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Aarogya Setu App Compulsory for Public, Private Offices; Latter to Reopen with 33% Staff

The Aarogya Setu application developed by the government helps people to assess themselves on the risk of their catching the coronavirus infection.




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Covid-19 Effect: HUL Expects Technology Adoption in Offline Business Areas

HUL said that is also planning to serve its customers through any channels, be it format stores, Kirana stores or online.




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Apple's Covid-19 Screening App Now Updated With CDC Symptoms, Cloth Mask Tips

Apple's COVID-19 app works by asking a set of questions in order to ascertain risk factors, recent exposure, and symptoms.




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Mobile Phone Manufacturing Resumes as Economy Slowly Reopens, ICEA Lauds Govt for Move

The government, on Friday, issued a directive to ease restrictions on manufacturing and sale of handsets across the country as the lockdown was extended for two more weeks.




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SpaceX Dragon Manned Mission to Carry NASA Astronauts for Longer Than Expected

The launch is scheduled for May 27 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida and will arrive at the ISS the following day.




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Museums, Art Shows are Exhibiting Through Virtual Tours: Is This the New Future?

Museums, art exhibitions across the world are offering virtual tours to help people overcome the lockdown blues during the coronavirus pandemic.




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Battle Royale: Which of These Indian Video Conferencing Apps Would Win Govt Challenge?

Services such as EnableX, Troop Messenger, VacYa and Say Namaste are just a few of the startups looking to cash in on the lucrative expansion opportunity.




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Canon Online Photography Classes in 9 Indian Languages: Full Schedule, How to Register

The photography workshops by Canon will be hosted online throughout the month of May, and represent a wide variety of photography topics.




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Xiaomi India Says it is Not Collecting Any More of Your Data Than What You Allowed

Xiaomi India MD Manu Jain issued a statement saying that any data it collects from its #MiFans in India stays within rented servers in the country.




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A Company That Trades User Data Has Built Contact Tracing for Feature Phones

Aiisma is a company that specialises in dealing with user data, and may hence be well placed to highlight the aspect of privacy in contact tracing.




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5 Most Demanded OxygenOS Features Are Finally Coming to OnePlus Phones: See List

The new OxygenOS features will be rolling out to eligible OnePlus phones some time in late 2020.




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A Robot Named 'Pepper' is Cheering Up Covid-19 Patients in Japan Quarantined in Hotels

Several hotels in the capital city of Tokyo are featuring robots to help lighten the coronavirus burden on doctors and nurses.




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Coronavirus Impact: Smartphone Market Sees Zero Sales in April, No Clear Picture for May

Since the lockdown, smartphone manufacturing units are closed, retail shops are shut and online sellers are busy delivering groceries and other essential items.




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Apple iPhone 12 Price May be Lesser Than iPhone 11 Even With 5G, Suggests Leak

All four models of the iPhone 12 series will have 5G support and the low-tier iPhone 12 model could be priced at $649.




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Gotta be Aliens! There is a Powerful Radio Signal Coming From Within Our Galaxy

The SGR 1935+2154, a dead star that is around 30,000 light-years away from earth, registered for the radio observatories around the world with a single and millisecond-long burst of incredibly bright radio waves.




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Your Next Dinner Date is a Battleground For Dineout, Zomato & Paytm’s Contactless Dining Push

There might be some over-enthusiastic implementations of contactless dining which may or not work as well as they should but remember that there will be a learning curve for everyone. But is it sustainable for everyone involved? And what about user privacy?




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Coronavirus Has Enabled the Telecom Sector to Contribute 35% GDP in India

The leading industry experts said that many of the patterns and trends that have emerged during the pandemic situation are going to stay and the telecom sector needs to get prepared for that.




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E-Commerce Players Witness Surge in Searches Related to Non-Essential Items

The government has allowed the sale of only essential products in the red zone through e-commerce platforms, non-essential products are allowed in green and orange zones, starting May 4.




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Indonesia's Largest E-commerce Platform Tokopedia Probes Alleged Data Leak of 91 Million Users

"We found that there had been an attempt to steal data from Tokopedia users," a spokesman for the company said in a statement late Saturday.




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AirPods or HairPods: This Woman Received a Giant Pair of Fake AirPods From Amazon

According to a report in the New York Post, the lady spent nearly $62 for the fake AirPods, which normally retail for more than three times the price.




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Stay and Play at Home: Today's Google Doodle is a Fun Peppers and Ice-Cream Game

Monday’s 'Stay and Play at Home' doodle is designed and illustrated by artist Olivia Huynh and celebrates American chemist and award-winning researcher Wilbur Scoville who is best known for the creation of the 'Scoville Organoleptic Test'.




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Silver Lake Investment in Reliance Jio Platforms: Everything To Know About The Investment Firm

Silver Lake was launched in 1999 with the focus on investment in technology companies. You may probably not know this, but it was in May 2011 that Silver Lake led Skype’s owners to conclude a deal that saw tech giant Microsoft buy the now-incredibly-popular video calling app for $8.5 billion.




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Reliance Jio Platforms, With Facebook & Silver Lake Investments, is Leading India’s Digital Shift

The fact is, Jio has been able to make its mark so far by reaching out to pretty much every strata of the society, and not just those who would potentially return higher revenues per user. The Jio mobile data pricing is the biggest example, which has completely changed the way the telecom industry operates.




