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Facebook’s wearable glasses can succeed where Google Glass flopped
Facebook launched new wearable sunglasses that are immediately and often compared to Google Glass. The question on everyone’s mind is whether Facebook’s attempt will tank like Google Glass. While Google…
Piaggio sets up first electric vehicle outlet in Chennai
Piaggio Group’s Indian subsidiary Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd has set up its first electric vehicle outlet in Chennai. This showroom will help customers to access the entire range of electric…
RSS-linked weekly terms Amazon as ‘East India Company 2.0′
Amazon is locked in a legal tussle over the takeover of Future Group and is facing a probe by the Competition Commission of India. The main opposition party, Congress, has…
Google lowers its cloud marketplace revenue share to 3% from 20%
Google is reducing the amount of revenue it keeps when customers buy software from other vendors on its cloud marketplace, as the top tech companies face increasing pressure to lower…
CBSE employs blockchain technology to deliver paperless, tamper-proof results
The Central Board of Secondary Education has introduced a blockchain-based system in order to go completely paperless and deliver secure, transparent and tamper-proof result certificates to students. [Via]
Audi pitches for lower import duties on electric vehicles in India
German luxury carmaker Audi has termed high taxation on imported cars in India an impediment for growth of the electric segment while noting that even some relief in terms of…
How China’s crackdown could benefit Indian tech
Fannin’s book Tech Titans of China narrates the economic and political rise of Chinese tech superpowers such as e-commerce giant Alibaba and software giant Tencent, who represent the transformation of…
PM Modi to launch Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission today via video conferencing. The nation-wide rollout of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission coincides with the National Health Authority…
Amazon Launches ‘Prime Video Channels’, Brings Eight Otts On Single Platform
The existence of the platform now means Amazon has a video content marketplace for Prime members, beaming content from eight OTT players: Lionsgate Play, Discovery Plus, DocuBay, Eros Now, MUBI,…
Internet Freedom Around the World Declines for 11th Consecutive Year
In Ecuador, nearly two years after a sprawling data breach revealed over 20 million people’s information, the government adopted a new data protection law in May 2021. Germany passed similar…
World’s highest electric vehicle charging station inaugurated in Himachal Pradesh’s Kaza
In a bid to promote a sustainable environment, the world’s highest electric vehicle charging station was inaugurated in Kaza of Lahaul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday. Speaking…
Google launches new apps that allow Android users to control their phone without touching it.
Google is introducing new features for Android devices which is aimed at providing easier access to people with speech or physical disabilities. With the help of the new apps and…
New semiconductor plants will end global auto chip shortage next year: Elon Musk
Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk said on Friday that thanks to new semiconductor plants that are planned or under construction, the global chip shortage that has pummelled the car industry…
Digital airspace map for drone operations released, demarcates zones for flying
Ministry of Civil Aviation has released an interactive digital airspace map for flying drone. The airspace map may be modified by authorised entities from time to time, the ministry stated,…
China bans crypto trading!
Bitcoin price slipped in trade from highs seen in early Friday after China’s central bank said it would crack down on cryptocurrency trading, banning overseas exchanges from providing services to…
IAF to get 56 Airbus C-295 aircraft in a ₹20,000 crore deal
The Defence Ministry on Friday inked a nearly Rs 20,000 crore contract with Airbus Defence and Space of Spain to procure 56 C-295 medium transport aircraft which will replace Avro-748…
