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Apple releases update to unlock iPhone with face mask on

American tech giant Apple has released a software update that enables iPhone users to unlock their devices while having face masks on. The new update, iOS 15.4, released on Monday also includes a host of other features for existing iPhones. In a statement, Apple said the new feature allowing users to unlock

Supreme Court stays, till further orders, MediaOne channel ban

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed till further orders the January 31 directive of India’s federal government revoking the licence of Malayalam news channel MediaOne and banning its telecast on security grounds.

A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath said th...

Insta shutters Boomerang, Hyperlase standalone apps

Shortly after dropping support for the IGTV application, the photo-sharing app Instagram removed its standalone Boomerang as well as Hyperlapse apps from Apple's App Store and Google Play. "We have removed support for the standalone Boomerang and Hyperlapse apps to better focus our efforts on the main app," Instagram spokesperson Christine Pa...

Google working on ‘app archiving feature’

American tech giant Google is working on a new feature that will let users ‘archive’ certain apps to free up space.

Currently, users uninstall certain apps to free up space.

Google’s app archiving feature will let

Google rolls out a new feature

Tech giant Google has launched an open-source anti-harassment tool called ‘Harassment Manager’ to help journalists, activists, and public figures. As per ANI, Google’s Jigsaw unit released the code for the open-source anti-harassment tool that can currently work with Twitter’s API to combine moderation options — like hiding tweet replies and ...

ICC launches new campaign on women empowerment via cricket

The International Cricket Council (ICC), world governing body of cricket, has continued its commitment to empowering women and girls through cricket by embarking on a new campaign that coincided with International Women's Day on March 8.

The ‘100% Cricket Year of Women’s Cricket’ cam...

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“This initiative will empower subscribers to pay online and subscribe to the channels they want to watch and get it activated on their TV sets in real-time without any delay. Without needing to undertake any software development, LMOs can approach Mobiezy for their pre-built and pre-integrated solution that uses NXTDigital’s news APIs and can be up and running with their own mobile apps within just a few days.”

RU Ediriwira, Group CTO, NXTDigital Limited

“With the launch of Partnership for Growth 3.0 we intend to expand our network with 40 new NXTHUBs, each offering up to 650 live TV channels and broadband. Our efforts are focused on harnessing the convergence of technologies, developing robust apps and creating new business models that will help the overall ecosystem, delivering the best experience to our subscribers. We hope to achieve a stronger foothold in the rural regions of the country and grow our subscriber base.”

N.K. Rouse, COO, NXT Digital Ltd

“One of the key principles of the Hinduja Group is ‘Partnership for Growth’. After 2.0 saw the launch of HITS to connect LMOs in even the most remote locations through the only satellite-based cable TV platform in India; 3.0 focuses not just on strengthening the overall ecosystem we have built, but harnessing the convergence of technologies – to be delivered through a national network of NXTHUBs. Video and broadband are only the beginning of the digital highway of services that we have developed for roll-out backed by a robust suite of innovative apps developed by service providers exclusively for our LMOs and subscribers.”

Vynsley Fernandes, MD & CEO, NXTDigital Limited

“Wireline broadband is becoming ever more important not only in connecting homes across the country but also small to large enterprises-to the digital economy. The NXTHUBs will be the perfect point-of-presence to offer broadband services to cater to these consumer needs.”

Yugal Kishore Sharma CEO, ONEOTT Intertainment Limited

Amazing and grim battle for survival. Guess it will end up in Supreme Court. All that NCLT asked Zee to do was to file a reply to Invesco petition for a EGM. Now this is getting too serious. So far Invesco has been hammered for demanding an EGM. What is Zee upto? Ofcourse my lawyer community knows better!