Telangana IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao on Thursday met Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn chairman Young Liu in the national capital and invited him to explore investment opportunities in the state. Foxconn, one of the leading electronic manufacturing services providers, has production units in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. During the interaction, the Telangana
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Activision Blizzard shareholders voted in favour of a proposal on Tuesday for a report on the video game company’s efforts to prevent employee abuse, harassment and discrimination. Activision, which is being acquired by Microsoft for $68.7 billion (roughly Rs. 5,10,990 crore), has been under fire for alleged misconduct at the company. The company’s shareholders had
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Amazon on Thursday announced a tool to help software developers write code, the latest such effort by the tech industry. The service, called Amazon CodeWhisperer, suggests how to program, and also scans for security and bias issues in web developers’ projects, Swami Sivasubramanian, a vice president at Amazon’s cloud division, said at a company conference
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Mobile well-being apps topped 1.2 billion downloads last year, while leading meditation app Calm alone pulled in $118.2 million in revenue, data from Sensor Tower indicates. That may leave some to believe the digital well-being market is essentially solved, but a new startup, Lumi Interactive, believes the opposite is true. The Melbourne-based, women-led company has
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Logitech has launched the Logitech G413 SE Mechanical Gaming Keyboard and the G413 TKL (Tenkeyless) SE Mechanical Gaming Keyboard in India. The G413 SE and G413 TKL SE come with Polybutylene Terephthalate (PBT) keycaps, aluminium top case, and white backlighting. The gaming keyboards sport tactile mechanical switches and are compatible with Windows 10 or later
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Instagram is experimenting with another new feature that would allow usersto  post disappearing content. The feature, called Notes, allows users to post quick notes, like announcements, to their “Close Friends” circle or to followers who also follow them. Unlike Twitter’s new Notes feature, which allows writers to post long-form content, Instagram’s version is more like sticky
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PlayStation Plus is finally taking it to Xbox Game Pass. Starting Thursday, Sony’s game subscription service has morphed into a three-headed dragon, one that’s designed explicitly to take on Microsoft’s behemoth. While PS Plus might count more members — 47 million over 25 million — Game Pass has established itself as the premier offering over
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Montblanc Summit 3 smartwatch is going to be the first wearable running Wear OS 3 apart from Google Pixel Watch. The wearable will be available soon globally for purchase. However, the smartwatch may not be available in India. Montblanc Summit 3 smartwatch features a 1.28-inch full-circle AMOLED display with Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 4100+ SoC. It
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Detroit-based Airspace Link has positioned itself as a provider of increasingly important infrastructure in the burgeoning drone services space, letting operators get local and federal approval quickly. With $23 million in new backing, the company now plans to take its platform to other countries looking to get their drone industries off the ground. The company’s
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Social commerce — the process of buying and selling products or services directly through social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok — is becoming the most natural way for consumers to make purchases since people use social media and messaging apps almost every day. SleekFlow, an omnichannel social commerce platform that helps businesses build
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AXL launched its X-Fit M57 smartwatch in India on Tuesday. The smartwatch sports a 1.28-inch HD round display with 240×240 pixels resolution. The AXL X-Fit M57 smartwatch features Bluetooth calling and supports multi-sports modes, including walking, running, cycling, yoga, and more. It is also claimed to offer up to 10 days of battery life. The
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Cashify, a marketplace for gadgets trade-ins and buybacks in India, has raised $90 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand its business in the world’s second-largest smartphone market. Prosus Ventures and NewQuest Capital Partners led the seven-year-old Indian startup’s Series E funding, Cashify said on Thursday. Paramark Ventures and existing backers
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