI Securities has said. According to Ming-Chi Kuo, the most famous analyst with KGI Securities when it comes to Apple, the Cupertino-headquartered […]
Facebook to launch smart home speakers in July: Report
San Francisco : Taking on Amazon, Google and Apple, Facebook is now set to officially roll out two smart home speakers in 2018. According to a report in Taipai-based website Digitimes, the two models — Aloha and Fiona with 15-inch touchscreens — will be launched around July. “Supply chain sources said that Facebook was originally […]
Redmi Note 5, Note 5 Pro to be 100% manufactured in India: Xiaomi
New Delhi : In line with its commitment to make in India, Xiaomi will manufacture its two new offerings — Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 and Note 5 Pro — at its two manufacturing units in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, Xiaomi India said on Wednesday. “Like our other products, these devices will be 100 per cent […]
Xiaomi kicks off 2018 with Redmi Note 5, Note 5 Pro in India
New Delhi : Buoyed by its performance in the fourth quarter last year, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi on Wednesday launched two devices — Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 and Note 5 Pro — in the price-sensitive Indian market. Redmi Note 5 — a successor to the highly-acclaimed Redmi Note 4 — will cost Rs 9,999 for […]
Facebook to be available on JioPhone from Wednesday
New Delhi : Starting Wednesday, Facebook will be available on JioPhone, a company statement said here adding that the app can be downloaded from the Jio Appstore by all existing and new users. “This new version of the Facebook app is built specially for Jio KaiOS, a web based operating system designed for JioPhone, so […]
WhatsApp working on GDPR data privacy option for users: Report
New Delhi : As the European Union (EU) prepares to introduce the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May to harmonise data privacy laws, Facebook-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new data privacy option in compliance with the new legislation. The new WhatsApp feature, to be remotely enabled by “no later than May 25” […]
Jiophone emerges leader in Indian feature phone market
New Delhi : Reliance JioPhone scaled a new high in the fourth quarter on 2017, emerging as the market leader in the feature phone segment with 27 per cent share, followed by Samsung at 14 per cent share, a new report said on Monday. The feature phone market witnessed a 36 per cent sequential growth […]