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18 May

Battlegrounds Mobile is now up for pre-registration on the Indian Google Play Store

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Battlegrounds Mobile, the Indian version of PUBG Mobile, is now up for pre-registration on the Indian Google Play Store. It is big news for India's gamer community, which felt a big setback last year when the ban came into effect. Although a large fraction of these gaming enthusiasts managed to circumvent the ban, an official entity in the form of Battlegrounds Mobile will encourage the rest of them. But this Indian version brings a horde of censored content and restrictions to the game, just so there will be no potential roadblocks in the way of the world's most popular battle…

17 May

Apple may be compromising key feature for a smaller notch in iPhone 13

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One of the changes in iPhone 13 lineup is expected to be a smaller notch at the top of the display. It has now been revealed that Apple will be able to do so through a significantly smaller sensor used in the notch than before. iPhone 13 may feature a smaller display notch A new report indicates that the Cupertino tech giant has decided to scale down the die size of the VCSEL chips used in the Face ID scanner. With this, Apple will be able to produce a much smaller Face ID sensor chip for its iPhones and iPads…

15 May

Airtel Payments Bank launches DigiGold – a digital platform for customers to make investments in gold

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As part of its growing bouquet of digital services, Airtel Payments Bank today launched DigiGold in partnership with SafeGold - the leading provider of digital gold. With DigiGold, Airtel Payments Bank’s savings account customers can invest in 24K gold using the Airtel Thanks app. Customers can also gift DigiGold to their family and friends, who have a savings account with Airtel Payments Bank. The gold purchased by customers is stored securely by SafeGold at no additional cost and can be sold through Airtel Thanks app at any time in a matter of few clicks. There is no minimum investment…

14 May

WhatsApp will now send “persistent” reminders to users who have yet to accept their new policy

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Users yet to accept new terms and conditions for the messaging platform WhatsApp will now receive "persistent" reminders ahead of the 15 May deadline. The changes relate primarily to the way businesses interact with customers. Since they were announced, in January, there has been concern about the prospect of increased data sharing with WhatsApp's parent company, Facebook, but this will not be changing. And most of the app's two billion users had already accepted, the company said. Those who do not will start to lose functionality - beginning with being unable to see chat lists and ending with not receiving video calls…

14 May

Airtel trumps Jio again on active user addition in February

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Bharti Airtel may have fallen behind rival Reliance Jio in overall subscriber additions for February but has added the most number of active users for the third straight month, analysts said. Airtel added 3.7 million active users, taking its active user share to 34.6% and its active user base to 340 million in February. By contrast, Jio lost 0.2 million active users, dragging its overall active users base down to 324 million and its active user market share slipped to 33%, an analysis of latest subscriber data put out by the telecom regulator showed. Loss-making Vi, which added gross users…

13 May

Frustrated with Low Internet speed? Here are a few easy ways to speed up your Wi-Fi connection

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With the onset of a second wave of the COVID 19 pandemic, many people are confined to lockdowns across various regions in India. And work from home will remain the norm, so users will need to be prepared. One good way to make sure you don’t run into connectivity hiccups during work hours from home is to make sure your connection is working at peak speeds. Here are 4 ways to speed up your Wi-Fi connection speeds on Windows 10. Disable background apps A good way to make sure your bandwidth is not being wasted in tools you’re not going to…

12 May

Elon Musk may be planning to accept dogecoin as a form of currency for Tesla

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Billionaire Elon Musk and cryptocurrency aficionado on Tuesday asked his 54 million followers on Twitter "Do you want Tesla to accept Doge?," referring to a digital currency worth roughly 48 cents with no real-world use. The question, in the form of a Twitter poll, comes days after he called dogecoin a "hustle," sending the meme-inspired cryptocurrency's price reeling after a 700% rally in a month. A proponent of digital currencies, the Tesla Inc chief executive made the comment as a guest host on the "Saturday Night Live" TV show this past weekend. Musk is one of the world's richest people…

11 May

Battlegrounds Mobile India may be releasing on the 10th of June

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Battlegrounds Mobile India is all the rage right now. It is the reincarnation of PUBG Mobile that the Indian government banned last year due to security issues. Krafton, the company that owns PUBG IP rights, said that the battle royale game -- which is a renamed version of the PUBG Mobile India game -- will arrive in India soon, but there is not a particular date to put the finger on. There are rumours around that the launch may take place in June. And now, there is a crazy fan theory narrowing down the timeframe. According to the theory, the…

10 May

Elon Musk names satellite “DOGE-1” after his beloved cryptocurrency Dogecoin

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On April 1, Elon Musk had tweeted - SpaceX is going to put a literal Dogecoin on the literal moon. The tweet led to a surge in Dogecoin price and it has pretty much been ruling the internet since then. Yet, no one would have expected Musk to actually do that. And, here we are. The Tesla chief is actually sending Dogecoin to the moon. Elon Musk's commercial rocket company SpaceX has announced that it will launch "DOGE-1 Mission to the Moon" in the first quarter of next year. Musk tweeted that company's new satellite will be called Doge-1. Not…

08 May

WhatsApp scraps the idea of forcing its users to accept the new privacy policy by May 15

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The Facebook-owned messaging app had earlier made it mandatory for all users to accept the new policies by May 15 to continue using the services. However, as per the latest reports, the company will no longer ask its users to accept it, and not accepting the policies will not lead to the deletion of accounts. WhatsApp has been at the receiving end of users ever since it had introduced the new privacy policies. A WhatsApp spokesperson had said in a statement that no user will lose access to their WhatsApp account even if they do not accept the new terms…