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Reddit Will Shut Down Dubsmash On February 22nd
Reddit has announced that it will shut down Dubsmash on February 22, 2022.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 25, 2021
1 min read
Tencent Barred From Releasing New Apps Due To Data Breaches
Tencent, a Chinese multinational technology conglomerate holding company, is suspended from releasing new mobile applications and updating existing ones without regulators' approval after allegations that several of its products violated consumer interests.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 25, 2021
1 min read
Twitter iOS App Now Stops Tweets From Disappearing Mid-read
The microblogging site Twitter on Wednesday introduced updates to its iOS app to prevent tweets from disappearing as the users try to read them.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 25, 2021
1 min read
Samsung Electronics Sold One Million Units Of ‘The Frame’ in 2021
Samsung Electronics announced that it has sold more than one million units of ‘The Frame’ this year, making it Samsung’s first single-year million-seller in its Lifestyle TV lineup. Total sales since The Frame’s 2017 launch are expected to exceed two million units by year-end, driven...
Bijay Pokharel,
November 25, 2021
3 min read
Google To Replace ‘Matched Content Ads’ With ‘Multiplex Ads’
Google is renaming Matched content ads to Multiples ads starting 1st March 2022.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 24, 2021
1 min read
NASA’s DART Asteroid Defence Mission Lifts Off
NASA launched its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft, intended to deliberately crash into an asteroid.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 24, 2021
2 min read
Dell Technologies Posts Record $28.4 Billion Sales In Q3
Dell Technologies has announced a record third quarter (Q3) results, generating revenue of $28.4 billion (up 21 per cent) with a net income of $3.9 billion, driven by growth across commercial PCs, servers and storage verticals.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 24, 2021
1 min read
Xiaomi MIUI Crosses 500 Million Active Users Per Month Globally
Xiaomi has announced that the company's user interface (UI) 'MIUI' global monthly active users have crossed the 500 million mark.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 24, 2021
1 min read
Samsung Electronics Announces New Advanced Semiconductor Fab Site in Taylor, Texas
Samsung Electronics announced that it would build a new semiconductor manufacturing facility in Taylor, Texas. The estimated $17 billion investment in the United States will help boost the production of advanced logic semiconductor solutions that power next-generation innovations and technologies.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 24, 2021
3 min read
Whatsapp Testing Playback Speed Controls For Audio Messages
Meta-owned WhatsApp in May rolled out the ability to change the playback speeds of voice messages and now the firm is working on bringing the same feature to audio messages.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 24, 2021
1 min read
Spotify Launches Hub For Netflix Soundtracks, Podcasts
Spotify has announced that it is collaborating with Netflix to launch a dedicated hub within the OTT platform.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 24, 2021
1 min read
Playstation Hit With Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
layStation, a video game console developed by Sony, has been hit with a lawsuit by a former employee, alleging gender discrimination and wrongful termination after speaking up "about discrimination against females" at the company.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 24, 2021
1 min read
Twitter Mistakenly Verifies Norwegian Minister’s Fake Account
The micro-blogging site Twitter has verified a fake account for new Minister of Finance in Norway after the Prime Minister's Office and Norway's Security Authority (NSM) mistakenly passed along that fake account for verification.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 24, 2021
1 min read
Twitter Conducting First Shopping Livestream On Nov 28
The micro-blogging site Twitter is hosting its first shopping Livestream on November 28, the company has announced.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 23, 2021
2 min read
Qualcomm Updating Snapdragon Branding And Chip Names
Qualcomm has announced key changes to how it brands its Snapdragon chips, including a shift to single-digit series and generation numbers from the three-digit numbering system.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 23, 2021
1 min read
Oneplus Patents Tri-Fold Foldable Phone
OnePlus is reportedly working on a foldable phone with two hinges that can be locked by a handy slider.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 23, 2021
1 min read
Samsung Electronics Expands Its ‘Green Chip’ Line-Up
Samsung announced that five of its memory products achieved global recognition for successfully reducing its carbon emission, while 20 additional memory products received carbon footprint certification.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 23, 2021
4 min read
Truecaller Crosses 300 Millon Active Users Globally
Truecaller has crossed 300 million active users globally, the company announced on Monday.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 22, 2021
1 min read
Ericsson To Acquire Global Cloud Firm Vonage For $6.2 Billion
Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson on Monday announced to acquire global Cloud-based communications provider Vonage for $6.2 billion, as the company aims to expand its presence in the wireless enterprise and broaden its global offerings.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 22, 2021
1 min read
New Duckduckgo Tool To Block Apps From Tracking Android Users
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo is launching 'App Tracking Protection for Android' into beta, a new feature that will block third-party trackers like Google and Facebook lurking in other apps.
Bijay Pokharel,
November 22, 2021
1 min read





