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Facebook Cloud gaming arrives on Apple devices with web app
Facebook's cloud games are currently available in the US, Canada and Mexico, and will reach Western and Central Europe by early 2022. "The site will let you play simple web games like Solitaire and match-threes and stream more graphically intensive titles like racing games," reports The Verge. Over 1.5 million people are playing cloud-streamed games on Facebook Gaming every month and the social network has announced to roll out Cloud gaming in Canada and Mexico.
Amazon to probe harassment, discrimination allegations at AWS
The petition alleged that Amazon's system to investigate claims of discrimination is not fair, objective or transparent, reports The Washington Post. "The petition cites a lawsuit filed in May by Cindy Warner, a gay executive in Amazon Web Services professional services business, who accused a manager of making homophobic comments and alleged she was fired in retaliation," the report said on Friday.
Snapchat new lenses to help users train like Olympians
The lens called 'Train like an Olympian' utilises Snap's body-tracking technology. It will help users to stay active by completing three exercises before time runs out, rewarding them with a virtual fireworks display. "From unity torch to training like an Olympian, support Team India at the Tokyo Olympics from home with Snapchat," the company said in a statement.
Nokia unveils 4G feature phone in India
"The Nokia 110 4G is a perfect combination of the classic and the neo. With its sleek new design and exceptional features, it is a phone that our fans will love, trust and want to keep," Sanmeet Singh, Vice President, HMD Global, said in a statement.
OnePlus aims to sell 2.5 cr Nord 5G units in 2.5 years
Navnit Nakra, Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of India Sales, OnePlus India, told IANS that the company is committed to the Indian market and over the last two years, it has worked to strengthen manufacturing capabilities in the country.
realme unveils new watches, buds in India
The new products are realme Buds Wireless 2 Neo, Buds Q2 Neo, Buds Wireless 2, Watch 2, and Watch 2 Pro."For realme, India has always been a top priority market," realme Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, realme India and Europe, Madhav Sheth, said in a statement.
Homegrown Molife unveils new smartwatch at Rs 4,499
"We are delighted to present our fourth smartwatch -- Sense 510 in our existing portfolio," Molife Managing Director Deepesh Gupta said in a statement. "This is the first ever Made-In-India smartwatch with a calling feature and further enhances our vision towards the Make in India initiative and making the economy self-reliant," he added.
Internet needs a native currency like Bitcoin: Twitter CEO
"If the Internet has a native currency, a global currency, we are able to move faster with products such as Super Follows, e-commerce, Subscription, Tip Jar and we can reach every single person on the planet," Dorsey said during the Q2 investors' call on Thursday. A staunch supporter of Bitcoin, Dorsey said that the world of cryptocurrency allows speed, a lot more innovation and opens up entirely new use cases.
Instagram tests new feature to curb targeted harassment
The new feature will allow users to lock their accounts and limit any potential interactions when they feel they're the target of harassment. "Racism and hate speech has no place on Instagram," Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, was quoted as saying by Engadget on Thursday. In trying to curb harassment on the platform, Mosseri said Instagram plans to try to reduce hate speech to "as close to zero as we possibly can".
POCO F3 GT with Dimensity 1200 chipset launched in India
The smartphone comes in three storage variants -- 6GB+128GB, 8GB+128GB and 8GB+256GB -- currently priced at Rs 25,999, Rs 27,999 and Rs 29,999. However, the pricing of the device will increase each week for the coming two weeks, starting July 26, according to the company. The introduction of the POCO F series back in 2018 disrupted the Indian market like never before.
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