Just a few months ago, 17-year-old Taylor Cassidy was spending hours flailing her arms in an attempt to pick up the latest dance move the "Renegade." That all changed as Cassidy watched videos by Black Lives Matter (BLM) and eventually began creating video skits on TikTok to illustrate the racial injustice she and her friends face on a daily basis.
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WhatsApp users on Tuesday took to Twitter to voice their concerns about a weird issue that prevented the previews for Twitter links from showing up in chats.
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Vodafone prepaid users in India are taking to Twitter to voice their concerns over the operator deducting Rs. 99 from their account citing international roaming fee.
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Remove China Apps has been pulled from Google Play. The app was designed to help users uninstall Chinese apps from their Android smartphones.
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Some OnePlus 8 Pro users have been plagued with an HD streaming issue for over a month now. A bit late but the company has acknowledged the issue and shared a timeline for the fix.
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Amazon reportedly plans summer sale for June 22 to lift sales hurt by coronavirus - CNET
The event could last seven to 10 days, according to a notice to sellers seen by CNBC.
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Vivo will be soon adding a couple of new Y series devices in India dubbed Vivo Y30 and Y50. Currently, the Vivo Y series consists of over a dozen smartphones.
Vivo’s Y series range consists of smartphone from budget to mid-range segment and generally fall under sub Rs 20,000 price segment. The upcoming Vivo Y30 an Y50 is also expected to be in the same segment.
As per the report from, 91mobiles, sourced from a retailer, the Vivo Y30 and Y50 will be launched in India as early as next week. The Vivo Y50 is already launched in Cambodia and the Vivo Y30 will be a new device. Complete specifications, launch offer and the price of the device had appeared ahead of the launch.
Vivo Y50 specs
The Vivo Y50 is powered by Snapdragon 665 SoC with 8GB of RAM and 128GB onboard storage. It flaunts a 6.53-inch Full HD+ LCD panel with a resolution of 2340 × 1080 pixels. The Vivo Y50 houses a big 5,000mAH battery with support for 18W quick charge via Type-C interface. It runs on Funtouch OS 10 based on Android 10.
In the camera department, the handset comes with a quad-camera array with a 13MP primary, an 8MP wide-angle lens, followed by a 2MP macro and 2MP depth sensors. Over at the front, you get a 16MP punch-hole camera. Other features of the device include a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, Bluetooth 5.0, and dual-band Wi-Fi.
Vivo Y30 specs (expected)
Vivo Y30’s poster along with the complete specifications has been reported. The device is said to feature a quad-camera setup at the rear which will most likely be similar to the Vivo Y50, as per the report. Over at the front, you get an 8MP selfie camera. It is tipped to be powered by the MediaTek Helio P35 chipset with 4GB RAM and 128GB storage.
Furthermore, it is also said to pack in a 5,000mAh battery with 5W reverse charging and Type-C port. It will sport a 6.47-inch HD+ display with 90.7% screen to body ration and 19.5:9 aspect ratio. It also comes with multi turbo 3.0 gaming mode.
Pricing
The report also suggests that the Vivo Y50 will carry a MOP tag of Rs 17,990 and the price of Vivo Y30 is unclear at the moment and is expected to be priced around Rs 15,000. The Vivo Y50 will come with 5% cashback on ICICI bank and HDFC bank card transaction.
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Jaadhu, in Hindi, means magic.
Well, that is what Facebook probably hopes to create with its $5.7 billion (Rs 43,573 crore) investment in Reliance Jio Platforms for a 9.99% stake.
Jaadhu Holdings, as it happens, is the name of the new company that Facebook has incorporated for its deal with Jio Platforms.
Jaadhu Holdings is the one that will acquire a minority, non-controlling share in Jio Platforms.
Quite tellingly, a very Indian name for the new entity reveals the nature of the deal and which side it is tilted towards now.
The name of the new company, incorporated in Delaware, USA, emerged in a submission to Competition Commission of India seeking clearance for the $5.7 billion deal that was announced in April.
According to Economic Times, "Jio Platforms, Facebook-owned instant messaging service WhatsApp Inc and Reliance Retail Ltd will also enter into a separate commercial agreement."
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Local is the goal
Ineterestingly, the official filing echoes the larger political exhortation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for being "vocal for local".
“The Proposed Transaction and the Proposed Commercial Arrangement are pro-competitive, benefits consumers, Kirana (corner) stores and other small and micro local Indian businesses, and take forward the vision of digital India,” the filing read.
