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Cloud is India's best bet to aid faster innovation at scale in 2022
As a result of the ongoing economic and humanitarian crises, we have all been witness to a major shift to digital as organisations showed resilience and realignment in their businesses. Now, as the country advances its agenda of building a digitally knowledgeable economy, it must also look to create a self-sustaining model of development and progress.
WhatsApp to enable users to search businesses nearby: Report
As per a report by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is developing a functionality that will let users easily search for businesses nearby by filtering them using a new interface. The feature will be helpful for users to search for hotels, groceries, apparel and clothing, among others. The feature has been released for some people in Sao Paulo and will be available to both iOS and Android users.
New smart-contract based crypto platform begins global operations
The smart contract allows users to start with as little as 0.01 BNB to get their profits up. Launching this XMAS season, BNBXMAS has been built to get the most out of the Binance Smart Chain without investing excessive amounts of time and resources into it.
Galaxy S21 FE listed on Walmart for $699 ahead of launch
The variant listed is expected to be the 6GB RAM variant. Considering that the device costs $699 for the 128GB variant as per the listing, the phone may come at a price of $749 for the 256GB variant, reports GizmoChina. Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G may come with a 6.41-inch AMOLED FHD plus display with a 120 Hz refresh rate.
Xiaomi 11i HyperCharge to launch in India on Jan 6
Sandeep Sarma, the Senior Marketing Manager at Xiaomi India, shared a poster on micro-blogging site Twitter that mentioned that the 11i HyperCharge has a super bright AMOLED display that supports 1200 nits brightness. In addition, the screen supports a full HD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate.
Lenovo Legion Y90 with 144Hz screen to launch on Jan 1
The Lenovo Legion Y90 will feature a 6.92-inch E4 AMOLED screen with a 144Hz refresh rate and 720Hz touch sampling rate. The panel supports HDR content, and the smartphone will come with a dual-engine air-cooled system for sustained performance, reports GSMArena.
Galaxy S22 Ultra to feature enhanced video stabilisation: Report
Samsung is planning to launch its next premium flagship S22 series soon and now a new report has claimed that the top-end model in the lineup, the Galaxy S22 Ultra, will be better at stabilising videos. An AI-assisted Wide Shift OIS feature will help in achieving better stabilisation of videos, effectively reducing camera shake by four times when compared to the S21 Ultra, reports GizmoChina.
How Webb telescope plans to uncover first galaxies, distant worlds
Described as the Apollo moment for science, NASA's James Webb telescope -- on its way toward its destination in orbit about 1 million miles from Earth -- has begun six months of commissioning in space, before it scouts for first galaxies and distant worlds. At the end of commissioning, the world's largest and most complex space science observatory will deliver its first images.
LG working on laptop with touch pads on both sides of keyboard
A patent for an LG laptop has surfaced on the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) portal. The patent appears to be submitted by LG back on June 8, 2020, which WIPO has published on December 24, reports GizmoChina.The keyboard of the concept laptop is considerably smaller than what we find on traditional laptops.
5 trends that will shape cybersecurity threat landscape in 2022
According to the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), around 12.1 lakh cybersecurity incidents were observed till October 2021 in India. Microsoft analyzes over 8.3 trillion signals each day for potential malicious activity in email, desktops, laptops, and cloud applications that people log into for work and personal life. Here are five cybersecurity paradigm shifts shared by Microsoft Security for 2022:
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