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Xiaomi seeks incentives to boost exports, clarity on proposed tax rules

Xiaomi India COO Muralikrishnan B also pointed out that if the Indian government can also get neighbouring countries to accept BIS standards, it would help push exports from India

Making a billion go online: FICCI calls for language friendly internet

As much as 70 per cent of Indians are non-English speakers, and the global mission is to bring the next billion people online making the Internet more friendly for their language

Hungry Indian online game creators arrive on YouTube's global map

More than 200 million gamers come to YouTube every single day globally to watch gaming videos and streams. In 2018, they watched over 50 billion hours of gaming content on the platform.

Karnataka to set up regulatory sandbox for supporting tech innovation

State aims to treble the size of its tech industry to $150 billion in 5 years, plans to set up 'Technology Development Board' to support this

Online privacy: A blockchain, general data protection conundrum

The very technology that sought to maintain the integrity of data is at odds with the laws that endeavours to protect personal data

Emerging economies should bridge the digital gap before it's too late

What's needed is a shared national vision for digital change and coordination between governments, companies and civil society

Twitter exempts some 'cause-based' messages from political ad ban

Twitter unveils details of its move to bar all paid political messages, starting November 22.

LG G8s ThinQ review: Comprehensive imaging prowess, sleek performance

Priced at Rs 35,990, the LG G8s ThinQ is a midrange smartphone that matches premium ones in imaging and performance, but its small screen estate may irk some

Apple pulls down 181 vaping-related apps from the App Store: Report

The move comes after CDC reported at least 42 people dying from lung illness related to vaping

Google's Chrome experiment leaves browser broken on thousands of machines

Google revealed that it had turned on an experiment to improve resource usage for the stable version which had been in the beta mode for around five months

India joins China, Russia, Japan to oppose use of 26GHz band for 5G

Industry bodies have expressed their reservations about the decision

Infinix S5 review: Budget phone with punch-hole screen, marred by ads in UI

At Rs 8,999, the Infinix S5 is the only phone in its segment to feature a punch-hole display

Apple iPad Pro to come with rare 3D-sensing camera module in 2020

As per report, Apple is expected to use a time-of-flight system, which measures the time that it takes for light to bounce off of objects in a room to generate a 3D map

Apple likely to offer bundle of paid services as early as 2020: Report

Apple is already experimenting with the approach as it recently began offering free Apple TV+ to students who are Apple Music subscribers.

Apple Music takes on Spotify with 'Replay' feature to revisit old songs

The feature is available from the official app across platforms.

Nokia Smart TV with 55-inch 4K UHD display gets BIS certification

Last week, Flipkart entered into a strategic partnership with Nokia to launch Nokia smart TVs in India

Online video consumption has doubled in 2 years on digital push: BCG-CII

Besides, advertisements in digital videos are also able to retain more visual attention than traditional TV.

New AI tool 'Geneva' helping evade internet censorship in India and China

All information on the Internet is broken into data packets by the sender's computer and reassembled by the receiving computer.

Sony first to acquire media rights for X1 Racing League, X1 Racing eSports

X1 Racing eSports, which kicked off on October 7 and will continue till November 17, 2019, is also being held across six cities - Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Pune and Delhi.

Fitbit announces OS 4.1 update, new Alexa features for Versa 2 smartwatch

Now in color, these feature full health and fitness stats, with faster transitions between always-on and active views, all powered by the device's AMOLED display, touting a 2+ day battery life.