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About the author: Born in India, Yogesh loves to travel and has lived in multiple countries including New Zealand and Canada. His bylines can be found on various newspapers and blogs throughout the world, including Vancouver Sun, Surrey Now-Leader, Daily Hive , Investing News Network and Rach F1.

Bala Yogesh May 2nd, 2020 3:18 PM 2 COMMENTS

Researchers Are Not Backing Down From Their Claim of Xiaomi Collecting Data in Incognito Mode

Researcher Andrew Tierney on Friday reiterated his claim of Xiaomi collecting data in the incognito mode on user devices. In a series of tweets, Tierney responded to Xiaomi’s statement on a Forbes report that said Xiaomi web browsers were sending data to remote servers in China. Thomas Brewster, security, surveillance and privacy reporter for Forbes along with Tierney and researcher Gabriel Cirlig in a report said that Xiaomi browsers recorded... Read More

Bala Yogesh May 1st, 2020 8:00 PM 0 COMMENTS

Sony PS4 Pro and PS4 Slim Are Now More Expensive in India, New PS4 Slim Bundles Listed

Sony on Friday has increased the prices of its Playstation 4 Pro and Playstation 4 Slim models with PS4 Pro now priced at Rs 38,710 while PS4 Slim now priced at Rs 29,990. The company had earlier priced the PS4 Pro at Rs 36,990 while PS4 Slim was priced at Rs 27,990. While Sony has made no announcement regarding the increase in the prices, the company has updated the prices... Read More

Bala Yogesh May 1st, 2020 7:04 PM 2 COMMENTS

OnePlus Z Now Tipped To Be Powered By Snapdragon 765 SoC

The OnePlus Z is now tipped to be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 765 chipset as compared to the earlier leaks that suggested that the upcoming device would be powered by MediaTek Dimensity 1000L SoC. The latest development was shared by Max J on Twitter on Friday. While it was expected that the OnePlus Z would be launched alongside the OnePlus 8 series, OnePlus was said to have pushed back the... Read More

Bala Yogesh May 1st, 2020 4:32 PM 0 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Maintains Average Data Consumption Per User, Voice Consumption Slides

Reliance Industries on Thursday released its fourth quarter and year ended March 2020 results with the company reporting an 40.7% rise in annual revenue of its digital services. According to the company, the digital services which includes Reliance Jio as the key component reported an standalone net profit of Rs 2331 crore during the quarter and Rs 5562 crore for the full year. The annual net profit represents an 88%... Read More

Bala Yogesh May 1st, 2020 9:22 AM 0 COMMENTS

Realme Rolls Out Realme UI Based on Android 10 for Realme 3 and Realme 3i

Realme on Wednesday said that the Realme 3 and Realme 3i devices would now be receiving Realme UI based on Android 10. The company announced the development on its forums with the updates said to be rolling out in batches. The Realme UI is said to introduce several new elements to the devices including changes to the visuals, system and camera UI. Further, the Realme Share is now said to... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 30th, 2020 8:18 PM 1 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Gifts Limited Users 2GB Daily Data and Unlimited Calling Facility

Several Vodafone Idea users have reported on Twitter that they have received 2GB per day high speed data and unlimited calling activated on their numbers at no additional costs. The company has made no official announcement or provided additional details on the pack, however, the users have reported that the free pack is valid for seven days. Vodafone Idea’s free pack is closely on the heels of Reliance Jio offering... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 30th, 2020 3:53 PM 0 COMMENTS

BARC India Celebrates 5 Years of Delivering Ratings, Trai Knocks on its Doors for Revamp

The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India on Wednesday said on Twitter that it has completed five years of delivering ratings as it shared celebratory messages from its board members and industry experts. BARC India, the industry led body representing broadcasters, advertisers along with advertising and media agencies was accredited by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) in 2015 to carry out television ratings in India. Meanwhile, the Telecom Regulatory... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 29th, 2020 5:45 PM 1 COMMENTS

Nostalgic Channel DD Retro Lands on Dish TV and D2h

DD Retro, Doordarshan’s channel for nostalgic programs has landed on Dish TV and D2h with the channel now available on all the Direct-to-Home (DTH) platforms. The channel was initially added on the D2h platform in the early hours of Wednesday with the D2h parent company Dish TV closely following suit. DD Retro can be accessed by the consumers on LCN 151 of D2h platform and on LCN 191 of Dish... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 29th, 2020 3:01 PM 2 COMMENTS

Demand for MediaTek Products Still Quite Good in India

MediaTek in its earnings call on Tuesday said that the demand for its products are “still quite good” in India and other emerging markets. The company engaged in the semiconductor business earlier on Tuesday announced its first quarter results with MediaTek reporting an 5.9% decrease in revenues as compared to its previous quarter. However, its first quarter revenue of NT$60,863 million is 15.4% up on a year-over-year (YoY) basis. MediaTek... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 29th, 2020 11:40 AM 1 COMMENTS

Mobile Download Speeds Increase in India, Fixed Broadband Speeds Remain Flat

Mobile download speeds in India have increased in the week of April 20 as compared to the week prior, Ookla said in a report on Monday. The internet testing, data and analysis firm said in the report that the download speed over the fixed broadband remained flat during the same period. Ookla said that the data have been similar around the world with the mobile download speed increasing in the... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 28th, 2020 3:54 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Recommends Revamp of TRP Measurement Body

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Tuesday said that structural reforms were required in the structure of Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC) for added transparency in the TRP measurement system. Trai also said that the rating agency should be mandated to increase the sample size to 60,000 by the end of 2020 from its existing size of 44,000. Further, as part of its recommendations on “Review of... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 28th, 2020 1:52 PM 0 COMMENTS

Hathway Broadband Could Launch New 150 Mbps Plan at Rs 849 per Month

Hathway Broadband might soon be launching a new 150 Mbps plan at Rs 849 per month with 1000GB FUP limit in several cities including Chennai and Delhi. The new plan has been spotted on the Hathway website with the company advertising the plan under “No More Shocks” offer. Hathway runs dedicated plans that are often restricted to certain cities with the company limiting to single or multiple plans in several... Read More