Acer 4K UHD smart TV (50-inch) review: The price is right

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Samsung Galaxy S22 series could be delayed to February 2022, report says

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7 ways in which you can take pro level Diwali photos with Hasselblad Pro mode on OnePlus 9 Pro

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Google Photos: How to set up a Locked Folder and hide your pictures

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Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra discontinued in India, could get successor in 2022

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Apple iMac 21.5-inch discontinued amid transition to M1 processors

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In the market for a new iPhone? Here’s a complete guide for your next Apple smartphone

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Roadblocks ahead as Indian IT moves into high gear

Top Indian IT companies are expected to post double-digit growth rates amid high demand for their services globally, but several factors — including a talent crunch and margin pressure — may force them to look at the rear-view mirror more closely.

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A look at all the phones that Reliance Jio has launched so far

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Cryptocurrency Shiba Inu’s surge could be influenced by crypto whales

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Jio vs Airtel vs Vi: Best prepaid plans under Rs 500

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Little Devil Inside Gameplay trailer revealed: Watch video

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Apple’s most back-ordered new product is not what you expect

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Warner Bros’ ‘Multiversus’ game: Here’s everything we know so far

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To err is human; to mistakenly bite is baby white shark

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Metaverse (previously Facebook) is Mark Zuckerberg’s escape hatch

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PharmEasy to file DRHP for Rs 6,000-7,000 crore IPO by next week

The DRHP would be a minimum of Rs 6,000 crore and PharmEasy could potentially increase it by another 20% as per market regulations, people familiar with the matter said.

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Twitter Blue releases “Labs” to offer users early access to features

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Twitter Blue announces ‘Labs’ to let users early access to new features

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JioPhone Next vs Xiaomi Redmi 9A: Price in India, features, design compared

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Mark Zuckerberg got a bit meta in his Meta presentation

In a keynote presentation announcing his company's name change - from Facebook to Meta - and a shift away from traditional social networking, Zuckerberg made sure to insert a long-standing gag that his employees and followers would appreciate: a bottle of barbecue sauce.

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New OnePlus 7 series update fixes call screen lag issue

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Apple objects to links to outside payments ahead of Epic Games hearing

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Apple objects to links to outside payments ahead of Epic Games hearing

Apple on Friday for the first time signalled that its strongest objections are to the requirements to allow buttons and links that provide a "mechanism" for outside payments.

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Mobility startup IntrCity sees spike in demand as bus travel peaks to an all-time high

The platform is doing five lakh bookings a month with an annualised rate of $80 million in consumer spending, as travel picks up across India.

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Mobikwik, Oyo Rooms and Delhivery to soon join the IPO startup party

Following the success of Zomato’s listings, many of these new-age businesses are readying IPO plans.

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Flipkart’s Big Diwali sale: Offers on phones, laptops, and earphones

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How Apple is gaining smartphone customers during a chip shortage

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A Diwali bonus for bourses, courtesy startup IPOs

In all, at least $33 billion in market capitalisation would be added to Dalal Street within a fortnight by companies that didn’t exist a decade ago — Nykaa, Policybazaar and Paytm — by way of their initial public offerings (IPOs).

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Policybazaar raises Rs 2,569 crore from insurance cos, others in IPO anchor round

The SoftBank-backed startup saw bids that were nearly 40 times higher for the anchor slot of its initial public offering (IPO), with investors like Fidelity, Baillie Gifford, Dragoneer Group, BlackRock and others also participating.

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Move over Apple, Microsoft now the world's most valuable company

Apple took a $6 billion hit to its sales during the fiscal fourth quarter due to a nagging global supply chain problem, leading to a miss on Wall Street expectations.

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Twitter Spaces hosts can now record conversations and share them as tweets

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Leaked photo shows Meta’s (previously Facebook) planned competitor to Apple Watch

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Amazon labour shortage hinders one-day delivery ambitions

Amazon said it anticipates $4 billion in additional labour and related expenses during the fourth quarter, amid pandemic-fueled shortages that made it harder to hire warehouse workers and drivers, and forcing it to route packages to out-of-the-way warehouses with sufficient staffing.

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Apple has doubled its business in India: CEO Tim Cook

“During fiscal 2021, we earned nearly one-third of our revenue from emerging markets and doubled our business in India and Vietnam. We are optimistic about the future, especially as we see strong demand for our new products,” said Cook.

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Apple’s new iOS 15.2 beta update brings an important ‘privacy’ feature

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'Very...Meta': Twitter cracks up over Facebook rebrand

Facebook Inc.'s announcement that the company would henceforth be called Meta Platforms Inc. unleashed a torrent of hilarity on Twitter from companies, people and even the social media giant itself.

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Facebook is now Meta: A look at other corporate rebranding efforts

Facebook Inc. is changing its name to Meta Platforms Inc., joining a long list of companies — including Google, Philip Morris and Nefflix — that have tried to rebrand themselves over the years, with varying success.

