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YouTube expands live streaming support to Android Games

YouTube launched their answer to the popular video streaming app Twitch a few month back when they launched their own Game Streaming service. Thanks to this service users could stream their games from their PCs and also tune in for live




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Indian e-commerce market to grow 36 percent in 2015-20

Backed by huge discounts and the rising use of smartphones, the Indian e-commerce market is poised to grow 36 percent during the 2015-20, a new report has said. According to a recent report from Canada based TechSci Research, expanding




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Top 5 shopping sites for Best Festival discounts on Gadgets, Lifestyle Products and More

Smartphone market in India is growing spontaneously. Many key smartphone makers like Samsung, Motorola, OnePlus, Sony, Asus and many more have came up with premium smartphones to the Indian market. SEE ALSO: Top 20 Awesome Smartphones Launching this Diwali Festival Season This




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Flipkart Big Billion Sale: Users Unhappy Reactions on Facebook

Its festival season, and many e-commerce sites including Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon are making a big sale offers. Most popularly, Flipkart is making a huge buzz in the market with its Big Billion Sale festival. The e-commerce site is claiming to




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Flipkart sells half a million handsets in 10 hrs

E-commerce major Flipkart yesterday said it has sold half a million mobile handsets within 10 hours as part of its The Big Billion Days sale. "This sets a record for the highest number of mobile phones sold in India in a




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Snapdeal claims to shipping five million orders in Diwali sale

Domestic e-commerce company Snapdeal on Thursday said that it had shipped nearly five million orders before Diwali, which will be celebrated next month "During this Diwali Sale despite a multi fold increase in order volumes, Snapdeal has set new benchmarks with




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Kerala to commission 'CyberDome' to fight online crimes

In view of emerging challenges in the cyber world and spiralling internet crime rate, Kerala police is getting ready to launch a CyberDome, a high tech centre for cyber security and innovations, here next month. According to state police, the CyberDome,




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YouTube to charge users to watch some of its fresh Videos!

YouTube will now charge users to watch most of the freshly uploaded content, under paid subscription. If this doesn't sound good to those YouTube users who are hooked to the music and video streaming site for accessing content for free, the




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Facebook targets Rural India with cheaper Internet and Wi-Fi plans

Facebook, which reaches out to a very large populace across the world, plans to bring cheaper internet to India by empowering rural areas with wi-Fi connections. India is a very huge market for the internet and internet related services. The Indian




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10 Interesting Facts You Should Know About YouTube Red

YouTube last week announced its new entertainment subscription produced called as YouTube Red. YouTube Red is a paid membership that gives you an amplified video and music experience across YouTube. YouTube Red lets you enjoy videos across all of YouTube without




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Top 7 Online Shopping Hacks to Get Best Deals and Save Money

Gone are the days when shopping would mean dressing up, going out, sometimes in extreme weather conditions to buy clothing, groceries, gadgets or others. Thanks to the Internet and variety of online shopping portals and services, you can now shop sitting




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5 Warning Signs That You’re Buying Stolen Gadgets Online

In today's technologically advanced society, everyone is very much dependent on the internet. Whether it's about purchasing goods or checking out any information, the internet is our backbone in almost every phase of life. To purchase anything be it




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Aadhaar Enabled Digital Transaction Coming Soon [Demonetisation Effect]

With India's demonetization, there have been many speculations as to whether the move was targeted towards Digital India or whether the move will lead to the digitization of Indian economy or is it the time now for digital economy and so




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Like AmazonBasics, Flipkart's SmartBuy Launched Today: Find Out Which Suits You Better

Similar to AmazonBasics, Flipkart unveiled its very own SmartBuy store today. The key goal of the initiative is said to increase the sales that had dropped down considerably due to demonetization. Considering the increasing cash crunch, e-commerce websites have




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Digital payment services to incorporate upgraded security features

At a time when the cyber vulnerability in the payment gateways of e-wallet companies are becoming visible as they witness a rise in usage and popularity, upgraded security is the only way to safeguard millions of first-time users. In




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Paytm Movies aims to contribute 50% online share of opening weekends by end-2017

Online ticket platform Paytm Movies today said that its movie segment is aiming to contribute 50 percent to the opening weekend online collection of leading Hollywood and Bollywood Movies by end 2017. "We are thrilled to have a great start




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MeitY activates preparedness and response mechanism to prevent "WannaCry"

With an aim to prevent the cyber attack "WannaCry", the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) said that it has already activated a "preparedness and response mechanism". According to MeitY, it has activated a "preparedness and response mechanism" by




