Dive into the tech & future
India has proven its mettle with its indigenous 4G/5G technology stack which is “now ready” and the country is poised to emerge as a major telecom technology exporter to the world in the coming three years, Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday. Speaking at the Economic Times Global Business Summit 2023, Vaishnaw, who is … Read more
Mumbai Police have traced a 25-year-old man and saved him from ending his life, following an alert received from a US law enforcement agency that a person was searching on Google about ‘how to commit suicide without pain’, an official said on Thursday. Based on vital information like the IP address and location shared by … Read more
At Aero India 2023 in Bengaluru, an Indian Army doctor showcased an external fixator developed to treat hand fractures, which is currently being deployed in earthquake-hit Turkey and Syria under Operation Dost emergency relief. News agency ANI quoted Colonel Vijay Pandey, who said that the technology heals patients faster than other fixators. Weighing just about … Read more
BJP Rajya Sabha member Sushil Kumar Modi on Friday suggested that big techs like Facebook, Google and YouTube, should be made to share advertising revenue, they earn from posting news reports, with media companies who are the original content creators. Raising the matter during the Zero Hour in the House, he said newspapers and TV … Read more
OnePlus 11 5G was launched in India on February 7 as the Chinese smartphone manufacturer’s first flagship smartphone of 2023. OnePlus, since its inception, has been known for offering premium specifications and features at a considerably lower price on the flagship models. Meanwhile, Samsung Galaxy S23 series made its debut last month, as its premium … Read more
Motorola has announced a partnership with Vi to offer 5G services on all its compatible smartphones in India. The smartphone company enabled 5G connectivity on all of its 5G capable handsets in November 2022 with Airtel 5G services, except Moto Razr 5G. However, now the company is all set to offer 5G support with Vi. … Read more
Troubled Indian mobile service provider Vodafone Idea said on Friday the government had ordered the company to convert into equity all the dues owed to the government for use of airwaves including the interest related to payments for spectrum. The total amount to be converted into equity shares is Rs. 16,133 crore, the mobile carrier said. … Read more
India has welcomed the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s aid in its quest to formulate crypto laws that would work on an international level. The development has been confirmed by Ajay Seth, Secretary of India’s Department of Economic Affairs. India took over the presidency of the G20 group of nations in December last year. The countries … Read more
India is among the top three nations contributing active users growth for Facebook as of December 31, 2022, social media major Meta said in a regulatory filing. The company has reported a 4 percent increase in worldwide daily active users (DAUs) to 2 billion on average during December 2022 from 1.93 billion during December 2021. … Read more
The White House is launching a partnership with India on Tuesday that President Joe Biden hopes will help the countries compete against China on military equipment, semiconductors and artificial intelligence. Washington wants to deploy more Western mobile phone networks in the subcontinent to counter China’s Huawei Technologies, to welcome more Indian computer chip specialists to … Read more