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Amazon is reportedly working on creating a standalone app for sports content in an effort to add a new revenue stream. The news comes soon after Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced that the company will continue to invest in live sports.Citing a source with direct knowledge of the plan, a report by The Information says … Read more
Xiaomi is set to launch its Note 12 series in India in January next year. The company has announced that Redmi Note 12 series smartphones will be unveiled in India on January 5 at an event in New Delhi. Redmi Note 12 series phones appeared on e-tailing website Amazon recently. The website has now added … Read more
Five digital platforms — cab aggregators Ola and Uber, grocery delivery app Dunzo, pharmacy platform PharmEasy and Amazon Flex — have the lowest scores in a rating of digital platforms on the basis of providing fair working conditions for gig workers. The rating of 12 digital platforms was done by a Fairwork India team in … Read more
Delhi Police has questioned the officials of Flipkart over the sale of acid on the platform despite a ban on it. The prime suspect in the case said that he purchased the acid from the e-commerce platform. Reports suggest that cops are not happy with the responses and the officials may be called again.Flipkart was … Read more
A parliamentary panel on Thursday recommended the government enact a digital competition act to regulate anti-competitive business practices by Big Tech companies on its platforms. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has had strained relations with many large technology companies, and New Delhi has been tightening the regulation of firms such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Alphabet … Read more
The Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha informed that the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has notified framework on ‘Online Consumer Reviews — Principles and Requirements for their Collection, Moderation and Publication’ on November 2022 for safeguarding … Read more
Smart wearable brand Urban has announced the launch of its latest smartwatch–Urban Pro Z– in the Indian market. The smartwatch comes with an AI voice assistant and features 100+ cloud based-watch faces.Urban Pro Z smartwatch: Price, colours and availabilityThe Urban Pro Z smartwatch comes at an introductory price tag of Rs 2,999. Users can buy … Read more
Amazon has introduced Prime Gaming giving more benefits to Prime users in India. Prime Gaming offers free access to a dozen games and in-game content to Amazon Prime subscribers. Users in India previously had access only to Prime Video and Prime Music as part of their Prime subscription but the addition of Prime Gaming essentially … Read more
Xiaomi has reportedly joined the growing list of companies, including Meta, Google and Amazon that are laying off employees to reduce costs. The layoffs, attributed to the weak consumer spending, are reported to be in China only. The job cuts may reduce Xiaomi’s payroll by about 15%, the report notes.Citing local reports and posts on … Read more
Following Google’s rolled out of Matter support for a bunch of its smart devices, Amazon has announced it is bringing the latest smart home standard to 17 of its offerings. This means that these 17 devices will be able to work in harmony with other Matter-enabled products from any company preferred by customers. Amazon said … Read more