Apple to raise App Store prices in some markets; spares India

Apple’s mixed reality headset may not be reality soon

As tech enthusiasts across the globe are waiting to witness Apple's mixed reality headset or its new AR/VR operating system in real life, a new report has claimed that the tech giant is unlikely to announce it during the Worldwide Developers' Conference (WWDC), which is scheduled to kick off from June 6. In a seri...


Spotify’s failure to renew security cert causes outage

Spotify’s failure to renew security cert causes outage

Due to an outage on the podcast hosting platform owned by Spotify, and Megaphone, podcast listeners could not access many of their shows for more than eight hours this week. According to IANS, the outage stemmed from the company's failure to renew Megaphone's security certificate. "Megaphone experienced a platform outage due to an issue re...


Apple might bring always-on display feature in iPhone 14 Pro, Pro Max

Apple might bring always-on display feature in iPhone 14 Pro, Pro Max

American tech giant Apple's upcoming iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max might finally get the always-on display feature. According to ANI, a report states that Apple could introduce the feature with iOS 16, allowing the iPhone to display a limited amount of information even when it's locked. The report says the always-on mode for the iPhones might ...


Indian tribunal rejects Google plea against CCI Android order

Google Assistant develops speech recognition feature

Google Assistant will soon recognize your voice as the company is working on a personalized speech recognition feature. According to an IANS report, the tool will help Google Assistant get "better at recognizing your frequent words and names." The "Personalised speech recognition" feature will appear in Google Assistant settings. The fe...


Snap buys Netherland-based 3D scanning studio Th3rd

Snapchat introduces new ‘shared stories’ feature

Popular social media platform Snapchat has introduced Shared Stories, a new way for Snapchatters to build a community around the content users love to Snap.

The company said that Shared Stories is a new iteration of Custom Stories, a product that previously allowed Snapchatters to create a Story and add friends ...


ShareChat raises fresh funding of $ 300mn from Google, others

ShareChat raises fresh funding of $ 300mn from Google, others

The parent company of India's ShareChat has raised nearly $300 million in fresh funding from Alphabet Inc.'s Google, media giant Times Group and Singapore's Temasek Holdings, valuing the social media firm at nearly $5 billion, two sources involved in the deal discussions told Reuters.