Month: February 2022

Japan’s Panasonic on Wednesday posted a larger-than-expected 44 percent slide in third-quarter operating profit, hit hard by rising costs for raw materials, component shortages and a drop in domestic sales for appliances. Panasonic has sought to reduce its reliance on low-margin consumer electronics and appliances, shifting its focus to automotive batteries for Tesla, production machinery,
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Though the Covid-19 pandemic almost immediately devasted the business of travel booking startup Headout, the company has been able to return to growth as domestic travel rebounded in recent months. The service, which helps consumers book tours, events, and other experiences and activities in cities around the world, delivered 800% growth since January 2021 by
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The holidays were a gift to Alphabet’s Google, quarterly results showed. Next up: Facebook owner Meta. Alphabet’s internet advertising, cloud computing, and hardware businesses helped the Google owner soundly beat Wall Street targets for the holiday quarter, sending shares up as much as 9 percent in after-hours trading. Brian Wieser, global president of business intelligence,
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Self-charging hybrid cars, which operate on both an internal combustion engine and a battery, outsold diesel cars in Europe for the first time in 2021, albeit by just 48 vehicles, data showed on Wednesday. One in 11 cars sold were battery-electric, the data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association showed, totalling just under 880,000 vehicles.
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Over the course of the last few years, Firewalla‘s combined firewall and router devices have made a name for themselves as the go-to hardware security tools for many enthusiasts and small businesses. Today, the company started shipping its newest device, the Firewalla Purple, a diminutive gigabit firewall and router that is currently retailing for $319.
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The use of tracking cookies is winding down, and Apple’s anti-tracking privacy update has impacted mobile apps’ advertising revenues. But these changes have only prompted the adtech industry to get more creative with its solutions. The latest example comes from Pandora parent company, SiriusXM, which this week rolled out a new way to identify and
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Telegram has announced an update that brings video stickers, improved message reactions, new interactive emojis, new navigation options, along with some bug fixes and improvements. The instant messaging service will now allow users to create animated stickers from videos. Telegram has also improved how message reactions are displayed. Users will also be shown when their
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From group video calls to encrypted messaging, Telegram gives you all the tools you need to connect with people worldwide. Telegram’s video call feature allows you to transform a voice chat into a video call seamlessly. Keep reading to learn how to make the most of Telegram’s video call features. 1. Use Telegram’s Multi-Platform Support
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Over the past year, the sub-Rs. 40,000 smartphone segment has become crowded with plenty of options to choose from. Most of these smartphones are premium devices or “value flagships”, as they tend to offer top-tier performance and capture vastly better photos than lower-priced, mid-range phones. Their affordable price tags (compared to flagship smartphones) usually means
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union Budget 2022 on Tuesday announced that the required spectrum auctions for 5G telecommunication networks will be conducted in 2022. “Telecommunication in general, and 5G technology in particular, can enable growth and offer job opportunities,” the minister said in her speech. She also added that the spectrum auctions
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Since October, Facebook has renamed the company, articulated a vision of the internet where people can digitally connect through virtual-reality avatars or teleport to see places like ancient Rome, and helped trigger the metaverse investment craze. When the company, now Meta Platforms, reports fourth-quarter results on Wednesday, investors will get a new window into the
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Do you ever find yourself so frustrated with Instagram that you shake your phone in rage? Well, you should be careful because that’s going to be an expensive mistake if it flies out of your hand. But now there’ll be a positive to the phone shake. A message will pop up asking if you want
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Smartphone shipments in India grew the highest ever with an 11 percent year-on-year increase to reach 169 million units in 2021, according to a market research report. The significant growth in the smartphone shipments come alongside a record increase in the revenue generated by the market. While Xiaomi maintained its leadership in the smartphone market
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