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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. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3aUVCe0

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. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3fcgYXY

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. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2SpPW5l

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. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3d7QKE7

Facebook Issues 40 Million Warning Labels to Identify Misleading Content Related to COVID-19

Facebook has introduced Covid-19 Information Center on the app in order to limit the spread of misinformation related to Covid-19. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2SljqBD

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. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3d3tRRU

Paytm Mall Receives 3.5 Lakh Requests to Deliver Mobile, Laptops Amid Covid-19 lockdown

The company said it has also received over two lakh e-mails from customers for delivering the non-essential items with demand for mobile phones rising 200 percent. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3bRJiwD

HCARD, a Robot Built by Indian Scientists, to Offer Contactless Treatment in Hospitals

Alongside the HCARD robot, CSIR's labs have been further contributing with contactless hospital waste management systems, sanitisation services and more. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3aKB4ot

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. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3fapabd

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. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2Sn6ScN

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. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3aOlRmC

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. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2yTv0wL

Google is Adding 30 Lakh New Users on Meet Daily as Video Calls Surge

Meet has also witnessed a 30-fold increase in usage since January ever since the Coronavirus pandemic broke out. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3cVabzN

Apple Hopes Affordable iPhone and Discounts Will Help Create Demand in China

While iPhone retail stores are shut in the United States and Europe, China is the only major market where Apple has been able to reopen all shops. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2W7mmCX

Paris Photo Fair Organizers Launch Online Catalogue as COVID-19 Cancels Physical Event

The online viewing room, open to the public through April 30, gives access to more than 1,200 photographic works by world-renowned painters around the world. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2VNiqrK

Exclusive | The Overpriced N95 Masks That You Are Buying on Shopping Websites 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. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2YhjPZE

Zomato Makes 'Contactless Dining' Feature Free For Restaurants For Next Six Months

Zomato last week announced a "contactless dining" feature to help restaurants increase trust and confidence of customers during coronavirus pandemic. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3d3BxE5

Pixel Buds 2 Finally Go On Sale, But Will They Come to India?

Google's true wireless earbuds are finally out adding to the numerous options out there, but these just might be the best ones for an Android user. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2Sy1Avl

WhatsApp Voice And Video Calls Can Now Have 8 Participants: Here is How to Use it

It is still lesser than 32 participants that Apple FaceTime allows, the 12-person limit that Google Duo now has, Skype and Facebook Messenger Rooms which supports 50 participants and Zoom that allows 100 people in a group call. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2yc4gaT

Airtel Inks $1 Billion Multi-year Deal With Nokia to Enhance 5G Network Capacity in India

Nokia which is the largest 4G vendor in Airtel network in India will help lay the foundation for providing 5G connectivity in the future. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2Yd9q0M

Samsung Galaxy J2 Core (2020) With Android Go Unveiled in India: All The Details Here

The Samsung Galaxy J2 Core (2020) price in India starts from Rs 6,299. This price is for the 16GB storage and 1GB RAM. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3aMVk94

Xiaomi Officially Unveils MIUI 12: Here Are All The Phones Getting The Update

Xiaomi has released an early list of devices that will be getting its new MIUI 12 update in the coming months. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3eX08MA

France Launches "AlloCovid", an AI Voice Assistant Service to Help COVID-19 Patients

Anybody in France can now ring the "AlloCovid" service, which is easily accessible to old people who prefer telephones than mobile apps or filling forms. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2VYUm4g

Twitter Turns Off Its SMS Service in Most Countries Owing to Security Concerns

The ability to receive tweet notifications via SMS has been disabled in many countries. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2SewyZ5

Xiaomi Patent Application Reveals Foldable Phone With Twisting Camera System

The patent for a twisting camera module has been filed with the China National Intellectual Property Administrations. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3cSYf1l

HP Announces New Manufacturing Facility to Address Growing PC Demands

HP has been growing in India, consistently registering double-digit revenue growth. According to the IDC, almost every third PC and every second printer being sold in India belongs to HP. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3eWDTWX

Contactless Dining Will be Massive, And This is How Paytm Wants The New Reality to Look Like

What Paytm intends to do is generate a unique QR code for partner restaurants and eateries, which will be prominently displayed at these establishments. A user can open their Paytm app, scan the QR code, browse the menu option and place the order instantly. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3aFlgDH

UFOs Are Real: Does This Mean Aliens Have Been Visiting Earth All Along?

