The Ministry of Information and Technology on September 2, 2020, banned PUBG and 118 other well known Chinese mobile applications. PUBG is an online multiplayer shooting game loved by many in India. A huge number of PUBG addicts are heartbroken, shattered but their parents are ecstatic over the move. According …
Read More »Instagram Reels Short Video New Update: Tiktok’s old users will get $1000
India’s ban on Chinese applications has open the market to other social media apps — both fresh and old. Instagram is the newest to follow the boom in short-videos. The Facebook-owned company is reportedly developing a TikTok-like feature known as ‘Reels,’ after it was released last November in Brazil. Instagram …
Read More »To raise funds for PM CARES the YouTube creators and music artists will be live streaming their day-long online music concert
Today on 30 April 2020, YouTube One Nation will live-streamed. The musicians and YouTube creators will perform live from their homes. The initiative has been launched to raise money for PM CARES. The One Nation will go live at 1 PM on YouTube on 30 April and will feature sets …
Read More »TikTok Pledges $250 Million USD for COVID-19 Relief
TikTok, a fast-growing smartphone video app, pledged to donate $250 million to coronavirus relief efforts around the world on Thursday. TikTok, who has been assailed by U.S. authorities and lawmakers for possible security threats, said the funds should be for “front-line medical workers, educators, and local communities severely impacted by …
Read More »The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak a pandemic
On Wednesday 11th March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the rapidly spreading epidemic of coronavirus a pandemic, confirming what has been evidently seemed clear for some time — the virus is likely to spread to all countries around the world. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the situation …
Read More »Coronavirus: A list of tech events cancelled by Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Xiaomi, Realme and others
Tech companies such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft and others cancelled their annual conferences and events due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease. While most of the cancelled events were scheduled to take place in the US and Europe, tech events have also started to be cancelled in India as …
Read More »India Planning to invest Rs.8000 crores ($1.12 billion) over five years in quantum computing research
The Indian government on 1st Feb 2020 Budget day said it is planning to invest some 8,000 crores ($1.12 billion) over five years in quantity computing research. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of the country said the scheme would improve technology research in the context of the National Mission of Quantum …
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