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COVID-19 Impact: Global Smartphone Sales Plummet 13% in Q1 2020, Samsung Worst Hit

This is the first time since Q1 2014, that the smartphone market has fallen below 300 million units in a quarter.




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NASA Picks Three Contracts Including Elon Musk's SpaceX to Build New Lunar Landers

The lunar landers will carry the astronauts from lunar orbit to the Moon’s surface and back again.




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Not Just Your Chats With Friends, WhatsApp Plays a Crucial Role For Businesses Amidst Lockdown

WhatsApp Business has more than 1 million businesses active on the app, in India. They are relying on a bunch of tools that WhatsApp has made available to them, to stay in touch with current customers as well as potential customers.




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Apple Will Soon Let You to Unlock Your iPhone While Wearing a Face Mask

The new feature is expected to receive a warm welcome from iPhone users who are out and about in a facemask protecting themselves from COVID-19.




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EventBot Malware Can Steal Banking Data from Your Android Phone: How to Stay Safe

The malware spreads through side-loaded apps and gains deep level access to Android phones to extract sensitive data about banking apps.




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TikTok is Looking for Fact Checking Partners by Awarding a Rs 35 Lakh Research Grant

According to a Twitter blog post, the grant will help understand the "misinformation ecosystem" on the Indian social media space.




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You Can Now Buy Non-Essential Items Online in These Districts: Full List Here

Sale of non-essential items will be resumed in offline stores as well, but only in standalone shops.




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Aarogya Setu App Compulsory for Public, Private Offices; Latter to Reopen with 33% Staff

The Aarogya Setu application developed by the government helps people to assess themselves on the risk of their catching the coronavirus infection.




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Apple's Covid-19 Screening App Now Updated With CDC Symptoms, Cloth Mask Tips

Apple's COVID-19 app works by asking a set of questions in order to ascertain risk factors, recent exposure, and symptoms.




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Mobile Phone Manufacturing Resumes as Economy Slowly Reopens, ICEA Lauds Govt for Move

The government, on Friday, issued a directive to ease restrictions on manufacturing and sale of handsets across the country as the lockdown was extended for two more weeks.




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Museums, Art Shows are Exhibiting Through Virtual Tours: Is This the New Future?

Museums, art exhibitions across the world are offering virtual tours to help people overcome the lockdown blues during the coronavirus pandemic.




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Battle Royale: Which of These Indian Video Conferencing Apps Would Win Govt Challenge?

Services such as EnableX, Troop Messenger, VacYa and Say Namaste are just a few of the startups looking to cash in on the lucrative expansion opportunity.




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Canon Online Photography Classes in 9 Indian Languages: Full Schedule, How to Register

The photography workshops by Canon will be hosted online throughout the month of May, and represent a wide variety of photography topics.




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Xiaomi India Says it is Not Collecting Any More of Your Data Than What You Allowed

Xiaomi India MD Manu Jain issued a statement saying that any data it collects from its #MiFans in India stays within rented servers in the country.




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Apple iPhone 12 Price May be Lesser Than iPhone 11 Even With 5G, Suggests Leak

All four models of the iPhone 12 series will have 5G support and the low-tier iPhone 12 model could be priced at $649.




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Gotta be Aliens! There is a Powerful Radio Signal Coming From Within Our Galaxy

The SGR 1935+2154, a dead star that is around 30,000 light-years away from earth, registered for the radio observatories around the world with a single and millisecond-long burst of incredibly bright radio waves.




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E-Commerce Players Witness Surge in Searches Related to Non-Essential Items

The government has allowed the sale of only essential products in the red zone through e-commerce platforms, non-essential products are allowed in green and orange zones, starting May 4.




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AirPods or HairPods: This Woman Received a Giant Pair of Fake AirPods From Amazon

According to a report in the New York Post, the lady spent nearly $62 for the fake AirPods, which normally retail for more than three times the price.




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Silver Lake Investment in Reliance Jio Platforms: Everything To Know About The Investment Firm

Silver Lake was launched in 1999 with the focus on investment in technology companies. You may probably not know this, but it was in May 2011 that Silver Lake led Skype’s owners to conclude a deal that saw tech giant Microsoft buy the now-incredibly-popular video calling app for $8.5 billion.




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Reliance Jio Platforms, With Facebook & Silver Lake Investments, is Leading India’s Digital Shift

The fact is, Jio has been able to make its mark so far by reaching out to pretty much every strata of the society, and not just those who would potentially return higher revenues per user. The Jio mobile data pricing is the biggest example, which has completely changed the way the telecom industry operates.




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Reliance Jio Platforms And The Investment by Silver Lake: What This Means For You

Jio’s vision is to enable a Digital India for 1.3 billion people and businesses throughout India, especially small merchants, micro-businesses and farmers.




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Reliance Jio Platforms And the Plan Forward With Jio Meet And JioMart on WhatsApp

The money invested by Facebook and Silver Lake will help the company achieve what it calls a Digital India vision for 1.3 billion people and businesses across the country, including small businesses, micro-businesses and farmers.




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PUBG Mobile 0.18.0 Update to Arrive on May 7: Here's Everything We Know So Far

PUBG Mobile update 0.18.0 is going to drop this week and here is a lowdown of everything that you can expect from the popular mobile game.




