South Korea Fines Google for Abusing Smartphone Dominance
(Bloomberg) — South Korea fined Alphabet Inc.’s Google $177 million for hampering the development of rivals to its Android operating system, sustaining a campaign targeting the U.S. search giant’s dominance in smartphone software. Regulators accuse…
Tecno Spark 8 budget smartphone launched in India: Check price, specs
© Rohith Bhaskar Tecno Spark 8 budget smartphone launched in India: Check price, specs Tecno Mobile has released the next phone in its “Spark” series, the Tecno Spark 8. Similar to the Tecno Spark 7 which was released earlier this year, the…
As electric cars follow the trajectory of the smartphone, software will be the turf war
© Provided by City AM When Steve Jobs launched Apple’s iPhone in January 2007, the mobile phone industry was turned on its head. At the time, Jobs described the iPhone as a “revolutionary product” and said that Apple was “reinventing the phone”. This was…
RIL biggest laggard on Nifty50 as delay in smartphone launch upsets Street
© Provided by CNBCTV18 Shares of Reliance Industries fell more than two percent on the NSE on Monday and were the biggest laggards on the Nifty50 index. The oil-to-telecom conglomerate announced late on Thursday that the much-awaited rollout of…
Edens Zero: Pocket Galaxy Smartphone Game Begins Pre-Registration in English – News
New video also previews 3 TV ads for top-down smartphone RPG The official YouTube channel for the Edens Zero franchise began streaming a video on Thursday announcing that pre-registrations for the Edens Zero: Pocket Galaxy smartphone game are open on the…
How to stop your smartphone from ruling your life
Tanya Goodin’s new book is alarming, informative and galvanising, to the extent that I ask her for a Zoom before I’ve even finished reading it. This was a mistake. By the time I’ve learnt that she’d rather not do a video call, I’ve got to the chapter…
Jio, Google put off smartphone launch till November
A crippling global shortage of semiconductor chips has forced Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd and Google to defer the launch of an affordable smartphone by two months. JioPhone Next, the 4G smartphone that was to go on sale on Friday, will now start selling…
Google and Jio delay India smartphone launch due to chip shortage
The launch of the Jio Next smartphone in India has been postponed. Google The launch of Google and Reliance Jio’s “ultra-affordable” Android phone has been delayed due to the global chip shortage, according to a statement by the Indian…
Chip Shortage Pushes Reliance, Google to Delay India Smartphone Launch | Investing News
BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries delayed the launch of a low-cost smartphone it is developing with Google to November, citing an industry-wide semiconductor shortage. The “ultra-affordable” smartphone,…
Smartphone reliance leads to ‘nomophobia’
The existence of smartphones has modified social and work expectations so that 24-hour availability is now often considered the norm. Credit: Shutterstock Through social distancing mandates, lockdown measures and restrictions on gatherings and services,…