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25 Years Ago, the First Mobile Phone Call Was Made in India, Costing Over Rs 8/Minute
Erstwhile Union Telecom Minister Sukh Ram and Chief Minister of West Bengal Jyoti Basu were the first two individuals to establish a mobile phone call in India, on Nokia mobile phones that were connected through airwaves operated by Modi-Telstra.
Spotify Now Has Over 138 Million Paid Subscribers Worldwide
Spotify also forecast total revenue in the range of EUR 1.85 billion (roughly Rs. 16,216 crores) to EUR 2.05 billion (roughly Rs. 17,968 crores) for the third quarter. Analysts were expecting EUR 2.01 billion (roughly Rs. 17,620 crores).
Mackenzie Scott donates $1.7 billion of her wealth since split with Jeff Bezos
MacKenzie Scott, exwife of Amazon.com Inc's billionaire Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, has donated $1.7 billion of her wealth in the past year to causes including racial equality, LGBTQ rights, public health and climate change, she said in a blog post on Tu...
Factbox: Turkey's new rules for social media platforms
Turkey's new law on social media has raised concerns about a possible further crackdown on dissenting voices, while President Tayyip Erdogan's government says it is necessary to increase local accountability of foreign platforms.
TikTok CEO says U.S. needs China-owned app for social media competition
U.S. advertisers would be left with few choices and social media competition would dry up without TikTok, Kevin Mayer, the new CEO of the popular short video app that is owned by Chinese internet giant ByteDance, wrote in a blog post on Wednesday.
Facebook Wins Court Relief as it Temporarily Halts EU Regulator's Antitrust Data Demands
Facebook on July 15 sued the EU competition enforcer, saying that the Commission was seeking information beyond what is necessary, including highly personal details.
Google Launches a New Project in US That Will Feature Sports Content on Standalone Website
The project called "The Matchup" will be a part of existing sports pages on member sites and will have its own site in early 2021.
Is Instagram Luring Top TikTok Creators With Money to Join Reels Ahead of Global Launch?
The development comes at a time when the US government is considering a ban on TikTok, a popular short video-sharing platform owned by Chinese unicorn ByteDance.
Mastercard Partners with Microsoft to Push Cloud-based Digital Payment Services
The collaboration aims to strengthen Mastercard's cloud services and other capabilities and fintech partners, sparking innovation and creativity for the ecosystem, the company said.
Garmin Hack, Glitch in Flight Navigation and an NSA Warning: The Massive Threat of WastedLocker
At the centre of the threat is the extent of sophistication that Evil Corp, the alleged perpetrator of the attack, can exhibit – one that puts some of the world's biggest corporations and entities at massive cyber risk.
Tesla says took government payroll benefits to offset coronavirus shutdowns
Tesla Inc received payroll related benefits from the government in the first half of the year to help reduce the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on its business, the electric carmaker said in a filing on Tuesday.
This Is What Qualcomm Quick Charge 5 With 100W+ Fast Charging Means For Your Next Android Phone
The Qualcomm Quick Charge 5 with 100W+ fast charging can juice up a completely dead battery up to 50% in just 5 minutes.
Redmi 9 India Launch Confirmed For August 4: Check Specs, Features and More
The Indian variant of the Redmi 9 will reportedly feature a MediaTek Helio G80 octa-core processor coupled with either 4 or 6GB of RAM and up to 64GB of onboard storage.
More Chinese Apps Banned in India; 47 Apps That Cloned Previously Banned Apps Axed
The new list of apps that the government has banned includes alternatives and lite versions of Chinese apps that were previously banned in the country.
OnePlus 8T, 8T Pro to Feature 64-Megapixel Cameras Suggests App Code
A string of code found in the latest update for the OnePlus Camera app with version 5.4.23 hints at a 64-megapixel sensor.
PUBG Mobile, AliExpress, Ludo World: Are More Chinese Apps Set To Be Banned In India?
The latest list of Chinese apps under the scanner include the incredibly popular game PUBG Mobile, ecommerce platform AliExpress and another popular game Ludo World.