Google and Jio’s smartphone with custom Android OS for India launches November 4 for $87 – TechCrunch
- Deanne Drexler
- February 21, 2024
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Google and top Indian telecom network Jio Platforms said on Friday that their much-anticipated budget smartphone, JioPhone Next, will go on sale in the world’s second-largest smartphone market on November 4 (coinciding with the big Indian festival of Diwali). The firms said the JioPhone Next will cost 6,499 Indian rupees ($87), and can also be […]
Read MoreBoffins find way to use a standard smartphone to find hidden spy cams • The Register
- Deanne Drexler
- February 17, 2024
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Recent model smartphones can be smarter still about finding hidden cameras in their vicinity, if they take advantage of time-of-flight (ToF) sensors. ToF is a measurement technique that relies on reflected light to quickly determine the distance of objects. ToF sensors are used in LIDAR (light detection and ranging) systems and in other applications that […]
Read MoreFull-time internet surveillance comes to Cambodia this week • The Register
- Deanne Drexler
- February 11, 2024
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Cambodia’s National Internet Gateway comes online this Wednesday, exposing all traffic within the country to pervasive government surveillance. As The Register reported when the Gateway was announced in January 2021, Cambodia’s regime will require all internet service providers and carriers to route their traffic through the Gateway. Revocation of operating licences or frozen bank accounts […]
Read MoreTwitter Now Lets You Pay To Undo Tweets—And Other Small Business Tech News This Week
Wouldn’t this key be helpful? getty Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them? 1 —Twitter will now let you pay to undo tweets and read ad-free news in the US. Twitter’s new subscription service— known as Twitter Blue— has added new […]
Read MoreThe biggest risks for South Africa right now – according to businesses
- Deanne Drexler
- February 9, 2024
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The momentum in trade conditions that was temporarily interrupted in July 2021 appears to be recovering, albeit at a moderate pace, a new survey conducted by the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) shows. The data, which was published on Monday (18 October) shows that sales volumes improved, but remained depressed overall, with […]
Read MoreTikTok’s newest app lets sellers manage their online stores via their smartphone – TechCrunch
- Deanne Drexler
- February 8, 2024
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- sellers
- smartphone
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TikTok has launched a new app for its seller community taking advantage of its suite of TikTok Shopping features, but the app is only available in Indonesia at present. TikTok Seller, as the app is called, allows TikTok’s seller community to run all aspects of their TikTok shop from their mobile device, from initially registering […]
Read MoreIs the smartphone lock screen the key to reaching the most casual news consumers? This Indian company says yes » Nieman Journalism Lab
- Deanne Drexler
- February 6, 2024
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- Indian
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Eventually, the most direct route to the attention of a news consumer will be some sort of Orwellian brain implant. Maybe in 10 years, it’ll be some annoying Zuck-like NewsBot who trundles up to you in the metaverse with a headline. And maybe by, oh, 2025, it’ll be an alert beamed inside the lenses of […]
Read More4 reasons why it’s essential for business development – CONAN Daily
- Deanne Drexler
- February 4, 2024
- Business
- CONAN
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Search engine optimization (SEO) attacks the very heart of marketing. It provides an excellent tool for promoting a brand and can enable even small businesses to compete with larger companies by increasing their visibility in search engine results pages (SERPs). SEO is constantly evolving and requires attention and dedication if it is to be implemented […]
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