Tweaking its mobile operating system (OS), Apple is planning to restrict bar apps which used to make Internet-based voice calls from running in the background when not in use. To speed up phone call connections, at present, Facebook-owned apps — Messenger and WhatsApp run a feature known as Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP), even when […]
Data is the new oil and whosoever controls the data will control the world. With this in mind, multinational tech companies like Facebook, Google, Netflix and Amazon have become goldmines carrying personal data about entire populations. Anything that you do in the digital world – from shopping, communicating, travelling, and entertainment to just leaving your […]
Tech giant Google has announced a string of sustainability pledges for its hardware and has said that it aims to neutralise carbon emissions from delivering consumer hardware like Pixel phones and Google Home Minis by 2020. “By 2020, 100 per cent of all shipments going to or from customers will be carbon neutral. Starting in […]
The third orbit raising activity for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft has been performed successfully at 3.12 p.m. on Monday, the Indian space agency said. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the orbit of the Chandrayaan-2 was raised to 276 x 71,792 km by firing the onboard motors for 989 seconds. All spacecraft parameters are normal, it […]
Facebook-owned WhatsApp is all set to launch its peer-to-peer, UPI-based Pay service for over 300 million users — especially the small and medium businesses (SMBs) — in India sometimes later this year, its Global Head Will Cathcart announced here on Thursday. WhatsApp launched a test run of its payments service with one million users in […]
Search engine giant Google is facing a loss of $13 million in a case settlement that concerned a privacy scandal that happened nine years ago and is said to have affected millions of people. In 2010, Google found itself tangled in the “Wi-Spy” incident in which its Street View cars were found to be collecting […]
American video streaming giant Netflix has reportedly confirmed it would unveil a mobile-only subscription plan for India during the third quarter of 2019 and that it would be priced lower than its existing plans. In a letter to investors, Netflix said the mobile-only plan “will be an effective way to introduce a larger number of […]
The Sensex on Wednesday opened slightly higher above the 39,000 mark as result of several corporate biggies were awaited. Corporate earnings of companies like Yes Bank, Wipro and Mindtree will be announced later in the result-heavy day. At 9.17 a.m., the Sensex was down 45.84 points at 39,085.20, while the broader Nifty was at 11,661.10, […]
Call it a sureshot Snapchat redesign fiasco in the making. The new Twitter look on desktop left users baffled on Tuesday who yelled at the micro-blogging platform for unnecessary trying to bring mobile experience to a desktop. The new look, gradually being rolled out globally which has reached India, has even removed the profile with […]
Apple is expected to launch four iPhones with significant specifications in 2020, a report has said. The Cupertino-based company is expected to launch three iPhones with OLED screens, with display sizes of 5.4-inch, 6.1-inch, and 6.7-inch. The devices will also have 5G connectivity and advanced 3D sensing camera technology, news portal GSMArena reported on Tuesday. […]