TECHNOLOGY
Sony to keep PS3, Vita stores open: Report
The PSP's store will still be shut down on July 2, 2021, as originally planned. "Upon further reflection, however, it's clear that we made the wrong decision here. So today I'm happy to say that we will be keeping the PlayStation Store operational for PS3 and PS Vita devices," Jim Ryan, President and CEO, Sony Interactive Entertainment, said in a blog post.
MediaTek launches chipset for flagship 5G smartphones in India
"The SoC will mark a new beginning for the smartphone segment in India with its flagship features that blend the best of all worlds -- be its processor technology, camera, AI features, gaming or connectivity enhancements," Anku Jain, Managing Director, MediaTek India, said in a statement.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to empower Indian SMBs
Customized for India, the solution comes with inbuilt features that address local regulatory and market requirements for ease of business, including a tax engine comprising over 500 pre-configured use cases and business scenarios for GST, TDS and tax collected at source (TCS), Microsoft said during ‘Building a Resilient Future', a virtual summit organised to discuss building resilience among SMBs in the presence of Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari.
Google adding new Earth Day wallpapers for Pixel phones
The new wallpapers are accessible by long-pressing anywhere on the Pixel Launcher and selecting "Styles & wallpapers". Housed in "Curated Culture", these three new Earth Day Pixel wallpapers were drawn by Jeremyville. The style anthropomorphizes fish, land creatures and even trees, showing them having a fun celebration, reports 9To5Google
Facebook launching Clubhouse rival this summer
Announcing multiple social audio products, the company said on Monday that it will test Live Audio Rooms in Groups, making it available to the 1.8 billion people using Groups every month and tens of millions of active communities on Facebook.
Twitter appoints Apurva Dalal as Director of Engineering in India
Dalal has more than two decades of engineering experience spanning global organisations such as Uber, Google, and eBay, who last served as the engineering site lead for Uber Bengaluru.
Now transfer your FB posts, notes to Google Documents, WordPress
"To better reflect the range of data types people can now transfer to our partners' services, we're renaming the tool ‘Transfer Your Information," said Steve Satterfield, Director of Privacy and Public Policy.
OPPO brings A54 smartphone in 3 variants to India
The 16.55cm A54 with punch-hole display and housing Mediatek Helio P35 (MT6765) Octa-Core Processor will be available from April 20 in three colours (Crystal Black, Starry Blue and Moonlight Gold) in Flipkart and retail outlets in the country, the company said in a statement.
Twitter, Facebook, Snap join White House Covid vax campaign
The White House through its Covid vaccination campaign aims to address vaccine hesitancy. Earlier, it had set a date of May 1 for states to open coronavirus vaccine eligibility to all adults, but later it was preponed to April 19, the Verge quoted Axios as saying on Sunday.
FB set to take on Clubhouse, Zoom with social audio products
The likely products, to be unveiled on Monday (US time), are an audio-only version of videoconferencing product Rooms, a Clubhouse-like audio chat product, a podcast discovery product that will be connected with Spotify and another product that will let Facebook users record brief voice messages and post them in their newsfeeds, reports Vox.
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