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Kenyan science teacher wins $1 mn global award |
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Dubai | Monday, 2019 8:15:05 AM IST |
| A science teacher from rural Kenya Peter Tabichi, who gives away most of his salary to support poorer pupils, has won the $1 million prize for the world's best teacher, beating 10,000 other nominations from 179 countries, media reported. ... read.. |
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Trump's son-in-law's WhatsApp habits worry experts |
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San Francisco | Sunday, 2019 6:45:04 PM IST |
| Ignoring national security concerns, Jared Kushner, son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, has been using WhatsApp to communicate with foreign leaders and conduct government businesses, which has been worrying cyber experts in the US. ... read.. |
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First look at Microsoft's Edge browser on Chromium |
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San Francisco | Sunday, 2019 1:45:05 PM IST |
| The first look of Microsoft's Edge browser that the software giant is rebuilding on Google's open-source web browser Chromium shows new re-touches, animations and a read-aloud accessibility option, media has reported. ... read.. |
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Should social media live-streaming be banned? |
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New Delhi | Sunday, 2019 1:45:05 PM IST |
| Would you want your teenager to watch terrorists killing people in the real world or someone committing suicide? No one, in their right mind, would ever want their kids to get exposed to such events, simply for the repercussions that such content can have ... read.. |
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Hackers win Tesla car for exposing system error |
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Vancouver | Sunday, 2019 12:45:06 PM IST |
| Electric Vehicle (EV)-maker Tesla had to give away one of their Model 3 cars and $35,000 prize money to a group of hackers after they managed to crack its system during a hacking event. ... read.. |
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Free Wi-Fi at coffee shop can put you in soup |
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New Delhi | Sunday, 2019 11:45:05 AM IST |
| For professionals and tourists alike, connecting to a public Wi-Fi is a boon keeping the high roaming data cost in mind. But connecting to any available free network can easily expose your data to hackers who are waiting for you to log into. ... read.. |
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Paytm founder misses studying at Harvard |
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New Delhi | Saturday, 2019 9:45:05 PM IST |
| Vijay Shekhar Sharma who created India's largest digital payment service Paytm has a little grudge that he never had a chance to study at Harvard University. ... read.. |
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PUBG says sorry after Indian users shut out of game |
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New Delhi | Saturday, 2019 6:45:04 PM IST |
| Some PlayersUnknown Battleground (PUBG) players in India were in for a shock when they received health reminder pop-ups on their screens, barring them from playing the popular game. The company on Saturday said it had fixed the undisclosed issue. ... read.. |
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NASA astronauts spacewalk to change ISS batteries |
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Washington | Saturday, 2019 4:15:04 PM IST |
| Two NASA astronauts - Nick Hague and Anne McClain - have successfully completed an over six hour spacewalk and replaced the ageing batteries on the International Space Station (ISS). ... read.. |
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Intel stops developing modular Compute Cards |
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San Francisco | Saturday, 2019 2:15:04 PM IST |
| Intel has decided to stop developing its line of Compute Cards but it would continue to sell its existing line for the time being and offer support for the current generation of products through 2019. ... read.. |
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Samsung US marketing head quits post internal probe |
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San Francisco | Saturday, 2019 1:15:04 PM IST |
| Samsung's Chief Marketing Officer Marc Mathieu has abruptly resigned after the tech major launched an investigation into kickbacks between its employees and marketing partners. ... read.. |
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Microsoft notifying users about end of Windows 7 |
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San Francisco | Saturday, 2019 10:45:04 AM IST |
| Microsoft is rolling out a notification update to existing Windows 7 users, informing them that the software giant is pulling away support for the operating system (OS) version. ... read.. |
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Netflix testing cheap, mobile-only plan in India |
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San Francisco | Saturday, 2019 10:45:04 AM IST |
| In India and other select countries, content-streaming platform Netflix is testing a new mobile-only subscription plan that would only cost users $3.63 a month (Rs 251). ... read.. |
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Election Commission joins Twitter ahead of LS polls |
