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Google Cloud Next, Microsoft MVP Summits Cancelled Over Coronavirus - Now Digital First Events

The new coronavirus (COVID-19) has derailed more flagship tech summits as Google and Microsoft on Tuesday announced the cancellation of their upcoming US events. from RSS Feeds | MICROSOFT - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/google-cloud-next-microsoft-mvp-summits-cancelled-over-coronavirus-now-digital-first-events-2189252

Facebook Messenger for iOS Gets a Major Overhaul, Promises to Be Smaller and More Responsive

Facebook is rolling out a new version of Messenger for iOS that promises to be faster and much smaller in size. The app is a result of Facebook's Project LightSpeed which involved 100 engineers. from RSS Feeds | APPLE - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/facebook-messenger-ios-app-new-update-faster-small-size-features-2189224

Global Smartphone Sales Fell Marginally in Q4 and Full Year 2019: Gartner

Global sales of smartphones to end users contracted in the fourth quarter of 2019, declining by 0.4 percent (year over year), and for the full year 2019, smartphones sales declined by 1 percent, Gartner said on Tuesday. from RSS Feeds | APPLE - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/global-smartphone-sales-fell-marginally-in-q4-and-full-year-2019-gartner-2189189

Global Smartphone Sales Fell Marginally in Q4 and Full Year 2019: Gartner

Global sales of smartphones to end users contracted in the fourth quarter of 2019, declining by 0.4 percent (year over year), and for the full year 2019, smartphones sales declined by 1 percent, Gartner said on Tuesday. from RSS Feeds | ANDROID - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/global-smartphone-sales-fell-marginally-in-q4-and-full-year-2019-gartner-2189189

WhatsApp May Soon Allow Users to Secure Their Chat Backups With Passwords

WhatsApp’s latest beta build hints at the arrival of a new Password Protect Backups feature to let users shield their chat backups behind another layer of password. from RSS Feeds | ANDROID - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/whatsapp-update-2-20-66-security-feature-password-protect-backups-2189139

Rakuten, Vodafone invest in satellite communication startup to offer 4G services globally

Rakuten and Vodafone on Tuesday became lead investors in AST & Science that uses the first mobile broadband network to broadcast from space and aims to extend mobile coverage to more people and devices across the planet. from telecom-equipment - Telecom News | Latest Telecom Industry News, Information and Update: ET Telecom : ETTelecom.com https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/rakuten-vodafone-invest-in-satellite-communication-startup-to-offer-4g-services-globally/74456732?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=ETRSS

Apple Supplier to Resume Normal Production in China End of March

Apple supplier Foxconn said it would resume normal production in China by the end of March and that more than half its seasonal workforce in the country had restarted work following the coronavirus outbreak. from RSS Feeds | APPLE - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/apple-supplier-foxconn-normal-production-china-march-2189083

Apple Won't Make Flagship iPhone Models in India Anytime Soon: Report

Apple is not keen on setting up new factories for its flagship iPhones in India despite considering "plans" in the past. A report published on Monday suggests that the production of iPhone 11 will not come to country to due to the unavailability of skilled labour and robust infrastructure. from RSS Feeds | APPLE - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/iphone-11-production-not-coming-to-india-report-2189060

5G deployment still a few years away in India due to spectrum allocation constraints: Ericsson

Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson said 5G deployment in India is still a few years away due to spectrum allocation related constraints in the market. from telecom-equipment - Telecom News | Latest Telecom Industry News, Information and Update: ET Telecom : ETTelecom.com https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/5g-deployment-still-a-few-years-away-in-india-due-to-spectrum-allocation-constraints-ericsson/74455465?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=ETRSS

Apple Co-Founder’s Bizarre Tweet Claims He Might Be ‘Patient Zero’ for Coronavirus in the US

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, on Tuesday claimed that he and wife Janet Wozniak might have been 'patient zero' for coronavirus in the United States, when the couple returned from China in January. from RSS Feeds | APPLE - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/others/news/apple-steve-wozniak-janet-coronavirus-patient-zero-tweet-2188972

Alphabet's Waymo raises $2.25 bn to rev up autonomous projects

Waymo said Monday it had raised $2.25 billion in its first external funding round to help the former Google car unit accelerate its deployment of autonomous cars and trucks. from enterprise-it - Telecom News | Latest Telecom Industry News, Information and Update: ET Telecom : ETTelecom.com https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/alphabets-waymo-raises-2-25-bn-to-rev-up-autonomous-projects/74453853?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=ETRSS

Vodafone is offering free 1.5GB per day data to these customers

The changes have been made to Rs 249, Rs 399 and Rs 599 prepaid plans from Vodafone and are reflecting on Vodafone’s website. We checked the plan in Mumbai, Delhi, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Goa circles and it appears that the changes are applicable pan-India. from 3g-4g - Telecom News | Latest Telecom Industry News, Information and Update: ET Telecom : ETTelecom.com https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/vodafone-is-offering-free-1-5gb-per-day-data-to-these-customers/74453239?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=ETRSS

Nokia: Rises after CEO change

Nokia: Rises after CEO change from telecom-equipment - Telecom News | Latest Telecom Industry News, Information and Update: ET Telecom : ETTelecom.com https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/nokia-rises-after-ceo-change/74452775?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=ETRSS

Vivo Nex 3S 5G Launch on March 10, Expected to Be an Upgrade to Nex 3 5G

Vivo Nex 3S 5G is set to launch in China on March 10, the company has announced. A teaser poster shared online shows that the phone has negligible bezels on all sides, and there is no notch or hole punch cutout either from RSS Feeds | ANDROID - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/vivo-nex-3s-5g-launch-date-march-10-china-weibo-2188862

Cisco says India highest growing country in APJC region

India was among the highest growing country in the Asia Pacific, Japan and China (APJC) region during the last fiscal year for global networking major Cisco, a senior company official said. from telecom-equipment - Telecom News | Latest Telecom Industry News, Information and Update: ET Telecom : ETTelecom.com https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/cisco-says-india-highest-growing-country-in-apjc-region/74450794?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=ETRSS

Engineers zap and unstick underwater smart glue

Turning adhesion on and off is what makes a glue smart. Inspired by nature, catechols are synthetic compounds that mimic the wet-but-still-sticky proteins found in mussel feet and offer promise for underwater glue, wound dressings, prosthetic attachments or even making car parts and in other manufacturing. A team has used electricity for the first time to deactivate a catechol-containing adhesive in salt water. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200302200741.htm

Potassium metal battery emerges as a rival to lithium-ion technology

Researchers demonstrate how they can overcome a persistent challenge known as dendrites to create a metal battery that performs nearly as well as a lithium-ion battery, but relies on potassium -- a much more abundant and less expensive element. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200302153613.htm