Pritish Nandy spreads fake news about Statue of Unity In a major facepalm situation today, journalist and former Rajya Sabha member Pritish Nandy became a victim of fake news and it was ‘painful’ to watch. Recently, a ten-year old photo of a statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel started doing rounds on the Internet with a misleading claim that it is a photo of the recently inaugurated Statue of Unity. According to Boom Live, the photo was of a very old statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel which was inaugurated in 2008. But like many people on social media, Pritish Nandy also…
Author: Loknath Das
Which mobile phone can be regarded as the best option under Rs. 15,000? It’s a hard decision considering the past few months saw quite a few exciting and value-for-money handsets launching in that price range. The trend of bringing premium internals and design elements to a mid-range segment began earlier this year and has seen several brands competing in the same space to offer the best value proposition to Indian customers. Many of these brands are primarily focusing on the best smartphone under Rs. 15,000 considering the sheer demand for phones in that price bracket. With new launches from the likes…
OnePlus has stated its goal to be among the first to launch a 5G phone. That will happen in partnership with EE – the UK carrier will be the first in the world to offer OnePlus’ 5G phone. This should also be Europe’s first 5G phone. But CEO Pete Lau has warned that the 5G model will cost $200 to $300 more than the 4G phone (OnePlus is working on two models in parallel). Back to EE, the carrier will flip the switch on its 5G networks in London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham and Manchester first. Ten more cities will…
Valve must be sleeping poorly these days. Steam is still king of PC gaming at the moment, but it’s an increasingly belabored kingdom beset on all sides by would-be rulers. Today presents perhaps the strongest challenge yet: Epic, flush with Fortnite cash, will open its own storefront in the near future. It’s cross-platform, cuts developers a much better deal, focuses on discoverability and communication from the get-go, and of course ties in with Epic’s work on the Unreal graphics engine. We’ve seen plenty of Steam competitors over the years, but this is the first one I’d call a true threat to…
For the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) that is meeting from December 3-5 a lot has changed in the last couple of months. Crude has nosedived, rupee has strengthened against the dollar, the US central bank is sounding less hawkish and trade tensions appears to be abating. In India too, inflation has moderated further and growth has disappointed. Against this backdrop, a pause in interest rates is a certainty and well reflected in the behaviour of the 10-year G-Sec. But will it be a boring policy? Certainly not. This is the first policy after the rift between the Reserve Bank of…
Remember the Huawei teaser from last Monday with a shooting star in the upper left corner? The company cleared any confusion today, relaunching the same teaser, but with a camera instead of a light dot, revealing this will be the Huawei nova 4, and it will arrive on December 17. Huawei nova 4 teaser The phone was already spotted in the wild in a pre-production case with its unusual selfie camera in the upper left corner. Given Samsung is yet to announce a launch date for the Galaxy A8s, Huawei looks set to become the first company to introduce a…
The Asus Zenfone Max M2 and the Pro M2 have showed up on a few occasions in the last few weeks in leaks and teasers but the new report is a bit more revealing than you’d expect. It has almost all the specs and renders that you’d need. Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 WinFuture brings us detailed renders showing the design of both phones. The first thing we notice is that the non-Pro variant has slightly thicker chin and a narrower notch but otherwise the two follow the same design language. In addition, the Max M2 has a metal back…
TPV Technology, the official brand licence partner of Philips Television and Audio business in India, has launched seven models of smart and LED TVs. The new range of Philips TVs covers screen sizes from 22- to 65-inch. There are also smart TV models that run Philips’ Saphi operating system. Further, there are variants featuring Ambilight technology and come with HDR Plus. The top-of-the-line models in the Philips TV family sport OLED+ TVs. The range starts at Rs. 9,990 and will go on sale in the country through online and offline channels by mid-December. The new Philips TV range starts with…
AFP/Getty Images Most teens think social media is a good thing in their lives, a Pew Research Center survey found. Although social media has been blamed for making people depressed and lonely and encouraging poor thinking skills, most teens think it’s a good thing. The majority of teenagers — people ages 13 to 17 years old — associate positive outcomes with social media use, a new survey from Washington, D.C. think tank the Pew Research Center found. Some 81% of teens say social media makes them feel more connected to friends and 69% say it helps them interact with a…
Social media icons appearing on the display of a smartphone (Photo by Muhammed Selim Korkutata/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) “Social Media Roundup” is a weekly roundup of news pertaining to all of your favorite websites and applications used for social networking. Published on Sundays, “Social Media Roundup” will help you stay up-to-date on all the important social media news you need to know. Facebook ‘Your Time On Facebook’ Starts Rolling Out [“source=forbes]