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Google's first foldable phone Pixel Notepad delayed to 2023: Report

Tech giant Google has reportedly delayed the release of its first foldable smartphone, the so-called Pixel Notepad foldable phone, until 2023.

According to SamMobile, following the pushback, the first foldable phone from Google is now reportedly scheduled to hit the market next spring.

As per the report, it is too early to tell, and there are plenty of unfounded speculations flying around as to why Google could have delayed its first foldable phone to spring 2023.

A recent report said that the device may cost less than the $1,799 Galaxy Z Fold 3.

In Android 12L Beta 2 new animations were discovered that depict how to insert a SIM card into the upcoming foldable phone.

The animations for the SIM setup screen showed a smartphone that has a larger foldable display instead of the usual single-screen design. It showed that the SIM card slot is situated at the bottom while the volume rocker keys are at the lower right side.

It appears that the Google Pixel Fold could be similar to the recently launched OPPO Find N instead of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3, the report had said.

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LG TONE Free FP9 wireless earbuds review: Good for most part, but expensive

The LG TONE Free FP9 is a new addition in the South Korean electronics maker LG’s hearable line. Successor to the LG TONE Free FN7 (review), the new model brings incremental but meaningful upgrades with regard to design, acoustics, connectivity, features, and battery life. Like the predecessor, the earbuds boast UVnano technology in the charging case, active noise cancellation, and support for spatial audio. That said, the LG TONE Free FP9 wireless earbuds come across as a complete package. But how good are they in real life experience? Let’s find out:

Design

The LG TONE Free FP9 has the same design as that of the predecessor, albeit with some minor changes. Starting with the earbuds’ charging cradle, it has grown in size but not significantly. It is pocketable, but the changes in its dimensions seems unwarranted from a design perspective. Nevertheless, the case gains matte finish over glossy of the predecessor that makes it easy to handle and less susceptible to accidental drops. A new addition to the case is a slider button on the left side that replaces the pairing button available on the predecessor. It is through this button you enable the wired connectivity option to connect the case with devices sans Bluetooth such as treadmills, in-flight entertainment system, etc. Essentially, the case here works like an external Bluetooth dongle but limited to use with TONE Free FP9 earbuds. It is a niche feature but a well thought one. Important to note, not all devices support this feature.

Other than size, texture, and slider button, rest everything is in the same order as on the last year model. The case has two LED indicators on the front – one for the battery level and the other for UVnano status. On the rear side, there is a USB-C port for wired charging and connectivity. The case supports wireless charging. Inside the case, there is a blue accent light that glows up every time you open the case. The light is for aesthetic purposes, to give a sense that the case has UVnano tech to remove bacteria from the earbuds. Speaking of UVnano tech, it is integrated in the case to sanitise the earbuds’ speaker unit and mesh around through ultraviolet radiation. This feature works only when the case, with earbuds resting in it, is on charge.

Coming to the earbuds, they have the same stem-based design of the predecessor but of significantly smaller footprint. Moreover, the new contoured design has better fit and grip compared to the earbuds of the previous model. Like the case, the earbuds gain matte finish, which make them easy to handle and operate. Yet, one need to be cautious using them because of weak ingress protection (IPX4). Read Complete Article

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From Drone Festival 2022 to Kovind's MP visit, here're top news on May 27

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the country’s biggest drone festival on Friday. President Ram Nath Kovind will visit Madhya Pradesh to attend several engagements. The latest leg of Indian Open Surfing will start Friday. The monsoon is soon expected to arrive in Kerala.

PM Modi to inaugurate India's biggest drone festival

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 'Bharat Drone Mahotsav 2022' - India's biggest-such event - on Friday, May 27. The inauguration will take place at 10 am at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, according to a statement from the prime minister's office.

The festival is a two-day event, to be held from May 27 to 28. The PM will also interact with pilots of Kisan drones, witness open-air drone demonstrations, and interact with startups at the event.

