Meta Platforms, the company formerly known as Facebook, is developing a smartwatch with a front-facing camera and rounded screen, according to an image of the device found inside one of the tech giant’s iPhone apps. The photo shows a watch with a screen and casing that’s slightly curved at the edges. The front-facing camera —
Month: October 2021
Popular gaming app and platform Roblox has been down since Friday night, and while there was initially some speculation about an external attack the company confirmed that the outage is due to an internal issue and that it is carrying out the necessary maintenance work to get Roblox up and running again. The company posted
In September, analysts at eMarketer predicted Spotify was poised to overtake Apple Podcasts in U.S. listenership sometime this year. Today, Spotify announced for the first time it may have succeeded on that front. During the company’s Q3 2021 earnings call, the company said that according to Edison Research and its own internal sources, it “recently
Facebook has decided to move forward in the ever-growing world of Internet with ‘metaverse’ that is aimed to take virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) to new levels. As a major step in the new direction, the social media giant on Thursday changed its name to Meta. The company also teased to be working
After intense pressure from the Kremlin, Google and Apple deleted a voting app created by the Russian opposition to mobilize voters against Kremlin candidates in the 2021 parliamentary elections. Apple was also forced to disable the iCloud Private Relay in Russia, which keeps the identity of users and the websites they visit on the Safari
Call recording on Android phones can now be done using Truecaller. The caller ID app has introduced a native call recording feature to let users record both incoming and outgoing calls on their devices. Truecaller stores call recordings in your phone storage. Since the recordings are stored offline, you can listen to them at any
Call of Duty: Vanguard, Jurassic World Evolution 2, Forza Horizon 5, and more games are set to break cover in November. Fans of first-person shooters can start planning their loadouts as Battlefield 2042 and Call of Duty: Vanguard will be hitting both current-gen and next-gen consoles alongside PC. While CoD is luring co-op players with
Ever looked at the back of a television and wondered what on Earth all those connection ports are for? It can be pretty confusing to navigate each and every port and to know which port does what. So, here are some of the most common television cables out there, their variations, and what they do.
Apple lost its crown as the world’s most valuable public company to Microsoft on Friday, as the iPhone maker’s shares fell about 2 percent. Apple took a $6 billion (roughly Rs. 44,940 crore) hit to its sales during the fiscal fourth quarter due to persistent global supply chain problems, leading to a miss on Wall
A US national security panel is investigating Tencent Holdings’ $1.27 billion (roughly Rs. 9,518 crore) takeover of Sumo Group, the British videogame maker said on Friday, in a possible setback to the Chinese internet giant. Sumo, which has studios in the United States and four other countries, said Tencent had agreed to offer undertakings to
Instagram recently revamped the ability to add links in stories with a new Link Sticker option. Earlier, this functionality was available to select users only and the links showed up as a swipe-up button at the bottom. However, with the recent changes, users can now add links to any part of the story on the
Apple doubled its business in India in the fiscal 2021, CEO Tim Cook said during the company’s earnings call on Friday. The executive also stated that the company earned nearly one-third of its revenue from emerging markets in the fiscal year. Despite the growing progress in India, the Cupertino company missed Wall Street expectations due
Over 200 products across nearly 100 brands will be displayed across 10 pavilions during the second online edition of Taiwan Expo India — the flagship exhibition of Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA). Organised with an aim to strengthen business ties between Taiwan and the ASEAN countries including India, the three-day exhibition started on October
GameStop, the company whose stock became a sensation with day traders this year, said on Friday that Jenna Owens agreed to leave, just seven months after joining the video game retailer as its chief operating officer. It is the first major executive departure at GameStop since the company hired a new chief executive officer, Matt
Google and top Indian telecom network Jio Platforms said on Friday that their much-anticipated budget smartphone, JioPhone Next, will go on sale in the world’s second largest smartphone market on November 4 (coinciding with the big Indian festival of Diwali.) The firms said the JioPhone Next will cost 6,499 Indian rupees ($87), and can also
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices alone.
