Alphabet records 257.6 billion in revenue in 2021, up 41% YoY; Pixel shipments highest-ever in Q4 2021

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, had a successful last quarter in 2021, earning a revenue of $75 billion and growing 32% YoY. For the fiscal year 2021, the company recorded $257.6 billion in revenue which calculates to a growth of 41% YoY. 2021 was also a great year for the Google Pixel smartphones, as … Continue reading "Alphabet records 257.6 billion in revenue in 2021, up 41% YoY; Pixel shipments highest-ever in Q4 2021"

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Samsung announces new cashback offers for Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3 5G in India

Samsung launched the Galaxy Z Fold3 5G and Galaxy Z Flip3 5G in India back in August last year. At that time, it announced cashback offers for HDFC Bank cards. Now it has expanded the offers by adding more banks. The company says that this will make the foldable devices more accessible and affordable for … Continue reading "Samsung announces new cashback offers for Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3 5G in India"

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 series pricing surface ahead announcement on Feb 9

Samsung has already confirmed its Galaxy Unpacked event on February 9th to unveil the Galaxy S22 series and the Galaxy Tab S8 series. Now, the pricing for the entire Galaxy Tab S8 series have surfaced in Europe. This reveals that the Galaxy Tab S8 and S8+ will start at €749 and €949 respectively. This is … Continue reading "Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 series pricing surface ahead announcement on Feb 9"

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Meta introduces updated 3D avatars for Facebook, Messenger and Instagram

Since its rebrand last year, Meta has been working towards their goal of creating a metaverse. One of the major components of this metaverse are the digital avatars used by individuals to represent themselves. The company has revealed an updated version of 3D avatars that can be used in stickers, feed posts, Facebook profile pictures … Continue reading "Meta introduces updated 3D avatars for Facebook, Messenger and Instagram"

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OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G with 6.59-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 695, 5000mAh battery expected to launch in India soon

Details about the OnePlus Nord CE 2 5G surfaced recently, and the phone is rumoured to launch in India on February 11th. Now the details about the OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G, a cheaper Nord phone, has surfaced ahead of India launch soon, thanks to @OnLeaks. Instead of Dimensity 900 in the Nord CE … Continue reading "OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G with 6.59-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 695, 5000mAh battery expected to launch in India soon"

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Budget 2022: Customs duty changes for wearables, hearables to boost local manufacturing; Digital Rupee by RBI in 2022-23

Indian government at the budget 2022-23 has proposed calibration of customs duty rates for electronics including wearable devices, hearable devices and electronic smart meters to boost domestic manufacturing. The government also announced that duty concessions are also being given to parts of transformer of mobile phone chargers and camera lens of mobile camera module and … Continue reading "Budget 2022: Customs duty changes for wearables, hearables to boost local manufacturing; Digital Rupee by RBI in 2022-23"

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Sony acquires Destiny game developer Bungie in $3.6 billion deal

Lately, the console wars between Sony’s PlayStation and Microsoft’s Xbox seem to be focused in another direction – acquisition of game studios. Last month, Microsoft purchased Activision Blizzard in an expensive $68.7 billion deal, and now Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced their acquisition of Bungie developer in a $3.6 billion deal. Bungie is a multi-platform … Continue reading "Sony acquires Destiny game developer Bungie in $3.6 billion deal"

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Google Chrome for Android to get ‘Close all tabs’ warning

To date, numerous new features have been tested on Google Chrome on the Android platform. One such feature that showed up recently is the “Close all tabs” function. However, there are reports that many are accidentally tapping on the option. As a result, the company has started testing a new “Close all tabs modal dialog” … Continue reading "Google Chrome for Android to get ‘Close all tabs’ warning"

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Worldwide tablet market records 3.2% YoY growth in 2021, shipped 168.8 million units: IDC

The worldwide smartphone market shipped a total of 46 million units during the fourth quarter of 2021, declining 11.9% YoY. For the entire year, the market shipped 168.8 million units, which is the highest since 2016. Chromebooks on the other hand declined 63.6% YoY during Q4 2021, but managed to grow 13.5% for the entire … Continue reading "Worldwide tablet market records 3.2% YoY growth in 2021, shipped 168.8 million units: IDC"

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Infinix Zero 5G teased ahead of India launch in February

Infinix introduced the new ZERO X smartphone series back in September last year, but they were 4G smartphones. Now the company has started teasing the launch of Infinix Zero 5G, the company’s first 5G smartphone in India. From zero everything came and into zero everything merges. Get ready to witness zero in an all new … Continue reading "Infinix Zero 5G teased ahead of India launch in February"

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