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WhatsApp Business is getting new features like QR codes to start chats, links to product catalogues, and ‘open for business’ stickers that businesses can use. WhatsApp Business is a tool for businesses to manage their presence on the messaging app, and is designed with features like Business Profiles, away messages and greeting messages, and verification. With

Reliance Jio has launched JioMeet, a new video conferencing app for India. JioMeet is a cross-platform service, which means it is supported on all major operating systems including Android, iOS, Windows 10, macOS and the web. In this article, we’ll be taking a closer look at JioMeet. At first glance, the app looks a lot

Samsung Electronics flagged a 23 percent rise in second-quarter operating profit on Tuesday, beating analysts’ estimates on solid chip sales to data centres catering for a work-from-home economy during the coronavirus pandemic. The sales offset weak demand for smartphones and TVs, while one-off gains from its display business, which counts Apple as a customer, also

Apple has reportedly begun a survey where it asks iPhone users questions about how they have been using the charging adapters that came bundled with their older models. This survey comes amidst speculations that the upcoming iPhone 12, expected to release this fall, may arrive without wired headphones or USB chargers. Targeting old users along

Google seems to be working on bringing Chat to Gmail for Android and iOS, following reports of it bringing Google Meet to the mobile app. Google shared last month that it will soon be adding a Google Meet tab in the Android and iOS version of Gmail and now, a new report suggests Chat will

A group of European digital advertising associations on Friday criticised Apple’s plans to require apps to seek additional permission from users before tracking them across other apps and websites. Apple last week disclosed features in its forthcoming operating system for iPhones and iPads that will require apps to show a pop-up screen before they enable

Apple supplier Foxconn said on Friday customs clearing procedures in India have been resolved, as additional scrutiny by the country of imports from China disrupted operations in some foreign firms amid tensions between the Asian giants. Foxconn’s customs clearance for cargo logistics in India has been resolved and all local regulatory procedures have been complied

India’s additional scrutiny of imports from China has disrupted operations at plants owned by Apple supplier Foxconn in southern India, three sources told Reuters, and other foreign firms are also facing delays as tensions between the two countries build. Customs officers at Indian ports have held back shipments from China and sought additional clearances after

Google Photos app has received its much awaited redesign with a simpler three tab interface and a map view. The icon has also been reworked and these changes were first described on June 25 in a blog post. Now, the updated Google Photos app is live with a server-side switch and brings several changes that

Many popular apps on your phone, such as Voot, Truecaller, and PhonePe are snooping on your phone’s clipboard, where anything that you’ve copied (to paste) is stored temporarily. This could potentially include highly sensitive information including passwords. This came to light thanks to a new feature in the iOS 14 Developer Beta that alerts users

Apple will launch a new 10.8-inch iPad in the second half of 2020, followed by an 8.5-inch iPad model in the first half of 2021, said analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. According to a report citing the analyst, the 8.5-inch iPad is said to be a new version of iPad mini, but it is unclear if the

The US Department of Homeland Security sent a letter to chief executives of five large tech companies asking them to ensure social media platforms are not used to incite violence in the wake of nationwide protests following George Floyd’s death. “I am writing to ask you to do your part to put an end to violence

TikTok has promised to no longer access the system clipboard of iPhone users. This new commitment by the video-sharing app is the result of a revelation made through the first beta release of iOS 14 that showed it was snooping on users through their clipboard, which your device uses to temporarily store the text and other

YouTube is testing a new feature on its mobile apps that will allow users to create and upload short 15-second clips, similar to TikTok. The feature is currently available to limited users, and a mass rollout can be expected after the testing phase is over. The development was announced by YouTube on its support website.

