Clubhouse announces several features, including Clips, letting listeners snip 30 seconds of audio, and Replay, which lets hosts record a room (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

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Clubhouse announces several features, including Clips, letting listeners snip 30 seconds of audio, and Replay, which lets hosts record a room  —  Clubhouse announced today that it is unveiling four new features: Clips, Replay, Universal Search and spatial audio for Android (which already exists on iOS).

Poco X3 Pro, C31, More Phones Discounted for Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale

Poco will offer a series of phones at discounted rates during the Flipkart Big Billion Days sale. This includes the Poco X3 Pro, Poco M2 Pro, Poco F3 GT, and Poco C31. The Poco C31 sees a Rs. 500... https://ift.tt/3F8r8pb

Elon Musk's Starlink plans to start broadband service in India: Timeline, booking price and more

Elon Musk-led SpaceX's satellite broadband arm Starlink aims to start broadband service in India from December 2022, with 2 lakh active terminals subject to permission from the government https://ift.tt/2WA6du0

Apple has changed iPhone packaging: This is what it means

Apple has redesigned packaging across its iPhone 13 lineup and by eliminating the outer plastic wrap, it has been able to avoid 600 metric tonnes of plastic over the lifetime of the products. Apple - which has replaced the iPhone 13 box plastic wrap with a paper tab with a tear-off strip to ensure that any tampering is visible - aims to have its entire business carbon neutral by 2030. https://ift.tt/3kXFYXG

BlueStacks X Introduces Free Android Cloud Gaming on Web Browser in India

BlueStacks X cloud-based game streaming service for mobile games has been launched in India as a beta test. It is claimed to be the world's first cloud-based game streaming service for Android games.... https://ift.tt/3zYYV0g

DC Comics to Launch Its Superheroes as NFTs

DC Comics is launching its superhero NFTs in collaboration with Palm NFT Studio. DC has said the upcoming NFT drop will have certain levels of rarity and fans will be able to collect three covers for... https://ift.tt/3iknY7Z

Nigerian President Buhari says a four month ban on Twitter will be lifted on condition it is used for "business and positive engagements" (Helen Nyambura/Bloomberg)

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Nigerian President Buhari says a four month ban on Twitter will be lifted on condition it is used for “business and positive engagements”  —  Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari ordered a ban on Twitter be lifted on condition that the social-media platform is used for “business and positive engagements.”

A look at the $12B location data industry, including how collectors, aggregators, and marketplaces monetize user data (The Markup)

The Markup:
A look at the $12B location data industry, including how collectors, aggregators, and marketplaces monetize user data  —  A huge but little-known industry has cropped up around monetizing people's movements  —  Companies that you likely have never heard of are hawking access to the location history on your mobile phone.

Singtel divests Australian tower network to AustralianSuper for $1.4 billion

The deal involves the sale of 2,312 mobile network towers and rooftop sites, and values the Australia Tower Network at an enterprise value of A$2.3 billion, Singtel said in a statement on Friday. https://ift.tt/3zYDHjh

Government spending drove India's external storage systems market in Q2, Dell and HPE lead: Report

An increased spending from government and government and manufacturing verticals helped India's external storage market witness a growth of 14.8 per cent year-over-year (YoY) by vendor revenue, to reach $73.7 million in Q2 2021. https://ift.tt/3F2xjLH

Realme Phones, Earbuds, Smartwatches Get Price Cuts in Festive Sales: Top Deals

Realme is offering a host of discounts and deals on smartphones and AIoT products during the upcoming Realme Festive Days sale, Amazon Great Indian Festival, and Flipkart Big Billion Days sale... https://ift.tt/3B6py56

Global Crypto Tech Market Projected to Reach $2.3 Billion by 2026

A research report by Nasscom predicted that by 2026, the global crypto market will reach a valuation of $2.3 billion. The adoption of cryptocurrencies in India is also estimated to grow multifold by... https://ift.tt/3inwYcI

Dyson Purifier Hot Plus Cool, Purifier Cool with HEPA H13 Filtration Launched in India

Dyson has launched Purifier Cool and Purifier Hot Plus Cool in India priced at Rs. 45,900 and Rs. 55,900 respectively. The new air purifiers offer HEPA H13 standard filtration and work with the Dyson... https://ift.tt/2Wvfnb9

Oppo A55 With Triple Rear Cameras, 20:9 Display Launched in India

Oppo A55 was launched in India on Friday. The new Oppo phone comes with triple rear cameras and is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Helio G35 SoC. https://ift.tt/3onJQTT

Boult Audio AirBass GearPods Budget Earphones Debut in India

Boult Audio AirBass GearPods have been launched in India. The TWS earphones feature an 8mm driver unit and touch controls for answering or rejecting calls. It will be available at an introductory... https://ift.tt/2Y4socb