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You Can Now Purchase Vivo Smartphones Online Amid Covid-19 Lockdown: Here's How

Vivo India has introduced a new smart retail system connected with 20,000 retailers in India where customers can buy smartphones offline during Covid-19 lockdown.




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Aarogya Setu Data Fully Anonymised, No Third Party Access Allowed: MyGov India

MyGov has assured that most of the generated data that may contain private identifiers is encrypted locally and fully anonymised to protect identity.




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New Phones That You Will be Able to Buy Soon

The lockdown has meant phones were not on sale, either on online platforms including Amazon and Flipkart, and also at brick-and-mortar stores.




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Why So Sneaky Xiaomi: Preloaded Apps, Ads, Browser Breaches and More

Xiaomi's MIUI interface is flawed with a variety of issues that the company needs to get serious about.




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Microsoft is Changing Track With Windows 10X, And It May be Available For Your Laptop Soon

That being said, Microsoft doesn’t give an exact timeline on when Windows 10X arrives on laptops, existing and new ones shipped by OEMs.




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If You Haven’t Already, Microsoft Just Gave You Another Reason to Switch to Edge From Google Chrome

The automatic switching for profiles will arrive with Microsoft Edge 83, which is expected by mid-May




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You May be Fined for Stepping Out Without Aarogya Setu App in Noida, Greater Noida

The government has also effectively banned any kind of public gatherings in the NCR areas, at least until further notice.




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Google Once Considered Acquiring Zoom Owing to Its Popularity

Discussions, however, never got more serious, and instead, Google banned Zoom for its employees across offices to promote its own app - Meet.




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Facebook Rolls Out New Features Under COVID-19 Community Help Hub: All The Details Here

Facebook users will now be able to help local businesses, raise funds, and find local opportunities through the Covid-19 community hub.




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Xiaomi Mi 10 to Finally Launch in India on May 8: Everything You Need to Know

Xiaomi had launched the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro flagship smartphones in China back in February and it seems that the more affordable variant is going to make its way to India.




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Zomato Wants to Take Over Your Office Cafeteria While Swiggy Wants to be Your Personal Concierge

The restaurant aggregator and food delivery apps are really growing up. But does that mean existing businesses will be impacted, because they'll have their jobs replaced by Zomato and Swiggy?




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How to Join and Host Meetings on Google Meet

A simple guide on how you can make use of the Google Meet video conferencing app.




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Samsung to Equip Its Upcoming Galaxy Buds X With Noise Cancellation Feature

These wireless earbuds are expected to arrive with a bean-like design and provide more surface area to include better touch-sensitive controls.




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Robots, Cameras Are Now Helping China Managing the Covid-19 Crisis: Here's How

China's methods to enforce coronavirus quarantines have looked like a sci-fi dystopia for legions of people.




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New AI Tech by TCS Can Help Find Defects in Processors

The solution harnesses the company's contextual knowledge of the semiconductor industry and the power of deep learning technology.




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Covid-19 Impact: Indian IT Industry Growth Slows Down, But Not Drastically

The IT services market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 7.6 per cent between 2019-2024, to be valued at $14.6 billion by the end of 2024.




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Covid-19 Wreaks Havoc on Wind, Solar Energy Industry with Layoffs, Delayed Construction

While the wind industry is plagued by slowdowns in obtaining parts from overseas, solar businesses have been hit with door-to-door sales no longer feasible.




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More People Are Turning to Social Media, Music and E-Sports During Covid-19 Lockdown

Certain online activities have been given a major boost by internet users during the coronavirus lockdown around the world.




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You Can Now Get a Rs 4,000 E-Voucher If You Pre-Booked a Samsung Galaxy S20 Smartphone

The offer will be applicable for pre-booked Samsung Galaxy S20, Galaxy 20+ and Galaxy S20 Ultra smartphones till June 15.




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Apple WWDC Will be Virtual This Year, But we Will Still Get a First Peek at iOS 14 And More

WWDC 2020 is where Apple will give us a first glimpse at what is in store on the software side of things, for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS as well as new tools that may be in development.




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Aarogya Setu Developers Allay Concerns as Ethical Hacker Points Out Flaws in Contact Tracing App

They say that the Aarogya Setu app is designed to collect a user’s location at certain points in the process.




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Haircut, Salon at Home: How to Book Urban Company's Grooming Services in Lockdown 3.0

Urban Company's grooming services at home are being resumed depending on zones — check if you can get a haircut at home now.




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Google Nest Users to Get Added Security Layer, Two-Factor Authentication Coming Soon

This six-digit verification code is to verify that it is actually the user who is trying to access their account, and without this code, one won't be able to log in.




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MediaTek Helio G85 Aims to Power Your Next Mid-Range Gaming Phone

The chipset is packed with 1GHz GPU and HyperEngine enhancements that aim to enable powerful and smooth gaming on mobile devices.




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Google Podcast is Getting Better With Its New 'Podcasts Manager': Here Are All The Details

The Podcasts Manager will also provide data on the number of listens per show and episode, number of listens per episode segment.




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Return of the QWERTY? Oppo's Patent for Future Phone Suggests Physical Keypad

The patent design suggests the keys on the keyboard be rather capacitive than tactile and the layout seems to be congested than wider.




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Xiaomi True Wireless Earphones 2 Launching in India on May 8

Xiaomi will be launching its first true wireless earphones in India alongside the Mi 10.