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India leads global refurbished smartphone market, Apple captures 49% share
5G is growing in the secondary markets and it now makes up 13 per cent of global refurbished sales, according to Counterpoint Research. With the demand for refurbished smartphones continuing to grow across most geographies, the global secondary smartphone market grew 5 per cent YoY last year.
YouTube mobile gets animated loading screen inspired by Android TV
Google stated that the new animation is part of an identity update aimed at creating a visually appealing and easily recognisable brand image, reports 9to5Google. The animation was said to have been inspired by old CRT TVs (a television device that uses cathode ray tubes used back before the invention of the flat-screen TV).
Apple may produce 32, 42-inch OLED displays by 2027
According to a forecast from analysts at research firm Omdia, Apple could have some physically big plans for OLED in the works, reports AppleInsider. The report said that Apple will switch almost its entire product line to OLED by 2026, with only a 10.9-inch iPad using LCD at the time. The iPad Pro 11-inch and 12.9-inch displays will switch from Mini LED to hybrid OLED by 2024.
Samsung Galaxy S24 may use EV tech to boost its battery: Report
Samsung's SDI division, responsible for battery research and development, is reportedly exploring the possibility of introducing stacked batteries to their smartphone business, reports GSMArena. Unlike a change to the chemical composition of the battery, this innovation involves rearranging the cells within the battery, resulting in a higher energy density, which in turn, will allow for a greater capacity of the battery to fit within the same volume, potentially extending the battery life of Samsung's future smartphones.
Google to let users co-present Slides in Meet
"As the primary presenter, you can assign participants to co-present Slides with you. As a co-presenter, you can see the audience, presentation, and Slides controls in one window, navigate the presentation, and start and stop media within the presentation," Google said in a blogpost.
Windows 11 Beta expands 'live captions' to support 5 more languages
The tech giant also fixed several bugs and issues with the update. In the new build, it fixed an issue where the touch keyboard didn't correctly recognise a hardware keyboard available in some cases, as well an issue that was causing live captions to crash on the first launch due to an issue impacting registry data retrieval.
WhatsApp working on new feature 'channels' for broadcasting information
According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp plans to rename the Status tab "Updates" in order to include channels within this section. A WhatsApp channel is a private tool in which phone numbers and user information are always kept private.
YouTube TV rolls out 'major update' for Apple TV with improved picture quality
A YouTube Community Manager recently provided an update on the latest developments for YouTube TV in a post on the YouTube TV subreddit, highlighting a number of ongoing updates. According to the post, the multiview feature is now available to YouTube TV subscribers, with "improvements" set to be coming ahead of the NFL (National Football League) season.
Telegram launches shareable chat folders, custom wallpapers
According to the company, the new update will let users share entire chat folders with one link, create custom wallpapers for individual chats, use web apps in any chat and more. Now, chat folders can be shared with a link, inviting friends and colleagues to dozens of work groups, news channel collections, and more.
Blue tick reappears for many influential users on Twitter
Recently, Musk announced that the legacy ticks would begin disappearing from April 20 onwards.
However, now numerous influential and well-known Twitter users globally have had their blue verification badges reinstated next to their usernames. American journalist Matt Binder has tweeted that he got.
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