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India will have more than 850 million online users by 2025 : BCG

According to new survey by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), India will have more than 850 million online users by 2025. The survey said that, "while it took the country eight years to reach 250 million 3G connections, Reliance Jio 4G




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Half of India's internet users will be rural, 40% will be women by 2020

According to the report by Boston Consulting Group ( BCG), half of all internet users will be rural, 40 percent will be women, and 33 percent will be 35 or older. The report said that internet penetration has been, and




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Indians prefer quality net content over online freebies: Mozilla

According to the new research conducted by Mozilla, internet users in India tend to go for quality net content online instead to freebies. The research reveals that users are downloading the promoted apps and referring friends purely to earn monetary




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Indian consumers prefer a digital-first approach to accessing banking services: Survey

According to the new survey, Indian consumers prefer a digital-first approach to accessing banking services, only talking to a banking adviser by phone for more complex issues. The survey, 'Customer Experience in Banking', by global tech company Avaya, which covered




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Hyperconnected consumers spend almost six hours daily online: GFK

According to the recent study by GFK, there are around 41 million hyper-connected consumers in India, with major cities like Delhi and Mumbai reporting the highest concentration of consumers belonging to this segment. The study says that hyperconnected consumers spend




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BookMyShow join hands with WhatsApp to make mobile ticketing easy

Online entertainment ticketing platform BookMyShow said that it has now joined hands with WhatsApp business pilot program. As part of this test, BookMyShow has made WhatsApp a default ticket confirmation channel for all its users. The company said that it




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90% people went online first time between 2012-2015 were from developing economies India had highest

According to the report by UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), nearly 90 percent of the 750 million people that went online for the first time between 2012 and 2015 were from developing economies, with the largest numbers from India




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Paytm join hands with Delhi Daredevils

Mobile-first financial services platform Paytm has joined hands with announced Delhi Daredevils in the upcoming 11th edition of the VIVO Indian Premier League (VIVO IPL). Tickets will go live on Paytm and Insider.in after the 2nd week of March for




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Mobile data usage in India is at par with developed markets

India has the potential to unlock over $50 billion online commerce by driving awareness, usage, and transactions among the current and next set of internet users and shoppers, as per the new report issued by Bain & Company, Google and investment




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5 Best International Online Shopping Sites That Provide Free Shipping To India

India is loaded with many shopping portals. It has made living so simple and easy that one can find everything on the site's catalog. But what happens when your favorite item is not available on an Indian sites? Well, you look




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ISRO TRISHNA Project To Improve Water Management Announced

ISRO is teaming up with French space agency CNES for a new mission called TRISHNA, which expands to Thermal infraRed Imaging Satellite for High-resolution Natural resource Assessment. The project aims to tackle the ill-management and ill-usage of water, one of Earth's most




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PM Modi Launches E-Gram Swaraj Portal, Swamitva Scheme To Improve Digitization Of Rural India

Digitization in India is still a work in progress with the large population unable to access or tap into the vast pools of the virtual capabilities. Plus, there's also a large gap between urban and rural areas when it comes to




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Realme Android TV Gets Certified Via Google; Likely To Arrive Soon In India

Realme is a well-known brand when it comes to smartphones. But, the company is reportedly getting ready to foray in the smart Android TV segment in India. The Realme smart TV has been a regular visitor of the leaks factory and




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NASA VITAL Prototype Ventilators To Help Fight COVID-19 Pandemic

In a bid to help the coronavirus infected, NASA has announced that it has successfully developed a prototype ventilator for the treatment of coronavirus patients. For this, NASA has developed VITAL or the Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally. Currently, NASA's




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Facebook Messenger Rooms To Take On Zoom With Up To 50 Users On Video Calls

With the lockdown situation prevailing across the globe due to coronavirus outbreak, the workforce has resorted to remote working mode. And to stay connected, an online video conferencing platform like Zoom is what helping the companies with meetings. However,




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NASA Hubble Telescope Discovers Cosmic Reef From Nearby Galaxy

Cosmic events are something that keeps happening with fiery explosions of gas and radiation. Thanks to telescopes like the NASA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers are able to capture such larger-than-life occurring. On the occasion of the Hubble telescope's 30th birthday, it




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Telegram Receives New Features; Secure Video Call Option Likely Coming This Year

Telegram, the instant cloud-based messaging and voice over IP platform is one of the popular services being used besides WhatsApp. Telegram's secret chat option is quite a popular feature and it seems that the company might soon bring a similar video




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COVID-19 Crisis: ISRO Extends Helping Hand Towards Health Emergency Operating Center In India

Coronavirus has clamped the entire country in lockdown and affecting thousands of lives across the world. In a bid to help, ISRO extending support to the Health Emergency Operating Center (HEOC) in Bihar. HEOC will play a vital role in monitoring




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NASA Helps USGS To Create Geological Mapping Of Moon: How Is It Different?

