Saturday, 1 August 2020

Exclusive: TikTok's Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U.S. deal - sources (Tech)

China's ByteDance has agreed to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok completely in a bid to save a deal with the White House, after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular shortvideo app, two people familiar with the matter said on Saturday.

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ByteDance Offers to Forgo Complete Stake in TikTok to Save US Deal, Says Report (Tech)

The move came after President Donald Trump said he had decided to ban the popular shortvideo app, two people familiar with the matter said.

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Facebook Unveils Messenger Rooms Shortcut on WhatsApp Web: Here's How to Use It (Tech)

Users first have to update the latest WhatsApp Web version in order to create a room shortcut. However, the feature is not available on the mobile app yet.

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Apple removes thousands of game apps from China store: research firm (Tech)

Apple Inc removed 29,800 apps from its Chinese app store on Saturday, including more than 26,000 games, according to data from research firm Qimai.

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Indian Smartphone Market Likely to See 40% Recovery in Second Half of 2020: Report (Tech)

Over the short-term, the mobile market will improve in mid-Q3, spurred by early online sales festivals, setting the smartphone market on a potential path to recovery.

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Apple's Taiwan suppliers, Samsung apply for India's local smartphone scheme (Tech)

Apple Inc's Taiwan contract manufacturers Foxconn, Wistron Corp and Pegatron Corp have applied for India's $6.5 billion scheme to boost local smartphone manufacturing, the country's tech minister said on Saturday.

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WhatsApp Pay to Rely On Fintech Solutions Made By Indian Companies (Tech)

Rapidly scaling UPI is the need of the hour and one of the best ways to strengthen India’s digital economy said Will Cathcart, Head of WhatsApp.

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Emails Show Zuckerberg Was Perturbed With Competitors Moving Faster Than Facebook in 2012 (Tech)

The email set off a long discussion among Facebook team members on the benefits of copying others like Pinterest instead of spending a lot of time on building new social use cases themselves.

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Apple removes thousands of game apps from China store - research firm (Tech)

Apple Inc removed 29,800 apps from its Chinese app store on Saturday, including more than 26,000 games, according to data from research firm Qimai.

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Samsung Electronics to halt production at its last computer factory in China (Tech)

Samsung Electronics Co will halt operations of its last computer factory in China, the South Korean tech giant said on Saturday, the latest manufacturer to shift production from the world's secondbiggest economy.

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Redmi K30 Ultra Spotted on TENAA With Quad Cameras, 4,400mAh Battery; May Launch This Month (Tech)

The Redmi K30 Ultra is rumoured to sport an octa-core MediaTek processor and will come in three storage options.

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Rapoo V700 Gaming Keyboard With 108 Keys Launched in India, Priced at Rs 4,999 (Tech)

The Rapoo V700 RGB Gaming Mechanical Keyboard is available on most of the online platforms and partner offline stores for Rs 4,999. from D...