TECHNOLOGY
Apple to roll out 5G software update in December in India
In a statement to IANS, the tech giant said it is working with its carrier partners in India to create the best 5G experience for iPhone users. "We are working with our carrier partners in India to bring the best 5G experience to iPhone users as soon as network validation and testing for quality and performance is completed," the company told IANS.
IKEA India launches live streaming shopping experience
Commenting on this, Erik Jan Middelhoven, Acting Country Commercial Manager, IKEA India said, "India is a digital-first country, and we want to reach out to the many people to become more accessible and showcase the brand's range of products to enable a better life at home. We are excited to introduce the concept of 'Live from IKEA', that takes the overall customer experience to a new level
Google brings world's first laptops built for cloud gaming
These new Chromebooks bring together gaming hardware features, access to the latest games with cutting-edge graphics through the cloud, and software designed to make gaming fast and easy. "Chromebooks have always been known for being fast, secure, and easy-to-use devices. Since their launch more than a decade ago, we have improved their capabilities and expanded the variety of devices for people to choose from," the company said in a blogpost.
5G transition: Telecom dept to meet mobile handset makers, service providers
During Wednesday's meeting, which has been convened jointly by Secretaries of telecom and IT departments, mobile handset companies like Apple, Samsung and others are likely to be asked to push for over the air (OTA) upgrades for 5G handsets, sources aware of the development said.
Meta slams The Wire publication for publishing 'fabricated' stories
"These stories are fabrications. The stories are simply incorrect about the cross-check programme, which was built to prevent potential over-enforcement mistakes. It has nothing to do with the ability to report posts, as alleged in the article," Meta (formerly Facebook) Chief Information Security Officer Guy Rosen posted.
Google Cloud CEO reveals new plans for metaverse, Web 3.0
Google last year announced Project Starline, a technology project that enables coworkers to feel like they are together, even when they are cities apart. It creates a 3D model of a person, making it feel like you are sitting with someone in the same room -- not at the other end of a video call.
Elon Musk's affordable internet service Starlink debuts in Japan
Starlink is a constellation of satellites run by SpaceX. After 2023, it also aims to provide global mobile phone service. SpaceX has more than 2,300 operational Starlink satellites in orbit as of September. On the microblogging site Twitter, the SpaceX posted: "Starlink launches service in Japan -- first country in Asia".
Acer India launches new laptop with stereoscopic 3D gaming
A stereoscopic video game is a video game that creates depth perception for the player by any form of stereo display. The laptop is available from Rs 3,19,999 at key retail and online stores. It features 12th Gen Intel Core i9 processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 laptop GPUs.
Noise launches next-gen audio TWS with gesture control
With the Gesture Control feature, users can reject a call or change a music track by shaking their heads and nod their heads to accept calls. Called 'IntelliBuds,' the hearable is priced at Rs 4,999 and will be available at the company's official site from October 14.
There is no single 'silver bullet' behind crash detection: Apple
According to Apple Insider, there have been real crashes, as well as erroneous rollercoaster reports, plus independent testing has shown that crash detection won't always work. Now two of Apple's executives have explained how crash detection works, and so why there can be these failures, or false positives.
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