TECHNOLOGY
Earshot to bring Dolby Atmos experience to podcasts in multiple Indian languages
Earshot.in has announced the launch of Dolby Atmos immersive audio on the podcast streaming service app. It is the first podcast platform in India to stream podcasts and original series in Dolby Atmos. The step into the new direction promised to provide users with an "a rich soundscape" with focus on "every detail as it was meant to be heard with unparalleled clarity, depth, and realism."
Twitter CEO envisions app store for social media algorithms
"You can imagine an app store like VU, our ranking algorithms that give people optimal flexibility in terms of how they see it. That's where we will be competitive, making sure that we are delivering the best out of a much, much larger corpus of conversation," he said on Tuesday.
HP India going beyond products to help SMBs rebound in 2021
More than 73 per cent of the SMBs in India are confident that they will bounce back after the pandemic. More importantly, 75 per cent of the surveyed businesses believe that digital adoption is essential to their success, according to the recently-released 'HP SMB Outlook Report 2020'.
Nokia 5.4 and Nokia 3.4 launched in India
The Nokia 5.4 will be available on Flipkart from February 17 in two storage variants -- 4GB+64GB and 6GB+64GB -- at Rs 13,999 and Rs 15,499, respectively. The Nokia 3.4 will be available on Amazon and Flipkart in 4GB+64GB storage variant at Rs 11,999 from February 20.
Telegram fast eating into WhatsApp user base in India: Survey
Although WhatsApp is currently the messaging leader with more than 53 per cent users in the country using its platform, Telegram has wooed most of its users, followed by Signal which also gained 47 per cent of WhatsApp users in the past one year owing to their extra security offerings, according to market research firm techARC.
Instagram's algorithm to limit recycled content on Reels: Report
Instagram user surveys demonstrated that people have a "less satisfying" Reels experience when content is recycled from other apps or is blurry, so it'll start deemphasizing that content in its recommendation software, said Devi Narasimhan, Spokesperson, Instagram.
Sports streaming tops as OTT consumption grows 13% in India in 2020
The consumption increased from 181 billion minutes in January 2020 to 204 billion minutes in January this year, according to data provided by Bengaluru-based market research firm RedSeer. Subscription video on demand (SVOD) platforms had the highest NPS (net promotor scores), led by Netflix at 59 per cent and Amazon Prime at 53 per cent, followed by Hotstar, Voot, SonyLiv, Zee5 and MX Player.
Twitter ends 2020 with record 192 Million daily users
The micro-blogging platform reported a record revenue of $1.3 billion in the 2020 holiday quarter, up 28 per cent year-over-year. The company reported 31 per cent (YoY) growth in total ad revenue and greater than 50 per cent (YoY) growth in MAP revenue in Q4.
Twitter took action on 500 accounts in India after government orders
The company, facing penal action if does not comply with the directions given by the IT Ministry in three notices to block nearly 1,435 accounts in questions in the wake of the farmers' protests, said that it has withheld a portion of the accounts identified in the blocking orders under its ‘Country Withheld Content' policy within India only.
Huawei asks United States court to overturn ban as national security threat
In 2019, the FCC voted to prevent US companies from doing business with Huawei and ZTE on national security concerns. The FCC finalised the ban in December 2020, supported by former President Donald Trump. Trump's Huawei ban was part of a bigger trade war with China, followed by attempts to ban mobile apps TikTok and WeChat.
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