President Kovind to visit MP

President Ram Nath Kovind is set to visit Madhya Pradesh from May 27 to 29, where he has several engagements lined up. The president will arrive in the state capital Bhopal on Friday. On Saturday, he will lay the foundation stone of some new health institutions in the city.

On Sunday, President Kovind will visit Ujjain to address the participants of the All-India Ayurveda Conference at the Kalidas Academy. The president is also expected to offer prayers at the Mahakaleshwar temple there before leaving for Delhi.

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Adobe joins hands with Microsoft to turbocharge modern workplaces

With an aim to improve how work gets done at modern workplaces, software major Adobe on Wednesday announced that it has partnered with tech giant Microsoft

With an aim to improve how work gets done at modern workplaces, software major Adobe on Wednesday announced that it has partnered with tech giant Microsoft.

Through new advances in business processes and intelligent automation, Adobe said it continues to give its joint customers the most modern work experience, centred on technology that enhances teamwork, collaboration, and efficiencies.

"Through the deeper integrations between Adobe and Microsoft that we have announced today, we continue to innovate to elevate today's agile and rapidly evolving workforce," Ashley Still, SVP/GM of Digital Media, Adobe, said in a statement.

Adobe said that it continues to build on the Microsoft Teams platform to make the experience of editing, commenting, converting, signing, and collaborating on PDFs richer, more efficient, and more personal without moving between different apps, user interfaces, or separate log-ins.

In Acrobat for Teams, it recently added the convenience of Single Sign-On (SSO) and introduced the personal tab -- a home page for curating all your recent documents, tools, and collaboration into one view.

These new features are also available in Acrobat Sign for Teams, in addition to enabling signing from a Teams notification. You can now sign off on a document instantly, without breaking stride to open a browser or app. Read Complete Article

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Google Photos rolls out new filters to show skin in natural shade

At Google I/O, the company released the Monk Skin Tone Scale, an open-source library to help make machine learning of images more inclusive by better interpreting tones and shades

Tech giant Google has added new filters in Google Photos that will help users show their skin in its true shade.

According to 9To5Google, with the Pixel 6 series, the tech giant worked to adjust the phone's camera to more accurately capture the wide variety of human skin tones, so that people can see their true selves in photographs.

At Google I/O, the company released the Monk Skin Tone Scale, an open-source library to help make machine learning of images more inclusive by better interpreting tones and shades.

At the time, the company announced that the Monk Scale would soon be put to use within the Google Photos app to offer specialised filters that tweak the skin tones of people in photos users have previously taken.

As shared on Twitter, these new Real Tone filters are rolling out now to Google Photos users on Android, iOS, and the web.

Once the feature is live, users should have a suite of new options in the "Filters" tab of the Google Photos editor, with choices like Playa, Isla, Honey, and Desert.

According to Google, the filters were specially designed to "work well across skin tones".

If the filter users have selected is one of the new ones, they should see an overlaid mention of "Made with Real Tone". Each filter should also have adjustments users can make, to deeply refine any given picture. MoreTechnology News

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Microsoft shares new updates to Windows 11, Store for developers

With an aim to create next-gen experiences, tech giant Microsoft has announced that it is sharing new updates to Windows 11 and the Microsoft Store for developers.

The new updates include app-building tools to enable developers to take their existing code and make it incredibly compelling on Windows, new ways to reach and engage customers through the Microsoft Store, etc.

"Our goal with the open platform of Windows is to make it easy for you to build and run your apps on Windows, whether they are .NET, web, Android, C++, Linux, or any number of cross-platform frameworks," Panos Panay, Chief Product Officer, Windows and Devices, said in a blogpost.

"This makes it easy to use Windows for all your developer workflows and distribution models and reach more users to build your business your way," Panay added.

Widgets in Windows 11 provide a fresh, glanceable, and useful view of app content for users.

Beginning later this year users will be able to start building Widgets as companion experiences for Win32 and PWA apps on Windows 11, powered by the Adaptive Cards platform.

