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Google India report showed that overall recipe-related searches grew by 20% on YouTube in the past few months

How to make kadha, panipuri surge on Google Search, YouTube in India

IANS With the closure of restaurants, clubs and food stalls, there has been a 56% growth in searches for ‘5-minute recipes’ on the Internet

apps Zoom, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger Rooms, Google Duo: which video-calling app do I use?

Divya Kala Bhavani The ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns and isolations around the world have observed a battle royale of video-conferencing apps. We help you decide which one is right for you

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Prabalika M. Borah Content creators on YouTube are taking a new approach with their reaction videos, adding cringy TikTok videos to their queue of laughs and laudits

Google India report showed that overall recipe-related searches grew by 20% on YouTube in the past few months

How to make kadha, panipuri surge on Google Search, YouTube in India

IANS With the closure of restaurants, clubs and food stalls, there has been a 56% growth in searches for ‘5-minute recipes’ on the Internet

Touted as a platform “built in Asia for Asia”, Hooq was available across Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, and India

Streaming service Hooq shuts shop after filing for liquidation

IANS With termination of its services, Hooq’s partnership with Hotstar also got over, TechCrunch has reported

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All smartphone brands — from Samsung to Xiaomi to Realme — suspended manufacturing/assembling at their respective plants in the country almost from March 20 onwards

Smartphone sales in India hits zero in April, May too hot to handle

IANS The month of March saw a steep annual decline in smartphone shipments, at 19%, due to COVID-19 nationwide lockdown from March 24

It is expected that the company may launch the Redmi Note 9 Pro and Note 9 Pro Max globally at the event

Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 series to launch globally on April 30

IANS The invite on Twitter also throws a hint that apart from launching the Redmi Note 9, the company is likely to launch other products

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Harry Potter and Spotify make magic with a new audiobook experience

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China’s new large rocket makes maiden flight

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Malayalam playback singers to perform live on Facebook for 60 days to raise funds for music fraternity

Apple’s refresh of the 13-inch MacBook Pro starts at ₹1,22,990

Today’s cache | Silver Lake invests $750 million in Jio, Data sold on dark web, and more

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Internet trend alert: Have you watched the ‘react to TikTok’ videos on YouTube?

Content creators on YouTube are taking a new approach with their reaction videos, adding cringy TikTok videos to their queue of laughs and laudits

‘Streets of Rage 4’ review: Retro done right with rich design

After nearly three decades, the cult classic Streets of Rage gets a fourth instalment and it is retro done right, bringing the ’80s arcades to your home

3 more Indians in UAE lose jobs for ‘Islamobhobic’ social media posts

On April 20, India’s ambassador to the UAE Pavan Kapoor had warned Indian expatriates against such behaviour.

Apple updates coronavirus screening app with new symptoms

Apple has issued a new version of its app with updated symptom information and recommendations from the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines

Indie music industry in Kerala turns to ‘digital concerts’ during lockdown

Now, tune in to live performances by independent musicians from Kerala on your screens

Smartphone sales in India hits zero in April, May too hot to handle

The month of March saw a steep annual decline in smartphone shipments, at 19%, due to COVID-19 nationwide lockdown from March 24

How to make kadha, panipuri surge on Google Search, YouTube in India

With the closure of restaurants, clubs and food stalls, there has been a 56% growth in searches for ‘5-minute recipes’ on the Internet

Streaming service Hooq shuts shop after filing for liquidation

With termination of its services, Hooq’s partnership with Hotstar also got over, TechCrunch has reported

Today’s cache | Shade ransonware shuts down, YouTube to stream Global Film Festival, and more

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Epic Games cancels 2020 Fortnite World Cup

Epic cited the “limitations of cross region online competition” as the reason for the cancellation

Zoom, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger Rooms, Google Duo: which video-calling app do I use?

The ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns and isolations around the world have observed a battle royale of video-conferencing apps. We help you decide which one is right for you

COVID-19: Drones help disinfect, sanitise 11 districts in Telangana

Hyderabad-based start-up Marut Drones has helped disinfect 11 districts in Telangana and is assisting authorities in surveillance

Today’s cache | EA and Google pair up for games on Stadia, and more

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Love the card game Donkey? Here is an app version, but with a twist!

