Google’s email service Gmail that has nearly 1.5 billion monthly active users turned 15 on Monday. Created by Paul Buchheit on April 1, 2004, Gmail started with an initial storage capacity of one gigabyte per user. Today, Gmail allows 15GB free storage. Users can receive emails up to 50MB in … Read More
Reliance Jio is reportedly acquiring Haptik — one of the world’s largest conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms — for over Rs 200 crore. A report in Inc42.com late on Thursday claimed that the transaction is expected to be completed this week. Citing a company document, the report claimed that “Reliance … Read More
Facebook-owned photo-messaging app Instagram is testing a seek-bar for shorter videos to let users drag the cursor to watch specific parts of the videos. The functionality is already offered for IGTV videos on the platform. But now it is being tested for the 60-second videos users upload on their accounts … Read More
Amazon Echo led the Indian smart speakers market with 59% share in 2018, followed by Google Home with 39% unit share, a new report from International Data Corp (IDC) said on Thursday. According to IDC’s “India Monthly Smart Speaker Device Tracker”, a total of 753,000 units were shipped in 2018 … Read More
Apple has apologised to users who are still encountering issues with the third-party butterfly keyboards on MacBooks and MacBook Pros even after the company introduced a fresh batch of laptops last year with redesigned keyboards. The butterfly keyboards have troubled users with unexpected repetition of letters while typing, unresponsive keys … Read More
US-based Fitbit said it is expanding its product range in India, including launching more affordable devices like Inspire, to drive its growth in the burgeoning wearables market. Fitbit will also enhance its app in the coming days that will offer users a more personal experience and help them understand their … Read More
As experts demand Facebook-owned WhatsApp to disclose information about where a message in question has originated from, the company has reiterated that such proposed changes are overboard and are not consistent with the strong privacy protections that are important to people. WhatsApp offers end-to-end encryption by default which means only … Read More
Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is aiming to make a serious dent into the growing premium smartphone market in India with its newly-launched P30 and P30 Pro devices. The company, which is betting big on the roll-out of the 5G network in India and is set to start trials with partner … Read More
Giving tough competition to WhatsApp that lets its users delete messages “for everyone” within a time limit, private instant messaging and voice over IP service Telegram has expanded its similar feature that allows users to unsend messages that come from either them or the person who sent the message, without … Read More
Saying that it is presently working on building the elements that would be the key to the future growth of 5G embedded smartphones, Chinese handset maker Vivo has said it would launch a 5G smartphone in India when the market is ready. Several smartphone makers have already announced their 5G … Read More
Google is letting Android users create public events on Maps through the app’s existing Contribute section, allowing them to set name, location, date and time of the event along with tags and images. “You can add public events to Google Maps from your Android phone or tablet,” the search-engine giant … Read More
Taking Netflix, Amazon Prime and hordes of video streaming giants head on, Apple on Monday announced the much-awaited Apple TV+ that will stream highest-quality original TV shows, movies and documentaries across genre. The on-demand subscription service will come in over 100 countries this fall with brand new programming from the … Read More
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