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Micromax Announces new Android TV Range Starting at Rs 13,999

Micromax has announced a new range of televisions running on Android TV and will be available starting this week.




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Exclusive | Overpriced N95 Face Masks That You Bought on Shopping Sites Could Be Fake

The investigation brings to light the issue of unverified sellers cashing in on keywords and marketing products against the policies of e-commerce sites.




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Coronavirus Impact: Amazon India Extends Support to SMB Logistic Partners With Special Fund

This Partner Support Fund for SMBs in logistics will be available to Delivery Service Partners (DSP) and select Transportation partners in India.




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WhatsApp Multi Device Support Coming Soon? New Beta Update Suggests So

Using WhatsApp on multiple devices may soon become a reality, making the app even more flexible.




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Apple and Google Have Started Testing their COVID-19 Exposure Notification API

The companies say the first seeds of the exposure notification Application Programming Interface (API) to select developers associated with public health authorities (PHAs) around the world.




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Apple & Google Are Testing COVID Exposure Notification API: This is How Contact Tracing Will Work

The proposed solution will work in two stages. The first are the APIs that are now available on iOS for iPhones and Android OS for Android phones. The second will be an integration of contact tracing tech within Android and iOS.




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Microsoft Teams Has 75 Million Active Users Daily, While Zoom Continues to Confuse Numbers

Zoom had earlier claimed that they had surpassed 300 million daily users globally. Now, they simply say “300 million daily Zoom meeting participants”. That is just not the same thing.




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Laptops on a Budget For the Work From Home Warriors: These Are The Top Picks Under Rs 40,000

Here are some of the best budget laptops, some running Windows 10 and some Google Chromebook options, which you must add to your arsenal of work from home tools.




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Facebook Stock Soars in Q1 Earnings After Initial Drop Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

The social networking giant also said it counts 2.99 billion monthly users across its family of apps, compared to 2.89 billion in the previous quarter.




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Two Black Holes 'Dancing' with Each Other is the Most Epic Image You'll See Today

The observations give mankind stronger inference about our learning on black holes and gravitational waves, and how massive celestial bodies interact.




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JioMeet Video Conferencing Service to be Officially Launched by Jio Platforms Soon

JioMeet can be used for both personal and enterprise purposes, and has apps for iOS, Android, Windows, Mac and a plugin for Outlook.




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5G Spectrum Price Suggested by Department of Telecom Too High: Finance Ministry Task Force

A finance ministry task force acknowledged stress in the telecom sector and said the SC judgement mandating companies to pay around Rs 1.35 lakh crore.




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Apple Services Business Hits All-Time Record to Soften The COVID Impact on The iPhone Sales

Services such as Apple Music, App Store, iCloud, Apple Arcade and Apple TV+ are raking in record revenues for the company. At the same time, products such as the AirPods, HomePod and accessories for the Apple Watch and the iPad Pro, to name a few, are also doing well.




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Zoom Does Not Have More Than 300 Million Daily Active Users Just 'Participants'

Shares of the video conferencing app also fell nearly 7% to $136.86 after the reports came out.




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NASA Picks Three Contracts Including Elon Musk's SpaceX to Build New Lunar Landers

The lunar landers will carry the astronauts from lunar orbit to the Moon’s surface and back again.




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Qualcomm Predicts 30% Drop in Global Phone Sales in Q2 2020 Due to Covid-19 Crisis

Qualcomm also said that there was a decline of 21% in mobile phone sales between January and March this year.




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You Can Now Buy Non-Essential Items Online in These Districts: Full List Here

Sale of non-essential items will be resumed in offline stores as well, but only in standalone shops.




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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The OnePlus 8 Pro’s Features and Pricing Makes It the Best Smartphone Of 2020

The OnePlus 8 Pro has two models with the base version priced at just INR 54,999 for the 8GB RAM + 128 GB storage model with options of Onyx Black and Glacial Green to choose from.




