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Aarogya Setu Registration Will be Mandatory to Setup New Phone: Govt Sources

Nodal agencies will get in touch with the smartphone supply chain to have the app installed on all new smartphones.




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Over 40 Million Fake COVID-19 Content on Facebook, Be Aware Before You Read

Facebook has introduced Covid-19 Information Center on the app in order to limit the spread of misinformation related to Covid-19.




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Apple 'Disbaled' FaceTime on Older iPhones and Now it Has to Pay $18 Million For Damages

Over 3.6 million devices are said to have been affected by the update and each class member will receive an estimated $3.




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Assassin's Creed Valhalla is Set in Vikings Era: What the Game Storyline May Feature

Assassin's Creed: Valhalla still remains some distance away in the future, but more details should be released in the coming months.




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Redmi Note 9 to Launch Today: Here’s How to Watch Live Stream

The Redmi Note 9 is going to launch globally and Xiaomi is also expected to launch the Mi Note 10 Lite globally.




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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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New Smartphone Battery Tech by Indian Scientists Can Keep Your Phone Charged for Days

Scientists may have overcome the rapid battery degradation issue in Lithium-sulfur ion batteries, hence finally making them commercially viable.




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Twitter Grants Access to Researchers With Real-Time Data to Study COVID-19 Tweets

The project aims to gather information about the spread of coronavirus, assessing the emergency response and tackling the misinformation during the crisis.




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Global Smartphone Output to See Record 16.5% Slump in June: TrendForce

Both Apple and Samsung will retain their first and third spots respectively but they are also expected to lose market shares as well.




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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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Best Apps to Work From Home Without Missing Out on Features

With most of us now working from home, it has become important to find the best replacement of our regular office use software. He




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Google Launches Coronavirus Task Force, Removes 2.7 Billion 'Bad Advertisements'

Google also blocked and removed coronavirus-related marketing pitches in recent months for policy violations including price-gouging and misleading claims.




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Growth in India's Software Market to See 4.1% Drop as Covid-19 Impacts IT Spending

The decline in growth rate is likely because enterprises relook at their buying decisions owing to an increased focus on profitability.




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Call of Duty Mobile Season 6 Goes Live on Android and iOS: New Maps, Game Modes and More

The Call of Duty Season 6 is updated with version 1.0.12 is available on both Google Play Store and Apple App Store.




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Samsung to Start Mass Production of 5nm Chips in Q2 2020: All The Details Here

The production will take place at the start-of-the-art Samsung V1 facility located in Hwaseong, South Korea.




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Reliance Jio Deployed Multiple Measures to Help Mobile & JioFiber Users During COVID Lockdown

The virtualization and network automation technologies ensured that the networks continued to work smoothly even though there was a significant increase in traffic due to everyone working from home.




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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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Jio & Facebook Getting JioMart on WhatsApp Pushes a Big Digital Shift For 1.3 Billion Indians

Reliance Jio says this investment would enable new opportunities for businesses of all sizes. There is special focus on small businesses across India, and there is expectation that the new digital ecosystems will reach out to as many as 1.3 billion Indians, including via WhatsApp.




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Jio Adds 24mn Users in First Three Months of 2020, Annual Profit Soars by 177%

Reliance Jio now has over 388 million subscribers on its network, and looks set to grow stronger with a new investment from Facebook.




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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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Intel 10th-Gen Desktop CPUs Are Here Headed by the Mighty 10-Core Core-9 10900K

Intel is pushing the boundaries once again with its new 10th-gen Comet Lake processor range for consumer desktops.




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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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Industry Dialogue: COVID Disruption is Proof That We Need to be Serious About 5G Networks in India

5G will help in easing out on the network congestion thereby improving user experience while streaming videos across platforms. It will also provide a smart data pipe for content; monetize broadcast spectrum and provide live streaming on-the-go sans data caps.




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Xiaomi Users, Beware: Your Data is Being Read by Chinese Servers

Cyber security researchers have found that a number of Xiaomi phones are regularly sending browsing history, app usage and music patterns to remote servers.




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PUBG Mobile ‘Mad Miramar’: Golden Mirado, Canted Sight, Scoped Winchester 94 and More

PUBG Mobile has officially confirmed some of the new changes that we can expect in the upcoming update that is arriving on May 7.




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With Coronavirus Tests Made Free For All, Websites Crash in Los Angeles As Thousands Register

One of the websites used to schedule appointments showed there were no slots available for people not showing any symptoms or those who are not "front-line workers".




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COVID-19 Impact: Global Smartphone Sales Plummet 13% in Q1 2020, Samsung Worst Hit

This is the first time since Q1 2014, that the smartphone market has fallen below 300 million units in a quarter.




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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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Not Just Your Chats With Friends, WhatsApp Plays a Crucial Role For Businesses Amidst Lockdown

WhatsApp Business has more than 1 million businesses active on the app, in India. They are relying on a bunch of tools that WhatsApp has made available to them, to stay in touch with current customers as well as potential customers.




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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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Apple Will Soon Let You to Unlock Your iPhone While Wearing a Face Mask

The new feature is expected to receive a warm welcome from iPhone users who are out and about in a facemask protecting themselves from COVID-19.




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EventBot Malware Can Steal Banking Data from Your Android Phone: How to Stay Safe

The malware spreads through side-loaded apps and gains deep level access to Android phones to extract sensitive data about banking apps.




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TikTok is Looking for Fact Checking Partners by Awarding a Rs 35 Lakh Research Grant

According to a Twitter blog post, the grant will help understand the "misinformation ecosystem" on the Indian social media space.




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MeitY Extends Registration Deadline for Indian Video Conferencing Apps to May 7

The MeitY deadline extension only applies to registration of startups, while the idea submission deadline remains the same.




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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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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.