The deal will help Reliance cut its spiraling debt pile while providing the social media giant with a strong foothold in India’s fast-growing market. Facebook’s decision to move ahead with the investment despite the looming risk of a global economic meltdown signals its confidence in the Indian economy.
The alliance is also expected to help Reliance and Facebook to take on the Indian digital payment space, which is expected to rise five-fold to reach $1 trillion by 2023, and compete with the likes of PhonePe, Amazon Pay, Paytm, and Google Pay.
India is home to the largest user base for Facebook, with around 328 million monthly users, while the company’s messaging app WhatsApp has 400 million users in the country, also the highest in the world. The partnership is expected to fortify WhatsApp’s plan to secure approval to roll out its digital payment service. At the same time, the company also has plans to come up with dedicated digital payment services to small grocers.
Three more from the Gulf region
After Facebook and Jio Platforms clinched a deal, a slew of big-ticket technology investors have also joined the bandwagon. The subsidiary of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has raised a further Rs 34,988 crore from KKR, Vista Equity Partners, General Atlantic and Silver Lake, at an equity value of Rs 4.91 lakh crore and an enterprise value of Rs 5.16 lakh crore.
(You can read everything about Jio Platforms and its various investors in our comprehensive coverage here).
Meanhwile, media reports also have it that three large Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds are in advanced talks to invest in Jio Platforms.
Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Co is nearing a deal to invest about US$1 billion into Jio Platforms and an announcement could come as soon as this week.
Jio Platforms is also in discussions with Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Saudi Arabia’s The Public Investment Fund.
Stage set for Jio Mart
The string of investments by technology giants and private equity firms will go a long way in helping Mukesh Ambani achieve his stated goal of slashing debt at Reliance Industries. The outside money also helps set a valuation for Jio Platforms, which hopes to get listed, if market rumours are to be believed, at Nasdaq.
Apart from the debt reduction, these deals are vital for another reason. Before the pandemic, a mere 1% of India’s Rs 80,000 crore grocery market was represented by online players. However, post the lockdown, e-commerce companies selling essential items experienced an upsurge in demand.
At the core of Jio Platforms's strategy is targeting thousands of offline small businesses, whom both Reliance and Facebook have been planning to integrate into their ecosystems.
The newly-emerged Jio Mart is expected to be the prime mover in this e-commerce campaign from the Reliance stable.
In February, WhatsApp got the formal approval from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) for payment services in India – potentially a game-changer in the digital payment landscape.
According to industry experts, the market opportunities for online commerce in India is predicted to reach $200 billion by 2028 from $30 billion in 2018.
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Amazfit Bip S has been launched in India. The new smartwatch comes with a 5 ATM water-resistant build and offers a battery life of up to 40 days.
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Amazfit Bip S smartwatch has been launched in India today. The Bip S is yet another budget smartwatch from Huami after the Bip and Bip Lite.
The Amazfit Bip S is rated 5ATM water resistance meaning it can survive in rains and gym sessions. The company claims a battery life of 40 days which is quite exceptional for a smartwatch.
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Amazfit Bip S specs and features
Amazfit Bip S comes with a polycarbonate body and 20mm interchangeable straps. The strap is made up of skin-friendly silicone material. The smartwatch comes with a 1.28-inch transflective colour TFT display with resolution 176 x 176. The more light falls on the watch, the more bright and easy it is to see the display. The display comes with features an always-on display, raise to wake feature, and 2.5D Gorilla Glass 3 and anti-fingerprint coating for protection.
The sensors onboard include PPG bio-tracking optical sensor(HR monitor), 3-axis acceleration and 3-axis geomagnetic sensor. For mapping the activities, the watch comes with an in-built GPS+GLONASS dual-mode navigation system. The watch harnesses Bluetooth 5.0 and can be paired with Android and iOS devices using the Amazfit app. It runs on Amazfit OS.
On to the battery life, the Bip S comes with up to 40 days of basic usage, up to 15 days of typical usage. It charges via propriety magnetic charger which takes around 2 hours to completely charge. The watch is also capable of pushing notifications for as many as apps you want, reminders, alarm, and ideal alerts. It also comes with find my phone feature.
The Bip S comes with up to ten sports mode for tracking your activity. To control the watch, you get a button and relay mostly on swipe gestures. The watch comes with 20 watch faces pre-installed and more watch faces will be added in the near future via an OTA update.
Price and availability
Amazfit Bip S is priced at Rs 4,999 in India. It is available on Amazon, Flipkart, Myntra as well as offline stores like Croma, Reliance Digital & Poorvika Mobiles. and comes in four colour options - Red Orange, Carbon Black, White Rock, and Warm Pink.
