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GoSocial allows users to take up creative challenges designed by photographers, artists, writers, and designers and get rewarded.

Anand Mahindra gives Rs 7.5 crore funding boost to Gurugram-based...

The startup has developed a social media platform for content creators called GoSocial.

10 Jun 2020 11:59 AM GMT

Like other carmakers, Honda has struggled to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and the efforts to return to production. (Photo | PTI)

Now, cyber attack hits Honda after COVID-19 crashed car sales

The auto major said there was no breach of data and it will restore full functionality of production, sales and...

9 Jun 2020 5:14 PM GMT

Some 2.5 billion people worldwide play games annually, with some 12.3 billion hours of streamed game content was watched in 2019 alone.

Gamers, you can watch Sony's launch of the PlayStation 5 live on...

The event will start streaming at 1700 GMT and viewers are encouraged to use headphones to best enjoy immersive audio...

9 Jun 2020 4:31 PM GMT

Flipkart believes its Voice Assistant will elevate the users grocery shopping to a more personal and natural experience, the ecommerce company said.

Poha Chivda milega? Your wish is Flipkart's voice command, in Hindi...

Flipkart's Android mobile app now has a voice assistant, and the feature will gradually be made available on iOS and the...

9 Jun 2020 3:34 PM GMT

The century-old technology firm called for responsible national standards regarding how facial recognition systems should be used by police agencies. In this photo

IBM opposes use of facial recognition for racial profiling, tips hat...

CEO Arvind Krishna says IBM no longer offers general purpose facial recognition software, won't condone use of any tech...

9 Jun 2020 1:43 PM GMT

The COVID-19 apps also continuously collect and process highly sensitive and personally identifiable information, about health, location and direct identifiers like name, age, email address and voter or national identification of a user.

In the next James Bond film, 007 should use COVID-19 app data; it...

Most COVID apps access data from mobile devices such as contacts, photos, media, files, location data, camera and...

9 Jun 2020 10:40 AM GMT

Huawei was granted a limited role in January to build the UKs new high-speed 5G networks. However, last week the UKs National Cyber Security Centre began a review to examine the impact new US sanctions against Huawei could have on the countrys networks, officials said. (Photo | Flickr)

As UK reviews impact of US sanctions on Huawei, telecom firm launches...

It took out full-page ads in British newspapers outlining its commitment to providing telecom companies with equipment...

8 Jun 2020 2:11 PM GMT

Digital after-sales services such as service booking can also be done on the eSHOP app. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons)

You can now buy a two-wheeler in just a few taps with Hero's eSHOP app

All purchase-related information and actions are built into the system, so customers can purchase their vehicle directly...

8 Jun 2020 1:36 PM GMT

As things slowly go back to normal under Unlock 1.0, salespersons arrange products on display at a shop inside Shopprix Mall after it reopened, in Noida, Monday, June 8, 2020. Malls and shopping centers re-opened after more than two months, focussing on hourly disinfection of the common areas, contactless shopping, and physical distancing to prevent the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus. (Photo | PTI)

Corona off people's minds, Google search for films, weather reflect...

The search volume for coronavirus in May was half of that in April even though the number of COVID-19 cases are rising.

8 Jun 2020 1:08 PM GMT

Reading the Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Lenins works, Mao Zedongs life, and calling friends comrade and greeting them with Lal Salam are some of the grounds that the NIA has cited to link Akhil Gogoi and three associates to the banned CPI(Maoist) and charge them for sedition. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons)

Facebook users flood Assam Chief Minister Sonowal's page with...

Social media users were reacting against a case of sedition and terrorist activities filed against activist Akhil Gogoi...

8 Jun 2020 12:21 PM GMT

Two new series of OnePlus TV will be unveiled on July 2. The company had forayed into the smart TV segment in September last year with the launch of its 55-inch TV (two models), priced at Rs 69,900 and Rs 99,990. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons)

OnePlus to launch two new affordable smart TVs on July 2

Shipments of TVs in India grew 15% annually to reach 15 million units in 2019, driven by budget smart TVs, leading with...

8 Jun 2020 11:58 AM GMT

One of the fastest-growing apps on the Play Store was called Remove China Apps and did exactly what the name suggested. While the App has since then been removed from the Play Store for violating Googles policies, its existence and function hurt Indias best interests in the name of helping it. Eliminating or banning a competitor is inherently bad for competition and does Indian consumers a disservice.

Removing Chinese apps from your phone is the opposite of self-reliance

Several Indian startups such as Paytm, Swiggy, Zomato, Ola and BigBasket have Chinese investors. Shunning the apps hurts...

8 Jun 2020 10:37 AM GMT