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E-commerce giant Amazon has forayed into the smart TV segment in India with the launch of four models of 32-inch, 43-inch, 50-inch and 55-inch. These are available in India at a starting price of Rs 13,999. All the four models come with Dolby Vision display and Dolby Atmos audio. AmazonBasics 32-inch Fire TV Edition HD Ready Smart LED TV: Available at Rs 13,999 This smart TV offers HD Ready with…

Scientists have been speculating about wormholes – bridges between far off points in spacetime, for quite a few years now. In theory, these wormholes can serve as shortcuts for those travelling through space and time. So it is only fit that the concept has found itself being the narrative of several movies and shows, the recent example being DARK. New research by scientists now hint that such wormholes might not…

Telegram has been around for quite some time, and the app is often regarded as the best alternative to WhatsApp. Known for its privacy-oriented features such as end-to-end chat and calls encryption, the app also offers a slew of distinct options like message scheduling, enhanced stickers, channel analytics, and more. Recently, Telegram became the second-most popular free app on Apple App Store India, after the Facebook-owned WhatsApp updated its terms…

New Delhi: Amid row over reports of WhatsApp users alleging leak of their private messages with family and friends on search engines, the Facebook-owned messaging service has issued yet another clarification. WhatsApp has said the change in its recently revised policy “does not affect privacy of messages with friends or family”. “Instead, this update includes changes related to messaging a business on WhatsApp”. It further shared a list of information…

Original story: In February last year, Google and WhatsApp gathered a whole lot of headlines as some public groups, along with chats and member information, started showing up on Google search results. Although the issue was solved later and the groups were hidden, some WhatsApp groups and profiles have started showing up again, according to cybersecurity researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia (via Gadgets 360). This time users’ phone numbers and profile pictures…

Ahead of the official launch on January 14, South Korean tech giant Samsung on Friday announced that customers in India can pre-book the upcoming flagship Galaxy S21 series by paying a token amount of Rs 2,000. According to the company, customers interested in getting early access to the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S21 series flagship can make the reservation on Samsung India’s e-Store www.samsung.com or Samsung Shop App. “Customers making the…

WhatsApp introduced the ‘Status’ feature a few years back. There are a lot of people who not only use Instagram, but also WhatsApp to upload status. There are times when you feel like saving the status of your friends to keep it as a memory or for some other purpose. While you can take a screenshot of the images, for videos you will have to rely on a third-party app….

New Delhi: Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus is planning to enter the wearables segment in India this year that will pose as a straight rival product against that of Xiaomi. As per media reports, OnePlus is eyeing to launch the ‘OnePlus Band’ in India this year and will be pitted against Xiaomi’s Mi Band 5. The band will first debut in India followed by more regions later on and would be…

Following Android 11-based One UI 3.0 update for the Galaxy Note20, S20 and Note 10 series Samsung has now started rolling out a stable update for the Galaxy Z Flip. The Android 11-based One UI 3.0 update for Samsung Galaxy Z Flip carries firmware version F700FxXx3CTLx, and it`s 2,014.37MB in size, reports GSMArena. The update is currently rolling out in a number of countries across Asia, Europe, and Africa, which…

AirPods Max users are reportedly experiencing a noise cancellation issue with their new Apple headphones. The problem occurs when toggling between two noise control modes available: active noise cancellation (ANC) and ambient mode. When users toggle between the two modes, only one ear cup erroneously switches modes, while the other remains on the previous input. There’s reportedly a simple fix if this occurs, and a reset should help solve it….

FASTag will be mandatory on toll plazas from January 1 The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has updated its mobile application “My FASTag” with a new feature to check balance status by simply entering the vehicle number. FASTag will be mandatory on toll plazas from January 1. “This Check Balance Status feature will help FASTag users to verify tag status of the vehicle during their passage through a toll…

WhatsApp is by far the most popular instant messaging app in the world. And it gained even greater importance through the course of the year 2020 as it became the default communications platform for work, for catching up with friends and for families to stay in touch. No wonder then that the WhatsApp data suggested a significant spike in usage too. In March when the Coronavirus pandemic really took its…