Kalutai, by Chennai entrepreneur-politician Sam Paul, promises to be an addictive digital version of the popular card game, Donkey

Video meet app Zoom deploys Oracle Cloud to streamline growing workloads

Zoom is already transferring upwards of seven petabytes through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure servers each day, roughly equivalent to 93 years of HD video

Forget Zoom, here comes virtual platform to host events

Built on the company’s software-as-a-service platform, virtual event solution ‘Floor’ enables one-to-one, one-to-many and many-to-many interactions, the company said

WhatsApp doubles participant limit for group voice, video calls

However, to access the new, higher participant limit on WhatsApp calls, all participants in a call need to update to the latest version of WhatsApp available on iPhone or Android

Today’s cache | TikTok is testing social networking feature, and more

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Netflix’s Debra Chinn details how dubbing tech is a complex art form

The streaming service’s Director of International Dubbing, Debra Chinn, on making dubbing accessible to storytellers and audiences — and why dubbing itself is a growing necessity

Digital-ad downturn may complicate life for Google, Facebook

With consumers mostly at home and unemployment soaring, advertisers are slashing promotional spendings

China’s netizen population hits record 904 million: Report

The number of Internet connections in China reached a whopping 904 million by March this year, up by 75.08 million from 2018, according to an official

Today’s cache | Facebook’s $5 billion privacy settlement, and more

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‘Predator: Hunting Grounds’ review: a big red splotch on Sony’s otherwise flawless sheet

Predator: Hunting Grounds gets it right with the legendary Predator — as long as you are prepared to wait in long queues

Ahead of Zoom 5.0 rollout, a look at trending video-chat apps and their security

How safe are our video-chat apps? We speak to experts and users about how we can make our video-calling experiences safer.

Keeping children safe online

Mango Education’s next Open House webinar is all about cyber security for kids

Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 series to launch globally on April 30

The invite on Twitter also throws a hint that apart from launching the Redmi Note 9, the company is likely to launch other products

New algorithm to improve streaming video technology

The algorithm, called Fugu, was developed with the help of volunteer viewers who watched a stream of video, served up by computer scientists who used machine learning to scrutinise this data flow in real-time, looking for ways to reduce glitches and stalls

Motorola Edge+ 5G smartphone soon in India

Motorola says the 6.7-inch Motorola Edge+ houses Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platform that provides 25% faster performance than previous generations

Reliance JioMart goes live on WhatsApp

According to media reports, JioMart is currently available in the suburban Mumbai areas of Navi Mumbai, Thane and Kalyan currently

'Stay and play at home,' says Google through its coding doodle

This is the first of the many thowback Doodles that will be featured on the Google homepage in the coming days.

Coronavirus | What are the concerns around the AarogyaSetu app?

Why should there be more transparency on the inner workings of an app that seeks the personal details of millions?

Today’s cache | Working out on mountaintop from home, and more

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How people end up ‘confined’ on YouTube

Researchers studied the phenomenon by exploring recommendations from a thousand videos on different subjects, thereby running through half a million recommendations

ISRO invites technology proposals for human space flight missions

The announcement of opportunity suggests 17 potential areas of work for national research, academic agencies

Today’s cache | Most-searched coffee on Google, carbon-intelligent computing platform, and more

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Lend an artistic touch to an image with help from van Gogh, Kahlo or da Vinci

The ‘Art Transfer’ tool of Google Arts & Culture allows users to incorporate styles of iconic artworks into their photographs

Google Meet now has Zoom-like gallery view with 16 participants

Previously, only four people were seen on-screen at a time, but with an expended tiled layout, you’ll be able to see 16 call participants at once

Google adds 4 new features to video calling app Duo

Google says it is rolling out a new video codec technology to improve video call quality and reliability, even on very low-bandwidth connections

Facebook to reveal location of ‘high reach’ Pages, accounts to users

The change is first coming to Facebook Pages and Instagram accounts in the U.S.

Today’s cache | Fortnite’s now on Play Store, Facebook buys 9.99% stake in Jio Platforms, and more

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This mobile phone servicing is on call during lockdown in Kerala

Kerala Mobilephone Vyapara Samithi offers phone servicing free of cost for those police and fireforce personnel, health workers and others on essential duty during the lockdown against COVID-19

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Migrant workers, most of them from U.P. Bihar walk to their native towns and villages, near Shahpur in Thane district, on Monday, May 4, 2020

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Migrant workers, students and others board KSRTC buses at Majestic bus stand, in Bengaluru on May 3, 2020.

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