National Technology Day, a day that celebrates technological advancements and achievements that have significantly added to India’s growth. Technological advancements have always been important and vital; but now, technology has become an integral way to address the myriad of challenges posed by the ongoing global pandemic. The second wave of coronavirus has shut the nation down for business yet again, and this has led plenty of small businesses worried and unsure of how to keep their ventures afloat and survive another economic slowdown. Last year we saw how digital technology helped empower people to connect and explore new and innovative…
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Google’s Pixel phones are changing in a big way. Leaker Jon Prosser and Front Page Tech have shared renders of the upcoming Google Pixel 6 and the Pixel 6 Pro; allegedly based on actual photos of prototypes. And if these renders are true to life, the Pixel 6 is about as different as it can be from its predecessor, the Pixel 5. On the front, like most phones, it’s still just a big display; though the selfie camera has moved from the upper left corner to the middle. But on the back, the differences are massive. Gone are the Apple-like,…
Instagram users will now be able to more easily specify their gender identity, after the platform launched a dedicated section on account profiles to share pronouns. The new feature, announced on Tuesday, allows users to share up to four pronouns selected from a pre-approved list of common pronouns including she, he, they, we and others. The company said users can edit or remove pronouns at any time, and can fill out a form to have a pronoun added if it is not included. Users will also be able to determine if they want pronouns shared with followers only or publicly…
Sony has revealed it has more than 25 first-party PS5 exclusives from it’s PlayStation Studios portfolio of creators in the works. In an interview with Wired, PlayStation Studios boss Hermen Hulst says the bumper crop of titles are already in development for the new console; just six months after the next-gen machine went on sale. In even better news, more than half of the 25 will be new IPs rather than a bunch of sequels or expansions of existing franchises. It doesn’t seem like they will all be AAA big-hitters; but an array of titles, from little indie-style games to…
Google has won a deal to provide cloud services to Elon Musk’s SpaceX; which has launched a slew of Starlink satellites to provide high-speed internet, it said on Thursday. googleSpaceX will set up ground stations within Google’s data centers that connect to the Starlink satellites, enabling fast and secure internet services via Google Cloud, the search giant said. This service is expected to be available in the second half of 2021 for enterprise customers, the company said. The deal comes at a time when demand for cloud-computing services has soared, with players like Microsoft Corp and Amazon.com Inc dominating the…
Twitter is finally rolling out the DM search bar on Android, two years after it introduced the feature for iOS users. This feature will let Twitter users on Android search for DMs through the name of the user or groups they’re part of. Twitter is also rolling out an improved version of its DM search tool. The search bar in Twitter DMs will pull up conversations based on the name of the user or groups. This feature is helpful as it will let users quickly search for conversations instead of having to scroll through the entire inbox. It’s also quite…
One police officer, Edogi Bassey, has been killed in the early hours of Wednesday as gunmen attacked two police stations in Akwa Ibom State. The officer was killed after the gunmen around 6.30 am attacked Etim Ekpo Area Command and Division. A portion of the police station was also razed by the gunmen. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Odiko MacDon confirmed the incident in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. “At about 6:30 a.m. today, armed men, in their numbers, armed with AK 47 Rifles and other dangerous weapons, in two vehicles attacked the rented building housing…
Apple said Tuesday it rejected almost 1 million apps that were submitted to its App Store for the first time in 2020. The announcement is the latest sign that Apple is becoming more transparent about how it approves and rejects iPhone apps; in response to scrutiny including a lawsuit from Epic Games and regulatory attention from lawmakers. Apple argues that by having a system where the company approves each of the 1.8 million apps on the store and their updates; checking the apps against a lengthy list of App Store rules, it can keep iPhone users safe from scams; malware,…
YouTube announced on Tuesday a $100 million fund that will pay the most popular creators on its nascent TikTok competitor, Shorts. “The Shorts Fund is just the first step in our journey to build a long-term monetization model for Shorts on YouTube;” the company said in a blog post. It added that the fund will be launched in the coming months. The fund comes as Google-owned YouTube tries to grow its user and creator base for its short-form video product; which is the company’s answer to mobile-first social media competitors like TikTok, Snap and Instagram’s Reels. YouTube is the latest…
Semiconductors will be in short supply for some time to come yet; according to analysts that monitor the industry. Today, chips are in everything from PlayStation 5s and toothbrushes to washing machines and alarm clocks. But there’s not enough to go around — it’s a multifaceted issue that shows no signs of abating; leading some to call the current crisis “chipageddon.” Glenn O’Donnell, a vice president research director at advisory firm Forrester; believes the shortage could last until 2023. “Because demand will remain high and supply will remain constrained; we expect this shortage to last through 2022 and into 2023,”…