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Redmi Watch 2 launched with 117 fitness modes, 12 hours of battery life: Price, features

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Apple doubled business in India, helped by strong sales of iPhone in Q4 2021

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Facebook’s new name draws critics, but at least it’s not tronc

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Facebook changes name of parent company to 'Meta', replaces iconic thumbs-up logo

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Infosys comes together with BP to build energy-as-a-service solution

Infosys has come together with BP Plc to co-develop and pilot an energy-as-a-service (EaaS) solution to optimise utilisation of power and help businesses meet their goals of reducing emissions.

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Wipro and Oracle launch tollway transportation and billing solution

Wipro in partnership with Oracle, today launched Wipro Tollway Transportation and Billing solution to improve commuters’ experience while improving profitability for tollway authorities.

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Nearly all Indian firms are using some form of hybrid cloud architecture: IBM

A new study by IBM finds that the cloud market has entered the hybrid, multicloud era and concerns around vendor lock-in, security, compliance and interoperability remain paramount.

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Incorp India invests $10 million in Vakilsearch

InCorp India said the transaction envisages a primary infusion accelerating tech and product development and sprucing up the marketing, sales and talent acquisition at Vakilsearch.

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Facebook renames itself Meta to shed a toxic past, build metaverse

Facebook, under fire for spreading misinformation and other issues, said the name change was part of its bet on a next digital frontier called the metaverse, where friends and family can ineract with each other, no matter where they were on the planet.

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Jupiter’s monster storm not just wide but surprisingly deep

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Apple results hit by supply chain woes, Cook says holiday quarter impact will be worse

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Personal Data Bill panel takes input from officials, companies

The panel, headed by BJP member of parliament PP Chaudhary, is likely to submit the report in the upcoming winter session of Parliament.

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Paytm IPO & changes in its insurance biz; Delhivery's valuation may reach $5 B

Paytm's upcoming initial public offering (IPO) — touted as the largest ever in India — is set to value the firm at about $19.5-$20 billion when it opens for subscription next month.

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Facebook changes its name to Meta

Facebook's name change is the most definitive signal so far of the company's intention to stake its future on a new computing platform -- the metaverse.

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Facebook changes its company name to Meta to emphasize metaverse vision

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Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma to self-finance stake increase in insurance biz

One97 Communications founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma and two of his holding companies — VSS Holdco and VSS Networks — together will own close to 66% in Paytm Insuretech and Swiss Re almost the rest.

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Healthtech platform Cloudphysician raises $4 million from Elevar Equity

Healthtech platform Cloudphysician will use the funding to expand its global footprint and invest in strengthening its teams across verticals such as commercial, medical, technology and data science.

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Cognizant plans employee sops to arrest highest attrition rate among peers

Cognizant clocked an attrition rate of 33% in the quarter ended September 30, far exceeding those recorded by TCS (11.9%), HCL Technologies (15.7%), and Infosys, Wipro and Tech Mahindra (20%).

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Instagram now allows anyone to share links in Stories, here’s how

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DNA from Sitting Bull’s hair confirms living great-grandson’s ancestry

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Microsoft nearly overtakes Apple as most valuable company

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US consumer watchdog to review Big Tech data, promote lending competition

Just a few weeks into the job, Rohit Chopra made his mark when the CFPB ordered Amazon.com Inc, Apple Inc and Facebook Inc to hand over information about how they gather and use consumer payment data.

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Petcare startup Wiggles raises $5.5 million from Anthill Ventures, others

Wiggles will use the funding from Anthill Ventures and others for R&D of new category-creating products and expansion. Its peers Heads Up For Tails and Supertails recently raised funds, indicating investor interest in the petcare segment.

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El Salvador adds nearly $25 million in bitcoin to state coffers, says president

The latest purchase of bitcoin, worth nearly $25 million at current prices, marks the first government acquisition of the cryptocurrency since September 20, when President Nayib Bukele said it had bought 150 bitcoins.

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Samsung warns supply chain upsets may hit chip demand, profit at three-year high

The warning comes as producers of goods from televisions to cars have faced a host of supply chain issues ranging from a shortage of logic chip parts, manpower shortages, logistics snarls, and delays at parts plants due to power cuts in China.

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Microsoft nearly overtakes Apple as most valuable company

Fueled by strong quarterly growth in its Azure cloud-computing business, Microsoft's shares jumped 4.2% to end at a record $323.17, elevating the software maker's market capitalization to $2.426 trillion, just short of Apple's $2.461 trillion valuation.

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Google announces Android 12L, a feature drop for large-screens

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AgriBazaar looks beyond the e-mandi to further its agritech push

AgriBazaar, an agritech startup, is moving beyond a pureplay marketplace and heading into agri-advisory, crop identification and estimation, cofounder and chief executive Amith Agarwal says.

