Sundar Pichai says Google to contribute Rs 135 crore for Covid-19 fight in India

Google announced Rs 135 crore in new funding from India. This includes two grants from Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm, totalling Rs 20 crore. The first is to non-profit organisation GiveIndia, which will provide cash assistance to families hit hardest by the crisis to help with their everyday expenses. https://ift.tt/3aDS1E1

HCL Tech moving some workload to other geographies to tackle Covid challenges

The IT services major is engaging closely with clients to prioritise work, and shifting some workload from India to other geographies to ensure business continuity as the country grappling with record-high Covid cases. https://ift.tt/3gAt7ch

Flipkart daily trivia quiz April 26, 2021: Get answers to these five questions and win gifts, discount coupons and Flipkart Super coins

Only the first 50,000 participants will be eligible for the quiz prize. https://ift.tt/2QzXG74

Amazon app quiz April 26, 2021: Get answers to these five questions to win Rs 10,000 in Amazon Pay balance

Results of today’s quiz will be announced on April 27. https://ift.tt/3aGeekN

iQoo 7 series launch in India today at 12 pm: How to watch live stream

iQoo 7 5G and iQoo 7 Legend 5G will be announced via an online event at 12pm. The upcoming iQoo 7 series are listed on e-commerce site Amazon. https://ift.tt/2S2xgeO

133 iPhone apps that you should be careful of before downloading

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Facebook's Oculus and EA win an Oscar, a first for FB and the videogame industry, for Colette, a documentary short for VR game Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Facebook's Oculus and EA win an Oscar, a first for FB and the videogame industry, for Colette, a documentary short for VR game Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond  —  Facebook just won its first Oscar.  —  “Colette,” from the social giant's Oculus VR group and EA's Respawn Entertainment …

Facebook says it has a policy letting any person initiate a takedown of a post containing an image of their residence, regardless of the post's newsworthiness (Ben Smith/New York Times)

Ben Smith / New York Times:
Facebook says it has a policy letting any person initiate a takedown of a post containing an image of their residence, regardless of the post's newsworthiness  —  The New York Post has complained that Facebook is blocking and downplaying its stories.  But the platform doesn't pay any special deference to journalists.

The Missing Basti Project: Indian website records slum lives, evictions to tackle housing crisis

A new website that records the lives and evictions of slum dwellers in the Indian city of Delhi will help address the chronic shortage in affordable and adequate housing across the country, urban experts said on Friday. https://ift.tt/3vhk2ZV

India's government says it ordered Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to take down dozens of posts critical of its handling of the pandemic; companies complied (New York Times)

New York Times:
India's government says it ordered Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to take down dozens of posts critical of its handling of the pandemic; companies complied  —  Aimed at Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, the move sets up a clash over free speech amid a widening political and public health crisis.

Apple's marketing head Greg Joswiak and hardware chief John Ternus on M1 chip in iPad Pro, Liquid Retina XDR display, Center Stage camera capability, and more (Matthew Panzarino/TechCrunch)

Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
Apple's marketing head Greg Joswiak and hardware chief John Ternus on M1 chip in iPad Pro, Liquid Retina XDR display, Center Stage camera capability, and more  —  Apple SVPs chat about the iPad Pro, merging with the Mac and its new unified processor strategy

Affirm to acquire Returnly, a software startup that allows retailers to offer store credit before an item is returned, for $300M in a cash and equity deal (Anna Hensel/Modern Retail)

Anna Hensel / Modern Retail:
Affirm to acquire Returnly, a software startup that allows retailers to offer store credit before an item is returned, for $300M in a cash and equity deal  —  Buy now, pay later startup Affirm is looking to acquisitions to gain an edge over its competitors.

Rocket Lawyer, which offers online legal documents and virtual attorney meetings to businesses and individuals, raises $223M led by Vista Credit Partners (Aaron Pressman/Fortune)

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Rocket Lawyer, which offers online legal documents and virtual attorney meetings to businesses and individuals, raises $223M led by Vista Credit Partners  —  Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you.  To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.

Silicon Labs to sell its auto and infrastructure business to Skyworks for $2.75B in a deal that includes Silicon Labs' power and isolation chips for EVs (Reuters)

Reuters:
Silicon Labs to sell its auto and infrastructure business to Skyworks for $2.75B in a deal that includes Silicon Labs' power and isolation chips for EVs  —  Silicon Laboratories Inc (SLAB.O) said on Thursday it would sell its infrastructure and automotive business to Skyworks Solutions Inc …

Apple Moving Forward on App Privacy Update Despite Pushback

Apple will begin requiring app makers to tell users what tracking information they want to gather and get permission to do so, displaying what have been referred to as "privacy nutrition labels." https://ift.tt/3xqvpAO