The developers can also leverage the capabilities of touch, pen, voice, and AI, to create features that increase engagement and differentiate your apps with more natural interactions for their customers.

The company has also removed the waitlist programme for Win32 applications in the Microsoft Store, opening it up to all app developers. Read Complete Article

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Madhavbaug's PAT up 785 per cent in FY22

The company is planning to tie up with over 30 insurance company to its facilitate patients

Madhavbaug, brand of Vaidya Sane Ayurved Laboratories Ltd, a specialist in treating and reversing cardiac related ailments through their Ayurvedic treatment and therapies, reported a whopping 785 per cent growth in net profit after tax (PAT) in FY2021-22 despite facing Covid related lockdowns in the initial few months. Madhavbaug’s net profit stood at Rs 3.46 crore in FY 22 as compared to Rs 39 lakhs in FY21.

Madhavbaug, which operates 272 clinics and 2 hospitals spread across eight states in India saw its gross revenue increase to Rs 75.04 crore in FY22, a 43 per cent rise from Rs 52.37 crore in FY 21 while its EBIDTA grew 66 per cent from Rs 4.36 crore to Rs 7.25 crore during the same period.

The robust all-round performance came on the back of solid double-digit growth witnessed across its treatment verticals amidst a surge in the number of patients seeking ayurvedic remedies underscoring the growing relevance, acceptability and efficacy of the traditional line of treatment.

“I am happy to announce that Madhavbaug has shown remarkable business performance in FY21-22 achieving pre-covid turnover with strong contribution from all over segments after overturning barriers like lockdowns in initial months of the year. Both our clinics, which include company owned as well as Franchise owned clinics along with hospitals, have recorded highest ever revenues and EBIDTA. During this reporting period, we continued to focus on collaboration with industry market player across our businesses with view to efficient patient services and to drive future growth,” said Dr Rohit Sane, MD & CEO, Vaidya Sane Ayurved Laboratories Ltd (Madhavbaug).

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Justin Nelson's Sphere Rocket VA Upends Virtual Assistant Business with Customized Solutions

With remote work becoming more common especially in the wake of the pandemic-induced restrictions, the demand for virtual assistant, or VA, services have been growing. In a study of over fifty career categories, FlexJobs found virtual assistant was one of the top 10 fastest-growing remote career categories. In a nutshell, a VA provides remote services to professionals who need someone to support their business. The duties of a VA may include anything from answering emails to performing web development or content creation. In other words, a VA takes a huge burden off a busy professional’s shoulders.

The idea to create a virtual assistant business came to Justin Nelson, a 25-year-old licensed realtor and a serial entrepreneur despite the young age, during a road trip that lasted almost a year and brought him to 135 locations in the US where he delivered speeches to real estate agents. “Speaking is by far my biggest talent that I have. I love speaking and can sell anything to any audience when the offer is right and the need is there,” explains Justin. He taught over 10,000 realtors how to use social media in their line of business. By the time Justin hit the road, he was an experienced realtor with 5 years in the family real estate business under his belt and dozens of deals closed and hundreds of leads generated, all thanks to his mastery of social media tools. The business was initially founded by Justin’s father after the end of a long corporate career. Putting his son in charge of lead generation and all marketing turned out to be the right decision. In the sixteen months after getting his real estate license, Justin made $360,000 in CGI, an impressive outcome for a budding realtor. Having been promoted to the position of a team leader at the age of 19 he was instrumental in growing the team to fifteen people and opening an office in Colorado

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ICCS is bracing for exponential growth' envisions clocking 175cr revenue by the end of this year

The consumer services industry is an ever-evolving market and is bracing for unprecedented growth. It is expected that India will step up to be the largest consumer market at the global level. Being one of the progressing markets; it has thus begun to capture investor as well as entrepreneur interest.

