Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Realme Band All Set to Go on Sale Today, Again

Realme Band will go on sale for the third time today at 12pm, (noon) via the official Realme website and Amazon. The first two sales were on the day of the launch, on March 5 and then on March 9. https://ift.tt/2IGI6PK

Redmi Note 9 Series Set to Launch in India Today: Watch Livestream

Redmi Note 9 series launch in India is taking place at 12pm (noon) IST. The event will be live streamed and is expected to include the Redmi Note 9, Redmi Note 9 Pro, and Redmi Note 9 Pro Max. https://ift.tt/3cQND41

TikTok steps up transparency efforts after privacy concerns in United States

The transparency center would later provide insights into the app's source code, the closely guarded internal instructions of the software, and offer more details on privacy and security. https://ift.tt/2TLYG7f https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Covid-19: Flipkart puts staff under mandatory work from home for 3 days

The Bellandur campus houses about 8,000-10,000 Flipkart employees who are working from home as part of the 'dry-run' of its day-to-day operations https://ift.tt/33cQfoA https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Inside TikTok's strategy to get a foothold in Africa: signing up Instagram and YouTube creators, hiring staff in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa, and more (Alexandria Williams/Quartz)

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Inside TikTok's strategy to get a foothold in Africa: signing up Instagram and YouTube creators, hiring staff in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa, and more  —  Early this year, the short video app TikTok joined Nairobi Garage, a leading coworking space in Nairobi's Kilimani district.



Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Nokia 53 live image appears online, tips quad rear cameras in a circular module

HMD Global is likely to launch the next Nokia 5-series smartphone at its March 19 event. The Nokia 5.3 is the same device as the Nokia 5.2 that was rumoured to launch in March. Ahead of the official announcement, the smartphone has appeared online in an alleged live image. The leak highlights its quad rear camera setup. Further, it gives us a look at the appealing green paint job. 

The latest development comes from a Twitter user. It was first spotted by NokiaPowerUser. It showcases the matte green finish similar to the Nokia 7.2's Cyan Green colour option. Moreover, we can see the quad rear camera arranged in a circular camera module with the LED flash sitting in the middle.

The Nokia 5.3 is tipped to feature a 6.55-inch display with an aspect ratio of 18.5:9. Going by a recent Geekbench listing, it will be powered by either a Snapdragon 660 or Snapdragon 665 chip with up to 6GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage capacity. On the back panel, the Nokia 5.3 is likely to sport four camera sensors of varying resolution (16MP + 5MP + 8MP + 8MP). On the front may lie an 8MP selfie shooter. It’s also expected to pack a 4000mAh battery.

To recall, Nokia 5.1 was launched in India in mid-2018. It features a much smaller 5.5-inch Full HD+ display with fairly thick horizontal bezels. It’s powered by a MediaTek Helio P18 Octa-core chip with up to 3GB of RAM and 32GB of expandable storage capacity. It has a single 16MP camera sensor on the back with phase-detection autofocus and dual-tone flash.

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Ahead of Disney+'s India Launch, Hotstar Rebranded to Disney+ Hotstar

Hotstar has been rebranded to Disney+ Hotstar ahead of the launch of Disney's new streaming service (Disney+) on the Disney-owned streaming service (Hotstar) on March 29 at the start of the 2020... https://ift.tt/2TV7Kp1

Amazon’s deal of the day March 11: Get up to 40% off on tablets and smartphones

Amazon is giving up to 40% off on tablets and smartphones from brands like Lenovo, Samsung, Xiaomi and others https://ift.tt/2Q4pWLO

How IBM Watson's new natural language processing capabilities helps business users

Project Debater's new sentiment analysis understands expressions like "hardly helpful."

Sources outline how SoftBank-backed Improbable has struggled to attract developers to SpatialOS, a game simulation platform that has only one game running on it (Amy Thomson/Bloomberg)

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Sources outline how SoftBank-backed Improbable has struggled to attract developers to SpatialOS, a game simulation platform that has only one game running on it  —  Three games using Improbable Worlds technology were pulled last year.  The company says such failures aren't unusual and has started efforts to develop its own games.



Assam Police Constable 2020 – Admit Card Download

Assam Police has released Admit Card for the post of Constable.

Assam Police 2020 – Constable Admit Card Download

Assam Police has released Admit Card for the post of Constable.

Maharashtra caps Ola, Uber surge pricing at three times taxi fare, but defers rule till April 6

In a mixed bag for Ola-Uber users, the state government has capped the fares of app-based cabs at three times the fare of kaali-peeli taxis. https://ift.tt/3aLo5Dz https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

CarTrade plans NBFC foray, may buy small firms to beef up operations

The company is also planning an IPO in 18-24 months to provide an exit option to some investors: MD. https://ift.tt/3aHGJw0 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Bank on many lenders, NPCI tells UPI players

Curbs on Yes Bank caused massive outages in the operations of leading UPI players https://ift.tt/338y0Ap https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

PE firm Everstone combines India's Wingify, which helps A/B test sites, and France's AB Tasty, which improves e-commerce UX; Everstone bought Wingify for $200M (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch : PE firm Everstone combines India's Wingify, which helps A/B test sites, and France's AB Tasty, which...