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How Apple's new data privacy feature will give more control to users
Apple's iOS 14.5 software update now forces developers to give users a choice to opt out of tracking their online activities, to limit their data being sold to third parties for targeted advertising.
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To be tracked or not? Apple is now giving us the choice
On April 26, Apple released iOS 14.5, one of its most anticipated software updates for iPhones and iPads that includes App Tracking Transparency and a new privacy tool that could give us more control over how our data is shared
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How SRF is transforming itself into a speciality chemicals player with global ambitions
Arun Bharat Ram's sons are determined to not make the same mistakes as other family businesses. With eyes on the global market, they are stewarding the ship
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India blames a virus variant as its Covid-19 crisis deepens
So far the evidence is inconclusive, and researchers caution that other factors could explain the viciousness of the outbreak, which has overwhelmed India's capital so quickly that hospitals are entirely overrun and crematories burn nonstop
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Covid-19: How medical grade oxygen is produced and distributed
Here's everything you need to know about the logistical equations of providing medical grade oxygen to hospitals and patients fighting the battle against the coronavirus
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Jayadevan P.K: How Xiaomi built a cult following
In the summer of 2010, Xiaomi Corporation chose to launch as the force behind MIUI, an operating system based on Google's Android OS. Xiaomi officially launched as a mobile phone maker in August 2011. Since then, it has become the largest-selling smartphone manufacturer in India, the 2nd largest smartphone market in the world. In his book on 'Xiaomi', Jayadevan P. K., a tech journalist, traces the journey of China opening up a market for smartphones with Motorola, and how it brought lessons for entrepreneurs in China, including Lei Jun, the main man behind Xiaomi
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How Gupshup turned into a profitable unicorn despite a pivot and two near-deaths
The company has emerged as a global leader in B2B conversational messaging and claims to have over a lakh developers and businesses as its clients
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Extremists find a financial lifeline on Twitch
Twitch, a livestreaming video site owned by Amazon, has become a new mainstream base of operations for many far-right influencers. Streamers turned to the site after Facebook, YouTube, and other social media platforms clamped down on misinformation and hate speech before the 2020 election.
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'This is a catastrophe.' In India, illness is everywhere
India is recording more infections per day—as many as 350,000—than any other country has since the pandemic began, and that's just the official number, which most experts think is a vast underestimation
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How to choose the right oxygen concentrator
As Oxygen cylinders are in short supply, the O2 concentrator has become one of the most sought after devices. A look at how to pick the right one
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From March 2020 to now: How has pandemic evolved in the three most-affected countries?
India, US and Brazil have taken turns to top the Covid-19 charts in terms of new cases, active infections and 7-day moving average. A look at how the pandemic has evolved in the three countries from March last year to now