Technology

Beleaguered Indian wireless carrier Vodafone Ideawill pay 35 billion rupees ($490 million) in telecoms dues to the government by February 21, a lawyer for the company said on Monday. Hopes that Vodafone Idea could outlive the financial squeeze due to the outstanding dues payments helped its shares gain as much as 23.5% on […]

It is almost impossible to find a college student now without a mobile phone. A feature phone is a device which allows users to access internet, play store and play music but lacks the advanced functionality of a smartphone. While there are many phones in the market, making an informed […]

Vodafone Idea Ltd and Bharti Airtel Ltd, the worst affected by the top court’s verdict on the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) case, made partial payments of their dues to the government on Monday after the court pulled up the operators for failing to meet the payment deadline set by it. […]

Microsoft is working on a new feature called “Outlook Spaces” that would allow users to organise emails, meetings, calendar appointments, to-do lists, notes and documents into easy-to-follow project areas. With the “Spaces’ feature, users can also include any relevant links and more at one single place, thus improving productivity at work. […]

Estrangement has become harder in the digital age and social media platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram, can make break-ups much worse, say researchers. People who use features like un-friending, un-following or blocking still face troubling encounters with ex-partners online. For the study, published in the journal ‘Proceedings of the ACM on […]

It may have been just a few months since Google launched its Pixel 4 smartphones, but a new image has leaked that shows the purported Pixel 5 XL with a unique-looking design language. The phone is reported to keep the same texture finished on both the frames and the rear glass, both […]

In a bid to prevent users from receiving unsolicited images, Twitter has launched a plugin called “Safe DM”. According to reports, a developer named Kelsey Bressler came up with the idea after she received an unwanted nude picture from a man. On Friday, the plugin — called Safe DM — […]

Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson has launched two new Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered offerings in its Network Services portfolio, enabling communications service providers to secure always-on networks and deliver optimal user experiences. The two new portfolio additions — Network Intelligence and Omni Network Channel — are part of Ericsson’s Network Services […]

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg accepts that global tax reforms mean it may have to pay more taxes in different countries, excerpts of a speech he is due to deliver in Germany on Saturday show. Cross-border tax rules are set to be rewritten after 137 states sought last month to […]

Google detailed how it took down malicious apps and developers from the Play Store last year in its new security report. In 2019, Google recorded a 98 per cent decrease in apps accessing SMS and call log data. It was further able to stop over 790,000 policy-violating app submissions before […]

Wearing virtual reality goggles, Jang Ji-sung burst into tears as her 7-year-old daughter, Na-yeon, emerged from behind piles of wood in a neighbourhood park, her playground until she died from blood-related diseases three years ago. “Mom, where have you been? Have you been thinking of me?” Na-yeon said, prompting a […]

Samsung has finally started preorders for its flagship Galaxy S20 series in India. The company will start shipping the phones from March 6. Interested customers can prebook the new Samsung phones starting today at 12:00 noon from the company’s official website. Samsung’s new flagship series features three phones namely Galaxy […]

Even as the organisers of the world’s largest mobile exhibition have decided to cancel the Mobile World Congress 2020 in Barcelona in view of safety concerns due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, many technology firms are still weighing options about how to make the announcements that they planned to make […]