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New Delhi | Friday, 2019 7:45:05 PM IST |
| The Election Commission of India on Friday joined Twitter ahead of the Lok Sabha elections while the micro-blogging site also launched a special election emoji aimed at encouraging participation in election-related discussions, encouraging more people to ... read.. |
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Google Pay listed as payment option on eBay |
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San Francisco | Friday, 2019 5:15:05 PM IST |
| Keeping up with the online-purchasing habits of the millennials and Gen Z, US-based e-commerce platform eBay has added Google Pay as a payment option to its Android app to further increase customer choice in its new "managed payments" plan. ... read.. |
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Change Facebook password, turn on 2FA now: Experts |
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New Delhi | Friday, 2019 4:45:04 PM IST |
| After a report revealed around 200-600 million Facebook users may have had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by over 20,000 Facebook employees, cybersecurity experts are urging users to change their passwords and turn on the two- ... read.. |
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LinkedIn adds in-app meeting planner features |
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San Francisco | Friday, 2019 3:45:05 PM IST |
| Microsoft-owned professional networking platform LinkedIn has added new options to facilitate planning in-person meet-ups without having to switch from its messaging services. ... read.. |
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BJP website now up, two weeks after hacking |
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New Delhi | Friday, 2019 3:15:05 PM IST |
| More than two weeks after being hacked, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) website on Friday came out of its "maintenance" mode with just one static page. ... read.. |
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WeChat introduces in-app gaming tab |
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Beijing | Friday, 2019 3:15:05 PM IST |
| The China-based messaging and payments platform WeChat is adding an in-app mini-gaming platform to let users play basic games like Tetris, open to developers worldwide. ... read.. |
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Microsoft's new device to store digital info as DNA |
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San Francisco | Friday, 2019 1:45:05 PM IST |
| Tech major Microsoft has successfully developed an end-to-end automated DNA storage device that can translate digital information into DNA and back to bits, the company said in a blog post. ... read.. |
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WhatsApp Business app now available on iOS |
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San Francisco | Friday, 2019 1:15:05 PM IST |
| Facebook-owned WhatsApp Business, a free-to-download communication tool specifically designed for small businesses, is now available for iOS users. ... read.. |
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LG Uplus, Nvidia partner for Cloud gaming |
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Seoul | Friday, 2019 12:45:05 PM IST |
| South Korean mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. has said it would launch Nvidia's GeForce NOW Cloud gaming platform for Internet Protocol (IP) television services and upcoming 5G smartphones. ... read.. |
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Google honours Bach with first AI-powered Doodle |
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New Delhi | Friday, 2019 12:45:05 PM IST |
| Want to create your own music? Try Google's first ever Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered Doodle, dedicated to celebrate the birth anniversary of renowned German musician and composer Johann Sebastian Bach. ... read.. |
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Microsoft rolls out anti-virus software to MacOS |
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San Francisco | Friday, 2019 12:15:04 PM IST |
| Microsoft is rolling out its Windows Defender anti-virus software to Apple's operating system MacOS, with full virus and threat protection along with the usual ability to perform quick or full scans. ... read.. |
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Samsung 5G phone to hit the market on April 5 |
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Seoul | Thursday, 2019 7:15:04 PM IST |
| Samsung on Thursday said it will release its first 5G smartphone in the first week of April in South Korea, making it the world's first mobile device with the next-generation network capability. ... read.. |
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AI couldn't catch NZ attack video streaming: Facebook |
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San Francisco | Thursday, 2019 5:15:04 PM IST |
| Facing flak for failure to block the live broadcast of the New Zealand terrorist attack last week, Facebook on Thursday said that its Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools were not "perfect" to detect the horrific video. ... read.. |
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GDC: Intel to introduce new processors in Q2 |
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San Francisco | Thursday, 2019 12:45:05 PM IST |
