Tech

San Francisco: Popular short video-sharing platform Tiktok has topped the chart of downloads on Christmas Day this year. According to mobile data and analytics company App Annie, the number of downloads on December 25 globally was estimated across both iOS and Google Play Stores. TikTok led the chart of Christmas Day downloads ahead of Instagram, […]

New Delhi: Smartphones have evolved substantially in the last decade to meet the changing demands and expectations of the consumers. With the current momentum, foldable smartphones are set to witness a massive 638 per cent jump in sales in India in 2021, and are expected to touch a record 3 lakh units sales in 2022. […]

San Francisco: In a video message, Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram’s head Adam Mosseri said that the platform will “double down” on video and focus on Reels in the upcoming year. Mosseri said Instagram will “consolidate all of our video products around Reels and continue to grow that product”, Engadget reported on Wednesday. “We are going […]

Washington: Amazon’s Alexa told a 10-year-old child to touch a penny to the exposed prongs of a phone charger plugged into the wall. As per The Verge, the device seemingly pulled the idea for the challenge from an article describing it as dangerous, citing news reports about an alleged challenge trending on TikTok. The child’s […]

San Francisco: Apple is planning to launch four new handsets iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Max, iPhone 14 Pro as well as iPhone 14 Pro Max next year and now a new report has claimed that the iPhone 14 Max may come with a 120Hz LTPO screen. The news comes days after LG succeeded in producing […]

Beijing: Xiaomi has officially launched its flagship Xiaomi 12 series of smartphones in its home country China. The lineup includes three models — Xiaomi 12, 12 Pro, and 12X. The new devices feature faster-charging speeds, a better camera setup on the back, improved displays and more. Xiaomi 12 series will be available at a starting […]

Beijing: Smartphone maker OnePlus is all set to launch its next flagship handset ‘OnePlus 10 Pro’ on January 4 and the pre-registrations for the phone have already begun at the Chinese market. OPPO’s chief product officer and OnePlus’ CEO, Pete Lau, previously revealed that the OnePlus 10 Pro would be available in January 2022. The […]

Seoul: Apple may submit its compliance plans for a new South Korean law that bans app store operators from forcing in-app payment systems on developers, industry sources said on Tuesday. The new law went into effect in September, making South Korea the first country in the world to introduce such curbs on in-app billing policies […]

Beijing: Xiaomi is reportedly planning to announce its next major version of user interface (UI) ‘MIUI 13’ alongside the Xiaomi 12 smartphone soon and now a new report has claimed that the upcoming version of MIUI would be focused mostly on smoothness as well as fluency. The MIUI 13 will also have Focus Computing 2.0, […]

Hyderabad: If social media apps like Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp are preferred among the adult population, then for kids it is YouTube. With many children shifting from desktop and laptops to mobile phones, YouTube with its access to videos, music and games has emerged as the most popular Android app among kids. According to New […]

New Delhi: An e-bike made from scrap materials, an automated trolley for picking products at shopping malls, an Internet of Things (IoT)-based smart farming device and a VR game, among other innovations, has helped Salem-based Thiagarajar Polytechnic College emerge as the winner in the CII instituted ‘Industrial Innovation Awards 2021.The innovations made it the only […]

New Delhi: What the world, and each one of us, experienced in the past two years, has taught us important life lessons. At the same time, it has demonstrated development and progress, which will have a long-term positive impact on society, industry and governance. As a result of the ongoing economic and humanitarian crises, we […]

San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly planning to rollout a new feature which enables users to search for businesses nearby. As per a report by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is developing a functionality that will let users easily search for businesses nearby by filtering them using a new interface. The feature will be helpful for […]

Seoul: Samsung is planning to launch its next premium flagship S22 series soon and now a new report has claimed that the top-end model in the lineup, the Galaxy S22 Ultra, will be better at stabilising videos. An AI-assisted Wide Shift OIS feature will help in achieving better stabilisation of videos, effectively reducing camera shake […]

New Delhi: Described as the Apollo moment for science, NASA’s James Webb telescope — on its way toward its destination in orbit about 1 million miles from Earth — has begun six months of commissioning in space, before it scouts for first galaxies and distant worlds. At the end of commissioning, the world’s largest and […]

San Francisco: Apple introduced support for eSIM on its iPhone XR, XS, as well as XS Max and now a new sketchy rumour suggests that the iPhone 15 Pro slated to be launched in 2023 will be the first iPhone model to ship without a physical SIM card slot. According to a report by the […]

Hyderabad: Reliance Jio is having the best of its time in India as a dominant player in the telecom segment. Every once in a while the company comes up with exciting offers/ surprises for its users. As the new year is around the corner. The telecom service provider has introduced a new prepaid plan for […]

San Francisco: Popular short video-sharing platform TikTok has surpassed tech giant Google as the most popular website of the year, says a report. According to a report by IT security company Cloudflare, the viral video app gets more hits than the US-based search engine, reports BBC. The rankings show that TikTok knocked Google off the […]

The investigation was announced after the NYT reported this month on the potential safety risks the games posed.

After careful consideration, we have decided to withhold from having a presence on the show floor of CES 2022.

New Delhi: The global smartphone applications processor (AP) market grew 17 per cent to $8.3 billion in the third quarter (Q3) this year, with Qualcomm and MediaTek posting double-digit growth, according to a new report. Qualcomm maintained its smartphone AP leadership with a 34 per cent revenue share, followed by Apple with 28 per cent […]

Beijing: Tech giant Huawei has launched a new smart glasses ‘Huawei Smart Glasses’ with a detachable front frame design in China. The smart glass offers three classic frame types: Classic frame, Stylish pilot, and Retro round frame. It also comes in a variety of colourful frames. The new Huawei smart glasses are the first glasses […]

By PIB Delhi Scientists have found the first clues to understand violent short duration flares from a compact star of rare category called magnetar located thirteen million light years away. These compact stars with the most intense magnetic field known, of which only thirty have been spotted so far in our galaxy, suffer violent eruptions […]

San Francisco: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said that the Metaverse is more of a marketing buzzword than a practical concept. In a recent interview with conservative satire site ‘The Babylon’, Musk said the concept of Facebook’s Metaverse, which was first introduced back in October and focuses on augmented virtual reality (VR) experiences, […]