TECHNOLOGY
201 mn mobile phones shipped in India in 2022 at 12% annual decline
According to the IDC, the India smartphone market exited 2022 with 144 million shipments (the lowest since 2019), with a 10 per cent decline YoY. Feature phone shipments stood at 57 million, a drop of 18 per cent YoY. Samsung, Xiaomi and Transsion were the leading companies in the total mobile phone market. The fourth quarter of 2022 declined 27 per cent.
Google Meet users can now include captions in meeting recordings
The new feature will help make meeting recordings more useful and accessible for meeting participants, the tech giant said in a Workspace Updates blogpost. To record a meeting, the feature must be enabled by the admin and the user has to be a meeting host and be a part of the host's organisation.
Lava announces new 6GB variant of 'Blaze 5G' smartphone
The new Blaze 5G 6GB variant will go on sale at a discounted price of Rs 11,499 on February 15. However, the price will increase to Rs 11,999 from February 16 onwards, the company said in a statement.It will be available on e-commerce platforms -- Lava E-store and Amazon. The Blaze 5G comes with a glass back design in two colours-- Glass Green and Glass Blue.
Google launches 'Immersive Stream for XR' tool for Cloud users
Users can click a link or scan a QR code to immediately be transported to extended reality (XR), the tech giant said in a blogpost. "Immersive Stream for XR is being used to power the 'immersive view' feature in Google Maps, while automotive and retail brands are enhancing at-home shopping experiences for consumers, , from virtually configuring a new vehicle to visualizing new appliance.
240W fast charging will juice up this phone 100% in less than 10 minutes
According to GSMArena, the 240W adapter can charge the GT Neo 5 to 20 per cent in 80 seconds, 50 per cent in 4 minutes and 100 per cent in under 10 minutes, also, in just 30 seconds on the wire it can provide up to 2 hours of talk. The GT Neo 5 also has a variant with 150W charging and a slightly bigger battery.
Apple empowers creators, artists with iPad Pro tools at India Art Fair
Taking mixed media art to a whole new level, Varun Desai, Mira Felicia Malhotra and Gaurav Ogale used the Apple iPad Pro to do things at the sort of speed at which the artist can imagine, well almost! Apple has been providing me with the best technology for this whole thing... An artwork like mine has a whole bunch of layers,
Microsoft-owned GitHub to lay off 10% workforce, to go fully remote
GitHub had about 3,000 employees before the layoffs were announced. Fortune first reported that GitHub is also shutting down offices and will move to fully remote work culture. It will also continue its hiring freeze and make a number of other internal changes to "protect the short-term health" of its business, the report mentioned.
Yahoo to lay off 1,600 employees, ad tech biz most impacted
In an interaction with Axios, Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone said that these changes will be "tremendously beneficial for the profitability of Yahoo overall". The layoffs will help the company "to go on offense" and invest more in businesses that are profitable. According to the company, 12 per cent of the workforce (around 1,000 employees) would be laid off on Friday.
WhatsApp lets users easily record videos hands-free on iOS beta
This feature is rolling out to some beta testers after installing the latest WhatsApp beta for iOS 23.3.0.74 update from the TestFlight app, reports WABetaInfo. Users are now able to switch to video mode easily with just a tap and they don't need to tap and hold to record videos hands-free. Moreover, it is now possible to switch from front to back camera.
Elon Musk fires Twitter engineer over his dropping reach
Musk, last week, kept his account private for one day to see whether that would increase the amount of his audience, reports The Verge. The action was taken in response to complaints from many prominent right-wing accounts with whom Musk communicates that Twitter's recent adjustments have decreased their reach. In search of answers.
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