How’s your financial health? Why do we ask? Because it’s affecting your physical and mental health, your stress levels, your state of mind, your relationships and even your performance at work! For a community that disproportionately struggles with financial insecurity, physical and mental challenges, Prudential’s new Financial Wellness Campaign offers an opportunity to remedy the cause of our adverse consequences. Here’s The Opportunity You Need To Achieve Financial WellnessGetty In late 2017, Prudential conducted a comprehensive survey on the financial wellness of the U.S. The results were disappointing but not surprising to those who’ve been paying attention. One-third of Americans…
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New Year’s Eve: CNN’s Anderson Cooper spent the night drinking shots, champagne and vodka-sodas On Monday, CNN’s anchors and correspondents engaged in what has become an annual tradition for the network on New Year’s Eve: drinking on air. CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon, Brooke Baldwin and Randi Kaye spent the night drinking shots, champagne and vodka-sodas and encouraging viewers at home to join them, highlights of which you can see in the video above. While CNN was not the only network to show hosts drinking on air (Fox News hosts mixed drinks on camera during its New Year’s Eve special),…
Qualcomm won another legal battle against Apple, this time in Germany. According to a German court iPhone 7 and 8 models with Intel modems infringe on one Qualcomm patent. The court issued a sales ban on said models until Apple is able to reverse the decision. However third-party retailers can still sell the violating iPhones. According to a statement from Apple the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR don’t infringe on Qualcomm’s patent and will remain on shelves. Meanwhile Qualcomm has been having success in banning iPhone X, 8 and older models in China over a different patent issue. The…
Gaming phones are back and this time they look here to stay. The industry has seen several attempts at the genre, but some of them are remembered as a joke, others had their fans, but simply fizzled out. Nokia’s first entry was modest – the Nokia 6110 introduced Snake to the world. But it was with the Nokia N-Gage that the Finns seriously tried to challenge Nintendo. Let’s see how well they did. In the red corner, the N-Gage has what came to be known as the “taco” form factor. The D-pad on the side was a nice touch, but…
With 2019 almost round the corner, discussions on how to save more money have absorbed most households. Financial planning is a problem that numerous families/individuals encounter and often leads to increased liability and subsequently lead to financial stress. Contrary to belief, it is not just the poorer section of the society that finds it hard to save money; rather a whole bunch of the urban population struggles to save money on a monthly basis. It could be due to a host of reasons including unnecessary spending, non-maintenance of a log and much more. Having said that, here are few tips…
Apple has re-released iOS 12.1.2 within days after its original debut on Monday. Notably, the second build of iOS 12.1.2 is available for download for those users who didn’t install the update previously. This means users who already updated their iPhone models to iOS 12.1.2 following its arrival earlier this week won’t receive the second build. The original software update brought bug fixes for eSIM activation on the iPhone XR ₹ 70,849, iPhone XS ₹ 94,281, and iPhone XS Max. The changelog is apparently the same in case of the second build. However, as spotted by folks at AppleInsider, the…
India’s next Test vs Australia begins in Melbourne on December 26. © File Photo/AFP Virat Kohli’s on-field antics in Australia – especially during the Perth Test – have left the cricketing world divided. While some cricketers have criticised his behaviour, some have backed the Indian captain. And legendary Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has gone to the extent of calling Kohli one of the modern greats of the game and said that critics should “cut him some slack.” Akhtar took to Twitter to say, “@imVkohli is one of the modern greats of the game. Aggression has been a part &…
I predicted this. After iOS 12.1.1 was found to be cutting off cellular data for a number of users, I said Apple AAPL +1.28% would need to act quickly. Thankfully iOS 12.1.2 has now been rushed out for release. But does its short development time bring more problems than fixes? You might be surprised… Here’s everything you need to know. Apple iOS 12Apple Who Is It For? iOS 12.1.2 is compatible with all iOS 11 compatible devices. This means the iPhone 5S or later, iPad mini 2 or later and 6th generation iPod touch or later. Compatible devices will be…
f there has been a game that created waves across all platforms in recent times, then Player Unknowns Battle Ground, which is commonly known to the layman as PUBG, comes across the mind instantly. PUBG has caught the world by storm and is easily the common point of discussion in offices, schools, public places and several other places. The game has even got a dedicated e-sports tournament that draws professional gamers and their fans to the platform, unlike anything. Its mobile version, known as PUBG MOBILE, has also been a huge hit across both iOS and Android, dominating the charts…
Jana Small Finance Bank revised its fixed deposit and recurring deposit interest rates effective today. Small finance banks (SFBs), aimed at financial inclusion, offer financial products such as savings, recurring and fixed deposit (FD) accounts. While their products are similar to those provided by mainstream commercial banks, the interest rates paid by the small finance banks are higher comapred to their larger peers. Jana Small Finance Bank revised its fixed deposit and recurring deposit interest rates with effect from today. The small finance bank pays a return of 8.5 per cent on fixed deposits up to Rs. 1 crore over…