TECHNOLOGY
FB verifies fan page on Elon Musk, takes it down
According to The Verge, it is unclear if Facebook took it down or the owners chose to make it unavailable.
To be clear, the page wasn't pretending it's Musk; it openly stated that it was a fan page in its About section, the report said. Musk owns a Tesla Roadster car 0001 (the first one off the production line) from Tesla Motors, a company in which he is an early investor. The Roadster is a battery electric sportscar with a 220 mile range.
Glance, Intel partner to showcase latest chip on smartphone lock screen
With over 150 million Indians spending an average of 22 minutes on Glance daily, the campaign has enabled Intel to generate product awareness and discovery among PC shoppers, through impactful storytelling, surfaced on the lock screens of millions of smartphones across the country.
Lenovo launches its first education-focused tablet
The Lenovo Tianjiao Pad is priced at 1,299 yen (approx Rs 15,100) and it will be available for purchase in the region starting November 10. The tablet features a dual-tone rear finish consisting of metal-plastic build with an IP52 rating, and comes in a single Silver White color option. It measures 258.4 x 163 x 7.5mm in dimensions, weighs 490 grams.
Squid Game cryptocurrency tanks to $0, scammers make $2.1 million
The SQUID crypto coin was trading at $0.003203, reports CoinMarketCap. The developers behind the crypto project have left the project after the price of its affiliated token crashed to nearly zero. They claimed on its official Telegram channel that its developers do not want to continue running the project due to the stress of dealing with scammers.
Apple bringing car crash detection tool to iPhone
According to The Wall Street Journal, the current plan is to roll out such a feature next year. Google's Personal Safety app on Pixel phones already includes a feature to call for help when it detects car crashes, just like connected car services in modern vehicles do, including GM's OnStar, Subaru's Starlink and Fiat Chrysler's Uconnect.
Apple co-founder thinks iPhone 13 has no big difference from its predecessors
The latest generation of iPhones, which includes the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini, was released in September. In many ways, the iPhone 13 series is indistinguishable from the iPhone 12. "I got the new iPhone; I can't tell the difference really. The software that's in it applies to older iPhones, I presume," Wozniak told Yahoo News.
Google celebrates 50 years of email as Gmail reaches 3 bn users
Tomlinson was a programmer working on ARPANET, the system that laid the groundwork for what would become the internet as we know it today. He tested the messaging system by sending emails to himself, and later said that the first note was probably something like "QWERTYUIOP."
Nokia T20 tablet launched in India starting at Rs 15,499
The device comes with a 2K display, Unisoc T610 Octa-Core processor, 8MP rear camera, 8200mAh battery and more. "At HMD, we keep a close track of the evolving requirements of consumers from a technology standpoint. We have witnessed that tablet usage has grown immensely in the past one year," HMD Global VP Sanmeet Singh Kochhar said in a statement.
Apple retakes 2nd spot in global smartphone market
Xiaomi went back to third place, with 44 million units and a 14 per cent share, reports market research firm Canalys. "The iPhone 13 had a strong start. Pre-orders were high and, unlike last year, Apple could use the full might of its retail stores to drive sales," said research analyst Le Xuan Chiew.
Apple asks court to stay part of Epic Games lawsuit injunction
Following the September ruling by US District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in the Epic-Apple lawsuit, Apple appealed and asked for a stay on the injunction in early October, reports AppleInsider. In a new filing to the court, Apple said it is done some of what the court asked, but still wants the rest of it put on hold.
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