When two Spanish footballers took to the controls of FIFA 20 after the coronavirus pandemic saw their La Liga match cancelled, a stadium-sized virtual audience watched online. The huge digital crowd last week is part of a spectacular boom for the digital gaming industry, as record numbers flock to online servers for distraction, entertainment and friendship
OnePlus announced plans to launch its own mobile payments service called OnePlus Pay back in September last year. OnePlus’ digital wallet and mobile payments solution has now gone official. However, the OnePlus Pay service is limited to the Chinese market as of now, and is exclusive to the company’s latest smartphones – the OnePlus 7T
Nextdoor has launched two new features which could prove invaluable during the COVID-19 crisis we’re currently living through. Help Map lets you volunteer to help your neighbors in need, while Nextdoor Groups allows you to create groups with like-minded individuals. For the uninitiated, Nextdoor is a social network focused on local connections Why You Need
Apple has officially released iOS 13.4 which brings a huge array of new features to uses as well as a few enhancements for developers. Now that it is available to download, let’s take a look at what you can expect with the newest update for iPhone and iPad. iOS 13.4 has gone through a
Apple has released software updates for the iPhone, the iPad, the Apple Watch, the Apple TV and the Mac. The biggest changes are on the iPad. Starting today, you can pair a mouse or trackpad with your iPad and use it to move a cursor on the display. Apple unveiled trackpad support for iPadOS when
It’s like Google Docs for everything. Screen is a free interactive multiplayer screensharing app that gives everyone a cursor so they can navigate, draw on, and even code within the apps of their co-workers while voice or video chatting. Screen makes it easy and fun to co-design content, pair program, code review or debug together,
Facebook was reportedly in talks with Reliance Jio to purchase 10% of the Indian telco, according to a report in the Financial Times. According to the paper, this 10% stake was being valued in billions of dollars. The report also added that aside from the social media giant, Reliance Jio was also in separate talks
Nothing very exciting happens in the world of portable hard drives – while everybody needs at least one or two, they’re really seen as commodity items now and differentiation between brands product lines doesn’t seem to matter much to buyers. Those who can afford portable SSDs will go in that direction, and cloud-based storage is
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is making use of its Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) powers to expand the pool of available COVID-19 testing resources in the U.S., and now you can add another rapid test that delivers results in just 30 minutes to the list. Mesa’s test is also small enough to be
European fintech startup Revolut is launching its app and service in the U.S. Starting today, anybody can sign up and get a Revolut debit card. In the U.S., Revolut has partnered with Metropolitan Commercial Bank for the banking infrastructure — deposits are FDIC insured up to $250,000. In just a few years, Revolut has managed
Xiaomi on Tuesday introduced the Redmi Smart TV Max 98-inch alongside the Redmi K30 Pro smartphone. As the name suggests, new smart TV has a massive 98-inch screen, and just to really stress on how big that is – it is touted to be 13.6 percent larger than a standard single mattress bed. The TV
More people are working from home than ever before, and along with work, we’re also streaming more and playing more video games. Schools and colleges are also turning to videoconferencing. The Web makes all of this possible, but there have been fears that the increased demand could actually take the Internet down. Indian Internet providers
Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that the company will be donating masks to health professionals during the COVID-19 global pandemic crisis. In a tweet, Cook wrote, “Our teams at Apple have been working to help source supplies for healthcare providers fighting COVID-19. We’re donating millions of masks for health professionals in the US and Europe.
Realme’s new Narzo smartphone series was scheduled to launch on March 26, however due to the seriousness of the current pandemic rapidly spreading across India too, CEO Madhav Sheth has announced that Realme will be postponing the sale of the new smartphones. Sheth also announced that Realme’s ‘Make in India’ manufacturing facility would shut for
Apple has lifted purchase limits on its phones, tablets and laptops for customers outside China, the media reported. The company last week imposed purchase limits across several of its products, reports MacRumors. The new MacBook Air and Mac mini were limited to five orders per customer, the new iPad Pro was limited to two 11-inch
Multi-billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk on Tuesday offered 1,255 ventilators for free to help fight COVID-19 pandemic. “China had an oversupply, so we bought 1255 FDA-approved ResMed, Philips and Medtronic ventilators… and airshipped them to LA. If you want a free ventilator installed, please let us know!” Musk tweeted, offering praise to Tesla’s China team.
