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Apple announces special event on Oct 18, new Macs expected
The event will be broadcast live from Apple Park. Apple is teasing the event with the tagline "Unleashed" which is likely a hint at the new M1X MacBooks. The event will be live-streamed across Apple's website, on the company's YouTube channel, and via the Apple TV application on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. Apple is expected to announced its next-generation Mac computers, powered by the company's own Apple Silicon chips.
itel emerges as most popular brand in sub-Rs 7K smartphone segment: CMR
itel leads the competition in this smartphone segment, in terms of current brand satisfaction, advocacy and future consideration. itel users are most satisfied with its product quality, price and value for money. itel has the highest NPS (60 per cent) followed by realme (58 per cent) and Xiaomi (54 per cent).
Google forms cybersecurity action team, launches 'work safer' tool
"While access to the latest, most advanced security technology is important, the expertise of what it will take to become resilient in the face of today's risk and threat environment is foundational," said Sunil Potti, VP/GM, Google Cloud Security, at the annual 'Google Cloud Next '21' conference.
Microsoft mitigates largest DDoS attack ever on Azure
The mega DDoS attack in the month of August was 140 per cent higher than the 1 Tbps attack in 2020, and higher than any network volumetric event previously detected on Azure, according to Amir Dahan, Senior Programme Manager, Azure Networking.
Open internet more at risk now than ever before: Twitter
Stating that open internet is more at risk now than ever before, Twitter said that the harassment of employees of service providers is a worrying norm, accelerated by proposals to require local staff to be liable for decisions rather than the corporate entity.
HTC to announce new standalone Vive Headset this Week: Report
The company has been teasing an unveiling using a "Go with the Flow" tag line, with numerous lifestyle images suggesting the device made for meditation and media consumption with access to some casual gaming. Vive Flow will be a lightweight consumer VR headset that has been developed under the code name "Hue."
OnePlus 9RT to feature 600Hz touch sampling rate: Report
OPnePlus 9RT will come with a large vapour cooling sink that is claimed to dissipate heat over an area of aa19,067.44 mmA, reports XDA Developers. The smartphone is expected to feature a triple camera setup with the primary lens being a 50MP Sony IMX766 sensor.
Instagram will soon alert users when the platform suffers outage
The photo-messaging platform will notify users in their Activity Feed when the service experiences an outage or technical issue, and when it is resolved. "We won't send a notification every single time there is an outage, but when we see that people are confused and looking for answers, we'll determine if something like this could help make things clearer," Instagram said.
Gmail suffers outage in India
According to Down Detector, 68 per cent users reported that they are facing issues in website, 18 per cent reported server connection and 14 per cent mentioned about login issue. Users in India and in some other countries went to social media platforms complaining they were unable to access Gmail.
Social videos, influencers to drive festive shopping in India: Facebook
The insights are from the social networking giant's Festive Marketing Guide for 2021 and is based on Facebook commissioned researches with YouGov, GFK, IPSOS and CrowdDNA, the company said in a statement. The guide revealed that social media is the leading channel that drives brand discovery and purchase during the festive season.
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