NASA made the first manned landing on Moon back in 1969, marking one of the biggest milestones in human history. Over the years, various space agencies across the world have been venturing to study the Moon in detail, including its surface




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Mask Wearing Asteroid Approaching Earth At High Speed; New Problem To Deal With?

We're about to witness another cosmic event today, April 29. An asteroid named 1998 OR2 is expected to flyby Earth at a distance of 6.2 million km away. As far as the distance seems, it's quite a close brush with our




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Amazon Pay Later Launched In India: Here’s How To Register

During the COVID-19 lockdown in India, Amazon has come up with a new credit service for its users. Well, the latest service dubbed Amazon Pay Later is a rebranded Amazon Pay EMI service that is available for its users in the




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Xiaomi 65-inch Smart TV With OLED Panel, Dolby Vision On The Cards

Xiaomi became a popular brand ever since it ventured into the smartphone industry and has dominated the budget segment for a long time. Not just smartphones, but the Chinese company also has wide range products to offer to the masses. Its




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Kleos Space Scouting Mission Satellites Awaiting ISRO To Launch PSLV-C49

COVID-19 pandemic has brought various organizations to a standstill. This includes ISRO among other space agencies. As it's known, ISRO plays a crucial role in launching satellites, not just for India, but for other countries and private organizations as well. Fresh




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Find Out How To Avail Discounts, Offers And Cashbacks On Pre-Booking Of LG Products

The COVID-19 outbreak has brought businesses to a standstill. The technology industry has also been hit hard as the brands had to suspend all on-ground activities to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus. While the deliveries of the technology products and




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NASA VITAL Ventilators Get FDA Approval To Fight COVID-19

As the coronavirus pandemic continued sweeping across the globe, NASA put a halt on its usual space-related activities and began developing a prototype ventilator to help combat the deadly virus. The newly developed ventilator has just received emergency approval from the




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Common Service Centres To Update Aadhaar After UIDAI Nod

UIDAI has given permission to the Common Service Centre to introduce the Aadhaar update service at 20,000 centres which run as Banking Correspondents (BCs). But CSCs will not be allowed to accept the new applicants for Aadhaar. Ravi Shankar




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NASA Perseverance Rover Heading To Jezero Crater To Dig Up Past Evidence Of Life

NASA had earlier discovered the Jezero Crater on Mars and noted that is was one of the oldest and most scientifically interesting landscapes on the Red Planet. Earlier in 2018, NASA decided that the landing site for Mars 2020 Perseverance rover,




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COVID-19 Pandemic A Boon For ISRO Chandrayaan-3, Gaganyaan Missions?

COVID-19 pandemic recently brought the entire country to a standstill. ISRO too halted the launch of satellites and preparations for various missions including the Gangayaan, Chandrayaan-3, and others. However, now it looks like these missions might face a very uncertain future,




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Catch The Last Super Flower Moon 2020 On May 7: Here’s How To Watch

Watching the supermoon can be one of the exciting activities, especially during the lockdown. Incidentally, the final supermoon of 2020 will be appearing on May 7 and can be observed from our homes. Since this supermoon falls in May, it's been




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Xiaomi Mi Commerce Helps Offline Retailers During COVID-19 Lockdown

The nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus has dented the sales of smartphones and other gadgets as these are categorized under nonessential items. While e-commerce portals are allowed to sell essential stuff for people in green zones, smartphone sales




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Bois Locker Room Controversy Lands Instagram In Soup; Delhi Commission For Women Takes Action

Facebook-owned Instagram is in trouble over the Bois Locker Room controversy. Leaked details and screenshots of the private chat group have stirred major outrage across the country over the safety of women across all ages. Now, Delhi Commission for Women Chairperson




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Tom Cruise To Shoot A Movie In Space, Confirms NASA

Tom Cruise, the popular Hollywood actor, known for his spectacular action movies, is now having some extraordinary plans for shooting movies. We have seen Cruise jump from planes, strapped himself onto Burj Khalifa, fly helicopters, and a lot more. 




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Apple WWDC Developer Conference To Kickstart Online From June 22: How To Watch

Tech events are some of the exciting gatherings offering the latest discoveries. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced most of the events to switch to online behind closed doors. Some tech events were even canceled. Apple's WWDC Developer Conference is one