Auto - Tech

San Francisco, Jan 16: Cross-platform messaging app Signal faced a global outage on Friday, just days after it was downloaded by millions of new users. Users across the world reported they were unable to send messages on both the mobile and desktop applications. The company posted on Twitter that it was experiencing technical difficulties and was “working hard to restore service as quickly as

The global shipments of used smartphones, both officially refurbished and used, are expected to reach 351.6 million units registering $65 billion in market value in 2024, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.2 per cent from 2019 to 2024, an IDC report said on Friday. For 2020, the used smartphones shipments were likely to reach 225.4 million units. This represents an increase of 9.2 per

Despite being out of support for a year, Microsoft Windows 7 operating system (OS) still appears to have at least 100 million users worldwide. Microsoft has said for years that there are 1.5 billion users of Windows across multiple versions worldwide. "It's difficult to get an exact number of Windows 7 users owing to the different methods used by analytics companies, but it's at least 100 million

New York, Jan 7: Electric carmaker Tesla closed trading on Wednesday with a market value topping $700 billion for the first time. The latest surge means the company is worth more than General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Honda, Fiat Chrysler and Volkswagen combined. Tesla's share price ended with a gain of 2.8 percent to $755.98 for a total value of whopping $717 billion. That came after the stock saw a

Seoul, Jan 6: Samsung Electronics on Wednesday said its fitness tracking app was used by more than 200 million people around the globe in 2020 as the South Korean tech giant tries to further expand usability of its health platform. Samsung Health, which was first launched in 2012, offers various health-related features from virtual exercises to tacking of sleep patterns, heart rate and blood

Bengaluru, Jan 5: The world's eighth largest automaker FCA will invest USD 250 million in India to produce four new products that would be launched by the end of 2022. The investment will be in the all-new local vehicle line-up including the 2021 made-in-India 'Jeep Compass', a locally produced Jeep, the global-first three-row Jeep SUV, as well as the iconic Jeep Wrangler and next generation Grand

Mumbai, Jan 1: Mahindra & Mahindra and Ford Motor Company have mutually and amicably determined they will not complete a previously announced automotive joint venture between their companies. The action followed passing of the December 31 long-stop or expiration date of a definitive agreement the organisations entered into in October 2019. According to the companies, the outcome was driven by

California, Jan 1: Microsoft said on Thursday in a blog post that hackers tied to a massive intrusion of dozens of US government agencies and private companies snuck farther into its systems than previously thought, although the intrusion doesn't appear to have caused any additional harm. The company said the hackers were able to view some of the code underlying Microsoft software, but weren't

Samsung is reportedly planning to launch Galaxy S21 series on January 14 and a new report has claimed that the smartphone maker will not give a lot of time to the users who want to pre-order the devices. Pre-order is said to run from January 15 to 21. That is less than a week only which makes it the shortest pre-sale window by Samsung. Usually, pre-orders run for two weeks, reports Android

Do you know that your iPhone has a calculator with a scientific mode which is visible when the device is kept in a portrait mode -- a feature that can help students and researchers in the remote learning times. To access the iPhone's built-in calculator app with a scientific mode, just tilt it sideways as you frequently do while streaming your favourite movie on Netflix or playing a mobile game