ICCS is one of the prominent names in the market and is one of the leading BPO service providers in India. It is known for its BPM and BPO domains as well as its highly responsive structure that seamlessly caters to the client’s inpidual needs.

The journey of ICCS from BPO to a brand

ICCS was incepted in the year 2005 as a small international BPO company. However, the firm made concerted efforts over the years. As a result, it is now one of the leading BPO/BPM companies in the country.

Currently, the firm has delivery centres in eight cities, wherein it manages 13 million customer interactions in a month with the help of over 5000 executives. The brand boasts of a perse client portfolio and serves clients across sectors including the Government, DTH, E-commerce, Banking, FMCG, FinTech, and much more. ICCS offers a myriad of solutions ranging from back-office services, chat and email, Finance and EdTech, to BFSI, Insurance, Accounting, Tech support, and Recruitment Process Outsourcing. Its core expertise lies in customer onboarding, retention, collections, customer service via omnichannel support, automation of chat and email field support including customer service, answer service, inquiry handling, as well as technical support.

The firm in fact develops its own CRM with the assistance of AI tools. It leverages the usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) not just for business analytics but also focuses on services like speech-to-text analytics. ICCS has even forayed into RPA recently and is of the view that this move towards adopting automation will help streamline information as well as operations. The brand aims to provide all solutions under one roof with the scope of maximum customization!

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Intel unveils 7 new 12th Generation chips for mobile creators, gamers

Chip-maker Intel has unveiled seven new mobile processors to the 12th Gen Intel Core family for the growing community of content creators and gamers on smartphones, as the world grapples with chip shortage.

The company said that the new 12th Gen Intel Core HX processors are "unlocked out of the box" and available in Core i5, Core i7 and Core i9 models.

"We're enabling content creators to tackle the most demanding work flows like never before. Gamers and content creators will also have access to high bandwidth platform technologies like PCIe Gen 5 with RAID support, and support for ECC memory," explained Chris Walker, Intel corporate vice president and general manager of Mobility Client Platforms.

The new Intel mobile chips utilise desktop-caliber silicon in a mobile package to deliver high levels of performance for professional workflows like CAD, animation and visual effects.

The company said at an event late on Tuesday that the 12th Gen Intel Core HX processors provide 65 per cent more performance in multi-threaded workloads with more cores and memory.

The new chips offer up to 16 cores (8 performance-cores and 8 efficient-cores) and 24 threads, running at a processor base power of 55W.

"In addition to being a commercial workhorse, 12th Gen Intel Core HX processors provide a gaming powerhouse platform that will give enthusiast gamers higher frame rates for the games they know and love," said the company.

More than 10 workstation and gaming designs, powered by these new chips, are likely to be launched by major manufacturers this year, including systems from Dell, HP, Lenovo and others.

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Gold trading at Rs 51,380 per 10 gm today; silver selling at Rs 61,900 a kg

The price of 10 grams of 24 carat gold on Wednesday went down by Rs 430 to Rs 51,380, while the price of 1 kg silver dipped by Rs 600 to trade at Rs 61,900.

The price of 10 grams of 22 carat gold also decreased by Rs 400 on Wednesday to Rs 47,100, according to the Goodreturns website.

The price of 10 grams of 24 carat gold in Delhi and Mumbai is at par with the price of 10 grams of 24 carat gold in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Kolkata, with the precious metal trading at Rs 51,380 in these regions.

The price of 10 grams of 22 carat gold in Delhi and Mumbai is also at par with the price of 10 grams of 22 carat gold in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Kolkata, with the metal selling at Rs 47,100 in these regions.

However, the price of 10 grams of 24 carat gold and 22 carat gold in Chennai is above the other cities at Rs 52,860 and Rs 48,460 respectively.

The price of 1 kg of silver in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata is Rs 61,900, while in Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad, the metal is trading at Rs 66,100 for the day.

The price of gold varies for different regions based on parameters such as the excise duty, making charges and the state taxes.

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Decks cleared for 5G auction but will you enjoy the benefits anytime soon?