| Computer chipmaker Intel on Thursday said that it will introduce a portfolio of high-performance mobile processors to power the laptops for gamers and creators in the second quarter of this year. ... read.. |
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NZ shooting: Tech firms asked to brief US Congress |
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San Francisco | Wednesday, 2019 8:15:05 PM IST |
| Technology companies, including Facebook and Twitter, have been asked to brief the US Congress on March 27 regarding their response to dissemination of the video of the New Zealand terrorists attack on their platforms. ... read.. |
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Disney now owns Star India after $71bn Fox deal (Lead) |
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San Francisco | Wednesday, 2019 7:45:05 PM IST |
| With the closing of the $71 billion deal with 21st Century Fox, The Walt Disney Company now owns Indian TV giant Star, a Mumbai-based media company with dozens of sports and entertainment channels. ... read.. |
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Instagram beta in-app shopping feature in US |
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San Francisco | Wednesday, 2019 6:15:04 PM IST |
| Facebook-owned photo messaging app Instagram has launched the beta version of its in-app shopping feature in the US that would allow over a billion users to buy products tagged in images or videos without having to leave the platform. ... read.. |
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New Opera mobile browser with built-in VPN in India |
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New Delhi | Wednesday, 2019 5:15:05 PM IST |
| Opera Internet browser on Wednesday released a new version of its mobile app called "Opera for Android 51" that comes with a free built-in Virtual Private Network (VPN) service to safeguard the online privacy and security of over 160 million VPN users in ... read.. |
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More browser options for European Android users |
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San Francisco | Wednesday, 2019 4:45:04 PM IST |
| Google will now ask European Android users their browser and search engine preferences, following a regulatory action against the company for the way it bundles softwares in its mobile operating system (OS). ... read.. |
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Samsung plans to expand investment in AI, 5G |
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Seoul | Wednesday, 2019 2:45:06 PM IST |
| Samsung Electronics Co on Wednesday said it will propel technology innovations to tackle the unfavourable business environment and foster new growth drivers such as artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G. ... read.. |
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Sotheby's to sell Paleolithic woolly mammoth skeleton |
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Hong Kong | Wednesday, 2019 2:45:06 PM IST |
| After works of art, auction house Sotheby's will sell rare objects of historical importance, including the skeleton of a giant woolly mammoth, a species from the Paleolithic period that went extinct around 12,000 BC. ... read.. |
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HP Inc unveils new security service, powerful PCs |
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Houston (Texas) | Tuesday, 2019 9:45:04 PM IST |
| Global PC and printer major HP Inc on Tuesday unveiled several new offerings that included a Next-Gen security service, a commercial virtual reality (VR) headset and a new range of consumer and commercial PCs. ... read.. |
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California Congressman sues Twitter for $250mn |
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San Francisco | Tuesday, 2019 8:15:05 PM IST |
| Devin Nunes, a Republican Congressman from California, has sued Twitter and several of its users for more than $250 million, alleging that the open communication platform failed to curb defamatory and malicious tweets against him. ... read.. |
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Will expand offline presence in India: Xiaomi |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2019 8:15:05 PM IST |
| Chinese handset maker Xiaomi, which is the biggest smartphone seller in India, aims to continue expanding in offline channels as it competes against the likes of Samsung in the country, Manu Jain, Vice President, Xiaomi and Managing Director, Xiaomi India ... read.. |
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Apple refreshes iMacs with powerful chips, graphics |
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San Francisco | Tuesday, 2019 7:15:05 PM IST |
| Apple on Tuesday updated its iMac line-up with two new devices after a gap of nearly two years that come with up to 8-core Intel 9th-generation processors for the first time and powerful Vega graphics options. ... read.. |
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Xiaomi launches Mi Pay to take on Google Pay, Paytm |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2019 5:15:05 PM IST |
| Aiming to take on the likes of Google Pay and Paytm, Chinese handset maker Xiaomi on Tuesday launched its Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based payments application "Mi Pay" for its MIUI users in India. ... read.. |
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SaaS start-up Freshworks opens office in Singapore |