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Reliance Jio Platforms And The Investment by Silver Lake: What This Means For You

Jio’s vision is to enable a Digital India for 1.3 billion people and businesses throughout India, especially small merchants, micro-businesses and farmers.




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Reliance Jio Platforms And the Plan Forward With Jio Meet And JioMart on WhatsApp

The money invested by Facebook and Silver Lake will help the company achieve what it calls a Digital India vision for 1.3 billion people and businesses across the country, including small businesses, micro-businesses and farmers.




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PUBG Mobile 0.18.0 Update to Arrive on May 7: Here's Everything We Know So Far

PUBG Mobile update 0.18.0 is going to drop this week and here is a lowdown of everything that you can expect from the popular mobile game.




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Hackers Break Into Android Substitute LineageOS Via Unpatched Vulnerability

LineageOS Signing Keys, Builds, and Source Code were unaffected despite the attack, the company said.




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Amazon, Flipkart Begin Selling Non-Essential Items: Here Are All The Details

According to a notice on Amazon India’s website, non-essential products will be available for ordering in only select locations and deliveries may take longer than usual.




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Artificial Intelligence to Soon Predict Glaucoma Progression Faster Than Standard Methods

The new test called DARC can detect glaucoma progression 18 months earlier than the current gold standard method.




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You Can Now Purchase Vivo Smartphones Online Amid Covid-19 Lockdown: Here's How

Vivo India has introduced a new smart retail system connected with 20,000 retailers in India where customers can buy smartphones offline during Covid-19 lockdown.




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Samsung India Announces 15% Cashback Offer, No-Cost EMI on TVs and Digitial Appliances

The offer applies to all Samsung consumer electronics products.




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IFF, Other Parties Urge Indian Govt to Change Compulsory Aarogya Setu Order

The independent internet rights organisation has filed a petition to the Prime Minister’s Office, urging them to revise the compulsory Aarogya Setu order.




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Aarogya Setu Data Fully Anonymised, No Third Party Access Allowed: MyGov India

MyGov has assured that most of the generated data that may contain private identifiers is encrypted locally and fully anonymised to protect identity.




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OnePlus 8 Pro Users Are Reportedly Facing 'Crushed Black' and 'Green Tint' Display Issues

According to some OnePlus users, while the company recently rolled out updates to fix the issue, the problem continues to persist.




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New Phones That You Will be Able to Buy Soon

The lockdown has meant phones were not on sale, either on online platforms including Amazon and Flipkart, and also at brick-and-mortar stores.




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Finally, The Microsoft Surface Pro X, Surface Pro 7 and Surface Laptop 3 Are in India

The prices for the Surface Pro 7 line-up start at Rs 72,999 while the Surface Laptop 3 costs upwards of Rs 98,999 and the Surface X is also priced at Rs 98,999.




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Moto Razr Expected to go on Sale Starting May 8, Flipkart Listing Reveals

The smartphone is priced at Rs 1,24,999 for the sole 6GB RAM + 128GB storage variant.




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Apple MacBook 13 Gets Magic Keyboard, Faster Performance, More Storage & it is Goodbye, Butterfly

It is interesting to note how Apple has swiftly phased out the butterfly keyboards from its MacBook lineup.




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Why So Sneaky Xiaomi: Preloaded Apps, Ads, Browser Breaches and More

Xiaomi's MIUI interface is flawed with a variety of issues that the company needs to get serious about.




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Intel to Acquire Urban Transit Startup App Moovit for $1 Billion

Following the acquisition, Moovit could become part of Intel's Israeli automotive hub, which is anchored by the autonomous driving company Mobileye.




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Microsoft is Changing Track With Windows 10X, And It May be Available For Your Laptop Soon

That being said, Microsoft doesn’t give an exact timeline on when Windows 10X arrives on laptops, existing and new ones shipped by OEMs.




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Apple & Google Confirm Location Tracking to be Banned in COVID Contact Tracing Apps

Apple and Google said privacy and preventing governments from using the system to compile data on citizens was the primary goal




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If You Haven’t Already, Microsoft Just Gave You Another Reason to Switch to Edge From Google Chrome

The automatic switching for profiles will arrive with Microsoft Edge 83, which is expected by mid-May




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You May be Fined for Stepping Out Without Aarogya Setu App in Noida, Greater Noida

The government has also effectively banned any kind of public gatherings in the NCR areas, at least until further notice.




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Xiaomi's Data Collection Antics Raise Serious Questions About Consumer Trust

This opens up the need for closer inspection of exactly what Xiaomi's host of pre-installed apps do.




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Realme Resumes Online Smartphone Sales in Green and Orange Zones

The company's offline channels in green and orange zones have also resumed operations, complying with the government's directives.




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Xiaomi Rolls Out Mi Commerce For Retailers, Retains All Employees in India

Under the "Mi Commerce" initiative, retailers will be able to help customers discover Xiaomi products while staying at home because of the coronavirus pandemic.




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Google Once Considered Acquiring Zoom Owing to Its Popularity

Discussions, however, never got more serious, and instead, Google banned Zoom for its employees across offices to promote its own app - Meet.




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Facebook Rolls Out New Features Under COVID-19 Community Help Hub: All The Details Here

Facebook users will now be able to help local businesses, raise funds, and find local opportunities through the Covid-19 community hub.




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Xiaomi Mi 10 to Finally Launch in India on May 8: Everything You Need to Know

Xiaomi had launched the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro flagship smartphones in China back in February and it seems that the more affordable variant is going to make its way to India.