Ready to enjoy blazing-fast speeds with 5G? Looking forward to enjoying entertainment options, such as immersive video and wireless holograms, which were hard to come by in the past? Well, there is good news for you, at least depending upon which city you live in. We are one step closer in our tryst with new high-speed services.

The decks have reportedly been cleared for the Department of Telecommunications, or DoT, to auction the 5G spectrum. In fact, India might see 5G services being showcased on 15th August.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, or TRAI, has left it to the DoT to take a decision on three crucial issues.

The first is the validity period of spectrum assignment. The second is the deferment of auction in the 27.5 GHz-28.5 GHz band. And, the third is the quantum of spectrum that will be reserved for BSNL and MTNL. As a result, the whole process has become simple. Going ahead, the Digital Communications Commission, or DCC, will clear the 5G spectrum auction.

Subsequently, it will have to be cleared in the Union Cabinet. Finally, the DoT could begin the auction process in June. On their part, the telcos have said that if everything goes well, limited 5G services roll out might be seen by the end of this year.

Telcos had demanded a 90 per cent reduction in the 3.5 GHz spectrum base price, compared to the regulator's recommendation in 2019. But this demand has not been met. However, at 317 crore rupees for a pan-India 1 MHz of spectrum, the base price has been reduced by 36 per cent for a validity of 20 years.

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Delhivery raises Rs 2,346 cr from anchor investors as IPO opens today

Logistics major Delhivery on Tuesday raised Rs 2,346 crore from 64 anchor investors. The Gurugram-based firm allotted nearly 48.2 million shares at Rs 487 apiece, the upper end of its IPO price band. Sources said the anchor book saw nearly 10 times more demand than the shares on offer.

Amansa, Goldman Sachs, Aberdeen, Tiger Global, Schroder, and Baillie Gifford were among the anchor investors who got an allotment.

Seven domestic mutual funds (MF) invested through 15 different schemes. The allotment made to them formed 30 per cent of the anchor book. SBI MF and HDFC MF were among the domestic funds which got an allotment.

Delhivery’s IPO size is Rs 5,235 crore, the second-biggest after LIC this year. The price band for the IPO is Rs 462 to Rs 487 per share. At the top-end, Delhivery will have a market cap of Rs 35,284 crore on a post-diluted basis.

The company's IPO opens on Wednesday and closes on Friday.

Delhivery is looking to raise Rs 4,000 crore of fresh capital through the IPO. The remaining Rs 1,235 crore will be an offer for sale (OFS) for investors, which includes private equity firms Carlyle and Softbank.

Delhivery plans to raise Rs 2,000 crore of issue proceeds for funding organic growth initiatives such as scaling up existing and adjacent business lines. It will use Rs 1,000 crore proceeds for funding inorganic growth. In the past five years, the company has undertaken over half a dozen strategic alliances and acquisitions to spur growth.

Delhivery has a total addressable market (TAM) of over $300 billion. However, its market share is only half a per cent, underscoring the largely untapped opportunity.

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Apple Music installing itself to iPhone dock, kicking out apps like Spotify

Several iPhone users found themselves in a fix when the Apple Music iOS app began installing itself directly to the iPhone's dock when downloaded, instead of the home screen, thus booting out other apps including music streaming service Spotify.

The bug impacted different iPhone models, kicking out other apps in the dock at the bottom of the iPhone screen and taking their spot, reports TechCrunch.

Apple said that it was looking into the issue.

"Seems like if you download the Apple Music app from the App Store, it will automatically appear on your device (iPhone) dock, more than this, it will change any other 3d party app with the Music app. If on your dock, you only have Apple apps it won't do anything," Kevin Archer, an iOS developer, tweeted late on Thursday.

Some iPhone owners also found the bug was causing Apple Music to make it default music service for Siri requests, kicking off Spotify.

