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Several Twitter rivals flex their muscles as Elon Musk restricts access
Before Twitter owner Elon Musk and Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg enter a full-on cage fight (both are apparently preparing for the Jiu Jitsu showdown), Instagram Threads is expected to launch on Thursday, according to an App Store listing for the application.
Garmin announces 2 new smartwatch series in India
The new fenix 7 Pro and epix Pro series will be available online on Amazon and Synergizer, and offline on Garmin Brand Stores, Helios and Just in Time, the company said in a statement. While the epix Pro series starts from Rs 1,11,990, the fenix 7 Pro series starts from Rs 1,00,990.
Twitter rival Bluesky reopens sign-ups
"We just enabled account sign-ups again, so any outstanding invite codes can now be used to create an account," the company said, according to the screenshot shared by The Verge. According to Bluesky's status page, the platform was experiencing "degraded performance" on Saturday last week.
Twitter says only verified users can access new TweetDeck after 30 days
The company tweeted from the @TwitterSupport account: "All users can continue to access their saved searches & workflows via https://tweetdeck.twitter.com by selecting 'Try the new TweetDeck' in the bottom left menu." All of the users' saved searches, lists and columns will carry over to the new TweetDeck.
Meta’s Twitter competitor 'Threads' to launch on Thursday
"Say more with Threads -- Instagram’s text-based conversation app. Threads is where communities come together to discuss everything from the topics you care about today to what’ll be trending tomorrow," Meta said. With the new application, users will be able to follow and connect directly with their favourite creators and others.
Apple cuts Vision Pro Mixed Reality headset production plans: Report
According to a report in The Financial Times, citing sources, Apple has reportedly asked its main Vision Pro assembler Luxshare to make fewer than 400,000 units next year. It is reportedly down from an initial internal sales target of one million. China-based Luxshare is said to be Apple’s main Vision Pro assembler, apart from several others. Apple or Luxshare declined to comment on the report.
Swedish privacy watchdog warns firms to stop using Google Analytics
The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) audited how four companies use Google Analytics for web statistics. IMY issued administrative fines against two of the companies. One of the companies has recently stopped using the statistics tool on its own initiative, while IMY orders the other three to also stop using it.
Motorola brings flip-foldable razr 40 ultra and razr 40 smartphones to India
The razr 40 ultra is available for Rs 89,999 while razr 40 is available for Rs 59,999. Consumers can also avail up to Rs 7,000 instant discount/cashback, bringing the effective price of the devices to Rs 82,999 and Rs 54,999, respectively. The devices can now be pre-booked and will go on sale from July 15 onwards on Amazon.
Twitter faces lawsuit over unpaid bills in 4 countries
A Sydney-based infrastructure company Facilitate is seeking more than A$1 million in payments across the three businesses for alleged owed payments that date back to October of last year, when Elon Musk acquired Twitter, The Guardian reported. According to case documents, Facilitate offered sensor installation in Twitter's London and Dublin offices and an office fit-out in Singapore.
Reliance Jio launches India’s most affordable internet-enabled phone at Rs 999
The new ‘Jio Bharat’ smartphone will enable existing 250 million feature phone (2G) users with internet via ‘Jio Bharat’ platform that leverages device and network capabilities to deliver internet-enabled services on entry-level phones. The beta trial for the first 1 million Jio Bharat phones begins from July 7 in the country.
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