Month: January 2021
ByteDance is cutting jobs in India amid prolonged TikTok ban
Chinese internet giant ByteDance has told employees in India that it is reducing the size of its team in the country after New Delhi retained ban on TikTok and other Chinese apps last week, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The company, which employs more than 2,000 people…
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FAU-G, Made-in-India war game, gets over a million downloads on day one FAU-G
FAU-G (Fearless and United Guards), India’s gaming ecosystem’s purported answer to the hugely popular but now banned PUBG, was launched on India’s Republic Day, January 26, yesterday. Developed by nCore Games, FAU-G is conceptualised around the life of an Indian soldier and portrays how faujis (Hindi for Indian military personnel)…
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Apple registers record iPhone sales in India – It may be the new start it was expecting iPhone 12
A report from analytics firms Counterpoint Research and CyberMedia Research (CMR) suggest that Apple may have doubled its year-on-year iPhone sales in India in the company’s fourth quarter of 2020. Apple shipped more than 1.5 million iPhone units in India in the quarter that ended in December, up 100% on…
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MIUI 12.1 based on Android 11 starts rolling out to Poco X2 users in India poco x2
Poco X2 Android 11 update is now rolling out to users in India. The update is based on MIUI 12.1 based on the latest version of Android. The Android 11 update also brings January 2021 Android security patch. As always, the update seems to be gradually rolling out to users…
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Tasker’s Android phone automation connects with Google Assistant
People have long used Tasker to take care of repetitive tasks on their Android device, or to customize its features based on things like whether they’re at home or at the office. Now the app’s features are a little easier to use since you can trigger… Source
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Samsung’s Galaxy S21 Ultra packs a new type of OLED that helps boost battery life Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review
Earlier this month, it was announced that Samsung’s Galaxy S21 Ultra would be the company’s first phone to offer a 120Hz refresh rate at the display’s full QHD+ resolution, meaning users would no longer have to choose one or the other. Just how Samsung was able to achieve this without…
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