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Easyfone Shield review: A rugged feature phone aimed at trekkers

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Google’s mobile search dominance under threat in Australia

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Alder Lake: All you need to know about Intel’s Core 12th Gen processors

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India seeks info on tech, processes used by Facebook

The missive follows recent revelations by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen that have "alarmed" the government, specifically with regard to the India experiment, where a dummy user's feed was filled with fake news and hate speech.

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LoveLocal raises $18 million funding round led by Vulcan Capital

Alumni Ventures Group, Commerce Ventures as well as angel investors including Nami Zarringhalam, cofounder of Truecaller; Sriram Krishnan, general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, also participated in the funding round.

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Acko raises new funds led by General Atlantic, Multiples as valuation jumps to $1.1 billion

Acko, which is the newest Indian unicorn, was last valued at around $400 million last year.

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Exclusive: One large platform is the problem, not all of Big Tech, says Snap CEO

Evan Speigel also spoke about the reasons behind the company's dramatic turnaround since 2017, the ubiquitous Stories format that Snapchat pioneered, the ongoing controversy around Facebook, and Apple's recent privacy changes.

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Exclusive: Android push powers Snapchat's India drive

Snap sees India as a priority market after breaching 100 million monthly user base

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Exclusive interview with Snap CEO; Paytm IPO opens Nov 8

In an exclusive interview, Snap Inc CEO Evan Spiegel told us the reasons for Snap’s resurrection, the secrets of its success in India, and what he really thinks of Facebook.

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Nykaa IPO heavily oversubscribed by anchor investors

Investment firm Blackrock Capital Group and asset manager Fidelity were among the top buyers in the$319.68 million sale of shares that FSN E-Commerce Ventures, the company which owns the Nykaa brand.

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Google partners MeitY Startup Hub to launch Appscale Academy

Launched in October 2021, the Appscale Academy focuses on helping local startups build and scale a range of world-class apps across domains — including gaming, healthcare, financial technology, education technology and social impact.

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TikTok tells US lawmakers it does not give information to China's government

Senators at the hearing also voiced concerns that TikTok, owned by Beijing-based internet technology company ByteDance, and rivals YouTube, owned by Alphabet Inc., and Snapchat have algorithms that can be harmful to young people.

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Microsoft beats quarterly revenue estimates on cloud boost

The company's revenue rose to $45.32 billion in the first quarter ended Sept. 30, from $37.15 billion a year earlier.

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MacBook Pro (2021), AirPods (3rd gen) India sale delayed to October 29: Check prices, specs

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Twitter avoids revenue hit from Apple privacy changes

Twitter's advertising revenue was $1.14 billion during the quarter ended September 30, in line with consensus estimates.

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Alphabet earns record profit on Google ad surge

Google advertising revenue rose 41% to $53.1 billion during the third quarter. Alphabet's overall sales jumped to $65.1 billion, above the average estimate of $63.3 billion among analysts tracked by Refinitiv.

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Sundar Pichai sees JioPhone Next as crucial to Google’s India business

Alphabet Inc. sees demand in India coming from people looking to shift from feature phones to smartphones, CEO Sundar Pichai says during an earnings call. The JioPhone Next — jointly developed by Reliance Jio and Google — is set for a Diwali launch.

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OSlash raises $2.5 million in seed funding from Accel, others

OSlash, an enterprise software startup founded by Ankit Pansari and Shoaib Khan, will use the seed funding from Accel Partners and angel investors for hiring and expansion.

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Huddle waiting for regulatory clarity before investing in drone space

Huddle, a startup accelerator and an early-stage investor, has consciously decided to wait till more clarity emerges from a regulatory standpoint before taking the plunge and funding drone companies, founding partner Ishaan Khosla told ET.

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WhatsApp history transfer is now possible from iPhone to any phone with Android 12

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CES 2022 returns to Las Vegas from Jan 5-8; will require COVID-19 vaccination

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SpaceX is resolving toilet spills in its capsules before it launches another crew for NASA

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Twitter avoids revenue hit from Apple privacy changes

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Microsoft could take on Chromebooks with affordable Surface laptop, Windows 11 SE

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Facebook faces a PR crisis. What about a legal one?

The ‘Facebook Papers’ leaked by whistleblower Frances Haugen aside, one of the post pressing questions is whether the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will significantly add to the company’s woes.

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Govt, industry discuss new ecommerce rules

"We have started the process of consultation two weeks ago and it will culminate soon," consumer affairs secretary Leena Nandan said on Tuesday, without specifying any timeline for the final rules to come out.

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Zolve secures $40 million funding led by DST Global

The round, one of the largest Series A funding rounds in India’s startup ecosystem, values Zolve at $210 million, a company executive told ET.

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Ant Group may execute around 50% of Rs 10,000 crore OFS in Paytm IPO

Fintech firm set to increase offer size by Rs 1,700 crore to Rs 18,300 crore after Sebi approval

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