The ongoing consolidation in the telecom space is a “threat” to tower companies, which are staring at a margin contraction of up to 7.5 percentage points by FY20, as operators exit co-locations. Despite the ongoing troubles, the tower industry has been able to hold on to its margins till now. … Read More
Betting big on the cut-throat Indian smartphone market, Chinese handset maker OnePlus on Monday announced it was working to grow its recently-opened Hyderabad facility into its biggest R&D centre globally in three years. The facility will not only play a critical role in the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and … Read More
Truecaller Pay, the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) based payment platform by Truecaller, on Monday said that the app would organically bring on board 25 million users by March 2019. According to the company, the platform is currently witnessing up to 100,000 users linking their bank accounts on a daily basis, … Read More
Google has started rolling out a feature for its Pixel smartphones that lets users make use of the Google Assistant to see who is calling and why before they answer a call. The feature allows users to see a real-time transcript of how the caller responds so that they can … Read More
Apple has been resisting for a long time now. Earlier, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India had requested Apple to include the Trai DND – Do Not Disturb app in App store. But unlike Google, Apple rejected the request. Apple said that they would not include the DND app by … Read More
Global shipments of wearable devices will reach 225 million in 2019 — an increase of 25.8% from 2018, market research firm Gartner said on Friday. Spending by end-users on wearable devices is forecast to reach $42 billion in 2019. Of that, $16.2 billion will be on smartwatches alone. “At the … Read More
Popular photo-sharing platform Instagram on Friday announced its users can now make a “close friends” list on its “Stories” to share it with the people they’ve selectively added. It is a global roll-out and to add people to their list, users need to go to their profile and tap on … Read More
A Chinese internet technology firm is planning to launch a constellation of 272 satellites by 2026 with an aim to provide free Wi-Fi service worldwide and rival global tech giants like Google and SpaceX, according to a media report Thursday. LinkSure Network, founded in Shanghai in 2013, markets itself as … Read More
Chinese tech company Baidu, popularly known as China’s Google, today said its third-party app “Facemoji Keyboard” now supports over 200 international languages including 22 scheduled Indian languages. The app also includes multiple Indian vernaculars such as Maithili, Santhali, Dogri, Konkani, Bodo, Kashmiri and Assamese among others, the company said in … Read More
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) will soon offer Aadhaar enrolment and updation facilities in its 3,000 customer service centres across India, at an estimated project cost of about Rs 90 crore, its Chairman Anupam Shrivastava said Thursday. With this, BSNL joins the roaster of entities like banks and post … Read More
Global ride-hailing major Uber on Thursday announced the integration of Bengaluru-based fintech firm Happay’s automated solution to make it easier for business travellers to auto-expense their rides. With this partnership with Happay, “Uber for Business” travellers would be able to automatically submit their receipts for reimbursement. “Business travellers no longer need … Read More
Google has renamed its Project Fi wireless network as Google Fi, while making it available for a wide range of Android devices as well as for some iPhones in the US. Google Fi is now available for select models from Huawei, LG, Motorola, Samsung, Essential, Nokia, OnePlus, Xiaomi, HTC, Google … Read More
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