Google confirms new Nest smart speaker
San Francisco, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Google has released a photo of an upcoming Nest smart speaker to multiple media outlets, referring to it only as “what the Nest team is working on from home.” The…
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Elon Musk to reveal more about brain-computer tech on August 28
San Francisco, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tech billionaire Elon Musk has announced that its most secretive brain-computer interface technology startup Neuralink will provide a key update on its progress on August 28. To help paralysed people…
Sony invests $250 million in Fortnite maker Epic Games
San Francisco, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sony on Friday announced it has made a strategic investment of $250 million to acquire a minority interest in Epic Games, creator of the popular video game Fortnite. The investment…
Quad-camera phones to push CIS sensors sales to 5bn units in 2020
New Delhi, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Led by OPPO, Xiaomi, Huawei, Samsung and Realme, the global shipment of smartphone CMOS image sensors (CIS) is likely to reach 5 billion units this year as quad-camera smartphone designs…
Google joins Canonical to bring Flutter apps to Linux
San Francisco, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Google has announced that it is partnering with open source software operating system Ubuntu maker Canonical to bring its open-source UI software development kit Flutter to Linux desktop operating system….
Android 10 has seen fastest adoption rate yet: Google
San Francisco, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The adoption of Android 10 has been faster than any previous versions of Android yet, owing to new capabilities that enabled Google to deliver updates more uniformly, quickly and efficiently…
Apple releases public Beta version of iOS 14
San Francisco, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Apple has released the public Beta version of iOS 14 that would be officially available in the fall with the new iPhone 12 series. The public beta version, which has…
TikTok pulled 16mn videos from Indian users in 2019’s 2nd half
New Delhi, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) TikTok removed 16 million videos from Indian users in the last six months of 2019 for violating its content policies, the short video-sharing platform said in a transparency report on…
Wipro Limited to Announce Results for the First Quarter Ended June 30, 2020 on July 14, 2020
Business Wire IndiaWipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, will announce results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2020 on Tuesday, July…
ixigo reinstates salaries, grants discounted ESOPs to employees
New Delhi, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Online travel aggregator ixigo has reinstated salaries and granted deeply discounted employee stock ownership plan, or ESOPs, to all its employees to compensate for the pay cuts made during the…
Collabera Welcomes Karthik Krishnamurthy as New CEO
Business Wire IndiaCollabera, a global technology talent solutions provider, today announced the appointment of its new CEO, Karthik Krishnamurthy (KK). In his new role, KK will build upon Collabera’s existing position as the leading provider…
‘OTT unique animal, need dedicated rules for them’
New Delhi, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the content on over-the-top (OTT) platforms being published without any effective central regulation, there is an urgent need for dedicated rules for the video streaming players, one of the…
BSDU students develop a 3-in-1 Covid safety device
Jaipur, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) When Covid-19 brought the nation to a standstill, the students of the School of Entrepreneurship Skills at Bhartiya Skill Development University (BSDU) have developed a 3-in-1 Covid safety device that plays…
Canon launches 2 ‘EOS R’ full-frame mirrorless cameras in India
New Delhi, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Expanding its EOS R lineup, Canon India on Thursday launched two full-frame mirrorless cameras, the EOS R5 and the EOS R6, in India. EOS R5 will cost Rs 339,995 (inclusive…
Add fruit, veggies and grains to diet to reduce type 2 diabetes risk
London, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Higher consumption of fruit, vegetables and whole-grain foods are associated with a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, say researchers. The findings, published in the journal The BMJ, suggest that…
STT GDC India Wins Colocation Service Provider of the Year at the 2020 Frost & Sullivan India ICT Best Practices Awards for the Third Year Running
Business Wire India ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (India) (STT GDC India), a subsidiary of ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC), was named India’s ‘Colocation Service Provider of the Year’ at the 18th Frost & Sullivan India…
Apple expands iPhone repair programme to Europe, Canada
San Francisco, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Apple has announced that over 140 more repair businesses are now participating in its Independent Repair Provider Programme in the US which is now being expanded to Europe and Canada…
Govt mobile app services may help raise efficiency 80%
New Delhi, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Use of mobile applications in public services, offered by the central and the state governments, can help increase efficiency of administrative processes by 80 per cent, according to a report…
IIT Hyderabad, Nvidia team up for AI research centre
Hyderabad, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Graphics giant Nvidia, here on Thursday, unveiled a technology centre at the Indian Institute of Technology that will accelerate research in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its commercial adoption. The Nvidia AI…
WhatsApp Business hits 50mn users globally, 15mn in India
New Delhi, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the Covid-19 disruptions bringing more businesses online, WhatsApp Business has reached a new milestone of 50 million monthly users globally with almost a third of them being in India,…