In a tweet, Epic Games Founder and CEO Tim Sweeney said: "I just verified this on iOS 15.4.1. With Spotify installed and on the dock, installing Apple Music removed Spotify from the dock and put Apple Music there - without asking. Happens without Apple Music being run, so clearly Apple has rigged their OPERATING SYSTEM to do this!"

Epic is already fighting a long-drawn antitrust lawsuit with Apple.

In fact, the Apple Music app replaced all sorts of apps that were in users' docks, including first-party apps like the built-in Camera app.

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Twitter's new feature allows Spaces analytics access to all hosts, co-hosts

Micro-blogging site Twitter has announced that Spaces hosts and co-hosts can now have access to analytics on both iOS and Android platforms.

The micro-blogging site said that it is also making it easier for users to follow Spaces hosts.

"Hosts and co-hosts on iOS and Android will now have access to analytics like total live listeners, total replays, and speakers..." the company wrote on its platform.

"We are also making it easier for you to follow Spaces hosts. After a Space is over, you will now see a list of the co-hosts and speakers with the option to follow them. Rolling out on Android, iOS soon!" the company added.

However, the company also mentioned that, for analytics, co-hosts might experience access issues right now but the platform is working on it.

The analytics feature was first introduced as a test for select number of hosts in March, but it is now available to all hosts and co-hosts on the platform.

The company also wrote, in an another tweet, that it is testing a feature that will tweet out a Space card once hosts start a Space.

"When some Hosts start a Space, a Space card will be sent as a Tweet so listeners can reply, engage, and share… straight from the Space! We hope it makes it easier to see and participate in the conversations. Now testing on iOS and Android!" the company said.

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Twitter may soon allow users to add videos, pictures in same tweet: Report

In a bid to make the platform more user-friendly, micro-blogging site Twitter is reportedly working on new features, including mixed-media tweets and more.

According to 9To5Google, this week, Twitter for Android has revealed support for adding both pictures and videos to the same tweet, hints at tweet "awards" and more.

The report mentioned that Twitter seems to finally be making it possible to tweet both a picture and a video in the same tweet.

As it stands today, tweets with media can include a gallery of up to four photos or a single video, with no mix of the two. Even with this new ability to mix media, tweets can still only house up to four pieces of media, the report said.

The other major new addition uncovered was "awards" for tweets.

While the exact details on how this feature will work are still unclear, Developer Dylan Roussel found a button that will allow users to give an award to a tweet and evidence that a tweet will show the number of rewards it has been given.

This appears to be similar to Reddit awards, and it seems entirely possible this could be a perk of Twitter Blue or another form of monetisation for the social network.

Meanwhile, recent reports said that Twitter is working on the edit button, as requested by its users as well as Elon Musk, but the micro-blogging platform is reportedly going to keep a digital trace of your earlier tweets.

App researcher and reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong had said in a tweet that the edit button may have an "immutable" quality.

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How will the new rules for VPN providers threaten user privacy?

The Indian government has recently asked VPN service providers to register and record certain information about its users for a period of at least 5 years.

This was one among the several new directives issued by CERT-In, or Central Emergency Response Team, which is India’s national agency that looks into matters of cybersecurity.

The new directives are slated to come into effect from June 27 this year. However, experts say that these rules raise serious privacy concerns, especially the ones about VPN service providers But before moving ahead, let’s understand what a VPN really is. VPN or a Virtual Private Network establishes a secure and encrypted connection between a user and the internet.

VPN helps users hide their browsing history, IP address and geographical location, as well as their web activities and the devices being used.

In a connected world, it’s of immense use to journalists, whistleblowers and activists.

Now let’s understand how the new rules pose challenges to a VPN user’s privacy?

CERT-In’s new rules require VPN service providers to collect and store certain ‘accurate’ information for a period of at least five years, even after a customer has cancelled his/her subscription.

The ‘personal’ information to be collected and stored includes names, IP addresses, emails, contact numbers and purpose for using the VPN service.

Data centres and cloud service providers will also have to abide by these directives

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