Hi, welcome to our second installment of Tech News!
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For this week we have the following news for you:
TIK-TOK’S PARENT COMPANY BYTEDANCE IS GOING TO LAUNCH MUSIC STREAMING SERVICE FROM NEXT MONTH
ByteDance Technology Co Ltd- the parent company of Tiktok is in talks with big music labels- Universal Music, Sony & Warner music, to include their songs on its new music subscription service.
From next month ByteDance is looking to launch its music streaming, initially starting with India, Indonesia & Brazil. Later it is going to expand in the United States, according to Financial Times.
For further details click here.
WHATSAPP’S NEW MULTI-DEVICE SUPPORT FEATURE
Whatsapp is starting to roll out its new feature called Registration Notifications to the iPhone users.
Earlier, it was reported that the Facebook-owned messaging platform is working on a multiple-device support feature. Well, the company has already started working on its new feature.
According to the reports, the new Registration Notifications feature will alert WhatsApp users if someone else tries to log in to their account. For now, the feature can be used only by iPhone users.
For a more detailed report, here is the link.
XIAOMI RETAINS THE NO.1 POSITION IN INDIA
According to the latest CMR India Mobile Handset Market Review Report for the third quarter of 2019, Xiaomi continues to rule at number one in smartphone shipments with one out of four users using Xiaomi in India.
The trail then followed by Samsung, Vivo, Realme & Oppo. Apple returned to be among the top ten players this time!
INDIA’S CONTRIBUTION MAKES CALL OF DUTY SURPASS PUBG MOBILE & FORTNITE
According to Sensor Tower, Call of duty: mobile has reached more than 148 million downloads in the first month, surpassing PUBG mobile & Fornite. And India is one of the prime contributors to Call of Duty.
The multi-player battle game crossed over 35 million downloads in less than a week of its launch.
To get more details read here.
APPLE BANS 181 VAPING-BASED APPS FROM ITS APP STORE
According to Business Today, Apple has pulled 181 vaping-related apps from the App Store worldwide.
Apple’s spokesperson recently said, “Recently, experts ranging from the CDC to the American Heart Association have attributed a variety of lung injuries and fatalities to e-cigarette and vaping products, going so far as to call the spread of these devices a public health crisis and a youth epidemic.”
MICROSOFT TO SHUT DOWN CORTANA FOR IOS & ANDROID
Cortana, the digital assistant for Microsoft will no longer be available as a standalone application to users in select markets including India, Australia, the UK, China, Spain, and Canada among others.
They are estimated to pull out Cortana from the market on January 31, 2020.
However, it doesn’t mean that Microsoft is shutting down the Cortana digital assistant.
It will offer Cortana as part of Microsoft 365 applications.
SAMSUNG TO DISH OUT MORE PHONES TO COMPETE WITH HUAWEI & XAOIMI
To get into the top of the market, Samsung is planning to outsource a fifth of its smartphone production to China.
Samsung has been coy about the volumes involved, but reports have been circulated that it plans to ship some 60 million phones made in China out of 300 million devices.
For more details, here is the link.
VODAFONE IDEA REPORTS RS. 51, OOO CRORES NET LOSS
Vodafone Idea on Thursday reported the biggest quarterly loss in India’s corporate history after making provisions for outstanding government dues.
It reported around the net loss of Rs. 50,900 crores in the second quarter to September.
To get the detailed report read the article here.
There you have it!
The most important Tech News of the week.
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