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Digital after-sales services such as service booking can also be done on the eSHOP app. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons)

You can now buy a two-wheeler in just a few taps with Hero's eSHOP app

All purchase-related information and actions are built into the system, so customers can purchase their vehicle directly...

8 Jun 2020 7:06 PM IST

As things slowly go back to normal under Unlock 1.0, salespersons arrange products on display at a shop inside Shopprix Mall after it reopened, in Noida, Monday, June 8, 2020. Malls and shopping centers re-opened after more than two months, focussing on hourly disinfection of the common areas, contactless shopping, and physical distancing to prevent the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus. (Photo | PTI)

Corona off people's minds, Google search for films, weather reflect...

The search volume for coronavirus in May was half of that in April even though the number of COVID-19 cases are rising.

8 Jun 2020 6:38 PM IST

Reading the Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Lenins works, Mao Zedongs life, and calling friends comrade and greeting them with Lal Salam are some of the grounds that the NIA has cited to link Akhil Gogoi and three associates to the banned CPI(Maoist) and charge them for sedition. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons)

Facebook users flood Assam Chief Minister Sonowal's page with...

Social media users were reacting against a case of sedition and terrorist activities filed against activist Akhil Gogoi...

8 Jun 2020 5:51 PM IST

Two new series of OnePlus TV will be unveiled on July 2. The company had forayed into the smart TV segment in September last year with the launch of its 55-inch TV (two models), priced at Rs 69,900 and Rs 99,990. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons)

OnePlus to launch two new affordable smart TVs on July 2

Shipments of TVs in India grew 15% annually to reach 15 million units in 2019, driven by budget smart TVs, leading with...

8 Jun 2020 5:28 PM IST

One of the fastest-growing apps on the Play Store was called Remove China Apps and did exactly what the name suggested. While the App has since then been removed from the Play Store for violating Googles policies, its existence and function hurt Indias best interests in the name of helping it. Eliminating or banning a competitor is inherently bad for competition and does Indian consumers a disservice.

Removing Chinese apps from your phone is the opposite of self-reliance

Several Indian startups such as Paytm, Swiggy, Zomato, Ola and BigBasket have Chinese investors. Shunning the apps hurts...

8 Jun 2020 4:07 PM IST

A school being sanitised. (Photo

Tech-enabled solutions for hygiene, sanitation management find takers...

Featured here: A device that sterilises small objects, an air cleaning system and a surveillance tool to check...

5 Jun 2020 9:45 PM IST

Trumps campaign denounced the move, claiming that Snapchat is trying to rig the 2020 election, illegally using their corporate funding to promote Joe Biden and suppress President Trump.

Won't promote those who support racism, violence, injustice: Snapchat...

It could hit the President's election campaign among Gen Z on the platform where within eight months he had gained 1.5...

4 Jun 2020 5:00 PM IST

In its suit, the Center for Democracy and Technology said that Trumps executive order violates the First Amendment because it attacks Twitter for putting the fact checks on the presidents tweets, which CDT said is Twitters right as a private company. (Photo | AP)

Trump gets sued for trying to clamp down on social media

President's order to regulate social media is against US Constitution's First Amendment that guarantees free speech,...

3 Jun 2020 5:27 PM IST

The partnership will allow users to choose from a wide variety of music to add to their social experiences such as videos, stories via music stickers and other creative content, a statement said.

Now jazz up your Facebook profile with songs from Saregama's catalogue

A deal between Saregama and Facebook enables users to choose from over one lakh songs in more than 25 languages to add...

3 Jun 2020 4:20 PM IST

I stand with the Black and African American community and we are committed to building on this work in our company and in our communities, Nadella said

No place for hate: Satya Nadella speaks up for Black Americans, as he...

There is no place for hate and racism in our society. Empathy and shared understanding are a start, but we must do more,...

2 Jun 2020 3:06 PM IST

Some women have also complained that they find their colleagues inappropriately dressed during virtual meetings and it made them uncomfortable.

How do I tell my male boss it's not okay to video call me at 11 pm?

With companies not having guidelines on remote working, women professionals seek guidance to deal with sexual harassment...

1 Jun 2020 10:57 PM IST

Electronics being assembled in a facility in Shanghai. (Photo | Flickr- Mitch Altman)

Govt eases norms, Apple's iPhone assembler Pegatron plans to set up...

As US, Japan, Taiwan look to shift their companies' bases out of China, the government of India is giving them...

1 Jun 2020 9:41 PM IST