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Google once evaluated options to acquire video meeting app Zoom: Report

Citing privacy and security concerns, Google has banned Zoom for its employees across offices, and promotes its own unified enterprise communication app Meets

Covid-19 lockdown: Realme resumes online sales of smartphones, accessories

Realme has extended warranty on products, which expired during the lockdown period, till June 30

Planned for dual-screen devices, Microsoft Windows 10X to debut on laptops

The technology giant will look for the right moment to bring the dual-screen devices to the market, said the company in a statement

Covid-19: Apple issues cheapest bonds in years to fund buy-backs, dividends

The technology company raised $8.5 billion by selling four different bonds with maturities ranging from three years to 30 years

Intel buys Moovit transit app for $900 mn to develop self-driving robotaxis

Moovit will remain independent while its technology and the data it collects from more than 800 million users in 102 countries will be integrated into Intel's autonomous car unit Mobileye

Apple, Google ban GPS tracking in apps using contract tracing framework

Both companies said privacy and preventing governments from using the system to compile data on citizens was a primary goal

Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch gets Magic Keyboard, Intel 10th-gen SoC, and more

Price starting at Rs 1,22,990, the new lineup of MacBook Pro will be available soon in the country

Google blocked 2.7 bn 'bad ads' in 2019, suspended nearly 1 mn advertisers

The tech giant also noted that there has been a sharp spike in fraudulent ads for in-demand products like face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed lakhs of lives globally

Samsung starts taking online pre-orders for TVs, ACs, and other electronics

Consumers pre-booking on Samsung Shop will get 15 per cent cashback when paying with HDFC cards

Zoom video app logins were put on sale on the dark web, says report

The logins were put up for sale at 1 pence (1.25 cents) each and were discovered and bought by cybersecurity intelligence company Cyble, the paper said

Aarogya Setu mandatory in containment zones; private firms question move

Privacy experts and technology lawyers have long questioned the efficacy of using contact tracing apps at large scale without adequate testing for coronavirus (Covid-19)

Lockdown impact: Digital transactions nosedive in April, shows NPCI data

The value of IMPS (Immediate Payment Service) transactions in April fell to about Rs 1.21 trillion in April, from about Rs 2.02 trillion in March

Will Apple's iPhone SE dramatically alter the company's prospects in India?

A completely redesigned iPhone SE with thinner bezels and better battery life could have been a brand new iPhone unlike any other

Amazon sees loss in Q2 as it forecasts $4 bn in coronavirus related costs

Internationally, the pandemic has hit Amazon the hardest in India, where the company has had to forgo sales to comply with the government restricting delivery to essential goods such as groceries

Apple Q1 earnings pinched by Covid-19 pandemic; iPhone hardest hit segment

The results released Thursday give the first sign of how one of the world's best-known companies is faring as the US economy plunges into its first recession in more than a decade

E-pass has use cases beyond Covid-19: eGovernments Foundation CEO

Non-profit body eGovernments Foundation has developed an electronic pass, or e-pass, to help governments at various levels to manage people movement

The making of super apps: Where does India stand after Facebook-Jio deal?

While most of the Super-Apps owes their origin to messaging, the success factor however has been the 'payments' feature which helps them to monetise faster

A post-Covid digital era

Companies which had leveraged technology and automation during normal course have been better placed to manage the situation during Covid

Techies boning up on new techs to deal with future challenges in job market

With experts forecasting a tight job market in the Covid-19 world, mid-career techies are signing up for professional certification e-learning courses to pick up additional skills

TikTok hits 2 bn downloads; becomes most installed app amid Covid-19 crisis

In India, the short video making app leads the chart with more than 600 million downloads or about 30.3 per cent of all unique installs