Facing the flak from lawmakers and experts, Facebook has decided not to build a new app called "LOL" to let children share and post humorous meme content. Instead, the social media giant said it would focus more on its "Messenger Kids" aimed at those under 13 years of age. According to a report in CNET on Thursday, the company is restructuring a "youth team" of more than 100 employees. "The... Read More
It looks like WhatsApp is coming up with a new feature for the iPhone users now. According to WABetaInfo, iOS users will start getting the authentication feature today onwards. Notably, the feature will be available for the beta iPhone users right now. The report suggests that the Authentication feature will be available for beta users running on WhatsApp version number 2.19.20.19. How the Feature Works? Reports of the Authentication feature... Read More
The overall global smartphone market declined for the first time in 2018, registering a 4% drop from 1,558.8 million unit shipments in 2017 to 1,498.3 million units in 2018, Counterpoint Research said on Thursday. The fourth quarter smartphone shipments for 2018 recorded a decline of 7%, marking it the fifth consecutive quarter of smartphone decline. Samsung had a 19% share, followed by Apple and Huawei, both at 14%, globally. Xiaomi... Read More
Samsung led the premium smartphone segment in India in 2018 with a 34% share, followed closely by OnePlus at 33% which was the best-selling device of the year, Counterpoint Research said on Wednesday. At the third position, Apple had a 23% market share as the overall premium smartphone segment grew by 8% (year-on-year) for the full year and 16% (YoY) for Q4 2018. OnePlus recorded its highest-ever shipments in a... Read More
Although Apple CEO Tim Cook skipped mentioning India directly during the company's earnings call with analysts, he stressed that there are several factors why iPhone sales are not picking up in the emerging markets. "The customers are holding on to their older iPhones a bit longer than in the past. "When you pair this with the macroeconomic factors, particularly in emerging markets, it resulted in iPhone revenue that was down... Read More
China is fast tracking 5G network in the country to use the next generation telecom technology amidst escalating row with the US over the detention of Chinese telecom giant Huawei's Chief Financial Officer in Canada on charges of financial fraud. China has already launched the 5G service in Guangzhou airport, opened its first 5G base station for the Qinghai Tibet plateau region and announced the road trials of a 5G... Read More
Google released Android 9 Pie, the next gen of Android Oreo at the company’s I/O event last year. Following the company’s track record, Google is said to release the next version of Android which most likely is expected to be Android Q at this year’s I/O event which is scheduled to happen in the month of May. After churning the rumour mill, Google I/O developer conference has been scheduled to... Read More
Facebook is currently working towards integrating its chat services -- WhatsApp, Messenger, and photo-sharing app Instagram -- to let their users to message each other across platforms. All of the three apps will support end-to-end encryption, but Facebook is yet to provide a timeline for when this will happen, The New York Times reported late on Friday. "Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, plans to integrate the social network's messaging services... Read More
Apple has finally announced that Microsoft Office 365 is now available on the Mac App Store where users can directly download signature apps such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel that are popular in the Microsoft Windows system. Office 365 for Mac has been designed specifically to support features that are unique to the Mac experience - like Dark Mode and Continuity Camera in macOS, as well as the MacBook Pro... Read More
LG Electronics Inc on Thursday said it would unveil its new smartphone based on the 5G network with longer battery life and better cooling mechanism during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Spain. The South Korean electronics maker will host a media event in Barcelona on February 24 that is expected to generate a lot of buzz from attendees to the MWC, the world's biggest mobile event slated from February... Read More
Apple's MacBook Pro is in the news yet again for not so good reason. The MacBook Pro models that launched in the year 2016 are facing some issues. Some users have reported that MacBook Pro is showing uneven lighting issues at the bottom of the screen of the device. This screen issue is dubbed flexgate and is apparently happening because of some flexible ribbon cables that basically connects the screen... Read More
Bharti Airtel has been constantly adding new features to its My Airtel mobile app. Earlier, we reported the addition of account validity check through the mobile app, and now, the telco has added new functionality which allows users to book Ola Cabs. Yes, you heard it right. My Airtel app for Android has got Ola integration and one can easily book cabs after linking their Ola account inside the My... 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…
