India bets big on 5G in 2021
New Delhi, Dec 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) As the world steps into a new decade, 2020 will be remembered as the most disruptive year in living memory. As the pandemic spread across the world, it was telecom…
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Skyroot to sign agreement with govt, test fires solid fuel engine
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Dec 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Private sector rocket maker ‘Skyroot Aerospace’ that successfully test fired a solid propulsion rocket stage/engine called ‘Kalam-5’ recently, will soon sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) with the Department…
Samsung may miss 300mn phone sales mark for 1st time in 9 years
Seoul, Dec 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Samsung is being projected not to to hit the 300 million phone sales mark in 2020, after nine straight years of consistently massive sales globally. According to reports coming in from…
Social media brands need to tap Gen Z in 2021: Alexa study
New Delhi, Dec 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Move over millennials as Gen Z is becoming a more important target audience for social media marketing as they enter adulthood, according to a new study by Amazon Alexa. While…
Bionic touch didn’t remap human brain ever after a year: Study
New York, Dec 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) In future challenges for developing realistic prosthetic devices, new research has revealed that even after a full year, the bionic touch did not remap the brain in people whose amputated…
Naver’s streaming platform ‘V Live’ logs 100mn downloads
Seoul, Dec 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) South Korea’s top internet portal operator Naver said on Monday that its live streaming platform, V Live, has surpassed an accumulated 100 million downloads globally. Launched in August 2015, V Live…
SolarWinds hack: Russian cybercriminals attacked CrowdStrike
San Francisco, Dec 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Cyber-security firm CrowdStrike has revealed that suspected Russian hackers who broke into a series of US government agencies and enterprises via compromising SolarWinds software, aimed to attack its network but…
Facebook to offer hardware security keys to users in 2021
New Delhi, Dec 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Facing various probes over data privacy and security, Facebook will provide new options in 2021 to users to safeguard their information, like hardware security tokens along with expanding its Protect…
Samsung top pick of S Korean retail investors this year
Seoul, Dec 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) South Korean retail investors have loaded up on shares in top-cap Samsung Electronics this year, reaping a huge return on their investments, data showed on Monday. Local individual investors had bought…
Amazon Fire TV crosses 50mn monthly active users globally
New Delhi, Dec 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amazon Fire TV has exceeded 50 million monthly active users worldwide who are streaming billions of hours of content every month, according to the company. Amazon said that it has…
Bug bounty hunter earns $2mn on HackerOne
San Francisco, Dec 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hacker-powered security platform HackerOne has said that Cosmin Iordache has become the first bug bounty hunter to earn more than $2 million in bounty awards on the platform. Cosmin (aka…
Mobile phone production growth in India stays flat this year: ICEA
New Delhi, Dec 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) As the mobile handset manufacturing sector recovers after the Covid-19 shock, it is estimated that manufacturing for 2020-21 will equal the previous year’s production level, industry body India Cellular and…
US holiday retail sales grow 3%, online sales jump 49%: Report
San Francisco, Dec 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Retail sales in the US rose three per cent during this year’s expanded holiday season, running from October 11 through December 24, while online sales in the country grew 49…
Different BP reading between arms linked to high death risk
London, Dec 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Difference in blood pressure readings between arms is linked to greater risk of heart attack, stroke and death, a significant, large international study has revealed. Led by the University of Exeter,…
New PS5, Xbox drive record $6.9bn sales for video games in Nov
San Francisco, Dec 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) As Sony and Microsoft launched their new gaming consoles, the overall sales of video games surged to a record $6.9 billion for the month of November in the US, according…
MediaTek becomes largest smartphone chipset vendor in Q3
New Delhi, Dec 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Riding on its stellar performance in China and India, MediaTek became the biggest smartphone chipset vendor with 31 per cent market share in Q3 2020 for the first time, as…
Every business must aspire to go digital in 2021
New Delhi, Dec 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) A key learning from the pandemic-hit year is that every business needs to be a digital business and resilience, adaptability and lifelong learning have been key skills that stood out…
Usher in 2021 with these 5 affordable true wireless earbuds
New Delhi, Dec 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Truly Wireless Stereo (TWS) headphones category has exploded in the last couple of years and in India, the TWS market soared 723 per cent (on-year) in the third quarter…
Here are top 5 latest game for Sony PlayStation 5
New Delhi, Dec 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sony’s PlayStation 5 has become one of the most loved consoles in the gaming community across the world. The new consoles went on sale on November 12 and on November…
After mocking Apple, Xiaomi CEO now says no charger with Mi 11
New Delhi, Dec 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) After mocking Apple for not including a charger with the iPhone 12 series, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun has now confirmed that the upcoming Mi 11 smartphone will not come with…