Hi, welcome to yet another installment of Tech News.
There have been some interesting incidents going on in the world & we have all the updates for you.
So let’s get started.
India to rise as the 2nd largest internet consumer
As you might all know that in the last few years, India has witnessed an exceptional growth in internet usage with over 560 million internet users as reports by Statista.
In 2021, India is expected to have over 600 million internet users!
According to the reports by Money Control, the majority of the Indian internet users mainly engage in social media. Second comes online shopping. According to the retail e-commerce revenue forecast, the online e-commerce platform will rake in about $25 billion in 2024.
As the socio-economic conditions in the rural areas are improving, gradually the gap seems to be decreasing.
For further details, here is the link.
Whatsapp Down
Yesterday, Whatsapp had a major technical issue as most of the users of this popular messaging platform were unable to send media or update their Whatsapp status.
Many users took to Twitter with #whatsappdown to share that they were not being able to send messages or media across the platform for quite some time now.
To read more, here are the details.
Instagram removes IGTV
You must be aware of the IGTV of Instagram.
Well sadly, the company decided to remove the feature reciting that very few people actually use the feature.
An Instagram spokesperson said, “…we’ve learned that most people are finding IGTV content through previews in Feed, the IGTV channel in Explore, creators’ profiles and the stand-alone app. Very few are clicking into the IGTV icon in the top right corner of the home screen in the Instagram app…so we’re removing this icon based on these learnings and feedback from our community.”
To get more details to read here.
Whatsapp to reach 5 billion downloads
Amidst all the glitches, the Facebook-owned messaging platform reached a staggering 5 billion downloads, making it only the second non-Google app to achieve this milestone.
Currently, Facebook owns four out of the top five most downloaded apps worldwide, including WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger.
The second place goes to Tiktok, the ByteDance owned video-sharing app.
For further details read here.
The Amazon Great Indian Sale is Back with More!
Amazon India is hosting the Great Indian Sale on its platform between January 19 and January 22.
The company is offering up to 40% discount on the purchase of smartphones, up to 45% off on Amazon devices and up to 60% off on the purchase of smart TVs and other electronic devices.
Also, with this sale Amazon is offering a three months Prime membership for Rs 329.
Till now, the brand only offered two types of prime membership plans. First is the yearly Rs 999 plan, which gets renewed every year. Second is the monthly plan, which costs Rs 129 and gets renewed automatically after a month. There was no plan in between that. To counter this, the company introduced this new segment of their membership plan!
China to race against US
The Chinese space agency is preparing a mid-year ambitious project to Mars, trying to get equal with NASA. The nation already has rovers on the moon, & it’s making bold plans to operate an orbiting space station establish a lunar base and explore asteroids by the 2030s.
Emily Lakdawalla, a solar system specialist at The Planetary Society nonprofit foundation, recently said, “It’s about prestige, the demonstration of technological prowess on the world stage. If they can stick the landing, they will accomplish something amazing.”
For more details click here.
PS5 creates hype with “game leak” rumors
Playstation is hyping its release with rumors that Sony will be revealing the PS5 sometime in February for months now.
Now the latest claim is suggesting that won’t be the case, but if it turns out to be true, then it’ll be good news for impatient fans.
This fake news is very much creating a buzz for the PS5 but too much fake news can work negatively for them.
Read here for more.
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