Kodak CA Pro Android TV series has been launched in India. The new CA Pro range comes in 43-inch and 50-inch display sizes. The TVs run on Android 10 and come with Google Assistant support. The new Kodak CA Pro series features 4K ultra-HD displays and come with 40W sound output. The models offer Dolby
Australia’s competition regulator allowed a body representing 261 radio stations to negotiate a content deal with Facebook and Google on Friday, as part of the country’s new law to compel the tech giants to pay for news content. The body, Commercial Radio Australia (CRA), will now have 10 years to negotiate with the tech giants
Despite the popularity of services like Zoom and Skype, Messenger Rooms shouldn’t be overlooked if you need an easy way to host video calls with your friends, family, or co-workers. Messenger Rooms is completely free and it’s simple to get started. To help you on your way, we’ve rounded up the best Messenger Rooms tips
Redmi Note 11 Pro and Redmi Note 11 Pro+ will reportedly launch in India as Xiaomi-branded smartphones. There is no mention about the rebranding of the vanilla Redmi Note 11 5G. Furthermore, there is no information as of now about the launch date of these smartphones in India. The two smartphones were launched in China
Apple on Friday outlined its objections to allowing app developers to link to third-party payment options ahead of a hearing next month that could determine whether a set of antitrust court orders is put on pause. After a lengthy trial earlier this year brought by “Fortnite” creator Epic Games, US District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez
OnePlus 7 Pro and the OnePlus 7 are getting an update that brings the October 2021 Android security patch to the flagship smartphone series from 2019. Alongside, the update is also bundled with a couple of bug fixes — including a call interface fix — and improvements for the OnePlus 7 series smartphones. The update
Fitbit Sense and Fitbit Versa 3 users are getting a new software update that brings some new features to the wearables including status indicators. The Fitbit OS 5.3 update brings status indicators on the smartwatch that will let users know when the device’s battery is critically low right on the watch face. Users will also
Nikon Z9 full-frame mirrorless camera was launched in India on Friday, October 29. The flagship (Nikon FX-format) Z-series camera features a 45.7-megapixel stacked CMOS sensor, a 3.2-inch touchscreen monitor, and an electronic viewfinder. Nikon Z9 comes with interchangeable lenses and uses i-TTL balanced fill-flash that uses face information for flash control. The new Nikon camera
PlayStation Plus subscribers will be getting three new games in November, along with three free titles for PlayStation VR as well. The three games coming this month are Knockout City, First Class Trouble, and Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning. All three games are available for PlayStation 4 while two will be available for PlayStation 5. The
Zeit Medical, which makes an early warning system for strokes during sleep, has raised $2 million in a seed round just after leaving Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 cohort. The company’s work suggests the brain-monitoring headband could save lives by alerting people to possible strokes hours before they might otherwise be noticed, and the new funding
Estonian on-demand transport firm Bolt is set to roll out electric taxi options in South Africa four months after introducing e-bike food delivery services in the country. Bolt’s plan follows the introduction of a ‘green category’ – which lets riders hail an electric or a hybrid vehicle. This comes as the company expands its services
Samsung said on Thursday it expects component shortages to affect chip demand from some customers in the current quarter, after reporting its highest quarterly profit in three years. The warning comes as producers of goods from televisions to cars have faced a host of supply chain issues ranging from a shortage of logic chip parts,
WhatsApp will no longer support a list of Android devices starting Monday, November 1. As a result of the update, affected users will lose all their chats if they have not yet been backed up and exported. WhatsApp has also recommended the users to switch to a supported device to continue to use its instant
An image says a thousand words, right? That’s why using Stickers in Discord is so fun. Stickers are static or animated images that are a nice way to express yourself. However, there are some limitations to Discord Stickers. Depending on your account, you might not be able to use them everywhere you want. Here’s everything
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