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Chennai | Tuesday, 2019 3:15:05 PM IST |
| Chennai-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) unicorn Freshworks which provides Cloud-based business software has expanded to the Asean market with the setting up of a regional hub in Singapore. ... read.. |
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IPRS, Google sign music licensing deal for India |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2019 2:45:04 PM IST |
| Mumbai-based Indian Performing Right Society Limited (IPRS) that represents composers, lyricists and music publishers on Tuesday granted a license to Google to utilise the group members work in India across Google-owned YouTube and related services. ... read.. |
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Facebook restores Page warning about fascism |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2019 2:45:04 PM IST |
| After facing flak for briefly banning one of India's most active Pages on Facebook that warned people about the dangers of fascism, the social media giant has restored the Page and apologised to its creator Dhruv Rathee. ... read.. |
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Stanford University's new institute dedicated to AI |
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San Francisco | Tuesday, 2019 12:45:04 PM IST |
| The Stanford University is launching a new institute called The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) that would develop, grow and focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and its applications. ... read.. |
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Serial hacker back with 26mn users' personal data |
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San Francisco | Tuesday, 2019 11:15:04 AM IST |
| The hacker, who earlier stole and posted personal data of close to 843 million users of various popular websites on a Dark Web marketplace, has now put up the fourth set of nearly 26 million hacked databases for sale. ... read.. |
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US SEC raps Musk for violating pact via tweets |
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San Francisco | Tuesday, 2019 11:15:04 AM IST |
| The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has once again pulled up Tesla CEO Elon Musk for blatantly violating a settlement pact reached last year over securities fraud allegations. ... read.. |
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Wistron not to make high-end iPhones in India |
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New Delhi | Monday, 2019 8:15:04 PM IST |
| All eyes are on Apple how the tech giant is planning to turn around its India story and a lot depends on how it will strategise local assembly and manufacturing of iPhones in a country where over 450 million people now use smartphones. ... read.. |
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Astronomers discover 83 supermassive black holes |
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New York | Monday, 2019 5:15:04 PM IST |
| An international team of astronomers has discovered 83 "quasars", extremely luminous active galactic nucleus powered by supermassive black holes in the distant universe, from a time when the universe was less than 10 per cent of its present age. ... read.. |
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Samsung India launches its 2019 AC line-up |
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Gurugram | Monday, 2019 4:45:05 PM IST |
| Samsung India on Monday launched the 2019 line-up of its air conditioners (ACs), with prices ranging from Rs 45,400 to Rs 75,000 and long-term warranties on different parts. ... read.. |
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Vivo V15 Pro fastest selling in company's history |
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New Delhi | Monday, 2019 4:15:04 PM IST |
| The newly-launched Vivo V15 Pro has become the fastest selling smartphone in the V-series in its first week of sale on both offline and online channels, the company said on Monday. ... read.. |
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Facebook recorded largest outage ever: Downdetector |
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New Delhi | Monday, 2019 3:45:04 PM IST |
| The recent service outage of Facebook, for 12 hours, was the largest such incident for the social media platform, Downdetector, a subsidiary of Ookla -- a global mobile and broadband network intelligence company, said on Monday. ... read.. |
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New Fujifilm mirrorless digital camera now in India |
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New Delhi | Monday, 2019 2:15:04 PM IST |
| Fujifilm India on Monday introduced a new mirrorless camera which is equipped with Next-Gen image sensor and processing engine, aiming to achieve 30 per cent share in the Indian mirrorless market in the next three-four years. ... read.. |
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Over 1 billion feature phones to be sold in 3 years |
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New Delhi | Monday, 2019 1:15:05 PM IST |
| Over a billion feature phones would be sold over the next three years as the segment is forecast to generate around $16 billion cumulatively in wholesale hardware revenues globally, a new report by Counterpoint Research said. ... read.. |
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