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Chakri K March 27th, 2019 7:04 PM 0 COMMENTS

YouTube Music Can Now Play Locally Stored Songs in Your Smartphone, Here’s How It Works

YouTube Music went official in India earlier this month. Alongside YouTube Music, the company also launched YouTube Premium in the country. To recollect, both the YouTube Music and YouTube Premium were launched in the international markets back in the month of June 2018. Most people think YouTube Music steam online music content but that isn't the case. YouTube Music also allows users to play songs stored locally. This means YouTube... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj March 26th, 2019 1:01 PM 0 COMMENTS

Apple Takes on Netflix, Amazon Prime With Apple TV+ Streaming Service

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 world's celebrated artists including Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Octavia Spencer, J.J. Abrams, Jason Momoa, M. Night... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj March 25th, 2019 10:17 AM 0 COMMENTS

Apple March 25 Event: Netflix-Style Streaming Service and Revamped News Service Expected to Launch

Apple is expected to launch a slew of new products at its Cupertino headquarters in California on Monday, including a Netflix competitor, a revamped news service and a subscription-based gaming offering. The event, to be hosted at the Steve Jobs theatre on campus, will herald a new era for the iPhone maker as it enters the fast-growing global content streaming market. "Apple has been looping a video from the theatre,... Read More

Chakri K March 22nd, 2019 9:20 AM 0 COMMENTS

Netflix Testing Low-Cost Subscription Plan for Mobile Users in India: Report

It is a long time rumour that Netflix is planning to bring low-cost plans for developing countries like India in order to grow its local business. Looks like, some sort of a confirmation on the low-cost plans Netflix plans for India is now coming from the company itself. According to a report from Economic Times, Netflix is currently testing a low-cost mobile only plan for India. With this initiative, the... Read More

Chakri K March 20th, 2019 11:43 AM 0 COMMENTS

Google Stadia Game Streaming Platform Introduced, Will Launch Later in 2019

Google launched Stadia, the company’s own gaming streaming platform at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) which was held in San Francisco. Stadia cloud gaming service has been introduced to by Google CEO Sundar Pichai at the GDC keynote. Pichai says that he plays FIFA 19 frequently and believes that Stadia service can change the way one plays games. Google announced that Stadia will be able to stream games from the... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj March 19th, 2019 3:04 PM 0 COMMENTS

Netflix Will Not Integrate Services With Apple’s Upcoming Streaming Platform: Reed Hastings

Ahead of the launch of Apple's streaming service, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has said his company would not integrate its services with the upcoming platform. "Apple's a great company. (But) we want to have people watch our content on our service, and so we have chosen not to integrate into their services," Hastings said at a press event on Monday. The comment precedes Apple's impending formal announcement to take a... Read More

Chakri K March 13th, 2019 9:43 AM 24 COMMENTS

YouTube Music Launched in India, YouTube Premium With Ad-Free Experience Costs Rs 129 per Month

On Tuesday, YouTube launched a new music streaming YouTube Music app in India. With the YouTube Music app, the company basically wants to make it easy for the users to explore and have more personalised experience than ever before. “The days of jumping back and forth between multiple music apps and YouTube are over. Whether you want to listen, watch or discover, it’s all here,” the company noted on an... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj March 7th, 2019 11:26 AM 0 COMMENTS

User Base of Facebook Starts Dipping in US: Report

Social networking giant Facebook today hosts around 15 million fewer people in the US than it did in 2017, with the biggest drop being among teen and millennial demographic. A new US-specific survey data compiled by market research firm Edison Research highlighted that Facebook's user-base was shrinking, particularly in the coveted 12- to 34-year-old in America, which was once recognised as the most lucrative market for the platform. "Edison's survey... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj March 6th, 2019 1:18 PM 0 COMMENTS

Major Android and iOS Apps Still Sharing Personal Data of Users With Facebook: Report

Major Android apps such as search service Yelp and language learning platform Duolingo are still sending personal data, without user consent, to Facebook for ad tracking, despite the backlash the social media giant faced on charges of collecting data by bribing teenagers in India and the US. Two other Muslim prayer apps, a Bible app as well as a job search app called Indeed have also been accused of leaking... Read More

Chakri K March 6th, 2019 9:08 AM 3 COMMENTS

Paytm First Launched: Subscription Charges, Services and Everything to Know

Paytm is gearing up to take on the likes of Amazon Prime and Flipkart Plus in India. On Tuesday, Paytm launched its first ever subscription-based loyalty programme for the Indian consumers with the aim to increase customer retention, called the Paytm First. The new competitor to Amazon's Prime subscription and Flipkart's Plus aka Paytm First offers several subscription-based services like Zomato Gold, Gaana, Sony Liv, ViU Premium, and Eros Now.... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj February 20th, 2019 3:01 PM 0 COMMENTS

Truecaller Crosses 100 Million Daily Active User Mark in India

Swedish caller identification app Truecaller on Wednesday announced that the platform has crossed the 100 million mark in terms of daily active users in India. With its integrated services including caller ID, SMSes, instant messaging, video calling and Truecaller Payments, the platform now has over five lakh premium subscribers and 130 million daily active users globally, the company said in a statement. "India is one of our focus markets and... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj February 15th, 2019 4:46 PM 0 COMMENTS

Government Considering to Enable Interoperability for Public Wi-Fi Networks: DoT

The government is considering a proposal to enable interoperability for public Wi-Fi network, which will translate into a seamless connectivity experience for users, a top Department of Telecom official said Friday. Telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan said 3.7 lakh Wi-Fi hotspots have been deployed by the industry - against the stated commitment of rolling out one million Wi-Fi hotspots by December 2019 - and added that once security nod is obtained... Read More