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A few hours after removing the Mitron App from Play Store for violating its spam and minimum functionality policy, Google has cracked down on India's top-trending 'Remove China Apps' mobile app. Google cited a violation of its 'Deceptive Behaviour Policy' as a reason for its removal.
The app, developed by a Jaipur-based start-up OneTouchAppLabs, the Remove China app has been downloaded more than 5 million times since May. Originally created as an educational tool, the app used its ability to identify the country of origin of apps on Play Store to help users detect and delete apps developed by Chinese firms.
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A report published on TechCrunch says the app was removed under Play Store's deceptive behaviour policy which states that developers cannot make changes to a user's device settings or features outside of the app without the user's knowledge and consent. It can also not encourage or incentivise users into removing or disabling third-party apps on their devices.
The app gained popularity after several influencers in India mooted a boycott of all things Chinese amidst growing anti-China sentiment over fresh Sino-Indian tensions on a lingering border dispute. Taking to Twitter, the creator of this app shared a message to all those who downloaded it and offered a tip on how to find the country where any app on Play Store is developed.
Chinese smartphones rule the roost
Given that India's booming smartphone market, the second largest in the world in terms of usage and production, is replete with Chinese brands is being pointed out as a reality check by economists and some members of the political parties opposing such social media hype.
The issue is not limited to apps or the Play Store. In recent times, the ByteDance-owned TikTok faced public ire in India for removing a video created by an acclaimed influencer. The Chinese firm continues to grapple with the content moderation efforts that led to the latest outcry from a section of the social media. The video has since been reinstated with TikTok claiming its removal in the first place was part of a rigorous review process.
Chinese investments in India's smartphone industry itself is worth millions of dollars with OnePlus, Oppo and Xiaomi being major contributors to this growing trend. In April, India had amended its foreign direct investment policy by enforcing tougher scrutiny of such proposals from Chinese companies.
What caused the latest trend?
The latest boycott Chinese products was initiated by engineer-turned-educator Sonam Wangchuk who released a couple of videos that said deciding not to use products from a country is not akin to spreading hatred. The social innovator, who inspired a breakout character in a Bollywood blockbuster '3 Idiots', has seen his videos garnering millions of views on social media platforms.
The Chinese media too has responded in kind to the social media response in India suggesting that by allowing "irrational anti-China sentiment" to continue, the government risks ruining bilateral relations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping have continuously engaged with each other over the past six years on matters related to defence, border disputes and economic cooperation.
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Head over to Amazon to get your hands on the cheapest 1TB solid state drives in the world at the time of writing.
All four SSDs are available at only $92.99 (roughly £75/AU$135), with free delivery in the US - although international customers will incur additional shipping and import charges.
They are all standard SATA 2.5-inch SSDs with 3D NAND chips (rather than QLC) and most likely use a variant of the Silicon Motion SM2258. They also all support Windows TRIM optimization command, SMART technology and come with three-year warranties.
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Unlike many rival offerings, these drives actually pack the full 1TB of storage, rather than 960GB (although the actual usable storage will be slightly lower). At 7mm high, they should be compatible with some of the larger laptops on the market, as well as certain games consoles.
Internal hard disk drives are still far cheaper than SSDs, but the gap is rapidly decreasing; 5400RPM HDDs of similar size cost about $40, while faster 7200RPM models retail for $50 or more.
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Bear in mind
- If these products aren't available in your region, you may have to use a specialist parcel forwarding service if you want to take advantage of the deal.
- If you've managed to get hold of a cheaper product with equivalent specifications, in stock and brand new, let us know and we'll tip our hat to you.
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Reports began circulating earlier this year about a new Google Chromecast device with a remote and Android TV built-in, and now, new photos have emerged today that seem to corroborate those reports.
The images in question come from XDA and XDA Recognized Developer deadman96385 who found an ‘out-of-box experience’ video for the device (codenamed Sabrina) in a pre-release Chromecast firmware build.
Based on the images, Google’s new streaming dongle has taken on an oblong shape, but retains many of the same design cues from previous versions – namely the embossed G in the middle of the device and the all-matte colored exterior.
Photos for the device show it in three different colors – white, black and peach – as well as the anticipated Android TV remote with a circular navigation wheel popping up in one of the photos as well.
Google Chromecast 4? Chromecast Ultra 2?
