OnePlus had a great Q4 2021 in the United States (U.S.) market. While the U.S. remains a market heavily dominated by Apple in the smartphone category, companies such as OnePlus have been making huge strides. Fans of OnePlus have been mostly disappointed by the company’s move of steeply rising prices, having a lot of bugs in the OxygenOS and then replacing it with ColorOS, followed by the Hasselblad partnership. Regardless,... Read More
Google is going to invest over $1 billion in Bharti Airtel as part of its Google for India Digitisation Fund. It is a long-term and multi-year deal where Airtel and Google will work together to explore and co-create India specific use-cases of 5G along with other standards and also work towards the acceleration of cloud ecosystem for businesses across India. Bharti Airtel is also going to give an equity stake... Read More
Google is reportedly working in an ultra-secret facility on its augmented reality (AR) headset. The company has named it ‘Project Iris’. This new device from Google uses outward-facing cameras for recording the real world and then adding computer graphics on top of it to create an immersive and mixed reality experience. Verge reports that the early prototypes of the product are being built at a company’s facility in San Francisco... Read More
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has gone after Google again for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the country. A probe has been ordered against Google to ensure that the search-engine giant is not creating an unfair competition environment. As per PTI, CCI said that it is important that there is a fair share of revenues amongst all the stakeholders in the news media industry. The competition regulator wants... Read More
Every business has a certain outlook towards the market and its products. Google has decided that it will stay away from India when it comes to flagship Pixel smartphones. The company has expressed that it wants to avoid the competition in the high-end smartphones in India and only wants to focus on the mid-range category. This is because there’s a lot more scope in the mid-range segment as a majority... Read More
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered an antitrust investigation on Apple’s App Store business practices. Apple doesn’t let third-party app stores be listed on the App Store. The guidelines, as well as the agreement policy, restrict the developers from offering third-party app store services on Apple’s App Store. Because of the current policies and restrictions, the market for app stores for iOS dies down. It is worth noting... Read More
In a recent development, Google has announced the introduction of Android 12 (Go Edition) which will be a toned-down version of Android 12. Android 12 (Go Edition) will act as a successor to Android 11 (Go Edition) and is designed to be used in low-cost smartphones which come with moderate hardware. According to its maker Google, the latest version of the Go Edition will be effectively faster, smarter and privacy-friendly.... Read More
The Two-Step verification (2-factor authentication), which was announced to be mandated by Google before the end of 2021, now has a finalised date. Every time a user logs into the Google account, a verification e-mail or an SMS will be sent. This process is designed to protect the personal data of users by providing an extra layer of security. This method is supposed to protect the user accounts from the... Read More
Google recently launched the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro handsets with tensor mobile SoC, and now a report has claimed that Google is working on a second-generation tensor SoC which will be likely to be shipped with the Pixel 7 series. The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro have formally launched and are introduced with Google’s new line of Tensor chips. Created with the help of Samsung, the Google... Read More
Bharti Airtel is looking at a flurry of cash coming it's way. The telco is raising funds via a rights issue, and it has received the board’s approval for the same. This cash can help the telco in getting ahead of its competition. Airtel wouldn’t want to give up an opportunity of getting more cash. That is why if it gets a big investment from a major tech giant, its... Read More
KaiOS became very popular with the entry of JioPhone in India. For the unaware, the JioPhone runs on the KaiOS, and it is an operating system that’s being used by other feature phone manufacturers around the world. But now, KaiOS won’t longer support some of the key features of the virtual assistant from Google. The Google Assistant in KaiOS won’t support sending texts or making voice calls anymore. Note that... Read More
Bharti Airtel might soon get an investment from Google. Both the companies are already in advanced stage discussions and negotiations since the last year. According to a TOI report, the investment from Google into Airtel can be quite large in amount. It is interesting to hear about this deal because the Jio and Google partnership might have come with a restriction for the latter to invest in any of its... Read More
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