Even though these videos are now available for everyone to see, there is still no official explanation as to what these aircrafts are, any identification or whether they were further tracked or not. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2W3ciLd

Advanced Hydrogel Can Cool Devices and Convert Waste Heat Into Electricity

Researchers from Wuhan University in China wanted to design a smart thermogalvanic hydrogel that could convert waste heat into electricity, while also lowering the temperature of the device. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2VH39ZE

Microsoft Bing COVID-19 Tracker Update Brings New India Specific Features

The Bing COVID-19 Tracker allows users to track novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infections across the globe and in India at a hyperlocal level. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3cPpUQP

Indians Want Contactless Dining And Digital Payment Options The Next Time They go to a Restaurant

Digital menus are the way forward. At the same time, more than 96% of respondents want better waitlist management. There should be options to preselect seating as well as the availability of sanitizers at tables. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2SaqsJ3

Android Phones to Soon Offer Live Captions or 'Subtitles' for Phone Calls

It is being said that the feature might make its way to the final version of the OS, which means that the finished product could launch with Android 11 later this year. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2zzhQFD

Buffer-Based Video Streaming Technology Could Soon be Replace With This New Algorithm

Researchers describe how they created an algorithm that pushes out only as much data as the viewer's internet connection can receive without degrading quality. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2SqXHIz

US Court Slaps Facebook With a 'Record' $5 Billion Fine Over Data Privacy

Some privacy activists had challenged the deal claiming it let off Facebook too easy after the Cambridge Analytica scandal that allowed the hijacking of personal data of millions of users ahead of the 2016 US presidential election. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2Yb1eOC

Vodafone Idea Has a Double Data Offer For Prepaid Users; Recharge Packs Start Rs 299

At this time, the Vodafone Idea Double Data Offer is available on prepaid packs priced at Rs 299, Rs 399, Rs 449, Rs 599 and Rs 699. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2VCTG5E

China Orders TikTok Owner ByteDance to Remove Feishu Workplace App; You May Know it as Lark

This also puts ByteDance at a disadvantage against rivals Alibaba and Tencent, who also offer similar workplace apps. In fact, Tencent makes the super-app WeChat while Alibaba has DingTalk. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2VGayZe

As Beautiful as The Moon? This is The First Time we Get to See The Lunar Surface in Such Detail

Scientists used information from six Apollo-era regional maps along with updated information from recent satellite missions to the moon. The missions include the including the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Japan’s SELENE. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2KyTbTV

Weekly Tech Recap: Facebook-Reliance Deal, OnePlus 8 Price, PUBG Mobile 0.18.0 Update and More

A round-up of all the big stories from the world of technology during the week. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3bGARE9

Google Tells Why Some People Prefer Face-to-Face Communication Over Video Conferencing

Humans have spent about 70,000 years learning to communicate face-to-face, but video conferencing is only about 100 years old. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3cFKT8K

OnePlus Warp Charge 30 Wireless Charger Will be Available For Rs 3,990

The new Warp Charge 30 Wireless Charger might launch alongside the new OnePlus 8 series in India next month. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2VZVRyZ

I Want a 1Gbps Broadband Connection For my Home, How Much Does it Cost? Answer: Not a Lot

The super fast 1Gbps plans don’t exactly cost an arm and a leg either. At present, Reliance JioFiber, Airtel Xstream broadband, Spectra, ACT broadband and MTNL offer 1Gbps internet connections for your home. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2xcvTQE

NASA Engineers Built This COVID Ventilator in 37 Days, And it Has Already Passed a Key Test

VITAL has a design that allows flexibility of use, which makes it relevant for temporary hospitals and health facilities that may already be running short of medical equipment. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3cLZhwc

Xiaomi Now Lets You Trade Gold in India Via Mi Pay App on Android

Customers also have the option to securely store the gold in a vaulting firm operated by a Mi partner. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3eOgQNW

Redmi Note 9 Launch in Global Markets Scheduled for April 30: Here's What to Expect

The Redmi Note 9 Series will be unveiled at 8 PM GMT on April 30 through an online event that will be live-streamed across Xiaomi's social media channels. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2S6bgN3

Facebook Takes Down Pseudoscience Ads to Curb Covid-19 Misinformation

More than 78 million Facebook users were interested in “pseudoscience," Facebook said. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2KDSYyx

Covid-19 Tracker Bracelets to be Used in Europe as Ports Look to Reopen

The Coronavirus bracelets ensure physical distancing among people and collect no data. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3eQRsHq

Xiaomi India Introduces Authorised Gold Trading Via Mi Pay App

Customers also have the option to securely store the gold in a vaulting firm operated by a Mi partner. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3aFUnPQ

Microsoft Surface Earbuds to Launch on May 6 for About Rs 13,500

The wireless earbuds can pair with Windows 10 computers and smartphones and can work with any platform from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/354vSKT

Indian Researchers Build Pracriti, an AI Dashboard to Track Spread of Covid-19

According to the researchers, the dashboard will give a detailed state-wise and district-wise predictions of coronavirus cases in the country. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2KumN4O

Tech Companies Race to Launch Video Conferencing Apps, All With Zoom in Sight

Facebook’s WhatsApp, Apple’s FaceTime and similar Google apps offer group video chat as well, although FaceTime is limited to iPhones and other Apple devices. from Top Tech News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3bCdYBZ