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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

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

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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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

Apple also updated its app with tips related to cloth masks, including creating a mask, how to properly wear it and sanitise it

Apple updates coronavirus screening app with new symptoms

IANS 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

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

Apple updates coronavirus screening app with new symptoms

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

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

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

Streaming service Hooq shuts shop after filing for liquidation

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

Today’s cache | Apple’s new magic keyboard, Microsoft’s Plasma Bot, and more

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Today’s cache | Nintendo’s Switch consoles selling fast, and more

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New Microsoft 365 with AI-driven content now in India, starts at ₹420

The new features include premium desktop Office apps, 1TB of OneDrive Cloud storage per person, 60 Skype minutes for calling mobile phones and landlines and advanced security features

Google unveils new Optimize tools to keep your website updated

Normally, Optimize users are able to run 10 personalizations on their websites at the same time. Google says it has now temporarily removed this restriction for the next 90 days to allow users to make as many updates as required to the site until July 31

Hackers sold data of 267 million Facebook users for just ₹41,500

However, no passwords of the Facebook users were exposed by the hacker, according to the cyber risk assessment platform Cyble

In Italy, two designers convert shipping containers into COVID-19 care pods

In conversation with the two designers, Carlo Ratti and Italo Rota of Carlo Ratti Associati, who worked on the Connected Units for Respiratory Ailments (CURA), aimed at reducing the risk of cross-infection for doctors and nurses

'The Sims' turns 20: Why the social simulation game is more culturally relevant than ever

The team behind the iconic games discuss the franchise’s evolution, and why it has sold over 200 million copies globally

Microsoft fixes bug that triggered Defender to crash during full scan

Users who are still facing the issue can manually grab the latest updates by clicking ‘Check for updates’ option within the Windows Security app.

OnePlus 8 to start from ₹41,999, OnePlus 8 Pro from ₹54,999

OnePlus 8 Pro with 8GB/128GB will cost ₹54,999 and the top-end model of the phone with 12GB/256GB will be available at ₹59,999 in India.

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A municipal worker delivers fruits and vegetables from a vendor for residents in a containment area in Kolkata on April 21, 2020.

122K | Coronavirus | The mystery of the low COVID-19 numbers in West Bengal

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46K | NIA arrests former Shopian sarpanch

31K | List of COVID-19 containment zones in Bengaluru

An NDRF worker at Bihar’s Danapur railway station sanitises luggage of migrant workers who arrived from Rajasthan on May 2, 2020.

26K | Shramik special trains | Migrant workers, other stranded people to pay ₹50 more to get home

The late Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said al-Said, who launched “Omanisation” campaign. File

24K | Oman orders firing of expats from state sector companies

Security forces personnel during an encounter with the militants in the Chanjmullah area of Handwara in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, Sunday, May 3, 2020.

20K | Colonel, Major, SI among 5 security personnel killed in Kashmir's Handwara, says Army

20K | Coronavirus India lockdown Day 39 updates | Lokpal member A. K. Tripathi dies nearly a month after testing positive for COVID-19

A child thanking the district police for effective steps taken to combat novel coronavirus pandemic in Erode in Tamil Nadu on May 2, 2020.

19K | Coronavirus | Tamil Nadu Cabinet eases lockdown norms in large parts of State