Apple has internally acknowledged and informed Authorized Service Providers of an issue in iOS 13 and iPadOS 13’s Personal Hotspot, which may lead users to bring their iPhones and iPads in for repair due to connection failures. As a temporary workaround, service providers have been instructed to toggle Personal Hotspot off, and then back on.
Startups continue to find new ways to contribute to ongoing efforts to fight the global spread of COVID-19 during the current global coronavirus pandemic, and personal health hardware-maker Oura is no exception. The smart ring startup is working with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) on a new study to see if its device
Xiaomi introduced the Redmi Note 9 Pro and Redmi Note 9 Pro Max phones last week in India. The Redmi Note 9 Pro flash sales have already begun, while the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max first flash sale was slated to be held on March 25. However, due to multiple state lockdowns, Xiaomi has decided
Smart thermometer maker Kinsa has been working on building accurate, predictive models of how seasonal illnesses like the flu travel in and among communities – and its fever map is finding new utility as the novel coronavirus pandemic grows globally. While Kinsa’s US Health Weather Map has no way of tracking the spread of COVID-19
Earlier this month, the FCC issued a new measure aimed at easing some of the burdens on consumers as COVID-19 continues to have an increasingly profound impact on nearly every aspect of life. Most or all major internet and wireless providers in the U.S. signed up for the pledge, agreeing to take actions like waiving
Call of Duty: Warzone might be getting a limited time mode (LTM) through an upcoming update. According to a Twitter post, the game is going to get a “HighAction” mode that will have “more money, more legendary crates, and more Killstreak drops.” This was allegedly found by data miners in the game’s latest update. Call
At NDTV, we’ve always worked hard to deliver a rich user experience for news readers from all across. We’ve now created a new news app for Mac users that brings the latest news stories from India and around the world on your computer. The NDTV app on the Mac comes with a number of useful
Foxconn has assured investors that it has managed to recruit enough workers at all major Chinese factories before production of the “iPhone 12” is set to begin. Chinese Foxconn factories will return to full operational capacity following a difficult few months brought about by the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic. The company issued a statement on
With more employees working from home to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, demand is surging for laptops and network peripherals as well as components along the supply chain such as chips, as companies rush to build virtual offices. Many firms have withdrawn earnings forecasts, anticipating a drop in consumer demand and economic slump,
Xiaomi is holding an online-only event on March 24 where its Redmi sub-brand will launch the highly-anticipated Redmi K30 Pro phone. The company is also tipped to launch the Redmi K30 Pro Zoom Edition, the Mi Purifier F1, and the refreshed RedmiBook 14 laptop powered by AMD’s Ryzen processor. But it appears that the company
Facebook will downgrade video streaming quality on its platform and on Instagram in Europe, the latest US tech giant to respond to an EU call to stave off Internet gridlock as thousands work from home due to the coronavirus outbreak. Earlier this week, Netflix, Alphabet’s YouTube, Amazon, and Disney said they would downgrade their video quality.
Apple is limiting customer purchases of iPhones over its online stores in many countries including the United States and China to a maximum of two handsets per person, checks on its website on Friday revealed. The purchase caps come just after the hardware maker closed all of its brick-and-mortar stores outside China, as the coronavirus spreads
ZTE on Monday officially launched its latest flagship smartphone, the ZTE Axon 11 5G, in China. The phone is powered by Snapdragon 765G SoC and packs a 4,000mAh battery. In terms of the design, the latest smartphone by ZTE comes with a waterdrop-notch display and quad camera setup on the back. It is available in
Fitbit Charge 4 alleged images have surfaced online, and the fitness band looks quite similar to the Fitbit Charge 3. The new Charge 4 popped up in an FCC listing and a retail listing that has now been removed. These listings have hinted at some of the details of the fitness wearable. The leaked images