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Twitter is getting rid of its iconic egg avatar. The micro-blogging site is changing its default egg profile photo and replacing it with a new non-gender specific silhouette photo.
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It is that time of the year, when even the tech world goes overboard with April Fools’ Day pranks. Every year geniuses at top tech companies, thanks to their creative juices, come up with the coolest and weirdest ideas and innovations. Let’s us dive in and see what the great minds have for us this year! Continue reading “April Fools’ Day 2017: OnePlus Dash Energy drink, Nvidia GeForce GTX G-Assist, Google Play for Pets and more”
After Hyderabad and Bengaluru, ACT (Atria Convergence Technologies Pvt. Ltd.) has upgraded its existing internet plans by offering more speed speeds and data limits for its customers in Chennai. This is the third upgrade for Chennai customers, since plans were upgraded in October 2015 and again last year. Continue reading “ACT Fibernet revises plans in Chennai, 150 Mbps plan now at Rs. 1999 with 350GB FUP”
Airtel launched 4G LTE services in Jammu & Kashmir across 25 towns/locations across the Jammu region earlier this month. Today it has announced that Airtel 4G is now available in 61 towns across Jammu & Kashmir (22 towns in Kashmir and 39 towns in Jammu). Airtel 4G has been rolled out in Jammu & Kashmir using FD LTE technology in the 1800 MHz band. It already said that it plans to expand its 4G footprint to over 100 towns across the state. Continue reading “Airtel 4G now available in 61 towns across Jammu & Kashmir”
Age of Empires: Castle Siege, cross-platform real-time strategy game was announced for Android earlier this year, ages after launching on Windows, Windows Phone and iOS platforms. As promised the game has finally found its way to Android platform, but it is available only in Australia, Vietnam and Canada. Continue reading “Age of Empires: Castle Siege for Android gets soft launch in Australia, Vietnam and Canada”
Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries today announced that Reliance Jio now has over 72 million, and still counting in a month of starting Prime enrollment. He said that this is the largest migration from free to paid services in history in such a short period of time. Continue reading “Reliance Jio clocks over 72 million Prime members, deadline extended till Apr 15, Rs. 303 recharge offers free services till June”
Idea Cellular today announced that it will offer postpaid customers 1GB data per day, for a month, on 4G Handsets. This is available for all postpaid customers on Limited rental plans of Rs. 199 and above. The data benefit of 1GB / day is available on 4G handset only and 3GB/month for Non 4G Handset users.
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Palmer Luckey, co-founder VR company Oculus and Rift creator is leaving Facebook. This was first reported by UploadVR. Facebook had acquired Oculus in 2014 for nearly $2 billion.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook had announced an iOS app Design and Development Accelerator in Bengaluru during his visit in India last year in May. Now, the company has officially announced the opening of its app accelerator in Bangalore. Continue reading “Apple opens app accelerator in Bengaluru”
Apple is gearing up to start assembling iPhones in India. According to a latest PTI report, the company will start making iPhones in the country from April. The news comes a month after government of Karnataka welcomed Apple’s proposal to begin “initial manufacturing operations” in Bangalore.
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In the wake of the recent electronics ban in U.S flight, Qatar Airways is offering passengers with a laptop loan service. The complimentary laptops will be available to Business Class passengers travelling on all US-bound flights from next week and can be collected after boarding.
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After partnering with Samsung to bundle its Skype, OneDrive, and OneNote apps on the Galaxy S6 and S7 series of smartphones, Microsoft announced that it will continue its partnership with Samsung to pre-load business productivity apps and software on the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ Microsoft Edition. Continue reading “Microsoft will sell Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ Microsoft Edition”
Twitter is making it easy for its users to communicate on its platform using 140 characters. From today, the micro blogging platform will stop counting usernames as part of the 140 character limit when you’re replying to tweets.
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Telegram has introduced voice calls in the latest update that bumps the app to version 3.18. The instant messaging app says Telegram voice calls are built upon the end-to-end encryption of its Secret Chats feature.
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Uber has introduced Uber Lost & Found India Index, a list of the most frequently, and most surprisingly ‘lost and found’ items by Uber riders in India. Continue reading “Puppies, cabbage, rings, phones are the top things Indians forget while riding in Uber”
