TECHNOLOGY
Data traffic in India grew 60 times over past 5 yrs: Nokia
In 2020, the data traffic grew by 36 per cent year-over-year primarily due to rise in 4G data consumption as 4G subscribers surpassed 700 million with 100 million new additions during the year, said the Mobile Broadband India Traffic Index (MBiT) 2021 report on mobile broadband performance in India.
US commission backs LG in high-profile trade secret dispute
The ITC on Wednesday issued "a limited exclusion order" for 10 years to ban import of some lithium-ion batteries and its components by SK Innovation, but permitted shipment of components for domestic production of its clients, including Ford Motor, Volkswagen and Kia, considering "public interests."
This Epic Games tool creates digital humans in a jiffy
In addition to speeding up the complex process of digital human creation, it also enables teams of all shapes and sizes to more easily scale and make many types of characters to meet the demands of next-gen platforms and high-end virtual production.
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.
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