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Zomato Wants to Take Over Your Office Cafeteria While Swiggy Wants to be Your Personal Concierge

The restaurant aggregator and food delivery apps are really growing up. But does that mean existing businesses will be impacted, because they'll have their jobs replaced by Zomato and Swiggy?




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Covid-19 Impact: Indian IT Industry Growth Slows Down, But Not Drastically

The IT services market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 7.6 per cent between 2019-2024, to be valued at $14.6 billion by the end of 2024.




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More People Are Turning to Social Media, Music and E-Sports During Covid-19 Lockdown

Certain online activities have been given a major boost by internet users during the coronavirus lockdown around the world.




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Aarogya Setu Developers Allay Concerns as Ethical Hacker Points Out Flaws in Contact Tracing App

They say that the Aarogya Setu app is designed to collect a user’s location at certain points in the process.




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Haircut, Salon at Home: How to Book Urban Company's Grooming Services in Lockdown 3.0

Urban Company's grooming services at home are being resumed depending on zones — check if you can get a haircut at home now.




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Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro Goes on Sale Today: Price, Specifications, Offers and More

Follow up to the Redmi Note 8 Pro, the new Redmi Note 9 Pro comes with an improved camera setup, bigger battery, and a slightly refreshed design.




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Google Nest Users to Get Added Security Layer, Two-Factor Authentication Coming Soon

This six-digit verification code is to verify that it is actually the user who is trying to access their account, and without this code, one won't be able to log in.




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PUBG Mobile 0.18.0 Update: Here Are All The Official Patch Notes

The new update drops tomorrow, but here is an early look at the massive patch notes released by PUBG Mobile.




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Sales of Non-Essential Goods Spike on E-commerce Portals as Govt Eases Restrictions

While mobile phones remained the most searched item, searches for the mid-premium segment witnessed the biggest surge within the category.




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Return of the QWERTY? Oppo's Patent for Future Phone Suggests Physical Keypad

The patent design suggests the keys on the keyboard be rather capacitive than tactile and the layout seems to be congested than wider.




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Samsung Announces Price Cut for Its Galaxy M21, A50 Models in India: See New Prices

The Samsung Galaxy M21 and Samsung Galaxy A50 have received a price cut India. Read on to know more about them.




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Alien Life May Not Need Oxygen: Scientists Say Hydrogen-Rich Planets Can Have Life Too

A new research paper suggests that life forms, if occurring in other planets, do not need to be similar to what we know of them on Earth.




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Is Facebook Free Basics Back? No, Improved Discover Starts by Killing Net Neutrality Arguments

But how is it different from the controversial Free Basics, which faced opposition particularly in India? The single biggest change is that it allows access to every website available.




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Microsoft to Shell Out $100,000 Reward If You Can Hack This Linux Operating System

The bug bounty programme is part of a three-month research challenge that runs from June 1 until August 31




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Microsoft Launched New Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3, Surface Headphones 2 and Surface Earbuds

Microsoft has announced four new products under its Surface lineup although there is no confirmation on the India pricing or availability.




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Earth's North Magnetic Pole Has Shifted All the Way from Canada to Siberia: Here's Why

Apparently, there's a tug of war going on between our planet's magnetic zones situated below North America and Asia.




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Mi 10 5G, Mi Box 4K Launching in India: Features, Price and Specifications

The official launch of the Mi 10 5G and Mi Box will be done through a live stream event on Friday at 12 pm IST.




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Huawei May Finally Feature in USA's 5G Services After All as Latter Drafts New Rule

Engineers in some U.S. technology companies stopped engaging with Huawei to develop standards after the Commerce Department blacklisted the company last year.




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Fitbit Aims to Study How Devices Can Track Atrial Fibrillation Faster

Atrial fibrillation, the most common form of heart rhythm irregularity, increases the risk of stroke and is usually prevalent among people above 65 years.




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Poco F2 Pro Pricing Leaks, Could Arrive With Same Colour Options as Redmi K30 Pro

A report suggests that the company will unveil the Poco F2 Pro smartphone at an event on May 12.