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Apple AirPods  are among the biggest success stories of the year 2019. The  AirPods  not only ruled the True  Wireless Stereo (TWS) headphones category for the year but,  also made along the beeline of similar products from competitors in India.  AirPods seem to be selling well and leading the TWS category  as per a report. As per the latest report from Counterpoint Research, Apple captured the maximum  chunk of the Indian hearables market with a 27% market share in 2019.  The report claims that the Cupertino-based tech giant could dominate the Indian market. D ue to “…factors like its reputation as a pioneer, noise-cancellation feature,  easy integration with Apple devices and quick charging…” Apple  is  followed by Noise, JBL, Samsung, and Realme in the same order.  These five make for the five highest-selling brands in the T WS category in the country. Their market share stands at 12%, 8%,7% respectively. ...

Be warned. The Department of Telecommunications has not announced any free internet for mobile users in the country till May 3. If you have received a message on  WhatsApp ,  Facebook ,or any other social media platforms which asks you to click on a link to get free internet, then don't just fall for it. The message is fake and given link is an absolute fraud. According to a fact check done by the Press information Bureau(PIB), this claim is wrong and is once again advising people to not fall for rumours. The rumour was busted by the official account of  PIB  Fact Check on Twitter. DOT has announced to provide free internet to all mobile users by May 3, 2020, to which one has to click on a given link. Fact: users claim is completely false, and the given link is fake. Please stay away from rumors and fraudsters." Rumors and online scams have gained traction during these times of coronavirus outbreak. Earlier this month, the State Bank Of India warned its...

The email app on  Apple  iPhone may be at its Achilles heel against hackers and vulnerable to malware attacks, as per a report by the The Wall Street Journal. The report is based upon the claims of  cybersecurity firm  ZecOps that says that hackers have found a flaw in mail on  Apple iPhone . And the iPhone can be hacked without you having to tap on a link or downloading any file, essentially a "malware without input", claims ZecOps. To make such a surreptitious attack possible, hackers could send in a "malware without input", a breach which would be "virtually undetectable ". This malware would be in the form of a "specially designed message", claim researchers. What is more alarming that hackers could have been exploiting  the flaw for quite some time now, the time being claimed to "at least two yeas". There have been reportedly "at least six targets" till now and they have been mentioned in the report. They include ...

Chinese mobile company  Realme has once again postponed the Narzo series phone launch in India. Realme Narzo series was scheduled to launch on April 21 after the government's previous announcement to allow e-commerce operations to start. But in its latest advisory, the government has restricted e-commerce delivery for essential products only and suspended the non-essential orders. The launch postponement was announced by Madhav Sheth, Realme CEO via a Twitter post. "Guys, I know you all have been eagerly waiting for Realme Narzo series, however due to the latest news of the Government suspending E-commerce for non essentials, we're postponing the launch until further notice..may the power of Narzo be with you" he said in the tweet. Realme has been teasing the new Narzo series on it's social media platforms. The series will consist of two phones Realme Narzo 10 and Realme Narzo 10A. It will be available on e-commerce site Flipkart as it has already been listed...

Apple said on Thursday that it would reopen its retail store in Seoul, South Korea, this week as part of a broader push to resume physical retail operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. There are no concrete plans yet to reopen stores  elsewhere, although Apple has said in the past that it could start reopening stores in US sometime in may. Apple initially closed its retail stores in mainland China earlier this year, and then in March, it closed all 458 other locations around the world, with a deadline of March 27th that has since been extended indefinitely as the spread of the virus has worsened. The closures have affected Apple's ability to conduct in store returns repairs, offer Genius Bar support, and sell inventory containing both its own products and those of third-party partners. South Korea has shown great progress during the spread of COVID-19, Apple said in a statement, South Korea has a population of more than 51 million, has just over 10,500 confirmed cases and only...

Apple co-fonder Steve Jobs was often called a visionary who generally got most things right about smartphones. However, there's one thing on which Jobs- and Apple had to make a u-turn. In 2010, Jobs was asked about big screen phones and he dismissed them saying "no one's going to buy that" and "you can't get your hand around it". Big screen phones have become the norm and every brand including Apple has them in their lineups. In fact, small screen phones have all but disappeared from the horizon. That is till the new iPhone SE arrived yesterday. While some might argue that 4.7 inch screen is not really small as the original iPhone SE had a 4-inch display but it's as small as one can get in today's times. Look at the iPhone 11 Pro Max that has a 6.5 inch screen. So yes, the iPhones SE can easily be classified as a small phone. Apple adopted the 4.7 inch screen size with the iPhone 6 and continued it with iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 as well. With th...

The smartphones market in India may be looking at correcting itself soon as it appears it is becoming difficult for brands to offer flagship smartphones or phones with top specs at affordable prices. Smartphones brands, mostly Chinese, won the Indian market by offering value for money handsets and premium phones at cheaper prices than half the cost of phones like Apple and Samsung. However, things may no longer be the same for these brands. Smartphone enthusiasts expect that an affordable flagship smartphone from Chinese brands should at least have a flagship Qualcomm processor. And as far as pricing is concerned, an affordable flagship smartphone is generally expected to be priced under 30,000 in India. Another issue is that latest flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset is 5G enabled, this means the costs of the 5G modern is already included which makes the chipset even more expensive. So, far a country like India, where there is no 5G connectivity, making an affordable phone...