Twitter announced in a blog post that they are introducing a new feature called Topics. This feature is designed to let users follow all the best tweets from a particular news topic that they choose. Topic suggestions will appear in your timeline and in search based on what the users tend to look for and already follow on Twitter.
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Fujifilm has announced their newest addition to their X-Series cameras, called the FUJIFILM X-A7. The camera boasts a newly developed 24.24MP APS-C sensor with copper wiring to enable high-speed data readout, and features phase detection pixels across the entire sensor surface to enhance AF speed and accuracy.
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Facebook has been testing the option to let users customise their navigation bar in its Beta app for a while. The option is now rolling out everyone, with iOS users already having the update and Android users getting it over the next few weeks.
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IDC India has reported a record 46.6 million units for smartphone shipments in Q3 2019, which calculates to a 9.3% YoY growth and a 26.5% growth compared to the Q2 this year. This record was largely due to the multiple online sales festivals, new smartphone launches and price corrections on many important models.
Letstrack, a popular GPS device tracking company has decided to expand to the US market after its successful Indian market entry. The company aims to establish itself in the US market by 2020 with its pilot program crossing more than 10K app registrations in the country.
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Google has announced that Sanjay Gupta will fill the position of Country Manager and Vice President, Sales and Operations for Google India. The position, previously held by Rajan Anandan, was vacant for 8 months and now will be taken up by Sanjay Gupta who joined Google from Star and Disney India.
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Google launched Teachable Machine two year ago, a website that enabled people to experience AI by training their own machine learning models. With the launch of Teachable Machine 2.0, Google has simplified the process even further by letting users train their models with the click of a button, no coding required, and export it to websites, apps, physical machines and more.
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International Data Corporation (IDC) has reported a growth of 0.8% Year on Year for smartphone shipments in its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Total shipments counted to 358.3 million smartphones that resulted in an 8.1% growth compared to the last quarter, marking positive growth in smartphone shipments after almost 2 years.
Havells India Ltd., a leading electrical company has introduced its latest range of air-purifiers called Freshia. They come a 9 stage filtration process that eliminate 99% of air borne pollutants, as small as o.3 micron and can cover spaces ranging from 485 square feet to 958 square feet.
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With 5G barely out being deployed to the world, news has come from China that it has started looking into 6G development. China has just turned on its 5G networks this month, being one of the very few countries with 5G deployed and now has reportedly set its eyes on 6G.
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Google has partnered with ESET, Lookout, and Zimperium to create the App Defense Alliance that is aimed at improving the protection for users from bad apps in the market. The partnership will boost the current Play Protect service with the goal of reducing the risk of app-based malware, identifying new threats, and protecting our users.
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The Kerala government has green lit the Kerala-Fiber Optic Network (K-Fon) project that will provide free high speed internet connection to over 20 Lakh Below Poverty Line (BPL) families. The $1548 crore project is estimated to be completed by December 2020 and will be built by a group led by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL).
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Google had confirmed earlier that Pixel 3 series would get Astrophotography, that was announced along with Pixel 4. The update is now coming out for Pixel devices via Google Camera v7.2 through the play store, up from the Google Camera v6.3.
With the launch of Pixel and Pixel XL in October 2016, Google promised 2 years of Software updates and 3 years of security updates. Google extended that promise by pushing Android 10 to the devices and now, Google has confirmed that they will push one final OTA in December for Pixel First gen.
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Chrome OS has been updated with a bunch of new features aimed at improving functionality for the user. These include Virtual Desks to help organize your workspace, easier phone call making capabilities, quicker printing and feedback sharing.
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