Apple’s next-generation Safari browser will allow users to log into websites with Face ID or Touch ID. The development was announced by Apple in Safari 14 Beta note that also states other new features for the next version of the Apple’s Web browser. Another major upgrade coming to the Safari 14 is the support for

WhatsApp is testing animated stickers in the beta versions of its app for Android and iPhone. The feature is reportedly available via WhatsApp v2.20.194.7 beta for Android and WhatsApp v2.20.70.26 beta for iPhone. The instant messaging app has been reported to be working on animated stickers for a while now; however, details of full rollout

Apple said Monday it would build its own chips to power its Mac computers to create a “common architecture” that allows the devices to run the same apps as those on the iPhone and iPad. The news came at the annual Apple developer conference — a virtual event due to the coronavirus pandemic — where

Just hours before the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has released an investor note detailing Apple’s long-anticipated move from Intel to its own custom-designed ARM processors for its Mac range. Kuo says that the first models to spearhead this transition will be the 13.3-inch MacBook Pro and a completely redesigned iMac. These

The widespread protests against police brutality have created a buzz around a software shortcut letting people cue iPhones to start video recording during a traffic stop in case of misconduct by officers. The tech trick created by software developer Robert Petersen puts iPhones into action by telling Apple’s digital assistant Siri that “I’m getting pulled

Apple said on Friday it is temporarily shutting some stores again in Florida, Arizona, South Carolina, and North Carolina in the United States, as novel coronavirus cases continue to rise in the country. Shares of the company, which said the closure would affect 11 stores in these states, were down 0.5 percent. Apple had planned

Just days after getting into a controversy for rejecting the Hey email app on the App Store, Apple has made it clear that it is standing firm behind its original decision and is not planning to make an exception for Hey’s parent company Basecamp. The Cupertino giant sent a letter to Basecamp underlining the key

Pokémon galore! The Pokémon Company has announced three new games — a mobile-only, one for mobile and the Nintendo Switch, and third just for the Nintendo Switch. The last of them is called New Pokémon Snap, and as you can expect, it’s a follow-up to the two-decade-old Nintendo 64 title. Then there’s Pokémon Café Mix,

Hey email app that has been developed by software firm Basecamp, is facing a threat of removal from the App Store over not providing an in-app subscription. The Cupertino, California-based giant initially approved the app, but it rejected a subsequent bug fix update specifically for not following its guidelines that essentially restrict app developers from

Apple has launched a new graphics configuration for the 16-inch MacBook Pro and an SSD kit for Mac Pro. The new graphics option brings AMD Radeon Pro 5600M GPU with integrated HBM2 memory to the 16-inch MacBook Pro. Specifically for Mac Pro desktop users, the new customer-installable kit offers two SSD modules that can be

Apple submitted the iPhone 12 with the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) in Russia, according to a report. There are as many as nine new model identifiers suggesting different stock keeping units (SKUs) of the next-generation iPhone, the report said. In addition to the iPhone 12, the EEC database is also said to have a model

Apple said on Thursday that it will increase spending with black-owned suppliers as part of a $100 million (roughly Rs. 761 crores) racial equity and justice initiative, while Google-owned YouTube said it will spend $100 million (roughly Rs. 761 crores) to fund black artists. The efforts join a wave of actions by big companies, including

WhatsApp seems to have a number of new features in the works that would reach its users in the coming future. One of those new features is an upgraded Search functionality that would allow users to search messages of a particular date. The instant messaging app is also said to be working on a redesigned

Apple will announce the shift from Intel processors to its own ARM-based chips for Mac computers at WWDC 2020 later this month, according to a report. The new development comes months after the Cupertino company was reported to have plans to launch not one or two but “several” ARM-based Mac notebooks and desktops in 2021.

Apple brought its HomePod smart speaker to India last month — over two years after its debut in the US, UK, and Australia in February 2018. The HomePod is designed as Apple’s answer to the Amazon Echo and Google Nest range of smart speakers. However, just like many other Apple devices, it is not meant

This iPhone SE (2020) review isn’t like what we’d write for any other modern-day smartphone. The iPhone SE (2020) is so different from other phones in its price range, in terms of features and target audience, that it almost seems as though it should be in a different product category. If you have a budget