Neither XDA nor the XDA developer could provide a ton of details on the specs of the platform based off the source code, however the publication did find out that it will be running an Amlogic SoC that can support Dolby Vision playback.
Considering that the original Google Chromecast Ultra supported 4K HDR10 streaming, it would make sense for Google to up the ante here with Dolby’s more powerful format this time around.
The remote's design also gives us a few clues about the device, like the fact that it will be HDMI-CEC compatible, allowing you to raise the volume on your TV or mute the TV with the pack-in control. The remote also has a Google Assistant button which implies that it will have a microphone built-in as well.
Unfortunately, though, according to the file’s metadata where all the information comes from, the video was created on October 10, 2019 – making it now eight months old at least. In that time Google might have changed the design and XDA made it clear that this might not be the exact final hardware we’ll eventually see from Google later this year. So, like all leaks, take it with a grain of salt.
Chromecast 4 potential price and release date
It’s almost too early to speculate but thankfully Google has been pretty consistent with its release dates and pricing for its Chromecast products: almost all of them release in the fall months for the northern hemisphere (September through November) and cost well under $100 (£80, AU$150).
Early reports from Protocol who spoke to sources say that the device is expected to cost $80 (around £60, AU$120) in order to compete with the Roku Streaming Stick Plus and Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K, but again, this is all a moving target as Google finalizes its 2020 product launches.
As for when we’ll actually get to see them on-stage, well, it’s anybody’s guess at this point. Google IO has been cancelled this year due to Covid-19, and the company has yet to make any mention of its annual September hardware event where it announces the latest Pixel devices.
That said, in this new era of online events where plans can be announced just a few days before they happen, anything can and will happen at any time, so stay tuned.
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The coronavirus pandemic has led to increased adoption of video conferencing software and services and the latest forecast from Gartner predicts that global end-user spending on cloud-based web conferencing solutions will grow by 24.3 percent in 2020.
The video conferencing user base will continue to expand throughout this year though the research and advisory firm believes growth will taper off in 2021 as the lasting effects of a remote workforce make video conferencing services commonplace.
End-user spending on video conferencing is projected to reach $4.1bn in 2020 which is up from $3.3bn last year. Video conferencing is the second-fastest growing category in the unified communications market behind spending on cloud-based phone systems which are forecast to reach $16.8bn this year.
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By 2024, Gartner predicts that in-person meetings will account for just 25 percent of enterprise meetings, representing a drop from 60 percent prior to the pandemic.
Corporate account misuse
While more organizations are using video conferencing services, a new survey of 5,000 remote workers from OneLogin found that 33 percent of workers have used a corporate Zoom account for online socializing with friends or family since they began working from home. To make matters worse, 30 percent of those surveyed admitted to having an online account compromised during that time and 10 percent of these employees failed to change their password afterward.
Even though corporations own and are responsible for the devices that employees are using to potentially expose them to security breaches, half of organizations worldwide have not established cybersecurity guidelines for remote work.
In a press release, CEO and president of OneLogin, Brad Brooks provided further details on the company's 2020 COVID-19 State of Remote work Survey Report , saying:
“Working from home has invited unprecedented challenges to cybersecurity. As the lines between personal and corporate worlds continue to blur, it’s critical that organizations adopt technology and policies that make it as simple as possible for employees to keep systems secure.”
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Smart displays have been around for a while now – since being introduced to the market in 2015, their popularity has soared and you can find them in households across our nation as we progress into the age of tech-driven home ecosystems.
Amazon, a major player in the smart home game, has continually produced smart speakers which have been favoured by tech enthusiasts.
If you’re interested in purchasing one of these well-liked devices, now is a great time to do so as the much anticipated Mid-Year Sale event has seen Amazon discount its popular Echo Show 5 smart display by 39%.
As you would expect, the Echo Show 5 packs in all the traditional features of a smart display – inbuilt voice activation, a virtual assistant (otherwise known as Alexa) and a large 5.5-inch screen.
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What’s great about this device is its convenience – you can easily manage your calendar, make to-do lists, watch movies, listen to songs and set your alarm all from this nifty smart home appliance.
Not only that, you can also use voice control to manage other smart gadgets within your home, making it the central location for your cultivated intelligent machinery.
The Echo Show 5 also has a camera and a mic, meaning you can stay in contact with your friends and family if they have a compatible Echo device, the Alexa app or even a Skype account.
You can grab the Echo Show 5 today for only AU$79 – that’s well below the usual AU$129 price point for your very own virtual assistant. Make your life easier and head to Amazon today to secure this handy smart display – available in charcoal or sandstone.
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