Reliance Communications, the Anil Ambani led telco which was on the verge of bankruptcy a few days ago has declared that it is in a financial soup and is surrounded by capex troubles, hyper-competition and endless problems as a result of which, it has brought down the count of its employees from 52,000 to 3,400. This number is a massive lay off of 94%. The telco agreed to the statement... Read More
Microsoft is on the verge of rolling out the Commercial preview of the Office 2019 for Mac users. The Commercial Preview of the 2019 edition of Office for Windows users was already out in the month of April. However, the actual update to the software will be rolled out together for both Mac and Windows users. The Office 2019 Commercial Edition will include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote. The... Read More
At the Google I/O 2018, the tech giant had announced new and interesting features for its Google Home speaker, out of which the multitasking feature has started rolling out to the users. As a part of this new functionality now users will be able to command Google Home speakers to carry out up to three tasks at once. For example, now users can give commands like "Ok Google, switch on... Read More
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has proposed a new form of verification which is being called a Virtual ID. Besides Aadhaar number, starting July 1, consumers will also be able to use their virtual IDs to issue a new SIM or to re-verify their old numbers. Other ways of verifications which the authorities can make use of includes the limited KYC (Know your Customer) way, in which only... Read More
The Telecom Commission has approved the In-Flight Connectivity within Indian space on May 1, and since then, it's said that the government held various meetings to finalise the recommendations to implement the service. Now, the Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha has stated that the government is hoping the service will be implemented within a year. "In one year we will be able to provide in-flight connectivity," Sinha told reporters of IANS,... Read More
After a series of allegations by Reliance Jio, the Cellular Operators Association of India has ruled out the chances of making an apology to Reliance Jio post the Mukesh Ambani led telco filed a defamation suit in court against the industry body. COAI Director General, Rajan Mathews, who was also alleged by the telco said “COAI will not apologise because nothing that was said was defamatory. We are studying all... Read More
The Indian government is sceptical about the way that people are using the end-to-end encrypted messaging services in the country. In a meeting held in Delhi, the threat of “anti-national” people was discussed who used these services to conduct their illegal activities. The officials of the Home Ministry showed disappointment over the way in which the encrypted messaging service was being used in India. The recent arrest of JeM (Jaish-e-Mohammed)... Read More
Boult Audio, the India based audio equipment manufacturer, has recently introduced its new ENCORE earphones. After gaining success on their previous audio devices – The Edge and Muse, Boult is now hoping high for ENCORE earphones as the company claims that it’s the brand’s most powerful earloop headset till date. The Boult ENCORE offers an athletic lifestyle thanks to its earloop design. For music fanatics who like to listen to... Read More
According to a tip communicated by a highly placed official in the ministry of telecommunications, the government is going to skip the auction way for allocation of backhaul spectrum in the E and V bands. The above-mentioned source said, “The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is expected to go by the recommendations issued by sector watchdog, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) and there are no global instances where such (backhaul)... Read More
The telecom industry is now expecting rules which will require the handset vendors in India to dismiss apps that do not grant the ability to customers to control what calls and messages they receive. To request reconsideration on the existing regulation regarding this, Indian handset vendors have asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to take some action. The Indian Cellular Association (ICA) flagged the section 34 of the... Read More
Launching a heavy application for Android in India has its own complications. Further, problems increase for the consumers when the app is resource intensive like Uber’s. India being a big market for the American convenience giant, the company has now decided to bring a lite version of the original Uber application. The Uber Lite app which cuts down on the heavy animation and the default map view will prove useful for... Read More
Sony is now seeding Android P Beta 2 to its Xperia XZ2 smartphone after Google pushing it to its Pixel devices and Essential releasing it to the PH-1 smartphone. If you're on the Beta 1 on Xperia XZ2, you'll receive an OTA update notification for the Beta 2, which incidentally is also called the Android P Developer Preview 3. The Sony Xperia XZ2 is one of the few smartphones which received the... Read More
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Jio too will.
