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Social media company Facebook suspended 16,000 accounts for selling or buying fake reviews of products and services on its platforms, after the Britain’s competition watchdog intervened for the second time, the regulator said. US-based Facebook also made further changes to detect, remove, and prevent paid content which could mislead users on its platforms, including popular

Asus ROG Phone 5 will go on its first sale in India on April 15 at 12pm (noon) via Flipkart. The gaming phone was launched in three distinct models — the regular ROG Phone 5, the ROG Phone 5 Pro, and the ROG Phone 5 Ultimate. All three models come with a 144Hz Samsung AMOLED

Nokia C10, Nokia C20, Nokia G10, Nokia G20, Nokia X10, and Nokia X20 were launched on Thursday at a virtual launch event hosted by Nokia brand-licensee HMD Global. While the Nokia C-series is designed for the entry-level market, the Nokia G-series comes under the mid-range segment, and the Nokia X-series is the company’s top-of-the-line offering.

India was the fastest-growing app market across the globe in 2020 according to the data shared by mobile market research company Adjust. The latest analysis shows India saw significant growth – 49 percent – in 2020 compared to 2019 in terms of mobile app growth. The fastest growing vertical in India in the mobile app

Realme Buds Air 2 Neo true wireless stereo (TWS) earphones have been launched in Pakistan. As per the company, the earphones offer a total of up to 28 hours of playtime on a single charge. The earphones are equipped with dual-mic noise cancellation for sharp and clear calls, active noise cancellation (ANC), as well as

A new Android malware has been discovered that existed as an app on Google Play and is claimed to spread via WhatsApp conversations. Called FlixOnline, the app pretended to allow users to view global Netflix content. It was, however, designed to monitor the user’s WhatsApp notifications and send automatic replies to their incoming messages with

Flipkart, the Indian e-commerce giant controlled by Walmart, is making progress toward an initial public offering as soon as the fourth quarter of this year, according to people familiar with the matter. The US retail giant has set up an internal IPO team for Flipkart and is leaning toward a traditional debut in the US,

Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel announced a spectrum trading agreement on Tuesday. Jio has acquired the rights to use Airtel’s 800MHz band in the Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, and Mumbai circles through spectrum trading. The addition of the spectrum rights will help Jio enhance its network capacity and bolster its footprint in the telecom sector. Airtel,

Mi Fan Festival 2021 has been announced by Xiaomi, to be held at Mi Home retail stores and the official website — Mi.com. The sale has begun at Mi Home stores from today, April 6, and will end on May 17. The sale will begin on Mi.com on April 8 and end on April 13.

OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro are reportedly getting the ColorOS 11.2 update in China. The update brings Assistive Ball and Flashback Key features, along with optimisations in camera as well as improvement in system stability. OnePlus had announced that it will move on from HydrogenOS in China to ColorOS that will be tailored specifically

Indian Premier League 2021 aka IPL 2021 is set to begin from Friday, April 9. The fourteenth season of the Twenty20 cricket league will bring a total of eight teams that will play matches at six different venues across India. While many cricket fans were looking to watch the forthcoming season of the Vivo IPL

Realme 8 is reportedly receiving a new update in India to optimise camera and touch response on the Android 11-based Realme UI 2.0 OS, as per user reports on the Realme community forum. The smartphone was launched in India last month along with Realme 8 Pro. This marks the first-ever update for the smartphone. There

Byju’s, the Indian edutech giant that has a userbase of over 80 million students, on Monday announced that it has acquired brick-and-mortar educational institution chain Aakash Educational Services through a strategic merger. The deal would help the Bengaluru-based entity to bring Aakash’s test-prep expertise to its content and tech capabilities, to further bolster its online

The executive who steered the transformation of Google’s self-driving car project into a separate company worth billions of dollars is stepping down after more than five years on the job. John Krafcik announced his departure as CEO of Waymo, a company spun out from Google, in a Friday blog post that cited his desire to

Professional social network LinkedIn is giving nearly all of its 15,900 full-time workers next week off as it seeks to avoid burnout and allow its employees to recharge, the company told AFP Friday. The Microsoft-owned firm said that the “RestUp!” week starting Monday is meant to give employees time for their own well-being. “There is

Pixel 6 may run on Google’s own ‘GS101′ Whitechapel SoC, according to a report. This would make it the first handset to run on the new SoC. Google was rumoured to be developing its own processor, codenamed Whitechapel, with the help of Samsung, and a new report now suggests that the next-generation Pixel 6 will

HBO Max’s upcoming ”Friends” reunion special will be there for you soon! The unscripted special, which has been repeatedly delayed to the COVID-19 pandemic, is finally set to begin filming next week. As per Variety, the highly-anticipated Friends reunion is set to film in the week of April 5. The special will bring the beloved sitcom’s

A new Black Widow trailer has arrived. Disney and Marvel have unveiled a new two-minute trailer for the Scarlett Johansson-led movie that at times plays out like a montage of Black Widow’s (Johansson) time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War (Black Widow is set following