TECHNOLOGY
Apple offers 20% bonus in India for adding money to Apple ID
Users are being notified about a 20 per cent bonus when adding funds to an Indian Apple ID account, citing a developer on Twitter, 9To5Mac reported. According to Apple, the offer is valid through October 31 and is available when adding Rs 100 to Rs 15,000 to the Apple ID balance.
realme Q3s confirmed to feature 144Hz LCD screen
The smartphone maker has confirmed that the realme Q3s has a 6.6-inch LCD screen. It will support 7 levels of refresh rate such as 30Hz, 48Hz, 50Hz, 60Hz, 90Hz, 120Hz, and 144Hz. The display would come with other features like DCI-P3 wide color gamut, HDR10, and support for 4096-level fine dimming.
Samsung Galaxy S22 and S22+ to feature wider displays: Report
GSMArena reported that according to tipster Ice Universe, the edges of the smartphones would be slightly rounder with minimal bezels. "This is the first time we have seen the Tempered Glass Screen Protector of Galaxy S22 and S22+. They are more rounded and slightly fatter than S21 series," the tipster noted.
iQOO Z5x to come with a Dimensity 900 chipset
Dimensity 900 is a 5G capable chip built on a 6nm process with two Cortex-A78 power cores clocked at 2.4GHz and six Cortex-A55 units at 2 GHz for efficiency. The GPU side is covered by the Arm Mali-G68. Z5x will also house a side-mounted fingerprint scanner and a headphone jack.
TCL unveils full-colour microLED AR glasses
At present, TCL has not revealed the price and availability of the AR glasses, reports GSMArena. In terms of specifications, it features a microLED display and contain a waveguide developed in-house by TCL. Thunderbird Smart Glasses look like normal sunglasses with colour screens that are transparent and comes with an inbuilt camera.
After Microsoft's decision to shut down LinkedIn in China, will more companies follow suit?
Reuters tweeted, "Seven years after its launch in China, Microsoft is pulling the plug on LinkedIn. The company cited challenges of operating in a country with strict government regulations over content sharing." The American tech giant however said that the company will launch a China-specific jobs-only platform called InJobs, which would not offer social feeds.
Apple fires leader of #AppleToo movement at workplace: Report
According to The Verge, the action against Janneke Parrish, a programme manager on Apple Maps, was terminated for "non-compliance". The files she deleted from her work devices included apps like Robinhood, Pokemon GO and Google Drive. "Internally, some employees expressed disbelief that Parrish's firing could be anything other than retaliation for organising," the report said on Friday.
Rights activist sues Twitter for sharing his info with Saudi govt
In his lawsuit, Ali Al-Ahmed, head of the human rights advocacy organization Institute for Gulf Affairs, claimed that Twitter did not have the right to disclose or share his private information under its own privacy policy and should have done more to protect his information.
OPPO ‘F19s’ another decent contender in mid-range segment
Priced at Rs 19,990, F19s is an addition to the current F-series line-up that includes the F19, F19 Pro and F19 Pro+ 5G. The smartphone is available in the glowing black and glowing golden finishes. We used the golden glow-coloured device with 6GB RAM and 128GB internal storage for a week and here is what we think about the device.
Rights activist sues Twitter for sharing his info with Saudi govt
In his lawsuit, Ali Al-Ahmed, head of the human rights advocacy organization Institute for Gulf Affairs, claimed that Twitter did not have the right to disclose or share his private information under its own privacy policy and should have done more to protect his information.
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