TECHNOLOGY
Bose brings new QuietComfort 45 headphones with nostalgic feel to India
Maintaining the hallmarks of its predecessor, the Bose headset offer better voice isolation for easier conversations and a 24-hour battery life on a single charge. "Our customers have told us for years that it's the balance of benefits that make a QuietComfort so different and indispensable. They've always been a great example of excelling where it matters most.
Musk opens Gigafactory in Texas to build 'epic' Cybertruck
Tesla held an event, billed as a "Cyber Rodeo," to which it invited 15,000 people to listen to live music, eat food, and pay homage to Elon Musk and his company, The Verge reported on Friday. "We are really entering a new phase of Tesla's future. I can't wait to see this baby in production, it's going to be epic," said Musk at the event late on Thursday.
moto g22 unveiled in India at an affordable price
Priced at Rs 10,999, the smartphone will go on sale on April 13 in two colour variants, iceberg blue and cosmic black. "The moto g22 comes with an industry-leading 16MP selfie camera along with the segment-leading 50MP quad camera system featuring an 8MP ultra-wide camera," the company said in a statement.
Tata Digital launches super-app 'Tata Neu'
This is Tata Digital's debut offering which focuses on categories like groceries, fashion, electronics, travel and hospitality, health and fitness, entertainment, and financial services. "The Tata Group is focused on transforming businesses for the digital world, and in the consumer context, bringing them together into a unified platform that offers an omnichannel experience," said N. Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Sons.
Apple restores opposition app to App Store in Russia
As reported by The Washington Post last month, law enforcement agents had repeatedly threatened the top Apple and Google officials in Russia with arrest in September unless they removed Navalny's "Smart Voting" app, which included more than a thousand endorsements of candidates for seats in Russia's legislature. Those demands came as voting was about to begin, and both companies complied.
Google to block outdated apps on Play Store from Nov 1
Starting November 1 this year, existing apps that don't target an API level within two years of the latest major Android release version will not be available for discovery or installation for new users with devices running Android OS versions higher than apps' target API level. "As new Android OS versions launch in the future, the requirement window will adjust accordingly," said Krish Vitaldevara, Director, Product Management.
Facebook drops flagship F8 developer conference this year
Meta will instead organise its "inaugural business messaging event", called Conversations, on May 19. "Similar to years past, we are taking a brief break in programming and will not hold F8 in 2022 while we gear up on new initiatives that are all tailored towards the next chapter of the internet, and the next chapter of our company too: building the metaverse," Meta said in a blog post late on Wednesday.
Xiaomi India gets key ISO certification on distributor selection for offline distribution
Xiaomi India said it underwent a rigorous evaluation process which included an assessment of quality management, system development, documentation review, pre-audit, initial assessment, verification of records, etc. "Xiaomi India will continue to review and improve their quality management systems and policies with the intent to provide high-quality and consistent service to consumers and partners," it added.
Twitter 'tampering' with public record by wiping embedded deleted tweets
IndieWeb developer and former Google Developer Advocate Kevin Marks said that "with all the fuss about Twitter's promised edit button, and how they might design it, we're missing a disturbing development as "Twitter is using its embedded javascript to edit other people's sites". According to him, Twitter is altering web pages with deleted embedded tweets by hiding the text with JavaScript.
Samsung sees 50% jump in profits due to robust mobile, chip sales
The world's largest memory chip and smartphone maker did not break down the performances of its respective business divisions. It will announce the detailed earnings later this month. In the January-March period, prices of memory chips, core products that support a great portion of Samsung's top and bottom lines, held up better than expected.
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