China-based smartphone maker Realme on Monday launched its flagship Realme 3 Pro in India at a starting price of Rs 13,999 (4GB RAM+64GB ROM variant) and the budget Realme C2 (2GB RAM+16GB ROM variant) at a starting price of Rs 5,999. The 6GB RAM+128GB ROM variant of Realme 3 Pro would be available for Rs 16,999 during its first sale on April 29 while the 3GB RAM+32GB ROM version of... Read More
Apple is planning to upgrade camera resolution and setup in iPhones, to be unveiled this year. While the front camera would be upgraded from 7MP to 12MP, triple-camera setup would be implemented in the 6.5-inch and 5.8-inch OLED iPhones, along with a new super-wide 12MP lens, according to Ming-Chi Kuo, the famous Apple expert and predictor. Both super-wide and front camera lenses will be coated black to make them blend... Read More
Bharti Airtel's biggest rights issue of Rs 25,000 crore will open on May 3 and close on May 17, the company said in a regulatory filing. Bharti Airtel said its board of directors in a meeting held on Friday approved rights issue which is scheduled to open on May 3 and close on May 17. "The last date for receiving a request for split application form (is) May 10, 2019,"... Read More
Facebook-owned photo-messaging app Instagram is testing a new feature that would let users co-watch on-platform video content with friends while being able to see their reactions on the video via the phone cameras. The option would start with a split-screen view, where users would be able to apply face filters and other visual tools to their personal camera feeds, Social Media Today reported on Thursday. "Instagram's co-watching media picker is... Read More
Airtel Payments Bank on Friday announced it has teamed up with Bharti AXA General Insurance for a two-wheeler insurance product offering. In a statement, Airtel Payments Bank said the product is available on My Airtel App and at over 40,000 Airtel Payments Bank points across India during the first phase of launch. "Airtel Payments Bank today (Friday) announced the launch of an attractive two-wheeler insurance product in association with Bharti... Read More
Google-owned YouTube is now offering its music streaming service for free on Google Home as well as other Assistant-powered smart speakers. "With YouTube Music and Google Home, you can ask Google Home to play the right music for any moment or mood and YouTube Music will play the perfect station," James Goddard, Software Engineer for YouTube Music, wrote in a blog post on Thursday. Along with a free 30-day trial,... Read More
Apple may have paid chip-maker Qualcomm somewhere between $5 billion-$6 billion for an agreement to dismiss all ongoing litigations, including with Apple's contract manufacturers, between the two companies worldwide. According to a CNBC report citing an estimate from financial services firm UBS on Thursday, Apple probably agreed to pay between $8 and $9 in patent royalties per iPhone. "The UBS estimate suggests that Apple paid a high price to end... Read More
A day after admitting it "unintentionally" uploaded emails of nearly 1.5 million new users, Facebook has now revealed that millions of Instagram passwords were stored on its servers in a readable format. Last month, Facebook said that it fixed a security issue wherein millions of its users' passwords were stored in plain text and "readable" format for years and were searchable by thousands of its employees. The company on Thursday... Read More
Taiwanese semiconductor company MediaTek on Thursday said it is set to introduce a 5G-enabled chipset in India by the end of this year to step up the competition around faster wireless data connections. "5G is a very big focus area for us. The SoC (system-on-chip) will surely be launched by the end of the year and shipped next year," Anku Jain, Managing Director, MediaTek India, told IANS. The company is... Read More
A lawsuit filed in the US has alleged that Apple violated the country's Securities Exchange Act by hiding a slowdown in demand for iPhones, especially in China, the media reported. The City of Roseville employees' retirement fund filed the suit on Tuesday in Northern California US District Court, The Mercury News published from San Jose reported. The lawsuit claimed that Apple knew in November its iPhone sales were hit but... Read More
The telecom sector is being taxed like non-essential items such as liquor and cigarette, instead of being treated as critical infrastructure, according to Vodafone Idea. "We have got customs duty at 23%, GST at 18%. This is pretty similar to the way you treat non-essential items like for liquor or cigarette or something. We paid a lot of money for the spectrum, that is the reason for so much of... Read More
In a surprise move, Qualcomm and Apple have announced an agreement to dismiss all ongoing litigations, including with Apple's contract manufacturers, between the two companies worldwide. The deal would result in a massive cash windfall for Qualcomm and put Apple on a faster path to 5G for iPhones. The companies have reached a global patent license agreement and a chipset supply agreement, Apple said in a statement on late Tuesday.... Read More
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Difficult to believe.
And there are wifi 7 router on amazon lol
wifi is western culture hence ban wifi -these ppl probably
If BJP govt wants to move forward with fast broadband penetration and follow Industry standards by de-licensing 6Ghz for Wifi7…
Wi-Fi 6E came before COVID ( 5+ years ago ). World moved on to Wi-Fi 7 last year. & Here…
