In a move to provide enhanced privacy solutions on Android devices, Google has recently announced the adoption of new privacy solutions that will limit tracking across the apps on Android smartphones. A similar kind of step was taken by the Cupertino-based tech giant Apple for its users. The move from Apple, however, turned out quite unruly for multiple firms’ advertisement ways including the likes of Meta formerly known as Facebook....

Google search has nearly provided us with solutions to all our problems. However, there are many instances where search results are not reliable. One of the major reasons behind unreliable search results can be the lack of information about the topic. In a new development, Google will tell the users when the search results are unreliable. The move by Google strives to provide relevant and reliable information to the users....

Vodafone Idea Worst Hit by AGR Dues Vodafone Idea is facing massive trouble as their AGR dues stand at Rs 53,000 crore. However, the telco giant self-assessed their dues at Rs 23,000 crore out of which Rs 7,000 crore is the principal amount. Currently, Vodafone Idea has just paid Rs 3,500 crore to DoT. Also, the telco giant has appealed the Government to give relief measures otherwise, they will be forced to shut down their operations....

Rescue Package will Relief the Stressed Telcos As per a Times Now report, Union Cabinet might approve the rescue package for stressed telcos which would include a staggered payment schedule. Also, a whiffle payment schedule will help the telco giants to clear off their AGR dues without any added hassle. However, telcos might need to pay interest on the whiffle payment mechanism. As of license fees, the government might follow the recommendations by Trai and lower the interest rate, which currently stands at 8%....

The new OS poses a bit of a risk for Android, since, if it does do well, certain Chinese companies could make the switch, denting the overall market share that Android has enjoyed ever since its inception. In case you missed it, Huawei started work on the OS after the US trade ban implications meant that the company could not make use of Google’s services for the time being. The launch is quite significant as it paves the way for the company to take on the like of Apple’s iOS which currently holds a 26% market share and Google’s Android with 73% as of May 2021....

Huawei sub-brand Honor launched the Honor 8X in India in the month of October 2018. With the Honor 8X, the smartphone company wanted to take on the likes of phones like Redmi Note 6 Pro, Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2, Nokia 6.1 Plus and other devices that were available under Rs 15,000 back then. The Honor 8X comes packed with several top-notch features like HiSilicon Kirin 710 processor. To recollect the Honor 8X was launched in India running Android Oreo software with EMUI 8....

The largest telecom operator in India, Reliance Jio, has changed the telecom market by offering multiple benefits to its subscribers. The benefits to cost ratio is one of the key factors which intrigues users to join the largest telco of India and enjoy an array of benefits. Since online payments and bills have become the new norm, Jio allows its postpaid users to pay their bills using various online methods....

Call forwarding is perhaps one of the most widely used features on phones. Once activated on a contact number, the feature will forward or divert the calls coming to that number to another previously assigned number, under various circumstances. The call can be made to redirect to the other number when the number is busy, not reachable, or there is no answer. You may choose to activate the facility for each circumstance, as preferred....

Huawei might just revolutionise the tech industry, once again. For those of you in the dark, the Chinese company has always offered top quality products on the bleeding edge of design and innovation. From its telephoto cameras to its foldables, Huawei has time and again set the bar when it comes to both consumer tech as well as concepts. One such product was the Huawei Mate X, the company’s first proper foldable, which was also available to consumers....

IMCL Low-Cost Plan is Named as Vishesh Manoranjan Pack IMCL has rolled out the Vishesh Manoranjan Pack for its subscribers to cater to the needs of their entertainment in the lockdown period. The exclusive pack by the company will offer 400 Television channels to its subscribers. Not only this, to ensure that subscribers get maximum value from the pack, IMCL has also included the NXT value-added services which provide up to 20 unique channels to its subscribers....

WhatsApp and Telegram are two of the most used social media texting applications in India. Over 400 million Indians use WhatsApp, which is almost the same number of people as Jio has in its 4G network. The importance of these applications is out in the open as Jio’s network went down again yesterday. This wasn’t the first time it has happened. The telco’s network was down for almost eight hours on Saturday for the users living in the Mumbai region....

India has again fallen in the global rank for offering the best median mobile and broadband download speeds. Ookla, a global leader in network intelligence and insights, has released an updated report for the month of September 2022. Ookla’s data suggests that India fell one spot in the global rank for delivering the best median mobile speeds, from 117th rank in August to 118th rank in September 2022. However, at the same time, the median download speeds have actually improved for mobile users in India....

The Indian government collected a total of Rs 4,541 crore as license fee (LF) from the telecom service providers (TSPs) in Q3 FY22, said the quarterly performance report published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Thursday. This was 19.21% more than Rs 3,809 crore in LFs’ during the same quarter in the previous year. More LFs came to the government because of the higher AGR (adjusted gross revenue)....

Indian Telecom operators might get some relief in regards to adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues. The telcos, including Airtel and Vodafone Idea, were asked by the Supreme Court (SC) to clear the dues in 10 instalments over a decade. Since the AGR dues amount is not being rectified, it has put a lot of pressure on the telcos as the total dues amount in thousands of crores. But as per an ET Telecom report, the government might ease the pressure on the telcos by allowing them to pay the same amount over 20 years in 20 instalments instead of 10....

Infinix is a budget brand that has a bit of a following in certain global markets, as is evident by the coverage the company receives from certain foreign creators. The company recently launched its Note 10 and Note 10 Pro devices around the world, with both devices featuring 6.95-inch FHD+ displays and MediaTek chipsets. It has now been revealed that the company is soon going to launch these two devices in India, with a confirmed launch set for June, according to a report by Gizbot....

The built-in-unit conversion capability on iPhones will be available in a public beta version of iOS 16 that will be released next month. Federico Viticci, the editor-in-chief of MacStories, was the first to notice the feature, and he shared it via Twitter. According to a tweet from Apple and a story from 9to5Mac, the built-in unit conversion feature in iOS 16 will be available everywhere, including in the Messages app on Apple iPhones....

Tech fans love the month of September because it is the month when Apple introduces a new iPhone series. This time, it is going to be the iPhone 14 series. The new iPhone 14 series is highly anticipated to go live on September 7, 2022. This means the launch is just around 3 weeks far. Note that Apple hasn’t announced the event yet, but this date still comes from Bloomberg’s sources....

iPhones and 5G have become a heated topic of discussion in India. Users are very dissatisfied with Apple after spending upwards of Rs 1 lakh and not being able to experience 5G on their iPhones. It is worth noting that Apple said its devices are 5G supportive when it launched them globally. But now as 5G has launched in the country and users can’t really experience 5G on their iPhones, it is bugging them....

Revised Price Structure of iQoo 3 iQoo has slashed the prices of iQoo 3 smartphone to offer the best in class features with 5G capabilities without burning customers pocket. In order to make the most cost-effective 5G device in India, the iQoo 3 variants are available at a lower price. The 8GB+128GB 4G variant of iQoo 3 which is the base variant is available at Rs 34,990, whereas the 8GB+256GB 4G variant has received a price cut of Rs 2,000 and the smartphone is available at Rs 37,990....

iQOO 7 and iQOO 7 Legend have just launched in India and they are here to give tough competition to other Chinese brands selling their devices in the mid-range segment. Both the devices had already gone official in China in January 2021. As expected, the vanilla iQOO 7 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 SoC and the iQOO 7 Legend is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC. Both the devices come with powerful specifications and at a price that will surely create some noise in the market....