Technology News

Apple's Shazam app turns 20; surpasses 70 bn song recognitions [key milestones]

Apple's music recognition platform Shazam has officially surpassed 70 billion song recognitions, as it turned 20. Here's a look back at the biggest moments in the journey.

Aug 21, 2022

Apple logs 197% growth in India smartwatch market in Q2: Watch 7 a best seller [details]

The Apple Watch is expected to come with a bigger battery and rugged metal casing. The display will measure almost two inches diagonally.

Aug 21, 2022

iOS VPN app security "broken": cybersecurity researcher; Apple says issue fixed

Apple insists it has offered a fix since 2019, while ProtonVPN says that it's only a partial solution, reports 9to5Mac.

Aug 20, 2022

Google blocks largest ever web DDoS cyber attack on single customer; Equivalent to Wikipedia's one-day visits

DDoS cyber-attacks are increasing in frequency and growing in size exponentially.

Aug 20, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg releases his new digital avatar to stop memes, but more follow

One Twitter user had described his digital avatar "on par with the Teletubbies game for the Sony PlayStation One".

Aug 20, 2022

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 unboxing & first impressions

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 looks cool, but there's more to it than meets the eye.

Aug 20, 2022

Oppo F21 Pro review: Mixed bag of surprises

Oppo F21 Pro is marketed as a camera phone but has more substance with other standout features even though it's not devoid of flaws. Read our review here.

Aug 19, 2022

Musk repeats complaint again, says Twitter not sharing info on bot accounts

Elon Musk on Friday said that Parag Agrawal-led Twitter is avoiding sharing information on the actual number of bot and spam accounts on his platform, as his legal team sought documents from advertising technology firms working for the micro-blogging platform.

Aug 19, 2022

Google Update: Search results to reduce showing low-quality, non-original content

Google has announced that it is working on bunch of updates to improve the search results of users

Aug 19, 2022

Technology is nothing without Community; Sarath Kuruganty Knows This Better Than Anyone

Sarath Kuruganty developed over 15 different technical products without the knowledge of programming. It's not often that someone with a non-technical background can create something in the technical world

Aug 19, 2022

ICEA welcomes govt steps on common charger for most devices

As the Department of Consumer Affairs met industry representatives to evaluate the possibility of mandating a common charger for most devices, the India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) on Thursday welcomed the healthy discussion under the aegis of the Department.

Aug 19, 2022

"Prepare for 5G launch"; govt issues spectrum assignment letters to TSPs [details]

The spectrum allotment signals roll out of high-speed 5G telecom services in its final stages in the country.

Aug 18, 2022

CUET Phase 4: Exam got cancelled in 13 centres affecting nearly 8693 candidates

The Fourth phase of CUET was cancelled at 13 centres due to some technical reasons, affecting nearly 8693 candidates out of 1,45,885

Aug 18, 2022

iPhone 14 launch date pegged on Sept 7; what to expect from new iPhones [details]

Reports say that the standard iPhone 14 models are expected to get few changes, but the iPhone 14 Pro models will include updated camera technology.

Aug 18, 2022

Samsung's new foldables off to good start; 50K pre-bookings for Fold4, Flip 4 in 12 hours [details]

For Fold4 and Flip4, Samsung has expanded its retail network, taking the premium phones to over 10,000 cities, including tier 2 towns and further.

Aug 17, 2022