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India plays an important role in hunt for talent in digital age: Amazon CTO

Vogels says India has tremendous engineers, innovators and a great entrepreneurial spirit.

8 predictions by Amazon CTO on how tech will change our lives next year

Though predictions are always tough, Vogels sticks his neck out and makes eight predictions on how technology will continue to change our lives in the coming year

India's smartphone market up 42% in Oct with shipment of 21 mn units: IDC

This was driven by multiple online sale events

Xiaomi Redmi 9 Power with 6000 mAh battery, 48MP camera launched: Know more

The Redmi 9 Power is priced at Rs 10,999 and Rs 11,999 for the 4GB + 64GB and 4GB+128GB variants, respectively

Asus launches 11th Gen Intel Core SoC powered ZenBook, VivoBook laptops

The new range includes a flagship model, Zenbook Flip S (UX371), accompanied by Zenbook Flip 13 (UX363), Zenbook 14 (UX435) and Vivobook Flip 14 (TP470), among others

Twitter to purge Covid vaccine misinformation, label fake tweets

Twitter has announced to remove tweets making false or misleading claims about Covid-19 vaccinations from next week and label such fake claims from early next year.

Samsung denies rumours of Galaxy Note series discontinuation from next year

Samsung Electronics has denied rumours that it will discontinue the Galaxy Note series next year, saying the flagship phablet line will live on despite the rise of other premium devices

Twitter shuns Quote Tweet feature, returns to normal retweets

Twitter on Thursday announced to return back to the old way of retweets after realising that the new feature called Quote Tweet did not go well with the users.

Google acquires Neverware, a firm that turns old PCs into Chromebooks

Google has acquired Neverware, a company that turns old PCs into Chromebooks, for an undisclosed sum.

Google secretly gave Facebook perks, data in ad deal: US states

By Paresh Dave and Katie Paul

Apple wants to make iPhone user tracking harder and Facebook is upset

Facebook previously told investors that Apple's changes, scheduled to go live early next year, will lead to significant headwinds because most of its advertisers are small businesses

A picture-perfect growth story: Instagram has grown by 66% in India

Its own mother brand Facebook grew by 16 per cent to 380 million users, while LinkedIn grew by 20 per cent during the same period

Centre of excellence in the works for gaming, visual effects: Javadekar

IIT Bombay to collaborate with govt on the project, I&B ministry has identified animation, visual effects, gaming and comics (AVGC) sector as sunrise industry

TikTok to place warning screens on videos that contain disturbing content

Chinese short video-making app TikTok will now place warning screens on graphic videos

Instagram testing new 'Lite' version of the app in India for Android phones

Instagram said it is testing 'Instagram Lite' app in India that occupies less space on Android phones and consumes lesser data, before it rolls out the offering globally

OPPO launches 'OPPO A15s' with selfie camera, 4230mAh battery for Rs 11,490

Smartphone maker OPPO on Wednesday launched a new A-series smartphone 'OPPO A15s' for Rs 11,490 in India

Xiaomi launches Mi QLED TV 4K 55-inch at Rs 54,999: Know specs, features

The Mi QLED TV 4K will be available on Xiaomi online store, Mi Home, Flipkart and all retail stores, including Vijay Sales, from December 21, 2020

ISRO's technology transfer policy to get renewed focus and thrust

The Bengaluru-headquartered space agency under the Department of Space (DOS) has come out with revised technology transfer policy guidelines - 2020

The travel entrepreneur who beat the market downturn not once, but twice

Aloke Bajpai's firm Ixigo cut pay, but didn't lay off; He says 'honest communication' with staffers saw the firm bounce back during the 2008 Lehman crisis and the current pandemic-induced one

WhatsApp to help users in India buy 'sachet-sized' health insurance

WhatsApp said by the end of this year, buying affordable health insurance coverage from SBI General leveraging WhatsApp, will be a reality