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What could Google possibly intend to call Android O?
Oreo to Orange: What should Google’s Android O be called
Google has just teased the launch of the next version of its mobile operating system, Android O. What do you think ‘O’ stands for?
Apple opposes ‘Right to Repair’ legislation in the USA
Apple opposes ‘Right to Repair’ bill in several US states
According to reports, Apple is preparing to oppose a ‘Right to Repair’ bill in several states in the USA. This legislation, to be introduced in the Midwestern state of Nebraska, would require manufacturers such as Apple to sell repair parts to independent repair shops and consumers; and make diagnostic and service manuals available to the public.
Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg speaking during a discussion at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
Mark Zuckerberg’s plans for Facebook to save the world
Given that the monthly active users on Facebook is greater than the population of China; the amount of power (and data) that Facebook has to influence popular opinion is immense.
Companies such as Facebook (and almost all other companies that produce ‘apps’) collect data not just about what you ‘like’ and where you are, but also what you share, who you talk to, how you respond to particular things, what you need, what you want, who your friends are, and all of this stuff about them too.
Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp are all selling you to be able to sell to you
Companies such as Facebook (and almost all other companies that produce ‘apps’) collect data not just about what you ‘like’ and where you are, but also what you share, who you talk to, how you respond to particular things, what you need, what you want, who your friends are, and all of this stuff about them too.
Opinion: The Internet, Fans of TV Shows, and the ‘Real’ World
Digital diplomacy gives politicians the ability to speak directly to people without having to go through the media.
Digital diplomacy is the new radio
When Sushma Swaraj threatened Amazon on Twitter, she had formulated and announced government policy in three tweets. And no one thought it wasn’t ‘official’ because it came from her personal Twitter account.
As things go, a new phone model is a barely perceptible blip on the yearly calendar these days. But a decade ago, the iPhone changed phones. When it was first launched, Steve Jobs immodestly sold the first phone with a touch screen 3.5-inch display as ‘a revolutionary and magical product that is literally five years ahead of any other mobile phone.’
Opinion: How Apple’s iPhone made phones popular in just 10 years
As things go, a new phone model is a barely perceptible blip on the yearly calendar these days. But a decade ago, the iPhone changed phones. When it was first launched, Steve Jobs immodestly sold the first phone with a touch screen 3.5-inch display as ‘a revolutionary and magical product that is literally five years ahead of any other mobile phone.’
PM Narendra Modi and Union minister Ravi Shanker Prasad at the launch of mobile app 'Bhim' at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi.
BHIM app review: Good effort but still messy
The BHIM app is an honest effort by the Narendra Modi government to make digital payments easy and boost cashless transactions but it still has some glitches.

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