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Google breached orders on talks with news publishers: French authorities

By Mathieu Rosemain

WhatsApp hits top slot again; rivals Signal, Telegram and BiP fall back

It seems users were only being coquettish in looking for an alternative; they never actually dumped the app

Adani forays into data centre business, sets up 50:50 JV with EdgeConnex

In addition to full-scale data centres, AdaniConneX will also develop a portfolio of Edge data centres strategically located across the country to address the need for more proximate capacity

India's smartphone market set to cross Rs 2-trillion mark in 2021

Market size shrunk in 2020, but higher volumes and ASP expected to set new benchmarks

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella bats for global regulation on privacy

Nadella described privacy as a human right

Cooking, building tech for mammoth firms kept this engineer busy amid Covid

Under Manav Garg's leadership, commodities and direct materials tech firm Eka Software grew 60% in the past 12 months and is on track to cross $100 million in revenue

Twitter considered acquiring homegrown platform ShareChat: Report

ShareChat is a Bengaluru-based social networking platform

WhatsApp: What will happen after May 15 if you do not accept privacy terms

The instant messaging platform has been offfering clarificaions on how it collects and shares data and that its new privacy policy only concerns accounts that communicate to business accounts

OPPO to expand VOOC flash charging technology to cars, accessories

Chinese smartphone maker OPPO on Tuesday announced its flash charging project 'The Flash Initiative' to help bring faster charging to every area of consumers' lives.

Amazon India's 2nd 'Smbhav' summit to be held virtually on April 15-18

Amazon India on Monday announced that it will host the second edition of 'Amazon Smbhav' during April 15-18, 2021.

BlueStacks to revolutionise mobile gaming in India, says CEO Rosen Sharma

BlueStacks is bullish on India and with over 2 million games across numerous developers, the company is revolutionising the way Android gaming is taking shape in the country, its CEO said

TCL launches new earphones and headphones in India starting at Rs 399

TCL on Monday announced its expansion into the audio category segment with the launch of a range of audioproducts including wired and wireless earphones and headphones.

Honor to launch newly designed MagicBook laptop with thin bezels: Report

Honor is reportedly planning to launch a newly designed MagicBook laptop with narrower screen bezels

Microsoft to add AI-powered text predictions in Word on Windows next month

Microsoft is bringing text predictions to its Word tool on Windows next month that would work like the 'Smart Compose' option in Google Docs

Samsung unveils new image sensor ISOCELL GN2 with upgraded autofocus

Samsung on Tuesday introduced a new image sensor boasting an upgraded autofocus solution as the South Korean tech giant eyes to expand its presence in the mobile image sensor market

LG says not scrapping plan to launch a smartphone with a rollable display

LG Electronics has denied a media report that said the company may scrap a plan to develop a smartphone with a rollable display.

Spotify to expand to 80 new countries, to support 36 new languages

Swedish music streaming platform Spotify has announced that it will arrive in over 80 new countries, along with rolling out 36 new languages on its platform.

Huawei launches Mate X2 foldable phone with OLED display, Kirin 9000 SoC

Huawei has launched Mate X2, the companys latest foldable phone, as the successor to the Mate X that was launched in 2019

If Big Tech has the will, research can show the way to self-regulation

Research shows three key ways social media self-regulation can work: deprioritize engagement, label misinformation and crowdsource accuracy verification

LG launches 'W41' series smartphones with 48MP camera, 5000mAh battery

LG on Monday unveiled its latest W41-series smartphones -- the W41, W41+ and W41 Pro at a starting price of Rs 13,490 in India.