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Flipkart brought mobile recharges to its platform earlier this year, launching prepaid plans for a number of major Indian telecom operators. Powered by PhonePe, the recharges platform is only visible on the Android app, and opening the link on an iPhone shows us the web equivalent but iOS users cannot start buying recharges just yet. At the moment, you can buy recharges for Airtel, Jio, Vodafone and Idea Cellular, and Flipkart is giving a Asus Zenfone 5Z every week to one lucky user who buys a recharge using the app....

Samsung’s latest Note flagship, the Galaxy Note 9, wasofficially unveiledlast week at the company’s ‘Unpacked’ event and is currently up for pre-order across the globe. The device has beenpriced starting at Rs 67,900in India and comes with a slew of exciting pre-order offers. While there are cashback offers available from both HDFC Bank and Paytm Mall, you can also choose to pick up a Samsung Gear Sport for cheap whilepre-ordering Galaxy Note 9 from Flipkart(or the company’s own website)....

Gmail’smajor redesignthat started rolling out earlier in April brought along a plethora of new features as well. One of them is theConfidential Mode, which allows you to send sensitive messages in a secure manner, with an expiration date and a 2FA passcode. While it has been available on the web for a couple of months now, theGmail Android app is getting Confidential Mode today. Amajor Gmail redesignis also expected to be rolled out soon....

After facing criticism over reports that certainGoogle apps track users’ whereaboutseven when they turn off location data, the tech giant has revised its Help Page, clarifying that it does track location data in order to “improve Google experience”. Previously, the Help Page stated: “You can turn off Location History at any time. With Location History off, the places you go are no longer stored.” The page now says: “This setting does not affect other location services on your device, like Google Location Services and Find My Device....

Facing backlash from employees for itsreported plan to enter Chinawith a censored version of its search engine, Google CEO Sundar Pichai addressed them in an internal meeting and informed that the project,called Dragonfly, was at an exploratory stage, the media reported. Pichai also addressed the controversy surrounding the secrecy of the project, BuzzFeed News reported late on Thursday. While expressing interest in continuing to expand the company’s services in China,Pichaitold the employees that the company was “not close” to launching a search product there and that whether it would — or could — “is all very unclear”, the CNBC report said....

In a closed-door meeting with employees, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and co-founder Sergey Brin yesterdayaddressed concerns about the company succumbing to the censorship regime of Chinato make a return to the country. This was in response to a petition signed by more than 1,400 Googlers asking about the validity of the news. Pichai clarified that the development of a China-specific search engine wasin its early stageand it “is very unclear” if Google would get to the necessary permission from the Chinese authorities....

HMD Global hasscheduled a launch eventfor August 21 in New Delhi, where it’s expected to launch the much-awaitedNokia 6.1 Plus, the global variant of the Nokia X6. And if you need any more confirmations, it has now slashed the price of theoriginal Nokia 6.1in the country. Nokia hasdiscounted both variants of the original modelto deplete the surmounting stocks and make way for its next offering. As you can see in the screenshot below, the3GB variant ofNokia 6....

Gaming laptops can be a complicated sort of beast to opine upon considering the immensely huge variations in configurations at different price ranges. So when we first got the HP Omen 15 at our office, and I got the chance to use it, I was expecting a similarly difficult task ahead. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the HP Omen in almost every single way possible. AtRs. 1,54,490the HP Omen 15 is somewhere between the mid-range and premium segment of gaming laptops, so if you’re confused about the HP Omen as a gaming laptop worth its price, here is my review of the HP Omen 15....

The first flash sale of Reliance’s JioPhone 2 kicked off on August 16 at 12:00 Noon on Jio.com, and as expected, the device quickly went out of stock. For those unlucky folks who could not purchase the device in its first flash sale, there is some good news. Reliance has announced that the next flash sale of the JioPhone 2 will start at 12 Noonon August 30. TheJioPhone 2will be available atRs....

As the situation of floods in Kerala worsens, many individuals and organizations have come forward to extend relief in their own congenial and harmonious ways. To help the people of Kerala stand strong against one of the most devastating floods in Indian history, service sector companies are also contributing their bit. Millions ofKerala residentsare stranded due to the heavy 2088 mm rainfall since June, an increase of 30 percent over the expected rainfall....

Microsoft has rolled outSkype Previewversion 8.29.76 for Android users who are part of theSkype Insider Program. The update brings a couple of notable changes, including the ability to make Skype calls from the smartphone and record them from within the app itself. The feature is also available on the latest preview version of Skype on iOS, and assumes special significance in the light of recent developments, wherebyGoogle blocked all third-party appsfrom recording phone calls onAndroid Pie....

In a novel effort to predict the risk ofcardiovascular disease(CVD) among the Indian population, Microsoft India and Apollo Hospitals on Friday launched the first-ever Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered heart disease risk score API (application programme interface). Part of Microsoft’s “AI Network for Healthcare” initiative, it will help doctors across the Apollo network of hospitals leverage the AI-powered API to predict risk of CVD and drive preventive cardiac care across the country....

Just days afterunveiling the R17, Chinese smartphone company, Oppo, has started teasing its next premium mid-range offering, the R17 Pro. As part ofa teaser videoon Chinese micro-blogging site, Weibo, the company has now revealed that the phone will carry forward with the hardware design seen on the standard R17 with a minimal teardrop notch and an in-display fingerprint scanner. Interestingly, the teaser also reveals that the phone will come with a triple camera setup on the rear....