TECH

Vi, which recently rebranded from the erstwhile Vodafone-Idea, has launched new tariff plans for its prepaid customers. The new plans follow the company’s recent branding after the Vodafone-Idea conglomerate had previously unified from Vodafone India and Idea Cellular. Under its new regime, new prepaid plans have been announced with reduced benefits. For example, Vi now offers Zee5 subscription with only four of the unlimited recharge plans, instead of all of…

Redmi 9i will go on sale today at 12pm (noon), and will be available for purchase via Flipkart and Mi.com. The Redmi 9i was launched earlier this month, and comes in two variants. Both the variants will be up for grabs on these online platforms. The smartphone is a part of Xiaomi’s Redmi 9 series that also includes the Redmi 9, Redmi 9A, and the Redmi 9 Prime smartphones. The…

Popular instant messaging app WhatsApp is soon expected to roll out an expiring messages feature, hints about which have been circulating for months. Now, as an extension to that, it is being alleged that the app will also roll out an ‘Expiring Media’ feature that will include support for media files such as pictures, videos, GIFs, etc, as per the traces found by WABetaInfo in the latest beta version 2.20.201.1…

Google on Monday announced the roll-out of Google Pay tokenisation which aims to make it easier for users to pay using their cards. Users can use the “Tap-to-pay” feature on NFC-enabled POS terminals and online merchants to make the payment. Google has teamed up with Visa to roll out the feature for Google Pay users. At the moment, the feature is available to Axis and SBI card users. Kotak and…

Bengaluru: Amazon India on Friday announced that its smart assistant Alexa that completed one year of its existence is now available on both Android and iOS smartphones in the country. The customers can now interact with Alexa in Hindi using the Alexa app on their mobile devices. “In an effort to make Alexa in Hindi more useful for customers, we have added over 60 new features in the past year….

OnePlus Watch has been doing rounds on the web quite regularly, and now the device has reportedly received certification from Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS). It was recently spotted on Indonesia’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) certification site, and now it has apparently been certified by BIS, indicating its arrival in India. Alongside the OnePlus Watch, OnePlus Powerbank was also reportedly spotted receiving the certification in the country, but the listing does…

Video calling app Google Duo is now available for Android TV four years after the app arrived on the scene. The search engine giant teased the arrival of the app earlier this week, saying it will be available in beta for Android TV. One can head to the Google Play Store on the phone/PC browser and install the app remotely on the TV or “go for a direct install through…

Samsung has stepped on the accelerator, which is evident by the number of smartphones it has launched recently. The latest Samsung smartphone to hit our markets is the Galaxy M51, and its main highlight has to be the massive 7,000mAh battery which is a first on a Samsung device. Along with this big battery, it has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G processor which is a powerful choice compared to what the…

Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is working towards adding several new updates in the latest beta update. The new update of the widely popular messaging app will include an option for users to add ‘WhatsApp Doodles’ which will give a new look to the existing background wallpaper used in chats. Along with this, a new call button is works that will tweak the way you make video and voice call on…

The social networking giant on Thursday launched a dedicated Facebook Campus, a college-only space designed to help students connect with fellow classmates over shared interests. To create a Campus profile, all students need is their college email and graduation year. Other information such as their major, classes, hometown and minor are optional. “Once a Campus profile is set up, students can discover Groups and Events unique to their school, and…

A few more dangerous apps have been identified on Google Play Store. The tech giant has removed as many as six applications from its Play Store after being flagged by cybersecurity researchers. These applications had a combined total of over 200,000 downloads and were affected by Joker malware. The malware pretends to be a legitimate app in the Play Store but after installation conducts billing fraud by either sending SMS…

India is one of the most important and fastest-growing digital economies, with over 560 million connected internet users. The internet, apart from offering access to information, represents opportunities for India and Indians for economic, cultural and social empowerment. An archaic and outdated regime governing the internet The Information Technology Act, 2000 is of a bygone era, ill-equipped to meet the needs of a 21st-century internet economy. Section 69A is one…