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Indonesia to Summon Messenger, Search Engine Providers Over Content
Indonesia on Monday vowed to block Facebook's WhatsApp Messenger within 48 hours if the service did not ensure that obscene Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) images were removed.
Apple's iPhone X Has Higher Margin Than iPhone 8: Analysis
The iPhone X smartphone costs $357.50 to make and sells for $999, giving it a gross margin of 64 percent, according to TechInsights, a firm that tears down technology devices and analyses the parts inside. The iPhone 8 sells for $699 and has a gross margi...
Sprint, T-Mobile Call Off Merger After Months of Talks
The announcement marks the latest failed attempt to combine the third- and fourth-largest U.S. wireless carriers, as Sprint parent SoftBank Group Corp and T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom AG, show an unwillingness to part with too much of their prized U.S...
Vivo Opens First 'Experience Center' in Bengaluru
Spread across 3,600 square feet, the "Experience Center" features retail community zones where prospective buyers can access the entire range of "Y" and "V" series of smartphones.
2017 Ozone Hole Smallest Since 1988: NASA
The ozone hole reached its peak extent on September 11, covering an area about two and a half times the size of the US - 7.6 million square miles in extent - and then declined through the remainder of September and into October, according to scientists fr...
Over 300 iPhone X Stolen Near San Francisco Apple Store
According to a report on Thursday, the three thieves stole Apple's new smartphones from a UPS truck parked outside a San Francisco Apple Store.
Pressure Mounts on Apple to Live up to Hype For The iPhone X
Apple said Thursday that iPhone sales rose 3 percent in the July-September quarter, a period that saw the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus come out in the final weeks. Sales could have been higher if many customers hadn’t been waiting for the iPhone X, which comes out...
Qualcomm, JMC Seek to Exit Alphabet-Backed New York WiFi Project: Sources
Qualcomm is seeking to exit the venture because it views it as non-core, while the private equity firm JMC is aiming to generate a profitable return on its investment, the people said.
itel S21 With Dual Selfie-Camera Launched For Rs 5,999
itel Mobile has launched S21, which as per the company's claims, is India's first smartphone that offers a dual camera setup under Rs 6000. Read to know more about the latest budget smartphone.
'Invisible Glass' Could Help Reduce Smartphone Glares
Scientists from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune in Maharashtra and the US Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) have demonstrated a method for reducing the surface reflections from glass surfaces to nearly zero by e...
Ahead of iPhone X Launch, China Vendors Cut Prices of iPhone 8 Models
Buyers can now snap up Apple's new iPhone 8 Plus and the more basic iPhone 8 models at discounts of between nearly 14 percent and 20 percent in mainland China, where iPhones have been known to change hands for as much as four times the price in Hong Kong.
Nintendo Switch Sales Crosses 7 Million Mark Within 6 Months
Over seven million Nintendo Switch consoles have been shipped during its first six months, with the company predicting the same again by the time its home and portable hybrid console reaches one year old.
India a Natural Ally in Global Space Ventures: Swedish Astronaut
Other than the spectacular "green jungles of South America, the blue Atlantic, and red Sahara" which he observed on Earth from space, what the astronaut remembers as most striking from his space view of Earth was the absence of borders.
Ceres May Still Have Liquid Water Underground: NASA
The Dawn team found that Ceres' crust is a mixture of ice, salts and hydrated materials that were subjected to past and possibly recent geologic activity and that this crust represents most of that ancient ocean.
Facebook Group Admins Can Now Ban Members From Commenting
Admins can remove members who violate their community's rules from multiple groups they manage in a single click, Facebook said.
Government Simplifies Aadhaar-Based Verification of Existing SIMs
The government has initiated a series of measures, including allowing re-verification at subscribers' doorstep and One Time Password (OTP) based authentication of existing users, to make the entire exercise easier for telecom subscribers.