Ookla, using Downdetector data from 2025, analyzed millions of user-submitted reports to identify the largest website and service outages of the year across global and regional markets. The analysis shows that while digital platforms remained essential in 2025, they also proved fragile—particularly when failures occurred at the infrastructure level.
Reliance Jio has unveiled its new prepaid tariff portfolio titled the “Happy New Year 2026” plans. The update introduces three new recharge options ranging from data add-ons to annual subscriptions, with a focus on bundled OTT content and AI service integration.
Google recently enhanced its Gemini audio models – Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash Text-to-Speech – enabling smoother, more natural conversations and delivering an improved translation experience. As part of rolling out these upgrades across its products, Google has integrated the latest Gemini capabilities into Search and the Translate app.
vivo India released the seventh edition of its annual Switch Off Report, titled “The Impact of Excessive Smartphone Usage on Parent-Child Relationships.” The 2025 edition underlines the purpose of vivo’s Switch Off initiative — to understand how smartphone habits affect family interactions and encourage more in-person engagement. This report is part of a broader effort … Continue reading “vivo Switch Off 2025 Report: 91% kids, 81% parents strengthen bonds during phone-free moments”
Spotify on Wednesday announced a major upgrade to its personalization tools. With over 713 million listeners globally, the platform is moving into an era where users don’t just listen—they control the experience. Gustav Söderström, Spotify’s Co-President, CPO, and CTO, highlighted how Prompted Playlists mark a new phase of listener-driven control.
Adobe has launched Photoshop, Adobe Express, and Acrobat for ChatGPT, making the company’s creative and productivity apps available to the platform’s 800 million users. The integration allows users to edit images, design content, and manage documents directly through ChatGPT using simple text prompts.
The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into whether Google has breached EU competition rules by using online content from web publishers and YouTube creators for artificial intelligence (AI) purposes without fair compensation or adequate choice. The probe focuses on whether Google imposed unfair terms, limited rivals’ access to essential data, or used … Continue reading “EU launches formal antitrust case into Google’s AI content practices”
Cellecor Gadgets Limited has launched its QLED Smart TV series powered by JioTele OS. The TVs feature an ultra-slim, edgeless design with integration into the Jio ecosystem. They use Quantum Lucent Display Technology to provide increased brightness, deeper color depth, and improved contrast.
OnePlus has announced the onboarding of six prominent Indian personalities from diverse fields as its new brand ambassadors. The performers joining the OnePlus family are cricketer Jasprit Bumrah, cricketer Smriti Mandhana, entertainer Jonathan, musician Armaan Malik, racing driver Kush Maini, and actress Nitanshi Goel.
Samsung has announced it will host The First Look event on January 4, 2026, at 7:00 PM PST (10:30 AM IST on January 5, 2026) in the Latour Ballroom at the Wynn Las Vegas. This event is scheduled to precede the opening of CES 2026, the world’s largest IT and Consumer Electronics Show, by two … Continue reading “Samsung to host ‘The First Look’ ahead of CES 2026”
motorola launched the g57 Power, a new smartphone in the g power series, in India last week. This is a slightly toned down version of the g67 Power that was launched recently retaining the display, battery and the design, but this has a different SoC, front camera, but runs Android 16 out of the box. … Continue reading “moto g57 Power Review: Power packed under Rs. 15,000”
Google has begun rolling out the Android 16 update, introducing new features focused on device organization, personalization, communication, safety and accessibility. The rollout also reflects a shift in Google’s release strategy, moving away from a single annual operating system upgrade to more frequent feature releases, ensuring new capabilities reach users as soon as they are … Continue reading “Android 16 December update brings new parental controls, expanded dark theme, expressive captions and more”
Samsung has confirmed Exynos 2600, the company’s next flagship chip, as the successor to Exynos 2500 which was introduced earlier this year.
vivo launched the X300 series in India today as the successor to last year’s X200 series. Here we have the X200 Pro, the top-end model in the series. This gets a brighter LTPO screen, faster processor, improved 200MP APO telephoto sensor, ZEISS optics, and a huge 6510mAh battery. Is this the best camera phone for … Continue reading “vivo X300 Pro Review: Camera powerhouse with endurance to match”
OnePlus has launched an inspiring new campaign, ‘The Edge of Time’, a four-part series dedicated to immortalizing fading art forms and communities through the lens of four distinguished personalities.
