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According to areport by Bloomberg, YouTube is paying good money to its creators to promote its new,Twitch-like monetization features, such as donations and paid memberships. The money reportedly ranges from tens of thousands of dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars, although, none of the creators have been identified by the report. The new features were introduced byYouTubelast year in a bid to keep creators happy after the company sensed a growing unrest among many of them for allegedly not getting the same options to monetize their content when compared to their compatriots on Twitch and Patreon, both of which, alongside Facebook Video andInstagram’s latest IGTV platform, are being seen in some quarters aspotential challengers to YouTube’s dominancegoing forward....

As it looks to take on the Amazon Prime juggernaut, Indian retail giantFlipkartis all set to launch an all-new loyalty program after its first attempt,‘Flipkart First’, was discontinued following lukewarm reception. Called‘Flipkart Plus’, Flipkart has made a big effort to set the loyalty program apart from Amazon Prime. Obviously, unlike Amazon Prime, there are no direct benefits here such as access to Prime Video, Music and more. Instead Flipkart has tied up with a whole host of partners to bring Flipkart Plus benefits outside the retailer’s domain....

A leaked image from the upcoming‘Forza Horizon 4’leak has revealed the game will very likely come with a mission inspired by the famousHalocampaign level,‘The Silent Cartographer’. The Warthog, which can be seen below, is just one of the many alleged FH4 images that wereleaked on Imgurover the weekend andshared on Reddit. While the Warthog from Halo was earlier seen in Forza Horizon 3 and Forza Motorsport 4, what’s got people talking about is the sighting of what looks to be a Covenant spaceship in the sky and a Halo ring in the distance, leading many to speculate that there might just be a Halo-themed event in the upcoming game as part of a crossover with the Halo franchise....

According to a report in The New York Times on Sunday, venture capital money going into ad-tech start-ups is falling sharply.“Online advertising companies have struggled for several years as Google and Facebook solidified their grip on digital dollars, slowing revenue for the others,”added the report, citing global marketing research firms including LUMA Partners. While spending for online ads was more than $88 billion last year, over 90 per cent of that went to Google or Facebook....

The SamsungGalaxy Note 9will be here in India soon andpre-bookingsfor the smartphone have already begun, but at a starting price point of Rs 67,900, buying the latest Note flagship can burn a hole in your pocket. Airtel has introduced a new EMI plan which offers the Galaxy Note 9 at just Rs. 7,900 with a 24-month plan. In order to avail Airtel’s Galaxy Note 9 offer, you have to make adown payment of Rs....

Earlier this month, Google released the Android 9 Pie update for its Pixel line-up, and even though the update has introduced a host of new features such as adaptive battery and gesture navigation, it has also broken the fast charging functionality for some Pixel XL users. The fast charging issue on the Pixel XL was noticed in the beta builds of Android P too, but it appears that the issue persists even after installing the stable build of Android Pie....

Asus has today launched three new ZenBook laptops, namely the ZenBook 13, ZenBook S, and ZenBook Pro 15, in India. These were first shown off at Computex and CES earlier this year, alongside the slew of innovations at these tech expos. These 3 ZenBooks span across the market segment, ranging from ZenBook 13 in the mid-range section to ZenBook Pro 15 in the premium one. Let’s take a closer look at the specs and features of each of these:...

Portable computing machines have been designated as “notebooks” for very long but it wasn’t until recently that laptops could be as easily carried as paper notebooks thanks to their thin and light form factor. Asus is one brand which has been on the bleeding edge of ultrabook design, releasing thinner and thinner laptops over the years. The latest Asus ZenBook series laptops launched in India today fall in this premise....

Fortnitefinally launched as a betaon Android devices alongside theGalaxy Note 9 launchon August 9 in New York. We tried the game, which was exclusive to certain Samsung flagships until August 12, on our Galaxy S9 Plus, and well, here are my first impressions of the battle royale game that has been taking the world by storm. Fortnite Beta on Android: Compatible Devices At launch, the game was kept exclusive to certain Samsung flagships including the Galaxy S7, the S8, and the S9 pair....

Smart TVs with Ultra HD resolution are slowly becoming mainstream, but buying one of them can burn a huge hole in your pocket. However, if you’ve been looking to purchase a high-resolution TV, Flipkart is offering an excellent deal on the 43-inch Panasonic Ultra HD LED TV as part of the ongoing sales fest. The 43-inch Panasonic Ultra HD LED TV, whose price point normally hovers around the Rs. 40,000 mark, has received a hefty discount during the Big Freedom Sale and is now available at justRs....

The winner would win a Rs 5 lakh college scholarship, along with the opportunity to share their inspiration through their artwork, the company said in a statement. The winning doodle would also get featured on Google’s homepage on Children’s Day. The contest is open to students from Class 1 to 10 and the last date of submission is October 6. A panel of guest judges including the original doodle team leader at Google, Ryan Germick, will review the entries this year....

Google is known to be working on a secretive project to bring Windows 10 support to Chromebooks. This project is calledCampfireand was previously expected to find its way only to the Pixelbook, however, the latest source code has revealed that the feature would support multiple Chrome OS devices.XDA Developers, who’ve been keeping a close eye on this feature, report thatCampfire may be quite similar to Apple’s Boot Camp feature. This feature is currently in its primitive stage of development and it’s difficult to conclude what devices will it support, but mentions of ‘multiple campfire variants’ have been found on the Chromium Git....

Not wanting to alienate owners of low-end smartphones from the PUBG Mobile fun, PUBG Corp. recently released a lighter and less resource-intensive version of the game calledPUBG Mobile Litewhich is tailor-made for budget smartphones. While the game has so far been available only in the Philippines, Tencent has confirmed that they are testing PUBG Mobile Lite and‘optimizing it for Indian networks and devices’, but it is not known when the game will officially be available for eager Indian fans....